Chapter 119 Suspicious White Robe
"You mean, the road you're going to build will cross the Black Forest, right?"
"Yes."
"Can."
Thranduil readily agreed and said:
"Whether it's our Elven Trail or the Old Forest Road further south, you can use it."
There are two ready-made roads in the Black Forest - the 'Elf Trail' and the 'Old Forest Road'.
The former is a path that leads directly from the Forest Gate to the Elf King's Palace. It originally extended to the eastern end of the forest. This road could pass through the entire forest and reach Lonely Mountain. However, due to the spread of the Long Swamp, the second half of the road was submerged and abandoned. Now only the first half leading to the palace can be used normally.
Gandalf had not walked this road for a long time and thought the second half of the road was still good, so he suggested Thorin to take this road, which indirectly led to the expedition team being captured.
Then again, the latter is an old and dilapidated road located on the south side of the Black Forest Mountains. It has been covered with trees due to long-term unused status, and there are often some dangerous creatures nearby, so it is not very safe.
"Actually, neither of these two roads is very smooth. I can provide some help if needed."
It is definitely a good thing if someone is willing to take the initiative to repair the road.
This kind of thing that is beneficial to both parties should definitely be supported.
In fact, Thranduil's attitude at this moment was already very clear. Not only did he allow this to happen, he was also willing to send people to do it.
Obviously very supportive.
But no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't guess Levi's real route.
"No, I don't use either of these two routes."
Levi shook his head and pointed out the straight line he had drawn on the map earlier.
“I want to build this road.”
"A new road?"
Thranduil looked at the map carefully.
"Across the Vales of Anduin and the Misty Mountains, and... is that the Trollwood?"
"Are you sure this road is really safe?"
Thranduil really wanted to remind his allies not to waste manpower and resources on meaningless things.
"Of course it's safe. I want to build it over the forest and make a 'sky road'."
When Levi described his idea, not only Thranduil, but also Gandalf beside him frowned.
They imagined a little bit about the "road" that Levi was talking about.
This is really hard to believe.
Thranduil looked at Gandalf and gave him a look.
Did you know that a long time ago?
Gandalf shook his head slowly and gave an excellent answer: I don't know.
"This road will have many up and down nodes. In the preliminary design, each node will have a road for carriages to go up and down and a road for people to walk."
Levi was still talking about his ideas.
Is this still Middle-earth?
Old Gandalf couldn't help stroking his beard. At this moment, he really wanted to tell Levi to go to Lindon to find an elf named Cirdan, and then let the elf build him a ship. When he got on the ship and sailed to Valinor, he could go there to find the "powerful ones (Valar)" to build this wonder.
This is not something that a human can make.
Thranduil also shook his head.
"This is ridiculous. By the time this road is built, even the elves will wither."
It means it's impossible.
"Is it really impossible?"
Levi stood up and changed into the title of [Wall Builder].
"Guess how long it took me to build the wall of Riverdale."
In front of the two of them, Levi held up three fingers.
"Less than three days."
"In fact, if it weren't for the lava layer and traps, this time could be discounted."
"You mean you're going to build this road yourself?"
Gandalf asked this question for Thranduil.
"Yeah, of course I'll be involved."
"That makes sense."
Gandalf's frown relaxed a little.
Based on Levi's construction ability, if he works on this task without sleep and all the time, this road... should be built within ten years.
"Does that make sense?"
Thranduil was a little confused after hearing this, wondering if the two people in front of him had drunk the water from the magic river.
"Are you conscious, Mithrandir?"
"Well, yes, thank you for your concern, I am sober."
Thranduil nodded. Now he was sure that he was the only normal elf at this table.
Levi smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, you don't need to worry about this matter at all, and you don't need to help with anything. Just leave everything to me."
"Now it's time to get back to the point. I want to build a road above the forest where this line crosses, so that we can directly see the sun and the moon."
"Was this allowed or denied?"
Thranduil glanced at Levi, stood up, and said helplessly: "Why not, my friend."
"It's up to you."
It was obvious that he didn't intend to spend any more time on this topic.
Let the allies do whatever they want.
In fact, with Levi's current reputation, Thranduil would basically have no objection as long as he didn't want to drill through the palace under his feet or do anything too outrageous.
"Then please open your eyes and prepare to see my masterpiece."
Levi replied.
"Then I look forward to your masterpiece."
"By the way, it's a rare occasion for you two to visit together. I have arranged a dinner party, and we can talk about other things then."
After saying this, Thranduil turned around and walked away slowly.
Levi looked at the king's back and suddenly said:
"Is he treating me like a child?"
Gandalf shrugged.
"I think so."
Levi took a deep breath.
Okay, you are old, don’t get angry with an old man.
Anyway, I got the construction permit.
The camp that the Pilgrimage Road passes through is not just the Woodland Kingdom, but also the territory of the Orcs.
But it doesn't matter, if we defeat the Orcs they will have no claim to the throne.
As soon as Thranduil left, Gandalf retracted his attention and continued to talk to Levi: "I think I need to remind you of what I said before about Saruman."
"Saruman, he is the most powerful among us (the wizards), and he is also very wise."
"If it's not necessary, I don't want to doubt him, but the content of his research and his recent behavior are indeed somewhat suspicious."
"oh?"
Levi showed some interest.
"Can you tell me what kind of suspicious method it is?"
Logically speaking, Saruman's defection should have happened decades later, so there would be nothing suspicious about it at this time.
Gandalf looked around and lowered his voice and said:
"Levi, I found out that he was researching something related to the ring. There are many notes in his library, all of which are about the research on the forging method of the 'Ring of Power'."
"Of course, he has a special status and serves the God of Craftsmen. It's not surprising that he has done some research on these things."
"But besides these, I found that he was still studying some magic, very strange magic. Even I find some of his notes difficult to understand. They give people a feeling of..."
evil.
Gandalf did not utter the word.
(End of this chapter)
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