Before the Fellowship of the Ring left, Edward met with Bilbo in Rivinedell. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Having lost the One Ring, Bilbo has aged rapidly, and is now an old hobbit on the back of his life.

He was very happy to see Edward, took Edward's hand, and told him some interesting things that had happened in the past forty years.

Bidding farewell to Bilbo, the expedition arrives at the Demon Hunter Fortress. Along the way, the four little hobbits take a keen interest in Alan and Sorey, while Boromo chats with his brother Faramir, whom he has never met. Edward, for his part, had been working with Legolas to inquire about the development of the Order over the decades.

"Bion's Northern Expeditionary Army had gone to Mount Angmar five years earlier and had built a simple fortress at the foot of the mountain. "With the support of this fortress and the dwarven kingdom, he completely blocked the threat of the northern orcs, leaving the middle of Middle-earth without any war. For the specific situation, I have to ask Jin Li, who has been to the north once to learn about the specific fighting there. ”

"Edward, Bion is doing a good job in the North. Jin Li took over the topic and said, "The orc lair in the northern Angmar Mountain and Gundaba has always been a threat to our dwarven kingdom, this time Bion led the paladins to block the orc's march route at the pass of Angmar Mountain, and carried out several battles, and the northern orcs could not break through there, and the losses were great. ”

"The big guy looks taciturn, but he's a militant. Jin Li remembered Bion's style, and he praised it very much, "From time to time, he harassed the orc lair, so that the northern orcs could not continue their strength smoothly, and the orcs who died in his hands surpassed anyone else in Middle-earth, and in our dwarf kingdom, people respectfully called him the orc nemesis." ”

"So, do we need to send someone to stay in the Demon Hunter Fortress on this expedition?" asked Edward.

"Of course we need to, we can't move with a large group of people. Aragorn replied, "The One Ring is something Sauron is intent on, and once he obtains it, his power will be greatly enhanced. ”

"Although our Demon Hunter Fortress has the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Dwarven Kingdom of Bion to the north, the Woodland Kingdom and the Dolgordo Fortress of Roslorian to the east, Rivendell to the west, and the Golden Forest of Roslorian to the south, and we have protective forces on all sides, we still have to prevent Sauron from attacking the fortress desperately. ”

"My opinion is that we go to Mount Doom alone without any retinue. Doing so, while a bit dangerous, can distract Sauron. Aragorn proposed.

"I also agree with Aragon. "Don't forget, Sauron's army is not limited to the North and Mordor, Saruman, a traitor, is also raising an army of orcs in Isengard, and we need to prevent attacks from there. ”

The gray-robed wizard's face was full of resentment, "The number of orcs there is definitely no less than the other two lairs, and there is only one Fagon Forest away from Roslorian, so the threat is even greater. ”

"That traitor also covets the One Ring, and if he knows that you and the Lord of the Rings are in the fortress, he will definitely send a large army to attack the north. ”

"Although the paladins of the Knights are strong individually, they are still far behind Sauron's army in numbers, and we can only act alone and use the Ring to attract Sauron's army. ”

Several people analyzed the situation for Edward, which made Edward fall into deep thought. The development of the orcs is too fast, and with Sauron, Maia, their army is almost endless, and it doesn't take a few years to have a strong army.

The only way to resolve the crisis in Middle-earth once and for all is to destroy the Lord of the Rings and destroy Sauron in order to restore complete peace.

"Then let's fix up the fortress and let's go. Edward decided, "And who's going to stay behind the fortress?"

Everyone looked at Faramir, who had just finished his conversation with Borromo and walked towards Edward with his head bowed.

"Your Excellency, I want to return home to see my father. "Recently, my father's condition has been very bad, I have left him, Boromo has left him in search of reinforcements, he has to face the attack of the orc army, and Gondor needs someone to take the pressure off him. ”

Edward sighed helplessly, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, I allow you to go back, and you can take five hundred paladins back with you." ”

Faramir looked at Edward in surprise and thanked him.

Upon returning to the fortress, Faramir left with five hundred paladins, while his brother Boromo remained as part of the expedition. Looking at the cavalry that had disappeared into the plains, Aragorn worried, "Now that the fortress is completely empty, the two wonderful paladin brothers and sisters of Eomme and Eomin have returned home with the paladins of the Rohan Kingdom a few months ago to support. ”

"Iomo and Iowen, they're Iomond's ......"

"It's his children. The elder brother Iomo joined the Order at the age of fifteen, and the younger sister Iowen joined the Order in the fourth year, and Iowen was the only female paladin in the Order, not a priest. Aragorn smiled at the thought of the young woman who adored him so much.

Iomund was killed in a battle against the orcs, and their mother died of depression, and the siblings now have a titular father, the current king of the Rohans, Hiyodon. ”

When Edward heard the news, he was silent for a while and said, "It doesn't matter if the fortress is not right now, just appoint a commander, and I can use magic to return here at any time if necessary." ”

Aragorn sighed, it seemed that this was all there was for now.

Aragorn, Kimli, and Legolas went to prepare what they would need for the long trip, and Edward chatted with Gandalf as he made his way to the top of the fortress.

"Mr. Edward, is this the main battlefield of the Great War?" the four hobbits and Boromo followed.

"Yes, that's right, this is the fortress that was captured by the orcs and recaptured by us, and it is the base camp of our knights. Edward smiled and pointed to the rocks around him, "If you look closely, you will see that every corner of this place is full of the scars of that battle. ”

"You can imagine how fierce the battle was at that time. Boromo touched the large number of sword marks on the handrail of the staircase and said, "I'm sorry for the slander of the Knights at the meeting just now. ”

"It's nothing, Boromo. Edward said, "Sauron and the Orcs are our common enemy, and we must unite in order to deal with this powerful enemy. ”

The crowd chatted, and as they climbed the stairs and were out of breath, they finally reached the top floor of the fortress.

Edward came to the balcony, closed his eyes, stretched out his left hand, and a silver magic circle appeared in front of everyone.

Immediately after, the huge head of the Earth Elemental King appeared on the balcony, causing everyone to let out a burst of exclamations, and Boromo even drew his sword, took a few steps back, and stared at him nervously.

"You're finally back, my friend Edward. The Earth Elemental King answered Edward's call, and his massive body climbed out of the cliff behind the fortress, his feet resting on the inner city square of the fortress, his head just reaching the top balcony.

"My friend, I was supposed to catch up with you, but time is running out and I'm going to trouble you again. Edward said apologetically, "We're about to go on a long journey, and there's only a thousand knights left in the fortress, and I want you to help protect it." ”

"No problem. The Earth Elemental King looked happy, "I've been sleeping underground for forty years, it's time to come out and move, but you must leave Alan behind, my lonely heart needs to be comforted by friends, you know, my men died in that battle forty years ago, and a new Golem is still being born." ”

Edward and Alan communicated for a while, and finally got the other party to agree to stay.

Seeing Alan again, the Earth Elemental King laughed happily, and then let Alan stop on his shoulder and climb the cliff to chat.

"Wow, what did I just see? a stone giant!" exclaimed the hobbit Pippin, who came back to his senses.

"No, you're wrong, that's the Earth Elemental King of the Misty Mountains, and the Golem is just his child. Edward smiled, "Alright, now hurry up and get ready, we'll leave after lunch!"