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In the sound of three bells in succession, the sturdy and tall gates of the Xiquan Fortress slowly closed to both sides, indicating that a new night was coming.

At the same time, the lights in the fortress were also lit one after another, and the fire of the human world temporarily replaced the vanishing sun, illuminating the dark world with a faint light.

In the eyes of most people, the Xiquan Fortress in front of them is actually just a huge semi-military town, although it has the name of a fortress, but it is not a military fortress with pure military management, but a small town with a mix of civilians and soldiers.

It's located in the heart of the Stormwind Kingdom, and there are no particularly formidable enemies. Aside from the Brotherhood of Defia thieves who are wreaking havoc in the Wild West, only the various monsters in the forest may be in danger here.

However, both of them, whether the former or the latter, lacked the ability to confront the Stormwind army head-on, and it was impossible to do anything to siege the city, so the degree of militarization of the Westspring Fortress was not strict.

At least compared to the Watchtower Fortresses, which are located on the border and could break out at any time with the Horde, the atmosphere of the Westspring Fortress is much more relaxed.

Walking down the street, looking at the smiling and friendly people coming and going, few people can associate this peaceful atmosphere of the town with a military fortress.

Of course, there is such a connection.

When Li Yunfei saw one after another elite knights in heavy armor and riding tall horses patrolling the streets, he deeply realized the reason why this place was called a "fortress" - ordinary towns did not have so many elite soldiers stationed.

Of course, everyone who passed by him, whether soldiers or civilians, even the most reckless adventurers who were running around. All of them paid enough tribute to him.

No one was rude to him, every passerby smiled and cheered at him, and if it weren't for the quarantine of the accompanying soldiers, the group of children who were cheering and following him would have gathered around him to know Hogg's story.

Under the night sky, in the countless lights lining the streets, this fortress-like town shows remarkable vitality. Everyone was in a happy.

The threat of Hogg the Gnoll was dismantled, which may have been a trivial thing for Li Yunfei to do, but for these people living in the Elwyn Forest, it was a shocking feat that deeply affected their lives.

Everyone cheered, happily celebrating the arrival of the good news and paying the warmest tribute to the creator of this feat.

Sitting on the edge stairs of the central square, looking at the happy carnival people below, Li Yunfei shook his head and smiled, raised his head and drank the wine in his glass.

"Think about it. It's the first time in my life that I've received such enthusiastic cheers, and I'm still a little uncomfortable...... Ha...... Sure enough, being a hero isn't a bad thing. At least it's satisfying to see everyone smile so happily because of what they're doing. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the dark figure sitting silently beside him, and raised the wine glass in his hand with a smile, "Samael, don't you want a drink?" It's free. ”

In fact, it's not just wine that's free, it's the huge central square. All food and drinks are complimentary.

When the good news of Hogg's death came to the Gnoll the Stronghold, the entire inhabitants of Westspring Fortress reveled. They volunteered to bring out food and drinks from their homes. Under the command of the sheriff and the army, these free food and drinks were placed in the central square, and a long huge feast was set up, and everyone came to the party with the free hospitality, and shared their inner joy with everyone.

And throughout the taverns of the West Spring Fortress, the tavern owners who are usually stingy have posted free drink notices, welcoming everyone to their taverns for free beer.

At night. It was a city of revelry, and countless people came out of their houses to join the revelry crowd in the streets, and the joyful atmosphere permeated every corner of the fortress.

Even the grim soldiers who maintained order could see the smiles on their faces, and it was clear that they were infected by the joyful atmosphere.

Just in the sight of this carnival. But there was a cold figure that was incompatible with the joyful atmosphere around him, and even as the carnival atmosphere became more and more intense, the cold aura on his body became more and more cold. In the end, only Li Yunfei dared to stay by his side, and everyone else wanted to escape from the ice cellar away from the taciturn figure, not daring to get closer.

It was the only silent figure in the whole carnival, like a black dot on the white plain, dazzling and at the same time bringing an indescribable sense of incongruity to the whole picture, which seemed out of place.

When Li Yunfei asked him, he was sitting on the edge of the stairs with his head down, his whole body covered in shadow with his dark cloak, and only a little pale skin appeared in the dim light. From a distance, the whole person seems to be trapped in the boundless darkness, living alone.

When he heard Li Yunfei's question, he tilted his head slightly, and the eyes in the shadow of the cloak looked at Li Yunfei coldly, sharp as a knife and cold to the bone.

"Hero ......"

He muttered the name that Li Yunfei said, and suddenly sneered, as if he was very disdainful, "That's just your past, not your future." ”

Pointing at the reveling crowd below, it seemed that he was pointing out a group of ugly monsters to Li Yunfei, and his voice was full of unspeakable hatred.

"Even now, you're not a hero to them. Their are only for themselves, not for you, their kindness to you and other things are only incidental, they are always concerned only with themselves, and what kind of attitude they show towards whom they can only depend on whether that person can benefit them or not, and nothing else. ”

Coldly withdrew his fingers, Samael's fingers pointed at Li Yunfei this time, and his sharp and cold eyes were like blades, slashing through what he thought was reality and showing it to Li Yunfei.

"If you don't bring the head of Hogg the Gnoll, you're nothing. After all, all this is just a naked exchange of interests, you give them the head of a jackal, they give you a short period of favor and admiration, and even this admiration does not last long, and at any time they may draw a knife against you for something else - if what you do might threaten the bread in their bowl, they will not hesitate to do so. ”

Facing Li Yunfei's stunned gaze, Samael snorted coldly, his voice was cold and cold, "For example, now that the nobles of Stormwind City covet your honor and bonus, and in order to get rid of you, they order to declare that you are a secret agent of the Brotherhood of Defia, and ask everyone to cooperate with the troops to hunt you down, these humans cheering for you in front of you will immediately raise their swords and stab you in the back, do you believe it?" ”

The helplessness on Li Yunfei's face was filled with melancholy, and in the accusation of his companions, he sighed, and lay down on the stairs on his back, looking at the starry sky above his head with gloomy eyes, looking weak.

"For the first time, I know that Samael, you are such a desperate and extreme character......"

Lying on the sloping staircase, tilting his head and glancing at his companions beside him, Li Yunfei shrugged his shoulders, completely unaffected by the other party's words, and said as a matter of course, "But isn't the relationship between people the most basic interest appeal?" ”

Looking at the companion beside him who was hiding in the dark, Li Yunfei sighed and said, "Everyone wants to get something for nothing, but if you can't create value, how can you get value?" Indeed, the nature of the world, as Samael said, is linked by an uninterrupted relationship of interests. ”

"Men can give women money and shelter, women can give men family and love, so men and women can come together. Teachers can teach knowledge to students, and students can provide teachers with the money they need to live, so it is necessary to establish a school. ”

"At the end of the day, these things exist in the coldest and most ruthless exchange of interests. Would they exist without such an exchange of interests? They simply can't exist. ”

Spreading his five fingers and holding them up in front of his eyes, Li Yunfei lay on the floor like a child, looked at the starry sky above his head through the gap between his five fingers, and said lightly.

"But although these things only exist because of the coldest exchange of interests, is there nothing else in them except the most naked exchange of interests?"

"Men and women can really walk together only because they have interests for each other, not because they love each other, so they want to better warm each other and help each other?"

"Is it true that teachers and students can value each other only because students can learn what they want to learn from the teacher, not because they respect the teacher who taught him from the bottom of their hearts?"

Tilting his head to look at his companions, Li Yunfei said calmly, "Although there are the coldest interests between people, and the relationship between people is also linked by these coldest interests, but there are not only these cold interests between people. The great affection contained in this is our most precious treasure, and it is the bond that we can finally connect with each other. ”

"Those cold interest demands are only a premise, not a necessity."

"So I'm not happy that these people look up to me or do me any favor. I'm happy because I've helped them, and that's it, and I don't want to get any permanent respect or benefit from them. ”

As he spoke, Li Yunfei sat up on the stairs and couldn't help but smile as he looked at the people reveling in the small square below.

"This kind of behavior is, in the words of my hometown, ......"

"What do I have to do with you?" (To be continued......)