Although the One Ring has not reappeared, and the Orcs and Rings under the command of the Demon Lord Sauron have not swept back again, the wilderness of Middle-earth is still full of all kinds of dangers. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

There are beasts, bandits, and occasionally, there are some orcs that wander around.

It is certainly not easy to dare to go on the road alone and camp in the wilderness.

The captain of the convoy was an experienced mercenary, and when he saw Chu Xiaobai for the first time, he made a judgment - the stranger in front of him in a robe was definitely not an ordinary person, and it was even possible that it was a legendary Maiya.

What is Maiya?

They are not natives of Middle-earth, but 'sages' or 'exalted' from Arda. At the time of Arda, they were originally called Enu, and they were the first spirits to be created by Iluvata, the 'father of all things'.

All Maiya are Enu, but not all Enu are Maiya.

Like many mythological tales on Earth, the Enu are divided into Vera and Maia according to their strength.

Vera, known as Vera in women, is equivalent to the main gods in mythological stories, such as the twelve main gods in Greek mythology, which can be called Vera or Veri.

Maia, on the other hand, is a relatively weak subordinate god or divine envoy. Valkyrie in Norse mythology, the goddess of youth in Greek mythology, etc., can all be regarded as Maia.

To use an analogy, in the world view of the novels of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, there are no gods in mythology, only Maia and Vera that Tolkien invented.

For example, Gandalf the gray-robed wizard, Saruman the white-robed wizard, Redagast the brown-robed wizard, and Romethani and Moreda the blue-robed wizards are all Maia. Even the Demon Lord Sauron, before his fall, was a Maia.

Although he had not seen any Maia in person, he had heard of the Maiya's prestige many times. Remembering that the legendary Maya were wearing long robes every time they appeared, and then looking at the magic robe that Chu Xiaobai was wearing, the old mercenary subconsciously guessed that Chu Xiaobai was a Maia.

Isn't it too hasty to make such a guess just based on the shape of the costume? Many people may have such questions.

Not really. The 'evidence' on Chu Xiaobai's body is not only the magic robe from the Harry Potter plane, many things in his small camp are very new to these natives, such as the nylon tent, such as the portable electric light used for lighting, and the portable speaker that can play music.

None of these things had ever been seen before, and their mere existence was enough to make the mercenaries look up to Chu Xiaobai's high mountain.

What's more, Chu Xiaobai was still surrounded by fireballs and Xiao Xiaobai.

Xiao Xiaobai didn't say anything about it, after all, there was no such creature in Middle-earth, and even if they saw it, the mercenaries couldn't imagine how 'great' she was.

But fireballs are different. There is no shortage of dragon-related legends in Middle-earth, whether it is the subspecies of wyvern ridden by the Ringwraiths or the infamous Smaug, which can be used to stop the night cry of children.

Although the fireball is small, whether it is its size or its behavior of spitting out a small fireball from time to time, it proves that it is indeed a fire dragon.

In this way, does Chu Xiaobai's identity still need to be doubted? If it weren't for the existence of the same level as the Demon Lord Sauron, why would he keep a fire dragon as a pet?

Originally, he planned to find a camp nearby to camp, but after secretly 'confirming' Chu Xiaobai's identity, the mercenary captain named Accardo suddenly changed his mind again, and instead planned to lead the team to take advantage of the fact that it was not yet dark and rushed to a small town more than ten miles away to make another plan - who knows if Chu Xiaobai is good or bad? Although he doesn't look like a bad person, what if he is actually a demon in the name of Maia like the Demon Lord Sauron?

Maiya's power is not something that her team can fight against, instead of staying with Chu Xiaobai, it is better to hurry up and run as far as possible. To put it bluntly, Accardo just didn't want to take any risks, which is why the idea of leaving quickly appeared.

"Excuse me, can you wait a minute?" I thought that the other party would come over to talk to me, but I didn't expect them to look like they were about to leave. Feeling a little surprised, and somewhat speechless, Chu Xiaobai had no choice but to stand up and take the initiative to say hello to the other party.

“……。” After all, he still didn't dodge, Accardo sighed in his heart. Intimidated by the strength of the Maias, for fear that the other party would find an excuse to do it if they disagreed, he had no choice but to wave his hand and let the team stop first.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not a bad person." Seeing the vigilance on Accardo's face, Chu Xiaobai thought that he was just worried that his 'lone traveler' would be unfavorable to the team, but he didn't expect that the other party had already regarded him as a big man like the Demon Lord Sauron to warn.

"How can I help you? Dear Maia~. Jumping off his horse, Accardo gave a knightly salute to Chu Xiaobai. However, to be on the safe side, his left arm was still tightly attached to his waist, and his fingers had already touched the handle of the dagger.

"Maia? Are you talking about me? Chu Xiaobai showed a very surprised expression. He didn't expect the other party to misunderstand his identity so much.

"Being able to keep a dragon as a pet, I really can't imagine that you will be in any other capacity. Are you actually a venerable Vera? ”

"Uh~." After hesitating, Chu Xiaobai quickly used his brain, weighing whether to take advantage of the situation to recognize this layer of identity, and what kind of consequences it would bring after recognizing this layer of identity.

There doesn't seem to be anything bad about it.

It has been a long time since Gandalf and the others were sent to Middle-earth by the Veras, and neither in the plot of "The Hobbit" nor in the main plot of "The Lord of the Rings" seem to have returned to the territory of the Veras and made contact with the Veras again.

That is to say, as long as he pretends to be the new Maia who has only been sent recently, as long as his ability is strong enough to reach the level of the Maia, it does not seem to be so difficult to deceive Gandalf and the others - there is no telepathy between the Maia, otherwise, Gandalf would not have been unaware of Saruman's fall, and he was sent to the door to be half dead.

You don't have to worry about being recognized, and you don't have to worry about being found.

Taking a step back, even if it is recognized in the future, it doesn't seem to be a big deal. Not to mention whether Gandalf and the others can win against themselves after the fight, even if they see that they have not made trouble, but have contributed to the cause of 'justice', they probably will not pursue this problem on their own.

The only downside is that you'll be hardpulled to fight Sauron or Saruman.

But so what?

It's still the timeline of The Hobbit, and it's more than fifty years before the main story of The Lord of the Rings. Judging from the experience of the previous two crossings, it was impossible for Chu Xiaobai to stay here for fifty years until the moment of the big war.

Taking a step back, even if you stay for 50 years, when there is a big war, so what? Even if Gandalf didn't come to Chu Xiaobai for help at that time, he wouldn't stay out of the matter.

The reason is very simple, it is because Chu Xiaobai also wants to see the Supreme Demon Ring.

It's not that he wants to win the Supreme Ring and use its power to control the world, for Chu Xiaobai, it doesn't matter whether the Ring is strong or not, what he values is the Ring itself - no matter how you look at it, the Supreme Ring and the nine Human King Rings are very similar to the Horcruxes in the Harry Potter plane, and they seem to be magic props with soul attributes, perhaps, these rings can also be purified in the space, bringing a lot of 'income' to Chu Xiaobai?

In this way, the only downside is not the real bad.

"Yes, I am indeed a Maia. However, you can call me by my name, my name is Chu Xiaobai. After figuring out the joints, Chu Xiaobai made a decision.

"Chusio Byrne?" When he reported his name, he was worried that the other party would not understand, so Chu Xiaobai deliberately slowed down the pace. As a result, there is an extra gap in the name, which makes the other party misunderstand even more.

“……。” Unexpectedly, the other party would make his name so foreign, but it was difficult to correct his pronunciation, so Chu Xiaobai had no choice but to nod: "Yes." You can call me Chu, or you can call me Byrne. ”

"Chu~." After a few words of back and forth, he felt the kindness emanating from Chu Xiaobai's body. Accardo's vigilance finally relaxed a little: "My name is Accardo, and I am the leader of this transport team. By the way, you stopped us, is there something going on? ”

"I just came here. I don't know where to go, but if you don't mind, can you tell me what this is? Also, did you know the Charles? It is a village with many hobbits, said to be in Iliade. I want to go there. ”

"I know that place, but I don't ......." After a moment's recollection, Accardo shook his head, "I've heard from my friends that mercenaries like me are not welcome in hobbits, so I've never been to where they live. ”

"So, do you have a map here? If there is an extra one, can you give me a copy? After thinking about it, he felt that in the context of the era of Middle-earth, it was not easy to draw and copy a map, even if the other party had a map in his hand, he couldn't take it for nothing, so Chu Xiaobai continued: "In return, I will give you some gadgets." Of course, you can buy it with money, but I don't have any minted coins here, only gold nuggets, do you think it's okay? ”