"Moria..."
Gandalf murmured in a low voice, turning his head to look at the voice that was still echoing in the snowy peaks and valleys. His eyes were blurred, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"It's time for us to go, Gandalf."
Looking at Gandalf who was speechless and distracted for a moment, Morgan couldn't help but speak.
"Walk."
Gandalf came to his senses, nodded to Morgan, and then shouted to Aragorn and Boromir behind him: "Turn around, let's go to Moria."
Soon, the Fellowship of the Ring moved again, heading towards the road they came from.
"Huh...huh..."
The biting cold wind howled with snowflakes.
The wind and snow on Kalanlas Snow Mountain became even worse.
Three days later.
The expedition left Mount Kalanras.
The fourth day.
The expedition team appeared at the foot of a towering giant mountain.
After leaving the snow peak, the wind and snow in the sky had disappeared, replaced by small snowflakes falling quietly in the cold air.
The sky was overcast.
Thin mist spreads everywhere at the foot of the mountain.
Under the dim sky, the mountain peaks and forest rocks ahead looked like terrifying monsters hidden in the darkness.
The weather is getting colder.
The temperature had started to plummet since the encounter with the Dunland crow scouts a few days ago.
Fortunately, everyone had prepared enough warm clothes when they left Rivendell.
This prevents people walking at the foot of the mountain, where the temperature seems to be no worse than on the snowy peak, from feeling particularly cold.
"Frodo, come here and do me a favor..."
At this time, Gandalf, who was walking at the front of the team, suddenly shouted to the few young hobbits at the back of the team.
Frodo, who was talking to Sam, put his hands into his black robe and walked forward quickly.
Walking to the front of the team, Gandalf put his arms around Frodo, leaned on Frodo's shoulders, and then whispered: "How do you feel? Can you hold on?"
"Fortunately, it's just too cold. It's much colder than winter in the Shire."
Frodo replied softly.
"What about the Lord of the Rings?"
Gandalf then said in a deep voice: "You feel that the power is getting stronger and stronger, right?"
Frodo said nothing.
"It's not just you, I also feel it. You must be careful..."
Gandalf hugged Frodo beside him and continued to move forward, saying constantly: "Evil beings outside the expedition will be summoned by that power."
"And within the expedition team, I'm afraid the same is true..."
Gandalf's deep voice had just fallen.
A tall figure walked past the two of them, it was Boromir.
Along the way, everyone in the expedition team actually had a pretty good attitude towards Frodo the Ring Bearer.
However, no one knows what everyone is thinking.
The One Ring can lure out the evil hidden deep in everyone's heart.
No one knows if anyone has any other desire for the Lord of the Rings.
Even Boromir, who had strongly wanted to keep the Supreme Lord of the Rings for his own use at the Rivendell meeting, had no problem with his performance along the way.
Although he suggested that everyone should take the Rohan Pass route, going to Gondor and then to Mordor was a bit too much.
"Then who can I trust?"
Watching Boromir stride away, Frodo looked at Gandalf and asked in a low voice.
"You must believe in yourself and your own strength."
"What's the meaning?"
"There are a lot of different forces in this world."
"There's good, there's bad... there are forces more powerful than me."
"And some power..."
Having said this, Gandalf shook his head as if he remembered something.
"What's the matter?" asked Frodo.
"nothing..."
"In short, the Lord of the Rings is too evil."
"You must believe in yourself, and you can only believe in yourself..."
"Let's go."
Gandalf said, patting Frodo on the shoulder.
At this time, Jin Li behind him suddenly strode forward with his battle ax in his hand.
Rushing up the hillside quickly, Gimli pointed forward and shouted: "Hurry up!"
Jin Li's actions had attracted everyone's attention. At this moment, he shouted and everyone immediately sped up and walked up the hillside in front.
Then, I saw a river flowing quietly not far ahead.
On the other side of the river, a huge rock wall hundreds of meters high traverses the huge valley.
"Walls of Moria..."
Jin Li looked at the huge wall in front of him with complicated eyes and murmured.
The members of the expedition team on the side also marveled at the spectacular giant wall in front of them.
After viewing the Wall of Moria.
The team moved on.
after an hour.
Everyone passed through this quiet river called "Dark Valley" filled with hazy mist, and came to the bottom of the Wall of Moria.
Looking at the tall and majestic building next to me, it seems that the end of the wall is endless.
Looking at the people walking forward.
Boromir couldn't help but ask: "Don't you know how to enter Moria?"
Looking at the dwarf Gimli who kept knocking on the wall in front of him, Boromir continued: "Are we going to keep looking like this?"
"Dwarven gates are invisible when closed."
Facing Boromir's words, Gimli said casually and continued to knock on the stone wall beside him.
Boromir continued: "It seems that you have been gone for so long that you can't even find yourself as the master."
Legolas: "I'm not surprised."
Facing the words of his two teammates, Gimli was choked and rolled his eyes.
The dwarves had been away from Moria for too long, and it was his first time here.
But can he say that he is not the owner here?
Of course not.
Jinli didn't care about these two.
It has been almost two months since the expedition left Rivendell.
Two months of getting along.
Gimli's attitude towards Legolas, which was originally extremely annoying, has gradually softened, and now he is no different from a friend.
Although they can only be regarded as ordinary friends.
But it’s definitely okay to have a few jokes between friends.
Gimli continued to knock on the stone wall beside him.
The front of the line.
Morgan, who was chatting with Gandalf, suddenly saw two lonely trees suddenly appearing in front of the far wall.
"Look there!"
Morgan pointed to the two lone trees in front of him and spoke.
Gandalf immediately looked forward, seemed to remember something, and immediately ran forward in large strides.
Morgan and other members of the expedition team quickly followed.
Soon, when I arrived at two lone trees, I saw a stone door suddenly appeared between the two trees.
"It should be right here..."
Gandalf said, stepping forward to examine the stone door.
He had been to Moria once, alone, many years ago, but not from here.
"let me see..."
Gandalf wiped away the dust and debris on the stone door with his hands, looked at the characters engraved on the stone door and whispered to himself.
Soon, Gandalf turned and looked at everyone and said: "This door needs moonlight or starlight to appear."
"It's only the afternoon now, we need moonlight and starlight, so don't we have to wait until night?"
The hobbit Pippin immediately asked Gandalf.
Gandalf nodded: "That's right."
"Then just wait..."
"I'm just hungry."
Morgan sat down on a rock under a tree and looked at the hobbits: "Whose turn is it today?"
"It's me, Uncle Morgan."
Sam came out immediately and spoke.
"Give..."
Morgan said as he stretched out his hand, a large bunch of sausages immediately appeared in his hand and handed it to Sam.
Everyone in the team now knew that Morgan had a magic ring with storage capabilities, and they didn't find it strange.
"Crack... crack..."
Thanks to everyone’s efforts.
A strong bonfire soon burned in front of the west gate of the Wall of Moria.
Frodo helped Sam cook tonight's dinner.
Morgan was closing his eyes and concentrating.
Legolas and Gandalf were chatting.
Aragorn unbridled the two horses.
Merry and Pippin, who had been chatting, looked at the silent river not far ahead.
Pippin suddenly said: "Are we going to lose the game?"
Merry's eyes immediately lit up: "What a great idea."
"Come!"
The two immediately picked up the gravel on the ground.
Meili was very fast. He raised his hand and threw it towards the quiet black river in front of him.
"Puff puff..."
Three splashes of water rose up from the stone one after another, and then sank downwards.
The originally calm water surface was broken, and circles of ripples continued to spread outward.
"You only have three, it's up to me."
Pippin immediately became happy when he saw Merry's achievements and was about to throw a flat stone out of his hand.
A strong hand suddenly seized Pippin's arm.
"Don't play with water."
Aragorn looked at Pippin and spoke in a deep voice.
At this time, under the big tree next to the campfire, Morgan suddenly opened his eyes.
Although it is impossible to remember the plot in your mind all the time.
But something impressive.
Morgan will definitely remember.
Just like where I and the expedition team are now.
If Morgan remembered correctly, there should be a huge monster hidden in the river in front of him.
The monster looked somewhat similar to the giant octopus he had seen in his previous life.
But Morgan knew that it was not a giant octopus, but an evil and powerful giant monster.
"Everyone, it's time to eat."
At this time, Sam's voice interrupted Morgan's contemplation.
After taking the dinner plate handed over by Sam, Morgan chewed the sausage with a knife and fork, and then his eyes fell on the black river not far away.
To be honest, with the strength of the team at this time, if ordinary monsters dare to come to them, they are just giving food.
Morgan was not afraid of the monster in the river before him.
Of course, there is definitely no need to deliberately look for the monster.
In addition to Gandalf himself and several Ring Keepers of extraordinary strength from various ethnic groups, there are also four Hobbits who are not very powerful.
On a snowy day, the sky was already darker than usual.
In the afternoon, the sky becomes as dark as night.
When everyone in the expedition team finished their dinner.
It was completely dark.
It was just a cold and dark night sky, with no possibility of starlight.
And moonlight...
"If there's no moonlight, wouldn't we be able to get in?"
Pippin, impatient, asked again.
"Yes, without moonlight, the stone gate cannot be revealed."
Gandalf nodded and smoked.
"But with this weather, can we wait for the moonlight tonight?"
Pippin continued.
This made everyone subconsciously look up at the night sky.
But the night sky was pitch black.
Nothing at all.
Boromir's mouth suddenly moved, as if he wanted to say something, but looking at Gandalf's not-so-pretty face, he finally did not speak.
"It's still early, what's the rush?"
Morgan said casually, although there was some truth to what Pippin said.
However, in this case, what everyone wants is courage and confidence, not a loudmouth who wants to say something about everything and make people upset.
Based on the current situation of the expedition team, the Pass of Rohan cannot be walked, and Mount Kalanrath cannot be walked.
Except traveling through Moria.
The expedition team was almost at the end of its rope.
There is no turning back at this point.
And the expedition team is not as harmonious as it seems on the surface.
At least Morgan knew that Boromir had been clamoring to go to Gondor via the Pass of Rohan.
As Morgan's words fell.
There was some silence in the expedition team for a moment.
Pippin and Merry were obviously not aware of anything, and soon they started chattering and playing around again.
The dull atmosphere was broken by the two of them.
Legolas chatted with Aragorn who was sitting aside.
Gimli sat by the river and looked at the water.
Morgan wanted to speak, but he swallowed the words as soon as they reached his lips.
Frodo and Sam leaned against another tree and closed their eyes.
In the past few days, everyone's sleep time and quality have been poor, which is why everyone will close their eyes and take a nap when they have some free time.
Time passed slowly.
After everyone spent about three or four hours waiting in boredom.
The originally dark night sky suddenly became brighter.
Slowly, as the cold light grew stronger, a white crescent moon appeared in the sky.
"Moonlight, moonlight appears."
Pippin shouted immediately, looking at the night sky.
As his voice fell, a door-shaped white light suddenly lit up on the stone door beside him.
Gandalf looked happy, then stood up and strode to the light door, looking carefully at the flashing characters above.
"Gates of Turin, Lord of Moria, speak, my friend, and enter..."
"what does that mean?"
"It's very simple, as long as we are friends, just say the code word..."
"Can you do that, Gandalf?"
"Of course, this doesn't trouble me."
"..."
Ten minutes later, Gandalf looked at the light door in front of him with an ugly expression and said: "That shouldn't be the case. I was once familiar with the spells of elves, humans and even orcs..."
"I seem to see something..."
Morgan looked at the light door and spoke. Naturally, he knew the characters engraved on the light door in front of him: "Gandalf, how do you say "friend" in Elvish?"
"*****"
Gandalf said casually.
The words fell.
"Kakaka..."
A harsh sound suddenly came from the shimmering stone door.
The stone door with no visible gap was immediately opened slowly.
Everyone's faces immediately showed joy.
at this time.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
There was a fierce sound of water flowing.
A huge, dark, thick, smooth tentacle covered with suckers suddenly stretched out from the river behind, reaching straight towards Frodo, who was standing behind everyone.
The huge tentacles were extremely fast, and they grabbed Frodo and dragged him towards the river.
Frodo, who had not yet figured out the situation, realized that he had been caught by something, and immediately shouted in horror: "Help me!"
