save the bachelors

Chapter 5047 [Dwarf Riding a Wine Barrel]

Taoriel and Xiang Nan talked for a long time, talking about stars, the moon, poetry, and the past.

Taoriel herself didn't expect that she could chat with a dwarf for such a long time and not feel bored.

On the contrary, at the end of the conversation, I still felt like I hadn't said enough.

She felt that Xiang Nan was completely different from other dwarves.

The other dwarves were ugly, rude, arrogant, and rude. Compared to them, Xiang Nan looked handsome, elegant, calm, and intelligent. He was indeed a dwarf who knew magic, and he was truly unique.

It was not until late at night that Tauriel had to leave.

"Hey, Kili, that elf is interested in you." Dwalin smiled.

"Yes, you are really good. You actually hooked up with a female elf." Dori also laughed.

"Try harder, young man, maybe you can seduce her and then let her release us secretly." Balin also said with a smile.

Kili was the youngest of the thirteen dwarves, at least fifty years younger than them. So in their eyes, Kili was just a child, so they teased him like a child.

"Shut up," Xiang Nan scolded, "If you keep talking, I won't change the food for you."

"We were wrong. Please give me something to eat. I'm starving."

"Don't be angry, it's just a joke, give me something to eat."

"Yeah, Qili, let's stop joking and make something delicious~"

All the dwarves spoke up.

"Don't worry, let's go out first and it won't be too late to eat later." Bilbo suddenly appeared and said, holding a bunch of keys in his hand.

"Bilbo?!" Everyone was surprised when they saw him.

"Hush, don't make noise." Bilbo reminded hurriedly, and then opened the prison doors one by one.

"Let's go, come this way~" Then he led the dwarves underground.

"Why are we going underground? Shouldn't we go upwards?" Balin asked puzzledly.

"Come with me, I know the way." Bilbo did not explain much, but just led the way.

A moment later, they were taken to a wine cellar.

The wine cellar was filled with red wine, huge oak barrels, and two drunk elves.

"You should lead us out instead of bringing us to the wine cellar," Duvalin said immediately.

"Trust me," Bilbo said quickly, "get into the barrel quickly."

"What? Drilling into a wine barrel? What are you doing?" The dwarves were puzzled.

"Just listen to me, that's all," said Bilbo quickly.

……

Just then, the shouts of the elves were heard from above.

"Where did the dwarves go?"

"They ran away, go find them quickly~"

"We can't let the dwarves escape, find them quickly~"

"Listen to Bilbo and get into the barrel!" said Thorin at this time.

When the dwarves heard this, they all got into the wine barrels and asked, "What next?"

"Then take a deep breath and hold it," said Bilbo, and he pulled the lever in the floor.

The wooden planks at the bottom of the wine cellar immediately tilted, revealing an exit. The round wine barrels rolled down the slope and fell into the rapids below.

It turns out that this exit is the channel for the Elf Kingdom to trade with the human town of Changhu Town. The Elf Kingdom will trade red wine, food, spices, weapons, etc. with humans.

In particular, the gold and silver jewelry, weapons and armor made by the elves, as well as the spices they collected, are very popular in the human world. Of course, human red wine and food are also very popular among the elves.

The elves would purchase a large amount of red wine from humans for daily banquets. With a rich life, they would often find excuses to hold wine parties. After each drink, they would roll the barrels down the exit. Naturally, humans downstream would collect the empty barrels and then transport the full barrels.

Bilbo discovered this secret, so he thought of using this method to save the dwarves.

And it's different from the movie, where Bilbo only took a moment to figure out the secret.

In the original novel, Bilbo wandered around the Elf Kingdom for many days with the Lord of the Rings before he finally figured out the secrets of the Elf Kingdom and discovered this flaw.

……

The dwarves slid into the rapids in barrels of wine, which were so huge that they acted like small boats, just enough to carry their weight.

Then Bilbo also fell down the slope and was caught tightly by Bofur.

"Well done, Mr. Bilbo Baggins." Thorin praised with a smile. If it weren't for Bilbo's help, they would probably have been imprisoned to death.

Then the dwarves used their hands as oars and paddled the barrels downstream. "Be careful~"

They rode the wind and waves, rushed out of a cave, and came to the outskirts of the Elf Kingdom. They saw that the sun was shining outside and the air was fresh.

"Ah, I finally escaped~"

“Awesome~”

"We are saved~"

The dwarves cheered.

"Don't be happy too soon. Look~" Xiang Nan pointed behind him and saw that the elves had chased out and blew the horn.

Then I saw an iron gate in the dam below being closed by the guarding elves.

As a result, the dwarves' plan to drift downstream along the river was completely ruined.

"No!" the dwarves cried in panic.

If you are locked up again, there is no way you can escape again.

At this moment, suddenly there were the sounds of several arrows, whooshing, whooshing, and then several elves were shot and fell to the ground.

Then an evil voice was heard shouting, "Kill them all, kill all the dwarves and elves!"

"It's the orcs." The dwarves shouted. They didn't expect the orcs to chase them again.

As expected, the orcs attacked in groups, and even the elves were attacked for a while.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan immediately threw out fireballs and lightning.

Many orcs were burned or electrocuted to death in an instant.

Then he jumped up, jumped onto the dam, and turned on the start switch again. Then the iron gate under the dam slowly opened.

The dwarves were able to continue drifting downward.

"Well done, Kili~" the dwarves cheered for him.

Xiang Nan nodded, picked up the weapons of the orcs who were electrocuted or burned to death, and threw them to the dwarves.

They had been searched and disarmed by the elves before, so they had no weapons on them now.

The orcs are still attacking, so they need weapons to defend themselves.

Although the orcs' weapons are evil and filthy, they are quite effective and far better than bare hands.

Sure enough, after the dwarves got the weapons, their strength increased greatly for a while, and they fought back and forth with the attacking orcs.

In addition, Xiang Nan continued to release magic, so the orcs suffered heavy casualties, and he even saved the lives of many elves.

Because orcs are extremely evil, in their eyes there is no distinction between elves and dwarves, as long as they are not of their race, they will kill them.

Therefore, the elves were also attacked, and because they were outnumbered by the orcs, they were also in a difficult battle for a while. Thanks to Xiang Nan's action, a large number of casualties among the elves were avoided.

(End of this chapter)