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Chapter 5030 5033 [Bad News from the Weird Wizard]

Bilbo was also moved by Gandalf's words and was about to say something.

At this moment, Xiang Nan suddenly shouted, "Everyone be careful, something is coming."

"Pick up your weapons and get ready," Thorin shouted immediately.

When everyone heard this, they immediately drew their weapons, stood together, formed a circle, and prepared to defend against the enemy.

Sure enough, I heard a rustling noise coming from the woods, as if something was running very fast.

For a moment, even Bilbo was nervous and quickly drew out the dagger he had just obtained.

Just then, several huge rabbits rushed out of the woods.

When everyone was stunned, they saw that behind the rabbit was a wooden sled, and there was actually a person on it.

The dwarves immediately brandished their weapons and rushed forward, stopping the rabbits and the people.

"Don't be impulsive!" Gandalf said immediately after seeing this, "He is not a bad man. He is Radagast, my friend, another wizard."

The dwarves then breathed a sigh of relief.

Radagast was wearing a brown robe, holding a long wooden staff in his hand, wearing a dirty felt hat, with a messy beard scattered on his chest, and bird droppings on his hair...

"Are all wizards so weird?" Philip couldn't help but complain.

Although Gandalf was unkempt, he looked like a normal person, but this Radagast looked like a tramp.

"Radigast, what are you doing here?" Gandalf asked curiously.

"I'm here to see you. Something happened. Something big." Radagast said nervously.

"What's the matter?" asked Gandalf quickly.

"Oh, wait a minute, oh, wait a minute..." Radagast hesitated, acting a little neurotic, "It was on the tip of my tongue, but I forgot it. No, it's not an idea... It's a living stick insect."

As he spoke, he pulled out a long worm from his mouth.

The dwarves looked at each other and thought that this wizard was really weird.

"Ah, I remember now. Let's talk about it here." Radagast carefully put the stick insect back into his arms, then said to Gandalf.

Gandalf nodded and took him aside.

……

"The Great Greenwood is sick, Gandalf. Darkness has enveloped it, and nothing grows, at least nothing good grows," Radagast explained. "The air is filled with a foul stench, and worst of all are spiderwebs."

"Spider web?! What does that mean?" Gandalf asked in confusion.

"Spiders, Gandalf, giant spiders. They must be descendants of Ungoliant, I guarantee it, or I would not be a wizard," Radagast explained. "I followed their trail to Dol Guldur."

"It is now an abandoned ruin," Gandalf said immediately upon hearing it.

Dol Guldur, originally named Arammonk, meaning "naked hill", is a hill located in the southern part of the Great Greenwood. It is named because there are no trees on the top of the hill.

In the middle of the Second Age, the Elf King of Mirkwood once built his capital here. Later, due to the threat of Sauron, the elves were forced to move north, so Arammonk was abandoned and eventually occupied by dark forces, hence the name "Dol Guldur", which means "Hill of Witchcraft."

"No, Gandalf, there are people there, and it is occupied by dark forces." Radagast denied, "It is a darkness I have never felt before. It is a demonic shadow from ancient times. It can summon the spirits of the dead. I saw it, Gandalf. A necromancer who walked out of the darkness."

When he said this, Radagast couldn't help but show an expression of fear on his face.

"Radagast, don't be nervous yet, take a puff of cigarette, it will help you calm down." Seeing this, Gandalf quickly took out the pipe and handed it to Radagast. Radagast took a deep puff and then exhaled the cigarette, and his expression really became calm.

"Necromancer? Are you sure?" Gandalf asked doubtfully.

It is quite rare to find a wizard who can summon the spirits of the dead. To be honest, even ordinary gods may not have such ability. After all, this requires breaking the boundary between life and death.

Radagast nodded, then took out an object wrapped in cloth from his arms and handed it to Gandalf, "That is not something from the world of the living."

Gandalf opened it and took a look, and was also stunned.

Wrapped in the package was a pitch-black long sword. This kind of long sword has a special name "Sword of the Morgul", which was made for Sauron's subordinate, the Witch-king of Angmar.

In the Second Age, after the Witch King of Angmar was killed by the allied army of humans, elves, and dwarves, his body and weapons were sealed in the high mountain caves of Lugal. Terrifying spells were engraved on the walls of the cave, so no tomb robbers could break in.

Now, this pitch-black sword appeared here, obviously something went wrong in the tomb of the Witch-king of Angmar.

……

Just as Gandalf was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a loud roar in the distance.

"That's the howling of wolves. Are there any wolves around?" Bilbo asked nervously.

"No, this is not an ordinary wolf." Bofur said nervously immediately. He could tell that this was the howl of the orcs' mounts, the wargs.

Sure enough, at this moment, a wolf with bared fangs slowly approached them from the mountain.

"It's a Warg!" cried Thorin at once.

As soon as he finished shouting, the wolf rushed straight over.

The dwarves immediately drew their weapons and fought.

But Xiang Nan shot a fireball over, and with a bang, it blew the wolf to the ground.

Before the dwarves could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard a howl and another warg rushed over.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan fired another fireball, killing another wolf.

"A wolf spy!" Thorin recognized him immediately. "This means the orcs are not far away."

"Orcs?!" Bilbo was shocked when he heard it.

"We must leave here immediately," Dwalin said immediately.

"It's impossible. Our horses are loose and have run away." At this time, Ori and Dori ran over and said.

It turned out that due to the harassment of the wargs, the docile horses were scared away. Fortunately, Xiang Nan had collected all the luggage.

"I'll lead them away." Radagast volunteered immediately after hearing this.

"I can't do that. That's the Warg of Gundabad," said Gandalf quickly.

Wargs are also the creation of Melkor, and their ancestor is Zhaglyn, the ancestor of the demon wolf. Although wargs are similar to wolves, they are much larger than wolves and have considerable wisdom.

They are in cahoots with the orcs and are the orcs' best mounts and helpers.

"These are Rossgobel's rabbits," Radagast said calmly, "I want to let them compete to see which one is faster. Come on, go, go!"

As he said this, he rode away at full speed on his rabbit sled.