Conflict is a term meaning any obstruction to the heroes that keeps them from getting to their goals. Usually conflicts are self-generated. The heroes are afraid or greedy. They get distracted. Without conflict, readers lose interest.
Conflict makes the plot go forward.
In the end, you put it all together, tie it all up. Not all stories have to have an ending. The reader, when he has to furnish his own ending, will think about that story far longer. Make reader 'feel' the story After completing the basics of the story, enrich the story through description. Put in sensory words, then the story will blossom.