[Hobbit+HP] The truth of elves

Chapter 161

"Have you received them?" When Prince Barn, the new crown prince of River Valley City, approached his father's room, Bard was looking at his two dresses hanging on the rack in a daze.

One gorgeous, one martial.

There are two sets of dresses for the new king of the Kingdom of Riverdale.One set was a masterpiece just finished by the tailor with good fabrics, and the other was a gift from Thorin—a set of tailor-made exquisite armor.

However, it is clear that Barn's appearance is something Bard has been looking forward to.He noticed his son's presence before Barn knocked on the door.

"The Elf King and the mayor of Changhu Town arrived together, and they have already been sent to the accommodation arranged for them." Barn replied immediately.

"Are they all satisfied?" Bud asked.

"Yes. They asked me to convey my thanks to you," Bahn replied.

"Okay, let's go and have a look." Bud said, and walked out.

"Wait, father!" Bain was stunned for a moment, completely unresponsive, and asked urgently, "You mean to go to them now? But...but don't you wait until Thorin arrives?"

Bud frowned and didn't explain, just repeated: "Let's go."

After welcoming and settling the distinguished guests from the Woodland Kingdom and Long Lake, Barn also left behind two guides who could guide them around the city.But neither elf was apparently interested in the entertainment, and the guide was soon sent back to his task.

Therefore, after confirming the situation, Bard went straight to the residence of the elves.

It happened to be dinner time, there were not many people on the street, and no one noticed the king's whereabouts.

Bud's footsteps were a little eager.So, when he arrived, he happened to see the human attendants withdrawing the dinner given to the elf leader out of the yard with the help of the elf guards.

Bud hesitated at first.

The residences he arranged for Thranduy and Lucius were two adjacent courtyards.

Intuitively, he wanted to go to Lucius first.

But considering various aspects such as etiquette, he finally decided to go to the Elf King first.

It's just that he didn't expect that although the gates of the two courtyards were guarded by elf warriors, only Thranduil's courtyard had lights.Lucius is not there.

The first thought that flashed through Bard's mind was "Lucius hasn't reconciled with the Elven King yet?"

But before he had time to think deeply about this idea, he noticed another detail.

Two types of guards belonging to the Elf Guard and the Elf Legion were guarding Thranduil's courtyard at this time.Bard, who has been in contact with the woodland and the long lake for a long time, can immediately distinguish the costumes of the two types of guards. Among them, the former is only responsible for guarding the Elf King, while the latter is sent by the Elf King to Lucius. Protection power.

At this time, two groups of elf guards gathered here, which can only explain one problem.

Bard's arrival surprised the elves, but after the transmission, Thranduy immediately asked the guards to welcome him and Barn into the door.

Bud quickly scanned around, and found that the situation in the room surprised him again.

Because the two elves stand and sit one by one.

Thranduy and Lucius were staying in the room together at this time, but Thranduy was standing there.

"Long time no see, Your Excellency Bard... Oh, no, you should be called His Majesty Bard. You seem to be in high spirits, and you are more heroic and extraordinary than before." Lucius said in a pleasant way.

Lucius didn't get up, Thranduil didn't speak, and there was no specific order of etiquette, showing a very relaxed atmosphere.

Bard has not yet made a complete judgment on the situation in front of him, and he has been accepted into such an atmosphere under the guidance of the Elf King who is not rigid. Both sat down with Barn, smiling helplessly: "It's not as good as You can go out and walk around in style."

Thranduy handed wine glasses to the two new visitors, then turned around, handed the other wine glass to Lucius, and sat down.

Lucius took the wine glass without nodding or meeting the Elf King's eyes.His attention was still on Bud's polite words just now, with a smile in the corner of his eyes.

Bard, who was surprised again, was obviously stunned, until the Elf King who also asked directly without making eye contact with him said: "Tomorrow is your coronation ceremony, but you came to visit me tonight. I think it must be something unexpected. matter?"

"Indeed... an accident." Bud only felt that all the accidents he saw tonight had made up a slightly subtle atmosphere, and even the topic was able to be brought into the topic by the keen elf king without going around in circles. It didn't make him relax either.Because of this, the wine delivered to his mouth could not be drunk anymore.Bard put down his raised glass, frowned and nodded: "Not long ago, the gray-robed wizard Gandalf came to River Valley City."

"Heh." Thranduy sneered, without any surprise, his expression was the same as when he first met the gray-robed wizard in Riverdale City two years ago, "As I told you once, if you are a wizard , there is no need to hope that they can bring good news.”

Bud nodded: "He said he came from Rivendell. There, he also discussed the relevant situation with you."

"If that counts as a discussion," Lucius twitched his lips, not hiding his emotions, "I need to reserve my opinion."

Bud was surprised again, not because Lucius confirmed what Gandalf said: "Do you disagree?"

"The outcome of this question depends on what he says to you. And as it stands, I probably don't need to expect him to really have no reservations about you," Lucius said.

Hearing this, Bard, who was already obviously troubled on his face, became even more troubled: "Gandalf was talking about the recovery of darkness. He said that you were blocked by half-orcs in Ithilien, and Sauron."

Thranduil nodded affirmatively, but he was straightforward: "The news is true."

"But the focus should be on what he said after he delivered the news," Lucius added quickly.

The words of the Elf King and Elf Wizard were answered smoothly, and Bane, who had never interrupted, was surprised.At least, when he went out of the city to greet him, the two elves did not give him the feeling that such a relationship.

At this moment, Bud was not distracted.He nodded and sighed at the same time: "He also informed Erebo of the same content, and hoped that we could take corresponding precautions, especially monitoring the situation in the East."

"At this stage, Sorin will definitely not agree to his request, and River Valley City does not yet have such capabilities." Lucius analyzed objectively.

"It is true. Gandalf was very disappointed when he left, and he repeatedly emphasized that we should prepare for war in advance." Bard nodded again.

"According to Cheryl's report, there is indeed no movement from the Eastern side." Lucius, who also knew the situation, saved Bud a lot of effort in explaining the situation, "But the possibility of this threat cannot be completely ruled out. "

"Since Long Lake is also doing this, I can feel more at ease." Bud said frankly, "I don't want to take any warnings about danger lightly. But the development of River Valley City is not fast, and I have no intention of Taking other things into consideration. All I can do is stay here and try my best. A few days ago, our patrol team did find some new traces on the southeast wilderness. But we quickly ruled out half of them. Possibility that Orcs or Orientals have crossed the desert."

"Since you're not doing badly, the problem is probably that Thorin failed to reach an agreement with you." Lucius immediately caught up with the train of thought.

"He thinks what the wizard said is nonsense." Bane added for his father in a tone of resentment, "and he refused the proposal to add patrols with us."

"Not only that, half a month later, he will send out an expedition to recover Kaiserdum, led by Bahrain." Bud immediately added the whole situation.

Thranduy and Lucius showed disapproval at the same time.

The Lonely Mountain's imminent movement had always been expected by the elves, but they didn't think that Thorin had all the conditions to put the plan into practice immediately. Lucius asked, "How many people is he going to send?"

Bud stared: "It's probably half."

"Is he going to empty Erebor's defense?" The Elven King also asked.

Bud shook his head lightly: "The dwarves of the Iron Hills have been migrating here, and Erebor's defense is nothing to fear."

"The more basic problem is that the old forest road doesn't have the capacity yet." Lucius helped explain the crux of the problem and got Bud's affirmative approval.

"It's not your trouble that the dwarves voluntarily go on an expedition. But if the situation that Gandalf is worried about really happens, River Valley City will be very passive." Lucius quickly expressed his inference, and told the inappropriate time The King of River Valley City who came to visit confirmed, "So you want to get more definite information from us? Or even reach a certain offensive and defensive alliance to contain Sorin?"

Lucius' derivation was extremely quick, making the topic progress even far beyond the highest expectations of Bard and his son.It's just that Thranduil is the most influential one in Romanian's triangle of elves, dwarves, and humans.

The King of the Valley looked at Thranduil, and found that the Elf King had no intention of speaking, apparently acquiescing to the scene where Lucius dominated the speaking power.

Of course the situation couldn't be better, he simply nodded: "If necessary, I will definitely stop Sorin."

"As far as the current situation is concerned, no one can draw conclusions about the situation in Mordor." Bard's determination and attitude are much tougher than those of two years ago, which is what the elves like to see, but Thranduil this time However, he couldn't immediately boost the other party's decision. "Similarly, Saruman was responsible for lobbying Gondor and Rohan to shoulder the task of investigation, but the result was not necessarily more rewarding than Gandalf."

Since Thranduil and Lucius did have the most detailed information, Bard decisively chose to rely on it: "So what is your suggestion?"

"Defense and reconnaissance are both necessary, but it's true that nothing can be done. If Sauron's strength has been restored, we can't leave Ithilien easily." Lucius said immediately, "But Thorin's expedition is inopportune anyway. of."

Lucius went on to say: "It's just that the elves obviously can't help in dissuading Thorin."

Such a turning point forced Bud to smile bitterly: "You don't really plan to tell me that you have nothing to do at this time, do you?"

Lucius smirked and made a fool of himself: "Or you can point out some immediate problems to him."

"In front of me?" Bud was taken aback, "For example?"

"For example, the defensive flaws of Erebor and your River Valley City."