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

Chapter 53 Time flies
Because Roger and D had different purposes, Roger came for the purpose of traveling, so he asked Bilbo to stay for one more week, and the enthusiastic Hobbit readily agreed.

As for D, after delivering the gift and letter from Tanis to Bilbo, he stayed overnight and left immediately the next morning.

Before leaving, D very politely asked Bilbo if he wanted to go with him to Tanes' territory, experience the greatness of the golden tree and join the Golden Law.

"No, I still think the laws of Bag End are more suitable for me. Uh, please also convey my gratitude to Tanes. He has given me so much. In addition to those delicious-looking dry goods and books I haven't read, there are even some luxuries that only human nobles use."

Although Bilbo didn't know what the Golden Rule was, he subconsciously declined politely after seeing D's fanatical tone and pious look.

As for those luxuries, they were actually prepared by D himself for Bilbo privately.

Because Tanes knew that Bilbo was more interested in books and food than these expensive luxuries.

This time, D didn't get angry at the rejection. Instead, he nodded. "That's a pity. I'll also convey your request to His Majesty Tanes."

Roger smiled and said, "Be careful on the road, Dallion."

D glanced at Roger, put his helmet back on, and said, "You're the one who needs to be careful, Roger. I don't want to hear about you getting into trouble again. Ha, don't let someone like the Deadborn fool you this time."

Roger simply returned the salute, and D left Hobbiton on his packhorse, which had been unloaded with all the gifts.

Bilbo waited until D was far away before looking up at Roger. "Does your friend usually speak so seriously? Honestly, I'm a little embarrassed by his compliments."

Roger's eyes lit up with a smile. "Darian only treats people he respects like this. You see, he's not like that towards me. Maybe it's because we're friends?"

Bilbo asked curiously, "What's his attitude towards people he doesn't like?"

Roger thought about it carefully and said, "Either you just ignore it or draw your sword and strike it down?"

Bilbo widened his eyes slightly in mock surprise. "Oh, then I'd better be careful not to become something he dislikes."

Roger smiled and said, "It's hard for you to be someone he hates. After all, you are a lively and energetic person."

Bilbo's face showed surprise, and he tilted his head. "What does this mean? Does he hate the living dead?"

Roger said mysteriously, "Or maybe it's not a human at all."

Bilbo said he couldn't understand, but he didn't dwell on it too much. Instead, he turned around and said with a smile, "Then let's go home and have a chat while we eat. It was very interesting what you did yesterday to help us understand about Tanis's experience."

Roger, who had been following Bilbo's small figure, was startled when he heard his words: "Wait, didn't we just have breakfast?"

Bilbo nodded matter-of-factly as he took out his pipe. "Yes, we've just finished breakfast, but we still have three meals to eat: morning tea, chat cakes, and a snack before lunch."

Roger subconsciously touched his stomach. He felt that he should increase his exercise during these days in Hobbiton.

But how do these hobbits eat so much without becoming obese?

Roger's curiosity was aroused, and he planned to use this week to observe the living habits of the Hobbits.

At the same time, in the territory of the Golden Tree.

After visiting Fili and Kili, Thorin left again and returned to the Blue Mountains.

The tuition he brought was a little beyond Tanes's expectations. It was a silver-white battle axe full of dwarven style, but it was forged with a rare metal that Tanes had never seen before.

Thorin called this metal "mithril". The same volume of mithril is worth ten times that of gold.

When Thorin took out the axe, even Fili and Kili widened their eyes, unable to believe that their uncle would take out such a precious thing.

Tanes and Benar learned from their dwarf brothers that mithril is no longer mined because the place where it is produced is occupied by a Balrog called "Durin's Nemesis".

All the mithril that can be seen today has been passed down from ancient times, and each piece is a treasure.

However, Thorin believed that his friendship with Tanes was far higher than the Mithril Battle Axe, especially after he saw the skills that Fili and Qili had learned, this idea became even more firm.

After Bernard's almost crazy and obsessive teaching, and Fili and Qili's perseverance, the dwarf crown prince brothers have learned many basic combat skills, and they can perfectly coordinate with the beast prayers they learned from Tanes.

It can only be said that asking Bernal to teach them was indeed the right person, because not every warrior who is proficient in combat skills can skillfully use prayer in battle.

If Thorin himself didn't have so many things to do, he would have shamelessly asked Tanes to let Bernard teach him as well.

In the end, the mithril battle axe that Thorin used as tuition was given to Bernal by Tanes. After all, Bernal was indeed teaching the two dwarves seriously and responsibly.

When Bernal received the mithril battle axe, a hint of surprise appeared on his face the moment he held it in his hand.

"I'm a little surprised. I can clearly feel that it is harder than steel, but it doesn't weigh much." Bernal commented after trying to swing the mithril battle axe a few times.

At that time, Thorin felt secretly relieved when he saw Bernal expressed satisfaction with the Mithril Battle Axe.

Because in his heart, the magical fighting skills and prayers that Fili and Qili learned had hidden values ​​that definitely far exceeded a mithril battle axe.

If Fili and Kili returned to the Blue Mountains after learning the skills and passed them on to other loyal Dwarf warriors, Thorin felt that they could defeat not only the evil dragon in the Lonely Mountain, but even Durin's Bane in the depths of Moria, and then Mithril could be mined again.

Of course, Thorin didn't realize that, in Tanes and Bernard's eyes, the mithril battle axe was a weapon forged from a relatively rare metal. Even knowing it was worth ten times its weight in gold, they didn't consider it particularly special. This wasn't Tanes and Bernard's fault; they were both, even within the borderlands, accustomed to witnessing many legendary weapons.

However, Tanes and Bernal did not deny the value of the Mithril Battle Axe. They both knew that they thought it was nothing because they were knowledgeable and experienced.

If this mithril battle axe was given to Kenneth Hyde of Hyde Fortress, this old-school gold noble would definitely keep it as one of his finest collections, waiting to reward one of his brave soldiers when he made outstanding contributions.

Time slipped away like flowing water, the hot summer gradually turned into the cool autumn, and several long months had passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Roger traveled from Hobbiton to Bree and then to Rivendell, and along the way he was known as the "Mysterious Magic Swordsman". He returned to the territory of the Golden Tree with satisfaction.

During this period, nothing unexpected happened. The golden tree grew normally, the scope of its influence expanded again, and the people in the territory lived their lives as usual.

In addition to Tanes occasionally summoning some residents of the border areas, hybrids, Greg's royal army, and the Storm King's exiled soldiers and lost knights from the Elden Ring, the problem of having a large territory but too few people was further solved.

Oh, one correction here.

Because the Exiled Soldiers and the Lost Knights were given these names after they lost their Storm King, at the suggestion of the young Storm King Neferi Lu, Tanis allowed them to take back their original names: Storm Soldiers and Storm Knights.

The name of their legion naturally became the Storm Legion, and the people of the Golden Tree Territory would no longer call them exiles or lost knights.

The summoned hybrids were still sent to the current hybrid base camp - Takiedale.

After months of reconstruction by the hybrids at Longdedale, the lion hybrid replied that the port was ready for use.

But the only problem now is that the hybrids of Longdale do not have intact ships to use the port, and the hybrids' appearance, which is different from that of ordinary people in Middle-earth, will cause them to be mistaken for Orcs.

Therefore, the hybrids continued to repair the remaining parts of Longdedale Harbor.

Tanes also felt that this was not a problem. Before Shabad was rebuilt, the route from Longdedale-Shabad-Rivendell could not be used.

Although Kenneth Hyde suggested that after the hybrids repaired the abandoned ships in the Grand Harbor, they should sail out to the south, pass Andrast, and then turn around and sail into Dol Amroth in Gondor, so as to open up a sea route for communication with the Kingdom of Gondor.

But this proposal was directly rejected by Tanes, and both Nepheli Lu of Stonewell and Edgar of Morn disagreed with this proposal.

The reasons given by the three were very consistent, that is, the hybrids had no experience in such long-distance sea voyages.

Especially Edgar, the city of Moen was originally a castle close to the sea, so Edgar had some basic knowledge of sailing.

The opening of every sea route is accompanied by countless risks. If you are lucky, you may just stop at an unfamiliar place that is not your destination. If you are unlucky, you will really be lost in the sea and wait for death.

In particular, Edgar emphasized that although those hybrids had drifted on the sea on ships, at that time they were imprisoned in the bottom of the ship as commodities and slaves. They didn't even know what the scenery on the sea was like and had no experience of sailing at all.

Although the reason Edgar gave now sounded like a joke from hell and made everyone present look strange, Kenneth Hyde had to admit that he was right.

Tanes finally said, "In that case, after Shabad is rebuilt, I will personally go to Rivendell to ask Elrond for help. Perhaps among those elves who have lived for a long time there are captains who are skilled at sea voyages. I will share all this with him. I believe Elrond would also be happy to see a new sea route discovered."

Neferi Lu, Kenneth Hyde, and Edgar had no objections, so Tanes wrote a letter and sent a winged hybrid stationed in the Golden Tree territory to bring the letter to the lion hybrid.

Soon, the lion hybrid replied, and he also strongly agreed with Tanes' decision.

In fact, this made the lion hybrid feel relieved, as Longdedale still had a lot of repairs to do.

Although the reconstruction of the most basic residential facilities has been completed, the reconstruction of the city walls of Longdedale is not over.

The lion hybrids now just refilled the collapsed areas with rubble and wooden stakes. If they were to encounter another large-scale attack by the Orcs, they would only be able to slow down the opponent's attack.

The lion hybrid also mentioned in his reply that Orcs had recently appeared around Longdedale, but only in small groups of about thirty or forty.

Before they approached Longdale, the winged hybrids patrolling the sky discovered these orcs and, in cooperation with the scaly hybrids on the ground, severely damaged them and drove them away.

But about every half a month or so, a new Orc will appear nearby, and the frequency of Orc appearances has increased recently.

The Lion Hybrid suspected that in some unknown part of Middle-earth some great movement might be made by the Orcs.

After reading the lion hybrid's reply, Tanis immediately thought of the things that Gandalf had mentioned before, lurking and ready to move.

Alas, I wonder if Gandalf has found any clues about Thorin's father.

The old man had been gone for several months without any news, and Tanis was really afraid that Gandalf had suddenly disappeared as well.

Compared to Gandalf who did not send back any news, Thorin was very active in keeping in touch with Tanis, sending letters every two weeks. While asking about Fili and Kili's recent situation, he also told Tanis about his own preparations for the Lonely Mountain expedition.

"I announced my plan to the dwarves I trust. Dwalin was the first to respond, followed by Gloin, and then Dwalin's brother Balin also agreed to join. So far, there are only so many. To be honest, I feel a little lost, because it seems that not all dwarves want to return to the Lonely Mountain, which makes me confused again. Even if we don't recapture the Lonely Mountain now, my compatriots are already very prosperous in the Blue Mountains, and this has become their new home. Am I really worthy of taking the lives of Dwalin and others and letting them join me on an expedition where they could be killed at any time? My dear friend, guardian of the golden tree, powerful wizard, please tell me the answer."

Just as Tanes saw the confusion Thorin expressed in the letter and was thinking about how to reply, Neferi Lu walked in and said, "Many human caravans have arrived from outside the territory, Tanes."

"Ah?" Tanes raised his head in confusion.

What's the situation?
　PS: It’s not the water, but I added too little, I am guilty (kowtow)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)