Last night, after seeing a little witch vs. the Black Knight of the Ring, and learning that the enemy who was chasing them had been temporarily wiped out, and that there was a free super thug in the inn across their own floor that had successfully attracted the hatred of the enemy, Frodo and the other four hobbits were finally able to sleep peacefully and have a rare good night's sleep!

So, early the next morning, Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Melly, and the mysterious 'Freewalker', who had finished their rest and were in a good state and had had a hearty breakfast, once again carried their own salutes, and led the ranger's white-fronted brown horse out of the house they had rented opposite the Prancing Horse Inn, and began their journey again.

As they left the small courtyard of the dwelling and walked down the street, they happened to see the proprietor of the Prancing Horse Inn talking loudly and emotionally with a group of well-wished townspeople and some soldiers.

"You don't know, do you? I tell you, I saw it last night: four evil Black Knights, who had stormed into our town of Bray, and infiltrated my Prancing Horse inn, as if trying to catch someone or something? ”

"Then, they have inadvertently provoked a noble little wizard who lives in my inn, and then, you all see! And they became what they were looking like: look at the corpses of the black horses, and look at the deformed armor after they died! ”

Seeing more and more people around him, the innkeeper blushed and gestured at the corpses of the horses in front of his inn and the armor left behind by the evil knights.

"You may not know that at that time, I saw a bad opportunity, and I hid directly behind the bar, and I didn't even dare to breathe! At that time, I almost thought I was going to die! ”

"But who would have thought that when the four terrible black knights went upstairs and tossed for a while, they chopped and chopped and turned over the cabinets, and then, not long after, one of them was knocked out by the wizard through the window? It's the window on the top floor, do you see?! ”

"Then, when I had the courage to lie down in front of the window by the door and peek, I saw only that powerful wizard lady, she was floating in the air out of thin air, reaching out and grabbing it, and a powerful black knight screamed and was caught into a ball of iron by her?"

Then, with a wave of her hand, she didn't know what magical trick she used, and in an instant, the iron ball turned into a giant axe warrior covered in flames again, and in just three or two strokes, she hacked the remaining three black knights to death!"

"Do you see the great axe that ploughed the street out of a deep pit over there? And over there, the one-armed, standstill, hollow-shelled armored man! Last night, it was the warrior who was blazing in the rain! It's just that when it finishes destroying the enemy, the flames on his body gradually extinguish, and he doesn't move anymore......"

On the muddy grass outside the Prancing Horse Inn, the innkeeper happily pointed to the fragments of the armor of the evil horses and evil spirits on the ground, as well as the one-armed armor that was still standing in the distance.

Then, when he saw the Ranger leading four hobbits past him, he was slightly stunned.

If he's not mistaken, it seems that the four evil black knights went to the room they had originally set to hack and rummage? It's just that, I don't know why, these five people, when he was about to close last night, suddenly packed up his things and moved to a private house across the street?

If they think about it this way, they must have known in advance that those black knights, those terrible evil creatures were looking for them, right? In this way, their own inn and the noble wizard are actually taking the top of the tank for them?

So, should he himself reach out to them and ask for a little compensation?

"Whew~! Head! I've just gone to see it, and the old Allen who guards the gate of our Bray Town was indeed trampled to death, and the gate of the town was also destroyed! And, judging from the horseshoe marks on the wooden door, it must have been these four black knights who did it! ”

At this time, when the five Frodo approached were curious, they happened to see a militia in a hurry to tell a man in chain mail who was listening to the owner of the Prancing Horse Inn explain the situation last night.

"Hmm...... I've never seen a weapon of this style and pattern......"

After nodding, the big man in chain mail walked directly to a grassy field, then crouched down and looked at the black sword that had been dropped here by the black knights on the ground.

This long sword should be an elite two-handed knight's sword, with a slightly longer handle, which is very suitable for slashing with all your strength with both hands in land combat, and of course, it should also be able to be directly used as a one-handed sword when riding in battle?

"Be careful...... It's a cave sword...... Trust me, if I were you, I wouldn't have touched its blade! ”

Aragorn, the Freelander, who was leading four hobbits to pass, bowed his head and whispered this when he saw that the militia captain of Bray seemed to want to reach out and touch the black sword that had fallen on the grass.

"Demon, Demon Cave Sword?!"

Hearing this, the chainmail man was about to touch the hand of the sword blade to test the sharpness, and immediately retracted like lightning.

Then, when he turned his head to look at the man who had just passed by and kindly reminded him, all he saw was the hooded figure and the four short hobbits following him?

The man...... Is that Ranger?!

Frowning and thinking for a while, the militia captain said that the ranger who walked over, the middle-aged man with strange whereabouts and extraordinary skills, he had seen many times in Bray Town, but the two sides did not have any intersection.

"Captain, what exactly is the Demon Cave Sword?"

Seeing that his captain suddenly stopped when he was about to touch the blade of the sword, and then looked at the strange man who had loudly reminded his captain that he had gone farther and farther, a militiaman from Bray Town wearing an iron helmet, wearing armor on his body, and holding a wooden spear in his hand, leaned over and asked with some curiosity.

"Demon Cave Sword, ......"

"It is rumored to be an evil weapon from the Cave of Minas! It is said that anyone who is wounded or stabbed by a sword blade will gradually fall into eternal darkness if they are not effectively treated......"

And then ...... It will also become an immortal being......"

Looking at the black sword on the ground, the militia captain's face also began to become a little solemn.

Then, he turned his head to look around at the black knights around him, who had been killed by the witch without any human corpses, and only three pairs of crumbling armor remained, and he seemed to believe the ranger's words a little.

"Is it so mysterious? It must be fake, right? ”

"Head! You see, this thing looks very well made, and it should only be used by aristocratic lords, right? I thought, it must be worth a lot of money! ”

"That's right! Captain, don't care what it is, let's just put it away and sell it for money? ”

Compared to this big captain in chain mail, the other militiamen who carried spears didn't have so many worries.

The torn, collapsed and twisted knights' armor around them has basically been scrapped, and it must only be sold for a small amount of money as scrap metal. However, these three longswords dropped here are different, and looking at their exquisite workmanship, they are definitely worth a lot of gold!

When the time comes, if they divide it together, what can go to their respective hands will definitely be able to withstand the military salaries of these people for several months, and there is no reason to let go of this kind of windfall from heaven at all!

"Humph! Whether they are the swords of the Demon Cave or not, we will soon know! ”

After pondering for a while, the captain, who was also a little uncertain about the rumored things, did not continue to care about the commotion of his subordinates. So, when he stood up and looked up into the distance, when he saw a glimmer of morning sunlight slanting from above the eaves, he brutally pushed away the two men who were standing in front of him who were blocking the sunlight.

"Alright, get out of the way of me!"

Then, something happened to everyone present: the blade of the black long sword, when it was illuminated by the sun, quickly disintegrated and turned into a black mist and disappeared completely? In the blink of an eye, it only left a sword hilt that was still gorgeously made?

"Tsk! Sure enough, it's the legendary Demon Cave Sword! It's a big problem......"

When the militia captain possessed himself again and picked up the Cave Sword from the ground, which only had the hilt left, and looked at the 'corpses' of the dead Black Knights around him, he knew that things seemed to be getting a little troublesome......

Four black knights of the Demon Cave died in their Bray Town, so will this attract the other party's revenge?!

"What about the honorable wizard guest? Is it still in your hotel? ”

After thinking about it, the militia captain walked up to the owner of the Prancing Horse Inn and asked in a low voice.

"That...... I'm so sorry! ”

She bought a carriage early in the morning and left...... Looks like you're heading east? As for whether it's going in the direction of Amensur or to the town of Ystad, I don't know......"

The innkeeper thought about it seriously, and could only shake his head regretfully at the militia captain.

Earlier today, it was the light and comfortable carriage he had bought for His Excellency the Little Wizard at dawn! However, the little wizard rejected her suggestion to hire a groom for her, and she sat in the carriage without maneuvering, and let the old horse carry her carriage out of town from the east gate.

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"Hey! Where the hell are you going to take us? ”

After leaving the east gate of Bray Town, Pippin and Melly were surprised to find that this strange 'Freewalker' did not take them on the main road, but went straight into the dense forest, intending to go directly to the east over the mountains?

"We're going to cross the Bray Swamp to the top of the wilderness, and then we're going straight to the sentry at the top of Fengyun Hill! There, it was one of the meeting points that Gandalf and I had agreed to before! ”

The 'Freelander' Aragorn, who was exploring the way in front, did not take into account the opinions of the hobbits behind him, and specially selected some rugged and difficult dense forest mountain streams to walk.

"Then why don't we take the big road? Instead, you want to walk through this kind of dense forest? And you even want to go straight through the Bray Swamp?! ”

After hearing the 'Freelander' tell him what to do, Melly, who was following behind, complained loudly and dissatisfied.

It's a swamp and a wilderness, and just listening to it must be very difficult to walk, isn't the road outside very good? Why do you have to go over the mountains......

"Very good, boy! If you think you can escape the sleepless Black Knights on the road, then you can go on the road, and I will not stop you! ”

With a breath of relief, Aragorn grabbed a small branch and steadied himself, then turned around and warned the little hobbit behind him in an unkind tone that he had known to complain all day.

"But, those black knights, aren't they all dead? Just last night, we all saw the little girl wizard, and she had killed them all! ”

"That's right! In that case, why don't we take the more comfortable road? ”

Pippin and Melly looked at each other, and as if they had noticed something interesting, they began to loudly refute the words of the 'Freewalker'.

"If you really want to take the big road, go south, with the speed of your hobbits, I believe you can see the big road in two or three hours, and if you really want to, then go ahead!"

"Also, don't blame me for not reminding you: there should be nine black knights like last night! And last night, that powerful witch, she only eliminated four of them! ”

After aggravating his tone on top of the 'four', Aragorn shook his head, not wanting to dwell on these things, and continued to turn around and bury his head in front of him to lead the way.

But actually, he still hasn't said anything, just afraid that he will accidentally scare these timid hobbits!

That's because: the Ringwraiths are not easily killed! Even last night, that little girl seemed to have managed to eliminate four? However, Aragorn believed that it would not be long before the four dead Black Knights would still be resurrected in the cave of Minas!

He had no doubts about that!

And only some special methods, or some special weapons that can break the spell of the ringing spirit, can completely kill the opponent!

For example, their Western Dengdan royal family has special powers, and it is said that those weapons have been blessed by the gods? Or maybe his Nasir's holy sword?

It's a pity that the holy sword he inherited has long been broken and broken......

"Well, maybe you're right!"

"Hmmm! You just don't say anything! ”

Pippin and Melly were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered: when they were hunted down by those Black Knights of the Ring, when they were taking a boat to get rid of those pursuing Black Knights at the Ferry of Bakobury in Shire, they had met many of those terrible Black Knights, and at that time, the number of other parties seemed to be far more than four?

"Frodo, how do you know that this 'Freewalker' is a friend of Gandalf?"

Sam, who was leading the other party's brown horse and following behind, leaned over to Frodo's side and whispered. He was still a little suspicious of the tall human in front of him, he always felt that the other party didn't look like a good person?

"Sam, I don't think that's what our enemy's minions look like this, they...... You can feel an evil aura......"

Frodo remembered that when the four of them hid from the Black Knight under the root of the tree at the border of the Shire before, the aura emanating from each other's body was very evil!

Even, at that time, when the other party lay down to search for them, that kind of breath made those small animals, spiders, centipedes and other insects unconsciously burrow out of the cracks in the stone or the soil to escape?

"I think he's evil enough now!"

Indeed, Sam also felt that the aura on the black knights of the Ring Spirit was rather evil! However, it seems that this 'Divine Walker' in front of him is no better, right?

"Sam, now we have no choice but to believe in him!"

With Gandalf, whom they trusted, still missing, and the others still being hunted down by the Black Knight of the Ringwraith, they really didn't have a good choice other than believing in the 'Freewalker' who had helped them once last night.

Besides, since the other party can say Gandalf's name in one mouth, he can always give a little bit of trust.

"Where is he taking us? We're getting farther and farther away from Bray now. ”

Actually, what Sam wanted to say was that they were getting farther and farther away from their hometown of Shire......

If he hadn't been worried that going back without permission would lead those black knights to Habiton, and might bring misfortune to his relatives and friends, he would have turned around and just ran back now, Gandalf was not there anyway, and no one could punish him, or turn him into a stone frog or something.

"Let's go to the sentry at the top of the storm first, and if Gandalf is really not there, let's go straight east to Rivendell, the mansion of Elvendale! Are you satisfied with this answer, Lord Janji? ”

Aragorn, who could hear the muttering between Sam Weiss Janji and Frodo in the back, replied loudly without hesitation.

King Elrond, also known as Elrond, is the High Elven Lord of Rivendellin Valley, and the wielder of Vilya, the Wind Ring of the Elves' Three Rings! In Aragorn's impression, King Elon was not only brave and good at war, skilled in medicine, superior in wisdom, and prophetic, but also the adoptive father who raised him to adulthood, and also one of the High Elves he respected the most!

In fact, he was also a little helpless about the lack of cooperation with these hobbits.

If Gandalf hadn't entrusted him with this mission, do you think he Aragorn would have worked hard to protect these hobbit halflings who would only be used as oil bottles for themselves and would only mumble and question themselves all the way without getting the slightest benefit?!

"Hey! Guys, did you hear that? He's talking about Rivendell? We're going to Rivendell to see the elves? ”

After hearing the words of the 'Freelander' who led the way, Pippin and Melly, who had been complaining a little for a long time, finally began to cheer excitedly.

The elves are a tall race that only exists in legends, they have long wanted to see it, but they have never had the opportunity! But this time, if they can really meet the elves in Rivendell, then they will be able to brag about it for a long time when they return to the Shire, right?

“……”

Compared to the excitement of these two people, Sam and Frodo seemed much calmer.

Because, on the first night of their departure from the Shire, they were fortunate enough to see a group of wood elves during their westward migration, and Frodo also heard them sing songs along the way, supposedly to go to the port outside the White Tower? They seem to be going to sea, going to other places in Middle-earth?

"Gentlemen, hurry up! We must not stop until nightfall! ”

After walking for a while, just after crossing two peaks, he found that Aragorn, who seemed to be not quite right behind him, and when he had to turn his head to warn, he saw that the hobbits were actually planning to camp and eat?

What the hell is this!

This phenomenon almost made Aragorn laugh!

Sure enough, it is not entirely unreasonable for the human world to call hobbits hobbits, these lazy dwarfs have just walked for less than an hour, and they are going to rest and eat here?

What's the joke about? They're being hunted by a group of Black Knights......

"Still leaving? And what about our breakfast? ”

Sam, who was about to hand his companion a cookie, was puzzled.

Then, he also looked up at the rising sun in the sky, this breakfast time has obviously arrived, so what is the hurry? Shouldn't you take a break, eat a good breakfast, and when you're almost done, walk a little forward to help your digestion?

"You guys were just in Bray Town, haven't you already eaten it?!"

When they were in that house, when they woke up in the morning, they had already had breakfast, and Aragorn was very sure that they had already eaten!

"Just a meal? That's right! I ate it at the time, but what about the second breakfast?! ”

Pippin, who was about to take over the food next to him, immediately asked rhetorically, they, hobbits, usually eat two breakfasts a day!

“……”

With his mouth open, Aragorn had a face sideways. He didn't say anything, turned around and left.

These damn hobbits, really they're here for an outing? Is it true that outside of the wilderness, there is no other danger except for those Ringwraith Black Knights who are chasing them?

Also a second breakfast? Second breakfast to hell! Where is the second meal? Don't say anything about breakfast, no lunch! Before it gets dark, they can only eat while walking, stop and rest, and eat while chatting, that is the kind that they don't even think about anymore!

"Guys, I suppose they humans probably don't have the concept of a second breakfast?"

Merry had just sighed when suddenly, he saw something flying in the sky.

When he hurriedly reached out to catch it, he realized that it was an apple that the 'Freewalker' who was walking in front had just picked and thrown from a low wild apple tree in front of him?

"Okay...... What about pre-afternoon tea? What about luncheon? There is also afternoon tea...... Dinner...... Supper? He should know that, shouldn't he? ”

Hearing that the next few days could be extremely bad, Pippin the Hobbit was a little dissatisfied. In his opinion, the rush is the rush, but this basic treatment can't be lowered casually......

"I can't say for sure!"

After handing him an apple, Melly shook her head and walked on.

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A few days later, in the direction of Bray Town, all the way east, a small carriage pulled by a giant trolls was pacing gracefully through the roadless forest.

Little Anne was half-lying in her open, rain-roofed carriage, and let the two-legged 'big horse' in front of her pull her, and lead her east through the jungle, where there was no road for a long time.

She just threw some snacks into her mouth, pillowing her bear Tiebs and looking at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, while beside her, she sat her 20mm electromagnetic sniper rifle, you read that right, the one she would have equipped as a ghost agent in the interstellar world!

In the days when Anne was on her way alone, she didn't run into all the messy things that wanted to beat her up for her crooked ideas!

After all, this Lord of the Rings is not simple, it is a magical magical world! Whether it's a reckless mercenary, a traitor, a goblin, an orc, an ogre, or even a stone giant hundreds of meters high!

So, along the way, she was bothered by those who didn't have long eyes and didn't bother to use magic, so she usually gave the other party a shot directly, and breaking it into a piece of rotten meat was the easiest and most trouble-free choice.

As long as those monsters who dare to come out and block the way and want to eat her, she will shoot it casually, and then, the whole world will be clean! As for whether the headless trolls or other corpses left behind on the road will frighten the passing travelers or something, that's none of her business!

Now, she has walked for several days and nights in a row, and even she doesn't know how far she has walked! Anyway, the old horse that was slow and stupid that used to pull the cart has been let go by her, and now, the one who pulls the cart has been replaced by this new 'horse' with two legs and great strength!

Anyway, all Anne knew was that she had been walking east since she got out of that Bray town, and when she got here, there was almost no road, and she was thinking about whether to abandon this broken carriage that was about to fall apart, and then let go of this poor old 'horse', and think of another way for herself.

Syllable!!

With a flick of Anne's fingers, the whip formed by the magic left a red mark on the back of the trolls pulling her carriage, causing the trolls to shudder and have to speed up again.

"Don't be lazy! I've given you a buff to resist the sun. ”

"If you dare to cheat and play tricks again, you have to think about how cooked your ass on the other side wants to be cooked! I know you can understand what I'm saying! ”

As she spoke, little Anne began to laugh softly.

Because, this trolls who were pulling her carriage, the last time she tried to steal and play tricks, the skin of one of its buttocks was roasted red by her flames! Let the other party know the pain at the same time, but not hurt the other party and affect the pull of the car for themselves as a coolie.

Although this trolls are also stinky, it doesn't seem to be much better than the original old horse? However, there is still a slight benefit! That is: since Anne changed this 'horse', ordinary gadgets and beasts no longer dare to come out casually to bother themselves.

"Huh?!"

Someone rushing towards them at high speed? Listen to the sound, it seems that it is still on horseback?

Just when Anne was a little distressed that there was a small river in front of her and the trolls couldn't move on, she heard the sound of horses' hooves behind her. Moreover, there are still several cavalry rushing towards him?

Sound familiar? They're not here to make trouble for themselves, right?!

“……”

Listening to the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, from far to near, becoming more and more rapid, Anne stopped the groll, who was about to force his way across the river, and she planned to see what was going on.

"Run, Acifarus, run, faster!"

Arwen hugged Frodo, who felt like he was about to die, and urged the mount under her crotch, and even she didn't care about the cut on her face that was cut by a branch, but kept urging her horse to run faster.

Behind her, just a few positions away, a total of five black knights in black armor and black robes, and holding long swords, were chasing after her.

During the chase, several times, she was almost successfully surrounded by the other party! If it weren't for the courage of her crotch companion to break through the other party's encirclement again and again with dexterous steps, by now, maybe she and Frodo would have been captured alive by those ring spirits, right?

"That's ...... Trolls?! ”

Arwen, who had just come out of the woods, soon noticed that there was an ogre almost two people tall in front of her, on the beach? When did they dare to come out during the day? Moreover, the other side seems to be still pulling its booty: a little girl?!

If it were a normal time, Arwen might have rescued the human girl from the evil trolls, but now, she could only let her beloved horse pass the trolls and the little carriage, and rushed through the river, believing that as long as she reached the other side of the river, she could use the power of nature to chant a spell to summon the Uommu flood to disperse the black knights who were chasing her!

Tap! Tap! Tap!

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the five Ringwraiths rushed to the river with the trolls in their arms, and ran to the other side to turn their horses' heads, as Arwen carried Frodo, who was already unconscious, and ran to the other side to turn their horses' heads.