The sound of metal collisions in the courtyard came from the ping-pong metal, accompanied by laughter and laughter. Several halflings were being trained, simple blocking, attacking and pace practice, which was more like a game for them.

No one mentioned when to set out, and temporarily focused their energy on what they were at hand. At the beginning, Aragon, Boromir and Elrond, the elf king, gathered together every day to discuss countermeasures and routes on the map. Such actions put a lot of pressure on others. Boromir discovered this and suggested: "This situation is very common with recruits and needs to be trained. After having skills, they have confidence and are not so afraid of future difficulties."

Everyone thought this was a good idea, so they did it. Originally, it was just targeted by Frodo and Sam, but Frodo was stabbed by the Witch King and his physical condition was not very good and he could not conduct such training for a long time. Sam was basically not the material. No matter what weapon he used, he was like a flower hoe when he held it, and when he encountered danger, he hugged his body and hid back.

Just as everyone was about to finish the training, the other two halflings joined in. Their main purpose was to be fun. Boromire was a very responsible person. Since he started training for them, there was no reason to give up halfway. So, in Rivendale's garden, they trained for several hours every day. Frodo and Sam were also watching when they were tired. Even if they watched, they could at least increase their abilities.

When Zhao Mai arrived at the garden, Merri and Pipin were launching a sudden attack, holding Boromire's thigh and overturning it to the ground. Aragon was holding a pipe and grinning happily, while Hart looked at everything in the venue expressionlessly. "It has made a lot of progress. It has been able to defeat Gondor's general!"

"Tverdo! Are you ready?" Aragon stood up and greeted Zhao Mai, giving Zhao Mai a big hug. Everyone else was very happy, but Frodo's eyes were filled with surprises, and even a little fear. Zhao Mai understood what he meant, maybe he was worried about thinking that he might be going to set off soon.

"It's almost done. I'm a little anxious to achieve success, which leads to some physical problems. But now it's okay, at least it won't affect the fight or something." Zhao Mai greeted everyone: "I heard from the little guy, thank you for your visit and concern. Thanks to these, I can speed up my recovery."

"What spell are you practicing?" Boromir carried one in his hand, moved the halfling away from him, and then got up. "We asked Elderon, but he couldn't explain it clearly."

"Oh, I saw Saruman running away with a swish. I had an idea and thought of a way to see if I could go to the Doomsday Volcano with a swish. As a result, you know, I'm still in Rivendell, and the solution I thought failed."

Boromire's entourage, Hart, suddenly said: "Mordo is protected by spells. Not to mention entering with a swish, even a bird cannot fly in. However, even if you walk with your legs, those mountains are difficult to climb. Some are said to cut their legs like knives and wait for death miserably. When you arrive in Gondor, you will know what's going on there."

"Well, you are responsible for your arrival at Gondor, and I am responsible for your arrival at Mordor." Zhao Mai said: "It is indeed difficult to enter and exit Mordor, but the passage cannot be found in one year or two years. You can find it for ten or a hundred years. There is always a way to go. Zoro is still there, and you can't always ignore the threat. You need to keep preparing. If it weren't for the Great Wilderness, Gondor could still hold the Black Gate and Minas Elis in your hands, so we wouldn't have to be so troubled."

Boromir heard what Zhao Mai said and said, "Mr. Tverdo, you seem to be implying that the Great Wilderness is related to Zoro, to attack our Gondor's power?"

"I have no direct evidence, nor have I asked Zoro. I just have some speculations. However, the pirates active on the southern coast of Gondor are indeed obedient to Zoro. I can be sure of this. Some of your southern lords have actually surrendered to Zoro. You can understand it by seeing their support for those pirates."

Boromir sighed, his fingers slid around the white horn at his waist. "Gondor is indeed facing the test of both internal and external troubles. We cannot attack Mordor, and we can only defend, but this occupies our forces to combat rebellion and eliminate pirates. Moreover, when the two sides collude, as long as we mobilize troops from the front line, Mordor's orcs will be dispatched and rob our border cities. So this problem is difficult to end. We are proud and self-reliant Gondor people, and we will not easily ask for help from others, but the current situation requires us to do so."

"We need it very much..." Hart said halfway, and Boromir raised his hand to stop him. "We have reached a consensus that it is to destroy the Lord of the Ring. It will be a tough battle, so don't say anything else to shake the morale of the army, even though we are not an army."

"Zoro is good at dealing with the army. Hasn't he been fighting against the elite troops of Gondor?" Aragon knocked his long wooden pipe and said, "But I think he is inexperienced to deal with a ring guard team composed of humans, dwarves, elves, and especially halflings. We can definitely achieve unexpected goals."

"Wow, the ring guard team!" Pi Pin applauded vigorously and said, "So we still have such a majestic name!"

"There are no two of us here." Merry grabbed his good friend and said, "We were not invited to the Elves King's meeting, so we were not in the Ring Guardian Team."

"How can this be done without us? Frodo is sick, Sam is clumsy, and without the protection of our two elite soldiers, they will definitely be injured, such as spraining ankle or something, and they will not be able to leave. So, we must be in this team, sure, sure and sure we are!"

"You don't count on this," said Merry.

"Then do you two want to go?" Zhao Mai said suddenly: "The place we are going to is Mordor, which contains orcs, goblins and more evil forces, which is very dangerous. Are you willing to go?"

"Of course, of course we are willing to go, in order to become a guardian team!" Pipin dragged Merri to express his opinion: "We must accompany Frodo and Sam, they are too stupid."

Merry blinked and said, "If you agree to us, of course we have to go. Anyway, if you don't agree, Pipin will follow you. He will get lost, get hurt, and get into trouble. It's better to follow you directly."

"Okay. The more halflings there are, the less experienced the enemy will be, the more dizzy we will be, and the greater the possibility of success. Therefore, you two are also from the Ring Protection Team!" Even in order to make Frodo more confident and optimistic, Zhao Mai would say so.

"Yeah, we are also a guardian team!" Pipin shouted excitedly: "We are going to Mordor! By the way, where is Mordor? What are we going to do there?"
Chapter completed!