The Fellowship of the Lord of the Rings - A Tale of the Elven King

Thranduil watched Yormangund leave helplessly, until its back disappeared, Thranduil seemed to have regained his senses and knelt down on the ground, sweat running down his cheeks, and bowed his head , the long hair slipped from the shoulders and hung down on both sides, covering the face, making it difficult to see the expression on the face.

At this moment, Oster and the others hurried over and surrounded Thranduil.

"Your Majesty, are you alright? Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Oster called Thranduil anxiously and tried to help him up.

Thranduil pushed away his hand, panting heavily as if he was alive again, until his hands stopped trembling and his mood calmed down, he stood up leaning on his long sword, and faced Oss next to him. Special command: "Go back."

The fire was under control, and Oster left a few elves to take care of it, and led a team to escort Thranduil back to the palace.

Thranduil, who returned to the palace, was exhausted after going back and forth, but he didn't take a rest immediately. Instead, he sat alone on the throne in the main hall, frowning without saying a word, wondering what he was thinking, his face The expression on his face was terrifyingly serious.

Antinoya, who got the news, didn't dare to go over to talk easily, so she could only ask Urst what happened, and Urster told the queen about their encounter with Yorman Gund.

After listening, Antinoya walked to the throne, gently held the king's hand and said:

"Dear Your Majesty, you have kept your oath, you have bravely protected our forest from the claws of the dragon Yorman Gund, you have completed the mission of protecting the people and the kingdom, the danger has gone, we You are already safe, what else do you have to worry about?"

Thranduil didn't think so, he said as if lost in memory:

"No, it's not like that, it's not my credit, and it's not brave, it just stared at me there, it didn't even do anything, I didn't even have the strength to stand up, could it be that Is that brave?"

After speaking, Thranduil suddenly stood up and walked up and down the hall, and kept muttering to himself:

"Yes, yes, in its eyes, I am no different from the ants on the ground. It simply ignores my existence. In fact, it has seen through everything long ago. It must have noticed the fear in my heart. The fear in its eyes Full of ridicule and contempt, it doesn't even bother to fight me."

Antinoya looked at the restless husband in front of her and didn't know what to say to calm his anger.

And Thranduil's eyes kept showing Yorman Gund's contemptuous eyes, even the way it bared its fangs seemed to be mocking its own overreach, every movement it made The expression was full of sarcasm, and the more Thranduil thought about it, the angrier he became, and the angry fire in his eyes almost burst out.

"Call all the troops, we are going to chase that giant python, and we will destroy it together." Thranduil suddenly announced loudly.

Antinoya and Oster were stunned by his sudden decision.

Oster immediately stepped forward to stop him: "Your Majesty, why is this? Yorman Gund has left our border, and we are no longer in danger. Why do you want to provoke the dragon?"

"Yorman Gund passed through our border. When will the elves watch the evil pass by and ignore it?"

"But it's not in our plan. You promised never to break out of the protective range of the magic barrier."

"We are the guardians of Middle-earth, the most powerful force against the forces of darkness. Even without the help of magic, I will never allow any dark creatures to escape from my hands. No evil monster can pass through the dark forest. If the kingdom of elves harms other kind-hearted races, I must make them pay for underestimating the power of elves."

Antinoya also stepped forward to dissuade him: "Honey, I admire your determination and sense of responsibility, but I have to remind you that Yorman Gund's strength cannot be resisted by relying solely on our strength, we need help , now Mithranda and Saruman in white are not here, Rivendell and Roselorien are also busy rescuing Celebrian, unable to send troops to help us, our current strength is unable to defeat the German Gund."

But Thranduil was very firm: "That's not a problem. I didn't expect Rivendell and Lothlorian to help me. Even without them, the jungle elves can protect Middle-earth. We have us." Our own way of fighting, our bravery does not fear any enemy, nor does it depend on others for help."

Oster said: "Your Majesty, even if we don't rely on external help, our own strength is not enough. Our number is not large, and we lost a lot in order to inquire about news and deal with various emergencies. Now it is even more short of manpower, and we have no way to deal with the flames and venom of Yorman Gund, and we may suffer heavy losses if we attack rashly."

"Even though our numbers are small, we cannot be afraid of the darkness because of this. The number of elves has never been many, but each of them is a warrior worth one to a hundred. We have defeated Morgoth, defeated the demon king Sauron, defeated Overcoming all evil forces, we are the children of the supreme god Iluvita, the first awakened race in Middle-earth, after the stars, the starlight of Il's green silk protects us, any evil enemies will be under the bow and arrows of the elves reduced to ashes."

At this time, Antinoya felt that Thranduil's self-confidence had swelled to an unbelievable level. She couldn't understand where his full self-confidence came from. Self-confidence is a good thing, but blind and excessive self-confidence is not It would inevitably lead to failure. Antinoya wanted to stop her husband, but from the determined expression on his face, she had already discovered that Thranduil would not give up his plan to send troops easily.

"If you are really determined to send troops, at least let me go with you."

The queen's request also frightened the king, and Oster felt his headache was about to burst.

Of course Thranduil would not agree to her request: "Oh, no, dear Antinoya, your task is to stay in the palace and give birth to our child safely, I cannot let you and our The children are at risk together."

"But not being by your side will make me very uneasy. I can't help but always worry about your safety."

"You should trust your husband. I am also a seasoned warrior. The blood of the demons who died under my sword once stained the Anduin River. Even the most powerful enemy, I can deal with it, so please don't I'm worried, you are not good for our children, well, you'd better go back to your room and rest."

After finishing speaking, Thranduil strode away from the hall to gather the army. Urst and Antinoya looked at each other, their eyes were full of worry, but there was no way to stop it, Urst also He could only sigh, bid farewell to the queen, and went after the king who had already left.

After the day's unhappiness broke up, Antinoya had been looking for an opportunity to persuade her husband again. She was always restless and had a premonition that this expedition would be a disaster, but it was a pity that Serendi Er probably didn't want to listen to his wife's dissuading words anymore, Antinoya never saw him, and Thranduil almost didn't even return to the palace.

Soon the army assembled. Except for the non-combatants, Thranduil took away almost all the elf army, and Urst, as the king's herald, was among them. Fortunately, Thranduil considered the queen's reasons, Still left a team of elves led by Samir and Mi Yali brothers and sisters to garrison the palace.

After everything was arranged, the army of the Jungle Kingdom set off.