Chapter 524: On the Road
The expedition team rested quietly in the town for a night.
The next morning, Lin Yang opened his eyes from the cross-knee meditation, listened to the noisy shouts of Merry and Pipin from the courtyard, stood up and pushed the door out.
It turned out that Aragorn had found three horses out of nowhere, and suggested that everyone ride to Rivinedell. Gandalf was also very tempted by this proposal, but he was reluctant to express his position because he didn't know what Lin Yang meant, and Merry and Pipin, two lively and active guys, had already circled around the three tall horses, and they were eager to ride on them and give it a try.
Frodo was the first to see Lin Yang's figure, and hurriedly bowed his head to Lin Yang and said, "Honorable lord, how did you rest last night?" Others also greeted Lin Yang one after another.
Lin Yang nodded to a few people, went straight to Gandalf's side, pointed to the three horses and asked, "This is from Aragorn, right?" Now, we don't have to work our feet, it's a lot faster to ride to Rivendell, and the sooner you destroy the Ring, the better. ”
Gandalf was very happy to see that Lin Yang not only did not oppose Aragorn's suggestion, but also showed a smile on his face, gently patted the sturdy back of one of the horses, and followed Lin Yang's words and said: "Yes, Aragorn is worthy of being a famous ranger who roams the world, and he still arranges things very well. This can only be known if he can guess your thoughts so properly. ”
Lin Yang couldn't help but laugh secretly, Gandalf seemed to really regard Lin Yang as a god, otherwise he wouldn't let such a straightforward sycophant come out of his mouth. With a wave of his hand, Lin Yang stopped Gandalf from continuing on the topic, urging them to go to breakfast as soon as possible and leave early.
When Lin Yang and his group of seven left the Prancing Horse Inn amidst the sound of horses' hooves, Gandalf was at the front, holding Sam in his arms, while Aragorn followed Gandalf. Perhaps because Merry and Pippin were more temperamental towards Aragorn, the two lively little ones sat in front of Aragorn, especially Merry. Sitting on the tall steed, he kept shouting excitedly, and even after being knocked on the head several times in a row by Aragorn, he still refused to close his excited mouth.
Lin Yang fell at the end of the line with Frodo in his arms, because Frodo had a magic ring hanging from the clothes on his chest. Lin Yang never dared to get too close to Frodo, and kept trying his best to lean his body back. And every time Frodo remembered Lin Yang's identity as a god behind him, his heart beat a little drum. Involuntarily pushed his body forward, not daring to touch Lin Yang's body at all.
The distance was rapidly shortened by the gallop of three fast horses, and Gandalf pointed ahead and shouted loudly to the group, "Turn this mountain and we will see the magic tower of Rivinedell, and we will definitely reach the elven realm before dark." ”
Mordor, which has been shrouded in clouds all year round, looks even darker and colder at night, and the huge doomsday volcano is still spewing a puff of ash into the sky. The blazing volcanic ash glistened and set off the Balado Tower in front of the Doomsday Mountains like a demon tower in hell.
The huge Eye of Sauron, suspended above the Tower of Balador, was always shrouded in red-black flames, and the burning flames gave the illusion that the eye was not real, but was merely an outward manifestation of Sauron's spiritual power. In fact, the MONOCULUS was Sauron after his defeat in the Holy War. The only remaining body, due to the loss of the Ring, Sauron could no longer reshape his body, so Sauron resided all his spiritual power into this eye, and this energy was so huge that it turned this eye into the huge shape it is today.
Now Sauron's magic eye is made entirely of energy, constantly emitting a yellow light like a cat's eye, and in the position of the pupil is a black hole-like existence, which looks extremely deep, as if it leads to the endless void. A red beam of light shot out of the pupil of the Magic Eye, constantly sweeping around the Balado Tower, occasionally shooting red beams to the far north or northwest, which was Sauron's second observation of the world. As long as this beam can shine, there is nothing to hide from Sauron, and for the Orcs of the Balado Tower and the huge military fortresses attached to the tower, Sauron knows everything, and nothing can be hidden from Sauron's Demon King's Eye.
The lights in the buildings around the Barado Tower began to dim, and most of the orcs were ready to rest. Suddenly, the roar of the Demon King Sauron spread throughout the Doomsday Mountains, and the anger of Sauron from this huge roar caused all the orcs who heard this roar to curl up in a ball, trembling with fear, not knowing what had happened to make the Demon King so furious.
"Bastard, what the hell is Gandalf doing? Why did I lose my connection to the Four Star Ring? Angmar, go! Find Gandalf and figure out what's going on? Why did the four-star ring that is in line with my spirit lose contact with me for the first time since it was created? Sauron's angry voice roared over the Balado Tower, but he didn't notice that the pupils of the Demon Eye narrowed slightly, which showed that Sauron's heart was not as angry as the voice showed, and in fact he lost contact with the Ring Spirit for the first time, which gave Sauron a vague sense of foreboding, as if something uncontrollable had happened.
The Witch King of Angmar was the leader of the Nine Rings, and was once a king of the human world before he became a Ringwraith. At the beginning, he was so brave and good at fighting, and he never really lost to anyone on the battlefield. However, because of the incredible power of the Ring of Power that Sauron gave him, he was eventually demonized, and although he no longer possessed the boundless divine power he had as he did when he did due to the shrinking of his body, Sauron gave him the ability to use dark magic, which made the Witch King of Angmar even stronger.
With the psychic connection between him and Sauron, the Witch King of Angmar received Sauron's order for the first time, and a roar suddenly erupted from the black hood, and the Witch King of Angmar pulled the reins to stop the running of the Nightmare Horse, looked at the Charles who was close at hand, turned the horse's head and rushed in the direction of the Prancing Horse Inn. At the same time, on the different paths to the Charr, the other six Ringwraiths did the same as Angmar, and the seven Ringwraiths were now ordered by Sauron to pounce in Gandalf's direction. Even the Fifth Ringing Spirit, which had been reduced to ashes by Gandalf, had swooped down in the direction of the Prancing Horse Inn after being reborn in the Tower of Vallado.
At noon, the harsh sun shines on the avenue and makes it impossible to open your eyes, and the steaming air makes the scenery a little farther away hazy, making it seem as if everything in this world has become illusory.
The Fellowship of the Ring did not continue on its way at this time, but hid in a dense primeval forest and began to rest. Gandalf sat under a large Rose tree with Lin Yang, briefing Lin Yang about Rivendell, while Aragorn sat under another tree, meticulously wiping his greatsword. Merry was muttering to Frodo about how she could make a bonfire that would not harm the forest and be vigorous enough, but Frodo just listened to Merry's muttering in silence, and from time to time gave Merry a hand and helped Merry light the bonfire together. Pipin and Sam are not here, Sam has just seen the traces left by the tower pole rabbit in the dense forest, and pulls Pipin to catch the tower pole rabbit together, saying that he wants to add a delicious dish to everyone's lunch table.
In Gandalf's narration, Lin Yang gradually understood the general situation of Rivendell. Rivendell is now ruled by Elven King Elon, a paradise for elves and a paradise for peacelovers. In Rivendell, elves, dwarves and humans live together, and there is no dispute between people of different races, and everyone can live in Rivendell according to the habits of their race. Due to the fact that Rivendell is protected by the Boundary River incarnated by the heroic spirits of the Elven ancestors, Sauron's dark powers cannot reach Rivendell.
After the outbreak of the Holy War, Rivendell was one of the few places that was not conquered by the demon king Sauron in his heyday, and almost all the exiled elven nobles and the descendants of human heroes took refuge here and accepted the protection of the elven king Elon. After reluctantly abandoning the Ring, Bilbo left the Charles on his own, aiming for Rivendell, where Bilbo was preparing to retire and spend the rest of his life.
Gandalf's narration was interrupted by the sudden cheers of the four hobbits, and it turned out that Sam had actually captured four fat rabbits, and Pipin had also picked a large bag of Xiangru, and Merry saw these tender ingredients, and loudly announced that he was going to serve everyone a delicious meal today.
Just as Lin Yang and Gandalf were smiling and watching the four hobbits chatter and teasing each other, Frodo, who was suddenly picking up a rabbit and preparing to skin it, threw away the rabbit in his hand with a scream, and fell straight to the ground with his chest in his arms. Frodo kept rolling on the ground, his face turned pale and horrified, and Sam was so frightened that he dropped everything in his hand and threw himself to Frodo's side and hugged him, calling Frodo's name in a panic.
Seeing Frodo's change, the others also ran to Frodo's side, and Merry and Pippin talked about how Frodo could be, until Gandalf scolded them and made them stop their endless nonsense.
Gandalf crouched down and carefully examined Frodo, who had fallen into Sam's arms, and Frodo seemed to have eased a bit, and seemed to be less painful than at first. Aragorn anxiously asked Gandalf, "Gandalf, what is wrong with Frodo?" Was it bitten by some poisonous insect in the forest? (To be continued.) )