Rivendell, this is one of the gathering places of the Noldor high elves, and it is also where King Elrond lives! If you leave Rivendell and go west, past the homeland of the northern kingdom of Dundain and the former Arnor Kingdom, you will reach the White Tower of Berry Hills and the Gray Harbor in the far west.
The Gray Harbor is still one of the inherent territories of the Noldor high elves, and it is the only place that the elves from Middle-earth must pass through before leaving here for Aman!
Of course, our current story is still in the beautiful and peaceful Rivendell!
This beautiful elf city is hidden among dangerous valleys, forests, and ravines. It is surrounded by steep foggy mountains, dense troll forests, and dangerous troll lands. It lacks strength or does not know. People who follow the path will definitely not be able to reach here.
The reason why Rivendell can exist in such a place for a long time is not only the strength of the Noldor elves themselves, but also the protection of the Elf King Elrond, because Elrond possesses the spirit of one of the Three Rings of the Elf. Ring Veya, with the power of this elven god ring, he can protect Rivendell from evil invasion.
However, in recent times, the Noldor high elves here in Rivendell have discovered that their originally peaceful city has begun to become a little different. In addition to vaguely feeling that they are being watched by evil, the city In addition to orcs starting to appear in the periphery, there are also humans, wizards, hobbits who have not been seen for a long time, and... a little human wizard girl who makes trouble every day? !
"I...where is this...?"
Originally, the hobbit Frodo, who felt that he had completely fallen into darkness and could not see a trace of light, found that when he regained consciousness again, he found that a dazzling white light seemed to appear in front of his eyes? Then, he couldn't help but began to groan in pain, trying hard to open his eyes.
"This is Rivendell, the residence of King Elrond! At the same time, this is also the last refuge for all the elves in Middle-earth east of the sea..."
When Frodo struggled to open his eyes, a very familiar and old voice sounded beside him at the right time.
"Oh! If you want to know the specific date, it is October 24, 3018, of the Third Era, about ten o'clock in the morning?"
"Frodo, you have been unconscious here in Rivendell for four full days..."
When the old voice next to Frodo became clearer and clearer, finally, in this luxurious room full of elf style, lying on the soft bed, the Hobbit Frodo finally succeeded in opening his eyes. Opening his eyes, he saw an old man with a beard sitting on a chair beside his bed and smoking his pipe silently.
"Gandalf...Gandalf?!"
After opening his eyes and seeing that it was indeed his old acquaintance Gandalf, the weak Frodo was slightly surprised. Then, he suddenly realized that he himself seemed not to be dead?
"Yes, Frodo, I'm right here... Fortunately, you arrived in Rivendell in time..."
Gandalf just sat on the big back chair next to the bed, continuing to smoke while looking at the little hobbit lying on the bed who finally opened his eyes with relief.
"You should be happy, Frodo...you may not know it yet? If you had come here a few hours later, there would have been no hope of rescue..."
"You are not simple, my dear hobbit brother..."
At this point, Gandalf nodded happily.
This is the hobbit in front of us. If it were any other human or elf, even Gandalf himself would be seriously injured and dying after being stabbed by the Morgul Sword, and he would soon fall into darkness, and he would still be bewitched by the Lord of the Rings. Under such circumstances, he believed that no one could survive such an extreme situation for such a long time like this hobbit, let alone be successfully rescued in the end!
"Uh-huh..."
Frodo just wanted to push up his weak body from the bed, and then the next second, he had to reach out and cover his left chest, and then he felt: a few nights ago, he was given up in the Wind and Cloud Summit. The part where the spiritual thorn hit is still painful and has a strange chill? !
"What is going on, Gandalf?"
"Why didn't you meet us at the Prancing Pony Inn? After we left the Shire, we didn't see you there..."
After regaining his composure and lying down on the bed, Frodo quickly asked about this matter.
Thinking back to the beginning, it was Gandalf who told him about the Lord of the Rings and the end of the world, and tricked him out of the Shire with sweet words, saying that he would meet at the Prancing Pony Inn in Bree Town!
But what's the result?
When Frodo and his three friends took the risk and went to the Prancing Pony Inn as scheduled, in that inn, except for a ranger "Strider" whom he didn't know, there were only those who were following him to chase him. It was just their Nazgul Black Knight. It could be said that they almost lost their lives there!
"I'm really sorry, Frodo... I was delayed for a while because of something..."
Gandalf did find it a bit hard to talk about his broken appointment, but in fact, it was just a delay? At that time, he almost delayed his own life!
But we can’t let Gandalf say this to Frodo, the hobbit who has just woken up: For the matter of the Supreme Lord of the Rings, he himself ran to Isengard to find the white-robed wizard Saruman. Want to get help! But what he never expected was that Maia, the once most respected leader in the Holy White Council, would betray their faith and join the army of the Demon King Sauron? And then, he locked up Gandalf and humiliated him? !
If he really wanted to tell the truth like this, Gandalf was really worried. Would he scare the hobbit who had just woken up from being seriously injured and about to die?
"..."
Thinking about what he had experienced at the top of the Orthanc Tower in Isengard, Gandalf moved his lips. After thinking about it, he still couldn't bear to say something like this that would severely damage morale.
A few days ago, just before Frodo came to Rivendell, if he hadn't been rescued in time by Manwe's messengers and the giant eagles, I'm afraid that crazy Saruman would never have been so easy. Let yourself go, right?
At that time, when Gandalf jumped from the top of the Orthanc Tower and let the giant eagle that arrived in time carry him away, Saruman actually had the ability to use magic to force him to stay on the spot! However, maybe it was because of the fear of Manvi, the leader of the gods, that why the other party allowed the giant eagle to take him away?
When he thought of what his former best friend, the white-robed wizard Saruman, had done in Isengard, Gandalf could only feel sad in his heart!
The other party has been completely bewitched and corrupted by Sauron...
So Saruman really thought that Sauron's power and magic power were unstoppable? You know, the gods have not really given up on Middle-earth completely, they just don't want to show up too much in the mortal world so as not to mislead those greedy humans!
"Gandalf...? What's going on?"
Seeing Gandalf looking at him in a daze, seemingly lost in some kind of memory, Frodo felt a little curious and puzzled, so he quickly asked again.
"Nothing, Frodo."
Gandalf, who came back to his senses, quickly shook his head and told the other party not to mind too much. These were just some not-so-pleasant memories of an old man like him.
"Frodo? Great! You finally wake up!"
Just when Frodo wanted to ask something else, a familiar figure suddenly rushed in from outside. That was one of his friends, Sam!
"Sam..."
"Frodo, we are all really worried about you! Aren't we, Mr. Gandalf?"
"Yes! However, it is thanks to King Elrond's superb medical skills that you can gradually recover."
Seeing that the two hobbits still had a good relationship, Gandalf didn't know what he thought of before he nodded with some satisfaction.
"Welcome to Rivendell, Frodo Baggins!"
At this time, the Elf King Elrond, who came after hearing the news, followed the hobbit Sam who ran in first, walked slowly beside Gandalf, and faced Frodo, who was still lying weakly on the bed. He said with a smile.
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The days passed quickly. In Rivendell, in the hinterland of the forest valley, on the cliff where the waterfall meets the river, in this luxurious and beautiful elf city like a fairyland, the hobbit Frodo's injuries He got better day by day, and began to walk around normally, returning to Gandalf's expectations.
Now, after the rightful owner finally recovered, some things began to have to be put on the agenda.
"He has begun to regain his energy and can move freely..."
King Elrond and Gandalf were in the meeting halls above Rivendell Gorge, looking over the railings at the two hobbits below - Sam and Frodo.
"However, his wound cannot be completely healed, at least not in Middle-earth... This will stay with him for the rest of his life!"
As an ordinary hobbit with no special abilities, he was stabbed in the vital part by the Nazgul's Morgul Sword. It was a blessing that he didn't die on the spot!
Gandalf thinks that in this mortal world, it is almost impossible to completely heal the other party? Although the Hobbit made him feel very magical in some aspects, the opponent's physical fitness was still a bit too poor.
"Well... the ring never left me, but it was safe and sound all the way..."
"Gandalf, you have chosen a good person this time! Hobbits have miraculous resistance to the evil power of the Lord of the Rings. I do not deny this!"
After King Elrond took one last look at the two hobbits on the elven platform below, he began to pace in the open hall and nodded with satisfaction.
"Well! It's not that it has strong resistance, it's just that the ring is a bit too stupid!"
At this time, a very inappropriate little girl suddenly intervened in the conversation between the two people with vague words. It turns out that little Annie is here now, and it seems that Gandalf and King Elrond have no intention of avoiding each other?
"Oh? Why do you say that? The powerful Queen Anne?"
Upon hearing this, King Elrond and Gandalf turned around together and looked towards the distance in the hall.
Near the balcony of the hall, there is a hammock dotted with vines and flowers. Then, a little human girl is lying on it, swaying slightly, while comfortably using the hands of the mage, from the exquisite elf wood on the side. On the table, she held the elf fruits and exquisite pastries that she was very satisfied with. She lined them up and put them into her mouth one after another.
This little human girl is Anne who was invited by Gandalf to come to Rivendell with the injured hobbit Frodo!
She has lived here since then.
Because of the opponent's powerful magic power and various miraculous spells, coupled with his innocent and innocent personality, he was soon regarded as a guest of the Elf clan by Elf King Ailong, and has been enjoying the highest and best treatment!
When he first saw this little girl, King Elrond almost thought that she was some Maia or Valar who came to Middle-earth from Aman! The level of magic power possessed by the opponent is definitely not something that any human being or ordinary wizard can possess.
But where did he expect that after a conversation, he learned that the other party was indeed a human being? Moreover, it seems that she is really an eight-year-old human girl? !
"It's very simple. It's just because the broken ring was used in the wrong way!"
After casually spitting out a few grape seeds on the ground, Anne sat up from the vine hammock with her legs crossed and continued with a serious face:
"Think about it, the Hobbit named Frodo, he is just a mortal who has never seen the world, does not understand rights, let alone the benefits of strength? Moreover, he seems to be a Hobbit who has just grown up?! "
"As for the weapon spirit in the ring and the existence in the void that wants to use the ring to bewitch others, what have they done? They come and go in the same way: nothing more than temptation to give power, strength and so on. Or eternal life or something? Look! You are stupid and stupid, and you don’t even know how to seduce that little dwarf from the country with a little flexibility? "
Having said this, Annie curled her lips in dissatisfaction!
In the final analysis, it is because Sauron or Morgoth is not skilled in business. If he wants to win over his subordinates, how can he rely on temptation alone? Why not learn what she was good at before, save the soul of the other party and stamp it directly, and then all problems will be solved!
Generally speaking, the good guys and bad guys in this world are a little too naive. They have been fighting in this small world all day long, and they can't even adapt! How can such a fancy ring rely on seduction?
"If it were me, to deal with this kind of idiot, I should first send people to his hometown of the Shire to make a good deployment and study carefully to see what those short hobbits want most. What do you want, and then seduce him based on his preferences?”
"In that case, I guarantee that within three or two days, I will definitely be able to give you a corrupted Frodo!"
Yes, that’s how it should be!
In fact, Anne had directly taken the broken ring and played with it in the two days after Frodo woke up. She also knew that in addition to a piece of Sauron's remnant soul and powerful magic power, it contained something similar. , seems to be able to collude with a fool named Morgoth who is imprisoned in a certain void prison?
At that time, Anne carelessly reached out to take the ring, but she frightened Gandalf and Elrond, the leaders of the elves, for fear that she would be tempted and corrupted and then go on a killing spree or run away with the treasure.
But how could they have imagined that in Anne's eyes, this tattered ring would not be on the table at all? Even the Morgoth who contacted her through the ring at that time and promised her back and forth the few things: power, wealth, strength and endless life, could not enter her eyes?
Who is her Lady Queen Anne? After experiencing several worlds, my appetite and vision have long been developed!
You know, Lady Anne is a great demigod, an immortal, the cute leader and queen of the Flame Alliance, the supreme head of the Federation of Heroes, a world shuttler, and the greatest existence!
Anyway, how could she, who had traveled through several worlds, value the power or money on this shabby planet?
No one should come to give her money or rights. She will be angry with anyone who dares to mention such things! How could she like these things? Up to now, Lady Queen Anne has no shortage of power, let alone money! Those who cried and clamored to hold her lap, use her as a pendant, or as a follower, could they at least be queued from the Pluk Sector to the edge of the galaxy?
When she was in the interstellar world, the planets she owned were measured in tens of thousands! The entire Krupp sector is the territory of her Federation of Heroes! A small police chief under her can almost manage one or several planets larger than Middle-earth?
As for wealth...then she is even more disdainful!
It's not that she's bragging. If she wanted to, just pull out a few asteroids made entirely of gold or gems and throw them here in Middle-earth. She would definitely scare these old people who have never seen the world to death. Hats!
Not to mention the final strength! Morgoth is still imprisoned in the prison of the Void and cannot escape. What kind of power can he have that she can appreciate? The last Xel'Naga Orus once cried and begged to transform her into a tall god, but what about her? At that time, they all rejected the other party harshly!
Therefore, it is impossible to seduce her with power or anything like that!
So, precisely because of this, when playing with the Lord of the Rings that day, little Annie was able to throw it back to Frodo, the short hobbit, as if playing with rags. Be mindful of the temptations and threats of Lun or Morgoth.
Who else is she afraid of after having fought with real gods? If you really offend her, believe it or not, a teleporter will immediately summon the deep space fleet that once fought against Amon to come out and drop a nuclear bomb or launch a protoss star destroyer cannon to show you? !
"So, that ring is pretty good, but its owner is just a little too stupid!"
Of course, there was one thing Anne didn't say: that is, that Hobbit Frodo, sooner or later he will be bewitched or controlled by the power of the ring! After all, there are always flaws in the human mind. No matter how stupid the ring is, it will always succeed one day.
"..."
Upon hearing this, King Elrond and Gandalf looked at each other before shaking their heads in confusion.
"It's a good thing that you are not from Sauron's side, otherwise, the people of Middle-earth would have suffered..."
After King Elrond poured some elven wine, he smiled and raised his glass to the little girl in the distance.
"However, now that I have said this, I still want to mention that this matter should not be his responsibility in the first place. We cannot ask for more from Frodo..."
Looking down at Frodo, who was happily leaving Sam's arms, Gandalf sighed again. He really didn't know whether it was appropriate for him to involve this little hobbit in such a major matter concerning Middle-earth?
"Gandalf! The enemy is approaching!"
"Sauron's army is gathering in the east, and Sauron's evil eye has been watching Rivendell! Moreover, you said before, Saruman, he has betrayed us?!"
"So now, our alliances have become fewer and fewer..."
After the harsh tone at the beginning, King Elrond suddenly lowered his tone. He also knew that their situation was getting worse and worse. Regarding the matter of the Supreme Lord of the Rings, a decision must be made early, and this unwillingness could not be allowed to happen. Doc hesitated indecisively!
Since the Supreme Lord of the Rings is fine in the hands of the little hobbit, he should continue to let the other party finish the remaining things together! Anyway, except for Frodo, King Elrond would never trust giving the Ring to anyone who might be bewitched by it!
"No...actually, there are still some things I haven't had time to tell you yet..."
"Saruman... He used evil magic to cross-breed Orcs with Misty Mountain Goblins, and developed a terrifying orc... His army should now be gestating in the caves beneath Isengard. …”
"That is an elite orc that can march during the day, is not afraid of the sun... and can even... be able to run long distances! If I guess correctly, Saruman will definitely come to snatch the Lord of the Rings soon..."
At this moment, Gandalf finally revealed what he saw when he was imprisoned at the top of the Orthank Tower in Isengard! At that time, he saw: those half-orc servants of Saruman, they were cutting down the ancient Fangorn Forest wantonly, and then, in the magic casting furnace under Isengard, they began to mass-produce equipment and his strong orcs. Army!
"The power of our Noldor high elves cannot fight against this evil. We do not have the ability to fight against the power of Mordor and Isengard at the same time!"
King Elrond just said this, but he saw Gandalf lowering his head and turned around to leave. He knew what the old man was thinking.
"So, Gandalf! The Ring must not stay here in Rivendell!"
Staring into the opponent's eyes, Elf King Ailong bluntly stated his own bottom line.
Their elves can help each other heal Frodo, and even allow them to cultivate here temporarily, but the Supreme Lord of the Rings must not stay here forever! Otherwise, Rivendell or the Noldor high elves will definitely be dragged into a place of eternal destruction!
"..."
When Gandalf fell into confusion, he seemed to secretly decide that maybe he could still carry out his previous plan? Anyway, they had already sent a message to get some powerful people involved in this matter.
"This is a crisis for the entire Middle-earth world, and they must decide together how to end it..."
"The era of our elves is over... My people are responding to the call and preparing to evacuate from the western seaport. Gandalf, when we are gone, who can you rely on?"
"Dwarves? They only know how to hide in rock caves in the mountains to hunt for treasures, and they don't care about the lives of others!"
As he walked towards Gandalf, King Elrond questioned and persuaded him.
"Maybe... we must place our hope in humans..."
After thinking about it, Gandalf still said that apart from humans, he couldn't think of any power in Middle-earth that could stop Sauron.
"Humans? Humans are too fragile, and their race has declined... The bloodline of the Numenorans is no longer powerful! Their glory and dignity have also been completely forgotten..."
"It is precisely because of humans that the Lord of the Rings has survived to this day! I was there at the time, Gandalf..."
As he talked, Elon recalled the battle at that time.
At that time, three thousand years ago... when Isildur got the Lord of the Rings... that stupid human being, he could obviously throw the Lord of the Rings directly into the lava of the Doomsday Flame and end everything!
However, he, that Isildur, could not resist the temptation of the Lord of the Rings in the end, ignored his own pleas, and greedily took it for himself...
"I was there...I witnessed with my own eyes the fall of mankind..."
After saying that, King Elrond sighed again, unwilling to recall what happened at that time.
"Today's human world is already extremely weak... They are already in disarray, and they are leaderless!"
Therefore, he instinctively does not want to believe those greedy humans!
If it weren't for humans, Sauron's return wouldn't have happened now! If it weren't for humans, the Noldor high elves would not have been forced to leave this world of Middle-earth, go to Aman as a refuge, and return to the kingdom of the gods...
"That's nonsense!"
At this point, Anne interrupted again at an inappropriate time and raised her little fist.
"We humans are not weak! Look at me, if I want to, I can kill a giant dragon with one punch! I can also directly burn down a city! Even... directly blow up the entire Middle-earth world, so that those The whole street of Shen Shenmen is crying!”
After grabbing a handful of fireballs, little Annie said proudly.
She has never felt that human beings are weak. As long as someone guides them, they can grow into very powerful individuals! For example, the Galen, Darius or Xel'Naga Kerrigan whom she trained in the Koprulu Sector were originally just ordinary humans!
Moreover, human beings also have superior wisdom. Think about the technology of the human race in StarCraft, and then think about the big Ivans she has hidden in her own possession! If she wanted to, blowing up the entire world of Middle-earth wouldn't be just fun?
Now, even Anne herself does not dare to say that ordinary humans are weak!
Now the humans in Middle-earth are only in the cold weapon age similar to the Middle Ages on Earth. With a little guidance, Anne is even confident that they can defeat Sauron on their own. Kneel down and sing conquest?
"..."
Well, King Elrond glanced at the little girl and wanted to take back what he just said.
This little human girl is indeed an exception! But what use can she do alone? Just go to the Demon Cave and kill Sauron alone? Stop making such jokes!
"Your Excellency Witch Anne! Didn't we already agree before?!"
"In this Middle-earth world where the gods are staring at you, you must not use magic that is too powerful, nor can you use weapons or items that the prisoner cannot understand! That will only arouse the endless greed and greed of mankind. It caused a catastrophe in the last era!”
"This is not only the will of Eru and the Vera, but also the most basic rules of this world! Therefore, I beg you, Your Excellency Witch Anne, please stop using your magic and that kind of weird magic at will, which cannot be used by others. If it is something that ordinary people understand, it will definitely cause very serious consequences..."
Speaking of this, Gandalf remembered the magic that froze the entire river at the River of Spirits and the terrifying weapon that could easily kill the Nazgul.
Then, while the Elf King Elrond was rescuing Frodo, Gandalf took the time to have a heart-to-heart conversation with the little girl. While knowing her origin, he also analyzed the basic rules of the world in detail, and Obtained the other party's promise not to use magic wantonly and not to use items that cannot be understood by mortals.
"Tch! If you don't need it, you don't need it. Why are you so anxious about what to do? Don't you think you can do it?!"
Seeing that the other party was so boring, little Annie lay back on the vine hammock in the Forbidden Forest again, and used magic to make the bed beneath her sway.
Hum! What's so great about it?
Return to Eruvilla? Isn't it just relying on the strength of the people to formulate such messy rules? Anne hates being tied down by others the most!
"Even if I don't use magic or Big Ivan, as long as I am willing, I can turn this world upside down for you! Let's see!"
After lying back on the hammock, Anne ignored the two old men who were still muttering over there and began to think on her own.
"Well... what should we do? Tibbers, tell me, is there any way to turn this world upside down without using magic or Big Ivan?!"
After holding the little bear in front of her eyes, Annie asked in a low voice.
It has always been Anne's style to ask the bear when she is in trouble. Most of the time, she likes to solve things with her fists rather than using her brain. She has long been accustomed to letting her bear make up her mind. .
Although, sometimes Little Bear is not very reliable, but in general, he is still a little bit better than me, just that little bit better, no more!
(…)
(My little master! Are you so tired from playing? If you are really unhappy with those Eru and Vera, then when you are about to leave here, you can run directly to that Aman continent and leave them. A bunch of big Ivans then opened a portal and ran away! Anyway, the measures put in place by the indigenous gods to restrict mortals from going to the divine world can't stop you at all?
——Hearing his little master’s inquiry, Tibbers didn’t even think about it and directly gave him a good idea that he thought was very enjoyable and fun! Doing this is completely in line with my Master Anne’s usual behavior! )
"No... Tibbers, you are really too bad! Can you think of such a good idea? Forget it, put this idea aside for now, let's change to another one!"
The idea that the little bear just proposed is quite to her liking, but Anne feels that she can't do this yet, otherwise, it will be equivalent to giving in and giving up. How can that work? ?
She has decided: on the premise of not violating the rules set by the indigenous gods, she will use her own way to disgust those gods!
So, she decided to keep the good idea that Tibbers had just now!
In the end, before you leave this world of Middle-earth, what if you don't have fun, or if those gods don't obey the rules? Or, if she loses, then she will think carefully about whether to do that or not!
(…)
(Well, in that case, do you still remember those history books you saw in the library when you were in New York on Earth?
——After the first good idea was rejected by his little master, Tibbs didn't mind, because he quickly thought of another good idea that could turn the world into a mess without violating the rules. . )
"So what? Bad little bear, if you have something to say, just say it quickly!"
Seeing that Tibbs dared to betray her, Annie was so angry that she grabbed Tibbs's two furry ears and started to pull them hard to both sides.
(Ouch! Little master...stop it! Okay, okay! Just say it! Say it now...
——After begging for mercy for the first time, Tibbers quickly told everything he knew. )
"Aha! Little Bear, you are really useful! Come on, have one!"
After cheering loudly, little Annie hugged her little bear and began to jump up on the hammock and bounce around vigorously, occasionally making one or two proud smiles.
"..."
"..."
Gandalf and the Elf King Elrond, who had just been whispering by the window about some important matters about dealing with the Lord of the Rings, turned their heads and looked inexplicably at the little girl over there who was having fun.
"Gandalf, aren't all of you wizards like Lady Anne, a strange group of people?"
King Elrond, who didn't know what the little girl was doing, could only look at Gandalf beside him with curiosity. As a magic swordsman, he really couldn't understand why he Can this little girl suddenly succeed like this?
"No! Elrond, I have always been normal!"
"And we wizards are not surprised! That Lady Anne, maybe she just thought of something fun? You have to know that although she is powerful, she is only an eight-year-old girl. In the human world, She is still a child..."
Although he didn't understand why the little girl suddenly became so happy, Gandalf still defended himself slightly.
After staring at the wizard's name for so many years, Gandalf never thought there was anything strange about the wizard's profession! Anyway, as a melee master who wields a sword with his left hand and makes a staff with his right hand, he has always felt that he is normal and has never changed because of his identity as a wizard!
"Okay, where did we talk about just now? Oh... by the way! It seems that we talked about how to deal with and prepare for the Lord of the Rings Conference that we are about to hold?"
After saying that, Gandalf stepped forward and held King Elrond's hand slightly, and walked to another window. He planned to stay away from the crazy little girl while talking about business.
"Calculating the time now, those envoys from all sides should be arriving soon, right?"
Looking at this still peaceful and peaceful valley, this paradise-like Rivendell, Gandalf asked in a deep voice.
"Based on the day the messengers set out and the reaction time of the various forces, if you add in the time spent on the road, it should be these two days..."
