save the bachelors

Chapter 5041 [Why do we have to know each other before we meet]

After seeing the Lonely Mountain, the dwarves became even more excited. They kept on traveling without stopping, not even stopping to rest at night.

Finally, after marching for three days and two nights, they walked out of the Misty Mountains and came to the plains where the Anduin River flowed.

It was a very pretty plain, with a thick green grass and many lavender flowers.

"We can take a good rest here. Otherwise, we may not have time to rest after entering Mirkwood." Gandalf suggested to everyone.

Mirkwood was originally called Great Greenwood, and was originally the kingdom of the Wood Elves. Later, due to the invasion of dark forces, the territory of the Wood Elves' kingdom gradually shrank, and now it has retreated to the north of the Old Forest Road.

The southern region is shrouded in darkness, filled with giant man-eating spiders and dizzying miasma, so it is not suitable for staying for long.

Once you enter, you must leave as soon as possible.

Otherwise, you will either become food for a giant spider, or inhale too much miasma and become unconscious and disoriented, so that you will be forever wandering in the dense forest and unable to get out.

Therefore, they have few opportunities to rest.

"Rest where you are," Thorin then announced.

"Hey, there's a house over there. Maybe we can go there as a guest." Just then, Bilbo suddenly pointed to a house on the plain.

When everyone heard this, they were surprised.

"Don't talk nonsense, that could be the enemy's house."

"No ordinary person would dare to live at the foot of the Misty Mountains. In my opinion, they are either robbers or bandits."

"Yes, this house is too suspicious. We'd better not get close to it. Let's just rest here."

The dwarves spoke one after another.

Bilbo lacked travel experience, but they and other dwarves were different. They often needed to go out, so they had rich experience in the wild.

For them, they would rather live in an abandoned graveyard than in a private house, because it is difficult to tell whether the owners of these houses are truly kind-hearted and willing to help others, or are out to kill and rob.

……

Xiang Nan then conjured up a large amount of food.

After everyone finished eating, they rested on the spot and for a while, the snoring sounded like thunder.

Time soon came to night, and at this moment, Dori, who was on duty at night, shouted, "Wake up, wake up, there is something running over there~"

Everyone woke up immediately and saw a huge black shadow running towards them at a very fast speed.

"Take out your weapons and prepare to fight the enemy." Thorin shouted immediately.

At once, everyone raised their weapons.

After all, the black shadow came suddenly and we didn’t know whether it was an enemy or a friend, so we could only take precautions first.

Even Bilbo drew his short sword.

After a while, the black shadow was seen getting closer and closer. It turned out to be a huge black bear, but its body was much larger than that of an ordinary black bear, even taller than a tall horse.

When it ran over, it was just like an elephant, shaking the earth.

"Roar~" After seeing the dwarves, the giant bear immediately rushed forward.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan immediately put up a protective shield and blocked the giant bear outside.

The giant bear bit the protective shield in vain, but it couldn't budge it at all.

"What the hell is this?"

"Is it a bear, or some monster?"

"Oh my God, this guy is so big~" The dwarves looked at the giant bear in astonishment, feeling that it was really too powerful and too terrifying.

If it hadn't been blocked by the protective shield, I believe its destructive power would have been enough to wipe out their entire team.

At this moment, Xiang Nan waved his hand, and two thick ropes appeared out of thin air. Then, like a python, they tightly wrapped around the giant bear, making it completely unable to move.

"Ah!" Thorin immediately raised his sword and was about to step forward to kill the giant bear.

"Don't move, it's not a bad guy." Gandalf stopped it immediately when he saw it.

"Not a 'bad guy'?! It's a person?" Bilbo asked in surprise.

"Yes, he is a human. His name is Beorn, and he is a 'skin-changer'," Gandalf explained.

The Skinchangers are humans who can change their form. They come from the north and are the same race as the ancient Eden. As for why they can transform into giant black bears, no one knows.

"Then why did he attack us? Is he our enemy or friend?" Thorin asked.

"Neither." Gandalf waved his hand. "He just hates dwarves, but he is not a bad person. He can still be reasonable."

Thorin then nodded and put down the sword in his hand.

……

In the early hours of the morning, the giant black bear entangled in ropes slowly turned into a giant human.

He was two heads taller than an ordinary human, with many scars on his naked upper body, and wore a pair of dark brown pants.

He was very hairy, with thick hair, a shaggy beard, and even thick body hair on his back. The most surprising thing was that he had something like shackles on his hands.

Bilbo was so surprised when he saw this scene that he was speechless.

I didn’t expect that this black bear was actually transformed from a human.

"If you are willing to be reasonable, then I will let you go." Xiang Nan stepped forward and said, "You have to understand that we are not your enemies. We are just travelers who are staying here temporarily."

Beorn nodded silently.

Xiang Nan waved his hand, and the rope disappeared immediately, allowing Beorn to stand up.

After he stood up, the feeling of oppression was stronger than before. Even Gandalf seemed much smaller in front of him.

"Who are you?" Beorn looked at Gandalf and asked.

"I am Gandalf, Gandalf the Grey." Gandalf introduced himself. "Perhaps you don't know me yet, but I think you should know my friend, Radagast the Brown, who lives on the southern border of Mirkwood."

Beorn's face changed slightly when he mentioned Radagast.

"What are you doing here?" Beorn asked again.

"We are resting here," Gandalf explained. "We have just experienced a series of battles and traveled for three days and two nights, so we are resting here for a while."

"Fighting those orcs in the mountains? That's not a good idea." Beorn pouted.

"It doesn't matter, they have all been killed by us." Thorin sneered.

Beorn looked at him in surprise, "Who are you to say such a thing?"

"I am Thorin Oakenshield. You can question my words, but the facts will shut you up." Thorin said coldly.

"Yes, this is the head of Azog the Blasphemer. It was chopped off two days ago and looks fresh." Xiang Nan took out Azog's head from his pocket and showed it to Beorn.

He knew that Beorn and Azog also had a blood feud, for Azog had once imprisoned the Skinchangers and made them turn into bears and fight with wild beasts, orcs, or themselves for fun.

Most of Beorn's people died tragically, and he was the only one who escaped, which is why he was wearing shackles.