[The Hobbit] Farstrider's Journey

Hua Lai stared at him intently, and inserted the dagger back into the scabbard: "I am Sin'dorei, Farstrider Hua Lai Brightwing. Who are you?"

"I am Thranduil, the king of the Mirkwood." Thranduil said to Wallace with great interest, "Where do you come from? I have never seen you in Middle-earth."

Hua Lai couldn't help but sneered: "It's as if you've seen all the races in the world."

The corners of Thranduil's mouth curled up, and he raised his jaw proudly: "If you lived for thousands of years like me, you would be able to see almost all races. As far as I know, there has never been one like you among the elves." kind."

"Maybe you are ignorant?" Hua Lai cursed secretly, but the other party was also an old man like him.

Thranduil's eyes turned cold: "I'm pretty sure I'm not."

As his tone changed, a dozen elves who came with Thranduil looked at Hua Lai with weapons in their hands.

Hua Lai said in a strong tone: "If I were you, I would never be so unfriendly to a stranger rashly."

Thranduil said playfully: "A mysterious stranger, who knows if he is an enemy or a friend?"

"That depends on whether you want enemies or friends." Hua Lai said calmly.

The two of them stared at each other tensely for a while, and Thranduil suddenly showed a smile: "It's okay to know friends. You and I have no conflicts yet, at least not enemies."

Hua Lai also raised his chin proudly: "Being my friend depends on whether you have the qualifications."

"Oh." Thranduil's eyes showed strangeness: "Could it be that you will reject a king's friendship?"

"It depends on whether my temper and character suit my taste." Hua Lai bent down and picked up the staff, holding it in his arms.

This time Thranduil was really surprised, he had never seen such an arrogant person before, and couldn't help being curious about the other party's identity, "Are you really an elf?"

Even though he came from a different world, it was absolutely impossible for the King of the Mirkwood, who was also a high elf, not to be able to recognize the elf qualities in the other party.

"I want to ask you this question too." Hualai's golden eyebrows frowned, and his tone was subtle: "Why are your ears so short? Are you really an elf?!"

Thranduil's face went blank for a while, and the elf guards surrounding the two of them started to stir.

Hua Lai jumped down from the tree roots and walked around Thranduil. Thranduil raised his hand to stop the guards moving around.

"Even the goblin's ears are longer than yours..." Hua Lai couldn't help whispering.

Thranduil frowned unbearably, and said in a terrible tone: "Could it be that the elves you know have ears like yours, and you are not afraid of cutting people?"

Hua Lai raised his eyebrows: "The ears of the night elves are longer than those of our blood elves!"

Thranduil squeezed between his brows with a headache: "Stop this boring conversation." He raised his head and looked at Hua Lai sharply: "You are not the elf of this world."

Hua Lai was displeased that his origins were exposed so quickly, who made his difference too different from the native elves in this world.

He crossed his arms and said frankly, "Yes, I am from Azeroth."

Thranduil raised his eyebrows, his light blue eyes glowed brightly: "Should I say welcome?"

"If you want, I'm here even if you're not welcome." Hua Lai said provocatively.

Thranduil showed a rare magnanimous attitude towards the rare people of the same race from another world. He said, "Why did you come?"

"This was an accident." Hua Lai obviously didn't want to say more about it. "For the time being, I haven't found a way to go back. If I'm sure I can't go back, I will find a place to live in seclusion for the elderly."

"Oh? You look like you are old enough to retire." Thranduil said.

"As you said, if you have lived for thousands of years like me, maybe you will be in the mood to find a place to retire." No, it's just selling the youngest, who wouldn't.

The corner of Thranduil's mouth twitched, and he was sure that he was at odds with this person. Although his temper was a bit violent, it was not as good as this person's outspokenness.

Hua Lai was just outspoken, saying what he had to say.He has a straight temper and never likes to beat around the bush.In the past, colleagues often lamented why so many years of military life did not wear off the edges and corners of his body.

Hua Lai thinks that he has already lived for so long, and he doesn't know how long he will live. If he can't live himself, wouldn't he be depressed?

Perhaps it was his unmoderate attitude that allowed him to be supported by the war faction and rejected by the peace faction.

"Do you think Gloomy Forest is a suitable place for retirement?" Thranduil's head tilted slightly, and in the dim light, deep colors appeared in his light blue eyes.

Hua Lai was stunned for a moment, and cursed secretly, why is age so cute? !

Annoyed that he felt a little cute just now, Hua Lai said in a bad tone: "I was just passing by, who would be stupid to retire in this sickly place full of giant spiders?"

Thranduil keenly sensed the change in the other party's attitude. He touched his face, secretly wondering if he hadn't shown any intention of abducting this rare elf from another world back for collection.

Hua Lai raised his staff and walked past Thranduil, behind him the elf guards dutifully stopped him.

"Get out of the way." Wallace frowned.

It's a pity that the well-trained elf guards are not drunkards in the bar, and they are not afraid of Hua Lai's coercion.

Hua Lai turned around with a stern face, and said mockingly to Thranduil: "What? Could it be that your Mirkwood is a den of robbers, you are allowed in and not out?"

"Can I take this as an insult to me?" Thranduil narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Then what do you mean? Why do you stop people from leaving?" Hua Lai looked at him suspiciously.

"The Gloomy Forest is not a place where anyone can come and go as they please." Thranduil crossed his arms.

Hua Lai thought for a while, and suddenly realized, he reached out his hand to find a gold coin in the package, and flicked it at Thranduil: "If you want to charge the toll, you should have said it earlier!"

He has borrowed roads more than once in Azeroth, and the phenomenon of charging tolls at checkpoints is very common.Didn't expect the king of the dark forest to do it himself? !

Thranduil raised his hand to grasp the gold coin nimbly, he spread his palm, looking at the gold coin in his palm, he couldn't laugh or cry.

What kind of weird thought and behavior is this?

Wallace's staff stood on the ground, and said, "You have already paid the toll fee, so I can always let me go."

The elf guards looked at this elf from another world with very different neural circuits, and Thranduil spoke to them indifferently.The people standing in front of Hua Lai get out of the way, and Hua Lai walks away indifferently.

Thranduil looked at his back playfully, there was only Changhu Town across the forest, no matter whether he was going to settle there or visit, there would be a time to meet again.

"Looking forward to our next meeting, Wallace Bright Wing." Thranduil's mouth curved into an arc, and he looked down to appreciate the exquisite gold coins in his hand, "The future will last forever."

After Hua Lai walked away, he came across a team of several pairs of elf guards. It seemed that these elves were besieging the spiders in the forest.

Hua Lai didn't want to have any more disputes with these elves, so he avoided them cleverly and passed through this area.

The territory occupied by the spiders was not very large, which made Hua Lai less worried about the little squirrel, at least it would be worry-free if it migrated to a farther place to live.

The once majestic and tall castle in Dol Guldur has now become a ruined wall, but at this time it has become the center of the breeding of dark forces.

Asog, who was burned by Hualai with magic flames, groaned in pain, because the white orcs with magical properties cannot be treated with ordinary treatment methods, nor can they be healed with dark energy, they can only let the wound fester further.

Hua Lai's strength and mystery sounded the alarm to the White Orc, making him completely regard this mysterious man as a thorn in his side.

"Borg!" Asog roared, and a tall and strong orc appeared upon hearing the sound. "Go and investigate that person! We must dig out the details! This person will become a hidden danger. I want to completely eliminate him."

Borg, who had a ferocious appearance and was physically comparable to a white orc, let out a loud roar and hit his chest with his fist: "Don't worry! Chief, I will definitely tear him to pieces!"

"No!" Asog stared at Borg sharply: "No, you are not his opponent, remember I just want you to find out his details. To deal with him, you need more comprehensive arrangements and stronger forces. "

Borg looked at the leader unconvinced, with two eyes of very different colors showing disapproval.

"Listen! This is an order!" Asog sternly instructed: "You must be careful."

Borg reluctantly took the lead, and led a group of twenty orcs through the forest, chasing after the smell towards Hua Lai.

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After a long trek, Hua Lai finally walked out of the dark forest. The distance is generally not long, but because of the complex terrain in the forest, Hua Lai walked for a day before coming out.

After walking through the forest for a certain distance, a sparkling lake appeared immediately.

Hua Lai stood by the lake to enjoy the beautiful scenery, and vaguely saw the Changhu Town built on the lake.

When he saw Changhu Town for the first time, Hua Lai was surprised that it was built on the water. Before that, Hua Lai thought that the town was built on the lake.

The boats on the lake kept shuttling, and Hua Lai walked along the lake to Changhu Town.

This town is very prosperous, no, it can only be said that it used to be very prosperous.

Wallace's green eyes were hidden under the hood, carefully observing the traces of time passing on the wooden houses carved with exquisite patterns.

It can be seen that these houses were beautifully built when they were first built, but after many years, they couldn't even pay for the repairs, allowing the dull colors to replace the former brilliance.

It might be a coincidence if only one was like this, but almost all the houses in this town are like this.

It seems that something happened here decades ago that changed the pattern of the neighborhood.Wallace thought to himself.

The residents of Changhu Town looked at him curiously and vigilantly, but given his height and fair skin, people secretly speculated whether he was an elf.

Hua Lai secretly wondered in his heart, is this the honor of that proud guy?

He walked straight into a shop with wine barrels painted on the plaque at the door.

"Welcome." The owner of the hotel looked at the tall Hua Lai with bright eyes: "Guest, what wine do you want?"

"Glucose wine, the local specialty."

"Okay, customer." The boss never refuses door-to-door business, even if the customer seems a little mysterious.

Hua Lai looked at the wine bottle in front of him and frowned: "This is not what I want." He took out the wine he bought before from the package: "Do you have this kind of packaging?"

The boss said apologetically: "I'm sorry for the guest, this year's new wine has not yet come out."

I didn't expect that I couldn't buy wine when I got to the place of production, which made Hua Lai feel a little bad.

"Old wines from previous years are also fine." After all, stored wine is sometimes better than New Year's wine, and he is not picky.

The boss was even more apologetic: "All the high-quality wines produced locally are given priority to the elf territories in the dark forest, and there is no leftover."

hateful!Hua Lai gritted his teeth angrily, and Thranduil even wanted to make trouble with him when it came to fine wine.

The blood elf didn't want to return empty-handed, so he asked unwillingly, "When will your new wine be ready?"

"There is still a month." The boss gave the time without thinking.

"Hmph~" Hua Lai smiled with the corners of his mouth turned up, reached out and took out the purse inside the package, took out a ruby ​​that shone brightly and slapped it on the boss's table: "I'll take care of this year's premium new wine! "

The boss's eyes were almost blinded by the thumb-sized ruby. His mouth was dry and he was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly: "Okay! Guest. Ah? No..."

The boss blinked, thought for a while and said distressedly: "I'm sorry, guest. We have an agreement with the Elven Kingdom of Mirkwood, and we must provide a certain amount of fine wine every year."

Hua Lai was discouraged, and said unwillingly: "Then, besides this, how much premium wine is left?"

"Ten barrels." The boss said uncertainly, he could only speculate based on the production in previous years.

"Very good." Hua Lai took back the ruby, and took out a gold coin under the boss's regretful eyes: "This is the deposit, and I will stay in the hotel here during this period of time."