The 271st Chapter Rivendell (1)

Last night, when I saw a good show of the little witch fighting against the Black Knight of the Ring Spirit, and learned that the enemy chasing and killing them had been declared extinct for the time being, and, in the hotel opposite their own floor, there was a free After the super thug has successfully attracted the enemy's hatred, Frodo and the four hobbits can finally sleep soundly and peacefully for a rare good night's sleep!

So, in the early morning of the next day, Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, and the mysterious "God Walker" who had rested, returned to their full state and had a hearty breakfast, brought their respective salutes again. , led the ranger's big white-fronted brown horse, out of the residence they rented for a while opposite the Prancing Horse Hotel, and started their journey again.

When they left the small courtyard of the residence and walked to the street, they happened to see the owner of the Prancing Horse Inn talking loudly and emotionally with a group of good townspeople and some soldiers.

"You must not know? Let me tell you, last night, I witnessed it with my own eyes: four evil black knights, they rushed into our town of Bray, and sneaked into my Prancing Horse Inn , seems to want to catch someone or find something?"

"Next, they provoked an honorable little wizard who lived in my hotel without knowing what to do, and then, look at them all! They became like this: Look, the corpses of those black horses , Look at those deformed armors behind them!"

Seeing more and more people around him, the innkeeper blushed and pointed at the corpses of horses in front of his inn and the armor left behind by the evil knights.

"You may not know that at the time, I saw something was wrong, so I hid behind the bar, and I didn't even dare to breathe! At that time, I almost thought I was going to die!"

"But I never thought that when those four terrible black knights went upstairs to toss for a while, hacking and rummaging, and then, not long after, one of them would be taken from the wizard by His Excellency The window flew directly into the outside? It’s the window on the top floor, did you see it?!”

"Next, when I had the courage to go to the window by the door to peek, I only saw: that powerful lady wizard, she was just floating in midair out of thin air, and with a grabbing hand, a powerful black The knight just screamed like that and was caught into a ball of iron by her?"

"Then, she just waved her hand like that, and she used some magical tricks to instantly turn the iron ball into a giant ax warrior covered in flames. With just three or two strokes, she forced the remaining three All the black knights were hacked to death!"

"Did you see that huge ax over there that plowed the street out of a deep hole? And over there, that one-armed man in an empty shell who stood still! Last night, it was the one who died after the heavy rain Warriors covered in flames! But,

When it finished destroying the enemy, the flames on his body gradually went out, and he stopped moving..."

On the muddy grass outside the Prancing Horse Hotel, the owner of the hotel happily pointed to the armor fragments of the evil horses and evil spirits on the ground after they were killed, as well as the one-armed armor that was still standing farther away.

Then he was a little taken aback when he saw the ranger leading the four hobbits past him.

If he remembered correctly, it seemed that those four evil black knights went to the room they had originally planned to hack and rummage? However, I don't know why, when he was about to close his business last night, these five people suddenly packed up and moved to a private house across the street?

If you think about it this way, they must have known about those black knights in advance, and those terrible evil creatures are looking for them, right? In this way, my hotel and that noble wizard are actually jacking up the tank for them?

So, himself, should he reach out and ask them for a little compensation?

"Phew! Head! I just went to see it. Our old Allen, who was guarding the gate in Bray Town, was indeed trampled to death, and the gate of the town was also destroyed! Moreover, according to the horseshoe marks on the wooden gate, These four black knights must have done it!"

At this time, when the five approaching Frodo were curious, they happened to see a militiaman rushing to report to a big man in chain mail who was listening to the owner of the Prancing Horse Inn explaining the situation last night.

"Hmm...I've never seen a weapon of this style and pattern..."

After nodding, the big man in chain mail walked directly to a grass field, then squatted down, looking at the black long sword dropped by the black knights on the ground.

This long sword should be an elite two-handed knight sword with a slightly longer handle, which is very suitable for holding and slashing with both hands during land battles. Of course, it should also be able to directly serve as a one-handed sword during cavalry battles. To order?

"Be careful... this is a Demon's Cave sword... believe me, if I were you, I would not touch its blade rashly!"

Aragorn, who was leading the four hobbits, bowed his head kindly when he saw that the militia captain in Bray town seemed to be reaching out to touch the black sword that had fallen on the grass. Remind me of this sentence.

"Demon, Demon Cave Sword?!"

Hearing this, the big man in chain armor was about to touch the hand that wanted to test the sharpness of the blade, so he immediately retracted like lightning.

Then, when he turned his head to look at the man who had just passed by and kindly reminded himself, he only saw the hooded figure and the four short hobbits following him?

That person...is that Ranger? !

Frowning and thinking for a while, the captain of the militia said that the ranger who walked past, that middle-aged man with strange movements and extraordinary skills, he had met many times in Bray Town, but the two sides had no intersection.

"Captain, what exactly is the Devil's Cave Sword?"

Seeing that his captain suddenly stopped his hand when he was about to touch the blade, and seeing that the weird person who reminded his captain had gone farther and farther, a man wearing an iron helmet and armor on his body, The militiaman in Bray Town, holding a wooden spear, came over curiously and asked.

"The Devil's Cave Sword..."

"In the rumors, it is an evil weapon from Minas Morgul! It is said that anyone who is wounded or stabbed by the blade will gradually fall into eternal darkness if he does not receive effective treatment middle……"

"Then... it will become a kind of lifeless existence..."

Looking at the black sword on the ground, the militia captain's face also became a little dignified.

Then, he turned his head and looked at the black knights around him who were killed by the witch, but there were no human corpses, and only three pairs of broken collapsed armor remained. He seemed to believe the ranger's words a little bit.

"Is it so mysterious? It must be fake, right?"

"Head! Look, this thing looks very well-made. It should only be used by nobles, right? I think it must be very valuable!"

"That's right! Captain, don't care what it is, let's just put it away and sell it for money?"

Compared to the captain of the big man in chain mail, the other militiamen with spears didn't have so many worries.

The broken, collapsed and twisted knight armors around have already been scrapped, so they can only be sold as scrap iron for a small amount of money. However, these three long swords that fell here are different. Looking at their exquisite workmanship, they are definitely worth a lot of gold coins!

At that time, if they share a share together, those who can go to their respective hands will definitely be able to pay for them for several months. There is no reason to let go of such a windfall from the sky!

"Hmph! Whether they are the swords of the Devil's Nest or not, we will know soon!"

After pondering for a while, the captain, who was also a little uncertain about the rumored matter, did not continue to care about the noise of his subordinates. So, when he stood up and looked up to see the distance, when he saw a glimmer of morning sunlight slanting over the eaves, he brutally pushed away the two subordinates standing in front of him who blocked the sunlight.

"Okay, you guys get out of the way!"

Then, something happened that surprised everyone present: the blade of the black long sword, when it was irradiated by the sun, disintegrated quickly and turned into a black mist and disappeared completely? In the blink of an eye, it left only a beautifully crafted hilt?

"Tsk! It really is the legendary Devil's Cave Sword! Now I'm in big trouble..."

When the captain of the militia possessed himself again and picked up the magic cave sword with only the hilt left from the ground, he looked at the 'corpses' of the dead black knights around him, and he knew that things seemed to be getting a little troublesome... …

Four black knights from the Devil's Lair died in their town of Bray. So, will this cause revenge from the other side? !

"Where is that distinguished wizard guest? Is he still in your hotel?"

After thinking about it, the militia captain walked up to the owner of the Prancing Horse Inn and asked in a low voice.

"That... I'm sorry!"

"She bought a carriage early in the morning and left... It seems to be heading east? As for whether it is going to the direction of Amon Sur or to the town of Stadt, I am not sure..."

The hotel owner thought about it seriously, and could only shake his head regretfully at the militia captain.

Earlier today, it was the light and comfortable carriage that he bought for the little wizard at dawn! However, the little wizard rejected her suggestion of hiring a groom for her at that time, so she just sat in the carriage without any manipulation, and let the old horse carry her carriage out of the town from the town gate on the east. went.

"Hey! Where are you taking us?"

After leaving the east gate of Bray Town, Pippin and Merry were surprised to find that this strange "strider" did not take them on the main road, but went straight into the dense forest, intending to turn over the road. Going straight to the east across the mountains?

"We're going to cross the Bray Swamp, go to the wilderness, and then go directly to the sentry post on the top of Wind and Cloud Hill! There, it's one of the meeting points I agreed with Gandalf!"

Aragorn, the "spiritual traveler" who was walking in front to explore the road, did not care about the opinions of the hobbits behind him, so he chose some rugged and difficult forests and mountain streams to walk.

"Then why don't we take the main road? Instead, we want to take this kind of dense forest? Moreover, you still want to go directly through the Bray Swamp?!"

After hearing the 'Skywalker' tell the next route, Meli who was following behind complained loudly in dissatisfaction.

This is a swamp and wilderness, just by listening to it, it must be very difficult to walk, isn't the road outside very good? Why do you have to go over the mountains...

"Very good, boy! If you think that you can escape the pursuit of those restless ring spirit black knights on the main road, then you can go on the main road as much as you want, and I will never stop you!"

After taking a breath, Aragorn grabbed a twig to stabilize his body, then turned around, and warned the little hobbit behind him who knew how to complain all day long.

"But, those black knights, didn't they all die? Just last night, we all saw that little wizard girl, she killed them all!"

"Yes! In this case, why don't we take the more comfortable road?"

After Pippin and Merry looked at each other, as if they had discovered something interesting, they all began to refute the words of this "magic traveler" loudly.

"If you really want to take the main road, go south. With the speed of your hobbits, I believe that you only need to walk for two or three hours to see the main road. If you really want to, then go ahead. Bar!"

"Also, don't blame me for not reminding you: there should be a total of nine Ringwraith Black Knights like last night! And last night, that powerful witch, she only eliminated four of them!"

After emphasizing the "four", Aragorn shook his head, not wanting to be entangled in these crap, and continued to turn around and bury his head in front to lead the way.

But in fact, he still has some words to say, just because he is afraid of accidentally scaring these timid hobbits!

That's because: Ring Spirits are not easily killed! Even last night, that little girl seemed to have successfully eliminated four? However, Aragorn believed that the four dead black knights would still be revived in Minas' cave in a short time!

He has no doubts about this!

And only some special methods, or some special weapons that can break the ring spirit's undead spell can completely kill the other party!

For example, their Western Dundan royal family has special powers, which are said to be those weapons blessed by the gods? Or, his Nasir holy sword?

It's a pity that the holy sword he inherited has already been broken and shattered...

"Well, maybe you're right!"

"Hmm! Just pretend we haven't said anything!"

After Pippin and Merry were stunned for a moment, they suddenly remembered: when they were hunted down by those ring spirit black knights before, when they got rid of those pursuing black knights by boat at Bucklebury Ferry in Shire, they had met many Those terrifying black knights, at that time, the number of opponents seemed to be far more than four?

"How do you know, Frodo, that this 'strider' is a friend of Gandalf's?"

Sam, who was following behind, leading the other's brown horse, approached Frodo and asked in a low voice. He still had some doubts about the tall human being in front of him. He always felt that the other person was not a good person?

"Sam, I think the appearance of our enemy's minions should not be like this. They...can make people feel an evil breath..."

Frodo remembered that at the border of Shire, when the four of them were hiding from the Nazgul Black Knight under the tree root, the aura emanating from each other was very evil!

Even, at that time, when the other party lay down to search for them, that kind of breath made those small animals, spiders, centipedes and other insects unconsciously crawl out of the cracks in the rocks or the soil to escape?

"I think he's evil enough now!"

Indeed, Sam also felt that the breath of the ring spirit black knights was more evil! However, the "Spiritual Traveler" in front of him, it seems that he is not much better, right?

"Sam, we have no choice but to trust him now!"

With their trusted Gandalf still missing and themselves and the others being hunted desperately by the Black Knight of the Ringwraiths, apart from believing in this "magic walker" who helped them once last night, they really also Not too good a choice.

Besides, since the other party can say Gandalf's name in one breath, they can always give a little trust.

"Where is he taking us? We are getting farther and farther away from Bray now."

In fact, what Sam wants to say is: now, they are farther and farther away from their hometown Shire...

If he hadn't been worried that going back privately would lead those black knights to Hobbiton, which might bring misfortune to his relatives and friends, he really wanted to turn around and just run back now, anyway, Gandalf wasn't there anyway. , and no one can punish him, or turn him into a stone frog or something.

"Let's go to the sentry post at Weathertop first. If Gandalf is really not there, we'll go straight east to Rivendell, the residence of Elrond King Elrond! Lord Genji, are you satisfied with this answer?"

Aragorn, who heard the muttering between Samwise Genji and Frodo clearly behind him, replied loudly without hesitation.

King Elrond, also known as Elrond, is the high elf lord of Rivendell Forest Valley, and the holder of Vilya, the wind ring of the three elves! In Aragorn's impression, King Elrond is not only brave and good at fighting, has excellent medical skills, superior wisdom, and foresight, he is also the adoptive father who raised Aragorn and is also one of the high elves he respects most!

In fact, he felt a little helpless for the lack of cooperation of these hobbits.

If Gandalf hadn't personally entrusted him with the mission this time, you would have thought that Aragorn would work so hard to protect these few without any benefit These hobbit halflings who just mutter behind their backs and question themselves all the way? !

"Hey! Guys, did you hear that? He said Rivendell? We're going to Rivendell to see the elves?"

Pippin and Merry, who had been complaining a little, finally cheered excitedly after hearing the words of the "Skywalker" who led the way.

The elves are a tall race that only exists in legends. They have long wanted to see them, but they have never had the chance! But this time, if they can really meet the elves in Rivendell, then when they go back to Shire, they will be able to brag about it for a long time, right?

"..."

Compared with the excitement of these two people, Sam and Frodo seemed much calmer.

Because, on the first night when they set off from the Shire, they were lucky enough to see a group of wood elves traveling westward, and Frodo heard their songs along the way. It is said that they are going to the port outside the White Tower? They seem to be going to sea, to other places in Middle-earth?

"Gentlemen, hurry up! We must not stop until night falls!"

After walking for a while, after just crossing two mountain peaks, Aragorn found that something was wrong behind him. When he had to turn his head to remind him, he saw those hobbits planning to camp and eat ?

What the hell!

This phenomenon almost made Aragorn laugh out loud!

Sure enough, it's not completely unreasonable for the human world to jokingly call hobbits hobbits. These lazy little guys have just walked for less than an hour, and they are going to rest and eat here?

What kind of joke is this? They are being hunted down by a group of ring spirit black knights...

"Let's go? What about our breakfast?"

Sam, who was about to pass a biscuit to his companion, was puzzled.

Then, he specifically looked up at the rising sun in the sky. It was obviously time for breakfast, so what was the rush? Shouldn't you take a break, have a good breakfast, and when you're done eating, go a little further to help digestion?

"You were in Bray Town just now, haven't you already eaten?!"

When they were in that residential building, when they got up in the morning, they had already eaten breakfast. Regarding this, Aragorn was very sure that they had already eaten!

"Just one meal? That's right! I ate it at the time, but what about the second breakfast?!"

Pippin, who was about to take the food, immediately asked back, these hobbits usually eat two breakfasts a day!

"..."

Opening his mouth, Aragorn turned his face horizontally. Without saying anything, he turned around and left.

Do these bloody hobbits really think they're here for a picnic? Was there really no danger beyond the wilderness, save those Nazgul Black Riders who hunted them down?

And a second breakfast? Hell second breakfast! Where is the second meal? Don't talk about breakfast, there is no lunch! Before it gets dark, all they want to eat can only eat while walking, stop to have a good rest, eat while chatting, don't even think about it!

"Guys, I guess they humans probably don't have the concept of a second breakfast?"

Mei Li just sighed, suddenly, he saw something flying in the sky.

When he hastily stretched out his hand to catch it, he realized that it was an apple just picked and thrown by the "Spiritual Traveler" walking in front from a low wild apple tree in front?

"Well... what about midday tea? Luncheon? And afternoon tea... supper... supper? He should know about that, shouldn't he?"

Pippin, the Hobbit, resented the fact that the days to come were likely to be extremely bad. In his opinion, it's time to hurry back, but the basic treatment can't be lowered casually...

"I can't say for sure!"

After Merry passed an apple to the other party, he shook his head and walked forward.

A few days later, in the direction of Bray Town to the east, there was a small carriage pulled by a giant ogre, pacing leisurely in the dense forest with no roads.

Little Annie just half-lyed in her carriage with the rain roof open, letting the two-legged 'big horse' in front of her pull herself, and drove herself eastward through the jungle where there was no road for a long time. take.

She was like this, throwing some snacks into her mouth, while pillowing on her little bear Tibbers and looking at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, and beside her was her 20mm electromagnetic pole. The sniper rifle, you read that right, is the one she would equip when she was a ghost agent in the interstellar world!

During the days when Annie was traveling alone, she often encountered those messy things that tried to trick her!

After all, this Lord of the Rings world is not simple, it is a magical world of magic! Whether it's desperate mercenaries, traitors, or goblins, orcs, trolls, and even gigantic stone giants hundreds of meters high, you can find them all!

So, along the way, she, who was disturbed by those blind existences and was too lazy to use magic, usually gave the other party a shot directly, and beating them into a lump of rotten meat was the easiest and most trouble-free choice.

As long as there are those monsters who dare to come out to block the way and want to eat her, she will just shoot with a "bang", and then the whole world will be clean! As for whether those headless trolls or other corpses left on the road will scare the passing travelers or something, that's none of her business!

Now, she has been walking for several days and nights in a row, and she doesn't even know how far she has traveled! Anyway, she had let go of the slow and clumsy old horse that used to pull the cart, but now, the cart was replaced by this new 'horse' with two legs and great strength!

Anyway, Annie only knows that since she left the town of Bray, she has been walking eastward, and there is almost no road here. She is considering whether to abandon this broken carriage that is about to fall apart, and let it go. This poor old 'horse', think of another way by yourself?

Snapped! !

With a wave of Annie's finger, the whip formed by the magic power left a red mark on the back of the ogre who was pulling her carriage, which made the ogre tremble and had to speed up again.

"Don't try to be lazy! I put a BUFF on you to resist the sun."

"If you dare to steal and play tricks again, you have to think about how cooked your other butt is! I know, you can understand what I say!"

While talking, little Annie began to laugh softly.

Because, this troll who was pulling her carriage, when she wanted to steal and play tricks last time, the skin of one of its buttocks was burned red by her with flames! Let the other party know the pain, but at the same time, it will not hurt the other party and affect the labor of pulling a cart for yourself.

Although this troll is also smelly, it doesn't look much like the original old horse? However, it still has a little bit of a benefit! That is: since Annie changed this 'horse', ordinary gadgets and beasts no longer dare to come out to bother themselves casually.

"Huh?!"

Someone rushing towards him at high speed? Hearing the sound, it seems that he is still riding a horse?

Just when Annie was a little distressed because there was a small river blocking the way ahead and the troll coolies couldn't move on, she heard the sound of horseshoes behind her? Moreover, there are still several cavalry rushing towards him?

Seems a little familiar? They, shouldn't they come here to make trouble for themselves? !

"..."

Listening to the sound of horseshoes in the distance, which became more and more urgent from far to near, Anne stopped the dumbfounded ogre who was about to forcibly wade across the river. She planned to check the situation first.

"Run, Asifaros, run, and run faster!"

Arwen hugged Frodo, who felt as if he was about to die, in her arms, and urged the mount under her crotch. Even, she didn't care about the wound on her face cut by a branch, but kept on He urged his beloved horse to run faster.

Behind her, just a few feet away, there are a total of five ring spirit black knights in black armor and black robes holding long swords, chasing after her.

During the chase, several times, she was almost successfully surrounded by the other party! If her partner under her crotch was not brave enough to break out of the opponent's encirclement time and time again with dexterous footsteps, perhaps she and Frodo would have been captured alive by those ring spirits long ago. ?

"That's... a troll?!"

Arwen, who just came out of the woods, soon found a troll almost as tall as two people on the beach ahead? When did they dare to come out to move around during the day? Moreover, the other side seems to be still pulling its booty: a little girl? !

If it was normal, Arwen might have rescued the human girl from the evil ogre, but now that she is in trouble, she can only bite the bullet and let her beloved horse pass the ogre and the small car. The carriage, resounding through the river, rushed over. She believed that as long as she got to the other side of the river, she could use the power of nature to summon the flood of Ulmo to disperse the black knights chasing her!

tap! tap! tap!

The dense sound of hooves sounded, and when Arwen hugged Frodo, who was almost unconscious, and rushed into the river dangerously brushing the ogre, and ran to the opposite bank to rein in his horse and turn the horse's head. Kan rushed to the river.