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#151 - Giant Eagle Clan

“Arwen ~ It's you! Oh ~ my dear lady ~”

“It's good to see you, Gandalf.”

“I'm also very happy that you could come, but ~ how did you come here? Are you alone?”

“I'm alone, but as you just saw, Gandalf, I can protect myself ~”

“Your skills are indeed very good, Arwen, but it's too dangerous. Answer me, what are you doing here?”

“That day ~ I heard you were going to slay a dragon, and also help the dwarves reclaim the Lonely Mountain, so I followed along.”

“Slaying a dragon? This is not something you should be involved in. Does Elrond know about this? Don't tell me you're hiding it from him and sneaking out on your own. If that's the case, I'll have to send you back to Rivendell.”

“I already obtained my father's consent for this matter ~”

“Elrond ~ agreed? Hmm... What about Queen Galadriel ~?”

“Nothing can be hidden from my grandmother, can it?”

“Hmm ~ indeed. It seems they really did agree to you coming, but if you really want to participate in dragon slaying...”

...

After the battle ended, when the elven woman walked towards the crowd, the old wizard Gandalf immediately went to greet her.

Then he pulled her aside and mumbled for a while before the two of them returned to the crowd.

“Let me introduce you all. This is Miss Arwen, the biological daughter of King Elrond, the granddaughter of Queen Galadriel, and Her Royal Highness the Princess of Rivendell.”

“Wow ~ Greetings, noble elven lady.”

“Thank you for your rescue just now, Princess!”

“It's an honor to meet you, Princess ~”

“Hello, madam, I think we've met before in Rivendell.”

...

Watching the group of dwarves and the hobbit's flustered greetings, Liang Yue's heart was filled with murmurs.

Regarding the identity of this elven woman, he had easily made a judgment the moment he saw her appearance in Rivendell before.

But that's not the point. As a princess of the elves, it's normal for her to be in the elven kingdom. Now, her sudden appearance in this wilderness that's neither here nor there is what's worth noting.

“Could it be that the elven kingdom has started offering free shipping now?”

After thinking for a while, Liang Yue quickly remembered the only connection between himself and the elves.

That is, when he took out those bows and arrows from his storage space in Rivendell, King Elrond had promised to return double the brand new goods to him.

As a result, because they were in too much of a hurry before, the group hurriedly left the elven kingdom at dawn the next day under Thorin's urging.

That batch of double bows and arrows naturally hadn't had time to ask for them ~

Just as Liang Yue was thinking wildly in his unreliable way, Gandalf directly answered this question for everyone.

“... Arwen's purpose this time is to, um ~ travel with us, and she also wants to witness the great wish of dragon slaying that a certain knight made before!”

Speaking of this, the old wizard suddenly rolled his eyes and stared straight at Liang Yue, continuing.

“Liang Yue, Miss Arwen will need you to take care of her on the road ahead.”

After speaking, Gandalf ignored the dumbfounded Liang Yue and the others next to him, signaled with his eyes, and then walked to Thorin's side to talk in private.

“Gandalf, isn't your decision a bit too hasty?”

Thorin turned his head at this time, looked at the elven woman who had already walked in front of Liang Yue, and said with some dissatisfaction.

“I don't see where the good is in letting the elves participate in our dwarves' operation to reclaim the Lonely Mountain!”

Thorin heard this, and immediately paused the weapon in his hand with some anger.

“You should have let go of your prejudices long ago, Thorin, at least you should have let go when you came out of Rivendell. You should have already seen that King Elrond has no prejudice against you dwarves.

Moreover, Queen Galadriel had already expressed to me in secret that she would support the dwarves' action this time. The only one who really has a conflict with you is King Thranduil of Mirkwood.

That's what you should be considering, and ~”

Speaking of this, Gandalf suddenly paused, gently exhaled a smoke ring, his eyes seemed a little ethereal and continued.

“Moreover, I may be leaving for a while next.”

“You're leaving? Why?”

Hearing the other party's words, Thorin was immediately a little surprised.

“It's about the One Ring that Liang Yue obtained. That's no longer just a matter for your dwarves. It concerns the fate of all living beings in Middle-earth.

I need to quickly convey the news of the One Ring's birth to many people. In addition, I have to personally go to Dol Guldur to check the abandoned castle.

Radagast the Brown has been there before, but the information he brought back is limited and cannot be trusted by Saruman the White.”

Speaking of which, the old wizard's face suddenly filled with melancholy and emotion.

Thorin, after hearing his words, didn't refute any further, but nodded with a solemn expression.

… …

"You're so dirty~!"

Arriving in front of Liang Yue, Arwen subconsciously wrinkled her nose, then took a step back with some disgust, looking at the armor on this guy's body, the surface of which had already congealed with blood scabs, the remaining minced meat, and the strange smell it emitted, she said.

"There's no way around it! When we went to sleep last night, we fell directly into the goblin's nest, and we didn't break out of there until this afternoon, and we haven't run far yet.

In the evening, the Orc cavalry caught up, and the battle has continued until now, with no time to clean up."

Liang Yue heard this, helplessly spread his hands, and said with a wry smile.

Actually, in his heart, he also hated his own armor very much, but he also knew that he needed to adapt to this dirty life.

In the future, when he goes to more worlds, he will definitely encounter worse situations than now.

After hearing his words, Arwen in front of him nodded in understanding, but still kept her distance from him… …

"By the way, are you really coming with us to the Lonely Mountain?"

"Yes, mainly I want to see the dragon Smaug, if I can get rid of it, then my name will spread throughout Middle-earth.

For this, I have also prepared a lot of things to deal with it!"

"You don't need to slay a dragon, your name can still spread throughout the world~"

"Why?"

"Because you are an Elven Princess~"

"Humph, I don't want that kind of fame!"

… …

"Kree~ ~! !"

Just at this moment, a thought-provoking cry of an eagle suddenly came from the distant sky.

Immediately afterwards, Gandalf trotted all the way to the edge of the cliff, waving the staff in his hand, and a ray of light suddenly rose from the top of the staff, just like fireworks, guiding something.

After a while, accompanied by the sound of flapping wings, a large amount of dust rose from the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a group of more than a dozen giant eagles slowly landed on the cliff.

"Come on~! We are going to ride the giant eagles for a while! Hahahahaha~"

Gandalf climbed onto the back of a giant eagle at this time, laughing and shouting at them.

When everyone saw this, they also quickly walked over, and when they looked at the group of raptors, their faces unconsciously showed a look of amazement.

Liang Yue, on the other hand, came to the previous battlefield, put away the body of the White Wolf King, and then climbed onto the back of the giant eagle where Gandalf was.

The Elven Princess Arwen was also on it at this time, and when she saw herself coming up, this woman also subconsciously covered her nose and moved back.

Seeing this, Liang Yue had no choice but to secretly move his mind and put the armor on his body back into the storage space, only wearing the big red lining.

This finally won the other party's understanding… …

"Kree~ ~ ~!"

After another cry, everyone was carried by the giant eagles into the high sky.

It was only a little over an hour before nightfall, it was the dead of night, and it was dark all around, and nothing could be seen.

Unconsciously, a sense of lack of security will arise from the bottom of my heart.

Fortunately, the flight of the giant eagle is relatively stable, so it will not throw people down.

"Gandalf, how about I make a deal with you?"

"Heh heh heh heh~ Just say what you want, Liang Yue, you shouldn't be such a hesitant person."

"Cough~ Well, can you get me a few giant eagles like this? Even chicks will do!"

"Oh? What do you want giant eagles for? Do you simply want to use them as transportation?"

"Yes, flying in the air like this, the efficiency of traveling is much higher than walking on the ground!"

"I'm very sorry Liang Yue, the giant eagles are my friends, I can't give their children away to people, besides~ cough, if you want to raise giant eagle chicks, you must first have a vast enough territory."

"Naturally, there is no need to worry about this, I have an independent world as a logistics base~"

"Independent world?"

"Yes, an independent world that belongs to me alone, the sky, the ocean, the land, there is plenty of room for giant eagles to grow, and unless it is necessary, I usually prefer to walk myself."

"Hmm~ If your words are true enough, then it is worth considering."

"So can you get me giant eagles or not?"

"If it's just giant eagle chicks, it's not impossible, you may not be very clear, how difficult it is for the descendants of the eagle family to grow up.

From the moment they are born, they have to face cruel competition. In a nest of eagle eggs, from hatching to growing up, there will definitely be no more than two that can truly become adults!

In the process of growing up, chicks will continue to be eliminated, either dying from the sneak attacks of other creatures, or being pushed out of the nest by their own siblings.

And these giant eagles also have to face such choices, but~ Liang Yue, how can I believe that what you just said is true?"