Chapter 111
Chapter 111
Because of accepting Lucius's suggestion, Frann moved all the Ward herdsmen who were crowded in Amonhan with soldiers and patients to the almost idle Amonland Fortress.There are quite a few of these herdsmen, and they all bring their own livestock.The deserted Fortress of Amonlan was suddenly lit up with dots of flames.The location of Amonlan is slightly lower than that of Amon Hen, and there are more open spaces and rooms.The herdsmen soon started their lives in this temporary shelter after getting permission.It is common to see herdsmen with simple arms, driving horses, cattle and sheep to the open plain east of Amenland to graze.Judging from the cessation of enemy activities in the following period, Lucius' idea to Frann obviously worked.
Compared to the time spent in Amon Hen Fortress, Lucius must have spent less time than Thranduil.But compared to the popularity among ordinary residents of the fortress, the former is bound to win.To them, Lucius is not just a magical healer who solves the plague crisis.
When he walked into the Amonlan Fortress to look for Baird, he was recognized by passing humans almost immediately, and he was guided.
As the most powerful group of herdsmen, the team led by Baird quickly became the leader among many herdsmen.Because of this, he also got the most comfortable place in the Amonlan Fortress.
Baird was very surprised by Lucius' surprise visit.Although the warning of the plague has been lifted, there are still many unhealed patients in Amon Han.If Lucius was free, it would obviously be on these patients.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lucius quickly got to the point.
"I don't know what plans you have for the future?" The wizard asked with concern with a faint smile on his face.
"Winter has not completely passed, and Amonlan is still the best choice. However, I am also considering whether to return to Ward after the beginning of spring." Baird replied very frankly, "If Your Excellency Flann does not change If we put our strategy in place, it’s actually pretty good here.”
"He needs people, and you need asylum. This is obviously a good way to cooperate." Lucius nodded, "From this point of view, your Excellency should have a chance to get away in the near future. Maybe you can consider going back to Ward to check Check out the situation before making a decision?"
"Of course, I will."
"Then maybe, on the basis of returning to Ward, Your Excellency is willing to run a little longer?" Lucius threw out his purpose, "If possible, I would like to trouble your Excellency to take a trip to Long Lake and deliver some things for me. Go back. Of course, I'll pay for the extra distance."
"It's not difficult to go to Long Lake, no problem. It's just why don't you go back by yourself?"
Lucius smiled and shook his head: "I am indeed going to leave, but it is not the direction to go back."
"Leave now? Where are you going?" Baird asked in surprise.
"Regarding this, maybe you can give me some advice." Lucius said, "Can you tell me about the situation of Ithilien and the Southern Ranger that you mentioned before?"
"Are you planning to go there? Why? What about His Majesty Thranduil?" Baird was quite surprised and asked three questions in a row.
"You know, I have been in need of all kinds of new potion materials, and Ithilien is a place with abundant production as you said before. The journey of San Gaibao has ended, and it is naturally time to leave." Lu Hughes paused after answering the first two questions, twitched the corners of his mouth, showing a very delicate expression, and then said, "As for Your Majesty, he will probably leave with us, if he doesn't change his mind midway."
"If you just want materials," Baird didn't seem to understand very well, "maybe you can consider Edolas? The capital brings together rich products from various regions. Moreover, there will be no bad things on the way there. Circumstances emerge. I went to Hannas Annan once. Although the scenery there is indeed beautiful, it can be said that it was indeed a painful journey.”
"Oh?" Lucius raised his eyebrows, "Sounds very interesting."
"Ithilien has been abandoned now, and you can hardly find other residents except the rangers who are in charge of guarding Mordor. This means that from the time you leave Sarn Gable to the time before you arrive at Hannas Annan, you have The only choice is to sleep in the wilderness. Before crossing the Anduin River, although the place is desolate, the environment is quite stable. But after entering Ithilien, the situation will become quite complicated. If there are not enough people and Knowing the guidance of the terrain, maybe you don’t have much energy left to appreciate the surrounding scenery.” Baird frowned and explained, and then reiterated again, “If you want to listen to my advice, Isilian It's really not the right destination."
Hearing this, Lucius chuckled and replied meaningfully: "Thank you for your suggestion, I will definitely give it full consideration, very seriously."
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After learning the news that the elves were leaving for Edoras, Frann expressed his concern after confirming that it was irreversible.
In his opinion, it is incomprehensible for an elf king like Thranduil to travel, even for short distances, without hundreds of escorts.However, counting the most complete luggage he had prepared, when Lucius and the others left, it was nothing more than a team of six riders, four mounts, and two pack horses.
Thranduil lived in the Fortress of Amon Hen not long after he came out of the Woodland Kingdom. All food and clothing expenses were arranged by Frann, so it was understandable that he didn't have much luggage.But Lucius and Annis obviously spent a lot of time in the wild along the way, but the only luggage was a backpack on Annis's body.This surprised Frann very much.
Frann originally wanted to buy more luggage for the elves, or send guards to escort them, and take over the work of setting up camp along the way.But Lucius refused without hesitation.
Moreover, Lucius also rejected Fran's offer to provide them with a guide.
Lucius' various choices made Frann very incomprehensible.Normal people would not refuse more convenient conditions, but what Frann didn't know was that this kind of inconvenience when traveling was exactly what Lucius wanted.
He didn't need to explain to Fran, but he might need a reasonable argument to deal with Thranduil's doubts.It is for this reason that he
I specially entrusted Baird to help him deliver things to Long Lake.With this excuse, Lucius can justifiably hide the things he wants in the space expansion pocket without having to think about how to explain where the things went.
The next step is to let Thranduil experience enough displeasure and irritability from sleeping in the wild, and finally achieve Lucius' goal of luring Thranduil back to the Woodland Kingdom.
However, both Lucius and Frann were equally surprised that Thranduil did not express any opinions during the process of negotiating this series of details.
Any abnormality in Thranduil will make Lucius pay special attention.Therefore, Lucius silently observed the Elf King's reaction all the way away from Sarn Gabor.At the same time, Hardion was silently observing Lucius.
Hardion originally thought that Lucius would probably find another chance to leave without saying goodbye.So when Lucius had indeed been seriously preparing everything needed for the long journey, Hadion was relieved when he was pleasantly surprised, speculating that Lucius was probably compromising with Thranduil in a disguised form.
But he soon discovered that his previous thoughts were still too naive and simple.
Since there was no guide, Lucius took on the job of guiding the way.He rode at the head of the line, while Thranduil walked alongside him.Hardion and Annis rode side by side, walking behind Lucius and Thranduil, with the two pack horses at the rear.
Hardion and Annis had the problem of sleeping out after talking about each other all the way at the beginning.After a while, they gradually realized that Lucius and Thranduil had no communication at all.
I stayed in the Amonhan Fortress for nearly three or four months. In the first half of the day, apart from looking at the scenery of the fortress every day, I occasionally encountered Frann asking for help and giving him advice.The second half is dealing with the plague and patients every day.To be honest, when he walked out of Sarn Gable, even Hardion couldn't help but have anticipation for the future trip in his heart, let alone Annis who helped Lucius every day.
However, the two guards were jumping happily, but they didn't affect the two elves in front of them at all.
Looking at Lucius' straight back, Ha Dien always felt that the weather seemed to be getting a bit less sunny.
"Lucius?" After a long period of strange silence, the commander of the imperial guards tried to break the deadlock and shouted.
"What?" Lucius turned around with a polite smile on his face.
"Where are we... going?" Harden then asked.
"Oh, didn't I say that before we left?" Lucius raised his eyebrows, "I remember I mentioned Edoras."
"Uh, yes," Hadean affirmed, "but I mean, what are we going to do?"
A typical journey attracts travelers not only to the destination itself, but also to the things that can be done there.It was also because of this that after chatting with Annis for a few words, Hadien realized something was wrong.Lucius never said what he was going to Edoras for.And it was this unknown, at the moment, that suddenly aggravated Hadion's feeling of uneasiness caused by the silence ahead.
"Oh, this..." Lucius drew his tone and chuckled, which immediately attracted Thranduy's sideways attention, "Go on a trip!"
"... huh?" The unfamiliar words made Hadien feel at a loss for a moment.
"Or you can understand it as looking at the scenery." Lucius explained indifferently, "Looking at beautiful things, relaxing, experiencing things that have never been touched before."
"...For example?" The broad statement made Hardion still miss the point.
"Such as... camping and hunting in the wild? Speaking of which, pitching tents," Lucius pointed to the pack horse behind Hardyen, "you should know how to do it, right?"
The author has something to say: I was half an hour late again. Does this mean that the debt has not been paid, and another payment is meant? Cry... [I am almost a salted fish]
[7.26 Remarks] The content of this chapter has been completely reworked...
Thanks to those who are still waiting for Zhou Gengyuan, and the mines~ T_T I will try to repay the debt as soon as possible...
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