Chapter 21: The Ring

"What does this mean?"

Unexpectedly, the secret would be hidden in such a short paragraph, and Thorin lost the idea of snatching the map for the time being, of course, mainly because Gandalf did not show obvious intention to take it for himself. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"I don't know, if there are still people in this world who can make out these words, then-"

Before Gandalf could finish speaking, Thorin's face was already gloomy!

In this world, confined to Middle-earth, the most well-known, longest-living, and most knowledgeable must be the elves, especially those who exist older than Gandalf.

"Uh~ Excuse me, may I really not need me to leave first when you discuss this?"

Bilbo's brainless words diluted the solemn atmosphere on the field.

"No, you're interested in that, aren't you?"

Gandalf bowed his head and smiled in return, his attitude towards Bilbo was noticeably different.

Thorin turned his head and whispered something to Balin, Ling Qi could read the anger and helplessness on his face.

Barin nodded his head and shook his head as he met Gandalf's eyes, indicating that his proposal was unlikely to pass.

"Gandalf, a dwarf would never ask a shameful betrayer for help!"

Thorin stood up and slammed the table.

This even provoked the guards who were patrolling the house outside, as well as the other dwarves in the house who were not yet drunk, to draw their weapons and shout indiscriminately to guard against non-existent enemies, and the restaurant was in chaos.

Ling Qi waved his hand to signal the attendants and guards to retreat, looked at the two groups of people who were quite tense, and smiled without saying a word.

"Damn it! Thorin! You're as stubborn as your grandfather! What time is it! Can't you just put aside your ridiculous, stupid arrogance for a moment?"

As the guardian of Middle-earth, Gandalf never tied himself to the chariot of a particular race, and always saw things with a fair and long-term perspective.

Can you ask the elves to come to their aid in the war between the dwarves and the dragons, at the risk of being wiped out?

Or should you ask the elves to shelter the worthless old and weak women and children for free when the dwarves are killed after them, and the orcs almost wipe them out?

Elves are not philanthropists, let alone capable of doing so.

The sparsely populated elven kingdom simply can't afford to support that many people, they are no richer than dwarves, and forest elves don't like "ugly" dwarves. This prejudice has been around for a long time, and the covenant was only compromised because of necessity and necessity.

Dwarves and elves are completely two races of donkeys with lips and horses' mouths. Unless the whole world is destroyed, they will be able to work together.

Gandalf didn't think the elves had gone too far, they stood by and watched, but they had their own reasons, and they weren't worthy of praise or despicability. Thranduil is responsible for his own people, not to the dwarves of Turin, and the leaders have the considerations of the leaders, and it doesn't matter whether they are warm or cold.

But these, in the eyes of the dwarves, the former allies did not help in danger, let alone fulfill the agreed obligations, this is naked betrayal!

Thorin especially hated the elves, as he had witnessed the elves who had arrived outside the battlefield in time to be scared away by the dragon before they could fire an arrow.

After a difficult victory over the orcs, he begged Thranduil to help the last old and weak women and children in his tribe, and as a result...

"No, Gandalf, Takong, you're wrong!"

Thorin asked Balin to stop the dwarves who were about to go mad, and then looked at the gray-robed wizard seriously and said:

"Dwarves will never lay down their dignity, and besides, this is not the most difficult time!"

"No, I should say that's a thing of the past, because we've found new friends, more reliable friends. ”

Thorin looked at Ling Qi, Ling Qi smiled, and Gandalf suppressed his anger.

The next day, the crowd gathered together after the unhappiness of the previous night, and the adventuring party still hit the road as scheduled, thanks to the power of fate, or Gandalf's compromise?

How Gandalf managed to convince everyone after the talks collapsed, especially Bilbo, who had no interest in adventure, didn't care at all. He cares more about his own path and the harvest that can be expected!

When the team set out, there were more people than expected, in addition to the original twelve dwarves and hobbits, there were also twenty accompanying knights, led by Farion, and Nitin was the vice-captain.

A large team means that supplies are needed, and fortunately, the compressed biscuits developed by Bee Sting Honey have solved this problem.

It's a new, energy-packed genre cookie that tastes better.

Charles, Alex, all of them are on the band, which will lead to an unprecedented emptiness of the Bee Sting's garrison.

But is that really the case?

Ling Qi's skeleton servant had already completed a mission three days ago, quietly returned, and hid in an unknown place!

It grew taller and stronger, with thick, dark blue joints, raising suspicions that it wasn't a pure-blood human in front of it.

Moreover, now it has a whole set of equipment on its body, old and powerful equipment, just like the golden ring worn on the tail finger of the left hand!

It is more powerful, it can always blend into the shadows, there is no limit to the distance between it and its owner, it is its own master.

It's already heroic, though it's not stable!

Most of the new power comes from the mysterious ring, and only a small half is a fusion of the necromancy that was originally known as the Witch King!

If it weren't for the fact that its soul had already merged with Ling Qi, it would have been able to borrow the coercion of the demon clone to suppress it.

Ling Qi did not doubt that after taking that powerful and evil ring, his servant, this clone, would inevitably change hands!

Rapid strength has to pay a price, and what can be borne is no regret, the existence of Sidis is really untouchable, unprovoked, and the only result of provoking it is to make the future full of unknowns!

Sonon, the Witch King of Angmar?

This grade, not to mention the true god, in front of Baal, is just scum!

We need to be in awe of God, because there is nothing else we can do. For mortals, they strive to be upstream, and fighting with them is also a lot of fun and fun. That's the reason.

With the Ice Guardian, or the new Ice Ringspirit to take care of, the Bee Sting Honey can also take on the responsibility of the rear.

Unfortunately, the evil nature of this power was so extreme that Ling Qi didn't even dare to let the Ice Ringwraith stay in the manor all the time, so he could only hide deep underground outside the manor, deep in the bed of the Brandy River, so as not to be discovered by Gandalf or spoil the atmosphere of the Land of Honey.

I have to say that Ling Qi also invisibly helped Gandalf a little bit and cut off Sauron's number one minion!

Through the Ice Ring, Ling Qi could clearly know Sauron's state and movements, as well as the predicament it was facing. It has indeed returned from the darkness, but its savings are far from enough, and it is alone. So it was just as Gandalf had predicted, and wanted to borrow Smaug's east!

Ling Qi didn't try to communicate with Sauron through the Ice Ring, he didn't think that his side was not qualified to cooperate with the Dark Lord, but he only felt the violent will to suppress everything!

This demon does not have the strength of Merunes Dagon at all, but his temperament is exactly the same as that one, the problem is that he is afraid that he can crush him with a finger and destroy him.

Faced with this, Sauron's name was of course moved from collaboratives to recipes.

This Enemy of Light was not Ling Qi's most ideal partner to work with, even if he had to choose someone to take refuge in, whether it was good or evil, it had to be top-notch.

What is the small boos under the total boos? Eating it is the way to maximize the benefits!

Ling Qi assessed the current strength gap between himself and Sauron, and wisely chose to hibernate, anyway, that thing was even more unwieldy than him for the time being!

That doesn't mean he doesn't have other plans, he tastes the sweetness of the first ring, and he immediately wants to get the rest!

As for the evil will that cannot be suppressed... Is this a joke?

With some of the Witch King's memories in Angmar and the stone carvings at the place where the Witch King was sealed, Ling Qi already knew what his optional mission and the One Ring he wanted to capture was!

The Supreme Ring, Harness the Rings!

Sauron, who was once Maia, but couldn't control the flow of power due to his fall, and even his deformed and powerful body couldn't retain those powers, so he had no choice but to create a magic weapon to store power!

What he did seemed stupid, or it was just a conspiracy to control the other vow-holders once and for all.

In fact, this is a smart move in desperation!

It is better to keep the power of the gods in artifacts, which can be lost, than to do nothing like Morgoth and eventually become weaker and weaker. One of the strongest Vera in the hall was actually cut into a cripple by mortals, and was even beaten into the realm of never transcending life!

Sauron sealed most of his power in the Ring, as long as the Ring is not destroyed, it will not die or die, and even the power in the Ring can be controlled by no one except himself, because of the nature of the power!

He was clever and cunning, and that was his own ring, the memory of power. With the Ring, he is even stronger than Morgoth at the End, because he can no longer be weakened, but he can wield far more power than Gandalf, a Maia trapped in the flesh!

Unfortunately, that's all in the past!

Under the brandy bridge, at a depth of two hundred and thirty-eight meters, the Ice Ring Spirit crowded in a small space rubbed its chin humanely and observed the golden ring on the tail of its left finger!

"It is not necessarily impossible to store energy to avoid the loss of power and environmental suppression. It's just that the key forging skills are missing after all, and..."

Ling Qi, who had left the land of honey wine for dozens of miles, rode a tall horse and walked in the middle of the team, subconsciously rubbing the tail finger of his left hand with his right hand, as if there was something invisible there.

"If you can get the full set of rings, it will be even more helpful. ”

Ling Qi thought, resisting the faint coercion from Sauron from the Ice Ring Spirit in his mind, thinking about whether to find a time to give it a little color and let it know that the way of the world has changed, who is the boss!

If Sauron's body was still there, and he was wearing the Supreme Ring, Ling Qi would definitely run as far as he wanted, looking at the ring and running away.

But such a trapped and bound loser still dares to be arrogant, really a demon vegetarian?

He is not Gandalf, he can't exert half a point of strength, and he still has to talk about benevolence, righteousness, morality, truth, goodness and beauty!

He is Ling Qi, Ling Qi who doesn't like to talk about rules and reason, Lynch Neriwa Seindu from another world!