Chapter 20 Stirring Up the Mainland Wind and Clouds

The elven prison still adhered to the style of this race: gorgeous, elegant, almost no different from the tree house where Fang Senyan and the others lived.

Except there were no beds and no magic lamps.

The air was still fresh because of the surrounding lush trees.

Even drinking water was as simple as cutting off a vine hanging down from outside the window, then sucking mouth-to-mouth, and you could taste the sweet and fragrant juice. If you felt hungry, shaking the bell next to you would cause a bowling ball-sized fruit to roll out from the tree cave beside you after a while.

This fruit was a bit like an orange and tangerine, with a thick skin for protection. The peel could repel mosquitoes and flies, and after peeling it off, you could taste the plump, juicy flesh inside, easily filling your belly.

Although life wasn't difficult, Franklin still felt like each day dragged on, because he felt he was awaiting an unknown fate. The thought that everyone else was freely seeking opportunities and completing tasks, while he was trapped here, helpless, filled his heart with a sense of anxiety.

In this situation, Franklin could only constantly caress the surface of the beast bone staff he held in his hand, letting this powerful equipment repeatedly remind him with its presence that paying the price of being imprisoned was well worth it.

As for rescue from other sources, Franklin didn't count on it. He knew very well that trying to get someone out of prison, especially a prisoner imprisoned by order of Lord Elrond and Glorfindel, was almost impossible.

But a miracle happened.

Sixteen hours after being imprisoned, the two elves guarding the door were called away, and then a middle-aged elf in a mage robe walked in, bowed slightly, and said to Franklin:

"You are free."

Franklin was stunned for a moment. He never thought he would be released so quickly! Of course, Franklin didn't realize that in the sixteen hours he had been in and out of prison, the outside world had undergone earth-shattering changes!

The situation in Rivendell had already attracted the attention of the entire Middle-earth alliance, and the numerous messages that came out during these sixteen hours made Rivendell the focus of the entire continent once again.

First of all, the newly promoted Dawn Elf, Mu Ge, Sunstrider, showed her potential. All the envoys of other races in Rivendell simultaneously received an invitation handwritten by Mu Ge, Sunstrider.

It clearly stated that she had been treated unfairly and subjected to personal restrictions by Lord Elrond and Glorfindel, so she was inviting all envoys to come outside her residence when the sun reached its zenith that day (in other words, in one hour), as she had something to say to them.

If she couldn't appear, it would prove that Lord Elrond and Glorfindel had completely betrayed the teachings of Ilúvatar, the Lord of the Elves, and that even Dawn Elves would be wantonly bullied and arbitrarily enslaved by them, so she would ask the other elven kingdoms and territories on the continent to uphold justice.

Undoubtedly, Mu Ge's invitation completely broke face with Lord Elrond and Glorfindel, and like a stone thrown into a thousand layers of waves, it caused an uproar!

The Black Forest elven prince, Legolas Greenleaf, immediately expressed his excitement, stating that the Black Forest kingdom would never allow such trampling of elven tradition to occur, and would never allow a noble Dawn Elf to suffer such "worse than a slave" treatment. He had already sent out the "Frostleaf" magic, urgently notifying the Mirkwood elven king, Thranduil, and the Lothlórien elven leader, Galadriel, to stop anything that violated the teachings of Ilúvatar, the Lord of the Elves, from happening.

The envoys of other forces on the continent also expressed their hope that the Rivendell elves would not be too simple and crude in handling internal affairs, and hoped to listen to everyone's opinions. They insisted on the principle of resolving elven internal disputes internally, but if a few elves were to go down the wrong path and affect the event of resisting the Dark Lord, they would not rule out the possibility of taking military intervention.

In this situation, Lord Elrond and Glorfindel, who were completely caught off guard, were simply stunned by a club. They didn't understand why Mu Ge, who had always been unusually weak, had suddenly become so strong and intimidating, so they had no way and no excuse to stop Mu Ge from appearing at the door of her residence to meet with all the mainland envoys.

After the meeting, Mu Ge only said two points concisely.

First, her awakening time was very, very short, and only because she believed in the Sun God Sindorei did she unintentionally recall a small part of the journey to the Undying Lands. If she were forced to return in the near future, she would have less than a 20% chance of returning to the Undying Lands.

This declaration seemed unremarkable, but it at least weakened the number of elves who supported Lord Elrond and Glorfindel's return to the Undying Lands by more than half! Although many elves were unwilling to become entangled with the chaotic Middle-earth and hoped to return to the immortal and indestructible Undying Lands, a mere 20% chance wasn't worth betting their lives on.

Because the lifespan of elves is infinite, only flames and blades piercing the heart can kill them. Even if Lord Elrond's life was coming to an end and he dared to make this bet, his followers couldn't possibly bet on this less than 20% chance in order to return to the Undying Lands!

Second, Mu Ge told everyone about the situation of Lord Elrond and Glorfindel. She didn't say anything speculative, nor did she express any personal emotional opinions. She simply stated the fact that Lord Elrond had been attacked and had less than five years to live, and then casually mentioned that Glorfindel seemed to have been seen wearing the Ring of Air, Vilya, recently, and then stopped talking, ending her speech.

The entire conversation lasted less than two minutes.

Mu Ge didn't give the others a chance to ask questions, and directly returned to her residence.

Many people were skeptical about the first point Mu Ge said about the reason for returning to the Undying Lands, but some veterans could hear the unspoken meaning in Mu Ge's words, which was that if you force me to do this, then even if the chance of returning is 100%, I can make it less than 20%.

And Mu Ge's revelation of the second point once again caused an uproar, because she told the time, place, and entourage of Lord Elrond's assassination clearly, which couldn't possibly be fabricated.

For many secrets in the world, it is extremely difficult to deduce the ending based on clues, but knowing the ending and then deducing the clues that can prove this ending is quite easy.

Soon, the fact that Lord Elrond was seriously injured and only had five years to live was confirmed. This had indeed happened. Since this was true, then it was likely that Glorfindel had recently been wearing the Ring of Air, Vilya -- in fact, this was the only lie Mu Ge said, but no one disbelieved it!!

As for the relationship between Glorfindel and Lord Elrond, Mu Ge didn't mention a word, but this silence was more effective than saying tens of thousands of words! The people in those delegations weren't fools. With the cause and the effect, it was too easy to imagine the process and the agreements!

And undoubtedly, everyone would come up with some different versions of dark speculation, and the endings of these different versions of speculation would definitely not be beneficial to Lord Elrond and Mr. Glorfindel. They would all use the most malicious motives to speculate about them. After these n versions were spread out by many wandering poets and magical information, the reputations of Lord Elrond and Glorfindel plummeted!

Undoubtedly, all of this was the monstrous situation stirred up by Fang Senyan behind the scenes.

The most disadvantageous thing for Lord Elrond and Glorfindel was that they didn't know that Mu Ge, who originally seemed very weak, would suddenly become so sharp!

She didn't say much, just a few words,

She did even less, just sent a few people to send out invitations.

However, what Mu Ge said and did... was more excessive and decisive than cutting Lord Elrond and Glorfindel hundreds of times on their bodies, hearts, and even faces!!

At this time, even seasoned people like Lord Elrond and Glorfindel could only be shocked, stunned, at a loss, and overwhelmed! As the saying goes, one wrong step leads to another. They had completely not considered Mu Ge's extremely fierce counterattack, let alone that this counterattack had stabbed them hard in their most vulnerable spot, so now they had to fully bear this extremely fierce backlash!

But just when the entire city of Rivendell was shocked and the wind and clouds were surging, Fang Senyan, the mastermind behind all of this, was leisurely sitting in the deserted elven bar, sipping fruit wine little by little.

To be honest, Fang Senyan didn't like the taste of this fruit wine at this time, but now the customers in the bar had gone to watch the development of the situation on the street, and the wandering poets had to go to collect first-hand material. Even the bartender had only been left with a unlucky guy with injured legs, and the only thing he could reach was this fruit wine with a taste comparable to apple cider vinegar mixed with Baoning vinegar.

After Fang Senyan gracefully drank half of this glass of fruit wine, the bar's chest-high doors were suddenly pushed open violently and rudely. The person pushing the door used so much force that one of the doors was knocked off and broken with a snap. Then, a dwarf with a flushed face and panting loudly rushed in. It was none other than Mr. Little Gimli! After he saw Fang Senyan, he excitedly pointed at him and said:

"You, you, you, you, you..."