After some 'careful consideration', Lord Ailong selectively listened to Chu Xiaobai's advice, and as a result, there were almost ten more people in the expedition. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Needless to say, Aragorn and Legolas were meant to increase their knowledge, so it was naturally impossible to leave the two of them out of the list.

In addition to the two of them, there is also an Arvin.

Willing to accede to Arwin's request and let her go with her. On the one hand, it is because Lord Elon can't resist his daughter's obsession; Secondly, because he gave Alwyn the 'Veya' he held, that is, the ring of qi among the three elven rings, so that she had enough self-protection ability, and finally, because he chose a strong enough guard team for the three juniors, even if he encountered some battles, he didn't have to worry about his daughter having any accidents in the battle.

There were seven members of this escort team.

Among them, six of them are Elrond's guards, and among all the elven soldiers and guards in Rivendell, these six are the strongest.

As their leader, Lord Elon chose Toriel, although she is a female elf, and her personal combat strength is not necessarily higher than the six guards, but in terms of strategy and commander's ability, as well as other aspects of experience, she is a cut above the six guards.

After all, she is the commander of the guard of the elf royal capital, and she has gone out to perform tasks a lot, whether it is attacking or defending, she is already very familiar with it, and the six elven guards around Elon are more about performing guard and guard tasks, and the experience of going out to perform tasks is indeed worse.

Captain, the force doesn't have to be the strongest, but the mind must be the best. It was with this in mind that Elon chose Toriel to be the captain of this escort team.

Of course, maybe part of it was because he wanted to help Legolas. Although he never intervened, he had already seen Legolas's infatuation with Toriel, and now that he had a chance, he gave Legolas a chance by the way.

Maybe a little nosy, but on the other hand, why can't it be said that he is in adult beauty? It didn't matter if it was worth it or not, he just wanted to do it - Lord Elon was not an old-fashioned person like Thrandui, he had been a half-elf himself a long time ago, and at this point, he wouldn't think that Toriel's background was too bad to be worthy of Legolas, who was a prince.

Once you've chosen your staff, it's almost time to hit the road again.

Although for the sake of Chu Xiaobai's face, Lord Ailong did not treat these dwarves badly, but he couldn't stand the dwarves who had a thorn in their hearts. Moreover, the dwarves are noisy, and the elves have always liked to be quiet, the living habits of the two groups are diametrically opposed, and after more than a month, these dwarves have long been about to get sick.

So, when Chu Xiaobai, Ai Long, and Xiao Xiaobai worked together to heal Saurin's injuries, and let him recuperate for a few days to regain his mobility, the dwarves found Solin, discussed with him for a night, and made a suggestion to set off again early the next morning.

Let's go, it's all ready anyway.

In this way, the expedition, which had nearly doubled its rank, finally left Rivendell and embarked on the journey to the Lonely Mountain again.

Maybe it was because they had delayed too much time before, which made the dwarves a little anxious, or maybe they wanted to try with the 'long-eared' people who were traveling with them, and the dwarves were a little more positive than before along the way.

Even with it, the entire expedition team was a little faster.

Within two days, the expedition was on the outskirts of the new town.

"Finally see the lights again~!" Standing on a low hill and seeing the lights of the town in the distance, the young Aragorn couldn't help but shout happily.

Although he occasionally left the elven city of Rivendell and went outside to cultivate, Aragorn was still too young to run too far. To put it bluntly, his cultivation is actually more like camping or hunting without danger, and the intensity of training is really not high.

This time it was a completely different story. After walking in the dense forest for two days in a row, except for the conditions of the diet that were not bad, Aragorn suffered a lot in other aspects. To be honest, being able to hold on until this point is revealed, and his patience can already be considered very good.

"Haha, I can finally sleep comfortably."

"Well, I don't have to worry about bugs getting into my ears and eyes in the middle of the night."

Like Aragorn, the dwarves seemed a little excited.

The opposite of them was the reaction of the elves, and they all seemed very calm, especially Toriel, who directly said something that made Aragorn extremely disappointed: "Aragorn, I'm afraid your plan is going to fail." In fact, it's a half-orc town called Goblin Town, and the orcs who live there aren't as savage as the Pale orcs, but it's not something our team can approach casually. ”

"What? A half-orc town? Orcs still ......, I mean, do they have a habit of settling somewhere? Aren't they all wandering around and robbing for a living? ”

"There are several species of orcs, and not all types of orcs are powerful. For example, the orcs living in this town are a relatively weak species. The lifestyle of robbery was not suitable for them, which is why they chose to settle here. Of course, they will not let go of the robbery targets sent to the door. ”

When she received the task to leave the royal capital, Toriel did her homework and wrote down the various forces near Rivendell, including the half-orc town that was not too far away. At this time, choosing to speak out is not only to solve Aragorn's doubts, but also to remind the others in the expedition not to approach the orc town in front of you casually.

"In that case, let's find a place to camp nearby. Thorin, what do you think? ”

"Well, I'm okay." For the elves, Solin is still a little cold, but for Chu Xiaobai, who has saved him, he can't take it anymore.

Originally, the dwarves were the protagonists of this trip, but since leaving Rivendell, because of Thorin's respect, and because of the respect of Aragorn and the elves, Chu Xiaobai has become the real captain of this team. It's just an order to set up camp, and the big guys naturally don't have any objections.

"Then it's the same as before, the elves will divide a few people, Legolas you will take the lead, go around to gather fruit and edible plant materials, and I will take Aragorn and Bilbo to see if there is any prey, and try to get some meat back. The dwarves are in charge of tidying up the camp, and the tents and campfires are your business. ”

After going down the hill, he came to a small stream with a small flow of water, and saw that there was a fairly empty flat land on the river beach, so Chu Xiaobai chose this place as the campsite tonight, and began to assign tasks to everyone.

The first two days were all this routine, and no one felt that there was anything wrong with Chu Xiaobai's arrangement. Only he knew in his heart that today's hunting might be something special - Toriel had already said that the name of the town was Goblin Town, and it was a half-orc town. The name, the town, is seen in The Hobbit.

In the original plot, the Dwarves and Bilbo left Rivendell without saying hello to Gandalf, and they ended up in a place called Goblin Town. The dwarves were all captured by the orcs living in the area, but Bilbo was the only one who survived, and it was after this separation that Bilbo got lost and strayed into a cave, where he picked up the One Ring and met Gollum, who nearly killed him.

With Bilbo's footsteps, how far can he go in that short period of time? In other words, the cavern must be near Goblin Town.

The Supreme Ring was one of the purposes of Chu Xiaobai's trip to the plane, since he had already come to the vicinity of Goblin Town, how could he not search for it? In fact, he had already made up his mind at this point - even if he didn't find the cave during the hunt for a while, he would find another excuse by night or tomorrow, such as 'go to Goblin Town to find out if he wanted to go a little farther away' or something, and go out alone and search carefully.

"Bilbo, lead the way." The experienced elven guards set off as soon as they received the order, and Aragorn and Bilbo took a little time to prepare. When they all brought their weapons and equipment, Chu Xiaobai pretended to greet Bilbo casually.

Along the way, he was training Bilbo's ability to survive in the wild, and he would always hand over the work of leading the way to him, and Bilbo was not surprised by Chu Xiaobai's command.

In fact, Chu Xiaobai has been preparing for today - for the sake of insurance, when looking for the Supreme Ring, it is best to use the protagonist aura on Bilbo's body.

If he usually walks in front of him, and suddenly changes to Bilbo at this moment, he will definitely be a little surprised, and if a situation that he has never encountered before happens later, he will inevitably have some doubts, and even begin to doubt.

"Oh~, let me see, well, if you want to avoid a little orc, then go this way." Looking at the directions, Bilbo chose a direction that was the opposite of Goblin Town.

"Aragorn, keep up." If Bilbo's protagonist aura wasn't enough, plus Aragorn's, there shouldn't be a problem, right? Thinking like this, Chu Xiaobai beckoned to Aragorn while curling the corners of his mouth very covertly.

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