I reforged the glory of the magic ring in Middle-earth

Chapter 37 Double helix structure, shadow tree?
Unlike the time when he came here and rushed together with the hybrids, the return journey took a lot of time because he had to bring the bodies of the hybrids who died in the battle, as well as Mills and others who voluntarily surrendered to him.

Moreover, Tanes followed the marks that Roger had marked on the map and took the hidden treasures with him on his way back.

It was early June when Tanes arrived in Longdale, and it was almost the end of the month when he returned.

He had been away for nearly a month. When Tanes returned to his territory, he immediately noticed that the golden tree had grown taller and bigger again.

It is afternoon now, the sun is shining on the vast plain, and a few white clouds are floating in the sky.

Mills and the others spotted a tall castle and a towering tree in the castle from afar. A little girl, sitting adorably on Torret's back, asked Tanes, who was holding Torret's hand, in a crisp voice, "Wizard Master, is that your territory? That tree is so tall and bright!"

Tanes was still marveling at how quickly the golden tree had grown after only being away for about a month. He smiled and said, "Yes, that's the golden tree. It's magical! It will keep you from getting sick or catching a cold."

"Can that bring my dad back to life?" the little girl asked with some longing.

After hearing the question asked by the little girl, Mills immediately whispered nervously: "Doris, don't ask strange questions. Be sensible and don't make Lord Tanes feel troubled."

Tanes first waved his hand to indicate to Mills that he didn't care, then answered the little girl's question seriously: "I'm sorry, the dead can't be resurrected. I can't revive your father, but he must want you and your mother to live well."

"I'm sorry, Lord Tanes, Doris just misses her father too much." The little girl's mother came over and patted the little girl on the back inconspicuously while apologizing carefully.

Although the little girl felt a little disappointed after hearing Tanes' words, her mother's slap made her realize that she had asked a question she shouldn't have asked, and she immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, Master Tanes..."

Even the other two little boys sitting on Torret's back apologized, and the adults around them stopped communicating, holding their breath and not daring to speak easily.

These people were afraid that the little girl would upset their future lord.

How cruel was your former lord? You are so frightened just because a child asked a question. I won’t eat you.

Tanes complained in his mind while indicating that the matter was over.

However, he knew what his lordship meant to Mills and the others, and he understood why Mills and the others were nervous. After all, the fate of these people was truly in Tanes' hands.

The mixed-race people around who had once been enslaved also understood what these people were thinking and cast sympathetic glances at Mills and the others.

The group fell into silence, and even the three children sitting on Torret's back subconsciously sat up straight.

Just as Tanes was trying to think of something to talk about to break the strange atmosphere, a team of patrolling Hyde Fortress soldiers spotted them and immediately came over to greet them.

"Your Majesty Tanes, congratulations on your return from battle."

The leading soldier of the King's Army, along with his colleagues and auxiliary soldiers, went directly to the direction where Tanes was, knelt on one knee in an orderly manner, and spoke in a loud and respectful voice.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty?
When Mills heard the soldiers' name, his heart skipped a beat and he looked at his compatriots who had also heard the name.

Perhaps Lord Tanes's status is even nobler than they imagined. The admiration and fanaticism in the eyes of these soldiers looking at Tanes are almost overflowing.

Mills had no doubt that even if Lord Tanes ordered them to commit suicide, they would never hesitate.

Tanes stepped forward and accepted the soldiers' kneeling greetings. He then asked them to stand up and said to the patrol captain, "Thank you for your hard work on patrol. Send one of your men to inform Kenneth Hyde that there are local refugees who have come to the Golden Tree. Have him arrange to set aside a separate area and find them housing."

Tanes is not sure how accepting the Golden People are of outsiders yet. He is worried that conflicts will arise if he rashly allows outsiders like Mills to live together with the Golden People.

After all, there are conflicts between dwarves and elves who live in the same world, not to mention the people on both sides who have different values ​​and living habits.

And it was also fortunate that the lion hybrids went on the expedition to Longdedale and took away all the hybrids.

Otherwise, Tanes would have to deal with the complex relationship between the Golden People, the hybrids, and the local refugees. Accepting outsiders should be done gradually, not all at once.

The patrol captain immediately nodded and replied, "Yes. Your Majesty Tanes, we can also help you escort them back to Hyde Fortress. We have just completed our patrol mission in this area and are preparing to return to Hyde Fortress."

Tanes glanced at the frozen hybrid corpses, thought for a moment, and agreed to the captain's proposal. "Well, I also need to return these hybrids who died gloriously in battle to the trees, so I'll leave these people to you. Please note that these people have just been freed from Orc slavery and have traveled such a long distance, so they are relatively weak. Arrange a place for them to rest and provide them with enough food as soon as possible."

The captain of the soldiers stood at attention: "As you command, Your Majesty Tanes."

Then the captain of the soldiers waved behind him and instructed his team members to go over and help Mills and the others carry the shabby packages that could barely be called "luggage".

Tanes approached Mills and the others, who were overwhelmed by the soldiers' enthusiasm but dared not move, and said, "Mills, don't worry. These soldiers will take you to Hyde Fortress, and then someone will come to arrange accommodation for you. Of course, it won't be a centralized housing like Oak, but a house that belongs to you personally."

Mills could only nod blankly. At this point, they had no choice but to believe Tanes.

Tanes' behavior along the way also made Mills and others willing to believe it.

"See you at dinner. I will come over then to supervise them and see if they have arranged your accommodation properly." Tanes' words reassured Mills and the others, allowing them to follow the soldiers and leave.

The two teams separated, and Tanes led the hybrids towards the city of Moren.

Mills saw the soldiers looking at the direction where Tanes left with envy, and following the soldiers' gaze, he found that they were envious of the hybrid corpses that were frozen in ice.

This made him curious, and he speculated that it might be some custom of the Golden Tree, but he was afraid that asking rashly would upset the soldiers.

However, the captain, who had come to his senses, noticed Mills's hesitant expression and said, "Are you curious why we envy the corpses of those hybrids?"

Mills nodded repeatedly.

The captain looked back and said happily, "Because they can return to the tree..."

Return to the tree?

Although Mills didn't know what the "return to the tree" that the soldier captain mentioned meant, he remembered the word in his heart.

On the other side, when Tanes got closer, he found that there was something wrong with the appearance of the golden tree.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the golden tree, it’s just that there’s something wrong with the appearance.

Tanes discovered that the golden tree, which had originally grown straight upward, began to fork from a certain section of the trunk.

The golden light shines through the gaps between the leaves and falls on the starting point of the fork.

From that moment on, the trunk was no longer monotonous.

It began to grow in an incredible double helix structure, intertwining and spiraling upward like the arms of a pair of lovers tightly entwined, weaving a picture that Tanes had never seen before at the border.

No, wait. This is the original appearance of the Golden Tree. It was the Golden Tree in the Royal City that was tampered with.

Tanes suddenly realized that he had actually seen this situation at the border, except that at the border, the golden tree with a double helix structure was separated.

One is located in the center of the Royal City of Rodel, while the other is separated in the dark side where all records and traces have been erased.

Tanes looked at the fork, which emitted a light noticeably weaker than the other end but still shone with pure gold, and couldn't help but whisper, "Shadow Tree?"

(End of this chapter)