Dragonborn from Lord of the Rings

Chapter 160 Meeting by Fate

"My dear Frodo!" exclaimed Gandalf, "as I have said before, hobbits are amazing creatures. You can learn all their ways in a month, but after a while After 100 years, they still have a way of surprising you when necessary. Even from you, I can hardly expect such an answer. Bilbo did not choose the wrong heir, although it hardly occurred to him that it would prove how much important."

Aragorn also smiled for the first time, and looked at Frodo with a softened look.

"But I still want to say, let's stop here tonight." Gandalf laughed: "You have heard too many truths and secrets beyond your imagination today, and you didn't have dinner, so you can't go on your way if you are hungry. .Everything will be discussed tomorrow morning."

Only then did Frodo see that it was quite dark outside, and that the stars were already bright.The singing of nightingales and owls chirped from time to time, and the earth became silent.

So Frodo screamed, jumped up from his chair, and hurriedly went to boil the water: "This is really rude, I haven't prepared dinner. Gandalf, you are right, no matter how important it is." No adventure without supper, that's not the Hobbit tradition."

Aragorn and Gandalf laughed together. "Not really," they said.

In the evening, Frodo and Gandalf talked in the living room for most of the night. They talked about many things, including anecdotes from various places, and the changes in Shire over the years.

Above all, Frodo is curious about the wizard's adventures through the years.

Gandalf picked up something he could tell him, while Aragorn listened quietly, keeping his affairs secret.

At last Frodo could bear it no longer, and fell asleep himself.Gandalf and Aragorn had just begun their conversation.

Frodo could hear a few words at first, but gradually his eyes closed and he fell into a deep sleep.

In the dream Frodo suddenly saw himself leaping over mountains and plains, through forests and rivers, and came to a mountain covered with fire and smoke.

That is Mount Orodruin in Eastern Mordor, also known as the Doomsday Volcano.

A phantom entwined with flames and shadows sprang out from the mountain, wrapped in bad wind and boundless terror, and attacked him, almost engulfing him.

Frodo screamed in terror.

At this moment, a figure jumped out from behind him, wrestling with the phantom.The eyes of this figure like a god of light emitted golden light, the roar in his mouth was like thunder, and the sword in his hand emitted blue and red flames, and the monstrous flames and shadows on the phantom were shattered by him.

"Quick, Frodo, throw the ring into the lava."

The figure in the light knocked the shadow down, and cried out to Frodo.

Frodo couldn't see him clearly, but in his ignorance, Frodo knew clearly that it was his companion.So he staggered into the doomsday rift.

It was a world full of fire and poisonous smoke.At the end of the long stone path is the boiling lava of Orodruin, with tongues of fire and thick smoke rolling up from time to time.

A voice sounded within Frodo.

"Let go, and you'll be free."

Frodo tore the necklace from his neck, and held it up to him tremblingly.That small golden ring seemed to possess unimaginable magic power, which made him hesitant and fascinated.

"No, this is my baby!"

A shrill, terrifying howl suddenly sounded!Frodo flung his eyes open, and the dream was gone.

Then he realized that the ring was tightly clutched in his hand.

"Morning."

In the living room, Gandalf and Aragorn seemed to have not slept all night.They said hello when they saw the little hobbit come out of the bedroom with cold sweat on his face.

"You don't look very well, dear Frodo." The wizard looked at his expression carefully, and said worriedly: "Have a glass of milk, I hope the hot fresh milk can make you feel better."

"Breakfast is on the table. My opinion is: If you don't want to be hungry, you'd better finish it as soon as possible, because we will be on the road in a while." Aragon said.

In fact, Frodo was not in the mood to eat at first, and the dream of last night was so clear and real, that the mournful howling kept echoing in his ears, as if heralding his end.It made him feel bad.

But Frodo was much more cheered up at the thought that he was about to start an adventure that belonged to him.He ate the breakfast prepared by someone who didn't know, it was some baked cakes and fresh milk.

Simple but hot enough. "I'm ready," he said aloud.

"These are your salutes, and I'll prepare them for you." Gandalf thoughtfully brought over a small package, which contained a few changes of clothes and a lot of handkerchiefs—ah, the wizard still remembers how sharp Bilbo was at the beginning. yelled that he forgot to bring his handkerchief.

"It's not too far. I mean, if we go well, we won't be too long on the road, and that's enough."

"Success?" Frodo keenly discovered the crisis hidden in the wizard's mouth.

"Didn't you listen to me last night?" The wizard began to take up his pointed hat and staff, his sword hung at his waist, and there was a little seriousness in his black eyes as bright as stars: "Frodo, when I leave In these years of Shire, the wild has become more dangerous. Malicious eyes have been lurking dangerously around this land. Even with the cleaning up of the vagrants and the guards of the Elpera Kingdom, these depraved guys still seem to be extinct. The endless weeds, the wind blows a little, and spreads again."

"Otherwise, why do you think I brought Aragorn here? He is the right-hand man who will escort us to the valley."

Looking at Aragorn, who had put on his cloak and sword again, Frodo nodded silently.Not so good news indeed, thought the hobbit.

This unpleasantness refers to the possibility of encountering danger on the road.But it seemed to Frodo that things might turn out differently than all expected.

He didn't know why he had this premonition, but since that dream last night, which was so real, Frodo felt vaguely that he had some sense of his fate.

As a matter of fact, when Frodo and the others were all ready and ready to go, there was a little difficulty.

"Where are you going, Mr. Frodo?"

Sam Gamgee looked in surprise at the master who was about to go on a long journey.He and old Gamgee were gardeners for the Baggins family in Bag End and had been helping the Baggins family in Bag End with their garden for decades.

Even since Frodo moved from Bag End to Buckland, loyal Sam still followed the old master and came to Buckland to help him take care of many things in life.

However, they don't live together.Instead a new little house was built by the river not far from Frodo's old house.

Also, Pippin and Merry stood with Sam in astonishment.Apparently, the little friends had come to play with Frodo early in the morning.After all, their relationship has always been good.

At that time, the sky was just dawning, and the lush canopy of the old forest in the east shone with a very beautiful green light in the morning light, and the Balanduin River in the west was tinkling, and some early birds were chirping and flying south. go.

"Ha, Frodo, Gandalf, and this unknown gentleman, are you going on a long journey?" Pippin, the troublemaker, jumped out excitedly from behind Sam, "I want to say, you are too It's not interesting enough, why don't you bring us?"

However, Merry noticed the 'dangerous' eyes of Gandalf and Aragorn behind Frodo, and couldn't help shrinking back, without speaking.

"Why did I forget you!" Gandalf recognized this troublemaker—the Tookers are more difficult to deal with than ordinary hobbits, and they will get into all kinds of troubles, among which Gandalf is deeply impressed. On the day of Bilbo's 111th birthday, these two stupid boys secretly ignited the fireworks that he brought, and everyone almost didn't get burned——

"It's none of your business, Pippin of Took! Merry of Brandybuck! And you, Sam Gamgee! Get out of the way, it's for your own good! Forget seeing Frodo Clean it up! No one will ask!"

Pippin, Merry, and Sam were taken aback by the stern look of the wizard they had not seen for so long.They are all friends of Frodo, and they also learned a lot about the Black Knight and the colorful city in the north from Frodo—of course, only what they can know.

Interested in the story between Frodo and the wizard.

But the development of history has obviously entered a new line.Frodo is a ring-bearer and is eligible to participate in the meeting that decides the fate of Middle-earth, but these members of the original Fellowship of the Ring team do not have this benefit.

However, at this moment, Sam Gamgee blurted out with great happiness: "Is it related to the ring?"

Gandalf and Aragorn frowned at the same time.

Frodo rubbed his little hands anxiously.He didn't tell his friends about the ring, but he always had the silver necklace around his neck, and it was hard to hide it from those close to him.And wouldn't anyone doubt the changes in him?

at the same time.

Bree.

This human town, located at the intersection of the East Avenue and the North Avenue, close to the southwest corner of the Chet Forest, has been one of the largest human gathering places in the north since ancient times.

The human beings here have brown hair, relatively short stature, but strong, optimistic and independent personality.They are rumored to have been the first inhabitants of the land, descended from the first Men who once roamed west of the Middle World.Only a few survived the wars of ancient times;
But when the kings came back across the sea, they found the Bree still, and when the memory of the old kings was buried in the grass, the Bree were still there.

And as Turka Arakano officially entered the north, eliminated and vigorously rectified the security of the roads in the north, the Bree region ushered in rapid development.

There are many humans, hobbits, and even dwarves living here.Some mountain people who are ruled by the silver king sometimes choose to settle here.Many travelers and merchants from the south will stop here, and some residents of the northern kingdom will also choose to pass through this place when they venture out, going to the deep valley in the south or the dwarven kingdom of Kazadum.

So, gradually, Bree and his surrounding villages of Archet, Coombe, and Stador became the most well-informed and prosperous areas in the north.

Prancing Horse Inn.

Liveliest pub in Bree.

Two extremely tall and muscular mysteries were hiding in the shadows in the corner compared to dwarves and hobbits, talking to each other.

They wore thick gray cloaks, which they did not take off even in the house.Therefore, no one could see their faces clearly, only that under the dim candlelight of the tavern, two rays of light, one black and one white, occasionally peeked out from their wide hoods.

"Even now, I'm going to say this: it's so unwise, and Father will be angry." said the person on the left of the table, "and people here are filled with too many gossips, which makes human beings here easy to fall. , I don't like it here."

But the one on the right said, "But it's part of being human, and we need to know about it."

"You dote on humans too much." Aratu said, showing a trace of dissatisfaction in the vertical golden pupils covered by magic tricks.

Noratu snorted twice, but did not refute his brother.

No one could understand the brothers because they spoke the very old Quenya language and their voices were so low.And whether it's their size or the swords they put at hand, it all shows that these two guys in cloaks are not easy to mess with.As a result, no one in the Great Leaping Horse Inn paid attention to the two princes who sneaked out.

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