Chapter 118: Passage to the Border Fort
"Mithrandir, my friend, what are you doing in the Woodland Kingdom?"
In the palace hall of the Woodland Kingdom, Thranduil greeted Gandalf and walked down the steps so that he didn't have to look up at him.
"Nothing big, Your Majesty, I just came here to get some information."
"Oh? What do you want to find out?"
"I want to ask you about the recent developments in Dol Guldur."
Gandalf asked normally at first, then took two steps forward and approached, whispering:
"And about Saruman, this is a question I want to ask personally, has he been to Dol Guldur recently?"
Thranduil looked at Gandalf deeply.
"No, he has never been here since the attack on Dol Guldur not long ago."
"But maybe in the future, after all, the expulsion of the shadow of Dol Guldur is only a recent thing."
"If he or something else comes, I will tell you."
Gandalf nodded and thanked him sincerely.
Obviously, compared to the white robe who only knows how to ask for wisdom and never repays others' generosity, people with brighter eyes will choose to trust this low-key gray robe more.
After finishing this topic, Thranduil continued Gandalf's previous question and said:
"There is no special movement in Dol Guldur. My people have been monitoring there. After Sauron left, the Orcs also scattered. There are no dark creatures there for the time being."
"I know, that's all I want to ask."
After saying these words, Gandalf stood there without moving.
Thranduil looked at him curiously, thought about it, and said:
"It's a rare trip, Mithrandir, why don't you stay here for a few more days?"
"Okay."
Gandalf agreed immediately without hesitation, as if he had been waiting for this sentence for a long time.
Now Thranduil was even more curious.
"This is different from your usual style. I thought you would leave in a hurry after finding out the news."
"Is there something else in the woods that you care about?"
Gandalf raised one corner of his mouth slightly, and said cheerfully:
"Something that I care about - there is, but he hasn't arrived yet."
"Not yet?"
"Yes, but he should be soon."
Gandalf looked to the east, his sight seemed to pass through the wall of the hall and the rocks behind, and landed somewhere in the woods.
"My premonition tells me that something big will happen here."
"Don't miss it."
Thranduil looked at Gandalf helplessly.
"The news of wizards is always like thunder in the sky, foreshadowing the arrival of something, which makes people have to pay attention to it."
"I hope what you said is not a bad thing."
"No, it's definitely not. I bet with my pipe."
After a brief exchange, Thranduil waved his hand, and the lieutenant of the Woodland Kingdom came over and took Gandalf to a guest room.
And just when Gandalf's conversation with the King of the Woods had just ended.
In a place in the Black Forest that was completely covered by shadows, there were occasional flashes of fire, and the ground was covered with charred limbs and flesh. Large areas of land were covered with a layer of slurry from spiders.
It felt like a block of slime when you stepped on it.
[Achieved the title: Spider Nemesis]
The long sword reflected the cold light that came from nowhere in the darkness.
It was only a faint glimmer that was difficult to detect, but it was extremely obvious in the eyes of the spiders. A glance at it seemed to blind them.
The spiders had lost the courage to face this sword and the sword holder.
From then on, the appearance of either of them would make them tremble.
"This road will be much smoother."
Since this exchange with the sword, the spiders never came out to make suggestions when Levi helped them clean up the spider web.
It was not until Levi left for a long time and crossed the magic river that the remaining spiders dared to come out tentatively and carefully reweave the web. "Your Majesty, Levi is here."
Levi had just walked to the main gate of the king's palace when a guard hurried back to report. In order to save time, he directly omitted the title and various achievements in front of Levi's name.
"There are so many friends visiting here recently."
Thranduil said casually, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt something was wrong.
Could the thing Gandalf was talking about be Levi?
Thinking about it, he stood up and walked towards the main gate.
Gandalf also made the same move as him.
No, rather than saying he made a move, it's better to say that he has been squatting at the door for a long time.
Old Gandalf was sitting on a small tree stump at the main gate of the palace smoking, and he cast his eyes over almost the first moment the door opened.
When he saw the person coming clearly, he couldn't help but nod and gesture to him.
"Gandalf."
Levi was quite surprised.
"I didn't expect to see you here. How was your harvest in the Anduin Valley?"
"Not very good."
Gandalf put away his pipe, stood up and walked with Levi.
"I suspect that thing is no longer in that valley, and... it is probably not in the sea either."
"I think so." Levi replied.
"There is one more thing, about Saruman, the white-robed wizard you saw in Rivendell last time. I recently went to his tower and found some unusual things. I haven't mentioned this to anyone..."
"Hello, Levi, my ally, how are you doing recently."
Halfway through the conversation, a voice suddenly came from a distance. The two looked up and saw Thranduil approaching quickly while greeting.
Seeing the king personally coming to the gate to greet him, Levi was also a little surprised. He responded:
"Not bad, your majesty looks very energetic. I guess something good has happened recently."
"Some good things have indeed happened."
Thranduil smiled and nodded, as if he was deliberately showing something.
Gandalf on the side really couldn't see anything special, he continued:
"Forgive me for not noticing that your complexion seems to be much better than the last time we met."
Although Gandalf didn't notice, Levi's eyes were sharp.
He was very familiar with the little red flower on the head.
"I hope good things can last forever."
He said something meaningful.
After a simple greeting, the three of them soon sat at a table, looking at each other.
It seemed that they all had something to say, but they didn't want to say it.
Finally, it was Levi who broke the atmosphere first, took out the map and showed it to Thranduil.
Gandalf also stretched his neck and came over curiously.
"Actually, I'm planning to build a road recently, a road from Riverdale to Roadside Castle. These are my two territories, and I hope they can be connected."
"By the way, Roadside Castle is here."
Levi pointed to a point west of the Misty Mountains.
Thranduil simulated the best road construction route in his mind, and thought about a road in the Black Forest that had been in disrepair for a long time, and vaguely guessed the purpose of the ally's visit.
He said: "This doesn't look close, it doesn't look like a small project."
"It's indeed not a small project."
Levi explained: "As you can see, the road I want to build may pass through the northern half of the Black Forest, and this place happens to be under the jurisdiction of the Woodland Kingdom."
"I came here for this matter this time."
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After sleeping for a whole day, my body has recovered a bit, and I am still typing.
A new chapter is not far away...
