Chapter 119 Suspicious White Robe

"You mean, the road you want to build will cross the Mirkwood, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay."

Thranduil agreed readily and said:

"Both our Elven Trail and the Old Forest Road further south can be used by you."

There are two existing roads in the Mirkwood - the 'Elf Trail' and the 'Old Forest Road'.

The former is a small road that leads directly from the Forest Gate to the Elf King's Palace. It originally extended to the eastern end of the forest. You can use this road to pass through the entire forest and reach the Lonely Mountain. However, due to the spread of the Long Swamp, the latter half of the road was flooded and abandoned. Now only the first half of the road leading to the palace can be walked normally.

Gandalf hadn't walked this road for a long time and thought that the latter half of the road was still good, so he suggested Thorin to take this road at the beginning, which indirectly led to the expedition being captured.

Back to the latter, it is a dilapidated road located on the south side of the Mirkwood Mountains. It has been covered by trees because no one has used it for a long time, and there are often some dangerous creatures nearby, which is not very safe.

"Actually, neither of these two roads is very smooth. If necessary, I can provide some help."

It must be a good thing if someone is willing to take the initiative to build a road.

This kind of thing that is beneficial to both parties must be supported.

In fact, Thranduil's attitude at this moment is already very clear. He not only allowed this matter, but was also willing to send people to do it together.

It is obviously very supportive.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't think of Levi's real route.

"No, I don't need these two roads."

Levi shook his head and pointed out the straight line he had drawn on the map before.

"I want to build this road."

"A new road?"

Thranduil looked at the map carefully.

"Across the Anduin Valley and the Misty Mountains, and...is that the Troll Forest?"

"Are you sure this road is really safe?"

Thranduil really wants to remind his allies not to waste manpower and resources in meaningless places.

"Of course it is safe. I want to build it above the forest and make a 'sky road'."

When Levi described his idea, not only Thranduil, but also Gandalf on the side frowned.

They imagined the "road" that Levi was talking about.

This was really unbelievable.

Thranduil looked at Gandalf and gave him a look.

You knew it a long time ago?

Gandalf shook his head slowly and gave a good answer:

I don't know.

"This road will have many up and down nodes. In the preliminary design, each node will have a road for carriages to go up and down and a road for people to walk."

Levi was still talking about his idea.

Is this still Middle-earth?

Old Gandalf couldn't help stroking his beard. At this moment, he also wanted to tell Levi to go to Lindon to find an elf named Cirdan, and then let the elf build him a ship. When he got on the ship and sailed to Valinor, he could go there to find the "powerful ones (Valar)" to build this wonder.

This is not something that humans can make.

Thranduil also shook his head.

"This is too ridiculous. When this road is built, I'm afraid even the elves will wither."

It means it's impossible.

"Is it really impossible?"

Levi stood up and changed his title to [Wall Builder].

"Guess how long it took me to build the wall of River Valley."

In front of the two people, Levi raised three fingers.

"Less than three days."

"Actually, if it weren't for the magma layer and traps, this time could be discounted."

"Do you mean you want to build this road yourself?"

Gandalf asked this question for Thranduil.

"Yes, of course I will participate."    "That makes sense."

Gandalf's frown relaxed a little.

According to Levi's construction ability, if he works non-stop without sleep, this road... should be built within ten years.

"Makes sense?"

Thranduil was a little confused after hearing this, wondering if the two people in front of him had drunk the water from the magic river.

"Are you still awake, Mithrandir?"

"Well, yes, thank you for your concern, I am awake."

Thranduil nodded, and now he was sure that he was the only normal elf on this table.

Levi smiled and said:

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about this matter at all, and you don't have to help. Just leave everything to me."

"Now it's time to get back to the point. I want to build a road above the forest where this line crosses, so that you can directly see the sun and the moon."

"Was this allowed or rejected?"

Thranduil glanced at Levi, stood up, and said helplessly:

"Why not, my friend."

"It's up to you."

Obviously he didn't intend to spend more time on this topic.

Let the allies do whatever they want.

In fact, with Levi's current reputation, as long as he doesn't want to drill through the palace under his feet or do something too outrageous, Thranduil basically won't have any objections.

"Then please open your eyes and prepare to see my masterpiece."

Levi replied.

"Then I look forward to your masterpiece."

"By the way, it's rare for the two of you to visit together, I have arranged a dinner party, and we can talk about other things then."

After saying this, Thranduil turned around and left slowly.

Levi looked at the king's back and suddenly said:

"Is he treating me like a child?"

Gandalf shrugged.

"I think so."

Levi took a deep breath.

Okay, you are old, don't get angry with the old man.

Anyway, I got the construction permit.

The camps that the Sky Road passes through are not only the Woodland Kingdom, but also the territory of the Orcs.

But it doesn't matter, if the Orcs are defeated, they will have no claim.

As soon as Thranduil left, Gandalf withdrew his attention and continued to talk to Levi:

"I think I need to tell you about Saruman I mentioned before."

"Saruman, he is the most powerful among us (wizards) and very wise."

"If it is not necessary, I don't want to doubt him, but his research content and recent whereabouts are really suspicious."

"Oh?"

Levi became interested.

"Can you tell me what's suspicious about it?"

In theory, Saruman's defection should have happened decades later, so what's suspicious about it now?

Gandalf looked around and lowered his voice:

"Levi, I found that he was studying something related to the ring. There are many notes in his library, all of which are about the forging method of the 'Ring of Power'."

"Of course, he has a special status and serves the God of Craftsmen. It's not surprising that he has some research on these things."

"But in addition to these, I found that he is also studying some magic, very strange magic. Even if I see some of his notes, I find it difficult to understand. It gives people a feeling of..."

Evil.

Gandalf did not say the word.