Chapter 261: The Fellowship of the Ring: Reaching the Peak of the Storm (Part II)
On the sixth day, Lin Yifeng, Frodo, and Aragon had been on the road for six days in a row, and only in the middle of this journey would they stop for a while to rest at night and noon.
Frodo's strength and spirit were almost exhausted, but according to Aragon, they were only about three-fifths of the way by now, and they were still about ten days away from Rivendell, which they had made through the bushes.
The only good news was that they didn't run into the Black Knight again along the way, as if they had disappeared after being forced away by Aragorn that night with the power of the Nasir's Sword.
But whether it was Lin Yifeng, Aragorn, or Frodo, they all knew that at some point on this road, they would definitely attack again.
After six days of traveling, they could already see the top of the wind and clouds in the distance, and the terrain slowly began to rise, and not far to the east they could see the outline of the hills, the highest of which was on its far right, and seemed to be at some distance from the others, and the hills were bathed in sunlight as if they had been put on a glittering crown.
That is the top of the storm, that is, the middle station of everyone.
"That's the top of the storm." Aragorn said to the hobbits who were running, "We will go on the path, which is faster, and if you work harder, we will be able to reach the top of the storm by to-night, instead of to-morrow." ”
"Why take the path." Hearing Aragorn's words, Frodo spoke.
You know, the trail is much more difficult than the big road. Not only are there protruding stones, but the road surface is also uneven and uneven, making it very difficult to move forward, and the hobbits on the road, who are originally a little slower than Lin Yifeng and Aragon, will definitely be slower, in that case, maybe everyone will really be able to reach the top of the storm tomorrow.
"Because the Black Knights will definitely wait for us on the mainland, but if they don't wait for us, they will definitely go to the top of the storm, because it is the best place in the vicinity, even if it is birds and beasts. Just stand on top of the storm. If you have enough vision, you can definitely see our tracks, and there is no place to hide us around here, and there are some birds that are the eyes and ears of other forces. There are some more evil spies that haunt the wilderness. Aragon hurried. He said to Frodo.
"Then why are we going to Fengyunding?" Hear Aragorn's words. Lin Yifeng asked Aragorn a little strangely.
You have a mission released by the system, and you have to go to the top of the storm to be able to complete it, but why did Aragon go to the top of the storm?
Know according to the words of Aragorn. Going to the top of the storm is a very dangerous thing to do.
"Because I need to find my way to Rivendell at the top of the storm." Hearing Lin Yifeng's words, Yaragon spoke.
"You don't know where Rivendell is?" Hearing Aragon's words, Lin Yifeng opened his mouth and asked with some surprise.
"No, it's not, I know where Rivendell is, but I need to make sure, because I haven't been back in years." Shaking his head, Yaragon said to Lin Yifeng.
"Okay, I see." Hearing Aragon's words, Lin Yifeng couldn't help but pout, why haven't you been back for several years, you have to make sure, it's not that you don't know Rivendell's way, you have to go to the top of the wind and clouds to take a look.
Although Lin Yifeng could directly take Aragon to the sky and let him confirm it, Lin Yifeng didn't want to do it, because his mission was to go to the top of the wind and clouds.
"So, what are we going to do?" Frodo said to Arragon with some fear.
Aragon's words just now made Frodo feel fear, and he looked at the top of the storm with fear, as if he was worried that there would be falcons or other birds of prey looking at everyone with unfriendly eyes.
"The best way to do this is for us to rest for the night near the top of the storm, and I go up to the top of the top of the storm to observe, after which we can go around the hills towards the east of the avenue." Aragon spoke to Frodo.
Lin Yifeng and Susan on the side, just like transparent people, just listened to Aragorn's words and did not express their opinions.
In fact, even if Susan and Lin Yifeng wanted to publish it, they couldn't publish it, because they didn't know the geography of Middle-earth at all.
Having made up his mind, if he arrived in Rivendell, Lin Yifeng must ask the Elf King for an atlas of Middle-earth, although he could not say that he could remember every place in detail, but Charles, Rivendell, and Mordor, these more famous places, Lin Yifeng still had to remember, at least he had to understand where he was and where he had to go.
"It's weird, I've actually lost a lot of weight, I hope I don't keep losing weight like this, or I might become a ghost." After a momentary pause, a few little hobbits, rubbing their feet that had been on the road for a long time, Frodo said jokingly.
"Don't joke about that." Surprisingly, Aragon, who didn't speak on the side, said to Frodo with an unusually serious face.
Seeing Aragon's appearance, he was slightly stunned, Frodo nodded lightly and said, "I'm sorry, I, I didn't mean to." ”
"I don't mean anything else, it's just that these bad things are absolutely unacceptable, especially in our current situation." Nodding slightly, Aragon spoke.
They were so close to the hills that they formed a high barrier, the highest of which seemed to be about a thousand feet, and the lowest of which could be crossed by a winding path, and to the east, there were many walls and moats covered with greenery, and in the valleys on the side there were many ancient stone ruins.
"What the hell is this place? I always feel a little weird, like an ancient tomb, I don't know what is on top of the storm. There are no tombs. Because it was too quiet and the journey was very boring, Pipin couldn't bear it anymore and asked Aragon.
Compared with the powerful Lin Yifeng, it is obvious that Aragon understands a little more about these problems, which is also the consensus reached by several little hobbits in the past few days.
Lead the way, tell the story, and see the Aragon.
Resist the enemy, look at Lin Yifeng.
"Nope. No. There are no tombs on the top of the storm or on the hills, these were built by the Western royal family, but they did not live here, these are the lines of defense that they used the hills to defend against the evil forces of Angmar in the later period. That is, the head of the Black Knight. The Head of the Ringwraith. The trail was originally supposed to be a route for transporting supplies, but before that, when the Northern Kingdom was created. They once built a huge watchtower on top of the storm, which they called Amunsur, but it was later destroyed, leaving only a ring of walls that stood like a crown on the hill, and it is said that the Emperor Elendil used to wait for the elven leader Gilgalad to join the final alliance between humans and elves to fight evil. Looking at the top of the wind and clouds not far away, and falling into the memory, Aragon opened his mouth to tell the story as if talking to himself.
Listening to the story told by Aragorn, the hearts of several little hobbits were completely attracted, and even because of the fatigue of continuous travel, they disappeared under this curiosity, and Pipin couldn't help but hurriedly asked, "Who is Gilgalad?" ”
But Arragon didn't answer, but a deep voice suddenly rang out, it was Sam's voice.
"Gilgalad is the king of the elves, and the harp mourns his mourning, but his kingdom is beautiful and free, stretching from the sea to the verdant hills, his sword sharpens iron like clay, his spear is indestructible, his shining helmet can be seen from afar, countless stars haunt the sky, all reflected in his silver shield, long ago he rode away, no one knows what happened to him, and the other side of the monsters of Mordor will fall into darkness."
"That's all I know, and that's what I heard from Mr. Bilber when I was a child, because he knew that I liked elves very much, and that he wrote poems." Sam blushed and said embarrassedly, with a hint of adoration in his eyes when he said Bilber.
"This is not what Bilber did, this one is called 'The Fall of Gilgalad,' and it was written in an ancient language, but I have not heard of this version, it should have been translated by Bilber. As for who Gilgalad is, he is the elven king of Linton. He was born in the First Age, and his name means "Bright Star". In the Second Age, seeing the expansion of Sauron's evil power, he sent troops to join the ranks of the conquest of Sauron. Later, he formed the final alliance between humans and elves with the Dengdans and joined hands to attack Sauron. Armed with the spear Iros, he personally led the allies in the Battle of Dagoras and defeated Sauron's army. From then on, the tide of the war took a turn for the worse, and it took the Allies seven years to sweep through Mordor. In the end, the Dark Lord Sauron was forced to fight himself; However, both Gilgalad and Elendil died in the battle. Aragon opened his mouth and explained to Frodo.
"Okay, now that the story is over, let's hurry as soon as possible, we don't have so much time to waste, unless you want to reach the top of the storm tomorrow." Looking at the sky, it was already about one o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was hanging in the sky, the sun was unusually dazzling, as for the heat, everyone didn't have this feeling at that time, Lin Yifeng and Yaragon Susan needless to say, although the hobbits were weak, they were much better than ordinary humans, at least in terms of heat resistance and speed.
"Grab your weapons, I'm afraid it won't be so peaceful!" Hearing Lin Yifeng's words, Yaragon nodded lightly and said to Frodo.
Hearing Aragon's words, a few little hobbits subconsciously clutched the weapons they had taken from the dead rangers in the bushes.
By the time everyone came to the foot of the mountain, it was almost six o'clock in the evening, and it was already dark.
"I'm afraid we're going to have to go to the top." Probing around, Aragorn tightened his brow.
"What's going on? Did you find anything? Hearing Aragon's words, Lin Yifeng on the side spoke.
"Not far away, I found the hooves of the Black Knight of the Ring, which means that they are near here, there is no place to hide us in this area, the only place is the top of the storm, maybe we can hide our whereabouts with the help of the remaining ruins above." Looking at Fengyunding, Yaragon shook his head and said to Lin Yifeng.
Aragorn's words were heard. Lin Yifeng nodded lightly and didn't say anything, because one of his tasks was to escort Frodo safely to the top of the wind and clouds, and not to let Frodo be stabbed by the Angmar Witch King's Cave Sword.
Therefore, Lin Yifeng and Frodo must go to the top of the storm.
What Aragorn said at this moment was exactly in line with Lin Yifeng's intentions.
As for Frodo, after hearing Aragon's words, and Lin Yifeng didn't say anything, naturally they wouldn't express any opinions, but just obeyed Lin Yifeng and Aragon's orders.
While the sun has not completely disappeared, there is still this residual light. The crowd climbed towards the top of the storm. On the western slope of the top of the storm, the people found a pit that could hide their figures, and the bottom of the pit was covered with grass, which could be used as a temporary resting place.
"We're here tonight for the time being. Wait for me to go up and survey the surroundings. Tomorrow we will go around the avenue. From the trail to Rivendell, once we get past the top of the storm, we'll be a lot easier. At least you don't have to worry about the rings that will appear at any time. Wiping his face, Aragon spoke to Frodo.
With that, Aragorn stealthily ran towards the tip of the Storm Top.
As for Lin Yifeng and Susan, they stayed to protect Frodo and them, anyway, the purpose of the mission was to reach the top of the wind and clouds, and now that everyone has reached the top of the wind and clouds, the next thing is to protect Frodo from being stabbed by the cave sword of the Angmar Witch King.
"Well, I'll fix it." Suddenly, Pi Ping stood up and said to Lin Yifeng with a flushed face.
Looking at him like that, Lin Yifeng naturally knew what he meant, so he couldn't help but smile lightly, nodded and said, "Go ahead, but don't go too far." ”
"Hey, wait, I'll go with you." Merry, who has a very good relationship with Pipin, also stood up and followed.
"I don't know what happened to Gandalf." After Pippin and Merry left, Frodo leaned against the wall, somewhat dull.
"Don't worry, Gandalf, he'll be fine." Hearing Frodo's words, Lin Yifeng patted Frodo's shoulder to show comfort.
Lin Yifeng didn't know about Gandalf's situation, but as long as he reached Rivendell, everything would be clear, and if Gandalf didn't appear in Rivendell, then Gandalf would probably be in danger.
"They, they're coming, we've seen them." At this time, Pi Ping and Mei Li, who were flustered, strode towards Lin Yifeng, and when they walked to the front, Pi Ping was dressed in a rough manner, pointing in the direction of the west and said.
Hearing the words of the two people, Lin Yifeng and Susan's faces changed, and they couldn't help but immediately rush out.
I saw that in the west of the top of the wind and clouds, three black shadows rushed towards the direction of the top of the wind and clouds.
"I didn't feel the slightest feeling, they seemed to have a special power that blocked my perception." Susan whispered to Lin Yifeng.
"That's right, it's the rings, I can see it clearly." Lin Yifeng nodded lightly and said to Susan.
Those eyes, thinking of the picture just now, Lin Yifeng's eyes involuntarily narrowed slightly.
Just now, when Lin Yifeng was observing, the one among the three black knight rings seemed to see Lin Yifeng, and his red eyes, like imprints, were deeply impressed in Lin Yifeng's mind.
That ringspirit is definitely not the one you encountered before, maybe that ringspirit is the Angmar Witch King mentioned in the mission.
"Susan, use the Force to inform Aragon and tell him to come quickly." Lin Yifeng said to Susan.
"No, he's already here, and he must have seen it." Susan shook her head lightly and responded to Lin Yifeng.
"Sure enough, just like I feared, they still came to the top of the storm after all." As Lin Yifeng said, Yaragon rushed down from the top of the wind and clouds, and this time he didn't hide any movements.
Aragorn's face was extremely ugly.
Looking at the sky, it was already night, and the last ray of light had disappeared.
At this time, if you are in a hurry, I am afraid it will be even more dangerous.
"Mr. Aragon, Mr. Feng, are we going to get out of here quickly?" When they saw Aragon, Frodo and they spoke.
"It's useless, they've already found us, it's useless to run away, presumably surrounded by the Black Knight's Ring, they've found us, and they can see in the darkness many marks and shapes that we don't know: that's when we should be most afraid. At all times, they can smell the flesh of living beings, which makes them both eager and hateful. In addition to the nose and eyes, they have other senses. As soon as we arrived, we could feel their presence, for their presence would make us sense that something was wrong with them, but they were more able to spot us, and the Lord of the Rings was like a guiding light to reveal our whereabouts, especially at night. Yaragon said to Lin Yifeng.
"So what are we going to do?" Frodo said anxiously.
"Now is not the time to be afraid, Frodo, Aragon, all of you go to the top of the storm, stay here, by daytime, their power may be weakened, when we leave, in this stormy top, with the help of the terrain I can do my best to protect your safety, but after leaving the top of the storm, being attacked by the black knights, I don't have the ability to protect you all." Lin Yifeng opened his mouth and said to Frodo.
"Okay, I'll leave it to Feng here." Hearing Lin Yifeng's words, and didn't say anything about the bloody words that we are partners and want to fight together, Yaragon nodded lightly, and took Frodo and them towards the highest peak of Fengyun Peak.
It's not that Aragon is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he clearly understands that the gap between his strength and Lin Yifeng, if the holy sword can still be used, maybe Aragon will stay, but now he is just a burden, a burden that is not much stronger than the Harbbits.
So instead of staying, it's better to protect Frodo and them. (To be continued......)