Gandalf held up his staff to lead the way, dispelling the darkness and illuminating the road ahead like daylight.
He frowned and said: "Be prepared. The dark underground world is very huge. No city can compare with it. In addition, the terrain is complex and the roads are winding. I'm afraid it will take us four days to get to the exit."
"It's okay. There are still dozens of kilograms of octopus meat. If it doesn't work, we will slaughter the reserve ingredients. It will be enough for us to walk out of the mine." Russell patted the nightmare and secretly thought it was a pity. He didn't know what the next time he encountered the Nazgul. , they still don’t ride horses.
"Long live!" X4
"Russell, you are so well prepared."
"Great, now you don't have to go hungry!"
"..."
"Ahem, be quiet, you will alert the enemy." Seeing a group of people cheering for a meal, Gandalf couldn't stand it anymore. We are the Lord of the Rings Expedition, and we shoulder the fate of the entire Middle-earth continent. Can we stop thinking about it all the time? Eat.
But then again, what does a nightmare smell like?
…
Gandalf's footprints are all over Middle-earth, and he has visited Moria before. Everyone followed the leading party step by step towards the depths of the mine.
The complex passage is rugged and steep. The plank roads and stone corridors are considered good roads. There are many stone bridges as wide as one person across the abyss. There are cliffs on both sides of the cliff. It is pitch black. You can't see the end even with lighting. I really don't dare to do it if I don't have the courage. walk over.
The picture was a bit familiar, reminding Russell of the main god space ruins mission some time ago, the stone path + abyss, all kinds of bottomless.
During this period, Gandalf got lost once. After all, Moria covers an area so large that the dwarves almost hollowed out a mountain. It was understandable that he had never been there.
The dwarves dig holes wherever they want, which brings a lot of trouble to the group. Many people get hungry while walking, bah, many roads are gone after walking. Either the roads were not completed, or they were abandoned midway, and some were cut off directly in the middle.
The broken stone road could not be crossed, so everyone relied on nightmares to get through it easily. There was no need to take long detours or look back, which saved a lot of time.
The mine was pitch dark, there was no sunrise or moonset, and no one knew how long they had been walking. Anyway, all the octopus meat had been eaten long ago.
"Wait a minute, this nightmare is still useful, we need him."
Seeing Russell sharpening his knife and about to cook the nightmare in a cauldron, Gandalf hurriedly stopped him. Although he was curious about whether the nightmare meat was delicate, now was really not a good time to taste delicious food.
"Alas, the dry food is so hard to chew that I have lost weight." Gimli struggled to swallow the coarse food, staring at the nightmare, imagining a big meal of meat, and barely managed to finish the meal.
"Gandalf, something is following us." Frodo saw a dark shadow flashing under the mine, and he swallowed in fear. This was not the first time he saw this dark shadow.
"That's Gollum!" Gandalf said without looking back. He had already discovered it.
Russell and others have also seen Gulu a few times, but because it is inedible, they don't take it to heart. As long as they don't provoke them, they can follow if they are willing.
Frodo was surprised and said: "Gandalf, the Gollum you are talking about is Uncle Bilbo back then... But wasn't he imprisoned in Sauron's Barad-dong Dungeon?"
"Well, that's him."
Gandalf affirmed: "He was released and followed us for the One Ring, a fallen one corrupted by darkness."
"It's a pity that Uncle Bilbo didn't kill him back then." Frodo frowned. Gollum's spying on him made him feel very insecure.
"No, Frodo, you can't have this idea!" Gandalf slowly turned around, looked directly at Frodo with a serious face: "Bilbo didn't kill Gollum because of his kindness. He thought Gollum was a pitiful person. of victims.”
"Yes, but he has been corrupted by the Lord of the Rings..." Frodo didn't understand. He only knew that Gollum was very dangerous.
"That's true, but Bilbo still let him go." Gandalf said with emotion: "There are many living people who deserve to die, and there are also some dead people who don't deserve to die. Promise me, Frodo, when you one day take control of others." When it comes to fate, you must judge carefully!”
"..." Frodo didn't know why, he felt so powerful.
Seeing the perplexed look on Frodo's face, Gandalf knew that he didn't understand. He sighed and looked at Russell: "Master Russell, if you were holding the Lord of the Rings and being followed by Gollum, what would you do?"
After asking this question, Gandalf regretted it. He asked Russell what he was doing because he was full!
Sure enough, Russell did not disappoint Gandalf.
"Can Gulu eat it?"
Gandalf's face was full of black lines: "No, although he was tortured by the Lord of the Rings and became neither human nor ghost, he was originally a hobbit."
Russell nodded: "He is no longer a human being. Living must be very painful. Why not cut him out with a knife? It can be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."
Gandalf: "..."
Frodo's eyes lit up, Russell's words were still deeply rooted in people's hearts, at least he could understand them.
"Frodo, don't think so much when things happen. The world is too complicated, true and false, right and wrong. You can't satisfy everyone, and you can't always be right." Russell shrugged: "Keep it true. Keep your heart in mind, stick to the bottom line, and do what you think is right, and that’s it.”
After hearing Russell's words, Frodo was thoughtful. Gandalf shook his head and said nothing. Russell talked a lot of nonsense, and he basically meant the same thing.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
At this moment, a dark wind suddenly blew up in the dark underground world.
After the shrill whine, a rumbling horn sounded, faintly mixed with the roars and screams of wild beasts.
Orcs!
Gandalf's eyes flashed, and he leaned down to look at the abyss under the cliff. When the illumination spell was applied, dense black shadows squirmed closer.
The black shadows are human-like monsters, wearing iron armor and with hideous and ugly faces. They carry swords and weapons on their backs and crawl up quickly against the cliff.
Legolas took off his long bow and rained arrows, but he didn't see how he aimed. Every time the bow sounded, an orc would fall off the cliff.
"It's useless, there are too many of them." Russell said, the terrain here is narrow and cannot be used freely, so it is not suitable for fighting.
"Let's go!"
Gandalf made a prompt decision and led everyone to run towards the depths of Moria. Behind Aragorn's palace, the holy sword was raised high to cut off the stone path, delaying the orcs as much as possible.
…
The group of people fled in a hurry, gradually getting away from the pursuers behind them. They did not slow down. Now that the orcs had discovered them, they would definitely not give up. They must leave the Moria mines before the next wave of pursuit and interception arrived.
Everyone had already gone through the most difficult journey. As they accelerated and ran, they quickly passed through the stone path and entered the underground kingdom at the end.
The hometown of the dwarves, Kezad-dûm, before evil grew, this was its real name, not Moria!
This is an extremely majestic palace, and even Gandalf's lighting skills can only glimpse the tip of the iceberg.
Beside everyone, a hundred-meter-high stone pillar was propped up, with a diameter of more than ten meters, carved by the dwarfs themselves. Such stone pillars are densely packed in the palace, with each pillar thirty meters apart. There are tens of thousands, or even more.
It’s majestic and eye-opening!
"Uuuuuuu——"
At this time, the horns of the orcs sounded again, and shouts of death came from all directions in the palace.
With the help of lighting technology, everyone was shocked to realize that the palace was actually the lair of orcs. Orcs crawled out of caves and cracks like ants on the ceiling, walls, and floors, surrounding them.
There were so many that the escape route was blocked in the blink of an eye, leaving them no time to escape.
"Hohohoho——"
The roars and shouts of killing were deafening. Except for where Russell and others were, the rest of the palace was densely packed with orcs, and those who had nowhere to stay were climbing on the stone pillars.
"Leave quickly, the orcs are making too much noise."
Cold sweat breaks out on Gandalf's forehead. The orcs are nothing to be afraid of, but their loud voices will attract the sleeping Balrogs in the abyss, and that is the real trouble.
Moreover, since he decided to go to the mines of Moria instead, Gandalf has been uneasy, always feeling that he will lose something.
what is it then?
Gandalf kept comforting himself not to think too much, but he knew very well that the ominous premonition was not groundless, and he was likely to lose his life here.
Unless the boss of the God of Creation is willing to help him cheat!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Facing the threat of the orcs, the Fellowship of the Ring immediately fought back. Legolas fired three arrows in a row. The arrows were attached with a layer of white light and had amazing penetrating power. The orcs' crude armor was like paper in front of arrows, and each arrow could penetrate four to five orcs.
Legolas nodded with satisfaction. His hard work during this time was well worth it, and his improvement in strength was visible to the naked eye.
With the holy sword of Aragorn in hand, he charges into the battle unstoppably, and blood flows everywhere he passes. The performance of several other people is also remarkable. Even Boromir, who is the weakest, can kill all the orcs with one sword. It is as easy as an outing.
Of course, the most eye-catching one is Gandalf, whose specific occupation is difficult to determine.
You say he is a mage. His arm strength is amazing. When he swings his staff, the strong wind blows away a dozen orcs. You say he is a warrior. He sees all directions and hears all directions. His steps are flexible and changeable. You can't even touch the hem of his clothes when you swarm him; you say he is an assassin, but his backhand is a lighting technique that blinds the eyes of the orcs, and then he raises the knife and drops it.
The three major professions of mage, warrior, and assassin can be switched freely. They can resist, attack, and deal damage. They can kill orcs to the point of doubting their lives.
Russell didn't take any action, he piled the four hobbits onto the nightmare and guarded them. Orcs are not easy either. They remind him of the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War. It took them eight years to escape.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang————
The palace ground shook, dull footsteps sounded, and five giant humanoid monsters appeared in sight.
They held giant hammers and were led by orcs with chains. Each of them was more than six meters tall. When he came to the center of the battlefield and found that he couldn't squeeze in, he immediately activated his big brain of wisdom and swept the giant hammer against the ground, turning over a large number of orcs and clearing the space to move forward.
"It's a troll!"
The dwarf warrior Gimli shouted loudly, splitting the orcs in front with his battle ax, trying to rush forward and crush the troll's knees.
The short legs were at a disadvantage on the battlefield. He had just taken a few steps when two sharp arrows shot out, hitting the troll's eyeballs.
"Hohohoho——"
The trolls screamed pitifully, and the screams resonated. The other trolls roared loudly, causing thunder to roll in the palace.
"Hurry! Kill them quickly, their voices are too loud." Gandalf shouted angrily, his voice louder than the trolls.
"Let me come!" Russell shouted, his voice louder than Gandalf.
The thunder rolled, and Russell's body was surrounded by arcs of electricity, turning into two giant silver-white wolves that were flying.
The giant wolf ran on all fours at an extremely fast speed. Wherever it went, the orcs fell down when they touched it, and they were stunned when they were next to each other. When they rushed into the middle of the trolls, white light suddenly brightened all over their bodies.
Boom! ! !
A dazzling bright light flashed, and the trolls evaporated and melted. The sudden shock wave caused the orcs to stagger around, the palace rumbled and trembled, and large pieces of rubble fell down without stopping for a moment.
The air was filled with the stench of burning. The orcs, who were originally shouting to kill, now stood there blankly, not daring to make a sound.
The scene was unusually quiet. Russell grinned and gave Gandalf a thumbs-up, with a face full of merit and fame.
No need to praise me!
Gandalf: "..."
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