Warhammer 40: The Wandering Merchant

Chapter 8 The Torrential Rains of Middle-earth

While enjoying the pursuit of the Ringwraiths, the Dark Lord Sauron received some unexpected news from Isengard.

Dark energy dissipated from the withered orc corpse, and all the orc's memories, including his soul, were extracted by the Demon Lord Sauron.

Through his memories, he clearly saw everything that happened to this half-orc in his previous life.

Until he saw the scene of being strangled by Aragorn, the human king, a group of elves and humans, and a strange human in a valley.

What caught his attention most was that strange human!

Especially after hearing their conversation, Sauron, the Dark Lord, turned most of his attention to the eastern regions of Middle-earth.

"It's a variable!"

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"Giddy up, giddy up..."

Just then, the tranquility of Rivendell was shattered by a galloping horse on the bridge in the distance below.

The newcomer was Gandalf, whose face was scarred and whose exhaustion was impossible to conceal.

Elrond and Arwen quickly helped Gandalf, who was almost too weak to dismount.

Before Elrond could even ask, Gandalf quickly recounted the current predicament and situation of Aragorn, Frodo, and the others.

He also requested that King Elrond immediately send reinforcements to aid him.

Without any hesitation, King Elrond immediately summoned several elven guards.

But Alvin suddenly stepped forward and volunteered to go. King Elrond wanted to refuse, but seeing his daughter's anxious expression, he softened and agreed.

Tie Hui stood at a distance, watching their preparations, and his heart was filled with anticipation once again.

But Gandalf seemed to sense something and turned his gaze toward him.

This sudden contact made Tie Hui feel a little guilty.

But Gandalf's next words stunned everyone present: "Mr. Tulag! Please come along; hopefully you can help them!"

Elrond and Ironhide were both confused, but Gandalf didn't immediately explain. Instead, he said, "Go prepare immediately, then head straight along the main road. Hmm, you'll most likely run into them in the Fairy Forest!"

Although Elrond did not understand, he nodded in agreement out of trust in Gandalf and ordered his servants to hasten the preparation of horses and weapons.

A moment later, Tie Hui and Alwen, still in a daze, finished their preparations and, with a group of elves, headed towards the Fairy Forest.

After the departing figures disappeared from sight, Elrond then asked Gandalf what had happened.

"Saruman has betrayed us; he has sided with the Dark Lord Sauron!"

This news shocked King Elrond so much that he was completely stunned. He never imagined that the white wizard Saruman would betray him.

This will be a heavy blow to the forces of justice throughout Middle-earth.

"What exactly happened?" Elrond didn't care why Gandalf had let that boy come along; instead, he wanted to get more details about Saruman's situation.

Gandalf picked up the water handed to him by a maid and gulped it down, ignoring the water stains on his beard. He said, "Saruman has been bewitched by the Dark Lord Sauron! He says he has formed an alliance with Sauron, and he wants to seize the One Ring. He has also turned Isengard into a giant war machine. And he and Sauron already know about Thurak!"

King Elrond was even more confused now; the boy was just a wanderer from the far East.

How did it attract the attention of Saruman and Sauron?

Gandalf then said, "At first I did not know the reason! But when the Eagle King rescued me, he told me that the High Creator had approved the fate of this young man named Thurak in Middle-earth."

Elrond was incredulous that a wanderer from the far east could attract the attention of the Supreme Creator!

Even though he had known the news for days, Gandalf's face still showed shock: "I can't understand it either! The Eagle King didn't want to say much either, he only said that this young man carried the fate of countless mankind on his shoulders! The Creator only felt pity and helplessness!"

Elrond's eyes were glazed over as he recalled the torrential rains that had been falling across Middle-earth for over ten days.

After all, Middle-earth was created by Ilúvatar, and its weather is easily influenced by His mood.

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Throughout the journey, Tie Hui couldn't understand why Gandalf had suddenly changed his attitude.

Aren't you afraid he'll steal the ring?

Or do you really think that Arwen, Aragorn, and the elven guards behind them can take him down?

As he pondered this, he also glanced at the elves riding in front, behind, to the left, right, and ahead of him.

Especially after seeing the bow and arrows behind them, he became even more certain that if they were to launch a surprise attack, these people would not be able to react at all.

He simply couldn't understand why Gandalf would agree.

But he had no time to think, because thanks to the unique talent of the elves, the horses ran extremely fast.

They arrived at the Fairy Forest in just two or three days.

Everyone drew their longswords and entered the forest.

Tie Hui originally intended to act alone and quickly headed to the statues of the ogres in the Fairy Forest.

Then he took the Ring, but Arwen said, "You come with me! I can roughly sense Aragorn's location!"

Then he turned to the other Pokémon: "You all form a protective circle around us and begin the search!"

"Yes!" the elf replied.

Then, everyone rushed into the Fairy Forest.

Tie Hui could only purse his lips and follow behind Alwen, feeling 100% unwilling.

He never expected that Alvin could sense the direction of Aragorn's location.

But that's normal, since in the original series, the necklace Aragorn wore was a gift from his old flame.

"Quick! I can sense them." Alvin closed her eyes and sensed them for a moment.

He immediately took the lead and ran wildly in one direction, with Tie Hui behind him.

When the shadows of four ogre statues could be faintly seen in the distance.

Alvin stopped, turned to the elf behind him, and said, "Start a search immediately, centering on this location!"

After saying that, he turned around, dismounted, and went inside, but then saw Tie Hui standing to the side.

After thinking for half a second, he said, "Come with me! I can sense where Aragorn is!"

Tie Hui nodded, dismounted, and followed Alwen.

They just left!

Alvin stopped and bowed slightly.

At the same time, he slowly extended the elven longsword in his hand forward.

Tie Hui knew the show was about to begin.

Sure enough, the next second, Alvin straightened up, looking down at her like a cold, aloof queen, and said, "Even the renowned ranger has moments when he loses his guard?"

Aragorn squatted there, his body stiff!

Tie Hui stood aside, acting as a third wheel.

Aragon got up, intending to catch up with Alvin, but then he saw Ironhide standing to the side like a light bulb.

The only recourse was to steer the conversation towards Frodo: "He's badly injured and is now in a coma!"

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