Train to Another World.

Chapter 106: The Ring Guardian Team
Seeing that the tension was growing, King Elrond stepped in to smooth things over.

"Remember our deal?"

Li Zhuoguang replied, "Of course I remember, as long as you can bring me what I want. The Arkenstone, the White Sapphire Necklace, the One Ring, or a quarter of the Lonely Mountain's treasure. You can choose any one of them."

King Elrond said in a negotiating tone: "The fight against the dark forces is imminent. We have witnessed the resurrection of Sauron. But we have an appointment first, so I discussed it with Galadriel and came up with a plan.

We will form a team to take the One Ring to destroy Mount Doom. We will also take back what you want."

"If you throw the ring into Mount Doom and come back on your own, what should I do?" Li Zhuoguang still trusts the character of King Elrond, but there are bad guys in the team.

King Ailon seemed to have anticipated Li Zhuoguang's question and took out two scrolls from his arms. One was made of gold and the other was made of silver. They looked rough and ancient.

King Elrond slowly unfolded the scroll, and Li Zhuoguang discovered that the scroll was made of two huge leaves. Although the leaves were withered, they still flickered with a little light.

The agreement was written in Western language on the leaf, and the contents of the two agreements were roughly the same. As long as Li Zhuoguang could hand over the ring to the White Council to be destroyed, the elves of Rivendell and Lórien would do their best to find what Li Zhuoguang wanted.

Even if it's a fight to the last soldier.

Li Zhuoguang took the scroll and suddenly remembered something: "Could it be that this scroll is used for..."

"Among all the things created by Yavanna, the Two Sacred Trees are the most famous. All the legends of the ancient times are woven around their fate.

The two sacred trees are Telperion, the silver male tree, and Laurelin, the golden female tree.

This is the only sacred leaf we have left, taken from the Twin Trees. The contract written on the sacred leaf is the most solemn promise the elves can make."

"You guys?!" Li Zhuoguang was somewhat moved: "Just to fight against the dark forces, you put your own people and country on the line. Don't you know that the dark forces are also part of the Ainu's great movement?"

King Elrond answered: "The Music of the Ainu is not a predetermined destiny, but a happening of every moment. The forces of darkness are part of the Music, and so is our determination to resist evil.

The focus of a great piece of music is the process of performance, and the score is only a record of the performance. The many creatures in Middle-earth can do their best to influence how the score is written. "

Li Zhuoguang thought for a moment and said, "Since I already know what I want is at Mount Doom, I will not feel at ease unless I go and take a look at it myself."

King Elrond knew that Li Zhuoguang agreed to their plan, but he still said: "You can keep the One Ring along the way, but when you reach the foot of Mount Doom.

The One Ring must be given to Bilbo, and he will complete the final journey.

After all, the power of the ring will increase after it arrives at Mount Doom. According to the information you provided, we have confirmed that only the Hobbits can resist the influence of the ring. "

"Me?!" Bilbo was horrified. "You just brought me to Lonely Mountain as a guest, but you never told me to go to Mount Doom to destroy the devil's ring."

King Elrond comforted him, "Do you remember your ancestor Bandobras Took? When the orcs from the Misty Mountains invaded the northern Shire from the Gram Mountains, the Battle of Green began.

Bandobras charged at Chief Golf, the leader of the Orcs, and struck his head cleanly with his club. The huge head flew at least a hundred yards through the air before falling into a rabbit hole.

"...Gandalf has already told me this story."

"But even though you knew you would most likely die in dragon flames, you still chose to join Thorin's team."

"……Yes."

"Although your name is Baggins, you are a real Took, Bilbo. The first half of your journey was for treasure, but the second half can be for Middle-earth. This adventure has begun, but there is still a need for an end. Bilbo, my friend, the pen is in your hand."

Just as King Elrond said, Bilbo is a Took at heart. He was able to set out to take back the treasure of the dwarves, so now for Middle-earth, he has no reason to refuse.

Since Bilbo had agreed, King Elrond left him in the Lonely Mountain and left with Saruman. Before leaving, King Elrond deliberately left a step later than Saruman and asked Li Zhuoguang who came to see him off: "Why do you have hostility towards Saruman?"

Li Zhuoguang shrugged: "Remember the dried meat we ate just now? Maybe something that looks ordinary may be very valuable inside. The opposite is also true, maybe something that looks flawless on the outside may not be worth mentioning on the inside."

King Elrond looked at Saruman riding away thoughtfully. Wait, is he still making a pun to mock me for treating him to a bad meal? My vegetable and fruit platter is exquisitely cut, and the side dishes are elegant and beautiful. What's wrong with it? !
Because it concerns Middle-earth, the White Council cannot destroy the ring by itself, so it notified other major forces. Knowing that Li Zhuoguang's bounty is also at Mount Doom, other major forces immediately decided to send representatives to join the ring-guarding team. Destroying the Supreme Ring is a small matter, but completing the commission is a big matter.

Saruman was originally to be the representative of the White Council, but it is not known how Gandalf convinced the other three leaders, and in the end the vote was four to one in favor of Gandalf's candidate, a Dunedain named Estel, who was King Elrond's adopted son.

Li Zhuoguang certainly knew that this person called Estel, no, this child called Estel, was Aragorn. He was adopted by Elrond since he was a child, and at this point in time, he himself did not know that he was the son of Arathorn. At this point in time, he had just turned ten years old.

Li Zhuoguang certainly knew that Gandalf was very optimistic about Aragorn and wanted to nominate him as the king of Gondor. In Gondor, where the prime minister had been in power for many years, it was difficult to ascend the throne by bloodline alone.

So it is natural to participate in big events to gild yourself. But you should at least follow common sense when gilding yourself. People should do things according to their age. A kindergarten kid joining the research team of cutting-edge graphene science will not make people think he is awesome, but just too fake.

What can a ten-year-old kid do when he joins the team? Although Aragorn is extremely talented and can now knock Bilbo down with one hand, but...

Someone is at the bottom? That's fine.

The rulers of Rivendell and Lórien were heads of the White Council, so they did not send representatives. Thranduil came in person from the Kingdom of Mirdling.

Seeing that the Elf King of Mirkwood had personally come out, Gondor's Prime Minister Ecthelion II sent out his son Denethor, who was none other than Boromir in the original Fellowship of the Ring.

King Fingol of Rohan wanted his son Senger to join the team, but Senger refused due to his busy schedule. So Fingol had to randomly assign a marshal with outstanding achievements.

In fact, Senger, the elder brother, despised his father Deng for being a tyrant and had been at odds with his father since childhood.

When he came of age, he went to Gondor by himself and served under the Prime Minister of Gondor. Later, when there was no other heir in Rohan, he had no choice but to return to Rohan and inherit the throne reluctantly.

However, he hated his own old master, and he always used the language of Gondor during his reign, which caused him to be criticized a lot when he first ascended the throne. Fortunately, he did learn a lot from Gondor, and was regarded as a wise king by later generations.

Unfortunately, his son Théoden was controlled by Saruman soon after he succeeded to the throne, and almost destroyed Rohan. It was only after Gandalf, who had returned from the dead, intervened and saved the kingdom from collapse.

On the dwarf side, they originally nominated Ironfoot Dain, but he declined on the grounds that he had caught a cold. The dwarves looked at each other in bewilderment. This was the first time they heard that dwarves could catch a cold.

The second candidate was Thorin Oakenshield, who also refused due to poor health. The dwarves who were close to them knew that they simply did not want to see Li Zhuoguang. In the end, it was Groin who volunteered to join the Fellowship of the Ring.

Finally, there are Li Zhuoguang, Xiong Facai, Ariana and the Hobbit who was born with the Holy Ring - Bilbo Baggins.

Sixty years ahead of schedule, the Guardian of the Ring team was initially formed.

When Li Zhuoguang got the list, he felt that everything was fate: Frodo's uncle, Legolas' father, Boromir's father, Jinpi's father, and Aragorn himself.

Haha, it seems that Ilúvatar really likes to listen to this section in the great movement. Even if it is cancelled later, he will add this section to the front with a variation.

(End of this chapter)