Regarding the arrival of the elves, Allen felt that it was unexpected and reasonable.
The elves from the Woodland Kingdom would definitely come over to see what was going on with their new neighbors, but Allen just didn't expect it to be so soon.
In fact, Allen and his group were noticed by the elves in the black forest as soon as they arrived near Karl's Rock, but they didn't care. In their long and almost infinite lives, such things were too common.
It wasn't until Allen repelled the attack of the Orc King that he attracted the attention of these elves. At that time, they realized that these new neighbors might not be that simple.
The matter was reported to the Elven King, but Thranduil did not pay attention to it.
The Elf King noticed the growth of dark power and was constantly shrinking the territory of the Elf Kingdom.
He was happy to see Allen, a human neighbor who dared to fight against the forces of darkness, but it did not attract his attention.
Because this was probably just a flash in the pan, and soon, this human village might disappear in the hands of countless orcs. He just gave the order to continue observing and never mentioned the matter again.
It wasn't until Allen and the others went to the Misty Mountains to fight Bolger that the situation changed again.
Allen rescued two injured Silvan elves during this expedition, and was noticed by the elves in the forest. After reporting them, he finally aroused Thranduil's interest.
In order to show respect to Alan, he sent his son Legolas to invite Alan to his palace and pick up the injured Silvan elf.
When he heard that an elf had come to visit him and invited him to Thranduil's palace as a guest, Allen felt a little at a loss for a while.
He called some of his main subordinates and briefly talked to them about the current situation, asking everyone to manage according to their past habits during this period.
Then there was the issue of the dwarves. He had promised before that if the elves recovered, he would arrange for the dwarves to return home. It was obvious that the time had come.
Although Allen was reluctant to part with him, he still sent someone to call Fording and others, and said to Fording and others: "My dear dwarf friends, I am happy to inform you that the time to go home has finally arrived.
, although I am very reluctant to say goodbye. During this period of time, you have helped the wilderness village a lot, but there is always a time to say goodbye when we get together, and it is time to send you home."
After hearing this, Fording shook his head and said: "We have already discussed that my nephew Frey will stay here, and Tyr will also stay here to complete the work that I have not yet completed, so this time only
Just send me back alone if you need to."
The reason why the old dwarf made such a move was because Fording admired Allen's character very much during this period of understanding.
I feel that Allen will definitely be able to build a great human city on this land.
So Fording hopes to establish a friendship on behalf of the dwarves of Iron Hills and the humans of Wilderness Village.
The dwarves are in troubled times at this time, and having one more ally will bring them more strength. This thing is beneficial and harmless to the dwarves.
But the specific matters still require Old Fording to go back and discuss with Dain II, and his king will make the decision. Old Fording can only put forward his own suggestions.
Unless they are forced to do so, dwarves will never leave their own group and stay in human towns for a long time to serve other races.
Allen was very grateful for Fording's decision and solemnly expressed his gratitude to Fording.
Afterwards, he took Fording to the entrance of the village to meet the Silvan elf from the Black Forest.
There were ten Silvan elves in total who came to Wilderness Village to invite Allen.
The elves are worthy of being the darlings of Ilúvatar, and worthy of that sentence, all the beauty in the world is reflected in them.
Each of them has a very handsome face, long hair shawl, and slender body. Even if they are carrying their injured comrades on their backs, they appear to be very calm.
Especially the leader of the team, Legolas, had long pale blond hair and black eyebrows. Allen could not use his own lack of language to describe the beauty of a male elf.
It can only be said that Legolas has a more handsome face than ordinary elves, and his whole body seems to be emitting a faint light that is difficult to detect.
It's just that his expression is not very good now, and he seems unhappy. Especially after he saw Fording following Allen, the expression on his face became even more ugly.
Based on the information provided by his subordinates, Allen saw Legolas leading the team from a distance.
After the two met, Allen sent an invitation to Legolas: "Your Excellency Legolas, welcome to my village. How about we go in and talk about it, and let me show some friendship as a landlord."
Legolas looked at the unusually young human leader in front of him. He was slightly surprised, but he did not show it. He just kept the gift and responded calmly: "No need. I will wait until I have the opportunity in the future. Please
Get ready as soon as possible and follow us to my father's hall. Fortunately, humans, not just anyone can get my father's invitation."
In fact, before Legolas came, he didn't have any objections to Eren as a human being.
On the contrary, after hearing that Allen saved his relatives, he still felt a little good.
But after arriving at the Wilderness Village, it was discovered that Allen's men were cutting down the trees in the Black Forest without his father's consent.
In Legolas' view, this was an invasion of the Woodland Kingdom's territory, which made him very angry, but now that his father was alive, he could not get angry.
Now that he saw the dwarf Fording behind Allen, Legolas became even more angry.
As we all know, the grievances between the elves and the dwarves can be traced back to the distant First Era. Thingol, the first king of the Sindar tribe, did not die in the hands of Morgoth, but died in the hands of the greedy dwarves. This is a calculation.
Unclear account.
In addition, the former King Thror under the Mountain stole their family's star gem, it is surprising that Legolas would have a good face in this situation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Allen did not mind Legolas's attitude.
At this time, Legolas, or Legolas during the period before and after the Battle of the Five Armies, was not mature in temperament, had an irritable temperament, and was childish.
In fact, he is an adult and is not young, but under the care of his father Thranduil, he is not considered mature.
It was not until the eve of the War of the Ring that he had grown up, but his temper was not particularly good.
Allen looked at the unhappy Legolas, smiled and said, "Okay, I'm ready."
Saying this, he greeted Fording, Alleyn and his nine personal guards behind him to prepare to set off.
Allen originally wanted to take Jamila with him, but she was too busy and couldn't leave. He might as well go there if he has the opportunity in the future.
As for Kress, Kress couldn't find anyone to play with anymore, and Allen didn't want to take her there.
When Legolas saw that the dwarf Fording was also going to follow him, he became extremely angry.
He frowned and said to Allen: "My father did not invite the dwarf to his hall."
Allen looked at Old Fording, then at Legolas, and said: "Your Majesty Legolas, your father, His Majesty King Thranduil of the Woodland, it was me who invited you, wasn't it?
Since he didn't specifically explain it, I think this right to decide who to take with me should belong to me, right?"
After Legolas heard this, his handsome brows furrowed even more.
He didn't say anything else, but turned around and led the way, saying without looking back: "Then you should hurry up and follow."
Wilderness Village is quite far from the area where woodland elves live.
Even if there were elves leading the way, it would take more than five days just to walk from the wilderness village to the secret door in front of Allen.
If it were just elves, they wouldn't need so long, because elves don't need to sleep and can run very fast.
But the humans and dwarves in the team were in need. Fortunately, Allen and the others were not weaklings, and their physical fitness was very good, so they did not fall behind too far.
After entering the dark forest, Allen's first feeling was that of darkness and depression.
According to legend, there is a kind of magic in the black forest that can make people who enter it particularly sleepy until they have hallucinations.
But Allen did not have these feelings along the way. He speculated that the elves had some special way to deal with this situation, but Allen would never ask more questions about matters related to racial secrets.
The days walking in the forest are very boring. I can't see the sun and I don't know the passage of time.
The surrounding environment seems to have always been the same. Except for the trees, they are still the same. There is no change at all. When it gets dark, they rest. After dawn, everyone is sulking forward.
Since Legolas never showed a good look on the road, Allen no longer had the desire to chat with him. He could only follow the forest elf forward in silence, as if the elf path under his feet would never end.
But something good happened, the two injured Silvan elves actually started to recover.
In Allen's village, the situation of these two people has not improved. Now there are finally signs of improvement. Allen is quite happy for these two elves. After all, he does not want the people he finally rescued.
, but died in the arms of his own race, this is a tragedy, and Allen hopes that this kind of tragedy will be as rare as possible.
In the forest environment, Allen could no longer distinguish the years, but he only knew that he had walked for a long time.
On this day, the surrounding environment finally changed.
They walked into a forest with sparse trees. The sun appeared in the gaps between the trees. The sunlight shone on Allen's face from time to time, giving Allen a refreshing feeling.
As he walked forward, a stone bridge appeared at Allen's feet. It was built over a rushing river. On the opposite side of the bridge, there were several arches made of big trees. Behind the door was the entrance to a palace.
There are green hillsides on both sides of the palace. The big trees on the slopes extend to the river bank, and their thick roots extend directly into the river.
After entering the palace, Allen and his men looked at the interior of the palace frequently like country bumpkins.
It's not that Allen has never seen a place more magnificent than this one, but this kind of woodland fantasy has only been seen in movies. It is said that the palace here was also made by dwarves.
There are also some elements of magic in the palace, at least Alan thinks it is magic. For example, the door that Alan just entered closed by itself, and there are also those silver-white lights. It is hard to see why they are on.
But they light up very steadily, just like the electric lamps in previous lives.
For Allen, who has been using candles for two months, this feels strangely familiar.
Everyone stopped in front of a corridor formed by the roots of a big tree.
Legolas went in to report, and soon Legolas appeared in front of Allen again with some elves.
"You can come with me to face my father. Your subordinates will be well entertained by my people, including this dwarf from the Iron Hills."
Allen has never worried about the dwarves. Thranduil will definitely not embarrass old Fording. In the movie and the original book, even if Thorin rejected his proposal, he just locked them up.
Served with good food and drink.
This Sindar elf is a wise king, although he is a bit of a homebody and keeps shrinking the territory of the Woodland Kingdom. Allen speculates that it is because he cherishes the lives of his relatives very much.
Although after the death of the elves, they will go to the palace of Mandos in Valinor to be reincarnated.
But this group of elves in the Black Forest is different. Neither the Silvan elves who originally lived here nor the Sindar elves who migrated later are willing to go to Valinor.
They like to live in Middle-earth, and both their former leader Oropher and their current leader Thranduil respect the traditions here very much.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Alan saw Thranduil, he was once again ashamed of his lack of vocabulary. It can only be said that this is a man who is different from Legolas.
Comparable to the Sindar elves.
Unlike Legolas, he has a noble demeanor and a calm face, and it can be seen that he is a majestic king.
Wearing a crown woven with flowers, he sat on a carved wooden chair, with a smile in his eyes as he watched Legolas lead Alan to his throne.
The king stood up and walked off his throne, with a smile on his bright face and said: "Welcome the benefactor who saved my relatives to come to my palace as a guest."
Allen nodded to Thranduil. He was a little nervous and subconsciously spoke a little more.
"Dear Lord Thranduil, you are welcome. The mutual help between your and my clans can even be traced back to the Battle of Tears in the First Era. The great King Thingol of the Elf clan even adopted him.
Turin Turambar, the son of Hurin, although there was some unpleasantness later on, it is still a story worth telling. There are also rumors that Beren of the human race married the daughter of King Thingol, but it was so long ago that it cannot be verified.
Compared to the great deeds of your race and mine that took place thousands of years ago, what are the trivial things I have done?"
Allen's words surprised Thranduil a little.
These deeds that happened thousands of years ago were not something that just a young human could tell casually. He even began to suspect that the young man in front of him was no longer human.
But Thranduil didn't find anything unusual in Allen. He could only look at the black-haired Allen and asked tentatively: "Are you a descendant of the Beor family or the Hador family?" (Alan said
The story is that one is from the Beor family and the other is from the Hador family. They are one of the ancestors of the humans in Middle-earth.)
Allen saw the trace of surprise in Thranduil's eyes and said: "Look at my hair color, you can tell that I am not a descendant of the Hador family. There are many books recording history in my family.
There are stories from thousands of years ago to recent times, and I am obsessed with them, but ironically, the origins of our race are not included in the scrolls.”
Thranduil felt a little relieved and said jokingly: "I didn't expect that there would be a young wise man standing in front of me. Please forgive me for being rude and please come with me."
Allen quickly said: "How dare I claim to be a wise man in front of the wise King Thranduil? Just call me Allen."
After Thranduil heard this, he smiled slightly, but it quickly disappeared.
Afterwards, everyone came to the king's banquet hall, where Ellen, Thranduil, and Legolas sat down at a separate dining table.
The elves began to serve delicious food and mellow wine one after another. Thranduil welcomed Allen again and announced that the banquet had begun.
Thranduil took a sip of the wine in the glass and said casually: "So, young wise man, I wonder if there is any record of the grudges between our family and the dwarves in your family?"
Allen stopped eating, thinking in his mind, and slowly said: "There are indeed some tragic stories that should not have happened, recorded in my family's books, such as Nauglami who was inlaid with diamonds.
You, King Thingol, died at the hands of the dwarves. This is a tragic thing."
Having said this, Allen paused, looked at Thranduil and continued: "Another example is a recent incident. The former King Thror under the Mountain was under the control of the Ring of Disease and Power.
Stealing your family's treasure, the Starlight Gem, is something that shouldn't happen."
At this point, Allen paused and then said:
"This reminds me of what the wise men of our clan said. That is, human beings often want to learn lessons from past events, but often the lesson they learn is that humans never learn lessons. I think this sentence
It can also be used to summarize the two stories I just told."
Thranduil's expression became serious, and he stared at Allen and said, "That's not a story, Allen. Since you know these things, why do you dare to bring the dwarves to my palace?"
At this time, not only Thranduil, but also Legolas was staring at Allen, waiting for Allen's answer.
Allen looked at the two Sindar elves who were staring at him, stood up slowly, stood up straight, and said slowly: "Dear Sir Thranduil, I think there is no relationship between dwarves and elves.
There is only hatred, but there is also great friendship, the same goes for humans and dwarves. We once fought side by side to resist the enemy, right? I saved them from the hands of the minions of darkness in the dark tunnels of the Misty Mountains, then I think
, I have the responsibility to send them back to their homes safely, not to mention they have helped us a lot during this period. I hope that you, who are wise and kind, can forgive me for this little offense."
In fact, Thranduil didn't mind that Allen brought the dwarves to his hall. He had been a king for thousands of years. He still had this sense. He just wanted to see how the young man in front of him would answer this.
Just a problem.
Allen's answer satisfied him. Having lived for countless years, he could definitely see that the young man in front of him was indeed sincere and wanted to send the dwarf named Fording back to the Iron Hills.
Thranduil smiled slightly, and this smile was not even easily noticed by others. He felt that he had met a very interesting young human being today.
In his long life, he has seen countless human beings, including some outstanding kings, but the young man in front of him gave him a feeling that compared with those sage kings who have been famous throughout the ages, Allen will not
How worse than they were back then.
"Of course I won't mind this little bit of offense, and I even want to invite you to be my guest, but I think you must be eager to send the dwarf named Fording back to his hometown."
Thranduil turned to Legolas and said, "I hope you will serve as a guide and lead Eren and the others to the Iron Hills before you come back."
Legolas nodded and agreed. Through this conversation, his sense of Allen had also undergone some changes. Some of the events in Allen's mouth were not even detailed to him.
After Allen heard this, he nodded and thanked Thranduil. He knew that he should have gained the friendship of the woodland elves.
The banquet ended with the guests and hosts enjoying themselves.
After Allen rested for a day in Thranduil's palace, he set off towards the Iron Hills again.