Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 480 Please remember your promise, okay?

In the distant ancient times, the girls lived in the Temple of Heaven in the boundless sea of ​​stars, silently guarding the planet under their feet, unaware of the passage of time, and had no concept of the outside world. An irresistible mysterious force distinguished this temple from the filth of the mortal world, which came from the loving, sad and helpless eyes of the goddess of creation before she fell asleep. She knew that the desires of living beings were endless. Once the guardians of the royal power were given emotions, one day they would be troubled by their own emotions. But is it for this reason that these children's nature should be deprived and turned into mindless machines?
Finally, the goddess decided to leave her thoughts behind, turning them into an invisible barrier to seal off this small world and protect the girls' nascent, transparent and fragile emotions. Although He had now peacefully sunk into the distant lightless sea and was unable to interfere with the normal operation of the universe, He was still able to resist those filthy and dark things from approaching the last bit of attachment He had left in the world.

So, in the war-torn era on the planet below, when dragons and giants were busy fighting for hegemony over the continent, feather elves, dust elves and mirror elves were arguing over the unity and division of races, demons and monsters were fighting each other, and humans were still struggling to survive between them, the girls' lives were no different from before. For them, the world was what it was at the beginning, it is what it is now, and it will always be what it will be in the future.

They abide by their own nature, concentrate on observing the operation of the laws of the universe, and confirm whether the scale is in balance. If either order or chaos is slightly unbalanced, they will use their own power to throw weights on the scale to restore it to normal. This is also their daily work. But the life of the young royal power is not completely boring. They have retained their emotions and have their own hobbies. Some like reading, some like planting flowers, and some like sports... The Heavenly Temple left by their mother for them has everything they need and can fully meet any of their needs.

They would quarrel occasionally for some childish reasons, but would make up quickly because no one could stand the awkward mood of forcibly ignoring the other; they would play around with each other in the garden, laughing at who would fall to the ground, with mud on their cheeks and clothes; during nap, the younger sisters would rest their heads on the eldest sister's legs, listening to her telling beautiful fairy tales in a gentle tone, and gradually fall asleep with innocent longings; not far away, the majestic second sister set up an astronomical telescope of her own design on the high roof, hoping to look up at the vast starry sky through the curtain covering the Holy Temple of Heaven, and next to her, the most mischievous and playful sisters would pester her, begging her to let them try it first... These memories were real and still make people miss them today, like living slowly moving forward in plain water.

The kinship between the young queens is not linked by blood, but by a stronger and more mysterious relationship than blood. They trust and rely on each other, and regard each other as everything in their lives. Apart from the mission left by their mother and their sisters, nothing else is worth paying attention to. Therefore, they have never thought of leaving here. To them, the outside world is strange, or even non-existent.

Until one day, a wounded man fell outside the door of the Heavenly Temple, splitting the dull years since the mother's departure like a lightning bolt, and shattering this beautiful dream like a bubble. From this moment on, the innocent girls began to be involved in the endless chaos of the world, and did not stay away from all the filth and desires of the world as their mother hoped before she fell asleep.

To this day, Fei'er still wonders about one question, that is, if they had not chosen to save that human at that time, would their fate be completely different. But the most meaningless thing in the world is to think about what ifs. As long as people start to imagine the past, they will become more empty and hollow than the royal power she holds.

So they finally rescued the human and asked him, who are you and why are you here? Don't you know that it is very dangerous for a mortal to rashly cross the ancient star road flooded with interstellar tides?
However, the man who called himself "Tumi" said that he knew, but he had to do it because he came here for the survival of his race. He said that he had witnessed the Heavenly Temple passing through the pole of the star on the top of the mountain, so he calculated the movement trajectory of the temple through the laws of the movement of the stars and finally determined its location. He also said that the reason why he made such a bold and almost crazy decision was because he was inspired by the call of the goddess. It was the goddess who created the world who guided him to come here to seek ways to help mankind out of its predicament.

He stood on the standpoint of human beings and told the girls how fierce and chaotic the changes were that the planet under their feet were. The flames of war were burning every moment. The breath of war spread from the continent to the ocean, and finally formed a haze in the sky that covered the whole world. The sky was burning with flames, dyed red by enchanting blood. One after another, huge meteors broke through the clouds and fell to the earth, bringing waves of shocking earthquakes; magnificent and huge figures fought fiercely in the clouds, and occasionally someone fell down, and the corpse fell to the earth, quickly corroded, and turned into nothingness, as if it had merged into the world under their feet. Only their blood always existed, and soaked the soil, dyeing everything into the color of war.

The dragon's claws tore open the giant's chest, grabbed the still beating heart, and crushed it mercilessly, dissipating it like dust in the wind. But in the blink of an eye, he himself was killed by the enemy in the same brutal way. The angry and roaring ancient giant jumped up and pressed the huge dragon to the ground with his own heavy bones. He grabbed the pair of dragon wings that once supported the hegemony of the sky with his hands and tore them apart. Blood gushed out of the wound like a torrent, accompanied by a painful and sharp roar.

The Sky Knights of the Feather Elves raised their spears with white iris flags flying, and descended from the sky like a forest of steel, launching a life-and-death charge towards the enemies on the ground; the Deep Sea Priests of the Mirror Elves chanted ancient songs on the altars made of sapphire and sea stone, calling on huge waves hundred meters high to destroy the enemy's city; the Dust Elves reshaped the earth, awakened the rock giants sleeping in the ancient veins, and blew horns made of giant beast bones, sweeping across the mountains and forests like a storm, unveiling the prelude to war.

Demonic wolves galloped in the wilderness, bats soared in the canyons, and demonic spirits roamed in the corners of ancient forests and deep pools, fighting against the attacks of monsters in the darkness. The war had already begun, and there was no sign of an end. No matter who stood on the throne symbolizing hegemony, there would be another race that was ambitious to pull him down.

Among all the races, humans are the weakest, like dust, like ants, insignificant. They are regarded as slaves, servants, and even food by other races. They struggle to survive in the cracks of racial wars. Being alive is the best vision. A man named Tumi has lofty wishes and great ambitions. He once vowed to change this situation and make humans stronger, no longer just vassals of other races. He is willing to devote his life's efforts and energy to this. Now he stands here, in front of the young royal powers, praying to them for revelations from the goddess, telling him what to do. He also said, as human beings, as creations of the goddess, why are humans the only ones in the world who have to suffer such hardships?
Of all the words, only the last one touched the young queens. Because they had never seen the war on the ground, they naturally did not know how tragic and cruel it was. But they knew that they were also human beings, just like those people on the ground, and were children created by their mothers. In this case, helping each other was a matter of course, right?

The goddess's determination to preserve her children played a decisive role at this time. The fourteen young queens gathered together and discussed for three days and three nights before finally making a decision. So, they each divided a part of their own power to forge a sacred vessel of kingship, which was then handed over to the man by the eldest sister of the young queens.

To this day, Fei'er still remembers what her elder sister said at that time.

"This is what we should do." She said to the man, "Although Mother told us before she fell asleep that we should not interfere with the trajectory of earthly civilization, I think that since He also gave us emotions, perhaps it is for the purpose of playing a role at this time. Therefore, please use our power carefully, and use it for the ideal cause you pursue, and don't go astray. In addition, everything in the world must follow the constant theorem. To gain power, you must first pay a price. Therefore, before you accept this gift, I - all the sisters, including me, need you to promise us one thing."

"What is it?" The man said solemnly, "As long as it does not run counter to my ideals, I can give you a positive answer."

"That's good."

The eldest sister smiled slightly and said in her usual gentle and calm tone: "Then, please..."

……

"Please use this power to create a better world for us."

The wish that was once longed for was now spoken in a cold tone: "We made such a request to him, and he did give his promise. But after arriving on the ground, what did we see? The so-called beautiful world is so ugly and cruel? Haha."

She sneered: "What a ridiculous lie."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)