"Lucia, my daughter, be careful to protect yourself out there. If you encounter danger, return to Dorenia immediately."
"At the border of Dorea, Tingge and his wife, MeiliAn, reluctantly entrusted their daughter Lucia."
Seven days after George came to the Kingdom of Gray Elves, after the heavy selection, the team going to Dorothian was finally selected, ready to start.
"Don't worry, my daughter doesn't like fighting, but she's certainly not lacking in strength."
"My daughter promised that she would come visit every three or five years."
Lucia hugged Tingge and MeiliAn, flipped over onto the deer's back, and gestured to the Kilian in the corner.
In the elves' concept of time, three or five years is roughly equivalent to three or five days for humans.
The elven in armor Kilian drew his sword from his waist and commanded the elite team of 200 or so gray elves with high spirit:
"March, to the Elven City of Dorothian!"
So, the team riding on the large antelope began to drive in the direction of the original Valley of Death.
Elves usually ride large antelopes, with few choosing horses. Humans usually ride horses, while dwarves, due to their height issues, rarely ride horses and mostly choose to ride pigs and goats.
As for the half-orcs, they rarely ride anything, but some elite half-orcs might have wolves as mounts.
Wolf-hybrids, also known as Lycanthropes, are the descendants of both wolf and jackal. They have a size similar to or even larger than horses, and their personalities are extremely fierce, with extraordinary combat strength.
"I actually have magic that can quickly take you to Dorothian. We don't need to spend days traveling slowly."
George buried the door key he made under an ancient tree at the edge of the ring, seeing that Lucia's group was preparing to set off, he flipped over and rode his fine horse to catch up.
The ring band has the function of isolating space, so his phantom teleportation and the door key he made cannot be used.
But once outside the ring, there would be no problems.
So if Lucia and the others are willing, he can completely put all the gray elves and their luggage into a spatial box right now, and then teleport in an instant to the Elven City of Dorothian with a phantom transformation.
"I think they would prefer to walk this segment themselves. Just like me, they are all first time leave Doriaetha, first time see the outside world."
Lucia shook her head, smiling as she pointed to the gray elves in the group who were filled with curiosity about the scenery outside the forest.
The Gray Elf Kingdom is protected by the Ring of MeiliAn, which ensures peace and stability, but also locks up all the Gray Elves.
Most of the Gray Elves, just like Lucia, have never left the Gray Elf Kingdom and haven't seen the outside world. They live in the vast primeval forest every day, with only sky and trees visible.
Therefore, when they stepped out of the ring, their hearts were also quite excited. They were filled with curiosity about everything outside the forest.
"Okay, if we travel at our speed, it will take us no more than five days to reach there."
George nodded, without pressing for anything.
For him, it made no difference. Regardless of the journey or the lack thereof, once he arrived at Dorothian, he would still be exchanging magic with Lucia and Kilian.
The mere act of traveling does not affect his study of magic.
"It's a shame that you purified the Valley of Death. Otherwise, there would be more enjoyment along the way."
Kilian looked at the newly purified Valley of Death in front of him, his tone full of regret.
If the Valley of Death was as it used to be, there would definitely be a lot of dark creatures inside, and she could have properly exercised her body along the way.
"I think it's great like this. We can safely enjoy the scenery along the way and don't have to worry about dangers!"
Lucia rode on the large antelope, extending her hand to gently stroke the branches swaying above her head. The branches instantly turned green, sprouted new buds, and bloomed into beautiful flowers.
"George, is that the legendary Gorgolos Mountains?"
Two days later, when the gray elf team reached the middle of the original terrifying valley, Lucia excitedly grabbed George's sleeve and pointed to a mountain that was faintly emerging in front of them.
She had never really seen such a towering mountain before.
"Yes, once we cross that mountain, we will be in Dorothian."
George smiled and nodded.
Lucia's face showed some surprise:
"Cross over? Shouldn't we have gone around?"
Lucia's face showed some surprise, "Crossing over, shouldn't we go around instead?"
She had heard Kilian mention that the Gorgolos Mountains, also known as the Terror Mountains, were home to countless poisonous giant spiders. The entire mountain range was filled with webs laid by these spiders.
Even Morgoth's half-orc army had to detour around this mountain range, and elves did the same.
"Detouring would waste too much time, and I need to keep the passage between Dorothian and Doriaetha open for future communication."
George's intention was very simple, he planned to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate all the giant spiders in the Terror Mountains.
The ancestors of the giant spiders in the mountains were Uguliftant, an evil spirit in the form of a spider, who once used his own webs to cover Morgoth and help him evade the gods' investigation, hiding in the Tree of Two Trees.
After Morgoth severely injured the Two Trees, he took the opportunity to drain their sap, stole a drink from the Well of Varda, and thus greatly increased his power.
Even when escaping back to the Middle-earth, he still used his web to bind Morgoth, intending to kill him and swallow the three Elven Rings. However, he was driven away by the army of Sauron that Morgoth had summoned.
So the giant spiders are very strong, and most elves are no match for them.
But for George, it's not much to worry about.
These giant spiders, and their ancestors, are afraid of fire. George, on the other hand, is very skilled at using fire, and he is particularly good at using large-scale fire.
"Apparently, this journey won't be so boring after all!"
Upon hearing George's plan, Kilian immediately raised both hands in approval.
However, as they were traveling and joking along, George suddenly furrowed his brow.
"Quickly inform everyone to stop moving, there are enemies."
He felt a familiar dark power rapidly approaching them.
Kilian and Lucia seemed to have also noticed this, and they shouted in unison:
"Stop moving, form a defensive formation!"
The gray elves, who had been wandering around as if they were on a picnic, hesitated for a moment after hearing the command, but quickly formed a defensive formation.
It was just that they had been so long without experiencing war that their defense formation was riddled with weaknesses, which even George, who didn't know how to set formations, couldn't help rolling his eyes at.
At that moment, a red cloud flew from the distance and then landed neatly in front of the group.
It was none other than Sauron, who had received a task from Morgoth, led his vampire guards, secretly flown over the Terror Mountains, and searched the Valley of Death for several days without any clues.
