Bringing the MC system to Middle-earth.

Chapter 64 Black Forest

As the expedition entered the Black Forest.

In the Dol Guldur Fortress, a dark shadow emerged from a high tower, overlooking the shadowy land.

"Azog..."

A terrifying voice rang out in the pale orc's mind. Azog suddenly opened his eyes and gasped. He touched his chest twice and found that the huge scratch from his shoulder to his waist had completely healed, leaving only a long scar, showing that he was indeed injured.

He raised his head and looked up at the dark figure on the tower that was calling his name.

Subconsciously, Azog felt angry, but when he looked closely, he found that it was not the person he hated.

That is... the Dark Lord, Sauron.

"Azog, you will lead the army and prepare to start a war."

"What about the dwarf?" Azog asked Soran without bothering to look at his healed wound.

"You promised me to let him die!"

If another orc dared to talk back like this, he might die on the spot. However, Azog and Sauron had more of a cooperative relationship, so he had the qualifications to make demands.

Obviously, Soran had made some kind of promise, but at this moment he did not respond to this question, but simply gave an order for Azog to lead the army.

Azog was so angry that his chest kept heaving, but the situation was stronger than the orcs. No matter how angry he was, he had to obey orders. In desperation, he had to call his son Bolger and let Bolger lead the team to continue to target the dwarves.

As the son of Azog, Borg inherited Azog's physique very well. He is as tall and strong as before.

"That human, if you see him, I will allow you to retreat temporarily, but if you can kill him, the position of leader will be yours."

Azog promised angrily, and soon Borg set out with a group of Orcs.

In the dense forest.

The dwarves were drowsy and complained about the dark forest.

However, although the environment was dark and they could not see the sun when they looked up, the group's actions were still relatively smooth. They did not encounter any danger along the way and soon arrived at a broken bridge.

"Don't touch."

Levi reminded the dwarf who tried to reach out and touch the river, but he himself tried to fill some river water with a bucket, but there was nothing unusual, just ordinary water. Obviously, the magic in the river could not be taken away and would only work in the Black Forest.

Following Levi, Thorin also reminded loudly: "Didn't you hear what Gandalf said before you came in? This forest is shrouded in some kind of dark magic, and there is a curse flowing in the river."

"There are vines over there. We can swing over. It's best to let the lighter ones go first..."

"No, I don't think it's necessary." Levi interrupted Thorin and said, "We can take a road there."

As he spoke, Levi took out stones and laid them on the broken bridge to the other side. In order to prevent some dwarves with wider bodies from falling off, he also considerately widened the road a few grids.

"It's amazing." Old Balin couldn't help but sigh, and his sleepiness was dispelled a lot by Levi's operation.

"Luckily, to be honest, I didn't want to get on that vine. I don't think it could bear the weight of everyone, especially Bombur."

Bofur echoed this, causing Bombur to curl his lips in displeasure.

"What an amazing magic, it can actually make stones grow on a wooden bridge."

Qili stood on the newly built stone road and stomped his feet several times, feeling that it was very solid.

Fili continued, "How many normal people can hang out with Gandalf? Oh, sorry, I don't mean to belittle him..."

Realizing that his words were ambiguous, he quickly explained to Levi.

"It's okay, I understand." Levi patted Philip's shoulder, indicating that he shouldn't worry about such a small matter.

Unconsciously, the dwarves had already regarded Levi as the same person as Gandalf. To be more specific, they regarded him as a person who naturally had a leadership position like a wizard.

At the same time, everyone gradually became accustomed to the magical tricks that Levi would perform from time to time. They had become accustomed to conjuring food and blocks out of thin air. Gandalf could also summon lightning and fire, and blow away a group of goblins with a blast. In terms of magical expression, this old man's magic was much more powerful than Levi's, but he rarely used it.

Come to think of it, even Thorin's attitude towards Levi is the same as everyone else's.

He would scold his companions when they made mistakes and scold Bilbo when he wanted to go home, but he never used his temper on Levi, just as he never got angry with Gandalf.

As the dwarves said about Gandalf: "He is a wizard, he can do whatever he wants, it's none of your business."

He had the same mentality towards Levi and the others, but the difference was that Levi had signed a contract and had the obligation and responsibility to help them.

On the bridge, looking at Levi's back, Thorin nodded, thinking that this man was not hired in vain, he was definitely worth the reward. Not only was he powerful, but he could also use some magic like Gandalf. If there was a chance, he should get to know him better.

At the end of the team, Bilbo looked at the cube that Levi conjured out of thin air and unconsciously touched the ring in his pocket.

'Do I know a magic of invisibility?'

The hobbit thought so.

"Don't waste time, let's hurry through the forest..." Thorin called out.

Not far across the magic river, you can actually reach an area closer to where the woodland elves live.

But this road is full of dangers and shadows are stirring in it.

Levi looked at the spider webs on the trees and resisted the urge to use scissors or swords to collect some spider silk. Those spiders rely on the vibration of the spider webs to detect prey. If he really did this, there is a high probability that a large group of spiders will be attracted immediately. He didn't care, but the other members of the expedition were a little worried, especially now that everyone except Levi was in a drowsy state, they were not suitable for fighting now.

hiss--

There was a low humming sound overhead.

Levi instinctively drew his sword and chopped upwards, and a huge spider corpse fell down with flames on its surface.

[Achievement/Title: Spider Killer]

Description: Kill a spider.

"What is this?" Thorin stared suddenly and came to his senses in an instant.

"Spiders are the representatives of evil forces. They are destroying this forest."

Levi explained, and then asked, "Did any of you run into a spider web? These spiders use the vibrations of the web to determine the location of their prey."

"Spider web? No, I've never seen that."

"No, I stayed on the main road the whole time and definitely didn't touch it!"

"I do not have either."

"no!"

A group of dwarves turned around and denied it repeatedly.

It certainly wasn't Bilbo either, he was always following Levi and Levi was watching him closely.

"That means this spider actively searched for us and launched the attack..."

After picking up the dropped string and spider eyes, Levi suddenly wanted to take the initiative to find the spider. These were all materials, and it would be a waste of the enchantment of Loot 3 if he didn't take care of them.

"Ready to fight!"

While he was thinking, Thorin behind him suddenly roared, and everyone immediately picked up their weapons.

Bilbo also drew his dagger and took a look.

"It's not Oak, it's..."

He looked up and saw densely packed giant spiders crawling down from the woods. The number was enough to illustrate the phrase "covering the sky and the sun".

"Run!" Seeing that the situation was really beyond the ability of his few people to handle, Thorin directly shouted Gandalf's favorite line.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

Bombur, who was the largest and looked the most fleshy, became the spiders' first target. He shouted and hit the spiders' heads frantically, causing them to explode with each hit.

Levi was naturally one of the first people to react. He took care of the spider next to him with just a few swords and quickly approached the expedition team. He ran and chopped all the way, almost never stopping. No spider could withstand his sword.

As the battle progressed, several groups of spider eyes accumulated in the backpack. At this moment, there were countless spider corpses piled up behind the expedition team, most of which were burning with flames. At first glance from above, it looked as if someone had drawn a straight line here with fire.

Most of the spiders were stopped behind the expedition. Occasionally, a few of them jumped down from the sky to attack, but they were quickly cleaned up by the dwarves.

puff.

In a panic, even Bilbo pierced the head of a spider. Before the spider died, Bilbo seemed to hear it talking, not sure if it was an illusion.

The spider used an onomatopoeia to describe the feeling of being stabbed by the dagger.

"Sting?"

"That's a good name. From now on, this sword will be called Thorn Ding."

The spiders died one after another, and it seemed that the crisis could be overcome safely. Suddenly, there were sounds of flying in the jungle, and arrows one after another attacked from all kinds of tricky angles, each one accurately hitting a spider's vital point, killing it with one blow.

Following the arrows came a group of elves wearing dark green robes and armor. They nimbly moved between the branches of the trees, killing the remaining spiders one by one.

However, they did not put away their weapons, but instead turned their bows and arrows and aimed at the expedition.

"Don't think I won't do anything to you, dwarf. I'll be happy to do it."

The leading young elf drew his bow and aimed his arrow at Thorin.

Although he had never seen him before, Levi recognized him at first sight.

That was none other than Legolas, the Elf Prince of the Mirkwood Kingdom.

The temper of the Black Forest elves is not as good as that of the Rivendell elves. Compared to Rivendell, the place where they live is not safe, they often have to fight, and they often trade with the humans in the Dale State. All of this makes their personalities more open and more irritable than other elves.

Levi put away his sword and took a step forward.

"Don't move!" an elf warned.

Legolas immediately looked in Levi's direction and aimed his bow and arrow over there. However, when he saw the specific appearance of the person coming, he pressed the bow down and made a gesture to let the person behind him who was aiming at Levi put down the bow as well.

"Don't point your bow at him, he is our honored guest."

(End of this chapter)