[Hobbit+HP] The truth of elves

After Thranduil left Rivendell, the meeting here did not end.Human beings not only want to obtain elves' materials, elves' technology, and elves' warriors, but also hope to use this meeting to catch up with the dwarves in the north, obtain KitKat weapons, and arm their own army.

However, before this greedy goal was achieved, the news of Rohan's defeat first flew into the valley.

The orc army of Mordor directly entered the grassland of Rohan through the gap of Amon Han.Different from the small-scale attack that happened at the same time as the previous earthquake, this time Sauron sent a large number of formal troops.

Before the envoys of Rohan could bring any benefits to their own country, their homes were burned down first.

The envoy has not returned, the defense is fragmented, and the defense after the heavy injury is empty.

Everyone thought that Sauron would win a crushing victory, but what humans themselves did not expect was that the situation was reversed before the flames of war burned to the White Mountains.

After entering the Rohan Grassland, the half-orc army turned into several detachments and attacked the city in three directions, striving to control the entire Rohan territory in the shortest possible time.There is no enemy in front of them.

But for some reason, all three teams encountered unexpected enemies at about the same time.

The westward army approached the court of Rohan, and within a day approached Edoras.In a panic, the seriously ill King Rohan personally led the royal court guards to attack the wasteland, vowing not to retreat half a step.The two armies fought fiercely on the banks of the Xuejie River for a day, and the blood flowed into the river, spreading all the way to the mouth of the Shumu River downstream.

The half-orcs headed south along the Anduin River to clean up the villages in the grain-producing areas along the way, but they were attacked and killed by Gondor cavalry at the end of the White Mountains in Amondin.The Prince Regent of Gondor, who had always advocated a closed border, suffered a coup overnight. The Prince of Gondor placed the Regent under house arrest, forcibly took away control and demanded that the cavalry rush to aid Rohan in the shortest possible time.The powerful cavalry were so powerful on the battlefield that they rushed the entire orc enemy army to pieces, and they had to flee for their lives.

The team that went north to open up the main road from Rohan to Dol Guldur encountered a mysterious hybrid army in the wilderness that should have been surrounded by no one. The number was small, but they never fought head-on.They used guerrilla harassment to stick to the orc team, exhausting their resistance.

After the national border collapsed, the territory of Rohan seemed to be a Shura field for warriors.

Just when the Gondor cavalry took the lead in the confrontation, the Umber pirates took advantage of the night to attack Linhe, the main coastal city of Gondor, and beat Gondor to one thing and lose another.In just half a day, the lord of the isolated city in the far west of Gondor led an army to Belfalas Bay to attack Umbar's sea base.

Lin He's human soldiers guarding the city finally ushered in the dawn of the pirates' retreat after struggling for three days.

In a very short period of time, the war initiated by Mordor in the east of Rohan burned all the way to the westernmost edge of Gondor, dragging Rohan and Gondor, the most important human settlements, into the quagmire of war.

The half-orcs attacked with a thunderbolt, but they only occupied the eastern region of Rohan, and their vigor plummeted.For a while, the situation was complicated and difficult to distinguish.

The battle reports from various places were almost sent into Rivendell.

Saruman hid silently in the discussion, shocked that Gondor and Rohan could unite to resist the offensive.Although Rohan was riddled with holes, he successfully prevented the war from spreading northward.

But what surprised him even more was that the Far West Seaport, which had always been like an enclave and had little contact with the court of Gondor, was able to besiege Umber at such a clever timing, solving Gondor's urgent need.This is obviously not something that can be explained clearly by the word "accidental".

The white-robed wizard quickly locked on Lord Rivendell's figure, and sure enough, he found that Elrond breathed a sigh of relief when he heard about the disappearance of the pirates' retreat.

Saruman suddenly felt bad.

Sauron's war actions in this wave are mainly based on the intelligence and plans provided by Saruman.At the beginning, he swore to the Dark Lord that the battle was settled, but he was caught off guard by reality.

What's more, the Woodland Kingdom sent news about Lucius at this time.

Lucius appeared in Long Lake after leaving Dol Guldur, and disappeared after a fierce quarrel with Thranduil who was rushing back to Long Lake.

After listening to the message delivered by the messenger of the Woodland Kingdom, Saruman only felt that his whole body would be frozen in place.

He never expected that Sauron would let Lucius leave Dol Guldur!

It is Saruman's task to monitor Dol Guldur's movement, so the exposure of Dol Guldur means Saruman's danger.

But the news came so suddenly that the ignorant Saruman had no chance of fleeing here with any excuse.

"Lucius met Sauron who sneaked in in Dol Guldur, and learned about the prophecy from him." Elrond quickly read Thranduil's hand letter and his face changed in shock. , "Sauron is spying here!"

Lord Rivendell had no time to pay attention to Saruman's nervousness. He subconsciously looked at Galadriel: "Our cover has failed, and this place is no longer safe."

This conclusion made all the participants panic.

Galadriel closed her eyes and tried to feel the existence of the unknown power, calmly.But she didn't come to any results, she just lowered her head and glanced at the ring on her hand: "There is a force blocking Dol Guldur, and it is impossible to detect it."

Seeing her action, Elrond immediately guessed: "We are here... because Gandalf is not here, and the power of a ring is missing?"

The female lord was noncommittal to Elrond's guess, her eyes full of wisdom lowered, as if she had seen everything.

Saruman knew that Galadriel's silence was because words were no longer safe at this moment, but he had no way of guessing her thoughts.

Elrond successfully put Sauron together without telling everyone's arrangement, and resolved the dead situation in Gondor with the retreat of the pirates.But the information discussed at the meeting was all in the eyes of the enemy, and even successfully disintegrated the unbreakable alliance between Long Lake and the Woodland Kingdom.

Such a situation was obvious enough to Saruman.

But he, who had no time to escape just now, really didn't dare to move now.

He was afraid that once he spoke, everyone would realize his dereliction of duty.

However, the god of luck seems to favor Saruman today.

The possibility of Sauron's ubiquitous peeps made everyone froze so that they did not dare to move.

When everyone had no idea, Gandalf, who had been missing for a long time, appeared at this sensitive moment.

Gandalf was obviously unaware of the tense atmosphere in the banquet hall. He returned in a hurry, followed by an elf guard, and approached Elrond and whispered back.

Elrond wanted to ask about this situation that even he couldn't understand, but he didn't dare to speak easily.After hesitating, his eyes drifted to Galadriel again.

"Where did you go?" Galadriel asked proactively.

This is also a signal, a safe signal.

Seeing that everyone looked at him, he was relieved, and Gandalf was also inexplicable: "What are you discussing with him?"

"It's Lucius." Elrond paused, remembering that Gandalf had been away for too long, probably because he didn't even know the beginning, so he took a look at Saruman, the "instigator".However, to Saruman's great satisfaction, Elrond's eyes did not show any hostility, "We found that Lucius went to Dol Guldur, as if the prophecy had been fulfilled. Thranduil intended for him Guaranteed, but I didn't expect that Lucius actually saw Sauron and learned the prophecy about himself. Now, Lucius is gone."

"Missing? At this time?" Gandalf was surprised, "Prophecy... I remember that sentence. But if we don't know why Orifel finally asked for this comment, we can't Really glimpsed the ending confirmed by the prophecy. Didn't you ask Thranduil?"

"He doesn't know either." Elrond shook his head and said, "But he is sure that Lucius has nothing to do with this war."

"If Lucius really has nothing to do with this war, why did he appear in 3000 years later?" Saruman snorted coldly, playing his role again.

"But what role can Lucius play? To this war?" Gandalf was not restrained, and asked in a targeted manner.

"He has a ring in his hand." Saruman replied, squinting his eyes. "Sauron urgently needs to regain his strength. He rebuilt Barado Tower, just after Lucius left Dol Guldur."

This is a very reasonable guess.

"But perhaps that is not the point," retorted Gandalf firmly. "If that was his only function, he could not have left Dol Guldur alive."

"Even so, Sauron's recovery speed is unreasonable." Elrond added, "It's too fast."

"After the Battle of the Five Armies, Sauron and his half-orc army were severely injured. He was expelled to the east and should be very weak. But it has only been a few years, and he has returned, almost to the peak state. This is not something that an accessory Lord of the Rings can bring to him." Gandalf put his hands on his hips, and his face became more serious.

"Demon fire, earthquake. He is absorbing the power of this world to speed up recovery." Elrond analyzed, "It is not without cost. Even if he wins everything, it will seriously damage the state of this continent."

"His ambition is not here." Galadriel spared words like gold, throwing out an important turning point.

"Another world!" Gandalf suddenly realized.

The human envoy, who had been unable to get in his mouth, finally became anxious and couldn't wait to speak: "We must stop him."

"What can be done?" Elrond clenched his fists, "The time left for us is even shorter."

"Find his weakest point once and for all." Gandalf suddenly said firmly.

"You mean..."

"I found the ring." Gandalf suddenly dropped the heavy news.

"Impossible, the Supreme Lord of the Rings has flowed into the sea!" Saruman retorted subconsciously, with disbelief written all over his face.

"No matter how impossible it is, that is reality." Gandalf finally revealed a trace of relief, "I have brought him back here."

"what!"

"Tell me, Gandalf." Elrond thought of something, and rubbed his forehead in distress. "Is this why that hobbit, Bilbo, came here?"