One - a turnaround?

"Welcome, strange visitor. It didn't take long for Zhao Mian and several other members of the expedition to walk under a huge gray tree, on which the palace of Carrasgalaton was built, surrounded by a large number of elves, or rather a send-off. Its massive trunk shimmered like gray silk and stretched upwards until the branches that had branched off for the first time were hidden in the clouds of leaves. Celepon and Galadriel stood on the white staircase entwined with tree trunks, and the master of Carasgalaton looked at Zhao Mian with a contemplative eye—until the master of the room spoke.

Unlike Rivendell, Carrasgalaton is closer to our image of the elves - not like Rivendell, where man-made structures are erected in the valley, and elven-style buildings reflect the sun like pearls between the mountains. Here, Zhao Mian didn't see many elves along the way, and there were no man-made buildings on the ground - most of them were decorative buildings such as fountains. Countless flowers bloomed throughout the city, and no inhabitants were to be seen, no footsteps were heard, only many voices could be heard filling the air and floating over everyone's heads. Zhao Mian could hear the melodious laughter of distant hills, falling like silver bells on the leaves—the elves were hidden among the lush branches of the trees. They built their houses on trees, and along the way, Zhao Mian saw many stairs with typical elf-style patterns stretching out around the huge tree trunks to the hazy high branches, and some figures occasionally poked out from behind the leaves.

"Good day, Lord Salpeng, Lady Galadriel. Zhao Mian made a slight chest salute, and the sound of the collision of hand armor and cuirass came far away in the empty woodland - for a moment, Zhao Mian even thought that the entire forest was suddenly quiet, "It has to be said that it is an unexpected surprise to be received by you." ”

"Zhao Mian - I'm sorry, your name isn't that easy to pronounce. Your Excellency Zhao Mian, we don't know about your past, but thank you very much for your help in this dark time. Selepeng nodded and said. He took the hand of his wife, who was standing beside him, and slowly walked down the stairs, until he walked to Zhao Mian's side, and his wife, Madame Galadriel, waved her hand, and some vines emerged from the earth, forming rattan seats around them. Naturally, Selepeng sat down not far in front of Zhao Mian, and he said, "Please sit down, everyone. Standing is not the right way to speak - we need to have a good conversation, and it can take a long time. ”

Everyone nodded, and each sat down on the chair next to them - except for Pipin and Merry, Pipin sat in Merry's position, which made Merry, who was at least a lot more stable, shake his head helplessly, and then sat down on his seat.

"Please forgive us for our rudeness, Your Excellency Zhao Mian. As soon as everyone sat down, Selepeng seemed a little impatient to ask Zhao Mian, he bowed forward slightly, as if to represent his hurried mood, but Zhao Mian could only see the power of calm in his eyes, "But your arrival has brought a new turn to this world, maybe the fate of countless living beings can be survived at this moment." ”

"Can you explain it a little bit?" Zhao Mian looked back at the expressions of the crowd, and they were basically thoughtful - that is, these words were not mentioned before he arrived. Zhao Mian's face was slightly more serious, he raised his head to look at Selepeng, who was slightly higher than the others, and asked.

"The dragon!" It wasn't from either Celepeng or Galadriel, on the contrary, to Zhao Mian's surprise, the voice came from behind him. Zhao Mian turned his head in some surprise, and everyone in the entire venue looked at the person who spoke with a surprised look - noticing everyone's gaze, as if Frodo, who was a little shrunken, was at the intersection of everyone's gaze, he glanced at the people around him, then pursed his lips and said, "Gandalf once mentioned that in addition to the unquenchable flames in the Doomsday Volcano, the dragon's flames can also have the same effect- The dragon's flames melt the ring, the dragon's breath carries magic, and their flames have a very powerful magic, which is enough to destroy the magic on the ring, and thus the One Ring......"

"Shhhhh He cautiously let go of his hand, looked at Frodo and said, "Don't say that word, Sauron's magic eye is still searching for our whereabouts, and this kind of behavior can easily expose us, and I don't want to get extra trouble." ”

"If even the utterance of the One Ring scares you so much, how can you face it? Zhao Mian said, looking up at the gap vacated by the dense leaves not far away, and in the midst of it, a shadow had just crossed the sky—and the light chased closely behind the black shadow, and the light was exactly like the fading light in Zhao Mian's eyes. He turned his head to look at the others and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm here, he can't detect any news - just one eye to try to explore this place, I'm afraid he's a little arrogant." ”

"Sure enough, as King Elon had said, a very strange power—it reminded me of Lorelin, and the light of the sacred tree shone on the land in the first place. Selepeng also retracted his gaze from the distant sky, he looked at Zhao Mian again, and said with some emotion, "Maybe this time, Gandalf is right, maybe we should really put our hope on humanity." But, at least Frodo was right, if the dragon's flames were as magical as they were legendary, we might be able to remove the darkness that was about to envelop Middle-earth right here, which would be a very advantageous possibility for any creature on the continent. ”

"I'm afraid it won't be as you wish, unknown elf. A loud voice rang out in the space, and after this sound appeared, a little quicksand began to emerge in the air - Sarsdom's head poked out of it, and he rested his head on the ground beside Zhao Mian, a little mysterious light circulating between his mouth and nose, "Maybe the blue dragons who know the magic arcane know how to destroy the ring that hangs on the boy's chest, but all I can do is temporarily banish him from this world- But one day, the ring will return to this world because of its powerful bond to this world, and at that time, nothing will change. ”

"Also. The dragon turned its head slightly, and looked at Zhao Mian with huge eyes, "Human, the wine tastes good, is there anything else?"