At the foot of Gushan Mountain, beside the long lake.
A ferry stopped.
Wearing a green robe, brown leather armor, tall and long legs, the female elf with a fair and beautiful face jumped off the ferry and looked at the majestic snow-capped mountains in front of her with an inexplicable mood: "Finally arrived at the Lonely Mountain."
"You can't run away this time..."
At this time, behind him, a handsome male elf with long platinum flowing hair and a slender figure stepped off the ferry.
The female elf turned her head, looked at the male elf beside her and said softly: "Legolas, you don't actually need to come."
The handsome male elf shook his head and smiled and asked, "We are partners, aren't we?"
The female elf smiled and nodded without speaking.
Naturally, the beautiful female elf chased from the Woodland Kingdom to Long Lake Town. After getting the news about Morgan from Bard in Long Lake Town, she chased Tariel again in the Lonely Mountain.
The handsome male elf who looks like a flower protector next to Tariel is Legolas Greenleaf, the prince of the Woodland Elf Kingdom.
Legolas followed Tariel to chase the orcs to Lake Town. After a fierce battle, the orcs escaped.
He originally planned to take Tariel back to the Woodland Kingdom.
But Tariel insisted on going to the Lonely Mountain.
Legolas finally understood that it was true that Tauriel was chasing the orcs, but it was also true that he was thinking about the human in his heart.
But he still followed resolutely.
Like he said he and Tariel were partners.
We have been partners for more than six hundred years.
It is true that he loves Tariel in his heart, and it is also true that he cares about Tariel.
Even now.
He still came.
"Let's go..."
Tariel looked at the towering mountains in front of him and spoke softly.
The two elves then walked quickly towards the lonely mountain.
Deep in the lonely mountain.
In the huge treasure hall.
The dwarves of the expedition team were standing on mountains and seas of gold and silver treasures, trying to find something.
Above the treasure hall, on a high platform.
Thorin Oakenshield was looking at the dwarves below and shouted loudly: "Have you found it?"
"not yet..."
"No..."
"I didn't see it here either..."
"There's nothing here either..."
"Then keep looking..."
"Arken's Silmarillion is in this hall. It may appear anywhere..."
"Must find it!"
"Keep looking, everyone is looking..."
"No rest until you find it..."
Thorin Oakenshield stood on the high platform and shouted to the dwarves in the hall below.
Bilbo stood at the bottom of the hall, listening to Thorin Oakenshield's words, holding the Arkenstone in his arms with a complex expression on his face.
Half an hour later.
Thorin Oakenshield, who was sitting restlessly on the high platform, once again shouted to the dwarves below: "Have you found them all?"
"No..."
"Still didn't see it..."
"did not find..."
"I don't have one here either..."
The voices of the dwarves in the treasure below kept coming.
Thorin Oakenshield looked gloomy and continued to shout: "Then keep looking!"
"No rest allowed until found!"
Two hours later.
Thorin Oakenshield, who was constantly walking on the high platform, once again shouted downwards: "Have you found it yet?"
"Didn't see..."
"I don't have one here either..."
"The same goes for me here..."
"Didn't see..."
"I'm already hungry. Maybe we'll have more strength after eating so we can find it better..."
"Me too, I want to drink..."
"I'm hungry too. I remember I haven't finished the prosciutto I brought from Changhu Town. I want to eat ham..."
"Shh, keep your voices down..."
The voices of the dwarves kept coming.
But compared to the beginning, the voices of the dwarves were obviously tired and complaining.
Thorin Oakenshield's eyes were reddish, and he paid no attention to the complaints of the dwarves below, and continued to yell: "Keep looking!"
"No rest until we find it!"
"hungry?"
"If you find the Arkenstone, I'll let you eat as much as you like!"
Half a day later.
Deep in the lonely mountain.
King's Road.
In front of the throne of the King under the Mountain.
Thorin Oakenshield looked at the empty place above the throne where the Arkenstone was originally inlaid, and said in a slow and deep voice: "The Arkenstone must still be in the kingdom, I'm sure..."
Behind him, Bilbo, the white-bearded dwarf Balin, and the dwarf general Grumpy Godwalin standing on the King's Road could all hear the suppressed anger in Thorin Oakenshield's words.
Dwalin said: "We have searched and searched..."
Thorin Oakenshield interrupted: "Not careful enough!"
Bilbo also answered: "Thorin, we all want to find the gem..."
Thorin Oakenshield was fed up with these perfunctory words and immediately shouted: "But we still haven't found it!"
Balin heard the insinuations in Thorin Oakenshield's words and said directly: "Do you doubt the loyalty of anyone here?"
After the words fell, Thorin Oakenshield immediately turned his head and looked directly at Balin.
Balin was not afraid and continued: "The Aken gem is the innate wealth of our people. Of course we all want to find it..."
"No!"
Before he finished speaking, Thorin Oakenshield immediately interrupted: "The Arken gem is the king's gem."
Thorin Oakenshield, with red eyes, pointed at his chest and looked at Balin and shouted: "Am I not the king?"
Looking at Thorin Oakenshield, his eyes were red and his face was full of greed and rage.
Balin turned his head away, out of sight.
Bilbo and Dwalin sighed inwardly, but neither of them spoke.
Thorin Oakenshield raised his head, looked at the three people in front of him with a gloomy face, and said slowly: "I will tell you some things earlier."
"If someone finds it and seizes it privately..."
"I will never let him go."
Thorin Oakenshield said this and was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly thought of something and immediately stopped, looked at the three of them and said, "Have we all forgotten someone?"
As soon as the words fell, the three people on the scene immediately looked over.
Thorin Oakenshield continued: "A person who has been expelled by us..."
At this point, the three people present immediately understood who Thorin was talking about.
"I remember that he also entered the secret passage yesterday, before us. Did you all see him?"
Thorin Oakenshield looked at the three of them as he spoke slowly with a gloomy expression.
Bilbo shook his head matter-of-factly.
Dwalin simply said: "No."
Balin also shook his head.
"See, after he entered the secret passage, none of us saw him again."
"Perhaps, my Arken gem was stolen by him..."
Thorin Oakenshield continued talking as if he was talking to himself.
The three people on the King's Road below had calm faces, but they had different thoughts in their hearts.
For Bilbo, Morgan is his friend and savior. He has always trusted Morgan, not to mention that the Arken Stone is in his body.
Bilbo was worried about whether Morgan was in danger.
For Bahrain, he has a very good impression of Morgan, not only because of the strength Morgan has shown along the way.
Moreover, because of Morgan's character, he was able to turn against Thorin, who was already infected with the disease, without any hesitation or fear because he was worried about the safety of his partner Bilbo.
This is something Bahrain appreciates very much.
As for the Arkenstone, looking at Thorin's current state, Balin would rather Morgan took it away and never come back.
And for Dwalin.
Morgan's strong strength and stable character are quite suitable for Dwalin.
But that's not the case, the two will become good friends.
The relationship between Dwalin and Morgan can only be regarded as average among the dwarves.
At this time, Thorin was suspicious of Morgan.
Dwalin also had a hint of doubt.
It's not that Morgan has a bad character, but in the face of a treasure as high as the Arken Stone, most people simply can't control their greed.
What's more, Morgan disappeared after entering the secret passage, and no one saw him again.
This also has to make other people think more.
While the three of them were thinking deeply.
Thorin Oakenshield suddenly shouted: "Dwalin!"
Dwalin immediately looked up at Thorin.
Thorin Oakenshield looked gloomy and continued: "Go, take a few people to capture Morgan."
As if he guessed that Thorin would give such an order, Dvalin said calmly: "We don't know where Morgan is now?"
"Long Lake Town!"
"Go to Changhu Town!"
"He can't run very far in such a short time."
"His human boatman friend is in Changhu Town. He must be there now."
Thorin Oakenshield affirmed without hesitation.
Dwalin continued: "But Changhu Town has been burned, burned by the evil dragon."
These words made Thorin Oakenshield pale. He was so anxious that he forgot that Lake Town had been destroyed by the dragon Smaug.
"Then go find those who survived."
Thorin Oakenshield continued to say coldly: "He will not die that easily."
It’s all been said here.
Dwalin could only nod and was about to take the order and turn around to leave.
Balin suddenly said: "Thorin, Morgan is not that kind of person, should you think about it again?"
Bilbo immediately answered: "Yes Thorin, we all know Morgan, he is definitely not that kind of person..."
"enough!"
Thorin Oakenshield waved his hand to interrupt Bilbo's words, and shouted: "I asked you to look for it but you can't find it!"
"Now I'll do it myself!"
Thorin Oakenshield said, looking at Dwalin, and said: "Go, my brother, bring me that thief."
Dwalin bowed slightly towards Thorin Oakenshield, then strode away.
Watching Dwalin's back disappear.
Thorin Oakenshield turned around and left without expression.
Bilbo and Balin were left on the King's Road.
The two looked at each other and sighed.
Bilbo looked at the sad and painful Balin, and suddenly couldn't help but said: "Balin, if Thorin can find the Arken Stone..."
"I mean, if Thorin gets it, can the gem cure his current illness?"
Bilbo asked, looking at Balin, but he still felt compassion.
Balin looked at Bilbo and shook his head: "Bilbo, he has dragon disease."
"I've seen this disease myself..."
"That look, that terrible greed..."
"Used to drive his grandfather crazy."
Having said this, Balin sighed, looked at Bilbo and said softly: "The Arken gem is the king of gems."
"It is the most precious of all treasures..."
"It gives power to the person who wears it..."
"Can Thorin's disease be cured?"
"No, it will only make Thorin even crazier..."
As Balin spoke, he seemed to recall the crazy appearance of Thor, the former king under the mountain. He shook his head and murmured: "Perhaps it would be best to never find it."
Hearing Balin's words, Bilbo subconsciously squeezed the Arkenstone in his arms.
...
"Bang bang bang bang..."
"Bang bang bang bang..."
The sound of neat and rumbling footsteps came from far and near.
A heavily armed black orc army with spears like a forest is marching.
The leader is Azog, the leader of the orcs who has pale skin that is completely different from other orcs and is tall, strong and ferocious.
Azog was currently sitting on the back of a tall and strong gray-black warg.
Suddenly, the figures of several wargs appeared on the hillside in the distance and rushed towards the army quickly.
Looking at the speeding figure in the distance, Azog just raised his hand, and the black orc army behind him immediately stopped.
"what happened?"
Looking at his son Borg who was approaching quickly, Azog asked coldly.
"The elves of the Woodland Kingdom followed us to Long Lake Town..."
Borg replied immediately.
Azog was dissatisfied with this answer. He waved his left arm with his rapier, pointed at Borg and asked loudly: "Then, did you kill them all?"
Facing his father's questioning, even the tall and ferocious Borg couldn't help but cower. He decisively said, "They ran away."
"Those elves are like cowards, they will run away if they can't defeat us..."
Before he finished speaking, Azog immediately interrupted Borg and shouted sternly: "Idiot!"
"They'll be back!"
"We will also bring an army of elves with us when the time comes!"
"You are such an idiot..."
Azog looked at his son with an evil expression and yelled.
Being scolded by his father, Bogda shook his head and did not dare to say a word.
After cursing loudly, Azog looked at Borg and ordered coldly: "Go to Gundabad Mountain and let the army set off."
"yes!"
Seeing that his father's anger had subsided, Borg, who had received the new mission, immediately clamped his legs together, and the warg under him immediately ran out.
The team led by Berg left quickly.
Azog raised his left arm sword high and shouted to the army in front of him: "Elves, dwarves, humans!"
As he spoke, Azog suddenly turned around, pointed at the towering snow-capped mountain in the distance and shouted: "That mountain is their tomb!"
"Set off!"
...
The ruins of Dol Guldur.
Regardless of day or night, it is always shrouded in dark clouds.
The edge of an open ruined platform.
A huge torture rack stood.
Under the punishment rack, a huge prison cage covered with ferocious iron spikes hung upside down.
In the cage, a figure wearing gray robes, gray hair, and injuries all over his body was panting and whispering weakly.
The trapped figure is naturally the wizard Gandalf.
Not long ago, I broke into the dark ruins of Dol Guldur alone to gather information.
Gandalf accidentally met Thorin, the father of Oakenshield, whose mind was controlled by Thorne.
Gandalf rescued Thorne, but was chased by the orcs led by Azog, the great leader of the orcs.
Only after escaping Azog's pursuit, Gandalf met the legendary Sauron.
Without the ability to fight back, Thorne was easily captured by Sauron.
Gandalf was also easily defeated and captured by Sauron, and then hung here.
"Great Valar, please help me..."
The invisible whispers seemed to have a kind of magic that kept spreading outward.
at this time.
A footsteps came from under the ruins and walked towards Gandalf who was trapped in the cage.
I noticed the sounds coming from around me.
Gandalf opened his eyes and saw a giant ferocious orc nearly three meters tall reaching out to grab the cage that trapped Gandalf.
"No spell can save you, old man!"
The giant half-orc cursed and threw the cage in his hand to the ground.
"boom..."
Gandalf, who was originally seriously injured, was thrown to pieces.
Before he could react.
The giant orc immediately reached out and grabbed Gandalf out, threw him to the cold ground again, and said harshly: "You have something my master needs, where is it hidden?"
The giant orc roared and grabbed Gandalf again, but suddenly saw a red ring suddenly appearing on one of Gandalf's fingers.
"The Ring of Fire of the Three Elven Rings..."
The giant orc's eyes immediately lit up. He looked at the ring on Gandalf's finger and murmured. As he said this, he immediately dragged Gandalf to a stone platform, pulled out Gandalf's ring of fire, pressed it on the stone platform with his hand, and waved it. The black dagger in his hand was about to be chopped down.
Suddenly, an ethereal and beautiful figure wearing a golden flower crown and emitting hazy white light suddenly appeared at the entrance to the ruins of the high platform.
Look at the sudden arrival of uninvited guests.
The giant orc dropped the seriously injured Gandalf, roared, and immediately charged forward waving a black dagger.
Facing the ferocious orcs that rushed towards her, Galadriel just raised her hand and waved it away. A dazzling white light wave immediately burst out, and the giant orcs who bore the brunt were instantly blown into bloody pieces.
The lingering power of the white light wave did not stop, and along with the sudden roar of thunder, it instantly spread to the horizon and continued to spread outward.
At this moment, the dark clouds covering the entire Dol Guldur seemed to have dissipated a lot.
Galadriel stepped forward, gently picked up Gandalf, who was seriously injured and unconscious, and turned around and walked out.
Suddenly, a low murmur gradually sounded.
"Under the sky, the elven kings have obtained three..."
"In the stone palace, the dwarf princes got seven of them..."
"In this world, mortals must die and gain nine..."
As the murmur fell, illusory figures of the Ringwraiths wearing armor and full armor appeared around the high platform of the ruins, surrounding Galadriel who was holding Gandalf in his arms.
at this time.
There are two entrances to the ruins high platform.
Two figures appeared.
The Eldron Elf Lord wears a sword hanging from his waist and wears dark golden armor.
The white-robed wizard Saruman holds a staff and wears white robes.
At this moment, the most powerful and top fighting forces in Middle-earth gathered together.
The battle is about to break out.
