The night has gradually begun to turn dark. In the Fagon Forest, which was originally dark because of the lush branches and leaves of trees and the light is difficult to shoot down less, if the flashing and beating fireballs in Annie's hand provided enough light sources, I'm afraid that this place would have been gone without a finger?
"Annie! And the tree beard! Please, can you two calm down for the time being?"
It has been so long, and seeing that the little girl and the old tree man and the beard are still confronting each other, Gandalf had to sigh and advise again.
Now, when neither side is willing to admit defeat, he has no better way than to continue working hard to do his duty as a peacemaker.
“…”
Unfortunately, his persuasion did not seem to work?
Because, the two in front of you are: one is the lawless little witch who is not afraid of the world, but also fears that the world will not be chaotic; the other is the wood-burned head, and it is not easy to adapt to the truth, and the brain is a bit unaware of the old tree man who can't get by?
So, even though Gandalf has reached out to stop between the two sides and has been slandering them all the time, he still failed to persuade either of the other party to stop first.
On his left, the little kid Anne was still holding the fireball in her hand, staring at the ugly face of the tree man with a fierce look, and could smash the fireball with a big face at any time!
What about the old tree man and tree beard? They are also trying their best to use the few natural spells of their tree man: they attract countless water vapor around them to this place, allowing the branches, leaves, and even the moss on the ground to accumulate a thick layer of dew.
Obviously, it was trying to prevent the little witch from setting fire to the forest! But what it didn't know was: Little Anne's flames, as long as she wanted, ordinary water would definitely not be able to be easily destroyed!
"Gandalff...my old friend..."
"You let this little girl extinguish...the evil flame magic on her hand...and then...I will...let you... leave our...this Fargon Forest..."
Finally, the old tree man and Shuhou, who had been silent for a long time, began to speak again.
However, it speaks slowly and looks like it is stuttering. Sometimes it doesn't finish a sentence for a long time, and it sounds like it's not awake or weak? Perhaps this is the real reason why it confronts the little girl for so long? The communication between the two sides is not smooth?
"I... have...summoned more companions...they are coming..."
It took several minutes for the tree to finish its requests and threats. Even Annie was a little anxious when she heard it, and she wished a fireball could be smashed directly to knock it down.
Actually, Shuju didn't want to make his old friend, Gandalf, too embarrassed, but it just didn't like this little girl who threatened to burn them, and didn't like it at all!
"Hmph! Do you think you are so great if you have too many people?"
Annie was even more annoyed when she heard that the other party dared to call someone!
"If you really annoy me, be careful that I will let the flame demon come out and let it burn all over your forest! And my little bear Tibers! One of them can hit you at least a hundred!"
Whether it is quality comparison or quantity comparison, Anne will not coerce them to the bad guys like these!
Let's not talk about her own bear Tibers. Let it be just bullying them, these tree demons! If she really throws it out, she can burn the forest casually, right? She doesn't think these tree demons will be her opponent of the second fool.
It's so easy to use the Fire Demon to burn the forest! Just wander around the Fagong Forest for a few times, and it's almost done here.
"The Flame Demon... is indeed... an evil... witch!"
When Shu Xu heard the word "Fire Demon", he became angry on the spot.
Then, its whole body began to tremble, and made waves of low sounds, as if it was awakening more tree people to come to help. In this way, during the ancient battle, their tree people seemed to have formed a big rapport with the flame demons under the command of Morgoth?!
"You are an evil tree man! Bad guy!"
After seeing the other party making a summoning sound again, and the forest in the distance also responded faintly, Annie knew that the other party must be summoning helpers again? However, she would not be afraid of the other party summoning helpers. Anyway, burning one is to burn, and burning one hundred is also to burn!
So, she snorted coldly, making the flames on her hands burn even more vigorously.
Anne had already decided that when the fight started, she would use the torch to burn the surroundings into a sea of ​​fire, then release the flame demon, and then create a large number of small fire elements. If she did not burn the forest all, she would never give up!
"Stop it! Two..."
Gandalf, who reached out to stop the two of them, was almost trembling in a hurry.
If he had known that things had turned into this, he wouldn't have agreed to let the little girl come with him... Look, it's great, not only did the other party not help, but also fought with the tree people?
If the other party hadn't saved his life at the top of the fog, Gandalf would have really doubted that this little girl wouldn't be with Saruman and others? Then, she was deliberately making trouble for herself?
"If you ask it to apologize to me, I won't burn their forest!"
Anne, who felt good about herself and felt very reasonable, said with confidence.
Look, now she has made a move. As long as this tree man apologizes to herself and contributes some local specialties in the Fagong Forest, she will barely let the other party go!
"Evil...little witch...I...treat...that's right..."
Shusu also felt that he was right, and of course he was unwilling to admit defeat first!
Think about it, they were originally sleeping well in this Fagong Forest, and they didn't bother to do anything. If this little girl hadn't threatened to burn the forest, she might not have been awakened easily, right?
How could such a person who sits at home and suffers from heaven first admit his mistakes? Is there any reason to say in the Middle Earth World?!
So, the tree must feel that it is completely wrong! Everything is caused by this evil little witch. It should be the other party apologizing, and then quickly leave the Fagong forest where the people guard them, instead of letting it, as its master, apologize to this evil little witch who plays with flames!
"Hmph! You heard it, Gandalf, yet it dares to say that it is not wrong?"
"My mother Amore told me before. When they try to quibble, they can stutter easily. Just like it just now, I can't say a word for a long time! So, the facts have proved that this villain is wrong first!"
After saying something she thought was very reasonable, Annie nodded with satisfaction. Look, she is a good girl, with evidence and arguments, and can stand scrutiny!
Anyway, no matter what, she just felt that she was not wrong, and there was no!
All of this is caused by this tree man who wants to stomp her and start to provoke her first. If she wants her to apologize first? That is absolutely impossible!
Rather than that, she would rather set fire to burn all the forest directly. If all these ugly trees were burned, no matter who was wrong or who was right, no one would dare to point at her again, right?
“…”
"I'm begging two of you, can you take a step back from each other?!"
Gandalf, who was forced to do so, was about to cry, so can't he give himself a face...
After coming to Middle-earth world and guiding mortals to be kind for so many years, this is the first time he has encountered these two guys who can't beat them, but dare not scold them, and can't reason and make sense!
If it were someone he could easily deal with, how could Gandalf be still stumbling with them here for so long? He had already rushed up and pulled out his staff, knocked the back of the head of the two of them with a critical strike technique, and then waited until he had conquered the two of them, and then slowly reasoned with the other party?
"No! You must make this ugly tree apologize to me first!"
Anne, who is reasonable, will never give in this situation! Now, she is the right party! Regarding this, the fireball in her hand can be used as a testimony.
"The tree beard...is not wrong..."
The truth is that the size of the big body is the truth, and if there are many brothers, there are no need to be cowardly. Of course, the tree whisker who is unwilling to give in easily.
Especially for such a bad witch who thinks about burning forests all day long! If it weren't for his old friend Gandalf still in the middle, he would have been a real tree grazer who was not good at quarrels and was too unscrupulous to speak, wouldn't he have been able to step on it long ago?
"Wow!!!"
Suddenly, while the two sides continued to confront each other and Gandalf was also anxiously trying to continue persuading both sides, two small... Hobbits suddenly rolled out behind a big tree?
"You are... Gandalf? And Lord Anne?!"
As soon as Pi Ping rolled down and chewed a mouthful of mud, he just got up, he saw the little witch Anne who was holding a ball of fire in the distance, and Gandalf, a white-robed wizard standing beside him!
The gray-robed wizard Gandalf, who fell into the endless abyss of Moria's mine with the Flame Demon, was not dead yet? Moreover, the other party not only lived well, but even changed into a new outfit?
Now it should be... the white robe wizard Gandalf?!
"Mr. Anne? And Gandalf! That's great! Are you really you? Help your life quickly..."
Then, because of falling down together, the Hobbit Meli, who also gnawed a mouthful of moss, also found two old friends opposite him at this time. Then, he quickly jumped up, grabbed Pi Ping, who was still in a daze, and began to spread his feet forward desperately, and rushed towards Anne and Gandalf as if he was desperate.
As for the tall tree man, since the other party didn't speak or move, they didn't even look at him. They just thought about anything else and thought it was just an ordinary big tree!
"Ha! An old man with few taels of meat, and a little girl with... a tender skin?"
Then, when the two Hobbits hurriedly ran behind Gandalf and Anne to avoid them, the three orcs who were chasing Piping and Meli into the Fargon Forest with sharp blades, ran out with a grin.
They had a little bad look on their faces, and they thought the little girl was holding a torch!
So, when they found that there were two more preys, these brainless orcs started to clamor and kept licking their dirty black mouths. They felt that the other party seemed to be some people who had no ability to resist?
"Guys, our meals are starting to get more and more abundant tonight..."
"Yes! That's great."
"That little girl belongs to me! What about the others? I think her meat must be very tender and tender, and it is best to eat it alive without cooking it?"
As the fireball's faint red light slowly scattered and approached, the three orcs were still interested in discussing the right to allocate prey? One of them was even talking while drooling at Anne?
Little did they know that they seemed to have provoked some existences that even their masters could not afford to offend? Here, there is a little girl who loves to play with fire, a violent melee mage Gandalf, and a group of old tree beards of herders!
"snort!"
A little girl's cold snorkeled suddenly.
Then, the fireball that had been grabbed by her was flying directly towards the orc who was the first to eat her raw! After the fireball appeared in a dazzling ray of flames, it instantly ignited the other party's body.
When the orc began to roll and wail, her next words rang:
"People think that the roasted meat may be better and will not get sick, right?"
Anne did not strengthen the power of her flame magic, so she let the other party turn into a human-shaped torch, and then watched the other party screaming loudly on the wet moss ground with interest, and rolling wildly at the same time.
Raw meat slices and the like are the most annoying!
So, Anne had to slowly burn it, bit by bit, first burn the skin, then the muscles and veins, and finally the bones and internal organs! She wanted to prove to these orcs who didn't know the cooking skills that only the roasted meat, the kind that was roasted outside and burned inside, was the most fragrant and delicious!
Rumble!
At the same time, before the orc who was burned into a human-shaped fire cabinet stopped rolling and wailing, another huge tree root and sole suddenly stepped on it, causing the orc who was shocked by the experience of his companion to step on it into a pool of meat pie...
"ha……"
Gandalf was not willing to fall behind, so he took two steps forward, and the staff in his hand slashed Huashan with force. The head of the staff made a critical blow, and the last half-orc was opened on the spot...
"It's great, I'm glad to see you again! Piping? And Meli?"
At this time, Gandalf was startled by the sudden action of the tree. The two hobbits, Meli and Piping, who were still in amazement, looked at the tree, which seemed to have disappeared and was unwilling to confront the little witch again, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sure enough, it's not unreasonable for me to like Hobbits, old man..."
———
The next morning, in the area near the Fagon Forest in Rohan, three fast-moving figures appeared again on a hill in this prairie.
After another night of sleepless pursuit, Aragon, Jinli and Leglas were still running and chasing their enemies. After this night of pursuit, they felt that they should be getting closer and closer to those strong orcs...
"The red sun rises... Last night, there must be a killing nearby..."
When the red rising sun slowly rises in the morning, the superstitious elf prince Legras, who is good at observing the astronomical phenomena, has a vague premonition in his heart.
In the eyes of the Middle Earth elves who like to observe the celestial phenomena at night, if the morning glow appears in the morning, something bad will definitely happen?
So far, they have chased all three of those strong orcs for a total of three days and four nights. At this time, when they are about to catch up with the enemy and rescue their companions, such a bad omen appears?
For example...a war?
After all, the color of blood is red, and the morning glow is also... So, the elves naively thought: must be the blood flowing out of the bloody battlefield dyeing the clouds red?
If Annie knew that this elf young man thought so, she would probably spit on him in the face, right?
Because, if you are on Earth, even those primary school students know that the morning glow is obviously a common physical phenomenon that occurs when the morning sunlight is refracted by excessive water vapor.
Besides, how could the blood on the earth stain the sky? Superstition, it is indeed a harmful thing!
“…”
"These footprints..."
While Aragon was carefully observing the enemy's footprints as they passed by, they suddenly heard the tremors of horse hooves as they ran quickly, and the other party seemed to be getting closer and closer...
It's a large group of cavalry! And, they are galloping towards them?!
"Quick! Hidden!"
Without thinking too much, Aragon quickly waved his hands to the two companions who had also found something wrong behind him, and then quickly hid in a pile of huge rocks next to him.
Shortly after they lurked into the grass more than half a person in the cracks of the huge rocks, the sound of horse hooves rumbling became louder and louder, and the terrifying tremor from the earth became stronger and stronger...
Then, as if in the next moment, countless Rohan cavalry wearing heavy armor and cloaks, holding Rohan's galloping horse flags and various types of rifles began to turn up from the bottom of the hillside, and galloped directly to the far below the hillside along the gap where they stood before.
“…”
Aragon quickly stood up and looked at the backs of the cavalrymen.
It was so dangerous that the other party didn't see them just now, and it seemed that they were not coming to the three of them. It seemed that those cavalrymen were just passing by?
"Cabinets of the Rohanate Kingdom, do you have any new news about your cavalry?!"
After looking at Leglas, Aragorn felt that these regular troops of the Rohanate should not make things difficult for the three of them, right? So, after he stood out from the hidden place for a while, he shouted loudly to the hundreds of cavalrymen who had already run down the hillside.
Aragon took it for granted that they seemed to be able to get some help or information from these cavalrymen? Since the other party appeared here, they might know the traces of the small group of strong orcs they were chasing before, right?
Anyway, in this territory of the Rohan Kingdom, the Rohan cavalry who were masters would always be more familiar with than outsiders like themselves.
“?!”
As soon as Aragon's voice fell, the cavalry who had not yet run out quickly dispersed.
They did not slow down at all, but just circled a small circle in the shape of a strait on the grassland, and began to change into a semi-arc surround net. After completing the turn, they rushed straight towards the three people on their hillside and surrounded them!
Countless cavalry began to rush past the three of them, and the other party's superb riding skills did not even require them to perform extra movements. Then, they continued to run, surrounded the three of them in the middle...
In the end, when the speed of the war horses slowly decreased, a sharp cavalry and gun was pressed by the knights from one encirclement toward Aragon and the others. The sharp spear stuck the three of them tightly in the middle and could not move.
"A elves, a human and... a dwarf?!"
"Say! What do you want to do when you come to Reedmark of our Rohanate Kingdom? What are you conspiring!"
When Rohan's heavy armored knights completely controlled the three people, a cavalry wearing full armor and decorative patterns such as golden patterns on the armor rushed in from the outside, and his tone was very unpleasant to question.
"Speak quickly!"
Obviously, the cavalry commander wearing a semi-enclosed helmet on his head seemed to be in a bad mood? So, after he glanced at the three of them with a sharp look for a while, he asked again.
"First show your name, the commander of the cavalry? Then, I will tell you who I am!"
Jin Li, the dwarf who was pointed at by a group of cavalry and spears, was the first to speak out unhappily. He leaned on his long-handled battle axe, and then looked up at the cavalry commander who spoke out and questioned the three of them with a arrogant look.
As a dwarf, Jin Li's height is at a loss again here!
Originally, humans were much taller than them? But now, the other party was still riding on a tall horse, which forced him to raise his head higher. Only in this way can he let himself see the other party's face and eyes. This action made him much weaker the other party just in terms of momentum.
“…”
Hearing that Jin Li was owed, he had the courage to say such words at this time, Aragon was a little amused and speechless in an instant.
He was a little confused. Could it be that the dwarf Jin Li couldn't see the situation clearly? It was so messy! Their dwarf's diplomacy must be negative, right?
Now, it is obvious that people are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are in charge, and they are still surrounded by hundreds of cavalrymen. The spears and spears are still stretched not far from the body of others. Where did he have the courage to say such words at this time?
If they meet a general with a slightly bad temper and don’t ask, they simply order those spears and spears to stab them, then the three of them will die in vain!
“…”
Hearing the words of this dwarf, not only Aragon was speechless, but even the cavalry commander was stunned.
"If you grow taller, little dwarf, I can easily chop off your head on the horse's back!"
Then, after the other party handed his spear to a servant, he turned around and jumped off the saddle, walked straight to the short side, lowered his head and stared at the bearded man who was unhappy when he looked at him, pressing the hilt of his waist with one hand, and at the same time, he did not forget to threaten fiercely.
"Without waiting for you to take action, my long arrow will shoot through your head first!"
As soon as the cavalry commander finished speaking, the elf prince Leglas, who was also indignant, quickly bent his bow and arrows, and before all the cavalry could react, he had already pointed the full bow and arrow at the eyebrows of the knight who seemed to be the leader.
The next moment, countless long spears or spears were brushed, all of them came over and stopped around Leglas's body. If the other party dared to shoot arrows, he would definitely be stabbed by countless spears into a broken corpse full of gun holes!
"Wait, Legras..."
At this time, Aragon, who was beside him, finally realized and quickly pressed the elf prince's bow and arrow, and at the same time comforted the dwarf Jin Li who was about to raise an axe to chop people.
He didn't understand, where did these two people get the courage? They even started to fight with others when they had a disagreement?
Didn't they see the situation clearly? He just wanted to call on these Rohan cavalry and ask by the way so that they could find those strong orcs. As for the situation that would be like this?
Without saying that, the diplomatic skills of the elves must not be very good.
Aragon, who has been wandering in the wilderness for so many years, has long understood one truth, that is: multiple friends and multiple roads, as long as they are just or kind races, there is no need to make a fuss to the point of fighting each other when they meet! It is the right option to contact the relationship between the two parties well. Maybe, they will be used one day?
Look at himself, the current elves, dwarves and other immortal races, who doesn’t know him, Aragon?
“…”
After seeing this human being stopped his companions, some cavalrymen finally stopped nervous and began to slowly withdraw their respective weapons. However, there were still some spears and spears, swaying beside the elves and dwarves who were listed as unstables by them.
"Hello, I am Aragon, the son of Arrathon!"
Well, the situation is critical now, and Aragon doesn't care about anything else.
So, he directly started the mode of fighting for his father. He was afraid that the other party would not recognize his name, so he quickly carried out his cheap father who had been dead for many years and told him directly that his father was so-and-so...
Although Aragon is still a lonely ranger, he has a good father at least, right?
You know, in name, Aragorn is the legal heir of the king of the Gondor Kingdom! With such an invisible protective film, the general of the Rohan in front of him could not even give him this little face, right?
"This dwarf is the son of Groyin, Jin Li! And this one is Legras, the Silfan elf prince from the dark forest."
Fortunately, the three of them all have a good father with a famous name, and, in short, they are all the second generation of officials in the Middle Earth world! As long as they meet not those rebels under the command of the Demon Lord Soren, then if people from other kingdoms do not want to cause conflicts between the country and the race after knowing their identities, they will more or less save face!
"We are friends of Rohanguo and King Xiyoudon of the Cavalry. You don't need to be so hostile to us!"
Aragon knew Xiyoudon, the King of Cavalry, and his relationship was very good! However, he didn't know the young general in front of him...
When he thought about it, when he was wandering in the Rohanate Kingdom and taking advantage of the gangs with Hieudon, this general probably didn't know that he was wearing open-crotch pants and playing with mud in that corner, right? It should be normal not to know himself.
This may be the sorrow of the short-lived race, and it is also the sorrow of Aragon...
Back then, he spent countless time and energy on the entire Middle-earth world, allowing almost all the heads of state or bosses of non-Soren forces to know him. The relationship was so good that he was so naughty, and he was almost familiar with him! But what happened? Before he was ready to show his identity and be the king to take over the inheritance, those who knew him in the human world died almost...
Sure enough, after Aragorn brought out the names of their three fathers, the cavalry commander's face finally looked much better, and he no longer had the urge to order the three of them to be chopped up immediately.
"Friend? Heh..."
"Where are there friends in Xiyoudon now? He has no choice but to be enemies, and even to recognise his relatives!"
After the cavalry commander took off his helmet and revealed his face, he waved his hand at the same time and asked his knights to put away their respective weapons.
"The evil Saruman has bewitched the king's mind, and Esinger has almost occupied this land..."
While complaining about his king angrily, he cursed the white-robed wizard of Aisinger with gritted teeth. In the eyes of the cavalry commander, the situation in the Rohanate Kingdom was so bad that he himself didn't know what to do.
Now, their seemingly powerful Rohan Cavalry Kingdom is actually extremely weak...
The king's inaction was also controlled by the enemy, allowing the half-orcs, strong orcs and the wild men of Denland to rage and massacre his people on his territory!
Seeing the country gradually fading, the commander seemed to have seen Rohan's final fate?
"We all swore to guard Rohan, and therefore, were all expelled..."
"The white-robed wizard, he was scheming and elusive... and, I heard, his spies are everywhere?"
Speaking of this, the cavalry commander still looked at these humans, elves and dwarves with suspicious eyes. He was only half-doubted about their identity, and he was not stupid. It was impossible for him to believe whatever the other party said.
"We are not spies!"
The dwarf Jinli immediately muttered, but when he saw Aragon's face, he had to shut up again.
"We went west across the plain and were tracking a group of tall orcs. They caught our two Hobbit friends and we must rescue them! So, that's why we came here and just called you to find out the news!"
Aragon said sincerely that if they were spies, he would not have offered to sacrifice himself and called out these cavalrymen just now! He believed that the other party should be able to understand this.
"A strong orc with a tall body..."
Hearing this, the cavalry commander seemed to be a little convinced.
"I can tell you: those strong orcs, they are all dead! We have completely wiped out them last night!"
Last night, they did pack up the disgusting group of guys who were planning to camp and rest on the edge of the Fargon Forest!
In the dark night, he and their cavalry surrounded each other on three sides. With just a charge, they used a torrent of steel to scatter the opponent's formation, and then the next thing was to slash and kill. He did not see how powerful the tall orcs were.
"Then there should be two small hobbits, have you seen them?"
Dwarf Jinli emerged again impatiently.
"Yes! They are very short and look just like our human children."
After Jin Li asked, Aragon quickly added that in order to track and save his two Hobbit friends, they worked tirelessly and ran for three days and four nights!
“…”
"We didn't leave any living... Not long ago, we just piled up the bodies and burned them..."
This incident made the cavalry commander a little embarrassed. Last night, they were charging, and they didn't care whether the other party was a hobbit or a half-orc? Under that dark and chaotic battlefield, as long as there were no horses on their horses, they would all be killed!
As for whether there were any other successful escapes, he was not sure.
Anyway, they surrounded them from three sides, and none of them could run out, and the only side that was not surrounded was the ancient Fagon Forest. If the orcs, strong orcs, or Hobbits dared to run into the forest, the final outcome should not be much different from being hacked to death by their cavalry.
"All dead?!"
Jin Li was relatively short, so he stared blankly through the gap between the legs of the war horse and looked into the distance. There seemed to be a thick white smoke produced after burning objects? Just now, he always thought it was a gathering place for the Rohans!
"I am the former third marshal of Rohan, Iomo. I am sorry for your friends' experience. It was dark at that time, and we did not pay attention to whether the enemy was a half-orc! So..."
After seeing the expressions of the three, Eomo apologized to the three of them and said nothing more. He believed that these people would understand. After all, it was a chaotic battlefield, and even the bravest knight could die at any time, let alone the two Hobbits who were orc prisoners.
Then, he thought about it, and while waving his hand, he whistled, calling two masterless war horses that had lost their master.
"Forget it, you'd better go and see it yourself... I hope these two war horses can bring you good luck, rather than being like their original owners?"
After handing the reins of the two horses into the hands of each other, Iomo took his helmet and stepped on his war horse. Last night, while destroying all the orcs, they also lost two of their comrades, and those two were the owners of these two horses...
"See you!"
"Go to your friends, but you'd better not have too much hope, because this land has been abandoned by the gods..."
After looking at the territory under his feet that originally belonged to Rohan, Eomo turned his horse head and led the team away.
This is Rohan! But now, he is abused by the so-called messenger of God, the white-robed wizard Saruman and the powerful orcs under his command! Therefore, Eom and the gods were hated together.
“…”
Chapter completed!