Chapter 996: The Return of the King
"It took us nearly a thousand years to tidy up the environment, cut down useless trees and rocks, and hollow out the mountains to finally build the great city you see before your eyes." Thranduy leads the way for Inningville, introducing him to the beautiful city in front of him. After confirming Inningville's identity, his reappearance and arrival made the entire woodland kingdom cheer, and all the elves walked out of their homes and posts to admire the immortal legends of the tribe.
They looked at Inningville's giant-like figure, at his immaculate beauty, and an indescribable feeling welled up in the hearts of each elf, and then they cheered for it. His appearance and arrival symbolize the arrival of the greatest commander, the wisest king, and the most powerful elf of the First Age. Then, it can also be understood that the Third Age will be the new era of the elves.
Inningville listened to Thrandui's introduction, and nodded to them under the gaze of the elves who welcomed them on both sides. This caused the elves to cheer again, "Well, the city has been built in a very orderly manner, artificially elevating the terrain at key points, and building huge arrow towers to resist counter-stone throwers and possible dragon attacks. ”
Thranduil was very pleased to hear this, and said, "Your Majesty, you are absolutely right, although the dragons of Middle-earth have almost destroyed you. However, there are still fish that have escaped, and no one knows where they are currently hiding. However, in order to prevent the possibility of accidents, we have built such facilities in many parts of the city. ”
"It's better to plan for a rainy day than to make amends!"
Thrandui did not understand these two passages, nor had he ever heard of them in Amen or in Middle-earth. However, he also heard the general meaning from this passage, although he didn't understand the first paragraph, but the second paragraph could roughly guess its true meaning based on the literal meaning. Therefore, the words spoken by the eldest of the clan could also be regarded as an affirmation and recognition of him, which made Thrandui extremely happy.
After visiting the buildings on the surface, Thranduil led Inningville on a tour of the city and its buildings underground.
"Because of the real threat of Sauron and the decay of the population, the elves are at their weakest stage. Our population is too small to have enough troops to defend the entire territory of our country. Therefore, when it came time to choose a place to build a city, we finally chose this place. On a hill, a surface city was established, and at the same time, digging underground, hollowing out the mountain, and building various places, including prisons, along the traces of nature. "Inningville, the leader of Thranduil, visited the underground city and introduced him to various places. Along the way, Inningville, led by Thrandui and his entourage, takes visitors to this large, fortified and beautiful city. Whether it's the Isvil Elves who have migrated back to Middle-earth from Amen, or Sindar and Sylvan, they are all eager to see the legendary elders and greatest kings of their people again.
Many of the elves were born later, and they had never experienced the distant First Age, let alone the legendary Age of the Two Trees. However, for the legendary kings and various excellent commanders and generals that appeared among the tribes in that distant era. Every elf, from the moment he was born sensible, is learning and understanding the history and legends of the group. Their growth is accompanied by the legends within the group, and thus they grow up. Therefore, when the legendary monarch, the greatest king among the elves, really appeared, every elf had an indescribable special emotion born in his heart.
With reverence and admiration, they looked at the giant who walked in the forefront, dressed in fine clothes. I also really understand that the power of the ancestors is that the monotonous and rigid words and the dull colors of the paintings cannot be described clearly. It was only when I saw it with my own eyes that I finally realized that the words recorded in the past, as well as the paintings and works of art for others to admire, could not concretely show the strength of our ancestors. Under the cover of gorgeous clothes, the seemingly thin body is actually extremely powerful, just because the ancestors used this body to kill the gods!
"This is the King's Hall, Your Majesty!" Thrandui respectfully introduced the magnificent and shocking king's hall in front of Inningville. At the top of the winding staircase is a throne dedicated to a king, flanked by a carved set of giant antlers. On the back of the throne is an oak tree that is thousands of years old. Its ancient, thick roots, bare, clinging deep to the rocks and clogging the dirt, sucking at the circular underground lake below.
Inningville stood at the edge of the main hall, overlooking the drop of hundreds of meters in height, and he saw the circular lake. And at a glance, you can recognize that it is actually a dark river located deep underground, but in the process of construction that has been continuously excavated by the elves, it was discovered by the elves. The elves then subdued the river and used the exposed side to build canals and channels, reinforcing the soft earth and unstable rocks around it. It is a man-made lake, and at the same time, it also eliminates the hidden danger of being cut off by people.
In this vast and huge king's hall, there is not only an oak tree that is thousands of years old, but also several other giant trees that are thousands of years old. They were found elsewhere in the King's Hall, and the elves built bridges and passageways around these thousand-year-old trees. In the process of excavation, according to the natural texture and the distribution of rocks, passages, gardens, pavilions and other facilities were built. And through the top space, a huge dome was built, so that the moonlight and sunlight could shine in without hindrance.
He looked at the beauty of this place, and knew that under this beautiful appearance, there was a gathering of the construction skills of the elves and the fruits of their hard work. Whether it's building a city on the surface, or hollowing out a mountain and building a city underground. Each of these facilities has been spent by the elves. Whether it was the beautiful gardens, pavilions and passages, or the huge load-bearing columns and domes, the construction of each of them was difficult for outsiders to see the time and effort that took to build such a majestic city on the basis of a sparse population and to come to Middle-earth again.
Only dwarves can build facilities and scales that are not inferior to those here. As for the human race, although they have recovered their vitality and risen to strength, their construction skills are not comparable to those of elves and dwarves, let alone those of the dwarves.
Crash!
Inenville shook his ornate robes and sat on the throne of the king, which symbolized the kingdom of the woodlands, and below the steps, kneeling with elves prostrating on one knee. Thrandui, the true lord of the woodland kingdom, also surrendered himself to the title of lord at the moment of Inningville's appearance, and proclaimed himself the lord of the woodland elves in front of Inningville.
It's just because he knows very well that in front of this ancient ancestor, the oldest and greatest elven king. Now, none of the elves in Middle-earth are qualified to be kings in front of him. Just because, being king in front of him is undoubtedly a big joke. The former, who had been in the Age of Two Trees, the First Age stage, led the elves to the pinnacle of glory. And the latter, under their leadership, the elves did not regain the strength of the First Age, but weakened. Although there are not only the wars, but also the heavy losses of the population after the war. However, the former once faced no less pressure of war than his juniors, and even more so.
Because, whether it is Morgoth, Sauron, the Fire Demon, the Evil Dragon, and even Orc, it is an insurmountable mountain that was pressed on the heads of the three clans in the first place. At that time, the population of the High Elves was also very small, and the number of troops they had assembled from beginning to end never reached the scale of 100,000. Compared with their ancient and powerful ancestors, their descendants, just facing a group of barbarian humans who have no civilization to speak of, are like facing a great enemy, and they almost inflict heavy damage again.
Whether it is leading the army or ruling the country, Thrandui believes that in front of the ancestor and the strongest elven king in front of him, no one who has remained in Middle-earth to this day is qualified to be king!