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#137 - Elf Kingdom

After landing, Liang Yue didn't linger in place for even a moment.

Twisting, spinning, and spreading his arms, his entire being instantly transformed into a spinning top.

The twin swords in his hands were like death-bringing wings, flashing with silver light, the air itself cleaved apart with ear-piercing shrieks.

“Puff~” “Puff~” “Puff~” “Sizzle~” ……

Wherever the sword light reached, severed limbs flew, and broken arms and blood splattered everywhere!

In the blink of an eye, the Warg mounts surrounding Liang Yue were all noticeably shorter, and the Orc riders on their backs were even more tragically dismembered on the spot.

In just two breaths, more than a dozen Warg riders and their mounts were cut down by Liang Yue.

This battle record not only caused the surrounding Orcs' morale to plummet, unconsciously halting their advance, but also caused them to avoid the area where he was active.

Even the dwarves in the rear were dumbfounded, deeply moved, and remained somewhat dazed for a long while.

“Everyone, come this way! Fools! Hurry!”

Just then, Gandalf reappeared behind them, right below the large rock where they were surrounded by Orcs, shouting loudly.

Thorin, the dwarf prince, heard this and immediately looked back, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes, but he still immediately directed the others to retreat towards Gandalf's direction.

Liang Yue didn't become greedy for merit and advance rashly at this time, because he knew that now was not the time for him to display his killing prowess, and besides, he could already hear the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind the hill not far away.

If he guessed correctly, the newcomers should be the Elven cavalry!

“Woo~ ~ ~”

Sure enough, just as Liang Yue was covering Thorin and was the last one to jump into the passage below the rock, a long horn suddenly sounded on the grassland.

Immediately afterward, the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of hacking and killing, and the whistling sound of arrows piercing through the air all rang out.

Just then, an Orc corpse suddenly rolled down from above the passage, with a delicate arrow feather stuck in its temple.

If Liang Yue wasn't mistaken, this kind of arrow should be exactly the same as the arrows he had bought from the black market in the town before, all made by the Elves.

However, Thorin was obviously more aware of the origin of this kind of thing than he was.

So, almost as soon as he saw the appearance of this arrow, he looked at Gandalf to the side, with a hint of displeasure in his expression.

“There's a passage here, it's not clear where it leads, should we go through?”

Just then, a dwarf warrior beside him discovered a path in the depths of the passage, so he shouted to the others.

In the end, after a silent dispute and mental struggle, Thorin still chose to compromise, wearing a sullen face, and led the team into the passage.

After passing through a rugged crevice, in about a quarter of an hour, the front of the passage suddenly became open and bright.

Immediately afterward, everyone reached the end of the passage.

A steep stone cliff appeared before them, and at the other end of the line of sight, a fairyland-like building was located on the opposite side of the canyon.

Just as Liang Yue had thought before, the building complex was built against the cliff face, waterfalls cascading down from the top of the mountain, dividing into several clear streams, flowing through the building, and finally merging into the river valley below the stone cliff.

The setting sun in the sky was shining obliquely from afar, casting a layer of orange afterglow here.

Everything seemed like a dream, so beautiful that it felt somewhat unreal.

Thorin slammed his weapon heavily on the ground at this time, the look in his eyes towards the building carrying a bit of resentment, and the dwarves behind him were the same.

Only the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, because he saw the appearance of the Elven Kingdom for the first time, was immediately shocked and yearned for beautiful things.

Of course, Liang Yue on the side was not much better off.

When he came back to his senses a little, he immediately took out the fully automatic camera from the storage space, held it in his hand, and took a burst of frantic shots of the distant building complex.

Later on, this guy even began to directly command the spherical camera to fly into the sky.

Overhead shots, side shots, upward views, etc., recording the scenes of the Elven Kingdom from various angles.

“Imladris Valley~ That is, what ordinary people call… the Elven Kingdom, Rivendell, this is the last refuge of the Eastern Great Sea.”

Gandalf slowly appeared behind everyone at this time, introducing them in a cadence.

“You've been planning all along to lead us here, do you want us dwarves to seek refuge from our enemies? Gandalf!”

Thorin turned around at this time, his eyes staring at the old wizard as he questioned him.

Thorin's originally tough face suddenly turned into helplessness upon hearing this.

Seeing this, the old wizard immediately continued to persuade him.

“To succeed in this matter, we need to use some tactics, such as politeness, and the courage to put down grudges~ Thorin, so let me handle this matter for now.”

……

After the two reached an agreement, they led everyone along the path on the hillside on one side of the valley, towards the Elven Kingdom.

They were not in a hurry along the way, and it was not until sunset that they finally crossed a narrow stone bridge and arrived at the main entrance of the Elven Kingdom.

As the race with the most prideful nature in Middle-earth, claiming to be the epitome of elegance and nobility, Liang Yue and others naturally could not rashly break into other people's territory at this time.

So, Gandalf led everyone to wait at the foot of the stone steps at the foot of the mountain.

After a moment, an Elf who was obviously in charge came out unhurriedly, and then affectionately called Gandalf Mithrandir.

Based on his understanding of the plot, Liang Yue naturally knew that Mithrandir was the old wizard's other name, and that the Elf was the steward of the Elven Kingdom's King Elrond.

However, this guy wasn't very interested in these things, while Gandalf stepped forward to exchange greetings and negotiate with him, he himself was still holding the spherical camera, taking pictures of the surrounding scenery with great interest.

The hobbit Bilbo was also beside him at this time, looking at the images on the display screen with curiosity and amazement on his face, occasionally gesturing with his fingers and asking Liang Yue questions.

“Woo~ ~ ~”

In just a moment, a melodious horn suddenly sounded from the opposite side of the stone bridge, followed by the rumbling sound of horses' hooves.

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a team of Elven knights rushing towards this side in a mighty manner.

……