Chapter 1 A Peaceful City

Xiguang City is a very peaceful city. To be precise, all the cities of the Firefolk are very peaceful, but this place especially so.

Its name comes from 'the place where the sun descends'—the Firefolk of old chased the setting sun, all the way to the end of the continent, the edge of the sea. They stopped at the current location of Xiguang City, watching the sun fall into the sea, which then burst forth with incomparably beautiful sunset radiance.

Thus, these explorers resolved to build a city here, to commemorate this great exploration, and the sunset radiance etched into their souls.

The structure of Xiguang City is simple. Its outermost area has no city walls. The city is full of dense canals and waterways, surrounding an indented deep-water port along the coast. The Firefolk built a circle of dikes to block the seawater. The Xiguang Temple, the municipal center, and the commercial center are also around the port, while the residential area is located on a high ground further away from the coast.

As for the Sacred Fire Tower in the center of town, it is located next to the square, on a high artificial hill, overlooking the entire city. Around the square, there are also several strange statues, depicting people stepping on crabs, sea urchins, and octopuses, appearing spirited and proud.

The entire Xiguang City has a long-term resident population of about 400,000. This is only the main urban area. Outside the main urban area, in the affiliated villages and suburbs, there are a large number of farmers and manors. Their population is considerable, but their distribution is relatively scattered.

Although it is a trading city, Xiguang City can completely self-supply its own food, and even export it. In addition to fishery products, the local bakery is also exceptional. Xiguang City's croissants, salted fish, and dried seafood are all popular commodities throughout the Sacred Fire Kingdom. Even the most discerning gourmets who come here will praise the local specialties.

Under the guidance of Aimon, Su Zhou walked out of the port, learning bit by bit about the Firefolk's life in this region.

"My lord, I don't know if you're interested, but I must say, the cuisine of Xiguang City is praised by all the Firefolk."

While saying this, the gray-haired priest was a little apprehensive. He himself liked it very much, so he immediately thought of offering this to the god.

But he was a little unsure whether the Lord of Judgment, as a god, would like human food.

"Oh, very good!"

But he did not expect that Su Zhou was unexpectedly interested in this. The young man's eyes lit up, and he even praised, "Worthy of being my devout believer. It seems you understand the point that 'the people regard food as their heaven.' Very good!"

—The Lord said: Food is the people's highest need.

How reasonable! Indeed, if the people cannot eat their fill, how can they have the strength to have faith, to work, to invent and create, to explore and develop?

Nodding vigorously, Aimon silently noted what Su Zhou said in his heart, and classified it into the 'Holy Sayings' series, preparing to compile a brand new 'New Testament of the Covenant' in the future.

By then, even if his strength still could not advance further and remained at the Revelation rank, he could probably obtain the status of 'God's Blessed' with this!

And just as Aimon was leading the way through the town, heading towards the restaurant street, Su Zhou suddenly felt a movement in his heart, and then opened his personal space.

"Clang!"

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by the sound of a blade, a black and red streamer flickered, and the Blade of Extinction leaped out, excitedly circling around Su Zhou, seeming to want the young man to hold it.

Inside the personal space, the Wisdom Tree swayed its branches slightly, as if breathing a long sigh of relief.

—The bad blade has finally left! This guy always competes with me for space!

The mind of the Divine Tree was clearly a little indignant—after all, according to the Wisdom Tree's habit of tidiness, always keeping the personal space clean, it certainly did not get along with the Blade of Extinction's overly enthusiastic personality, always flying around and cutting things, which would cause conflict.

Before, when the personal space had not yet become larger, everyone could only squeeze together and make do with it… But now, the personal space had become several times larger than before, and they could be completely separated!

The Wisdom Tree resolved at this moment that next time it must suggest to the Fertilizer Official that the bad blade should split the family, each living in its own area, letting it wreak havoc on its own, far away from its territory!

To this, the World Tree Spear remained motionless.

"So that's how it is…"

At this time, Su Zhou reached out his hand, grasped the hilt of the Blade of Extinction, felt the Divine Blade's current condition, and then nodded as if understanding.

"You have also received the blessing of the power of wishes, no wonder you are so active as if you've taken stimulants."

Su Zhou could sense that in this world, there was also a legend of the Blade of Extinction—after all, the Blade of Extinction in the battle with the God of Water was beaten until only the blade body remained, and it was indeed praised as a God-slaying weapon that killed the God of Water, and even regarded as a spiritual sustenance by all the residents of Nesser City.

Therefore, since coming to this world, there had been a steady stream of the power of wishes, like a river, continuously transmitting to the Blade of Extinction, strengthening its power.

This power of wishes, unlike those invested in Su Zhou, would bind it to this world, but simply, according to myths and legends, endow the Blade of Extinction with abilities related to 'God-slaying'.

The current Divine Blade, in terms of 'slaying the undying', 'God-slaying', and 'destroying souls', was so powerful that even among Divine Weapons of the same rank, it could be regarded as an outstanding one. The only imperfection was that the essence of the Divine Blade was still weak, and it needed some more advanced materials to strengthen it, otherwise, in a head-on confrontation, it might suffer losses.

Just like last time on Qingqiu Star, when it clashed with the Bone Blade of the Earth Immortal Heavenly Demon, it was clearly a Divine Blade, but it took half a day to break the Heavenly Demon's Bone Blade, truly humiliating its reputation!

But this did not affect the Blade of Extinction, which was now full of power, so it wanted to go out for a stroll.

"Alright, be good, don't run around, I'll conceal your aura."

After confirming the situation, Su Zhou smiled and released his grip on the Divine Blade's hilt, allowing the Blade of Extinction to rotate around his body.

Aimon, who was following beside Su Zhou, was naturally not among the crowd whose information was being concealed. He noticed the existence of the Blade of Extinction, and then stared at the Divine Blade in astonishment, almost impolitely raising his hand and pointing at it.

"This, could this be the legendary Holy Sword?"

The gray-haired priest muttered to himself in shock. He carefully distinguished the shape and details of the Blade of Extinction, and finally affirmed, "The 'Blazing Flame Sword' that is said to have been spat out from the Lord's mouth, killed the Demon Gods before the era, and laid the foundation for opening a new era?!"

"Legend has it that after the gods opened up a new era, this Holy Sword that killed the Demon Gods also ascended to heaven with the gods."

"Even, there are special chapters in the Covenant praising this sword, calling it the King of Swords, a perfect creation, a Holy Sword created by God!"

Blade of Extinction: "Clang?"

—Please wait a moment, stop… Isn't it a saber?

When did it become a sword in legends?

And, most importantly, what about the specific details of the chapter praising itself?!

"Holy Sword? Interesting."

To this, Su Zhou just chuckled, not feeling strange. After all, the matter of confusing swords and sabers is very common in various worlds of the multiverse.

Just like himself—Su Zhou is good at using spears, sabers, and can also use compound elemental breaths, Gale Seed Karmic Fire Gatling, and even transform himself into a rocket… But, if he were to go to some worlds, it would not be surprising at all for him to be called a Sword Saint.

Barely withdrawing his attention from the Blade of Extinction, Aimon was, after all, a man. He had grown up listening to the myth of the Blazing Flame Sword since he was a child, and had dreamed that one day, he could become a heroic and strong man wielding the Holy Sword and crusading against heretics.

But reality is always cruel. Decades had passed, and Aimon's strength was only at the Revelation rank. Thinking of this, he could not help but feel a little黯然 (àn rán - sad). "Perhaps my faith is not firm and pure enough…"

Although he felt a little unwilling in his heart, in reality, Aimon was still very dutiful in introducing the current situation of Xiguang City to Su Zhou.

"Some time ago, Xiguang City and even the entire east coast experienced a rare snow disaster that had never been seen in the Elemental Era, resulting in crop failures for many farmers this season… However, at present, relying on stored grain and fishery products, at least the local residents around Xiguang City are still well-fed."

"I can see that," the young man nodded slightly. He looked at the streets and could confirm that his priest was not lying.

Now, one could see that on the streets of Xiguang City, there were many children running around and playing, playing games such as catching ghosts or hide-and-seek, while the adults on the side of the road watched this scene with smiles.

Even on one side of the street, there was a trainee priest wearing a priest's robe similar to Aimon's, staying nearby, seemingly to ensure the safety of these children playing—whenever the children ran to the canal while playing, he would step in to remind them to stay away from the water.

The occurrence of this situation was enough to prove that the residents of this city were not only well-fed but also had a strong sense of security, otherwise, it was impossible for parents to let their children out, allowing them to play in the streets without worrying about the children being abducted and lost.

At this time, Su Zhou and Aimon had arrived around the central square of the city.

At the foot of the artificial hill where the Sacred Fire Tower was located was Xiguang City's square. In its center was an execution platform with quite complete torture instruments, including a stake for burning at the stake, a cross, and a decapitation platform, all of which were cleaned very cleanly.

In addition, around the square, there were also many vendors selling various goods, including butchers selling smoked products, as well as fish shops and bakeries.

Probably because of the 'snow disaster' mentioned by Aimon, there were not many fruit farmers selling various fruits and vegetables that should have been present, with only a few vendors selling dried goods such as raisins and nuts.

But apart from that, industries such as selling sugar and wine were still operating normally.

Su Zhou knew very well that being able to sell sugar and wine normally was enough to show that the country's society was very stable and harmonious from beginning to end, and that life was prosperous because they had enough food to make sugar and brew wine.

And the fact that children could play in the streets, coupled with the fact that he had not seen even a single beggar or thief so far, was enough to prove that what Aimon said was true, and that the Firefolk's lives were so peaceful and stable.

Su Zhou could also see that, with his presence concealed, Aimon, as a priest, often greeted ordinary people passing by, showing mutual respect.

Their communication was extremely equal. A farmer would not appear timid because Aimon was a priest, and Aimon would not show any arrogance because he was a clergyman. The two sides greeted each other naturally, even calling each other 'compatriots', as close as family.

This was actually very abnormal.

Su Zhou knew very well that in any social form before modern society, the superficial relationships between different classes were very unequal. Each class could discriminate against the lower class for no reason.

But in Xiguang City, Su Zhou saw a situation of 'everyone being equal, with no discrimination' that was difficult to see even on Earth.

There was no class discrimination, no occupational discrimination, and everyone treated each other very sincerely. Even when facing a priest, everyone's attitude was nothing more than 'respect', which was basically based on the fact that this person was a servant of God, and had nothing to do with the priest's profession itself.

Farmers farmed in the suburbs, merchants opened shops in the city, and priests served in the temple—every Firefolk had a bright future.

"Here, they have actually achieved equality for all!"

Stroking the back of the Blade of Extinction beside him, which emitted a pleasant saber hum, Su Zhou's expression was faintly solemn. He was somewhat incredulous: "How on earth did they do it?"

It should be known that even Earth was only superficially equal in personality, and occupational discrimination, regional discrimination, religious discrimination, ethnic discrimination, and educational discrimination had never been less.

No matter how much the official authorities of various countries appealed, it was useless, because this was the instinct of human 'superiority', which was almost impossible to eliminate.

And in the Reincarnation World… even if everyone believed in the same religion and was of the same ethnicity, eliminating these two discriminations… occupational discrimination, educational discrimination, and regional prejudice should still be unavoidable, right? He, Su Zhou, refused to believe that this kind of bad instinct did not exist in the Reincarnation World!

But in fact, whether he, Su Zhou, believed it or not was useless, because this place truly did not have it.

Even some Firefolk who looked like scholars did not have the slightest arrogance of ancient intellectuals, but were very gentle and approachable.

"Incredible, inconceivable…"

With such confusion, Su Zhou was led by Aimon from the port, through the square, to the coast on the other side of the city.

"My Lord, this is Xiguang City's famous restaurant street, and also where I currently reside."

The gray-haired priest knew that others could not see Su Zhou, so he did not make any exaggerated gestures, but modestly raised his hand and whispered to the young man, "Every tourist and merchant who comes to Xiguang City will come here once to taste the local cuisine."

"Alright."

Since there were local delicacies to taste, Su Zhou temporarily suppressed his doubts and turned his attention to this famous restaurant street.

At a glance, indeed, what Aimon said was true. The prosperity of this place was truly even more prosperous than the area around Xiguang City's square. More than a dozen restaurants with different facades had all opened for business, with people coming and going, even giving him the illusion of a modern pedestrian street.

The aroma of seafood drifted in the wind, making people feel peaceful and increasing their appetite.

At Aimon's suggestion, Su Zhou chose an old shop that had been open for more than seventy years, named 'Shark Whirlwind'. Under the guidance of the staff, the two entered the store and chose a table to sit down.

It was noon, and there were many customers. The store was noisy.

Su Zhou could roughly hear that most people were excitedly discussing the miracle of the sudden disappearance of the dark clouds and the instantaneous disappearance of the storm not long ago, but the content was similar to what he had heard in the port. Whether it was bragging or sighing, there was nothing new.

In addition, he could also hear that at the next table, a farmer was drinking with his friends while complaining.

"Recently, the weather on the continent has been very strange. Not to mention anything else, the heavy snow at the beginning of this year was very abnormal!"

"That's right. Who among you has seen Xiguang City have heavy snow for two consecutive months? This is not Winterhold, with six months of winter a year… In the past winters, there was not a single snowfall around Xiguang City!"

Speaking of this, the customer dressed as a farmer had a bitter expression. He put his hands together and made a praying gesture: "Fortunately, the Lords are protecting us. Today's rainstorm was dispelled by a miracle, otherwise, if there was another flood, it would not just be a matter of frost damage and crop failure—without the seedlings taking root, that rain would wash away even the soil. The area around Xiguang City would really become a mud swamp!"

"Not to mention, some time ago, Yanliu Fortress had a flood. The river changed course, washing away the wheat fields of more than a dozen villages there, devastating hundreds of miles. The local high priest has already appealed to the central sanctuary."

And his friends, two men who seemed to be merchants based on their attire, were also quite puzzled. One of them shook his head vigorously and sighed, "Alas, not only that, but the inland seems to have suffered a drought. It hasn't rained for a long time. If the sanctuary hadn't dispatched a lot of paladins and priests some time ago to help with rain, digging ditches and canals, the crops would have withered long ago."

"These are all unlucky news. Never mind, never mind, let's not talk about these things, let's eat."

The farmer and the merchants were all a little worried because they both relied on food and trade to live, and the weather this year was obviously a bit off, causing them to worry about whether there would be a food disaster.

But obviously, worrying was useless. After the shop's specialty seafood fish soup was served, they stopped talking about this issue.

"Weather disorder?"

Hearing this, Su Zhou could not help but pay attention.

This reminded him of the somewhat strange rainstorm that had appeared earlier—if snow disasters, floods, and droughts were all considered abnormal, then rainstorms and typhoons should also be one of them, right?

Moreover, if Elias, that is, the Lord of Fire, was still normal, then he should not sit idly by and watch this country that believed in him suffer disasters.

"When I descended into this world, I didn't actually hide my aura. Ordinary people think it's just a miracle, they just don't understand, but if there are overlord-level powerhouses, especially my two old acquaintances, they should be able to recognize me very easily."

Thinking this way, a guess arose in Su Zhou's mind: "Could it be that something went wrong with Elias and them?"

"Ah, Mr. Aimon, you're back? Was this exploration alright?"

At this time, the owner of Shark Whirlwind, a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hairstyle, noticed the gray-haired priest sitting next to him. He walked over enthusiastically, and then noticed Su Zhou, who had slightly released a bit of his aura, and said in surprise, "This is your friend? An unfamiliar face, is this your first time in Xiguang City?"

"Yes, it's indeed a good city, the atmosphere is very harmonious, I like it very much."

And Su Zhou smiled and answered the other party's question—under the influence of his soul power, in the shop owner's eyes, he was just an ordinary person with an unremarkable appearance, without anything outstanding about him.

"Haha, well said! Xiguang City is the most livable and harmonious city in the entire continent, besides the City of the Sacred Fire!"

But who knew that, even so, as soon as this shop owner heard Su Zhou praising his hometown, he immediately perked up—he laughed, touched his Mediterranean forehead, and then said boldly, "Since you are a foreigner and it's your first time coming to our Xiguang City's shop, then I'll treat you to a pot of our local specialty fish soup!"

"Priest Aimon, I won't treat you to your portion, it's still the same as usual, right?"

"It's alright, yes, still the same."

Smiling and greeting the shop owner, the gray-haired priest could not help but look at Su Zhou, with a hint of surprise in his heart: "As expected, the shop owner can't see the Lord's true appearance… No? What does the Lord look like…"

At this time, Aimon was stunned to realize that not only the shop owner, but even he himself, could not clearly see, or even recall, Su Zhou's true face!

He could at most remember the long black hair and the blue-purple dragon eyes… Apart from that, there was only the majestic aura of the Lord of Judgment… Besides that, he could not remember anything anymore.

For Su Zhou, it was just a simple cognitive confusion, after all, there was enough time to influence the process of the human eye observing information and then feeding it back to the brain.

It was not that he was unwilling to reveal his true face, but mainly Su Zhou himself did not know whether the Lord of Judgment in this world had a human form. If so, then it was best not to show too many differences.

Soon, the fish soup was served—the shop owner uncovered the lid of the big pot at the entrance of the shop, scooped out a small pot of stewed fish soup back to the kitchen, added the seasonings, and sprinkled freshly ground spices and rock salt, and brought it to Su Zhou and Aimon's table at the entrance of the shop.

The pot was an ordinary black casserole, although it was not very delicate, it was washed very cleanly. In the milky white fish soup, there were floating shrimp meat crumbs, pepper crumbs, and seaweed. The black pot and white soup, not to mention the aroma, was irresistible just by looking at it.

"Hmm… the taste is very good."

Su Zhou was not polite. He did not wait for Aimon on the side to explain the origin and anecdotes of this pot of soup, and directly scooped a spoonful into a bowl, tasted it, and then nodded in satisfaction—what a joke, did he have to know the anecdotes before eating? It's not too late to listen while eating.

As for how transcendents appreciate the food of ordinary people… wouldn't it be simple? Suppress the taste buds back to a level slightly higher than ordinary people! What level of taste buds you should use to eat what kind of dish. If you can't even do this, how can you be considered a food lover!

"My Lord, it's good that you like it…"

Seeing that Su Zhou also liked human food, Aimon did not know why, but the tense string that had been hanging in his heart slowly loosened.

It was not to say that the Lord being so approachable was a good thing, but rather, Aimon understood that since the Lord loved human food, it meant that He also loved humans… The Lord was indeed a God, and the Lord of Judgment was even more of a Heavenly Punishment God bearing the responsibilities of judgment, adjudication, and punishment.

But, even the Heavenly Punishment God loved humans.

Perhaps, drawing a conclusion based solely on this seemed a bit, or even very, arbitrary, but precisely because of this point, the stone in Aimon's heart fell.

But at the same time, a new doubt arose.

With the Mind of No Thought, Su Zhou sensed the doubt in Aimon's heart. He did not care about it—because Su Zhou simply did not want to play a God, he was just acting naturally and moving with the times. If he could play it well, then he would play it well, if he could not play it well, then he would not pretend. He was honest.

"…The development of the Firefolk is indeed somewhat beyond my expectations."

Soon, Su Zhou finished the pot of stewed fish soup, while Aimon was eating his usual shrimp fried rice—the priest ate extremely seriously, without saying a word, obviously the kind of person who cherished food very much.

So, during this time, Su Zhou turned his head and swept his gaze over the thirteen famous restaurants and hotels on this street.

Although, in Aimon's introduction, the specialty dish of all the shops on this street was 'stewed fish soup', a traditional old dish originating from the earliest fishermen's cuisine.

But after two hundred years of development, the style of fish soup in each shop here was now very different.

Some shops' stewed fish soup was still soup, while other shops' fish soup had become fish porridge.

Some shops steamed fish slices, and some shops served seafood porridge.

The shop where Su Zhou was at mainly used shrimp meat, and for the fish, it mainly used fish bones to boil a rich soup for freshness.

It seemed ordinary at first glance?

But in fact, when a civilization's diet begins to gradually become more detailed and differentiated, and one dish evolves into many different dishes, it proves that the development of a civilization has entered its peak, and its people are no longer limited to 'eating their fill', but have begun to care about 'eating well', 'eating strangely', and eating something 'new'.

"In other words, if the average moral standard of the Firefolk is really as high as what I have seen, then what limits them is probably just technology."

Sitting in his seat, Su Zhou surveyed the myriad aspects of life on this restaurant street—here, there were farmers, fishermen, merchants, and herders; there were priests, officials, pharmacists, and alchemists; there were butchers with the smell of blood on their bodies, and a scholar who was estimated to be a lady with the smell of ink on her body. Whether it was gender or occupation, they were all equal, without special zones, and even without private rooms.

Although the pot of stewed fish soup he had was treated to him by the old shop owner, since even ordinary people were willing to come and eat, and did not show a distressed look, coupled with the shop owner's willingness to treat him so easily, it meant that the shop's prices were not high.

"This Elias… is really doing a good job! Amazing! To be able to cultivate a race that survived the apocalypse, was extremely decadent, and even wanted to self-destruct, to this point today, is truly incredible!"

Taking a deep breath, Su Zhou this time, truly revealed a smile: "Worthy of being a world that I also have a share in, this seafood soup is indeed delicious, fresh, fragrant, and smooth, without the slightest fishy or seafood smell, only pure deliciousness!"

Even, in his heart, he was a little ashamed.

Although in the Reincarnation World, he was revered as the God of Judgment, in reality, he had not done anything for the Firefolk… The matter of killing the God of Water did not count, that matter Su Zhou did it for his own happiness, and it had nothing to do with the Firefolk: "If I see Elias later, I must praise his achievements properly!"

However, at this moment, a small interlude occurred in the shop.

A child who was probably someone's guest, a boy about seven or eight years old, was holding his fish soup, stumbling and squeezing through the crowd, seemingly wanting to go outside to drink it.

Naturally, how could a child have any stability? Before he had taken two steps, he staggered, and with a shake of his hand, the soup in the bowl splashed out, spilling on the pants of a person who looked like a merchant.

"Hey, you little brat!"

The merchant felt a wet and hot sensation on his leg, and his expression suddenly changed, becoming ferocious. He reached out his hand, seemingly wanting to grab the little boy's collar: "Do you know how much these pants cost?!"

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, uncle, I'm very sorry!"

And seemingly out of fear, or perhaps some instinct, the little boy who accidentally spilled the soup immediately squatted down and sincerely apologized loudly: "I shouldn't have been walking around with the soup, I will definitely not do it again next time!"

Immediately, the merchant's expression and movements froze for a moment.

And the next second, his expression softened, and he said with a smile, "Ah, it's alright, knowing your mistakes and correcting them is a virtue taught by the Lord. I forgive you, but you must not do it again next time."

The merchant reached out his hand and gently touched the child's head: "Otherwise, the Lord of Judgment will come looking for you."

At this time, the child's parents also appeared. They apologized to the merchant in great fear, and then took out money to compensate the merchant for his losses, but the merchant waved his hand, saying that he did not mind, but the parents still forcibly stuffed a sum of money to the merchant, and then they left the restaurant without even having time to eat.

This scene amazed Su Zhou.

"Aimon, this world is indeed very loving."

When leaving the restaurant named Shark Whirlwind with the gray-haired priest, Su Zhou said to the middle-aged man beside him quite seriously, "This matter even exceeded my expectations, making me very pleasantly surprised—I originally thought that the child would deny his mistake and the parents would also protect him, even claiming that 'children don't know any better' in an attempt to muddle through and evade responsibility."

"But in reality, this kind of thing did not happen—whether it was the child or the parents, they made the right choice at the first time."

"Although the merchant had a moment of anger in his heart, he quickly calmed down, and the child also quickly apologized at the first time… A world where even children, merchants, and even parents have such morality is really even better than I imagined."

"Ah, no, my Lord, we are still far from reaching perfection! There is nothing to praise about this."

And facing such a high-level praise from Su Zhou, Aimon was rather apprehensive and embarrassed. He bowed slightly and said humbly, "Everything is due to the teachings of the Lords—when you make a mistake, you should admit it and correct it. This is the only way to remedy the mistake!"

"Moreover, the Lord of Fire's holy words say: 'You should love everyone, because everyone is related to you.' Since the other party apologizes and promises to never do it again, isn't forgiving him a kind of tolerance and love?"

"Just like the rotation of the elements and the cycle of heaven and earth, everyone is extremely important to others. Only when everyone loves everyone can everyone love everyone—and when everyone loves everyone, the kingdom of heaven on earth will be complete!"

"Love is an obligation!"

Repeating the holy words in the Covenant so piously, Aimon closed his eyes. He said extremely seriously, "But this world is still far from perfection, so it needs you, my Lord, to punish, to punish those evil people who are unwilling to love others!"

"Whether it is people who are unwilling to apologize or people who are unwilling to forgive, it is the same."

"This is the 'covenant' that the Lords made with the Firefolk and the Windfolk in the past!"