Chapter 337 The Long Sigh of Life

Under Levi's persuasion, Bain did not hesitate too much. Soon he chose to step down from the position of the Chief Archon of Rovanian and the Valley, and lived a leisurely retirement life.

His successor was Brand, who had already achieved some achievements and prestige.

When he took office, Brand drew out the Dragon Flame Bone Blood Sword passed down from his father Bain and placed it in front of him.

He swore his oath of office:

"In the name of the Supreme Leader of the Free City-State and the leader of the northern people-Lord of the North, Levi, I will manage this territory with all my heart until I lose my power, or the Supreme Leader or even the people think that I cannot take on this responsibility."

The oath was established and the leader recognized it.

From then on, every regional chief archon must take an oath when taking office.

In contrast, a new family was officially established.

It is represented by Bard and named after Bard. People call it the Archon Family, or the Bard Family.

This family has the blood of the old Dale City, and the characteristics of this blood allow them to directly understand the words of thrushes.

Regarding this, even the dwarves who have experience in taming thrushes cannot do it. If they want to know any news from the thrushes, they have to ask the ravens who can speak human language to translate it.

Well... this is all the uniqueness of the human blood of the old Dale City.

It's a little special, but not much.

But it can't be said to be useless.

Regarding Brand's actions, Bain did not react too much, just nodded slightly, showing quite calm.

Brand has also grown up to be able to shoulder the future of a family and is capable of managing the affairs of such a large area.

As he said, he will manage this land with all his heart until he loses his power or his virtue is not worthy of the position.

But...

Levi looked at this family and sighed again and again.

In the eyes of other races, humans are always fickle because they iterate too quickly.

But this family of three generations, from Bard to Brand, are all very outstanding talents, both literary and martial.

It is rare to have several generations grow up so straight.

And it can be expected that in such a family environment, with many elders teaching by example, it is difficult for little Bard to grow up crooked.

Time flies.

Since Brand took over many matters here, Levi's frequency of coming to River Valley City has increased.

It seems that he thinks he is undergoing some kind of inspection. During this period, Brand handled everything impeccably.

But obviously, Levi has no intention of considering anything.

He just wants to see Bain and see more of this younger generation who is considered to be of the same generation as him, that's all.

Seeing more is always one step ahead of him...

"I will also usher in my own dark night first, uncle."

Life.

One night, Levi came to the familiar little house again.

Bain was sitting on the steps at the door of the house.

The old man couldn't help but look up at the complicated starry sky, looking at the brightest star of hope among them.

After looking for a long time, he turned around and walked into the house to look at Levi, and then looked at the empty chair opposite Levi that had not been touched for a long time.

This was all he wanted to do before reaching the end.

From then on, there was another empty chair in this room.

And it was always empty.

Brand was often busy with various affairs.

He didn't know what was so special about this small house that made his grandfather and father leave the huge palace and frequently run here to drink tea in such a small place.

It was just heard that when the palace at the highest point of the Valley City was still in a damaged state and had not been repaired, grandfather Bard lived here, and his father also lived here for a while.

Maybe it was nostalgia, they usually liked to run here.

But this nostalgia was only passed down for one generation, and it was not very deep for Brand.

However, if Brand suddenly had a whim one day and wanted to come to this room to take a look, maybe he would find a slightly lonely figure sitting on a chair by the window next to the table, quietly making tea for himself.

Opposite him and on the other side of the table were two empty chairs.

In 3007, Bain died.

The memory of the old man stayed in his mind and settled quietly. Levi was commemorating everything in his own way, and he would always commemorate it and never forget it.

Sometimes he couldn't help but think of Elrond.

Did the elf feel the same when he saw his relatives and friends and their descendants who he had devoted all his efforts to leave one after another?

Shaking his head, Levi sighed deeply.

The sound was particularly obvious in the empty house.

No mistake, one sentence, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one look!

The next year, the huge figure who was always thinking on the rock in the town of Karl also disappeared, and the solid and smooth rock became a little empty.

Beorn also left.

Elected by the townspeople, his son 'Grimbeorn', who was also a skin-changer, took over the position of mayor of Karl Town and also succeeded as the new patriarch of the Beorn clan.

Levi was also familiar with this child. He was present when Beorn held a banquet for the birth of his son.

He also held the child in his arms.

But he certainly couldn't hold the child now. Due to blood inheritance, Beorn's direct descendants grew very tall, and each of them was a little giant.

Take Beorn as an example. His human form is over 2.4 meters tall, and when he turns into a bear, the figure will be much higher.

Although his son is not as tall as him, he is also 2.2 meters tall.

It is foreseeable that as the blood of Beorn's descendants is diluted, this figure will become smaller and smaller, and the power of the skin-changing people of the next generation will become weaker and weaker.

Perhaps after a long period of reproduction and blood dilution in the future, this family will completely lose the ability to transform and become a most ordinary human race - at most, they are generally taller and stronger.

…

"We have found some definite clues."

In 3008, Gandalf passed by the roadside fort again and told his discovery.

Because there has been no progress in the collection of intelligence about Gollum in the past few years, and Levi showed him the ancient evil things on the snowy plains north of Angmar, he has already put the priority of hunting Gollum behind.

A few years ago, after only asking Aragorn to continue to pay attention to relevant news, Gandalf turned to study the things on the snowy plains of the northern wasteland.

But obviously, he didn't come here for this matter this time.

"What clues?" Levi asked.

"Gollum has been active near Mordor recently, going in and out, and taking something in again after coming out."

"It's very strange, but at least it is certain that he is still free, not caught by anyone, and not in the hands of the enemy."

Gandalf thought:

"But his situation is too dangerous. If he hangs around Mordor every day, something will happen sooner or later."

"In view of this situation, we plan to restart the capture of Gollum."

Hearing this, Levi glanced at this guy.

It seems that Gollum is safe if he is not near Mordor.

So he will be caught no matter where he goes.

However, the results of being caught by Mordor and being caught by the ranger are definitely different. At least the latter will not abuse him. At most, he will be locked up and interrogated from time to time for some information.

"I know something about Gollum."

After thinking about it, Levi said, "I'll go too."