[Hobbit+HP] The truth of elves

The Holy White Council has sent lobbyists to Hegu Town and Erebo more than once, but these two forces have been absent from the previous talks.

Until this time, Rivendell's messenger not only brought news about Bilbo, but also explained the dangerous situation Bilbo was facing now.As a friend and former partner, the dwarf finally couldn't sit still.

Because Thorin decided to go in person, Bard also sent an envoy after hesitating.

According to what the envoy conveyed, if everyone can seize this crucial opportunity of the Supreme Lord of the Rings, the war will be over once and for all.

Of course, this was also one of the reasons why Sorin was moved.

It's just that although their wishes are beautiful, the reality has given them a blow to the head.

The goblin ambush on the Old Forest Road was a signal, a signal to the White Council that things were beginning to develop beyond expectations.

When Thorin came to Rivendell with the news that the old forest road was destroyed in an instant and completely lost traffic, the Holy White Council was also shocked.

"A whole old forest road has been destroyed?" Gandalf still felt unbelievable after hearing Thorin's description, "A whole road that runs across the forest from west to east? How could a half-orc do it?"

"If I remember correctly, it took you more than a year to rebuild this road. But did it take less than half a day to destroy it? This method is incredible." Elrond was also surprised.

Sorin's expression was very bad: "This can only be because Lucius is also in the ambush team. It can only be his fault."

"Why is it Lucius?" They were all a little surprised when they heard the name again suddenly.

Undoubtedly, after Ward's incident, Lucius has definitely come to their opposite.But compared to other forces of the dark forces, Lucius has remained relatively silent since that time.Maybe Lucius will be a problem to be solved after the Holy White Council, but no one expects it should be now.

"Rebuilding the old forest road is a primary condition that we and Bard and the elves set when rebuilding Long Lake Town. This is also the reason why I will agree to Lucius as the mayor of Long Lake Town. The rebuilding work will be Our three parties jointly provided materials and strength, and the construction was mainly completed by human and dwarf craftsmen. This reconstruction work had nothing to do with Lucius. But in the process of designing the construction plan, Lucius gave many suggestions, which can be effectively To improve the utilization efficiency of the old forest road. So in the end, he was responsible for giving the final design drawings, and was also responsible for allocating all the materials needed for reconstruction.”

After Sorin finished speaking, he also showed a rather complicated expression.

When it was built, even the dwarves who were hostile to elves didn't think much about it.Because Lucius' reasonable allocation saved them a lot of construction time, and the new design also made the traffic capacity of the old forest road exceed the level recorded in history. Even the narrowest place can allow at least one carriage to pass. .

It didn't cost much to do so, but it actually opened up the Romanian trade route.In this result, all forces in the entire Romanian region are winners.A steady stream of caravans and goods came to Changhu Lake, which also supported the rapid prosperity of this area.

At that time, who could have predicted that Lucius would plant such a foreshadowing on the old forest road.

Gandalf was also taken aback after hearing this: "Could it be that Lucius already had the idea to serve Sauron at that time?"

This formulation makes people shudder.

When Changhu Town was rebuilt, Lucius had just come to this world not long ago. Could it be possible that he was able to hide his relationship with Sauron for so long?

Elrond quickly shook his head and analyzed: "I think this conjecture is impossible. When Lucius came to Rivendell for the first time, Thranduil told me about his situation .Before going to Ithilien with Thranduil, Lucius had no chance to contact Sauron at all. Before you rebuild Long Lake Town, Lucius was at most only the first in the Battle of the Five Armies This is the first time I saw a half-orc. One of the problems Lucius has always had is the conflict between his magic power and his own elf blood. His magic power contains a power that conflicts with the elf blood and can be defined as a dark breath. But in fact , this dark aura is different from Sauron, Orcs, and other dark creatures that we know. At that time, I believe that the old forest road was at least in the process of being built, and if Lucius had already had contact with darkness If it is, it is impossible not to leave any traces of breath. But we have not found it."

"Indeed." Gandalf also nodded, "The most likely situation is that Lucius came into contact with Sauron after he got the Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings should have originally belonged to the dwarves, but I don't know why. Appeared in the hands of a human caravan. This caravan went to Ithilien, but was wiped out by a surprise attack by orcs. Lucius got the Lord of the Rings under that circumstance. But he was not even Knowing that what he got is the Lord of the Rings that we will pay close attention to, no one has the opportunity to tell him. He knows the Lord of the Rings because Ms. Galadriel has detected the breath of the Lord of the Rings."

"Then what do you mean, before Lucius knew about Sauron, he had already set such a trap on the Old Forest Road? He took the trouble to make suggestions in order to destroy it in a short time one day?" Sorin After listening to it, I was even more confused. I just felt that the thinking of elves is always so complicated.

"It's not impossible." Gandalf said, with some dissatisfaction in his tone, "From previous contact, we can see that Lucius is different from a simple-minded elf, and his desire to control is not weak."

Sorin immediately responded with approval: "Indeed, otherwise he would not have become the lord of Changhu Town. The rebuilding of that city was entirely due to his efforts to bring about the current situation. He used me, used Bard, Also used his Elf King."

"I've also heard of this situation." Elrond thought for a while, and further analyzed, "It's more likely that Lucius had more considerations about the things that passed through his hands from the very beginning. For the same reason, The design of the old forest road is also the same, but he will see when it can be used. Now, he probably judges that he needs to show his sincerity to Sauron through this, or to fulfill Sauron's order."

"That also means that Long Lake Town is likely to be such a place full of 'ambush'. Even if he didn't design that city, he has controlled it for such a long time after all." Gandalf continued to speculate.

"There is no need to guess about this. Lucius is also responsible for the framework of Changhu Town." Sorin snorted coldly, and became even more displeased when he realized that Lucius had "bad intentions".

"Yes, it's obvious when you think about it this way, such as the City Lord's Mansion that disappeared out of thin air. Lucius' control over his own territory is far beyond our imagination." Elrond paused after speaking, showing serious thinking With an expression on his face, he remembered some of his experiences in Long Lake Town, "All Lucius' plans in Long Lake Town seem to be very forward-looking. He once showed me the warships in Long Lake Town, and the people who made them The purpose is said to be to defend against the aggression of the Orientals, and even to turn against the guests.”

"Warship? What is that?" Hearing a term he had never understood, Gandalf immediately became nervous. "So now, is it possible that this warship has instead become a prop for the Easterners to attack Romanian?"

"Do you speculate that Lucius' actions now indicate that Sauron will launch a war against Romania?" Elrond also understood the origin of Gandalf's concerns, "If the old forest road is cut off, it will indeed be possible. Trapped Romanian's main force within a very small range."

"Then we must prevent this from happening. We need to take over Long Lake Town." Gandalf immediately proposed.

Thorin took the lead in denying Gandalf's idea: "It will be difficult. Lucius has controlled it for a long time, and he has won the hearts of the people there. Although the guards stationed there are from Erebor, River Valley City and woodland, but the humans who actually live there only know him and his female elf assistant. Only they know how to maintain the stability of Changhu Town. It’s not that I didn’t think about intervening, but in the end I found that there was no way. Moreover, if Your takeover has sparked chaos there, will Lucius start those 'ambushes' that weren't used?"

"But we should at least control that waterway, and not let it become a gap in the Romanian defense." Gandalf still did not give up.

"Even if Lucius intends to serve Sauron and use all his abilities, there is actually an essential problem. It doesn't matter what Lucius wants to do, what matters is Sauron's thoughts. What exactly does Sauron want?" What to do?" Elrond reminded, "If we don't know this, we won't be able to infer Lucius' actions. I think this is the puzzle we need to solve the most, about why Lucius To attack Thorin, to cut off the old forest road?"

"If Thorin had not escaped, Erebor might be in disarray by now," sighed Gandalf.

The elf prince, who had been listening for a long time without speaking, couldn't help but interjected at this moment. In fact, so far, Legolas still can't believe that Lucius has betrayed the elf's speculation: "Even if Erebor is in chaos and What impact will it have? Does this mean that Sauron can win the entire Romania?"

If you really want to study it carefully, in fact, all the speculations have no evidence yet.But this is also the biggest dilemma of the Holy White Council at present. They can't guess Sauron's war intentions, so they can only deal with it passively.After all, the miracle created by Elrond in the last counterattack is difficult to replicate with high frequency.

Just when the participants were lost in thought, the guard with the letter walked into Elrond quickly.

Because there have been a lot of battle reports from various parties recently, this situation did not attract the attention of others at first.

Until they gradually discovered that Elrond's expression gradually became very ugly, and the voices of their discussions gradually disappeared.

"What's wrong?" Galadriel, who was also silent for a long time, asked first.

Elrond read the letter without delay. When he raised his head, he couldn't help but glanced at Legolas with a complicated expression: "This is news from the Kingdom of the Woodlands. Thranduil is injured. attack."

"What!" Legolas stood up abruptly, "Who is it?!"

Hearing this, Elrond's expression became subtler with the new arrivals of the dwarves.They had actually heard about it when they came, but they didn't tell the news that might just be rumors without knowing the details.

"It's Lucius." Elrond continued, "Your father accidentally discovered that Lucius was still living in Long Lake Town, and he was attacked by Lucius and seriously injured. rest."

"No, it's impossible!" Legolas' eyes were full of disbelief, "How could Lucius hurt father?"

Elrond sighed and said nothing.He silently rolled up the letter in his hand and squeezed it tightly in his hand, not intending to circulate it.

Only Galadriel noticed Lord Rivendell's detailed movements, but she only glanced at the former and didn't ask.

"Now it seems that the target of Mordor is very likely to be Romanian. As long as Lucius is around, there will be many ways to make us passive. And we don't even know what Dol Gulduri is hiding. How much power do you have?" Gandalf clenched his fists tightly, and his gaze immediately became firm.He looked around at the faces of all the participants, and finally threw out a proposal: "It may also be an opportunity for Sauron to attack Romanian. We must send the Supreme Lord of the Rings out as soon as possible!"

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