Chapter 228 Black Gate

Chapter 229 Dalu Town

"Outside the gate, from now on, the journey will never end~"

Clang... clang...

The carriage swayed slightly, and the people on it swayed occasionally.

There was a not-so-beautiful humming coming from there, plain and bland, but it attracted the attention of many people in the caravan.

"The lord is singing."

The two rangers with the most sensitive ears heard the source of the movement.

As the carriage gradually moved forward, the group finally left the gray and unsettling land.

It was vast and barren, not only without trees and grass, but even without broken trees and broken stones. It was a truly lifeless land.

This was the impression it left on everyone.

Of course, it was not born like this.

This was all the result of Sauron's "scorched earth policy". He sent a large army to burn and flatten everything on this land, and even after more than three thousand years, it could not recover at all.

Later, this land was called "Brown Land".

When the caravan arrived at the ancient crossroads of East Rhovanion Gate, on the south side of the Mirkwood, the humming stopped.

Two roads.

Continue along the Anduin Road to the Anduin Valley, which is the territory of the Beorn clan.

Follow the Rhovanion Road to the Free City Valley.

"Take the Rhovanion Road."

Levi gave the order.

So the caravan started again.

On the way, two rangers approached quietly, and soon this small action was noticed by Levi.

"What's the matter?"

"No!"

"It's just... We are just a little curious about the song you just sang."

"Oh, this."

Levi changed his posture and continued to lie comfortably, saying: "I learned it from Gandalf, the gray wizard, who is also my friend."

Gray wizard...

"Are there other wizards?"

The young ranger asked curiously.

"Yes, but I have only seen four. One of them was kidnapped by another wizard before I could see him again."

"Kidnapped?"

When they heard this word, they became more curious.

So Levi told them what he had seen and heard.

As he told the story, not only the two rangers, but also the other people in the caravan who could hear it listened carefully. Those who could not hear it also moved closer out of curiosity.

The journey was uneventful.

After walking slowly for a few more days, the caravan finally crossed the bridge of the Running Ferry and officially entered the River Valley area.

Along the road, a new gathering place appeared in front of everyone.

Road Town.

This is a new gathering place established by the River Valley area in this area in recent years. It is located at the intersection of the River Valley Road, the Rovanian Road, and the Eastern Road. This is also the origin of its name.

A year ago, when Levi nodded and included this place in the territory, Bard immediately led people to build a town at the intersection of three roads. When the town of Dalu was built at an incredible speed, many guilds and markets were also established.

Gondor, Rohan, Dale City, Mirkwood, Iron Hills, Dorwinion, even Rhun in the far east and the Red Mountains in the far east, no matter whether it is safe or not, anyway, from the perspective of the route, it can be said that all roads lead to Dalu Town.

Due to the geographical location and the security guarantee brought by Levi's territory, a large number of traveling merchants stockpiled goods here, and it seemed to be a logistics transit center in the north.

Now it is more and more prosperous.

The carriage gradually drove into the bustling market.

At first, when Levi and the caravan entered Dalu Town, not many people cared. After all, people have seen more caravans like this since the establishment of Dalu Town, and there are many larger teams than this.

It was only when the flag with only one name on it spread out in the wind that people realized where this caravan was from.

Roadside Castle - the first city of the legendary free city-state west of the Misty Mountains, and also where Levi lives.

It is said that people there live more affluently and peacefully than in the River Valley.

When hearing this news, many people cannot imagine what life is like, because the River Valley area is rich enough in their eyes. Everyone has a house to live in, no shortage of clothes, no shortage of food, and can enjoy the best education. After graduation, they can work in their favorite industry.

When the River Valley area developed, a large area around it no longer had hunger and wandering, and there were fewer bandits and robbers, which was enough to show its outrageousness.

What would it be like to be better than this place?

Everyone is a tycoon?

They can't think of more.

But this does not prevent people from casting curious eyes.

"Hey, are you from Roadside Castle!"

Soon a brave person approached and asked.

"Yes."

Charlie, who was sitting in the front, responded enthusiastically.

The people in Dalu Town are curious about Roadside Castle, but aren't the people in Roadside Castle also curious about the outside world?

"How did you get here? I heard that the road has not been put into use yet."

"Of course I walked here."

Charlie said, "Go south from the roadside fort, cross the lonely land, cross the Isen River, pass through Rohan and Gondor, and then go all the way north and come from the Black Gate."

"The Black Gate!?"

Everyone who heard this was shocked.

"Oh my God, weren't you stopped by those Orcs in Mordor? I heard that a caravan dared to set foot on that gray plain, and then there was no news of them."

"Is it safe there recently?"

"No, no, no, don't think so."

Charlie said seriously: "We dare to go there because--"

As he spoke, his eyes drifted back.

"Why?"

The person asking the question followed Charlie's eyes and drifted back.

Then he saw a person sitting up.

Well, now I know why.

"Unless you have thousands of well-equipped elite guards, it's best not to go there."

"With less than a thousand people, you may not even be able to stop their vanguard team."

Levi said his opinion calmly.

Hiss--

"It's the Lord!"

Someone shouted, and a lot of heads popped out from the roadside. People outside turned around and looked here, and people in the house opened the window and stretched their necks to look out.

"Okay."

The person asking the question stood there, and for a while he was still a little unrecovered.

"Well, yes, yes, indeed, in this case, it should be the group of orcs who should hide."

"Wait, are the goods escorted by the Lord himself?"

He suddenly realized and hurriedly followed the crowd to the place where the Roadside Fort caravan stopped.

"Let me see what's going on!"

The goods and specialties of Roadside Fort are actually no different from those of River Valley City and Changhu Town, and there are even more types of goods here.

In terms of price, the two places are similar, and the quality is quite stable and uniform.

But the composition of this caravan is quite unique.

"Don't buy, don't buy, those are the specialties I want to bring to everyone in Roadside Fort!"

Charlie shouted, hurriedly packing up the stalls and loading the car, protecting the specialties of other countries that the residents commissioned to buy before departure.

Levi clapped his legs and laughed.

"Let's go, let's go!"

Quickly packing up the things, the caravan rushed out of Dalu Town and headed towards Changhu Town along the River Valley Road.