At the gate of River Valley Town.
Elf King Thranduil and Bard have left.
Morgan stood under the warm sunshine of the winter morning sun, but his body had never felt so cold.
He didn't expect his impulsiveness to speak quickly.
It seemed like he had triggered something.
And the cause of all this was not long ago.
When Morgan saw Bard riding back, he told himself and Thranduil that Thorin Oakenshield had nothing to lose, and Thranduil said that he would attack the Lonely Mountain at dawn tomorrow.
He suddenly thought that if he told Thorin Oakenshield's plan and persuaded the Elf King and Bard to march to the Lonely Mountain immediately.
Then the dozen dwarves in Gushan must be unable to resist at this time.
Lonely Mountain was captured by the combined forces of elves and humans.
At this time, the raven sent out by Thorin Oakenshield to ask for help had already flown out.
The dwarves of the Iron Hills will still come as scheduled tomorrow.
Morgan thought that when the orc army comes again, the elves and human dwarf armies will still be present.
Although this will definitely deepen the hatred between the dwarves and elves, as well as the humans of Dale.
But with Morgan here, he wouldn't let the Elf King and Bard be cruel.
In this way, the enmity with the dwarves will not be so deep.
When the time comes to face such a powerful enemy as the orcs, no one will be able to stay away.
In this way, the overall situation of the war still returns to the battle of the five armies in the memory plot.
But in the main plot, there are obviously many differences.
Morgan just wanted to try and see if he could change the plot before he spoke directly.
Then, he was warned by dimensionality reduction.
it's clear.
Morgan stood in the winter sunshine under the gate of Riverdale Town for a long time and thought for a long time.
Until the cold body is completely warm.
Morgan finally came to his senses.
Only then did he realize that his previous idea seemed to be right.
But it's completely wrong.
First let’s talk about what if he really persuaded the Elf King and Bard to attack Lonely Mountain in advance.
There is no doubt that Lonely Mountain cannot stop it.
However, in war, swords and arrows are silent.
The best Morgan could do was to give the dwarves preferential treatment when they were besieged.
But in a fierce war, it is simply unavoidable.
Thorin Oakenshield and Thranduil are mortal enemies and will definitely not surrender, and the dwarves are die-hard loyalists.
Once the elves and humans capture the Lonely Mountain, it's really hard to say how many dwarves will be left, maybe none at all.
This first thing alone greatly affects the subsequent plot.
If the elves and humans really capture the Lonely Mountain, if all the dwarves die, the dwarf army in the Iron Hills will definitely fight against the elves and human armies first.
Not to mention the arrival of the orc army from behind.
In the memory plot, the beheading team led by Thorin Oakenshield killed Azog and Borg in a surprise attack.
If Thorin Oakenshield and a group of dwarves were damaged in front.
What will happen next?
Morgan couldn't imagine it, because it could be deduced.
Because the orc leaders Azog and Borg are not dead.
The armies of elves, humans, and dwarves who have suffered serious attrition from each other will most likely be wiped out by the orc army, which has a large numerical advantage.
When the time comes, the orcs who occupy the Lonely Mountain will definitely destroy the empty Iron Hills and Woodland Kingdoms in their territory in one fell swoop.
As for what happens next, Morgan can no longer imagine it.
This has seriously affected the historical process of Middle-earth.
No wonder he was warned.
"call..."
Morgan let out a long breath.
Only then did he understand that perhaps small-scale plots could be changed, such as the death of the dwarf Noli.
But in terms of major plots that will affect the course of history, such as the upcoming Battle of the Five Armies. Obviously it is not allowed to be destroyed.
Thorin Oakenshield and the dwarves should be the key figures in this battle.
but...
Morgan suddenly thought.
The expedition team was captured by Goblin monsters in the underground kingdom of the Misty Mountains, and Thorin Oakenshield was about to die at the hands of the Goblin King.
What will happen if you don't save yourself, or if you don't save the other party?
Will Thorin Oakenshield die?
Thinking of this, Morgan tried to remember.
He was sure that Thorin Oakenshield would definitely die.
Because anyone who could save Thorin at that time was either trapped or too far away.
No one can save Thorin Oakenshield except himself.
But what happened to being warned before?
Could it be that the previous Thorin Oakenshield could die?
Not working now?
I thought about it for a while.
Morgan finally stopped thinking about it.
Every time he felt that he had torn away a mysterious veil of plot in this world, more veils were immediately covered.
He couldn't see the truth at all.
It was noon.
The light group in the sky has climbed above the head.
In winter, the sun shines warmly on your body and is very comfortable.
But Morgan wasn't ready to continue snoring.
He turned to leave.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance behind him.
Morgan turned his head and saw the wilderness in the distance outside the long bridge of the city gate.
A horse was galloping towards River Valley Town.
Morgan's eyes immediately lit up when he saw the conspicuous figure on the horse wearing a gray pointed hat and gray robe.
He immediately stopped, turned around and walked out of the city gate quickly towards the long bridge outside.
"Bang bang bang..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Not long after, there was the sound of loud and fast horse hooves.
The gray-robed figure finally galloped up to Morgan and dismounted.
Morgan immediately opened his hands and greeted him with a smile on his face: "Long time no see, Gandalf!"
The figure in gray robe also opened his arms and greeted Morgan with a big smile: "Actually, it didn't take long, Morgan..."
"Nice to meet you, though."
The two figures who reunited after a long separation hugged each other, patted each other on the shoulders and laughed.
"You don't look very well..."
Morgan took a step back and looked at Gandalf, who was covered in dirty robes, with black and red blood on his face, and his gray hair was equally messy, and smiled.
"It's just something unexpected happened..."
Gandalf shook his head and said. Suddenly his words changed and he looked at Morgan and said solemnly: "What is the situation in this river valley town?"
Looking at the eager Gandalf, Morgan immediately put away his joke and said: "There are residents of Lake Town who survived the flames of the evil dragon Smaug, and there is also an army of elves."
"Army of elves?"
"The wood elf army of the Woodland Kingdom?"
After hearing Morgan's words, Gandalf asked.
The elf force closest to the Lonely Mountain is naturally the wood elf of the Dark Forest.
They happened to have a feud with the dwarves of Lonely Mountain.
Now that the evil dragon Smaug is dead, Thorin Oakenshield and a group of dwarves have reoccupied the Lonely Mountain.
It is normal for the army of elves from Mirkwood to appear here.
"right..."
Morgan nodded, not surprised that Gandalf guessed the elves' army.
"Then go in now. I have something important to see the Elf King."
Gandalf said and left, but suddenly remembered something and looked at Morgan and asked: "By the way, why are you here?"
"Shouldn't you be with Thorin and the others in Lonely Mountain at this time?"
Facing Gandalf's question, Morgan smiled and said: "You have something important, let's go in first and talk as we go..."
Morgan took Gandalf, who was holding the horse, and turned around and walked toward the town of Riverdale.
On the way, Morgan began to talk about what happened to the Fellowship after Gandalf left when they reached Mirkwood.
"After we left the main road in the Elf Road, we were attacked by those giant dark demonized spider monsters..."
"After being captured by the wood elves in Mirkwood, it was Bilbo who brought the key to the cell and rescued us..."
"He was intercepted and killed by the Orcs...Yes, but the leader was not Azog, but a very tall Orc leader. I don't know him..."
"We were caught stealing weapons from the Long Lake Town weapons depot..."
"Thorin also made a promise to the residents of Changhu Town at that time. The very bloated mayor of Changhu Town hosted a banquet for us..."
"Outside the secret passage in the Lonely Mountain, yes, that's where Thorin and I got into a fight..."
"He had already started to get sick at that time... It's not just me who thinks so, Bahrain also said so..."
"You should understand my character. Yes, I am not a dwarf. I will not be polite to Thorin who is too polite..."
"Regret, of course I won't regret it..."
"I just regretted that I couldn't find Bilbo and bring him out with me..."
Morgan said this with a sigh in his tone.
"You have done a great job Morgan. Bringing you into the team was definitely one of the best decisions I made in my life."
Gandalf patted Morgan on the shoulder and smiled, and continued: "You haven't told me why you are with these residents of Lake Town?"
Speaking of this, Morgan immediately laughed: "Gandalf, you know that the dragon Smaug is dead, right?"
"Then do you know how he died?"
When Morgan said this, Gandalf's eyes widened immediately when he looked at Morgan. He knew this boy's character, so there was definitely something wrong with what he said.
"Don't tell me you killed the dragon?" Gandalf asked immediately.
"Haha, you really know me, Gandalf..."
Seeing Gandalf's reaction, Morgan immediately became happy and laughed: "You guessed it right. I did kill the dragon, but I am not the only dragon-slaying warrior."
"I will introduce you to him in a moment, Bard, a descendant of Girion, the king of the River Valley State."
"The surviving residents of Riverdale Town now also listen to him..."
While Morgan and Gandalf were talking, they had already approached the large square of the city hall.
At this time, around the huge square, a large number of Changhu Town residents were wiping and polishing rusty weapons.
The weapons were taken from the abandoned weapons warehouse in Riverdale.
There are soldiers in armor in the surrounding squares, holding weapons to train the residents.
Seeing this, Morgan knew in his heart that this was Bard's decision to send troops with the elves to recover the treasure promised to rebuild his homeland from Thorin Oakenshield.
But Gandalf became even more worried when he saw it.
He already knew from Morgan's mouth the grudges between the surviving residents of Lake Town and Thorin Oakenshield.
At this time, Morgan looked up and saw Bard walking out of the Elf King's golden court tent in front of him.
"Bud..."
Morgan shouted immediately.
Bud turned around immediately when he heard the sound, saw an old man in gray robes following Morgan, and walked over immediately.
Morgan came forward with Gandalf.
"Is His Majesty Thranduil still inside?"
Morgan asked looking at Bud.
Bard nodded and looked at Gandalf: "Who is this?"
"Gandalf, Gandalf the Wizard..."
"Bud..."
"Let's go in first, Gandalf has brought important news..."
After a brief introduction, the three of them walked quickly to the spacious golden tent in the center of the square.
When the three of them walked into the golden tent.
Thranduil, wearing a silver-gray exquisite luxurious robe, was pouring wine to drink.
When I saw Bard and Morgan coming in, I didn't notice anything, but when I saw Gandalf's figure.
The Elf King's face was dull, and there was even a hint of hidden impatience flashing through his eyes.
This was noticed by Morgan, who had been paying attention to the Elf King since entering the tent.
"No wonder the Elf King didn't pay attention to the news brought by Gandalf in his memory. It turns out that the other party was troubled by Gandalf's arrival early on."
Morgan sighed secretly in his heart.
Thranduil treated him well, maybe because of his relationship with Bard, maybe because of his falling out with Thorin Oakenshield.
Of course, the most likely possibility is that he is a dragon-slaying warrior like Bard.
The death of the evil dragon Smaug is a blessing to the entire Middle-earth world in the long run.
To put it more closely, the biggest beneficiaries are naturally the forces around Gushan.
Especially Thorin Oakenshield and his group of dwarves.
Thranduil's woodland kingdom also lost the threat of the dragon because of Smaug's death. It also saw a huge opportunity to recover the white gemstone starlight necklace, and it was also a beneficiary.
Of course, the residents of Changhu Town are both victims and beneficiaries.
The victim was naturally caused by the fact that Changhu Town was destroyed by the evil dragon's flaming dragon's breath before his death, resulting in numerous casualties.
The benefit is that from now on, all survivors will no longer be threatened by evil dragons.
In this world, those who are powerful will be respected wherever they go.
Not to mention the legendary dragon-slaying warrior.
The Elf King is good to Morgan, and Morgan also wants to try to help him to see if he can prevent the battle between the Elf King's army and the Iron Hills Dwarves tomorrow in the memory plot.
These two armies are the main fighting force against the orc army tomorrow.
If the consumption of the battle between the two parties before the arrival of the orcs could be avoided.
It was a great achievement for the elves, the dwarves, even all the surviving humans in Riverdale, and for the entire battlefield.
Inside the golden royal court tent.
Gandalf nodded slightly and saluted when he saw Thranduil.
Not to mention the inner character and other things, at least on the surface, the Elf King's temperament and cultivation are still very good.
Thranduil smiled and motioned for the three of them to sit down, and poured a glass of wine for all three of them.
Only Gandalf, who was in a hurry with the big news, took the glass and sat down. After taking a sip, he couldn't sit still.
He immediately asked Bard on the side: "Are you going to send troops against the dwarves?"
Bud nodded immediately. He became angry when he thought of this: "They broke their promise first. We just want some treasures that are enough to rebuild our home."
Gandalf expressed understanding and turned to look at the Elf King again: "Your Majesty Thranduil must be the same?"
"Of course, I'm here to get what's mine."
The Elf King said calmly, and finally looked at Gandalf and said in a louder voice: "No one can stop me!"
Looking at Thranduil's attitude, Gandalf sighed in his heart. He knew that the other party had a deep grudge with the Lonely Mountain dwarves and it would be difficult to persuade him.
But this time the stakes were so high that he had no choice but to wait any longer.
So he took a deep breath, stood up directly, looked at the Elf King and said in a deep voice: "I brought you important news."
"The orcs in the ruins of Dol Guldur have come out in full force. Those are fighting beasts born purely for war..."
"You two, war is coming!"
"You must put aside your petty disputes with the dwarves..."
Gandalf said in a deep voice.
Bud looked serious when he was told.
But Thranduil seemed to have seen too many of Gandalf's alarmist tactics, and he frowned when he heard it.
Morgan sat aside, thinking about speaking for Gandalf, but didn't know how to speak.
He had been with Bard since he left the expedition on the Lonely Mountain.
It was impossible to know the latest secret news because he could not explain the source of the news.
No matter how many secrets he hides in his heart.
...
Deep in the lonely mountain.
In front of the weapons depot.
Thorin Oakenshield, who was wearing mighty armor, looked at Bilbo in the passage ahead and shouted: "Master Baggins, come here."
Bilbo approached slowly in confusion, only to find that Thorin was holding something in his hand.
When he walked up to him, he finally saw clearly that what Thorin was holding was a piece of mail. It was a piece of exquisite silver mail that was far denser than other pieces of mail. It was very beautiful.
"Here, put this on..."
Thorin Oakenshield motioned to Bilbo.
Watch Bilbo take off his clothes and put on his mail.
Thorin Oak Shield said slowly: "This is mail armor forged from silver steel."
"My ancestors called it mithril."
"Put it on and no sword can pierce..."
After putting on the mail, Bilbo touched the beautiful mail that fit him perfectly. Although he didn't know much about weapons and armor, he could still feel that the mail on his body was extraordinary.
"Very beautiful, but I'm not a warrior, I'm just a hobbit, why not..."
At this time, a group of dwarves at the door of the weapons warehouse looked over. Bilbo looked at Thorin Oakenshield in front of him with some discomfort and smiled.
"No..."
Thorin Oakenshield shook his head and looked at Bilbo in front of him, showing a rare smile and said: "This is a gift for you."
"It is a testimony of our friendship..."
"True friends are rare, I know that very well..."
Having said this, Thorin Oakenshield's expression immediately changed, and he immediately pulled Bilbo towards the distant passage.
"I've been blind before."
"But now, I have seen clearly that someone betrayed me!"
Thorin Oakenshield pulled Bilbo and talked as he walked. The two of them soon came to a corner far away from the dwarves behind.
"Arken Gem!"
"Someone among them must have taken the Arken Stone!"
"But they refused to give it to me..."
"This is betrayal!"
Seeing Thorin smiling in front of him one moment as he gave him a gift of mail, and the frightening expression on his face that suddenly changed the next moment, Bilbo saw extremely complicated things.
Finally, Bilbo took a deep breath, looked at Thorin Oakenshield as if he had made an important decision, and said seriously: "Thorin..."
"The expedition has been completed, and you have won back the Lonely Mountain. Isn't that enough?"
"Also, you made a promise to the people of Changhu Town. I was also present at the time, and it was I who vouched for you..."
"These are our reputations. Aren't these more important than that little treasure?"
Bilbo finished speaking seriously and looked at Thorin Oakenshield expectantly.
Too many things have happened for an Arken gem.
At this moment, Bilbo has decided that as long as Thorin Oakenshield is willing to retreat and waver even a little bit.
He was determined to take out the Arken gem that originally belonged to Thorin and return it to Thorin.
However, he was disappointed.
"Bilbo, I am very grateful for your assurance."
"However, the treasure in this mountain does not belong to the people of Changhu Town."
"That gold is ours and belongs only to us..."
"I swear on my life..."
"I would never drop a gold coin..."
"Never share a gold coin..."
"no way!!!"
Seeing Thorin Oakenshield's eyes quickly becoming extremely terrifying, he yelled hysterically.
Bilbo suddenly remembered that when he was in the underground treasure house, the dragon Smaug said exactly the same words as Thorin did now.
In a daze, he looked at the terrifying Thorin in front of him, as if he had seen a new evil dragon.
