Chapter 994: The Return of the King
The distance between the Woodland Kingdom and Rivendell is so close that if you look at the map, it is not as long as a fingernail. However, when converted to the actual distance, it is not far or close. If you walk on only two feet, you can. However, even so, that is the score of what people to go.
It didn't take much time for Inningville to cross the Bujunen ferry and walk on the road for a while. Before it gets dark, Kankan arrives at the common home of the Elves of Isvel, Sindar and Sylvan, the Woodland Kingdom!
It was established at the beginning of the Third Age, and it has a history of nearly 4,000 years. However, due to the elves' low ability to reproduce the population and the battle that took place in Valinor, the elves were greatly damaged. It has not recovered so far, although the Woodland Kingdom, among the three elven forces, has recovered relatively intact. But compared to humans and dwarves, it still hasn't fully recovered its vitality. It was built by the elves in the depths of the original trolls forest, and although the scale of this forest is not as large as the dark jungle, it cannot be said to be small.
For thousands of years, it took the elves thousands of years to build it on the basis of an extremely thin population. They chose a secluded and inaccessible place to build the city, half on the surface and half underground. He also built the king's palace around the tall trees that were thousands of years old, and quarried huge stones from the misty mountains to build the walls of the houses, the load-bearing columns, and various reliefs. In the end, with the unremitting efforts of the elves, this magnificent and difficult to defend elven city was finally built.
Thousands of years have passed, and the elves have stayed in the city all day long, living a free life without abandoning their martial arts. At the same time, they are also trying to increase their own population problems. Because whether it is to deal with Sauron in the future, or to be wary of humanity, all the prerequisites are that they must have a sufficient population in order to be able to keep the home they have worked so hard to build in a dangerous situation. Fortunately, because of the appearance of the orcs, the three races were connected again, and with the help of humans and dwarves, the increasingly powerful power, the elves also asked the two races for various materials to build their own homes. For the first time, they felt that their situation was so bad, even more dangerous than in the First Age.
The elves' vitality was greatly damaged, making their strength at an unprecedented low ebb. And in the First Age, although in the north faced the threat of the moment of the Dark Master. However, at that time, the overall strength of the elves was very strong, and the elves could be called an endless stream of monarchs and commanders. Even if its own number is still not very strong, it can still be in the upper hand and have an advantage in the war with the Lord of Darkness. That time was the most glorious moment of the elves, and it was also the moment that all the younger elves wanted to recreate for the rest of their lives.
Unfortunately, with the death of the Twin Sacred Trees and the birth and rise of the sun and moon, the era of the elves has long since ended. Although they are still in Middle-earth, they no longer have an advantage in the war with Sauron. Even with their former allies, humans and dwarves, they no longer have the upper hand. For a long time, the strength of the two clans has long surpassed that of the elves. For a variety of reasons, not only the Woodland Kingdom, but also Rivendell and Roslorian, after the conflict with humanity ended, they also began to seize all the rare time to establish their own home. They spread out secret posts, closely monitored everything, and approached people in their homes. At the same time, a special geographical location is being chosen, cities and defenses are being built, and countermeasures are being deployed at the same time. At the same time, they continued to dig caves underground, build cities, hiding caves, shelters, granaries, wine warehouses and other facilities.
The forgetfulness and betrayal of the human allies, the elves really don't want to endure a second time.
Yiningville, who entered the realm of the Woodland Kingdom, recognized the current situation of the Woodland Kingdom one by one with his eyes at the moment he stepped into the Woodland Kingdom. The hidden sentries and traps that were not easy to be discovered were hidden in his eyes. And these messages all reveal the fact that today's elves are really in the weakest stage. Only in this way can it be explained why the elves will do so much to strengthen the defense of their homeland. At the same time, these also reveal the psychological state of the elf at this time.
How unconfident should you be, so you will try to build your home like an iron bucket? While watching Yiningville, his psychology inevitably generated a deep disappointment. He was disappointed by the performance of these descendants, who were now facing a situation that was even weaker than the elves of the First Age. And what kind of enemies did the elves of the First Age face in the first era? It was Morgoth, who once had the title of the strongest Vera, with several fire demons, plus a dozen evil dragons, plus countless legions of Orcs, trolls, and great spiders.
And the elven races at that time, all combined, did not have a population of 200,000. Later, after war and intermittent recuperation, by the time of the decisive battle, the combined efforts of the elven races, plus humans and dwarves, were able to gather an army of about 70,000 or 80,000. And their enemies are more than ten times more than theirs, plus powerful enemies including fire demons, evil dragons, etc. Even so, the elves at that time still defeated the southern invasion of the dark lord Morgoth several times, and under the leadership of Yininville, the elven clans finally completed the strategic encirclement, completely blocking the footsteps of Morgoth's southern invasion.
On the other hand, today's elves are just a group of wild and savage dark humans, with a scale of only 30,000 people. Although there are weapons and equipment sold by human countries, before that, they had no civilization at all. And the elven races, Roslorian and Rivendell, have gathered thousands of troops, and they are still fighting like. Although there are various reasons, as well as the result of the degradation of the elves of later generations, what is the greatest advantage of the elves over humans?
With an immortal lifespan and extraordinary facial features and physical strength, they can see all rough roads and terrain as if they were walking on the ground. If at that time, the war between the elves and the humans was commanded by Inningville himself. Even with only 2,000 troops, he can win! Relying on the forest terrain, tactics such as harassment warfare, guerrilla warfare, and decapitation warfare can be used. However, this group of junior elves does not know how to be flexible at all, and does not give full play to their strengths and strengths, but engages in hard-to-hand combat with the enemy.
After understanding the original history, Yiningville really has such a psychology in his heart, hating iron but not steel. At the very least, the war was commanded by him, and he could easily play with an army of 30,000 men in the wilderness with cavalry, even if he did not take advantage of the terrain. At that time, he will let the dark humans learn the true cavalry fighting.
After thinking about so many things, Yiningville didn't know what his mood was at this time. He looked at the dense branches and leaves above his head, and looked at the endless forest in front of him, and walked through the forest with his feet up. Along the way, the dark sentinels and rangers arranged by the woodland kingdom could not find his figure and footprints at all. However, Yiningville did not take the initiative to show up, he not only walked in the forest along the way, but also watched the various arrangements made by the woodland kingdom. He didn't comment on these arrangements, after all, the junior elves were not the high elves of the First Age. They are frail, their height has also deteriorated, their talents and so on have deteriorated, and it seems that they are basically not much different from humans except for their innate physical gifts and immortal lifespan.
However, while the elves are degenerating, humans and dwarves are also degrading to varying degrees. At the very least, the humans of the First Age he had seen were much stronger and more burly, and after training, the humans at that time were able to suppress the Orcs on the battlefield. And it is still unknown whether today's human beings can still achieve the level of their ancestors, and perhaps the gifted people can still do it.
With a mixed mind in his head, Inningville made his way through the forest to a beautiful city nestled between a waterfall and a mountain stream. At the same time, it is also the capital of the Woodland Kingdom and the common home of the elves of the Woodland Kingdom!