Volume 1: Soaring into the Sky Chapter 20: The White Council
Li Yi's team continued to move forward after dealing with the wolf cavalry, and was soon blocked by dozens of elven cavalry.
King Rivendell Elon rode out, and Li Yi and Gandalf greeted him.
King Elon and Gandalf greet each other.
"Mithranda!"
"King Elon, my friend, what are you doing here?"
"I've come to hunt down the orc army from the south, and if they dare to come near our borders, someone or something will surely attract them!"
Gandalf nodded.
"It could be us!"
King Elon looked at the legion behind Gandalf and Li Yi suspiciously.
"I think they must have been impatient to provoke your army of thousands!"
Gandalf introduces Li Yi to King Elon.
"This is Li Yi, the legion you see is his, and he came with good intentions."
King Ayron saluted Li Yi.
"Lovemakers welcome in Rivendell!"
The Legion followed King Elon to Rivendell and set up camp in the valley clearing.
In the evening, King Ayron invited the Lonely Mountain Expedition and Li Yi to a banquet.
After enjoying the pure green banquet of King Elrond, King Elon used the moonlight to decipher the secret door of the Dwarven Lonely Mountain map.
King Elon informs Gandalf and Thorin that Saruman does not like the Lonely Mountain expedition to the Lonely Mountain.
Li Yi pulled Thorin and bent over and whispered, "Thorin, go to the Lonely Mountain to find Antiope." ”
With that, he winked at Thorin.
Thorin understood what Li Yi meant, and due to Saruman's obstruction, the Legion should stay in Rivendell.
But the legion had already sent someone to wait for him in the Lonely Mountain, and the Lonely Mountain expedition needed to go to the Lonely Mountain alone to join Antiope.
He nodded to Li Yi, and secretly decided in his heart that he would leave alone with the Lonely Mountain Expedition team tomorrow morning.
Li Yi and Gandalf followed King Elon to the Stone Pavilion at the highest point in Rivendell, where Queen Galadriel of Lorian and Saruman were waiting.
As a bystander, Li Yi observed many interesting things, such as Galadriel's eyes when he looked at Gandalf, and Gandalf saw Saruman's helplessness.
Gandalf introduced Li Yi to everyone, Saruman was anxious to attack Gandalf, and arrogantly nodded to Li Yi and took it as acquaintance.
Li Yi was also happy that everyone ignored his existence, just delaying the time for the dwarves to set off alone tomorrow morning.
Bilbo hasn't gotten the Ring yet, and tomorrow the dwarves will have to venture alone.
Leaning against the stone wall, he sat on the floor and watched Saruman and Gandalf exchange words. I feel that Saruman actually has a similarity with his philosophy, and that is the importance of strength.
It's just that Saruman believes in personal greatness, and finally becomes a slave of Sauron, he believes in the power of the legion, a legionnaire can't kill a few enemies, but 100 legionnaires can fight ten times more enemies after forming a phalanx.
Gandalf's idea is also similar to his, that is, to save himself, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish.
But Gandalf prefers to inspire hope in the hearts of ordinary people, and he prefers to be the hope in the hearts of others.
Professional people do professional things, no matter how hopeful a farmer is, he is still a farmer without training, and letting a promising farmer go to the battlefield is not to save people but to harm people.
It's an example of Bilbo having the aura of the protagonist, but what about other ordinary people?
Li Yi watched the sunrise sunlight sprinkle into the stone pavilion, and he knew that the dwarves should have already set off.
King Elon has experienced the great war of the last era on the Middle-earth continent, knows the cruelty of war, and does not dare to go to war easily if he wants to maintain the current fragile peace. After all, no matter what world they are in, the fertility of elves is definitely not good.
Saruman, on the other hand, does not want to admit the change in the world, and stubbornly believes that Sauron is dead.
Li Yi looked at Saruman and thought of a sentence: "Can't wake up the person who pretends to be asleep." ”
Queen Galadriel's political attitude made Li Yi feel very envious, this is the state he wants to achieve in the future, good at listening, vigilant, and grasping the general direction.
However, the more Li Yi observed, the more he felt that Queen Galadriel and Gandalf definitely had a story.
After the transmission of Queen Galadriel, Gandalf still took out the Cave Sword that Redagast had found.
Li Yi saw that Saruman still refused to admit the reality, and finally couldn't help but interrupt the dispute.
"I sent 5,000 cavalry to attack Mordor, and 3,500 infantry to attack Lonely Mountain."
Saruman looked at Li Yi sitting on the ground in anger.
"How dare you go to war with Mordor without permission!"
Li Yi was very happy to see Saruman's angry jumping feet.
"Whose permission is it? Your permission? Do you care about me? You pretended to be asleep and didn't want to wake up, and let Mordor recover his strength, and I didn't care until I helped Mordor bleed? ”
Gandalf saw that Li Yi and Saruman were arguing, and hurriedly dissuaded him.
"Li Yi!"
Queen Galadriel quietly watched the development of the situation and began to be interested in Li Yi.
Li Yi continued to add ingredients.
"Hey, Saruman, I've beaten Mordor! What can you do with me? Help Mordor kill me? Or do you want to help Mordor stop my legion? ”
Saruman was angry with Li and left the stone pavilion.
Li Yi turned his head and saw that Queen Galadriel and Gandalf were flirting again, this was whispering again?
At this time, everyone heard footsteps, and Linde came to the stone pavilion to report to King Elon: "King Elon, the dwarves have left on their own!" ”
Li Yi got up from the ground and looked at Gandalf and Queen Galadriel.
"Gandalf, the dwarves left on their own, and my legion didn't protect them. Queen Galadriel, I'll be waiting for you below. ”
Then he pulled Linde and King Elon down from the stone pavilion, and his meaning was obvious, Gandalf, why don't you hurry up and chase the Lonely Mountain Expedition?
After a while, Queen Galadriel walked down from the stone pavilion, and King Elon led everyone to find a council chamber and sit down.
Queen Galadriel looked at Li Yi.
"Outsider, what are you looking for me?"
King Elon was surprised by Queen Galadriel's address to Li Yi and turned his head to look at him.
Li Yi shrugged.
"Everyone knows so soon, let's officially introduce myself, Li Yi, the leader of the Chaos Legion. He came to Middle-earth to destroy the Lord of the Rings and destroy Sauron. ”
Queen Galadriel asked slowly, "You found the Ring?" Sauron isn't dead? ”
Li Yi pointed to Queen Galadriel's hand.
"The Ring is immortal, Sauron is immortal, I already know the clues. The Lord of the Rings will be destroyed, and so will Sauron, and I'm concerned about what will happen next. ”
Queen Galadriel turned Nanya, the water ring on her finger that was invisible to ordinary people.
"What's the matter?"
Li Yi pursed his lips, knowing that Queen Galadriel was testing him.
"After the Lord of the Rings is destroyed, the three Elven Rings, the Seven Dwarven Rings, and the Nine Human Rings will all lose their power."
"It doesn't seem to have anything to do with you."
Li Yi continued to fool around with the theory of maintaining justice.
"Evil is never alone, and even if you destroy Sauron, there will be other evils that will invade Middle-earth while you are weak. At that time, no one in the Middle-earth world knew how to resist evil, because the elves would gradually wither after losing their power. The world of Middle-earth is occupied by evil, and it will also nourish the evil of other worlds. ”
Queen Galadriel stood up and turned to look at the valley, and Li Yi felt that victory was in sight.
"The world is not alone. The Legion travels back and forth to various worlds to resist evil, and it is not enough to rely on the strength of the Legion alone, the Legion needs to recruit allies to join the Legion to fight against evil, and all kinds of races help each other. ”
Queen Galadriel turned around and looked into Li Yi's eyes, trying to see something.
"You want to recruit elves to join the Chaos Legion? Why Elves? ”
Li Yi spread his hands.
"Although I am a Terran, the Chaos Legion will not easily invite the Human Kingdom to join, and the Chaos Legion does not want to participate in the conflict between the Terrans.
The Legion will only invite heroes of long-lived races and races who like to escape the world to join the Chaos Legion.
Most of the legionnaires who came to the Middle-earth continent this time were Amazons who responded to the recruitment. ”
Queen Galadriel: "The future of Middle-earth belongs to humanity. ”
Li Yi heard the compromise in Queen Galadriel's words.
The reason why she came to the Central Continent was that she didn't like the political atmosphere of the Amen Continent, and she relied on the power of Nanya, the Water Ring, to make Luo Ruian a pure land.
If Sauron retrieves the Ring, the entire continent of Middle-earth, including Lorian, will fall into the reign of darkness, so the Ring must be destroyed.
But if the Ring is destroyed, the power of Nanya, the Water Ring, will disappear, and Rorian will lose the protection of the ring and will not be able to escape from the world.
Although the elves are a long-lived race, their fertility is too poor, and they are sparsely populated after the Great War of the first two eras.
Queen Galadriel, as Lord of Rorian, made a compromise, and in order to protect Rorian's elves, she chose to destroy the Ring and take Rorian's elves west to Amen Continent.
Li Yi also guessed what Queen Galadriel needed, and believed that if there was a better choice, she would make a new choice!
"Queen Galadriel, after Lorian joins the Legion, the fallen elves can be resurrected through the Valhalla Monument! The Legion can help Rorian establish an escapist enchantment and hide in the dimensional space! ”
Queen Galadriel calculated the gains and losses in her heart, if Li Yi could really destroy the Ring and destroy Sauron, first of all, Lorian's elves would be safe.
If the Escape Barrier is really as Li Yi said, then there is no need to go back to Amen Continent to be angry. As for whether the dead elves can be resurrected, she thinks this needs to be verified.
The Lord of the Rings is a good thing that tests people's will and character, and if Li Yi can really destroy the Lord Ring with his own hands, he can let Luo Ryan join the legion.
If Li Yi can't fulfill his promise, Luo Ruian can also leave the legion and go west to Amen Island.
After Queen Galadriel cleared her mind.
"If you can destroy the Ring with your own hands, Rorian will join the Legion."
Xiaoya's prompt came: "Legion Commander, the Legion has launched a contract recruitment for Luo Ruian, and the contract conditions: The Legion Leader will destroy the Ring with his own hands. ”
King Elrond's idea was simple. First, he is the son-in-law of Queen Galadriel, and it must be right to follow his mother-in-law. Second, Queen Galadriel is a light elf, he is a half-elf, and it must be right to follow the queen of light elves.
"If you can destroy the Ring with your own hands, Rivendell will join the Legion."
Xiao Ya's prompt came again: "Legion Commander, the Legion has launched a contract recruitment for Rivendell, and the contract conditions: The Legion Leader will destroy the Ring with his own hands. ”