save the bachelors

Chapter 5037 5040 [Shooting geese all day and getting pecked in the eye by geese]

"No, you are right. We have no home." Bofur nodded. "Then I wish you a safe journey. I sincerely wish you a safe journey."

"Thank you." Bilbo nodded and was about to leave.

"Wait, what's that?" Bofur suddenly pointed at Bilbo's waist.

Bilbo looked down and saw the dagger at his waist emitting a faint blue light.

"Is this... a sign that orcs are approaching?!" Bilbo suddenly remembered and shouted, "Wake up, wake up~"

At this moment, the stone slabs beneath the dwarves suddenly collapsed, and all the dwarves, including Bilbo, fell down.
Then they screamed in fear, stumbled and slid down a winding stone path, and finally fell into a prison cage surrounded by iron spikes.

Soon after, a large number of orcs gathered around.

They are relatively short, almost like dwarves, but very thin, and like to walk hunched over, which makes them look even more wretched and short.

And they all look very ugly, with long and thin ears, sharp teeth, collapsed noses, bulging eyeballs, bald hair, and pale skin, looking like mummies soaked in formalin.

Seeing so many orcs rushing over, the dwarves were suddenly frightened.

At this moment, there was a flash of light. It turned out that Xiang Nan had put up a protective shield for everyone and pushed away all the orcs that were rushing up.

Immediately afterwards, several fireballs were thrown out by him.

Boom, boom, boom! The fireball exploded quickly after landing, turning into countless sparks.

As soon as these sparks touched the orcs' bodies, they immediately began to burn. After a short while, their skin and flesh were burnt and rotten, so they screamed in pain and fled in all directions.

No matter how they fled or rolled on the ground, the flames could not be extinguished.

And as long as they get a little bit of it, no matter who it is, the flames will also ignite. Therefore, the flames can spread quickly, and soon one person will spread to ten people, and ten people will spread to a hundred people...

In a short while, all he could see were orcs engulfed in flames. All of them, without exception, were burned to ashes by the flames.

Seeing this, the orcs were naturally frightened and fled in a panic, not daring to get close to Xiang Nan and the others again.

“……” Seeing this scene, the dwarves were all shocked.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan's magic had improved again. The power of his fireball was even stronger than before. Just a few fireballs almost wiped out all the orcs. It was really amazing.

"Charge!" Thorin shouted loudly and rushed forward with the dwarves.

Now that the orcs were frightened and retreated, it was a good time for them to attack.

……

While helping the dwarves hold up the protective shield, Xiang Nan continued to throw out fireballs, bombarding the surviving orcs.

He throws the fire of hell, which has a great killing effect only on evil people. Good people will be safe.

Of course, inanimate objects such as trees, flowers, rocks, and flowing water will not be destroyed.

Orcs are evil creatures, so this kind of magic is perfect for dealing with them. And it won't damage the wooden bridge built by the orcs. It turns out that the place they are in is called "Orc Town", located in a narrow cave in the middle of the Misty Mountains.

As the name suggests, this is the city-state of the orcs. They have lived here for thousands of years, so there are extremely large numbers of them, and they have also built layers of aerial plank roads here that are as dense as spider webs.

Normally they walk on these plank roads and prey on humans traveling to and from the Misty Mountains. Just now, the cave where Thorin and the other dwarves slept was a trap deliberately set by the orcs.

They would wait until the travelers fell asleep late at night, then open the floor and let the travelers fall into their traps automatically. However, they did not expect that the prey was too strong, and they were killed and fled in embarrassment.

Thorin and other dwarves, under the protection of Xiang Nan's energy shield, were not afraid of the orcs' swords, bows and arrows. Instead, they were able to show their prowess and chase the orcs one-sidedly.

The orcs were either pushed off the plank road by Xiang Nan's protective shield and fell into a hundred-foot cliff, or were hacked to death by the dwarves, or were caught in the flames of hell and burned to ashes.

In short, Thorin and his men rushed all the way and killed the orcs without any resistance.

……

At the same time, Xiang Nan also noticed that Bilbo was left behind.

It turned out that he was standing at the entrance of the cave, preparing to leave, so he was the farthest away from the trap, and so it took him the longest to slide down.

When Thorin and his men charged with the shield, he fell from it. After falling, before he could catch up with Thorin and his men, an orc jumped down from the air and started fighting with Bilbo.

It was Bilbo's first fight, and he was so nervous that he didn't even think of drawing the dagger at his waist, and just engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the orcs.

Fortunately, the orcs' individual combat capability was not strong, and they mainly relied on the "sea of ​​beasts tactics" to win. Thousands of them came up in a row, and it was naturally difficult to resist.

So Bilbo fought it to an equal disadvantage, but at last the orc pounced hard and knocked both Bilbo and it into the abyss.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan immediately pulled out a hair, created a clone, and followed Bilbo to prevent him from accidentally falling to his death.

He had no intention of rescuing Bilbo, because he knew that Bilbo might have an adventure this time, that is, obtain the One Ring.

This One Ring was created by the great devil Sauron. Most of Sauron's magic power is infused into it, so it can control the other 19 rings.

It was with the help of this One Ring that Sauron bewitched the nine human lords, causing a split in the alliance of humans, elves and dwarves, which enabled him to defeat them one by one and dominate the world for a time.

But because of the loss of the One Ring, Sauron suffered a crushing defeat and even lost his physical body. Now only a lonely soul remains.

But the One Ring is like a Horcrux. As long as it is not destroyed, Sauron will still have the power to survive. He can still slowly gather energy, assemble the dark army, and gradually encroach on Middle-earth.

However, Xiang Nan had no interest in this Supreme Magic Ring.

Because Zoro's original identity was a Maia, and at one point he was so weak that he couldn't even beat a dog (Juan the Holy Dog).

Xiang Nan is almost on par with Ilúvatar. To him, Sauron is really a little Karami who can be killed with just a breath.

Therefore, the One Ring, which contains most of his magical power, may be a great treasure in the eyes of Saruman, Gandalf, Galadriel, Elrond and others.

To Xiang Nan, it was something he totally disdained. In the world of The Lord of the Rings, the only treasure that could move him was probably the secret fire of Ilúvatar.