Train to Another World.

Chapter 124 Return

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

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

Li Zhuoguang asked everyone to fill their storage bags with gold, and the rest was given to the people of the valley along with Gushan City.

Li Zhuoguang also informed the dwarves of this matter. The dwarves had no objection. They wanted to retake Lonely Mountain, and their fundamental purpose was to obtain the Arken Gem.

The Lonely Mountain Castle or something like that was not important at all. The dwarves could easily carve out a castle of this size when they were mining.

Although some dwarves hated Li Zhuoguang, they generously gave Lonely Mountain to the people of the valley in exchange for Li Zhuoguang's return of the gemstone. Not only that, the dwarves also wrote to inform them that they welcomed the people of the valley to continue to learn skills in the dwarven kingdom.

Of course, all these things happened when the dwarves didn't know that Moria had been emptied by Li Zhuoguang.

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

So the Ringwraiths only took a few attempts to move all the finished mithril stored in Moria.

Xiong Facai knew some basic weapon-making skills. His wife had previously signed up for a weapon-making interest training class, which had a buy-one-get-three-free promotion, so Xiong Facai was able to take three free classes.

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

Soon, Ariana collected dozens of mithril arrows. After testing, she found that mithril was much stronger than ordinary metals. At least in Ariana's hands, the mithril arrows could hit whatever they were pointed at within 200 meters.

Any farther away would be affected by the wind, but Ariana was already very satisfied with this accuracy. However, the mithril was limited, and Xiong Facai used up all the mithril stocks in Moria, and only managed to refine about a thousand arrows.

After Aliana thanked Xiong Facai, she put all the arrows into the storage bag. Li Zhuoguang stroked his chin. More than a thousand arrows were definitely enough for one person, but he knew that with Aliana's personality, 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 instead thought about what she could bring back to the tribe.

It seems that the method of straightening black gum vine still requires some attention.

After arranging everything, Li Zhuoguang and his companions prepared to leave. They did not specifically notify anyone 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 caught a glimpse of a dwarf crossbow at the corner of the terrace, and a nameplate was nailed on the handle of the dwarf crossbow.

Li Zhuoguang walked over curiously, looked at the peculiar-shaped crossbow, and read the words on the nameplate:
"In memory of the River Valley Guards who have passed 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 where the winch of the elevator was placed. Where is the old man who used to guard the elevator?"

Wei Changfeng said with some shame: "It was my fault for not defending the city well, so there were casualties."

Li Zhuoguang recalled that when he returned to Gushan, he did not see the people in the valley with a sad look on their faces, so he asked again: "How many casualties were there?"

"one person."

"That old man?" "Yes."

"Where's his family?"

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 valley, then according to his age, he should be one of the people who fled to Changhu Town together."

Xiong Facai shook his head and added: "We 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 member of the River Valley City Guard. When he was in Long Lake Town, he spent most of the day guarding the bell tower, so everyone called him the Watcher.

"I see. I didn't see any grave outside the city when I came back. Where is he buried?"

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

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 I do, so let them be.”

The group returned to the Shire by crossing the Misty Mountains just as they had come. However, the good thing this time was that the orcs on the continent seemed to have disappeared.

The Misty Mountains, which used to require groups to cross, can now be safely crossed even by solo travelers.

After leaving Gushan, everyone found that Wang Shuyun was hanging behind them, but no one paid attention to her because everyone knew that with her leg strength, she could not keep up with everyone's pace.

Sure enough, when crossing the Misty Mountains, after jumping over an open rift valley, they no longer heard any 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. Ten years later, King Elrond's biological daughter returned to Middle-earth, and the adoptive father became father-in-law.

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

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

"That was a mail armor 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 ever need it."

After 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 very likely ordered by Thranduil for Legolas. After all, he is the only elven prince in Middle-earth now."

Then he patted Bilbo's arm and turned to say goodbye to King Elrond.

Everyone declined King Elrond's suggestion to stay for a few days and set out on the return journey. However, when they left, Ariana had a large bag of fruit in her hands.

(End of this chapter)