Chapter Twenty-Five: Trading Black Arrows

In the wide lake, a small boat slowly sailed by, driven by the grandson of the former mayor of Long Lake, Bud, who is now only a fisherman, but in fact Bard has a very glorious family history, a glorious family history, which is very important for the West, especially for Middle-earth. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

For example, Gandalf chose Bilbo in large part because his grandfather had resisted the temptation of the One Ring.

Bud's grandfather didn't have the same glorious history as Bilbo's grandfather, but he was not to be underestimated, once the lord of Riverdale, the predecessor of what is now Long Lake, once made a heroic resistance when the dragon Smaug attacked, although it ultimately failed, that's for sure, otherwise many years would have passed, the dragon is still entrenched in Ilubo, and Bud is now an ordinary fisherman.

However, Bard did not forget the glory of his ancestors, did not forget the dragon Smaug, nor did he forget the shame and hatred, and Bud remembered what his father had told him that his grandfather had once knocked off the dragon's scales, and only one arrow was missing, and the tide of battle would be rewritten.

But too much time has passed, what happened in that battle, no one knows, Bud once doubted what his father said, after all, the other party is a dragon, but looking at the longbow in his hand, Bud didn't want to, whether there was that glory or not, as a poor fisherman, with his superb bow and arrow skills, he was of great help to himself, and he allowed himself to avoid a lot of dangers.

As usual, Bud rowed a small boat through the vast lake, and the boat slowly moved forward, and finally came to the junction between the town of Long Lake and the Dark Elf Realm, where Bud saw a group of strange people, a group of dwarves and a human wizard, and the gears of fate also quietly changed at this moment.

The dwarven prince Thorin saw the fishing boat piloted by Bard, and immediately thought of what Lan Ze had just said, and quickly found Lan Ze.

Lan Ze, that is, the wizard in Bud's eyes, because except for wizards, few people wear such gorgeous silk robes, when Bard was a child, he once luckily saw the white-robed wizard Saruman, that wizard is a gorgeous white robe, but Lord Saruman is a white robe, the one in front of him is a blue robe, and the one in front of him is even younger.

Lan Ze and Bud exchanged with each other, and then Lan Ze threw a piece of gold to Bud, and asked Bud to lead the group across the lake, looking at the gold weighing at least three catties in front of him, Bud did not hesitate, and nodded happily in agreement, this piece of gold is enough for his family to not need to work hard for several years, if you add some silver coins, you can even change yourself to a bigger and newer fishing boat.

On the clear lake, Bud and Lan Ze chatted without saying a word, and the dwarves gathered together and looked at Bud coldly, the dwarves' attitude towards humans is more complicated, but in general, dwarves are not fond of humans, Bilbo was very interested in the conversation between the two, but hesitated, and still didn't interject.

Time passed gradually, rocking the boat, the surrounding lake gradually began to cool, and occasionally saw pieces of ice floe, through the conversation just now, Lan Ze, whose strength had fully recovered, also understood that Bard in front of him knew very well in his heart what he was doing here.

A group of dwarves, a wizard, don't tell me anything about the dwarves from the Blue Mountains, and don't tell me anything I'm here to do business or visit relatives, the former Changhu Town may be possible, but now there is nothing around the town of Changhu, of course, except for the lonely mountain behind the town, there are endless treasures in the lonely mountain, that is the greatest treasure of the Middle-earth Era, there is no one!

But there's a fire-breathing red dragon in there, Smaug!

But what can only these dwarves do? Can you still kill the dragon? Looking at the dwarves who didn't even have weapons, Bard's eyes flashed with pity, the ancestor's black arrows had not killed the dragon, and the dwarves in front of him either returned in vain, or were burned into a cloud of black coals by the dragon's breath.

In the process of communicating with Bud, Lan Ze suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and his eyes gradually changed when he looked at Bud: "Bud, if I'm not mistaken, you should have a black arrow at home that can kill the dragon Smaug?" ”

"Huh?" Bard was stunned for a moment, a hint of panic flashed in his eyes, but he quickly calmed down, laughed dryly, and disguised: "Kill the dragon? Mr. Lan Ze is really joking, how can there be a weapon in this world that can kill a dragon? I've lived here for many years and heard the legend, but Mr. Lanzer, I can assure you, those are rumors. ”

"Really?" Lan Ze shook his head, and looked at Bard with a flat look inexplicably a little weak: "Bud, you don't need to explain anything, I know your identity, and I also know that your ancestors once hit Smaug hard, and I also know what the black arrow means to you, you don't need to be nervous, I just want to complete this deal with you." ”

"Hehe, I'm sorry, Mr. Lan Ze, I think you may have recognized the wrong person or there was a problem with our communication, I assure you, I'm just an ordinary fisherman." Bud laughed dryly twice, and defended himself, but he faintly regretted that he should have stayed at home honestly today, so that now Bud felt that the gold in his pocket had become a little hot.

Refuse? Dissemble? Is it useful for Lanze?

"Enough wealth for you to enrich your life or make you the mayor of Changhu Town, this is my condition." Looking at Bard, who seemed to have to argue, Lan Ze waved his hand, stopped the other party's words, and flicked the lake lightly: "I don't want to continue to hear your defense, we have limited time, so the moment your boat arrives in Changhu Town, if you don't make a choice, I will forcibly take the black arrow, don't doubt my words, I have enough strength to get that black arrow from Changhu Town." ”

In Bud's stunned sight, ripples appeared on the surface of the water where Lan Ze flicked just now, a large number of ripples collided together, and the river froze wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye, following the direction of Lan Ze's fingers, a strip four or five meters wide, which continued until the ice layer appeared strangely on the surface of the lake at an unknown distance.

Silence, long silence, Bard tried to stall for time and slow down his ship, but for some reason, there was always a strange force around him that kept the ship moving at an even speed.

Looking at the town of Long Lake that was faintly visible in the white mist, Bard sighed: "Mr. Lan Ze, you won, the wizard is really a powerful existence, I can give you the black arrow, but how can you guarantee that I can become the mayor of the town?" ”

At the last moment, Bard chooses to become the mayor of the town, and perhaps his best choice now is to leave here with his treasure and go to a better place to live, but this is his home after all, not a reluctance to power, but still attached to this land.

Looking at the vague Changhu Town in front of him, a faint smile crossed the corner of Lan Ze's mouth: "Bud, you have made a very wise choice!" As for my approach? You don't need to know, all you need is to wait, wait for the moment when you become the mayor of the town."

Let Bard become the mayor of the town, it is very simple for Lan Ze, Lan Ze said before that if his strength is fully restored, he is sure that he will pick the entire dark forest alone, and he dares to argue with any force in the whole world, whether it is elves or humans or dwarves and orcs, Lan Ze who has recovered his strength has that confidence!

And now, due to unknown reasons or conspiracy, the will of the world has lifted the suppression of Lan Ze's strength, and Lan Ze's strength has been fully restored.

If Lan Ze, whose strength has fully recovered, can't make Bard the mayor, then Lan Ze doesn't need to be mixed up in this world.

In this way, in Bad Bud's uneasy mood, the group gradually came to Changhu Town.

(To be continued.) )