Chapter 181 Palace Conversation Eastern Rumors
Chapter 181 Palace Conversation - Rumors from the East
"You mean you went to the East and back in a year and participated in a war?"
When this question came out, Bard couldn't help turning his head.
Fili, who was about to leave, stepped back.
"Although it's a bit one-sided, it's okay to say that."
"Okay."
Gandalf couldn't help lighting his pipe and asked, "Then can you tell me what happened over there?"
"You participated in that war, right?"
Levi nodded and said, "This matter is a bit complicated. I don't know if you still remember one of the blue-robed wizards over there, Alatar."
"Alatar..."
Gandalf frowned and tried to recall.
"Oh - it's him. The last time I heard this name was a long, long time ago, so long that I almost forgot it."
"I have never inquired about the news of the Far East. Is he doing well there?"
"It's hard to say."
Levi slowly told the story of how Alatar found him and Farodan, hindered the gathering of the East Yi army, returned to Khand to prepare for defense, and how he fought against Sauron and suffered a certain degree of corruption.
Gandalf and the two people at the conference table pricked up their ears and listened carefully, fearing that they would miss any details.
"He has mastered a kind of magic that can bewitch people's hearts. The king of Khand has been controlled by him for many years."
Hearing this, Gandalf commented: "Maybe his starting point is good, but his approach is just like what you said, it is indeed not very just."
"It's a wrong way."
Gandalf sighed, and suddenly thought of that kind of bewitching magic.
It's a bit familiar.
It can use words to distort people's minds and even cause lifelong cognitive effects. Why does it sound so much like Saruman's magic voice?
"He learned it from Saruman." Levi reminded.
Gandalf lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
Sure enough.
"Saruman shouldn't have taught him this thing, he must be corrected."
"It has been corrected. The King of Khan has returned to normal. Don't worry. In addition, Alatar has also awakened. He has broken free from the haze of Sauron."
"That's good. I knew there wouldn't be too many accidents with you."
Levi had some other ideas about Alatar.
He asked with a different meaning: "Will wizards also surrender to the enemy?"
"This possibility exists."
Gandalf replied: "They, including Saruman, came to this land many years earlier than me. In the long life of the mortal world, no one can guarantee that they will not get lost."
"Our memories of our homeland are already vague, and the remaining yearning is always challenged in various ways."
Gandalf empathized with Alatar's experience.
There are still many free camps in the land west of Mordor, and there is enough space to maneuver between the camps to fight against the darkness.
In contrast, the Far East is almost entirely filled with enemies. One can imagine how difficult it would be to resist in the enemy's rear surrounded by danger.
"They are worthy of admiration."
"Let me guess." Gandalf said, "In the end, did you use Khand as a base to help them defend the royal city and repel the three-party coalition?"
"I guessed half right."
"Oh?"
Several people pricked up their ears and waited for the next words.
"At that time, the king of Khand had already awakened, and Khand had also become an enemy, so-"
"Mordor, Dongyi, Khand, Harad..."
"I beat everyone present."
Bard couldn't help but turn his head to look at Levi.
He had a new understanding of his lord.
Although it was unclear how large the forces of the dark humans outside Mordor were, it sounded that the total number was at least tens of thousands.
Tens of thousands of troops were repelled just like that?
Bard suddenly thought of the expedition against the Orc town a few days ago.
At that time, a total of 3,500 soldiers wearing the best armor and carrying the sharpest weapons in the city were dispatched. This force cannot be ignored in any country.
But compared with the war in the Far East, it really seems a little less.
Throwing these people on the battlefield with the three-party coalition, I am afraid that they will not even make a splash.
The armor has high defensiveness, but it can only bully goblins and the relatively poor Gunda Bad Orcs. The Orcs, Uruks, and the group of giant beasts in Mordor and the steel-armored Ologs who are not afraid of the sun are not vegetarians.
This does not include the Dongyi grenadiers and cavalry, and the mammoth war elephants of Harad.
That scene, just thinking about it makes people despair.
Beside Bard, Fili's big eyes suddenly stopped blinking, obviously his brain was a little overwhelmed.
The man and the dwarf looked at each other, and they both saw a message in each other's eyes:
If this three-party coalition attacked not Khand, but the Valley and the Lonely Mountain, it would be absolutely difficult to defend.
Even with the solid wall of dozens of meters high in front of the Valley City, it would be hard to say.
"By the way, there are also the Ringwraith lieutenant Hamur and three other Ringwraiths participating in the battle. One of them was killed by Farodin, and he shared some of the pressure for me."
Okay, now it's completely useless.
Without Levi or the wizard present, any Ringwraith's roar would reduce the morale of the team by half.
For ordinary people, that thing is unsolvable.
Okay.
Bard understood.
No wonder this guy fought so casually. He had fought many large battles and didn't take the miscellaneous soldiers in Goblin Town seriously at all.
Of course it is impossible to underestimate the enemy, but...
Bud continued to walk like a god.
Recall that throughout the entire battle, even though there was a little surprise at the beginning, the words seemed to despise the enemy.
But in terms of tactics and actual actions, when he and the dwarves came up with a plan, he adopted the safest and least lenient approach.
They are contemptuous in words and attitudes, but they attach great importance to actual actions and details.
This seems to be the case.
Not noticing Bud's retreat, Levi continued to talk about the details.
Gandalf listened quietly, with a very focused look on his face, and no apparent disturbance in his mood.
However, the pipe grass he burned out but forgot to add showed that his heart was not as peaceful as it seemed.
"Okay, very good."
When Levi stopped talking, Gandalf finally noticed that his pipe had naturally extinguished.
No wonder it's tasteless.
"cough."
He attracted everyone's attention and said: "Okay, okay, I already understand, these things are not surprising at all."
"I thought you would always stay in the territory and focus a little on business matters. Now it seems that I underestimated your enthusiasm for adventure."
"There's Alatar and..." Gandalf seemed to be stuck for a moment, and he took a puff of pipe grass before recovering: "And Palando, yes, that's the name. I hope both of them go well."
"I'm asking out of consideration for the unexpected."
Gandalf leaned forward.
"Where else do you want to go lately?"
"Well, I want to go home. I mean the roadside fort. I brought back a lot of novel crop seeds from the east and south. Now I just want to plant them."
Sugar cane, cactus, grapes…
Sugar, paper, dye, experience, wine…
Each of these is a new output item.
