Early in the morning of the second day, Li Zhuoguang and his companions packed their bags, crossed the last bridge, and went straight into the Ogre Forest. This forest is not big, and it is famous for the presence of ogres. However, except for the Olog tribe under Sauron, the ogres in this world are afraid of the light, and will be petrified once they see the sun. [I hope readers will remember our domain name Taiwan Novel Network →ⓣⓦⓚⓐⓝ.ⓒⓞⓜ] A road was opened in the forest. During the day, there were still merchants traveling through the forest. However, at night, most people chose to camp far away from the forest, and a few who were in a hurry would also detour along the forest. It was early morning when Li Zhuoguang and his companions entered the forest. The ogres were hiding in the caves to rest, which saved a lot of trouble. Along the way, Li Zhuoguang controlled the flying sword to cut down branches and rocks on the roadside. The flying sword provided by Xiong Facai was well-made, and with Li Zhuoguang's deep red magic, it had a strong destructive attribute. Along the way, no matter what he chopped with the sword, he didn't feel any resistance. So Li Zhuoguang chopped more vigorously, just like when he was a child and got a branch with good toughness. So Li Zhuoguang decided that no matter whether this flying sword had a name before, from now on, it would be called "Kankanle". In fact, Li Zhuoguang can go to find ogres now, because the sun is shining now, and he doesn't even need to do anything. He just needs to take a mirror to reflect the sunlight into the cave to kill all the ogres. However, there are only a few gold coins and three weapons forged by elves in the first era in the ogre's cave. These things are not enough to arouse Li Zhuoguang's interest and spend time looking for them.
After leaving the Ogre Forest, it is already very close to Rivendell. Rivendell means "Dark Valley" and is the territory of the Elf King Elrond. Although Elrond is the king of the elves, he is actually a mixed-blood. His blood is very complicated. His blood includes the blood of the three tribes of elves, the three tribes of humans, and the blood of the Maiar. From "The Silmarillion" to "The Hobbit" and finally to "The Lord of the Rings", it is difficult to find a character with more blood than him in the Tolkien universe. In the original work, he is described as strong as a warrior, resourceful as a wizard, and the holder of the three rings of the elves - the ring of air, Via, and is considered the strongest mixed... mixed in Middle-earth. They stopped when they were about to approach the Misty Mountains, and Li Zhuoguang launched a "circle" attack with ease. Although the approximate location of Rivendell was marked on the map, the entrance to Rivendell has always been hidden, and it is indeed difficult to find without a guide. So, I don't go to the mountain, let the mountain come to me. Sure enough, the crowd didn't wait for long in the place, and they heard a horn and the sound of horse hooves. After a while, a team of elven knights wearing silver armor and riding white horses surrounded everyone. Li Zhuoguang stopped the others from attacking. Seeing that Li Zhuoguang and his men did not seem to be hostile, the elven knights did not attack. The leading knight rode forward and came to Li Zhuoguang. He glanced at Li Zhuoguang, then at Ariana, and said, "Alasse'aure. Nai tiruvantel ar varyuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilya. Man cerig?" Li Zhuoguang raised his head and asked the leading elf, "We don't understand the elven language. Can you speak the common language?" The leading elf was a little surprised, but still asked in the elven language, "Did you grow up in the outside world? How come you don't even know Sindarin? And, your ears are really..." Ariana is an elf, but her ears are much longer than those of the elves in this world, but not as exaggerated as those of the elves in Azeroth. Li Zhuoguang explained: "She is an elf from other places, so she is a little different from the elves in Middle-earth." "What about you? Your ears are like those of humans." Li Zhuoguang was surprised and said: "I am a human?" Then during the conversation between the two, Li Zhuoguang realized that his facial lines and skin were too soft and fair compared to the humans here, and most importantly, he had no beard on his face. Because the humans here don't have the habit of shaving, at most they just trim it, so when the elf first saw him, he thought Li Zhuoguang was a half-elf. As for Ariana, let alone, with her extremely beautiful appearance and long platinum hair, except for her slightly dark skin, she simply meets all the stereotypes of the outside world about elves.
But what the elf didn't say was that he just mistook Xiong Facai for a tall dwarf, because his beard was too lush and his height was much shorter than the humans here. Just now he was still wondering how a dwarf could be so friendly to an elf. Unexpectedly, it was a big mistake. The leading elf introduced himself: "I am Lindir under King Elrond. May I ask who you are?" Li Zhuoguang introduced everyone's names and said: "We are all from the outside world and we want to see King Elrond for something." "What about the magic just now?" Li Zhuoguang stretched out a finger, and a red flame ignited on the finger. The surrounding elves sensed the destruction and violence contained in the flame, and they all became nervous. Some elves even put their hands on the hilt of the sword. "Relax, why are you so serious?" Li Zhuoguang reassured: "Swords are not divided into good and evil. It depends on the person holding the sword. Moreover, even the ring of Qi in King Elrond's hand is not Caleb's. Was Lin Bo based on the knowledge left by Sauron?" "But this power..." Li Zhuoguang continued: "I know you, Lindir, King Elrond's right-hand man, you should have experienced a lot with King Elrond. In your long years, you have seen such power in Middle-earth." Doing evil?" Following Li Zhuoguang's words, he spread his hands and shaped the crimson magic power into a blooming red lotus: "You see, this power is just a little violent, but it is not evil. As long as it is used a little, it can still be very powerful." Convenient. Although there are dragons and balrogs in this world, you have to admit that fire is still very useful, right? " Lindil thought for a while and saw that Li Zhuoguang and his party were only five people, so he said: "I will take you to see King Ailong. King Ailong will decide everything." Li Zhuoguang readily agreed and led the others to follow Lindir. When they reached a rock wall, they walked around the rock wall and saw an extremely narrow rift that could only be passed by one person if riding a horse. This reminded Li Zhuoguang of "The beginning is extremely narrow, but the talent is broad..." Rivendell in the original book is also a sanctuary established by Elrond, known as "the home of all kind creatures east of the sea." ", and I don't know if Tolkien referred to "The Peach Blossom Spring" when he wrote Rivendell. Of course, many fans of the original novel prefer to call it "The First Nursing Home in Middle-Earth". After entering Elrond, Li Zhuoguang met King Elrond in the council hall as he wished. Elrond first welcomed them: "Gi nathlof hí." Then, he looked at Li Zhuoguang and said doubtfully: "You are very special. Since the first era, there has not been such a special visitor in Middle-earth." Li Zhuoguang nodded politely: "We also feel presumptuous about this unexpected visit, but we are grateful to the great God Ilúvatar for his tolerance and allowing us to walk on the land of Middle-earth. We came here to find a lost artifact. " Elrond asked: "What kind of artifact is it?" Li Zhuoguang asked Lindil to borrow the painting tools and explained: "This artifact is not available here. Please allow me to draw it." As he spoke, Li Zhuoguang used a painting tool close to charcoal to outline the appearance of the carriage with a few strokes: "This is a wooden box with doors and windows, like a small house. It may be visible directly, or it may hide its shape and require a closer look to see it. The most important thing we came here this time was to make a deal with King Elrond. " King Elrond easily guessed his intention: "Do you want Rivendell to help you find this item?" Li Zhuoguang nodded: "Yes, for this, I am willing to provide information about the Supreme Lord of the Rings." King Elrond was horrified when he heard the name of the One Ring. (ps: I see that many people are still struggling with the language issue, so I’ll explain it here. It’s a movie, not a novel. The lingua franca in the movie is English.
Even though he was writing novels, Tolkien created a lot of languages when writing novels. Every time he wrote about a certain language somewhere, he would write down the words of that language, whether it was The runes of Sindarin are still the Tengwa letters of Black Language. But every time he mentioned where Westerly, the lingua franca of Middle-earth, was written, he wrote in English. )