"Good bow! Good arrow!"
Legolas couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, and seemed unable to let it go.
Lin Zhongtian reminded, “I’m telling you in advance, these two treasures are only lent to you. You’ll have to return them after you complete the mission—Okay, okay, okay, if you don’t want to return them, then don’t return them. I’ll give them to you. Hurry up and find a place to change into your armor!”
Looking at Lin Zhongtian whose expression suddenly changed in the middle of his words, Legolas was a little surprised, but he didn't dare to ask. He could only obediently walk into the dark forest next to him with his armor, preparing to change the prison uniform that he had not had time to take off.
After Legolas' figure disappeared in the forest, Lin Zhongtian casually set up a space barrier and looked at the blue butterflies flying around him.
"Are you satisfied now? Your music and my test have achieved two goals at once."
The blue butterfly fluttered happily around the forest sky and finally landed on his raised fingertips.
Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "I'm glad you're satisfied. Now hand over the mithril you promised me!"
Mithril is a precious magic metal and a native product of Middle-earth. It has extremely strong hardness and light weight. Forging and polishing cannot damage it or fade it. At the same time, it has strong metal ductility and good magic conductivity. Many famous weapons and magic props in Middle-earth are made of mithril, such as Nengya, one of the three rings of the elves, etc.
When Lin Zhongtian came to this world, the metal he wanted most was mithril.
Therefore, when Lin Zhongtian heard that Ilúvatar wanted to exchange his two treasures for mithril, he immediately agreed.
Although he didn't know why Ilúvatar proposed this deal that was meaningless to him, it would be a fool not to take advantage of the opportunity. Anyway, Lin Zhongtian had his future self as a backer, so he had the confidence to trade with him.
Hearing Lin Zhongtian's words, the blue butterfly flapped its wings and flew up, turning into a blue light and flying towards the Misty Mountains.
Lin Zhongtian raised his eyebrows, leaped up, and turned into a silver light following behind the blue light.
Soon, Legolas changed into his armor and walked out of the forest.
Just when he was about to say hello to Lin Zhongtian, he suddenly discovered that the suspected time traveler, or His Majesty the Vera who had read his memory, disappeared into the dark forest.
Legolas frowned and explored the dense forest cautiously with the alloy composite bow in hand.
Three minutes later, Legolas returned to the original place, looking at the alloy composite bow in his hand and sighing softly.
"It seems that His Majesty has left. Do I have to walk the rest of the way alone?"
Thinking of this, Legolas showed determination on his face. After identifying the direction, he took a step forward and walked towards the Forest River.
While on the journey, Legolas began to recall the plot related to the mission objective.
In the year 1980 of the Third Age of Middle-earth, the dwarf clan of Durin, who had lived in Khazad-dûm for generations, over-exploited mines, disturbed the terrible threat lurking underground, and awakened the Balrog sleeping in the Misty Mountains.
This powerful being, who had been sleeping for a thousand years, killed Durin VI, the Dwarf King of Khazad-dûm, as soon as he woke up, causing great damage to Khazad-dûm and causing countless dwarves to lose their lives.
The remaining dwarves were forced to withdraw from Khazad-dûm. One group of them went to the Lonely Mountain and rebuilt their kingdom with the help of the woodland elves. This kingdom became known as the Kingdom Under the Mountain. The Dwarf King Thrain I was therefore called the "King Under the Mountain".
At this point, the Dwarves of Durin in the Lonely Mountain and the Woodland Elves in the Mirkwood in the north formed a deep friendship, and the two sides often traded with each other. However, the good times did not last long. With the mining of the Lonely Mountain, the name of Erebor's richness spread widely, and the then Dwarf King Thror I was devoured by the growing prosperity of money and treasure, and gradually became a slave to treasure and gold.
Until one day, the Elf King Thranduil commissioned a dwarf craftsman to make a precious white diamond necklace for his deceased wife, but when it was delivered, the craftsman left in anger because of Thror's greedy asking price. The white diamond necklace was also detained by the greedy Thror in the city of Erebor under the mountain. The relationship between the Woodland Elves and the Dwarves of Durin broke down completely.
Later, the wealth of Erebor attracted the evil dragon Smaug, who was coveting its wealth. In 2770 of the Third Age, Smaug first destroyed the city of Dale located in the valley south of the Lonely Mountain, and then captured the Lonely Mountain Erebor. The dwarves failed to defend themselves and had to wander around. Erebor fell for nearly two hundred years.
It was not until 2941 of the Third Age that Thorin Oakenshield, son of Thráin II and legitimate heir to King Durin and the King under the Mountain, brought twelve dwarf companions, the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and the Grey Wizard Gandalf to recapture the Lonely Mountain, and Erebor was once again in the hands of the dwarves.
The series of stories that happened during this period constitute the entire plot of "The Hobbit" trilogy.
Legolas thought for a moment and decided not to act with the protagonists.
He planned to go to Lonely Mountain alone, use the artifact given to him by His Majesty the Valar to slay the dragon, and take back his father's white diamond necklace. In this way, he might be able to complete the test and gain the forgiveness of his father, Thranduil.
Legolas had good intentions, but unfortunately, this is a world where fate exists.
But fate obviously won't let him do what he wants...
…
On the other side, Lin Zhongtian followed the blue butterfly and hovered above the Misty Mountains. His vision quickly expanded, and he soon discovered a huge mithril vein in the mountain below his feet.
Not bad, generous enough!
Lin Zhongtian showed a satisfied expression on his face and took out a crystal ball, intending to put the mineral vein into it.
Along with bursts of roars, a huge crack appeared in the rolling misty mountains, countless smoke and dust rose up, and the loose earth and rocks rolled down together with the trees rooted in the soil, making bursts of roars like the roar of a giant dragon.
Immediately afterwards, bright silver mithril veins squeezed out from the huge cracks in the mountain, like a giant silver silkworm, turning into a stream of light and sinking into the crystal ball in Lin Zhongtian's palm.
Finished the job!
Lin Zhongtian put away the crystal ball and was about to leave when he suddenly heard an angry roar coming from the mountain.
Lin Zhongtian raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look, only to see a huge claw extending from the crack, followed by a raging flame.
Soon, a human-shaped flame wrapped in a wandering shadow crawled out from the crack in the mountain.
He has a pair of devil-like horns, his whole body is covered with burning flames, his yellow eyes are spewing golden-red flames, his arms are muscular, his claws are like steel, which is intimidating. On his back, he has a pair of black bat wings, and flaming mane is rising and surging on his back, burning the surrounding air and distorting it.
As soon as this guy appeared, the moisture in the air evaporated instantly, and rolling heat waves spread from his body, instantly igniting the surrounding mountains, forests and bushes, and the fire spread rapidly along with the mudslide.
In an instant, the entire mountain was lit up with golden-red flames.
Obviously, this should be the evil creature Balrog sleeping underground!
I just don't know if the Balrog in front of me is the same Balrog that destroyed Khazad-dûm.
They shouldn't be the same one, after all, the Balrog in the plot seems to be sleeping in the palace of Khazad-dûm...
While thinking this, Lin Zhongtian looked at it with interest.
Finally, the fire demon crawled out of the crack, stood in the sea of fire and roared towards Lin Zhongtian in the sky.
“…”
Lin Zhongtian's face was filled with black lines as he looked at the blue butterfly that had not left yet.
"Can I teach him a lesson?"
The blue butterflies continued to fly around him, seemingly without any reaction.
Lin Zhongtian's eyes lit up, thinking that Ilúvatar had left, so he asked tentatively: "Can I catch one for my collection?"
The fluttering blue butterfly suddenly stopped, and quickly hovered in front of Lin Zhongtian, staring at him.
"Okay, you agree!"
Lin Zhongtian quickly answered for him, then cut open a space crack, took out an ice box emitting icy air, pointed the front of the ice box at the fire demon below, and gently pulled it open.
"call--"
Along with the whistling of the air flow, endless icy air gushed out from the ice box, like sea water pouring out from an alien dimension, covering the entire mountain with energy that was enough to turn the world into an ice age.
In an instant, the wildly spreading wildfire was extinguished in the icy air.
Feeling the icy energy pouring down from above his head, the roaring Fire Demon couldn't help but widen his yellow eyes, and quickly turned around and wanted to drill back into the ground, but it was too late.
The surging icy air covered his body, freezing him from top to bottom into an ice sculpture.
Ten seconds later, the entire mountain, including the surging mudslide, turned into a light blue ice sculpture.
Seeing this, Lin Zhongtian put away the Ice Box with satisfaction, and instantly appeared on the mountain. Looking at the Flame Demon in the ice sculpture that was still burrowing into the ground, he chuckled and said, "Set fire to the mountain, and spend the rest of your life in jail!"
"If you dare to set fire in front of me, then you'll have to go back to jail with me!"
As he spoke, Lin Zhongtian took out a crystal ball, put the fire demon that was frozen into an ice sculpture into it, and then turned into a silver light and flew in the direction he came from.