Chapter 0292 Red Robe Witch (1)
Gandalf, Aragon, Jinli and Leglas were riding three horses and walking dullly on the jungle path to Aisinger.
In the battle of the Holy Helmet Valley two days ago, the strong orc white-handed legion under the white-robed wizard Saruman was almost wiped out! Now, the cavalry of the Rohan Cavalry Kingdom has cooperated with the firearm army of the United Kingdom of Alicia to carry out a clearing and sweeping operation against the orcs, strong orcs and Denland barbarians in the area near the Rohan West Valley. I believe that the entire west of the Rohan State will return to peace in the near future.
Although these sounded good news, Gandalf, a white-robed horse, rode on the back of his divine horse, and kept holding his old face, and could not be happy no matter what.
Because, before he set off yesterday to return to the capital Idoras, the confused cavalry king, had announced that the Cavalry kingdom of Rohan officially joined the United Kingdom of Alicia and respected Ofina as the common Queen of the United Kingdom!
In the future, in addition to flying the Rohan's horse flag, the red-bottomed gold-edged vulture flag of the United Kingdom of Alicia will also be hung in Rohan. Now, maybe they have begun to conduct a more detailed agreement signing and discuss specific franchise matters, right?
This matter is a foregone conclusion. No matter how Gandalf persuades him, it will be useless!
Only now did Gandalf realize that the Kingdom of Gondor, which was crucial in his plan, was suddenly completely isolated?
Look, to the east of Gondor, across the Anduin River, is the increasingly powerful Mordor power, to the north of Gondor mountains, is the United Kingdom of Alicia with ambiguous attitude and unknown intentions! And to the west and south is the sea, and Gondor is completely trapped to death!
The situation suddenly became extremely serious. Gandalf, who felt that things were not good, felt it was necessary to come to Aisinger. He planned to contact the little girl again on the grounds of confirming whether Saruman was dead.
He was eager to know what the hell was the little witch named Anne, what she wanted to do?
Think about it carefully, Gandalf probably knew a little about what the little girl had done when she first appeared in Middle-earth.
For example: she killed several Ring Spirit Knights under the Demon Lord Sauron, and also frozen a flood in the entire river. She also caught a flame demon. Now she has created a United Kingdom and destroyed Aisinger's power, and also killed Saruman?
If these things are combined, the other party seems to have not done anything that is unfavorable to Middle-earth, right? Moreover, she seems to have helped him, Boss Gandalf, instead?
But for some reason, Gandalf always felt a little uneasy in his heart!
After thinking about it, he was doubtful about the little girl named Anne. Because he could not see through this little girl! If she was evil, wouldn't she? But what she was doing now was extremely just! But if she was just, she had never belonged to Gandalf's own side!
Have both strength and do things willfully?
Therefore, Gandalf felt that she was the biggest unstable factor in Middle-earth world! Although she did not reach the level of harm that the Demon Lord Sauron, she was also an object that needed to be observed and paid attention to!
Next, the white-robed Saruman was burned to death by the little witch and turned into ashes...
Although Gandalf did not contact Vera for the final confirmation, he actually believed in 99% of the time!
Because he had a deep understanding of the little girl's terrifying strength.
When Gandalf himself was fighting the Fire Demon on the highest peak of the Mist Mountains, on the Silaxigil Peak, the little witch, smashed the fireballs and ignited the top of the entire mountain and melted into a doomsday scene like a volcanic eruption, he had experienced it himself and was still vivid in his purpose!
Until now, Gandalf still has not seen through the real strength of the little girl. According to his conservative estimate, the other party at least has the strength equivalent to the most powerful Maiyas?
In addition, in the little girl's hand, there was a flame demon that was even stronger than Gandalf, and a flame teddy bear that could press the flame demon to the ground to rub and beat it up?
Therefore, Gandalf did not think that Saruman could get good at the little girl's hands, and it should be considered a normal thing to be burned to death! However, to him, this matter would make him feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.
Because of this, he had to come to Aisinger! First, he could sort out some of the things left by Saruman. If possible, he even wanted to take back the Osank Tower, which was originally a legacy of the Saint White Council? Second, he really needed to contact the little girl again, and it would be best to be able to explore the other party's bottom and understand the other party's true intentions.
"I tell you, I hate this place very much!"
"This broken forest...why did I feel like I'm back in that damn, gloomy Fagon forest? Gandalf, you can't lead the wrong way!"
Jin Li, who was riding with Leglas on the back of a Rohan war horse, was sitting behind Leglas, looking at the gloomy dense forest around him with displeasure. These tall trees and twisted roots seemed to give him the illusion that he seemed familiar and familiar?
He almost thought that this was the one that had been to the damn Fagong Forest not long ago!
However, just as he finished speaking, the huge ancient wood around him began to moan and move, scaring Jin Li so much that he quickly shut up, and almost did not roll down from the horse's back.
Here, it is actually the damn Fagong Deep Forest? Could it be that Gandalf is so confused that he leads the wrong way?
"Please be sure to pay attention to your words and deeds, the son of Groyin, the dwarf Jinli!"
I didn't know if I used any spells, after comforting or warning the surrounding trees and calming them down again.
Gandalf, who was leading the way, turned his head and warned the dwarf who was holding a large iron axe in his hand and carrying a smooth bore, large-caliber short-barrel musket behind him, and was holding an unobstructed mouth.
The large-caliber smoothbore front-mounted rifle on the other party's back was given to his son Jin Li by Ge Luoyin, the current artillery officer of the United Kingdom of Alicia. It is said that after installing gunpowder and projectiles, just one shot can destroy the chest or head of a large shemale?
Gandalf didn't like this weapon because he felt the threat of these weapons to them... This demonic weapon made personal courage no longer important. Wouldn't that mean that his swordsmanship specialty that Gandalf pointed was wasted? Maybe when would he be shot down by a weak child? That was really a little too frustrating!
"Here, it's the Fargon Forest!"
"But it's not the Fagon Forest we have been to... because, those herdsmen, they made the ancient trees move and expand here..."
After looking at the ancient trees around him with a serious expression, as well as the corpses of strong orcs or half-orcs that were tightly wrapped by the ancient trees and began to slowly absorb as nutrients, Gandalf slapped the shadow under him slightly and let his divine horse continue to move forward.
Seeing the ancient tree grazing by the tree-grazed man appear here, Gandalf vaguely felt that the queen of the United Kingdom of Alicia, the other party must have concealed something from him!
What she told herself at that time, was Aesinger attacked by their Aesiya Second Legion and the little witch Anne? But why did these moving ancient trees controlled by the tree grazing people appear here? The tree grazing people actually united with the Aesiya Kingdom and captured Aesinger together?
Didn’t it say that the tree-herder-man and tree-bearded person are most disgusted with the little witch who can play with fire? At that time, the two sides almost fought! Now, why are the two sides mixed together again?
Is this a coincidence? Or is it that the little girl coerced or used magic to control the tree shepherds? So Gandalf felt that he had to figure out this matter out later!
The little girl not only created a powerful United Kingdom of Alicia, created a new type of evil gunpowder weapon, and annexed the Rohan Cavalry! If the other party now controls those powerful tree shepherds, then he has to ask more questions and ask the little witch what they want to do?!
"Gandalff, are you sure these damn big trees will still move?!"
Hearing Gandalf say this, Jin Li directly widened his eyes and started shouting loudly again.
However, after Gandalf turned around and glared at him fiercely, he quickly covered his mouth again, saying that he would never talk casually again, so as not to annoy these ancient trees unhappy.
Jin Li always thought that those ancient trees would only take root in their original place, and at most they could attack the unlucky creatures passing by them! But how could he have thought that such damn big trees would still move like humans? They slowly moved from the far Fagon Forest to Aisinger?
"The god is above! This...is this really the Aishinger of the past?"
As soon as he walked out of the Fargon forest and saw the broken walls of Aisinger and the towering Osank Tower, Aragon exclaimed in shock at the tower that had become a little different.
"What's going on? That tower...it looks a little different from what I've seen before? And..."
Aragon turned his head suspiciously and looked at Gandalf, the wizard standing on his left, who seemed to want to get an accurate answer from the other party.
Because, in the middle of Aisinger in front of them, the Osank Tower, except for the original black tower body, did not seem to have much change, and the surrounding towers were actually inlaid with crystals or gems of large and small shining red energy?
Moreover, the biggest changes are more than these!
At the top of its tower, on the platform that was supposed to be supplied to wizards to cast spells or observe astronomical phenomena, there was actually a huge red gem that was burning with raging flames? This made Aragon feel like it seemed very familiar, but it was not very certain.
"And it seems to be very similar to the flame-burning vertical pupil of Sauron in Mordor, right?!"
Without Aragon reminding, Gandalf could have seen what this thing looks like, and it was a full sense of déjà vu.
If the other party was not still the Osank Tower, if the other party hadn't had a ball of flame on the top of the other party, Gandalf and Aragon might have really thought that they had come to the Vallador Tower in Mordor!
The gem burning with flames is a bit similar to the burning vertical pupils of the Demon Lord Soren! At least, if they were seen from a distance, they might be more similar? Perhaps, compared to the previous Saruman, the little witch inside might be more like Saruren?
Compared to the shock of Aragon and others in appearance, Gandalf was even more worried about another thing: the little girl inside, after staying in this world for a while, she had become more and more presumptuous and less concerned about the things they had agreed to!
Let’s take a look, now, the other party has become so reckless that he has publicly transformed the Mage Tower!
It's okay to transform it, but it's also transformed into the powerful and powerful look in front of you. Gandalf needs to doubt the other party's motives.
He didn't understand. The little girl inside wasted her energy and turned a tower that could have been used as a mage tower into a more attacking look like she was in front of her. Who was she guarding against?!
You know, this is the western part of Middle-earth. After Aisinger was destroyed by her, the white-robed wizard Saruman was killed by her, and Rohan also announced his joining Alicia. Even the tree-grazinger had joined them, what other existence could threaten her?
What was she afraid of? Is it Modo? But Modo, who is far away on the east bank of the Anduin River, is still 108,000 miles away from here!
So, this matter is becoming more and more intriguing!
"Hmph! Don't worry!"
"This is the Osank Tower, and those flames have nothing to do with the Demon Lord Soren! This place is just a completely transformed by that little witch into a mage's combat fortress!"
"That's right...it's the mage's combat fortress!"
After saying this, Gandalf's face became even more ugly.
He stopped explaining to Aragon and others, so he quickly patted the white horse under his crotch. He planned to enter Aisinger early to find out the truth.
Because Gandalf, who had sharp eyes, had seen: in Aisinger, in addition to the red-bottomed gold-edged vulture flags and soldiers of the United Kingdom of Alicia, there were many tall and large tree herders coroners inside. Seeing the two sides getting along well with each other, Gandalf probably understood something in his heart.
"Hey! Are you all okay?"
"Welcome to everyone, welcome to Aisinger, the Red-robed Witch!"
When Gandalf and others had just turned a crossroad and were about to enter through the already dilapidated gate of Aisinger, the two Hobbits, who were sitting on the wall smoking, drinking and having a big meal, jumped happily and shouted loudly at them, waving their hands loudly.
The two of them thought it would take at least a while before they could see these partners again! But unexpectedly, they came here to visit them after just two days of fighting Aisinger?
"Hey! Piping, and Meli? You two bastard boys!"
"We dare to come here to find you two so hard, but are you staying here to eat and drink? And... can you still smoke a pipe?"
Jin Li, who had been here for more than two days, finally couldn't help it.
So he widened his eyes, poked his head out from behind Leglas again, muttering loudly at the two hobbits on the walls of Aisinger.
"Ahh! That's because we just won a big victory, so this is the trophy that the red-robed witch and Alicia's female generals rewarded us both!"
After hearing Jin Li's dissatisfaction, the Hobbit Piping retorted without hesitation.
Anyway, they followed the tree-grazing man and tree beard the same day last night, and killed dozens of strong orcs and half-orcs with stones. No one can take away this achievement!
This has to start from yesterday morning. When the war here is almost over, when the Alician army is busy cleaning up the remnants of the orcs and counting related spoils, they hurried to Saruman's kitchen and searched for some high-quality luxury goods that only Saruman could enjoy.
So, as the victorious party, the food, drinking and tobacco now are the rewards they deserve.
"That's right! Here we have the best specialties from Charles: high-quality tobacco leaves and smoked marinated pork from the Longtit Valley!"
At this time, another hobbit, Meli, stood up lonely, smoking his pipe and gnawing on a piece of pickled pork, proudly showing off at the bearded dwarf Jin Li, who was sitting behind the elf and drooling.
"It turns out to be the best tobacco...and, the best pickled pork?!"
Jin Li, who had not eaten anything after a day of travel, suddenly felt that his saliva was about to flow down.
He suddenly felt that when Gandalf and his friends went to do their job, could he have a meal with these two old Hobbit friends? Anyway, he, a dwarf who only knows how to fight, doesn't he understand anything about magic? Then just don't cause trouble for Gandalf in a bad mood recently, right?
"Ah... these two hobbits..."
This is really...it makes Gandalf not know what to say about them!
So, he shook his head, not planning to mess around with these two half-ling gangsters. Now, he has more important things to deal with, and then go back to settle the score with them!
After thinking about it, Gandalf continued to ride his horse and move forward slowly, planning to go in first, and it is important to do the important thing.
Moreover, he had just heard some unfair information from the two hobbits. It seemed that the little girl had changed her name to a witch in red robe?
"Hey! Gandalf! Don't get close to that tower indiscriminately, that would be very dangerous!"
"If you want to ask for the Red-robed Witch, I think you'd better inform the female general named Lenas first, she's on the largest tent over there!"
Seeing that Gandalf didn't want to pay attention to him, he turned his horse's head and crossed the damaged Aisinger gate and began to walk into the tower.
Pi Ping quickly held the pipe in her mouth, climbed up a higher section of the damaged wall with both hands, and shouted loudly to Gandalf and others who had already walked into the wall.
Now, it’s not very safe near that tower!
In addition to a limited number of people, such as the maid who is responsible for cleaning and delivering food, as well as General Lenas or the two Hobbits who have a good relationship with the Red Robe Witch, if any other outsider dares to break into it casually, he will definitely be burned to ashes by the ruthless flame!
Of course, now they can only enter the hall on the first floor of the tower. If they go up, they can't get up. It is said that it seems that they need some kind of authority key for magic?
"Well, I've warned them!"
Then, when he saw that the tree-grazing man and the tree beard had already met Gandalf and the others who were riding in, Pi Ping shrugged and did not want to go and rush to Meli's side quickly and continued to eat and drink.
Now, the afternoon tea time for their Hobbits has just begun!
"Oh...young Gandalf...I'm so glad you're here too..."
After signaling the Alicia soldiers who wanted to go forward to interrogate, the tree-grazing man walked to the three horses that seemed less than ankle-high.
"Thufeng, my old friend, I'm very happy to see you too!"
"But I still don't quite understand why you tree-grazing men united with the people of the Alicia Kingdom? If I remember correctly, don't you hate that little witch the most?"
After looking at the Alicia soldiers around him and the herds who were working under the command of the other party, Gandalf felt very puzzled.
What are these kids making trouble?
If it was a joint battle against Aisinger, it was almost time to go back now, right? But look, not only did they not leave, but they were also used as coolies or slaves to each other? When did the tempers of the tree people become so good?
"joint……?"
"No...we don't unite..."
After hearing Gandalf say that his tree-herding clan was united with the little witch's subordinates, the tree-whisker quickly shook his big wooden head with beard and branches.
"Until now... I really don't like the little witch of red robe... She... is actually as bad as the white robe Saruman..."
If it is out of their own will, perhaps, today, they may not necessarily appear here?
Even if they want to revenge Saruman's random deforestation of Fagon forests, they will not be able to unite with the little witch's men! They usually do the tree shepherds in their own way.
"Then are you..."
This roundabout made Gandalf feel a little confused, and then he pointed to the ordered trees around him and asked!
Since the tree-grassing man and the whiskers in front of him dared to say that he did not join forces with the little witches and the others, what are the things about the tree-grassing people working under the command of the soldiers?
Could it be that the other party really thought that Gandalf was so old that he was dizzy that he couldn't even see things clearly?
"Oh...this..."
When he heard Gandalf pointing at the tree people, the tree beard finally understood the other party's meaning.
"Well...we did...not unite with the little witch..."
"Because...we are not united at all now...but...they command us..."
United is equality and mutual assistance, while command is the relationship between superiors and subordinates. In terms of the distinction between this relationship, the tree beards that have lived for countless years are still clearly distinguished, and it has not made any mistakes.
"They are commanding you? Could it be that you little witch, you used magic to enslave you?!"
Gandalf, who seemed to have thought of something bad, quickly asked.
What he was most worried about might have happened!
That little girl actually used magic to enslave these powerful tree herders regardless of the consequences? Then, she used the ability of the tree herders to manipulate the Fagong Forest and gained a large number of powerful tree people and moving ancient trees out of thin air?!
"No...she didn't..."
The urgent part of speaking slowly appeared again. When he heard this, the tree beard quickly waved his hand again.
"The little witch in red robe...she just took something...a deal with us..."
The little witch provided them with what the tree-grazing tribe needs, and they naturally had to provide some of the tribesmen for the other party to call them.
In the eyes of Shu Xu, this matter has nothing to do with the position, no matter right or wrong, but just a very normal trading behavior, and everyone needs it.
Even though they were a little dissatisfied with the tree herders, they were actually a little grateful to the little witch in their hearts?
After all, the other party solved the problem of bachelors in their tree tribe for thousands of years. This kind of kindness is like rebirth of parents...
"trade!?"
Gandalf was stunned when he heard this word. He didn't understand. He thought that there was no desire or demand, no worries about food, no worries about clothing, and no worries about living trees. What do people need to trade?
Haven’t they been in the Fagong Forest for so many years? If they are hungry, eat some soil and sleep when they are sleepy, what else will they lack? What can impress them?
"What kind of transaction is it that will make you herders willing to take the initiative to participate in the war?"
"You must be careful, don't be deceived by that little girl!"
After thinking about it, he subconsciously thought it was Gandalf, who was coaxing the tree man, so he quickly spoke up and advised him kindly.
According to the nature of that little girl, maybe these tree people will end up in a vain in a bamboo basket. Then, in anger, they will be bad when they set off a storm. You must know that the more honest a person is, the more terrifying the power it explodes. Maybe, they will be the kind of people who are burned together?
"No...the red robe witch...she has fulfilled her promise...we have found them..."
In the face of facts, any kind of discord or lies are pale and powerless!
Because, after conquering Aisinger, little Anne told the specific locations of the wives of the tree beard. Now, many young and strong tree beards are rushing to the place they said to welcome their wives back!
Therefore, the tree trumpet doesn't need to mind what Gandalf said just now.
"Okay...I'm going to work...goodbye...Gandalf..."
After discovering that a companion from a distance was struggling to move a huge rock, Chushou quickly turned around and took a big step towards the other side.
It didn't have much time to continue chatting with Gandalf here. Now, this Aisinger is the busiest time. The little witch had ordered them long ago: within the specified time, they must cooperate with the troops under her to rebuild the place into what she needs!
"What did she find? What did she give you to you, and can you work so hard for her?"
Gandalf didn't understand. He tried his best to persuade these tree men, but he almost didn't even want this old face. He didn't agree with what they said, "He helped me attack Aisinger?"
But as a result, when the little girl took action, they not only helped, but also came here hard and worked hard to be coolies?
What exactly did that little girl give them to help them with such active help?!
"Thufeng! Are you sure she is not coaxing you?!"
Gandalf couldn't help but shouted again at the tree beard that turned around and left.
Unfortunately, the other party just waved its huge branch arm behind and ran to work honestly.
"Hey! I said..."
"Old Man Gandalf! Do you often say bad things about me behind your back like this?!"
Suddenly, a crisp voice with a sly fury sounded above Gandalf and the other four in dissatisfaction.
“…”
Then, when the four of them raised their heads in embarrassment, they only saw a little girl holding the guardrail of the windowsill with both hands, looking at some bad guys standing under the tower of her house and still daring to say bad things about her.
"Ha! That, Lord Red Robe Witch, I didn't say anything just now!"
Jin Li, who was sitting behind the elf Leglas, quickly spoke out to defend himself. Now, the dwarf has a good relationship with Alicia and this little witch, and he is getting closer. It is said that the two sides still have the intention to form an alliance?
So, when Jin Li met his father outside the horn castle, the old dwarf Ge Luoyin had specifically and implicitly explained his son Jin Li, asking him not to have conflicts with the little witch! If possible, it would be better to stay a little further away from that Gandalf?
Although I don’t know if my father knew something or heard of something, Jin Li might not be able to do the thing that drew a line with Gandalf.
After all, these people from their Rings Expedition Team have experienced hardships together, and they turned against each other. He is honest and honest, but he really can't do it.
"Well, if you have something to do, I'll go and talk to those two hobbits first!"
So, Jin Li, who didn't want to participate in these bullshit things, decided to go find the two hobbits to enjoy life together, smoke and drink a big glass of wine? Oh! Of course, there are also those high-quality marinated pork that is said to be imported from Charles?
"Anne...we're meeting again..."
"I wonder if you have any time to meet me, the old man, in my respected red robe witch?"
Gandalf ignored the side, the Jinli who was jumping out of the saddle and walking out, preparing to go to the other side of the wall to find the Hobbit.
He first looked up and looked at the little girl whose head and two little hands were exposed from the windowsill, then he asked after barely showing a smile.
"I smile so ugly, I must be here to make trouble!"
After muttering in a low voice, Annie curled her lips.
Judging from the other party's bad words and expressions behind his back, Annie knew that this old man Gandalf would definitely be fine this time! However, Annie is not afraid of him now!
I have been in this world for so long. Anne knows almost everything she should know and what she shouldn't know! Old Man Gandalf can't fool herself like before. She is not afraid of anyone now. She just wants to make trouble, and it's useless to persuade anyone!
Besides, now the plan and the beginning are now, all the actors are in place. How could she retreat now when the drama is about to start? Otherwise, she would have created this exaggerated mage tower and hid here, for the sake of that?
"The door is not locked, come in by yourself! Remember to go to the second floor living room to wait for me, don't run around! If you are not careful, it will be really dead!"
After giving instructions to the other party, Annie's little head shrank back from the windowsill.
Now, her red-robed wizard's mage tower is completely different from the Osank mage tower in the original white-robed Saruman. If the three people below come in and run around later, she will burn or bury it!
Chapter completed!