Infinity through different life

Chapter 405 Trading
In front of the huge stone gate of the palace is a river that runs through the dark forest, flows to the plain outside, and reaches the long lake.

A narrow stone bridge spans the river and connects the palace gate.

Xu Jing and Galadriel were in the forest across the bridge.

Around them, several people needed to hug the huge trees and knock them down in pieces, as if they were broken by human beings, clearing out a clearing.

In the forest around the clearing, on the trees or in the shadows, human figures flickered from time to time, and the wood elves drew their bows and arrows. Although they aimed at the evil dragon, they all panicked.

They never dreamed that there would be such a day when the terrifying Smaug came to the city. His huge size made every elf feel suffocated.

Xu Jing ignored the wood elves around him. He scanned the palace on the other side of the bridge with fascination, and found that Thranduil was coming, so he waited quietly.

Beside him, Galadriel stood quietly holding a wooden box with a white gemstone necklace with a helpless expression on his face.

After a while, the gate of the palace slowly opened with a buzzing sound, and Thranduil walked out with Legolas and the guards. His eyes were immediately attracted by the huge figure of Xu Jing across the river. Facts, but still shocking.

And the guards behind him were all in commotion, feeling panic in their hearts.

Legolas had already seen Xu Jing's power, but he was still calm. He looked at Galadriel, and then discovered the wooden box held in the latter's hand.

For elves with eternal life, hundreds of years are just an extremely short part of life. As the son of Thranduil, he naturally knows where the conflict between dwarves and them comes from.

Seeing the wooden box held by Galadriel, Legolas' eyes froze for a moment, and after realizing it, he quickly motioned to Thranduil.

Only then did Thranduil come back to his senses, turned to Galadriel, saw the wooden box held by the other party, his pupils shrank suddenly, and then a flash of comprehension and joy flashed across his face, he could no longer care about anything else, and strode towards the river Walked across.

Xu Jing observed Thranduil's expression clearly, and the latter obviously understood his purpose of coming.

Soon, Thranduil came before him, bowed slightly to them and said, "Smaug, King of the Mountain, Queen Galadriel."

Galadriel nodded in response, while Xu Jing snorted and said bluntly, "Thrandruy, I brought the treasure you want most. Do you want war or friendship?"

Galadriel winked at Thranduil, and then opened the wooden box, which was filled with white gems, and a star-studded silver-white necklace was placed in the center of the pile of gems.

Thranduy couldn't move his eyes away anymore. Looking at the necklace that was close at hand, his eyes showed the color of memory. After staring for a long time, he moved his eyes away, took a deep breath, and looked up at Xu Jing. Excitedly said: "What conditions do you have?"

He knew that the strengths of the two sides were not equal at all, and that Smaug was fully capable of destroying them. At this moment, he came with the treasure he wanted most, and it must not be unconditional. The friendship was just an accessory of this transaction between the two sides.

Xu Jing showed admiration in his eyes, and said frankly: "You have to exchange it with me for a treasure that is more valuable than this necklace, but as compensation, you can gain my friendship. In addition, Galadriel was a guest with me recently, and she The necessities of life need you to provide."

"can."

Thranduil showed surprise on his face, he didn't expect the condition to be so simple, so he simply agreed.

At the beginning, he asked the dwarves of Irubor to make this necklace, but the greedy dwarves actually raised the price after making it. It wasn't that he couldn't pay the reward, but he just couldn't swallow the breath, so he angrily chose to refuse, and the friendship between the two parties was thus proudce conflict.

What he didn't expect was that the dwarf went around spreading that he refused to pay the reward and wanted to rob him by force, constantly ruining his reputation.

As the noble elf king, Thranduil naturally disdains to argue with others, and the wood elves live in the dense forest and rarely deal with outsiders. Even if there are voices arguing for him, they are quickly drowned in gossip middle.

Through Dale, his bad reputation spread to all the dwarves, and to all the nations of men, even to the half-orcs of the Misty Mountains.

Thranduil still didn't have much excuses, and he didn't care what outsiders thought of him. Dwarves, humans, half-orcs, etc., these races were insignificant compared to the eternal life of elves, and all rumors and gossips would be drowned in the vast river of time sooner or later middle.

He was very patient, and could even wait until the day when the Iruber Kingdom fell. Sure enough, the dwarf king paid the price for his greed.

When Smaug destroyed the dwarf kingdom, he led the elven army to watch on the hillside not far from Erub. He knew the terror of the dragon better than the dwarves because he had experienced it during the War of Wrath. The battle with the dragon, and also saw the great power of Ankara.

Thranduil did not help. He knew that the strength of the Woodland Kingdom was not enough to contend with Smaug. Considering the overall situation, in order to prevent Smaug from directing his anger at the Woodland Kingdom, he did not help the exiled dwarves.

And so the dwarves went about preaching the treachery of the Elf-King, and they hated him and hated him, forgetting that it was they themselves who had first caused the rift between the twins.

Thranduil knew very well what kind of character a dwarf is, greedy, arrogant, blind, stubborn, ungrateful, and always distorting the truth, but he still didn't care about fame, what he cared about was the necklace of white stone starlight.

After Smaug occupied the Lonely Mountain, he did not despair, but chose to wait for the opportunity silently, waiting for the prophecy to come true. He believed that the treasure that belonged to him would return to his hands sooner or later.

When he heard about the change in Smaug's body and strength, he was still worried, but he never expected that everything was so simple.

He was very excited, and immediately gave an order, Legolas immediately took people to the treasure house, and quickly brought out a variety of treasures equivalent to the necklace.

"Dear Smaug, these treasures all belong to you. Are you satisfied?"

With a big wave of his hand, Thranduil gave away all these treasures generously. He was not such a money-grubbing elf as the dwarves said. He was unwilling to pay the dwarves more, but he just couldn't swallow that breath.

Xu Jing looked at the pile of treasures in front of him, which was far beyond the value of the necklace itself, but an inexplicable desire for more still arose in his heart. This was caused by Smaug's miser gene. He was not the original Smaug, and immediately suppressed this foolish thought, and showed satisfaction.

Thranduil was also very satisfied. He found that Smaug was not as cruel and evil as in the legend, and his greed was limited. He was much better than the dwarves.

In addition, he had great doubts about Galadriel appearing together. After thinking about it, he sent out an invitation to hold a grand banquet to entertain Xu Jing and Galadriel.

To this, Xu Jing readily agreed. He had not eaten for a long time. In the past, Smaug would eat anything when he was hungry, including elves, dwarves, humans, orcs, etc. He also liked to eat elven children the most. ……female.

But since he crossed over, although he instinctively desires to feed on intelligent creatures of various races, he still firmly prevents himself from indulging and sticks to principles.

Wood elves in the Woodland Kingdom usually hunted and ate meat. Naturally, Thranduy knew that Xu Jing was a carnivorous creature, so he immediately made arrangements.

(End of this chapter)