Ling Qi and his party were waiting on the open-air platform on the second floor, and in less than half an hour, a team of knights returned from patrolling below. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Watching those brightly armored elven knights galloping from the opposite cliff, passing through the suspension bridge in an orderly manner, people were not frightened and fearful, which really made the human cavalry surprised and envious.

The dwarves picked on the knights, this one said that the elf was too weak, and the other said that the captain of the cavalry who took the lead was like a small victim.

The dwarves were noisy like a flock of ducks, quacking, and completely unrestrained, but the human guards were at ease when they listened, and they no longer felt inferior.

They began to call the dwarves brothers and sisters again, and some of them were bold enough to count the shortcomings of the elven cavalry, but their voices were much quieter than those of the dwarves, because they knew very well that those elven knights were really strong, and one could kill three or four of them!

The surrounding elves all stared unsquinting, as if they hadn't heard many unsavory comments.

Ling Qi could feel their anger and disdain, the latter had the upper hand at the moment, and they were waiting for their king to give the final verdict to the rabble in front of them.

"Be quiet, King Elon is coming!"

Gandalf suddenly walked back from the platform and shouted in a deep voice.

Ling Qi had been leaning against the guardrail on the left side of the platform, and the entire protruding part of the platform was curved, so he had already seen Gandalf and the elven cavalry captain nodding and greeting.

Sure enough, in less than five minutes, a team of heavily armed elves appeared one after another.

They did not enter the palace, but dismounted and climbed directly up from the path on the right side of the platform, which showed that the leader was in a hurry.

The leader was the elven cavalry captain in golden scale armor with green trim on his waist and thighs and chest, and he took off his helmet and his loose blonde hair made him look even more feminine.

This boy and girl-like, girl-like elf is the legendary Elrond and King Elrond?

The dwarves were dumbfounded, especially the one who had just spoken wildly, and immediately warned the surrounding friends with their eyes not to talk nonsense, and the other dwarves held back their laughter.

Elrond first talked to Gandalf with an elf, his face slightly solemn, as if he had encountered something not quite pleasant, and similar emotions were quickly transmitted to the gray-robed wizard.

This caused dissatisfaction and vigilance among Thorin and the others, who believed that the Elven King was announcing his verdict.

They soon found out that they were wrong, for when King Elon had time to spare, his attitude towards the crowd was completely different from that of the tense Groffendale.

He first walked up to Thorin and formally exchanged courtesies with him, as if he was still facing the king of the mountain who had been in his heyday, with mountains of gold and silver and thousands of troops, rather than a down-and-out lost dog, which made Thorin's anger subside slightly.

Then, after just a few polite words with the dwarf, he hurriedly walked up to Ling Qi, looked at him with the eyes of an elder looking at a junior, and only nodded after a long time, and patted him on the shoulder affectionately.

"You're not what I thought you were, Gandalf wrote to me half a year ago that he had found a descendant of the Angry Hammers, the brave Otodo, and I thought you would be stronger and taller. ”

Ling Qi doesn't look thin, he has been baptized by the soul many times, and his height has grown a little more, more than one meter nine, which is not bad among elves, and he is quite strong.

When King Ayron said this, his tone was so gentle that even the living could hear the meaning of the fist, which showed his expectations for Ling Qi.

"Oh, is it?huh~"

"Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, you are not quite what I imagined. I thought you should be a little more majestic and a little more mature. ”

"Your eyes should be bigger, they should be more imposing. Your eyebrows should be thicker so that they will look more sedate. Of course, the main reason is that the facial features are too delicate, how do you look like a king. ”

Ling Qi's answer stunned both Gandalf and Elrond, who were smiling, and then the elves around them showed obvious anger for the first time, but the two old fellows looked at each other and laughed.

"Elrond, what do you think of him?"

Gandalf asked inexplicably.

"I personally like him, his strength and courage are outstanding, and he has the courage to fight a hundred battles, but that thing needs the consent of other people, that's the rule. ”

King Elon replied in Elven language, and none of the guests could understand him except for him and Gandalf and the elves around him.

Xu was afraid of causing a misunderstanding, and King Ailong immediately turned around and smiled at Ling Qi again, indeed the country and the city were overwhelmed.

"Do you think I'm supposed to look like this?"

I saw that King Elon actually made a grimace, stretched his eyelids with his index and middle fingers, and squeezed his jaw together with his thumb.

Suddenly, his beautiful face became ridiculous, his eyes were wide and wide-spread, and his pointed jaw was wrinkled together, like an et, a frog monster.

"Poof!"

Before the dwarf Pomber had just poured the liquor he had time to swallow, he couldn't help but squirt out all the wine, and the shock was in vain.

His image of the most serious of the three legendary elven kings was completely shattered, and with it the fear that had arisen from his unruly words, though he knew that it would not be heard by the other party.

"Hahaha, I guess the foreigners imagine me to be probably that look, old-fashioned, conservative, and rigorous. Like you said, bigger eyes, thicker eyebrows, maybe higher cheekbones, bigger noses, and a wider mouth, that's more like a king -- more like a king in people's imagination. ”

King Elon lowered his hands, and then spoke, his tone was still gentle, but there was a little more compelling flavor to listen to.

He walked a few steps in place with his hands behind his back, then looked at Ling Qi seriously, and said solemnly:

"Only the ignorant can discern things with the naked eye, and we use it here. ”

King Elon pointed to his chest, where the golden armor on the left side of his chest was tattooed with a cloud map, like some kind of inscription.

"Lynch, Gandalf and I have a lot to expect from you. There are some qualities in you that no one else has, and maybe that's what the world needs. ”

"Coming from the darkness and being reborn in the sun. He has the same blood as elves and humans, and he will be the sole ruler of this land, the true human emperor. His sword can cut through the waves of evil, his courage will inspire people, he will lead his people with his conscience, and his arrival will dispel the haze that has hung over the continent for countless years. At that time, the elves who remain in Middle-earth will also return to Valinor, to the arms of the One God, and to attain true peace. ”

Elon said a lot of things in Elven language, like some kind of poetry, or something like that.

Ling Qi looked at him suspiciously, and Elrond's gaze at him was extremely complicated, eager, curious, suspicious, and even more expectant.

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's a prophecy left by my father before he took my mother to heaven. ”

King Elon pointed to the sky, where there was a large expanse of blue, and a little bit of broken white clouds.

Ling Qi knew that when the night fell, a dazzling star would rise there, Elendil!

That's King Elrond's father!

When he led the coalition to defeat Morgoth, he drove the legendary Wickilott and his wife to the sky fearlessly.

At that time, he was promoted from the greatest navigator to the most eye-catching astronaut...

Ling Qi had heard many similar legends from the mouths of the natives a long time ago, and there were various versions, bizarre, tortuous, sadistic, and impassioned, but he was noncommittal about the truth.

Of course, if he knew that it was not Elrond's Lao Tzu who would shine, or the ship built by Serdan, but the elven diamond tied to Elendil's head. Then, maybe he'll try to fly into the sky and shoot down the brightest star...

The Elven Diamond, that is the real Kui Treasure, it contains energy far beyond the Supreme Ring, it has even exceeded the boundaries of the artifact!

Seeing Ling Qi frowning and pondering, King Ailong thought that he had something in his heart, so he said to him seriously:

"Child, remember my words, don't look at everything with the eyes of a mortal, use more here and here. ”

King Elon pointed to his chest and head.

Perhaps fearing that his words would not be convincing, King Elon added:

"You know, years ago I thought I had found the key to my destiny, the treasure of Iluvita, the last hope of the continent, and I was very happy and proud at the time. ”

"Until I met... I realized I was wrong. ”

In the face of King Ailong's headless words, Ling Qi could only be silent.

But he had already realized that maybe King Elon had misunderstood something, could it be because of his identity?

"Lynch, you don't have to worry, I will find a way to help you solve the trouble you encounter. ”

King Elon whispered in a voice that only two people could hear, certainly not referring to the current matter, and then deliberately said in a loud voice:

"Also, we can't deal with the mistakes of our clansmen and friends in the same way that we treat outsiders, so I don't think you should be judged in any way!"

"Also, Lord of the Land of Honey and descendant of the Angry Hammer family, I am optimistic about the future of you and Taliro. ”

Ai Long squeezed his eyes at Ling Qi, and his attitude made someone in the shadows in the hall flick his sleeves angrily, knocking over several envoys, and leaving in displeasure.

Thorin, who had been paying attention to the two of them, also elongated his face when he heard it. Obviously solved a huge trouble, but it seems to have been betrayed by the most shameful kind!

"Thorin, don't be careful, Lynch and those elves are not all the way. ”

Among the people, Balin was the only one who saw through Thorin's thoughts, and couldn't help but step forward and whisper persuasion.

"I understand that a friend is a friend. ”

Thorin replied earnestly, and Balin breathed a sigh of relief.

"But it's just friends. ”

Thorin added in his mind.

Then King Elon began to order his attendants to prepare food for the guests who had come from afar, and mentioned the matter of Bilbo. But in addition to Ling Qi's few more questions and expressions of concern, Balin and Bofour also showed obvious joy after hearing that the little hobbit was not in danger of life for the time being. The others were all indifferent, as if they were strangers who had nothing to do with them.

Everyone behaved in Gandalf's eyes, and the old wizard was silent, not saying a word.