Chapter 341 The Magnificent Thousand Stone Caves Palace (Second Update)

Lucien is gentle and kind, Galadriel is lively and lovely, and the two elven princesses walking together immediately become the most beautiful scenery of the elven city.

All the elves passing by will salute respectfully when they see Lucien and Galadriel, and most of the male elves look at the two princesses with admiration.

As for George, the human behind the two princesses, the elves only took a curious look and ignored him.

In the eyes of the gray elves, humans are just like cats and dogs on the roadside, not worth caring about.

Entering the majestic elven city, crossing the long wooden street, and coming to the Thousand Stone Cave Palace built by the dwarves for the gray elf kingdom, Lucien asked an elven guard:

"Where is my father now?"

"In the palace hall, twenty-two nobles are asking to see you."

The elven guard replied respectfully.

In the elven kingdom of Middle-earth, the king does not have absolute power. It can only be said that the king is the largest noble in the entire country, and there are many other elven nobles below him.

If a decision made by the king is opposed by all the nobles, then the decision cannot be implemented.

In George's memory, when Maedhros, the eldest son of Fëanor, heard the news that Beren and Lúthien had successfully stolen a Silmaril, he rekindled his hope in the cause of fighting Morgoth.

So he summoned his brothers, several other sons of Fëanor, and joined forces with Fingon, the High King of the Noldor Elves, as well as humans and dwarves, to form an alliance to attack Angband again.

Because two of Fëanor's sons had tried to kidnap Lúthien earlier, Thingol once again rejected the invitation of the alliance.

Moreover, those two clowns had also cheated in Nargothrond ruled by Fingon, causing the noble elves of Nargothrond to disagree with the alliance with Maedhros.

Due to the opposition of the nobles, Fingon, the High King of the Noldor Elves, had no choice but to bring his own guards to support his friend Maedhros.

The result was tragic. The alliance was defeated. Fingon, the High King of the Noldor Elfs, fought to the death until the last moment. When he was exhausted, he was killed by the Balrog King Gothmog under the attack of two Balrogs.

So if the Grey Elf Kingdom wants to go to war, in addition to persuading Thingol, at least half of the Elf nobles must be persuaded.

Since those nobles are all there, it's just right.

"Humph, these guys are united, there must be no good thing. I guess they are asking you to marry their useless heirs again!"

Hearing the words of the elven guards, Galadriel couldn't help but snorted coldly.

The Grey Elf Kingdom has always been peaceful and stable, and there is no war. The only major event that can bring all 22 nobles together is to ask their son to marry Lúthien.

This is not the first time this has happened.

First of all, Lúthien is recognized as the most beautiful woman in the elves, and there is no unmarried male elf who doesn't want to marry her.

Secondly, Thingol has only one daughter. Whoever marries Lúthien will be the future king of the Grey Elf Kingdom, and the power of that line of nobles in the entire Grey Elf Kingdom will be greatly increased.

However, Thingol's vision was too high, and he looked down on the children of the nobles. Even Thingol, the seventh son of Fëanor, felt that none of them could match his daughter Lúthien, let alone the children of the nobles.

So every time the nobles returned empty-handed.

Of course, there were many people who asked to marry Galadriel, but Thingol could not make the decision on her affairs, and her own requirement for her other half was that he should be at least better than her.

The children of the nobles also challenged her for this, but in the end they were all beaten into pig heads.

Except for her cousin Celeborn, the nerd who liked reading but not fighting.

Celeborn's grandfather Elmo was the younger brother of her maternal grandfather Thingol and her maternal grandfather Olwe, so Celeborn was her younger cousin.

"My father will not agree to marry me to them. Let's go in. The nobles are here."

Lúthien knew her father very well. She smiled and shook her head, and took Galadriel and George across the stone bridge and walked into the Palace of the Thousand Grottoes.

"What a magnificent palace!"

Walking into the underground palace, George couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the high halls and private rooms carved from natural rocks, as well as the countless night pearls and various gems inlaid on the rocks.

Before Morgoth was imprisoned in Valinor and the Noldor elves had not yet arrived in Middle-earth, the Grey Elves could be called the king of Middle-earth, and the countless treasures of the continent were basically gathered here.

But after it was captured by the dwarves, all the wealth in the palace was looted by the dwarves. The reason why the Dwarf Kingdom occupied by Smaug in the Third Age was so rich was also due to the contribution of their ancestors.

Under the leadership of Lúthien, they came to the most magnificent main hall of the Thousand Stone Caves.

At this time, on the throne of the main hall, sat a male elf with long silver hair, wearing a golden crown inlaid with rubies and bright crystals, half a body taller than ordinary Grey Elves, and extremely handsome.

He was one of the three Elf Kings who were invited by the Valar Oromë to visit the Two Trees of Valinor. He was also the only Grey Elf who was bathed in the glory of the sacred trees and the only Elf who married Maia.

When he saw his daughter Lúthien appear at the door of the hall, a kind smile like an old father immediately appeared on his face.

"My daughter Lúthien, who is as bright as a pearl, you are back!"

"Good afternoon, father, this is George, the human hero brought back by Galadriel. He is a very wise human. I think you should listen to his ideas."

Lucy saluted Thingol and walked to the side of Thingol's throne and said.

Galadriel also lifted her skirt and came to the other side of Thingol's throne:

"Your Majesty, I have told you before."

"Oh, I remember that Finrod is the same. I have made it clear, but he still won't give up."

Thingol smiled and shook his head, then looked at George below:

"Well, since my daughter admires you very much, and all the nobles of the kingdom are here, then I will give you a chance to talk again."

If it weren't for his daughter Luthien and Galadriel to help speak, as the noble king of the gray elves, the first elves born, humans would not be qualified to see him.

He originally thought that if the human sent by Finrod arrived at the Thousand Stone Caves, he would just send him away.

The twenty-two elven noble leaders of the Grey Elf Kingdom and the heirs standing behind them all focused their attention on George.

Some were curious, some admired him, and some were jealous of seeing the two most beautiful elven princesses, Lúthien and Galadriel, speaking for a human.