Train to Another World

After finding the energy carriage, the rest of the matter was easy. In the past few days, there were carriages from Gondor and Rohan rushing to Lonely Mountain, pulling carts of gold back to the country, and both countries received a quarter of the gold.

The dwarves got the Arkenstone, and Thranduil got the white gem necklace. As for the other two elf kings, they had no desire and refused the treasures of Lonely Mountain.

Li Zhuoguang asked everyone to fill the storage bags with gold, and the rest was given to the people of the valley together with the Lonely Mountain City.

Li Zhuoguang also informed the dwarves of this matter. The dwarves had no objection. They wanted to recapture the Lonely Mountain, and their fundamental purpose was to get the Arkenstone.

The castle of Lonely Mountain was not important at all. The dwarves could easily chisel out a castle of this size when they went down to mine.

Although a few dwarves hated Li Zhuoguang, the Lonely Mountain City was generously given to the people of the valley by the dwarves in consideration of Li Zhuoguang's return of the gem. Not only that, the dwarves also wrote to inform that they welcome the people of the valley to continue to learn skills in the dwarven kingdom.

Of course, these things happened when the dwarves did not know that Moria had been emptied by Li Zhuoguang.

Mithril is also light in weight, and the tunnels that the orcs used to raid the Lonely Mountain were dug all the way from Moria.

So the Ringwraiths only divided it a few times to move all the finished mithril stored in Moria.

Xiong Facai knows some superficial refining skills. His wife had signed up for a refining interest training class before. The training class had a buy one get three free discount, and Xiong Facai was able to take three free classes.

Although it is a problem to practice some practical magic weapons, it is not a problem to practice a single material into the shape of an arrow.

Soon, Ariana harvested dozens of mithril arrows. After trying it, the strength of mithril is indeed much better than that of ordinary metals. At least in Ariana's hands, the mithril arrows can hit whatever they point within 200 meters.

If it goes farther, it will be affected by the wind. However, Ariana is very satisfied with this accuracy. However, the mithril is limited. Xiong Facai has used up all the mithril in Moria and has only refined about a thousand arrows.

After Ariana thanked Xiong Facai, she put all of them into the storage bag. Li Zhuoguang stroked his chin. More than a thousand arrows are definitely enough for one person, but he knew that with Ariana's temperament, she would definitely share the arrows with other people in the tribe.

Li Zhuoguang observed that during the entire mission, she never showed what she wanted, but thought about what she could bring back to the tribe.

It seems that the method of straightening the black gum vine still needs to be paid attention to.

After arranging everything, Li Zhuoguang and his team were ready to leave. They did not specifically notify them that they were leaving. Just like when they suddenly broke into this world, they also planned to disappear suddenly.

As usual, everyone was about to jump off the city wall from the terrace. Li Zhuoguang suddenly saw a dwarf crossbow at the corner of the terrace, and a nameplate was nailed on the handle of the crossbow.

Li Zhuoguang walked over curiously, looked at the peculiar-shaped crossbow, and read the words on the plaque:

"In memory of the River Valley City Guards who have gone away, may their courage always inspire future generations."

Suddenly, Li Zhuoguang felt that something was missing, and asked Wei Changfeng: "I remember that this was originally the place where the elevator winch was placed. Where is the old man who was guarding the elevator?"

Wei Changfeng said with some shame: "It was my poor defense of the city that caused casualties."

Li Zhuoguang recalled that when he returned to Gushan, he did not see the sadness on the faces of the people in the River Valley, so he asked again: "How many casualties?"

"One person."

"Just that old man?"

"Yes."

"Where are his family members?"

Wei Changfeng replied: "He is alone, has no family, and no one even knows his name."

Li Zhuoguang was a little unconvinced: "How is this possible? Since he is from the River Valley, then according to his age, he should be one of the people who fled to Changhu Town together before."

Xiong Facai shook his head and added: "We I wanted to build a tombstone for him, but no one knew his name. None of the people who escaped with him knew him. He has no friends for so many years.

I only recently learned that he was a city guard of River Valley. When he was in Changhu Town, he spent most of the day guarding the bell tower, so everyone called him the Watcher. "

"So that's how it is. I didn't see a grave outside the city when I came back. Where is he buried?"

Xiong Facai scratched his scalp and said with some confusion: "I originally wanted to bury him outside the city, but those people in the valley insisted on burying him in the ruins of the old site of the valley. They said that if he was buried there, the deceased would feel comforted.

By the way, I remember they also mentioned that he was buried next to the watchtower of the Lord of the Valley, where the Lord of the Valley died.

I don't know what the deep meaning is, but the people of the valley should know their customs better than me, so let them do it. "

The group returned to the Shire by crossing the Misty Mountains as they came. But the good thing this time is that the orcs on the continent seem to have disappeared.

The Misty Mountains that used to require a group to cross can now be safely crossed even by a lone traveler.

After leaving the Lonely Mountain, everyone found Wang Shuyun hanging behind them, but no one cared about her, because everyone knew that with her strength, she could not keep up with everyone's pace.

As expected, when crossing the Misty Mountains, after everyone jumped over an open rift valley, they did not hear the heavy footsteps behind them.

When passing by Rivendell, Li Zhuoguang also went to see Bilbo and Aragorn.

As the adopted son of King Elrond, Aragorn lived in Rivendell. Then ten years later, King Elrond's biological daughter returned to Middle-earth, so the adopted father became the father-in-law.

Bilbo enjoyed life in Rivendell and planned to stay for a while before returning to the Shire.

"Oh, I almost forgot this. Next!" Li Zhuoguang took out a small chain mail from the storage bag and threw it to Bilbo.

"That was a chain mail that the elves ordered from the dwarves many years ago. It was made entirely of mithril. It was originally intended to be given to a young elven prince, but you know what happened later. It just so happens that your body shape is suitable, so I'll give it to you, although I doubt you will need it in the future."

After saying that, Li Zhuoguang took a few steps forward and whispered in Bilbo's ear: "Just wear it yourself, don't show off. Because I calculated with my fingers, this chain mail is likely to be ordered by Thranduil for Legolas, after all, he is the only elven prince in Middle-earth now."

After saying that, he patted Bilbo's arm and turned to say goodbye to King Elrond.

Everyone declined King Elrond's suggestion that they stay for a few days and set out on the road back again, but when they left, Ariana had another big bag of fruit in her hand.