Chapter 122: Waiting for the Everyday
Life in the shelter is peaceful and fulfilling, but Hu Bin does not enjoy this kind of life, because he is not used to being treated as a child, although his actual age is younger than the current space gives, it does not mean that he needs to be taken care of by other elves. The reason why Hu Bin continued to endure this life was that he could learn something very useful here.
The elves were not as calm as they imagined, and with the rise of the dark forces again, the conflict between the north and the orcs has not stopped, and a large number of elven troops have been gathered there. But the elves who are tired of Middle-earth are already planning to leave this land, but they have not yet made a complete decision, after all, this is a huge migration.
Hu Bin was placed in the residence of the young elves, and there were many newborn elves in Rivendell, but Hu Bin, who was already an adult in mind, was really difficult to get along with them. Hu Bin's favorite thing is the daily swordsmanship and magic practice time, where he can find many expert-level adult elves to guide him, both in martial arts and spells.
"The hand is raised too high, how many times have I said that the enemy will attack the empty door below, you may not have time to react and be injured, even if you block, such an angle will be used by powerful enemies, your center of gravity will be biased to this side, and the next move is the beginning of your exhaustion. Remember, use your body flexibly, use your brain and skill more than your brute force and stupidity. The elven martial arts looked at Hu Bin with a headache, with the patience of the elf clan was about to be worn out, the little guy in front of him reached such a level of martial arts at this age It was surprising, but the foundation was too poor, his skills were simply a shame for the elves, and he believed that the orcs' martial arts were not as rough as Hu Bin.
Hu Bin is also very helpless, he is used to riding and slashing in the world of the war group, and when he fights on foot, he also relies on his strong strength to fight hard with the enemy, except for cutting and stabbing rarely use other tricks, swordsmanship is a little bit groped out by himself and others, the only place where he has been in contact with swordsmanship guidance is only mentioned in a small amount in "Swordsmanship Essence", but "Swordsmanship Essence" is an experience book, and the whole set of swordsmanship is not recorded.
The power of habit is terrifying, and it is difficult for Hu Bin to change his grinning melee style now, even if he has paid attention to the accuracy of his moves, he will subconsciously return to his own mode whenever he moves with the instructor. However, after the strict correction of the instructor, Hu Bin has gradually mastered the skills of elven swordsmanship, among which the elevated agility attribute plays a very important role. After all, he is also a high-level advanced class fighter, not a rookie who has never seen blood, he just has not experienced such formal training, and the concept of fighting has not yet changed, not without plasticity.
In addition to elven swordsmanship, the martial arts of the elven clan also include spear and shield battle array coordination, double short knife hand-to-hand combat and dagger protection, flying knives and other skills, as well as the most classic elven archery, but Hu Bin, who is ready to specialize in swordsmanship, is only involved in flying knives and archery.
Compared with the improvement of martial arts, Hu Bin encountered difficulties in learning elven magic.
Magic in the World of the Rings is more profound and mysterious, often producing great power and remarkable effects, but is not commonly used in ordinary combat. Because the magic here is more like the comprehension of the rules of the world, with the accumulation of knowledge, the caster can use his own energy to push the spell, and then change the nature of some of the things with his understanding of things, and finally achieve the magic effect, which is completely different from the elemental magic that directly uses its own elements to trigger the elements of nature to release magic.
This kind of magic attack often relies on the natural environment as a carrier, such as the earth, rivers, rocks, woods, and the rest are mostly auxiliary effects of magic, and there are few magic that directly attack the enemy, and it takes a lot of energy and erudition to cast magic, it is difficult to accumulate so much knowledge in a lifetime with the life span of a human being, and only the immortal elves have time to master such a huge amount of knowledge.
If you want to reach the amount of knowledge that can release these magic in a short period of time, Hu Bin doesn't think about it, but he is not without gains, the elves have a lot to learn from the way they control magic, and the unique magic release method of the Lord of the Rings has also given Hu Bin a lot of inspiration and shown him another magic road. Touching the bypass is probably what Hu Bin feels now, although he has to give up those magic that is powerful enough to change the environment, Hu Bin still makes his elemental magic a lot more proficient.
The casters of the elven clan also had a strong interest in Hu Bin's elemental magic, but because Hu Bin's mage level was too low, he could not access high-level spells, and the theory of basic elemental spells was easy to understand, but it was very dependent on talent, and it was difficult for people without talent to gather enough elements in their bodies. The elves also gave up on studying this kind of magic that was a bit of a problem for them, and instead of spending a lot of effort to delve into this incomplete set of magical theories, it was better to follow the existing path and continue to develop.
But this does not mean that Hu Bin can escape the fate of being studied, the elves are very curious about Hu Bin's divine arts, you must know that as long as they are orthodox elves, they will be very passionate about nature, and Hu Bin's natural magic was unfortunately discovered in a practice, and then fell into endless questions.
"A divine spell bestowed by the gods? Elune, the goddess of the moon? I've never heard of it, and I didn't expect that there are other gods in the world besides the main god of Iluvata and the other subordinate gods. "The elves don't plan to change their beliefs, so they have lost interest in Hu Bin's divine arts. But Hu Bin has always felt that the god called Iluvata is probably the incarnation of the goddess Elune in this world.
The leisurely days are monotonous but fulfilling, and Hu Bin seems to have returned to the feeling of living at home before. The elves did have some preference for this clansman who had lost his parents, so that Hu Bin received many gifts during this time. In addition to some exquisite artworks, what satisfied Hu Bin the most was a pack of delicate throwing knives, which was a gift from the elven martial arts master, in order to celebrate that he had finally gotten rid of Hu Bin's awkward martial arts posture. Although these throwing knives do not have attribute bonuses, they do not prevent these small things from being dangerous and deadly.
And Hu Bin was not idle in his free time, he found two crucial things in Rivendell, that is, the Broken Nasir Holy Sword and the cultivation method of Lambas.
The Nasir Holy Sword was not at all attractive to Hu Bin, in Hu Bin's eyes, the exclusive Holy Sword Purence, which was already connected to his own flesh and blood, was irreplaceable, he played with the fragments of the Holy Sword, and found that the space did not give any attributes, but his profession as a scholar gave a lot of historical information. The Holy Sword sigil on the back of his hand faintly repelled the fragments, and it did not like its owner approaching other weapons of the same kind. Hu Bin laughed dumbly, the sword spirit actually tasted it, which also made Hu Bin a little surprised, it seems that the original level of the Nasir Holy Sword is higher than that of Praxis, otherwise it will not arouse the strong rejection of the sword spirit.
"Lambas: The Lord of the Rings World Elven rations, with a unique taste
Grade: Elite
Attributes: A small bite can provide a day's food consumption, and after taking it, it can eliminate hunger, quickly restore physical strength, and slightly speed up energy recovery.
Introduction: simple, convenient, one meal top ten meals"
Lambas, as Hu Bin's ideal military ration, is an item that he must buy before entering the Lord of the Rings world. He used the excuse of curiosity to sneak into the cultivation of Lambas's raw materials, no elf would care about revealing the production of rations to his kindred, Hu Bin easily learned the full set of production methods from the elves who managed here.
Bribed the grower with a bottle of wine, Hu Bin used the excuse of trying to plant it to ask for a lot of seeds of Lambas, believing that with the support of the goddess's magic, he would have another specialty to sell in the future.
Of course, Hu Bin also asked about the elf forging technique, but this kind of advanced skill is not something that Hu Bin, who has never even beaten with iron, can master, and Hu Bin, who has already gained beyond expectations, did not continue to waste time here.
The satisfied Hu Bin stayed in Rivendell for half a year, but he never waited for the arrival of Aragorn and other plot characters, and later learned by chance in the small talk of the elves that the birthday of the hobbit old Baggins would not wait until half a year later, and Hu Bin was not sure if the main quest plot would happen after his birthday.
"It seems that the space has given the numberers a long time to develop, and yes, with the strength of the numberers at this stage, it is really dangerous in this world." Hu Bin didn't pay much attention to the other numberers, although in his eyes they were his potential enemies. The numbered person on the continent is nothing more than a mercenary or joining the army, if you are lucky, you can mix a small nobleman in the human country, and if you are unlucky, you can only pretend to be a robber.
In fact, Hu Bin's prediction is still a bit pessimistic, the numberers who come to the Lord of the Rings World are all elites with outstanding strength, otherwise they will not be allocated to the medium difficulty world by space. Many of them are lucky guys, who have gained a lot of benefits from the previous mission world, and have fully expanded their military power. With the support of the troops they received after opening the castle for the first time, most of them are doing well, and some have even been loyal to the princes and have a small territory.
Of course, there are many more numberers trying to join the dark faction, but the orcs are less interested in humans and more interested in their flesh, which has put many numberers' plans to join Sauron's side on hold. And Saruman hasn't turned his face on the surface yet, so it seems better to join in. However, as the Speaker of the Council of Mages, Saruman has no shortage of followers, and the numberers are estimated to be similar to servants in his eyes, and it is estimated that the "lucky" numberers will become his test subjects, of course, it is unknown what will happen.
Hu Bin's previous concern about the number of numberers in the dark camp was not unreasonable, but whether it was in terms of side quests or the difficulty of joining, the advantages and disadvantages of the two camps were actually very balanced.
"Reed, you're playing with fire again, extinguish it, this collection is precious, and my father will be angry if he breaks it." A delicate voice came.
Hu Bin looked back, even after half a year, when he saw this face, he could still feel amazing.
"Well, Aunt Alvin, you know, it's force majeure, and I've always wanted to play with these lively elements inadvertently." Hu Bin woke up from his intently reading and extinguished the flames that were tumbling between his fingers. Perhaps out of habit, he gave himself the same name as the previous world, Reed.
"How many times do you want me to remind you, to call your sister!" It's a pity that the elf princess's voice is not convincing at all, and for half a year, she has devoted herself to correcting Hu Bin's title, but unfortunately with little success.
"Okay, Aunt Erwen." Hu Bin turned his head back, turned a page of the book with his left hand, and was immersed in reading, but his right hand subconsciously rubbed his fingers, seeing that the spark was about to appear again. Hu Bin didn't know that Erwen's age was not old by the standards of elves, but he wanted to use this title to resist the temptation of that beauty.
"Whew!" Alvin seemed to have given up, she loved to be with this child of the same race who had returned from outside, he seemed to have an inexhaustible curiosity and energy, a cleverness and cunning that did not match his age, a rather hateful stubborn character and mischievous mentality, and an indescribable persistence and hard work. When it comes to how she feels about herself, Alwin thinks that the little one is more human, which reminds her of her lover Aragorn.
"What are you looking at?" Erwen approached Hu Bin and grabbed his right hand, which looked like it was about to be ignited again.
A dark fragrance hit, Hu Bin felt his heartbeat speed up a lot, and after silently reciting many sentences of a centuries-old woman, Hu Bin did not have a nosebleed as before.
"The history of Middle-earth, you know I'm interested in these things."
"That's because you're still young, and when the millstones of the years smooth out your edges and corners, you will feel that history is actually a very boring thing, which has no use except to make people reminisce, and then you will already be a history book yourself."
"Auntie is worthy of being an old elf who can tell such a profound truth."
"Until the world dies, your bad character won't change, little ghost." Erwen knocked Hu Bin's head, then pouted slightly and slowly walked out of the study.
"Whew, I really can't stand it." Hu Bin breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed the tips of his reddened ears. It's so hard to be with this beautiful stunner, it's really a struggle between heaven and place. Every time Hu Bin used some bad words to provoke the princess, but since she called her aunt for the first time, Erwen and Hu Bin were consumed.
"Time does not make elves depressed, this is something that only loneliness and sadness can do." Hu Bin muttered.
Erwen, who was at the door and was about to come back to check the post, stopped behind the door, then sighed and slowly left the place.
"People are small and big!"
Hu Bin is not reading history books, he is studying the map of the continent to prepare for the main mission in the next stage.
Slowly moving his fingers from Rivendell to Lorian, the territory of the Water Elves, paused as he passed the Misty Mountains, which was the difficulty of the second stage of the main quest.
Where, the Fellowship of the Ring would be attacked by Saruman, and the plans to pass through the mountains would be abandoned, but in the Moriath Mines beneath the mountains, they would be greeted by swarms of orcs and a firedemon left over from the previous era. Although in the plot, the fire demon will be restrained by the gray-robed mage Gandalf, but after the incurrence of the numberer, Hu Bin is worried that there will be an accident. For this reason, Hu Bin has to prepare for himself to get through this hurdle in the past six months.
Hu Bin, who is proficient in the fire system, actually has a certain degree of immunity to the fire element, but this is far from enough.
"Delicate fire anti-potionist
Grade: Elite
Attributes: Increases fire elemental resistance by 10
Introduction: It's a bit hot to drink"
This was obtained by Hu Bin from the adult elves at a huge cost, and for this reason, the wine stock in Hu Bin's spatial ring was almost emptied.
"It's better for children not to drink." These were the words of the elven alchemist, but Hu Bin suspected that he had seen through Hu Bin's bottom limit at all.
In fact, the fruit wine made by the elves is very delicious, but the only drawback is that the degree is too low, and the wine brought by Hu Bin is actually not high, but this kind of wine with a high degree is very much in line with the needs of the elf drunkards, according to their words, the dark purple wine is more mellow and beautiful, in line with their elegant artistic conception. Hu Bin didn't understand in the end, what connection between these alcoholic guys and elegant artistic conception was.
If you want to say that the elven clan's wine can still get by, the elven clan's eating habits are simply driving Hu Bin crazy, and he can't imagine how he spent this half a year without meat. Flower petals, fruits and vegetables, and honey, that's all the elves' recipes. Hu Bin knows why the elves are so slender, don't they understand that balanced nutrition is the king.
After exhausting the inventory in the spatial ring, Hu Bin began to live by gnawing on Lambas, and the young elves were not allowed to leave the shelter, so he didn't even have the opportunity to hunt. Fortunately, every once in a while, he would beg the elf captain to help him bring back some prey to satisfy his cravings, otherwise he would have become the first elf in Rivendell to defect due to food problems.
Looking at the birds flying in the valley, Hu Bin's mind was no longer thinking of singing, but skewers of roasted bird meat.
"Barbecue chicken wings, my favorite." Finally, Hu Bin didn't resist the temptation, and secretly killed a bird that had strayed into the valley with a flying knife, and then after tidying up, he tore off a wing and slowly grilled it with the hand of flame.
"My hard work in the Flame Hand has not been in vain, and I have been blessed these days." After putting away the remaining poultry meat and storing it, Hu Bin waited for the meat wings to be cooked.
"Reed, what are you doing?"
The sudden sound startled Hu Bin, and with a tightening of his hands, the wings of the birds were squeezed out.
"Don't!" Hu Bin desperately jumped off the cliff and plunged headlong into the spring at the bottom of the valley.
"It's okay, it's not lost." In order to find the meat wing that fell into the water, Hu Bin even turned on Eagle Vision.
After Hu Bin, who was soaking wet, came out of the water, he saw Princess Erwen who hurriedly came down from the cliff.
"You're stealing this meat again, didn't I tell you that it's the food that elves abandon, and sometimes I really want to pry open your brain to see if your soul is human." Princess Erwen in a word.
"Yes, my Aunt Erwen, I know that this kind of food that only humans and orcs eat is not suitable for other elves, but I would go crazy without meat." Hu Bin mobilized the fire element around him to dry his clothes, and wrapped the meat wings in a white handkerchief, as if he was treating some treasure.
"Hey, are you going out today?" Hu Bin saw the elf princess in a distant costume and looked at her in surprise.
"Yes, there are things that need to be done today." Erwen was still struggling with whether to stop Hu Bin from putting the meat wings in his pocket, and replied casually.
"Eh~, adult elves are really convenient, even if you travel, you don't have to be too troublesome, why can't I go out."
"I'm going out to do business, so my sister can stay here and wait for adulthood."
"Cut, old woman, it's not like I haven't been wandering."
"What were you just talking about?"
"You heard me wrong."
Looking at the elf princess who rushed out of the valley on a white horse riding a divine horse, Hu Bin's mood surged.
"It's been more than a year, and it's finally coming."