Hundreds of kilometers away, in the dark forest, two young women in ragged clothes were warming themselves by a fire in a tree hollow, and one of the older women said to the people next to her, "Hermione, we... Can you really get out there? ”

Hermione was lowering her head, her hands were only a dozen centimeters away from the flame, trying to warm up her already numb hands as soon as possible, Hermione was a strange child since she was a child, even if one day her grandfather came back and told herself that her parents had gone far away, and the sensible Hermione silently endured, she actually knew what it meant, she once had a kitten named Gru, and when it died, her mother told Hermione that Gru had gone far away and would never come back.

Hermione heard that her parents had also gone far away, and she was stubborn and did not cry in front of her grandfather, because she knew that once she started crying, then her grandfather might not be able to control her emotions, and maybe the elderly grandfather had only the hope of her granddaughter after the loss of her son. Hermione didn't know why she was so calm, but she knew she was going to give her grandpa a hope to keep going.

Since that day, Hermione has never cried again, she has been through hardships since she was a child, she is far more mature than her peers, so there are few children in Shire Town who like to play with Hermione coldly, only Britney, the sister next door, although only two years older than herself, the two who grew up together are like sisters. In this way, the two unknowingly spent more than ten years together in Shire Town.

But half a year ago, it was a day of summer and autumn, and all the people in the town who knew Bilbo's grandfather came to celebrate his 100th birthday for old Bilbo, and the two of them, who had become big girls, went back and forth on dozens of tables in the courtyard and on the street, bringing fine food and beer made from barley to guests from all over the world, and the uncles and aunts who knew each other laughed and tried to find a husband for Hermione and Britney, Hermione just smiled, but Britney ran away in shame. Bilbo was very happy that day, and drank more than a dozen large glasses of beer in a row, and Bilbo, who was already a little drunk, performed the magic trick of changing people to everyone, which attracted the applause of the whole house.

Bilbo was dragged into the back room by a tall man in a gray robe after the performance, and Hermione happened to find that there was not enough beer prepared outside, so she went to the house with Britney to get a few more barrels, but Hermione, who was sharp, was attracted by the conversation between the two in the back room.

"Bilbo, do you know what that crown you just took out is?"

"Huh~~~~" Grandpa obviously burped, "Gandalf, you old fellow, you came today to let you wish me a birthday, why is your expression so at the moment... Forehead... Serious and scared? ”

"I'm serious! Bilbo! You sober up! Another man known as Gandalf snapped.

"Haha, Gandalf, let's go, let's go out and have a few more drinks together"

"Bilbo! That thing is not something you can have! It doesn't belong to you! ”

"Uh... Do you mean this? You see, I'll be invisible when I wear it! Hahaha. And... It will talk to me! ”

"What? Is it talking to you? ”

"Yes, it's talking... Bilbo's voice darkened, "He said, he doesn't like you, and he also said that he is what belongs to me. It's mine... Baby" the last word came out of Bilbo's mouth, Hermione couldn't believe how her grandfather, who had always been honest and honest, could make such a hoarse and lustful voice.

There was a "snap", as if the two had an argument.

"Huh? What happened to me just now? Hey? Gandalf? Why are you here? Let's go out and have a few more drinks! I haven't seen you in years, since... Hey, I'm not going to talk about unhappy things today. Not... My head hurts a little... I... I... Bilbo's voice began to grow out of order.

"Where's my baby? It's mine! Baby is mine! Bilbo snarled.

"Oh my God, Bilbo, you've been affected by it! This... Yes!! There was a sudden exclamation from inside.

Hermione rushed in and saw the tall man in the gray robe clutching his hands in pain. And grandpa sat there dumbfounded.

Gandalf saw Hermione come in, took out a blue cloth in front of her, and said to Hermione, "Quick, wrap that crown in it!" It has affected your grandfather's mind! ”

Hermione didn't know why, and although she had never met him, she somehow trusted him very much. Quickly took the cloth and wrapped the crown on the ground with it.

Hermione just straightened up, wanted to take out the crown, and then returned the cloth to the tall man in front of her, but the other party hurriedly reached out to stop it, Hermione looked at each other strangely, and the other party looked at Hermione's left hand strangely, the left hand was already on the edge of the crown, Gandalf looked at the small child in front of him strangely, at this time, Bilbo had begun to wake up from a coma, yawned loudly, sat up slowly from the ground, looked at the two people in front of him blinked, and laughed" Haha, it looks like I've really drunk too much, let's go, Gandalf, let's go outside and see the guests, Hermione, why don't you go outside to entertain grandpa's guests? With that, leaving Hermione where she was, she took Gandalf's hand and was about to walk out, but Gandalf glanced back at Hermione and walked out with Bilbo.

Late at night, the guests finally left drunk, and after Hermione arranged for a few out-of-town guests to stay in the only tavern in the Shire, she carried her drunken grandfather to bed, and then went to the outer room, took out the cloth wrapped in the crown from a drawer, and gently lifted the blue cloth decorated with strange patterns with gold threads, and the crown that looked plain and white was fully revealed. Hermione picked it up and put it under the light to examine it carefully, only to hear a voice abruptly come from the side.

"Don't you feel the sound of it?"

Hermione could tell that this was Gandalf who had had an argument with her grandfather that night, and she didn't look back at him, but just looked at the crown quietly and said, "It... It seems to be daunting ... I could feel it trembling. ”

Gandalf sat down gently, stared at the crown for a few moments, then turned his head and said, "It's even me. People can influence, but they can't react to you in the slightest? ”

Hermione thought for a moment and shook her head slightly.

After a long silence, Gandalf said, "You... Ever heard the story of the Supreme Crown? ”

Hermione glanced at Gandalf at this time and said, "Could it be that this is the Supreme Crown you are talking about?" ”

Gandalf nodded slowly, took out a pipe and lit it, took a few deep breaths, and spat out a smoke ring, as if ready to tell a long and long story.

"That's in ... More than 400 years ago, a powerful existence cast eighteen crowns, among them, three for the elves, six for the dwarves, and nine for humans. "If Hongjun heard the conversation between the two here, he would definitely be surprised, there was another group of elven clansmen in this Western Continent.

"These eighteen crowns, with amazing power, the being who just came to Middle-earth, gave them as a gift to the various species that occupied Middle-earth at that time."

"However, there is no free lunch in the world, in addition to these eighteen crowns, there is also the existence of a supreme crown, in front of the supreme crown, all the owners of those eighteen crowns will be suppressed by the supreme crown, those stupid races have been fooled by that powerful being, and there is a lack of eighteen powerful warriors, so the master of the supreme crown began his barbaric plan."

"That powerful being, known as Sauron, is a demon who fled here, and after giving away those crowns, he was finally allowed to establish his power in Mordor in the southeast, and a hundred years later, Sauron, who had gained a foothold, launched a war in vain to unify the entire Middle-earth world."

With the help of the Supreme Crown, the orcs led by Sauron have occupied several nearby countries, and finally, the united human elves and dwarves have begun a decisive battle with Sauron in front of the gate of Gondor, the powerful Sauron has made the three tribes crushed, but because of a mistake, Edward, the son of the Emperor, knocked the Supreme Crown to the ground with a broken sword, and Sauron, who lost the Supreme Crown, was greatly injured and fled back to his territory Mordor. Although the tribal alliance was victorious, the battered trins were unable to enter Mordor and wipe out Sauron once and for all. So, the three clans returned to their territory to lick their wounds silently, and Edward was on the way back to the city, bewitched by the Supreme Crown, Edward left everyone behind, and came to the river of the Rose River alone, the Supreme Crown with independent consciousness called the necromantic knights who obeyed Sauron's orders, those knights were the owners of the original eighteen crowns, and became necromans under the corrosion of the crown, and obeyed the orders of Sauron, who had the Supreme Crown. The four Necromantic Knights killed Edward, but the Supreme Crown fell into the Rose River in the battle, and hundreds of years of searching have not found its whereabouts. ”

"And now, it's in my grandfather's hands?" Hermione said, staring at the crown in her hand.

Gandalf took another puff on his pipe, nodded and said, "Now, after hundreds of years of silence, the orc forces of Mordor are starting to move again, and the war is about to start soon." ”

"And this Supreme Crown has sensed the fear of mankind, and now it suddenly appears, afraid that it wants to return to Sauron's hands, if Sauron takes this Supreme Crown again, Middle-earth... I'm afraid I'm going to be conquered by the orcs. ”

"As soon as someone puts that crown on their heads, those necromantic knights will receive the signal of the Supreme Crown, and I'm afraid that those necromantic knights will soon wake up. It won't be long before the Necro Knights come looking for it. ”

"And your grandfather has now been bewitched by the Supreme Crown, and if he uses it a few more times, he will become a puppet of the Supreme Crown. It will inevitably be handed back to Mordor on its own initiative. ”