Chapter 72: Middle-earth in the Closet (3)
The bonfire crackled, and the four of them sat around the fire, as if playing mahjong, listening to Tolkien bitterly explain the disadvantages of technology.
The old man hated the new technology, if he was born in the United States, maybe he would become an Amish, and when he was older, he talked a lot, and he talked for a long time, until the bonfire was about to go out, and Dongfang would be bright, so he got up and patted his buttocks, and continued on the road with a few people.
Sabah walked beside Tolkien, while Zhou Yu and Zhonghai in the bottle followed, and after walking for a long time, Zhou Yu suddenly pulled Zhonghai in the bottle and said, "Have you noticed that Tolkien has become younger?" β
"Is there one?" The sea in the bottle frowned.
Zhou Yu nodded: "When I met him yesterday, he looked about seventy years old, and after coming out of the closet, he was still a slow old man, but after this night, he looked only about sixty years old, and you can see that his walking posture is much more vigorous than when he was in Doom Volcano." β
"It seems to be ......" in the bottle did not see ToljΓΆr's actions when he arrived at the Doomsday Volcano, and after repelling the ring spirit, it quickly darkened, and he did not notice the change in Tolkien's age.
She woke up next to Sabah, and when she woke up, she was already near the Black Gate, and their mission was to join up with the attacking team to fight the Ringwraith.
It was precisely because they dragged the four ringlings that Zhou Yu and Tolkien only had to face the other four ringlings at first, because the task was to fight the ringing spirits, so when the four ringlings fled on the fallen beasts, they would be left with the giant eagle to chase after them, and they joined Zhou Yu and Tolkien, beat the ringlings away, and let Frodo successfully walk on the Doomsday Volcano.
The time and space of the dream cannot be measured by common sense, these elements are beyond the control of the source of the dream, so there are always changes around the dream weaver, Tolkien scolded the technology for not being able to scold for a night, in fact, it was only an hour, and the time of the night passed, and they didn't need to walk for a long time like Frodo, and it didn't take long for a few people to come to a ruined city.
It was Oskilias, and by this time the orc army had taken over it.
"We're going to get to Minas Tirith before these orcs." Tolkien crouched behind a boulder and whispered to them.
"Battle of the Plains of Paliano?" The sea in the bottle's eyes widened.
"I didn't expect you to be a book lover." Tolkien smiled at her and nodded.
The Lord of the Rings film has little description of the Battle of Osgilias, in which the orc army destroyed a nearby bridge across the river and captured the bridge inside the city before crossing the Anduin River and besieging Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor.
The plain of Paliano is a vast area between the Anduin River and Minas Tirith.
"How are we going to cross the river?" Sabah frowned and asked, the bridge to cross the river is in the city of Osgilias, and now it is controlled by the orcs, and you have to enter the city to cross the bridge.
"We'll get there somehow." Tolkien smiled mysteriously and led the group towards a forest outside the city.
There were orcs patrolling the edge of the city, but there were none in the woods, so Tolkien used his stealth magic and led the three Dream Hunters into the woods.
The forest is small but very dense, and the forest is located at the foot of the mountain, at the corner of the mountain and the river.
There are many dangers lurking in the ancient woods, poisonous snakes, wild beasts, giant spiders, and looming ghosts.
Sabah, Bottle in the Sea and Zhou Yu have work to do again, their strength can even defeat the ring spirit, it is naturally very easy to deal with these things in the woods, and after walking for an hour, they escorted Tolkien to the river.
Zhou Yu was stunned again, looked at the sea in the bottle with a blank expression, and whispered: "You tell me this is not a Narnia legend." β
The expression of the sea in the bottle was also very dumbfounded, and he stammered: "Lion...... The Lion King Aslan. β
On the other side of the wide Anduin River, a male lion lay on a boulder, and when he saw them, the male lion stood up with great vigor and roared.
Tolkien waved at the lion, smiling.
There was a rattan in front of them, connected to the opposite bank, and the rattan still had young leaves growing on it, as if it had just grown, and this was their bridge.
Tolkien cast a spell on himself, and walked over the rattan, without any danger, Sabah jumped forward, stretched out his feet on the rattan a little, and jumped to the opposite shore with the help of the elastic force of the rattan.
He didn't have the confidence to cross the bridge like Sabah, so he could only move forward slowly like a tightrope, and the sword of Mogul in his hand was used as a balance bar, and he walked in horror.
The river breeze blew, the rattan swayed lightly, and Zhou Yu's face was pale and swayed, trembling so much that he didn't dare to move forward.
"Catch it!" Tolkien, who was standing on the bank of the river, yelled at him, and with a wave of his hand, the rattan behind Zhou Yu broke.
"Give me time to prepare!" Zhou Yu shouted, hurriedly grabbed the rattan in front of him, wrapped it around his arm a few times, followed the rattan over, and hit the river valley hard.
The valley was very deep, and he didn't touch the water, but he almost fell apart from the bones in his body, and he turned his back again, Sabah lifted the rattan three or two times, and Zhou Yu sat on the shore and was still beating his chest, very uncomfortable.
"Old friend, I finally saw you." Tolkien hugged the lion and patted it on the back.
"Okay, okay, let's go, the White Witch's army has also marched, and they can't be allowed to take the Pure White Tower." The Lion King spoke, in a deep voice, and raised his paw to pat Tolkien on the back, its huge fleshy palm so powerful that it almost wounded Tolkien internally.
Zhou Yu and the sea in the bottle looked at each other, wondering why the Lion King had entered Middle-earth, and why the White Witch had become an ally with Sauron.
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The huge white city could already be seen in the distance, and the armies of orcs were gathering on the sidelines, and Tolkien wrote in his book: "Even in the heyday of Essidor, there was no such force in this valley. The Anduin had never witnessed such an evil and massive lineup, and it was only one of Mordor's many forces. β
Essidor is the ancestor of Aragorn, the founder of the Kingdom of Gondor, the bull who cut off Sauron's finger and won the One Ring, but unfortunately he could not withstand the temptation of the Ring, and after his death, the Ring fell into the water and was picked up by Smeagol, which became Gollum.
One of the colossi of Agonas that appears in the movie is carved with Essidor.
The four men and one lion moved away from the orc army and headed towards Minas Tirith, unhindered until they reached the forefront of the Zeng army.
Zhou Yu suddenly covered his chest, his feet were weak and he almost fell to the ground, but fortunately he was supported by the sea in the bottle.
He looked at the orc army, and a tall figure at the front of the army looked at him.
"It's the Witch King of Angmar." Tolkien frowned.
The Witch King of Angmar, the head of the Rings, the leader of this orc army, is not comparable to the other eight Rings, he was already dead at the time of the Battle of the Black Gate, and it was in this battle of the Plains of Paliano that Tolkien went "back", not only on the way, but also in time, and they returned to the time when the Witch King of Angmar was not dead.
"Your sword! The Sword of Mogul belongs to the Witch King of Angmar, it must have sensed it! The sea in the bottle reacted the fastest, pointing to the big sword in Zhou Yu's hand and said.
Zhou Yu hurriedly threw the sword out, whistled and pretended not to know, and continued to walk forward.
"It's too late." Sabah whispered and stood at the front of the line.
Tolkien hurriedly enchanted everyone.
The Witch King of Angmar floated at great speed, holding a huge mace (changed to a flail in the movie) in his hand, and smashed his head at Sabah.
Sabah dodged sideways and slashed at the Witch King's arm with a sword, which was also dodged by the Witch King.
They fought together, you came and went, the speed was amazing, Zhou Yu and Bottle Zhonghai couldn't interfere, they could only watch from the sidelines, as soon as the Witch King retreated, they attacked, but never approached the Witch King.
In Zeng's army, a small army was also divided and rushed to this side.
"Fight and retreat." Tolkien said as he continued his way forward.
"You go first, I'll hold him back, and I'll follow soon." Sabah can compete with the Witch King, and the orcs will certainly not be able to catch up with him.
So Zhou Yu, the Sea in the Bottle, and the Lion King escorted Tolkien forward, and Sabah fought for a while, trying to get out of the battle and keep up, but was held back by the Witch King.
At this time, a troop of cavalry from the city came out to meet Tolkien, and at the same time, the detachment of the Qiangzen people also came to the place where the Witch King of Angmar and Sabah were fighting, and surrounded them in the middle.
Seeing Tolkien get on the horse, Zhou Yu said to the sea in the bottle: "You protect Mr. Tolkien into the city, I will go and slaughter those orcs, I brought the sword, and I will carry my pot." β
"No!" Zhonghai hurriedly turned around and grabbed Zhou Yu.
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a canopy of flames suddenly erupt from the place where Sabah and the Witch King were fighting, like a dust explosion, expanding and closing in the blink of an eye, and all the orcs around it were set on fire, screaming and fleeing.
It was no longer Sabah who was fighting with the Witch King of Angmar, but a fire man who was about as tall as the Witch King, and with a gesture, the flames flew everywhere, and even the black robes of the Witch King were set on fire.
The heat wave is surging.
Zhou Yu was stunned, and looked back at the sea in the bottle, his eyes full of shock.
"That's the combination ability of the Dream Talisman, when the eight Dream Talismans are combined, they can make the Dream Hunter mutate into a more powerful existence, there are a total of five combinations, namely [Fire Demon], [Fierce Beast], [Blood Nightmare], [Fear of Spirit] and [Death], Sabah becomes [Fire Demon], immune to physical damage, and can release flames." Hai in a Bottle explained.
The Witch King of Angmar, who was on fire, stepped aside and cast a spell to extinguish the flames on his body, and the [Flame Demon] Sabah immediately turned into a ball of fire, flying towards this side, and when he reached the vicinity, he returned to the appearance of Sabah, and the flames were extinguished, but there were still some embers on his body, and he was so handsome.