Train to Another World.

Chapter 107 Departure
Now that the team had been finalized, Li Zhuoguang began to urge everyone to get on the road as quickly as possible.

Now that we know the location of the energy car, of course we should hurry there to avoid any accidents.

Because the One Ring is at Lonely Mountain, the other members all rushed to Lonely Mountain and set out from here.

But when representatives of multiple forces arrived at Gushan, Li Zhuoguang saw a familiar white figure.

Li Zhuoguang glanced at the other person and asked: "Why are you here? Are you here to say goodbye?"

Saruman came riding on a white horse with a thick bag hanging on it. He tightened the reins and said, "The candidate from Rohan cannot come, so I will take his place."

Li Zhuoguang secretly complained, just say it was you who did it. But since Saruman appeared here, it means he convinced the others.

However, Li Zhuoguang did not want his mission to go wrong. After all, for him, destroying the ring was just a side job, and the real task was to use the help of various major forces to conduct a carpet search of the Doomsday Volcano.

So Li Zhuoguang said, "Since my waist bag can block the influence of the One Ring, why don't we let the giant eagle take us to Mount Doom?"

Saruman refuted without emotion: "Because Sauron already knows that the ring is in your hands, and it is no secret that your team has the ability to fly, so now there are fire dragons and flying dragons patrolling near Mount Doom.

We can convince the Giant Eagles to use their flying abilities for transportation, but we cannot convince them to engage in war with Sauron."

Li Zhuoguang recalled that in the great war sixty years later, the giant eagle joined the battle under Gandalf's persuasion: "Gandalf can, why not let him try."

The blood vessels in Saruman's forehead throbbed violently: "...Neither can he."

"I think he can."

"We don't need to argue about this issue. Even if the giant eagles can participate in the battle, their number is too small. Our mission is to send the ring into Mount Doom and destroy it, but we are not the only ones participating in this mission.

Elf archers, Gondorian heavy swordsmen, Rohan cavalry, and dwarf engineers will also attack Mordor together. What we have to do is to sneak into Mount Doom under the cover of the large army.

Therefore, air transport is not advisable because it would be too conspicuous.”

"Oh, so that's how it is. Then, why don't you change this robe, Old Sa? The white one is too conspicuous. I think the gray one suits you very well."

Saruman gnashed his teeth and said, "I have my own way of hiding. Also, you are not allowed to call me Old Saruman."

"Okay, Xiaoza."

Saruman felt that if he spoke to him for a few more words he would be unable to resist smashing his dog's head with his staff, so he turned his horse and moved away from Li Zhuoguang.

Li Zhuoguang kept shouting from behind: "Trust me, Xiao Sa, the grey robe really suits you!"

Saruman squeezed his horse's belly and ran faster.

The team had to set off after all. Because of the flying ban, Li Zhuoguang and his team had to travel on horseback.

Li Zhuoguang leisurely hung at the end of the team, looking at the team in front. He found that the team that set out this time had the same number of people as the version in the original book.

Saruman is compared to Gandalf, Aragorn, who is ten years old this year, is compared to himself, who is eighty years old. Bilbo is compared to Frodo, Thranduil is compared to Legolas, Denethor is compared to Boromir, and Gloin is compared to Ginbolt.

Wait, so the three of us are competing against the Hobbit's little follower? Then, Li Zhuoguang looked at Huang Shiren on his shoulder and said, "So you are Gollum?"

Huang Shiren was happily chewing a piece of dried meat, but after hearing Li Zhuoguang's words, the dried meat in his hand no longer smelled good. He had seen Guru before, so he started to chirp and yell, cursing in a very unpleasant way.

Li Zhuoguang rubbed the weasel's head angrily and calmed it down.

Oh, and there’s Rohan. They had nothing to do with the Fellowship of the Ring in the original book, but this time, at least they provided horses.

Li Zhuoguang rode forward and saw Ariana and Thranduil walking side by side. Thranduil, who was a show-off, did not accept Rohan's good horse and rode his own bighorn deer. Ariana looked at Thranduil's armor that was polished to a shine, and then looked at her own leather armor, and said enviously: "Your armor is better looking than mine."

Thranduil turned around and asked Li Zhuoguang: "What is she talking about?"

"She complimented your armor on how nice it looked."

Thranduil smiled proudly and said, "I'll give you a... uh, a blueprint when we get back. You can just find the materials and make it yourself."

Thranduil was afraid that the armor he had given her would be torn up by her again, which would be very embarrassing for King Thranduil.

He only had a rough understanding last time, and now there was nothing to do on the road anyway, so with Li Zhuoguang translating, Thranduil asked a lot about Ariana's hometown.

When he learned that Ariana couldn't shoot accurately because of a problem with her bow, he asked to see Ariana's bow.

“Because military combat is different from individual combat, the Jungle Kingdom needs to stockpile a large amount of arrows.

There are very few woods whose grain and shape are well matched, so I invented a magic that can adjust the wood."

Thranduil said as he took out an arrow from Ariana's quiver, a faint white light flashing in his hand: "Just like this."

Li Zhuoguang and Ariana looked at the arrow in Thranduil's hand, and it didn't change at all.

"What kind?"

Thranduil also widened his eyes. Could it be that he hadn't made arrows for too long and his skills had become rusty?

But King Heser was not going to give up so easily. The white light in his hand became brighter, but the arrow still had no reaction.

Thranduil waved his hand, and a small and exquisite dagger appeared in his hand. He tapped the arrow lightly with the dagger, making a crisp "ding ding" sound.

"Metal? No." Thranduil turned the arrow over and looked at the tail. The tail did show the unique fiber texture of the cross-section of a vine.

Thranduil looked at Ariana in disbelief: "Does your metal grow out of the ground?"

Aliana shook her head and said, “Many plants in our area have become extinct, and those that have survived have all changed like this black gum vine.

Although their texture becomes like metal, they cannot be melted, and if you put them in the fire, they will burn like wood.

Hearing Ariana's words, Thranduil shook his head regretfully: "It seems that I can't help you."

But he took out a bundle of arrows from his bag and handed them to Ariana.

"The elves of the First Age liked to use arrows made of metal. I also kept this habit. This is my arrow. You may be able to use it."

Ariana took it happily and tried it immediately.

The arrow was nocked, the bow was drawn, and there was another explosion, which startled the rest of the team. Ariana's arrow pierced the rock wall in the distance and blew a large hole in the surface of the rock wall.

Li Zhuoguang and Thranduil could clearly see that the arrow's flight path was crooked, but Ariana still said happily: "It is much more useful than my arrows. I was the best archer in the tribe before, and now I am even better."

Thranduil smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It seems that only arrows made of mithril can allow you to fully display your talents."

Li Zhuoguang thought about the sea of ​​gold in the underground hall of Lonely Mountain, and asked Thranduil, "How much is the mithril in Middle-earth?"

(End of this chapter)