Chapter 337 The Long Sigh of Life
Under Levi's persuasion, Bayin did not hesitate too much and soon chose to retire from the position of Chief Archon of Rovanian and the Valley Region and live a leisurely retirement life.
His successor was Brand, who had already achieved some success and prestige.
When taking office, Brand drew out the Dragon Flame Bone Blood Sword passed down from his father Bain and placed it in front of him.
He delivered his oath of office:
"I swear in the name of Levi, Lord of the North, the supreme leader of the Free Cities and the leader of the northern people, that I will manage this territory with all my heart until I lose my power, or the supreme leader or even the people of the territory think that I am unable to take on this responsibility."
The oath was established and the leader recognized it.
From then on, every regional governor had to take an oath when taking office.
In contrast, a new family was officially established.
It is represented by Bard and also named after Bard, so people call it the Archon Family or the Bard Family.
This family has the blood of the old River Valley City, and the characteristics of this blood allow them to directly understand the words of the thrush.
Even the dwarves who had experience in taming thrushes were unable to do this. If they wanted to get any information from the thrushes, they had to ask the ravens, which could speak human language, to translate it.
Well...this is all the uniqueness of the human bloodline in Old River Valley City.
A little bit special, but not much.
But it can't be said to be useless.
Bain did not react too much to Brand's action. He just nodded slightly and appeared quite calm.
Brand has also grown up enough to shoulder the future of a family and is capable of managing the affairs of a large area.
Just as he said, he will manage this land diligently until he loses his power or becomes unworthy of the position.
but…
Levi looked at this family and sighed with emotion.
To other races, humans are always fickle because they iterate too quickly.
But this family of three generations, from Bud to Brand, are all outstanding talents, both literary and martial.
It is not common to see several generations growing up so positively.
And it can be expected that in such a family environment, with many elders teaching by example, it would be difficult for little Bud to go astray.
Time flies.
Ever since Brand took over many matters here, it was visibly that Levi's frequency of coming to River Valley City had increased.
As if he thought he was undergoing some kind of examination, Brand handled everything impeccably during this period.
But obviously, Levi had no intention of considering anything.
He simply wanted to come and see Bayin, and wanted to see more of this younger generation who was his contemporary, that was all.
Look more, you will always be one step ahead of him...
"I will also face my own dark night first, uncle."
life.
One night, Levi came to the familiar little house again.
Baine was sitting on the steps at the door of the house.
The old man couldn't help but look up at the complex starry sky, looking at the brightest star of hope among them.
After looking for a long time, he turned around and walked into the house to look at Levi, then looked at the empty chair opposite Levi that had not been touched for a long time.
That was all he wanted to do before reaching the finish line.
From then on, there was an empty chair in the room.
And it's always empty.
Brand is always busy with various affairs.
He didn't know what was so special about this little house that could make his grandfather and father give up living in the huge palace and come here frequently to drink tea in such a small place.
I just heard that - I heard that when the palace at the highest point of Valley City was still in a dilapidated state and had not been repaired, my grandfather Bard lived here, and my father also lived here for a period of time.
Maybe it's because of nostalgia that they usually like to come here.
But this nostalgia was only passed down for one generation, and it was not so deep when it came to Brand.
However, if Brand suddenly had the urge to come and take a look at this room one day, he might find a slightly lonely figure sitting in a chair by the window next to the table, quietly making tea for himself.
Opposite him and on the other side of the table were two empty chairs.
In 3007, Bain died.
The memories of the old friends remain in his mind and settle quietly. Levi is commemorating everything in his own way, and he will commemorate it forever and never forget it.
Sometimes he couldn't help but think of Elrond.
Did this elf feel the same way when he saw his relatives and friends, whom he had treated with all his heart, and their descendants passing away one after another?
Shaking his head, Levi let out a long sigh.
The sound was particularly obvious in the empty house.
The next year, the huge figure who was always thinking on the rock in Karl Town also disappeared, and the solid and smooth rock became a little empty.
Beorn also left.
Elected by the townspeople, his son Grimbeorn, also a skinchanger, took over the position of mayor of Carr Town and also became the new patriarch of the Beorn clan.
Levi was also familiar with the child, as he was present when Beorn held a banquet to celebrate the birth of his son.
And he held the child in his arms.
But he definitely can't be hugged now, because due to blood inheritance, Beorn's direct descendants are all very tall, each one is a little giant.
Take Beorn as an example. His height in human form is over two meters four, and when he turns into a bear, the height will be much higher.
Although his son is not as tall as him, he is also two meters tall.
It is foreseeable that as the bloodline of Beorn's descendants becomes diluted, this number will become smaller and smaller, and the power of the subsequent skin-changers will become weaker and weaker.
Perhaps after a long period of reproduction and bloodline dilution in the future, this family will completely lose the ability to transform and become a most ordinary human group - at most, they will generally be taller and slightly stronger.
…
"We found some solid clues."
In 3008, Gandalf passed by the roadside castle again and told him his discovery.
Since there has been no progress in gathering intelligence about Gollum in the past few years, and Levi had shown him the ancient evil things on the snowfields north of Angmar, he has put the search for Gollum further down the priority list.
A few years ago, after simply asking Aragorn to keep an eye on the relevant news, Gandalf turned his attention to studying things on the snowy plains of the northern wastes.
But obviously, he didn't come here for this matter this time.
"What clues?" Levi asked.
"Gollum has been active around Mordor recently, going in and coming out again, and then going back in with something."
"It's very strange, but at least it's certain that he is still free. He has not been captured by anyone, nor has he fallen into the hands of the enemy."
Gandalf thought, "But his situation is too dangerous. If he keeps wandering around Mordor every day, something bad will happen to him sooner or later."
"In response to this situation, we plan to restart the hunt for Gulu."
Hearing this, Levi glanced at this guy.
As if Gollum was safe when he wasn't near Mordor.
It seems that he will be caught no matter where he goes.
However, the results of being captured by Mordor and being captured by a ranger would definitely be different. At least the latter would not abuse him. At most, he would be locked up and kept under observation, and would be brought out from time to time to interrogate him for some information.
"I also know something about Gollum."
After thinking about it, Levi said, "I'll go too."
(End of this chapter)
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