Bringing the MC system to Middle-earth.

Chapter 83 Urgent Information

Long Lake Town.

No matter what happens outside, people here always believe that the most important thing is to live a good life now. Life is already hard and poor enough, no matter how big the things happening outside are, gold cannot flow out of the river.

The lakes and active rivers surrounding the town are not only a source of food for the residents, but also a barrier to protect them. Most of the enemy's attacks can be prevented by simply cutting off the bridge leading to the land.

But this method obviously couldn't stop Oak, at least that's what Bud thought.

"Bain, pack up your things at home, take your sister and leave here, go north, go far away, and find the dwarves there."

"What happened, father? Why do you want to leave so suddenly?"

Bain opened his eyes wide, looking somewhat at a loss.

Bard immediately came over, pressed his shoulder and warned him earnestly: "Listen, Bain, there is an Orc army approaching here. They will bring killing and death. You must not stay here."

"how about you?"

"I'm going to evacuate the townspeople. They have no idea of ​​the impending disaster and need someone to warn them."

Bain opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but under his father's stern gaze, he closed his mouth and honestly protected the safety of the family.

"By the way, I remember two elves came to our house. Where did they go?"

"They are near Long Lake Town and have not left."

The bridge by the lake.

Looking at this town that often trades with the woodlands, Legolas frowned, always having a bad feeling.

"I always feel like there's some shadow approaching, Tauriel."

"Maybe it's just an illusion."

Unlike Legolas, Tauriel's eyes were always looking towards the north. She touched the small object in her hand and spoke slowly:

"They have been gone for a long time. If something happened, there should be movement by now. Maybe their operation has been successfully completed."

What they said seemed to be the same thing, yet they seemed to be different things.

"Lord Legolas!"

As they were talking, an elf came riding up from a distance. He stopped in front of the two men and said to Legolas:
"Your Majesty, please go back."

"And Tauriel?"

"She has been banished."

"Tell my father that if Tauriel has nowhere to go, then neither can I."

Hearing this, the elf who came to deliver the message shook his head helplessly.

He couldn't force Legolas to do anything. Delivering the message was his sole responsibility and all he could do.

"Let's go, Tauriel."

"Where?"

"To Gundabad."

"Why go there?"

Legolas borrowed the horse of the messenger elf and said to Tauriel: "That is where my mother died in battle. I have never been there, and my father never spoke of it."

"I want to see it."

Taoriel didn't know what to say for a moment. This was the king's secret and she was not qualified to comment.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Almost as soon as Legolas and Tauriel rode away, an old man in a gray robe rode over on horseback. When he saw an elf standing at a loss by the bridge, he immediately dismounted.

"Greetings, Grey Wanderer," the elf greeted politely.

"Elf from the Woodland Kingdom, why are you here?"

Gandalf felt a little strange.

"I am here to ask Lord Legolas to return."

"Legolas? Oh, I know him. That prince has a bad temper. I guess this thing won't go well."

"Yes, he went to Gundabad on my horse."

"Gundabad?!"

Gandalf's face turned serious. "Why would he go there for no reason?"

"Stupid! The current situation does not allow him to act so willfully!"

whoosh-

Just as Gandalf frowned, he suddenly heard a familiar noise coming from the sky, just like the fireworks he set off in the Shire last year, but there was only the sound of the launch, no explosion.

Looking up, I saw a figure gliding and circling in the sky. After a moment, it seemed to notice the old man in gray robe on the ground, and it changed direction and dived downward, diving into the water beside it.

"Gandalf, why are you here?"

Levi swam ashore, folded his elytra and asked, nodding and greeting the elf next to him.

"That's what I wanted to ask you, how's the situation over there?"

Seeing Levi appear, Gandalf felt somewhat relieved, and his frown relaxed. "The dragon is dead. Bard and I killed it together. You may not know Bard. He is the descendant of Girion, the Lord of Riverdale. He helped a lot. He used the black arrow to injure the dragon, so I could kill it easily."

"I see. That's really remarkable."

Gandalf thought for a moment and said, "This way things might be a little easier. We can let the people of Lake Town take refuge in Erebor. The walls there may not be able to withstand dragons, but they are still strong enough for Orcs."

"I think Thorin must have retrieved the Arkenstone by now. As long as we can hold out until reinforcements arrive, we have a chance to hold on here."

"I thought so too." Levi agreed.

Listening to the conversation between the two, the face of the woodland elf next to him gradually became solemn, and he immediately said:

"Gandalf, could you lend me your horse?"

"Oh, take it if you need it. I've already reached my destination and no longer need it for transportation."

"Thank you."

The elf left quickly, probably because he had a lot to report to the king.

"I have to go to town and check it out. The people here don't know what's going to happen."

Gandalf hurried to bring the wizard's warning to the town.

"What about you, Levi? What are you doing here? Maybe I can help?"

"My purpose is the same as yours. In fact, someone has arrived before me, that is Bud I mentioned. I was worried about him so I wanted to come and see him. But since you are here, you don't need me anymore."

Levi put on his elytra again and took out the fireworks, eager to take off from the ground.

"Where are you going?"

"Go do what I'm good at - build walls and maybe some traps."

whoosh-

As the sound of fireworks ignited, the elytra opened instantly, pushing Levi into the sky against common sense, and began to glide towards Lonely Mountain.

“What new technology is this?”

Gandalf was amazed at what he saw, but he soon focused on what he had to do.

But before him, someone had already gathered the residents in the center of the town.

"Townfolks, listen to me!"

Bard shouted, "There is an Orc army heading this way. It will arrive in a few days at the latest. We can't stop them. We must start evacuating immediately!"

wow——

The crowd suddenly burst into discussion about what Bud had said. For a moment, everyone was in a panic. Although there was no concrete evidence, out of trust in Bud, some people had already planned to go home and pack up their things.

"But where should we go?"

"Let's go to the Lonely Mountain. The King Under the Mountain has promised to protect us."

"rumor!"

Just when things seemed to be going smoothly, a mean-looking figure suddenly squeezed out of the crowd, covered his swollen left eye, pointed at Bard who was standing high up and shouted:

"You thief, a thief who escaped from prison, the first thing you did when you got out was to spread rumors in an attempt to shake up the lives of the townspeople!"

"Alfred, everything I said is true!"

"Okay, okay, even if what our people's fighter said is true, then why do we have to go to Lonely Mountain where there is a fire dragon? Do you want to send the people of Changhu Town to be snacks for the evil dragon?"

"In my opinion, you have been bewitched by the evil dragon and have returned to harm our people. I will arrest you again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two armored guards came up from behind him and pretended to capture Bud again.

"What he said is true."

At the critical moment, an old man in a gray robe came over, pushed aside the guards, stood in the middle and said loudly to the crowd:

"Don't worry about the dragon, everyone. The dragon has been killed by the sharpshooter Bard and the legend of the wilderness, Levi. Erebor is safe!"

"oh--!"

There was no doubt about the wizard's message. The crowd immediately cheered and supported Bard.

"Dragon slayer hero!"

They shouted and spread the news everywhere.

Bud felt helpless for a moment, and he held his hands down to get people to be quiet.

"enough!"

But before Bud could say anything, Alfred got angry first.

Seeing that the situation was in danger of getting out of control, he immediately pointed at Gandalf and cursed:
"You are a beggar from the wilderness, an old tramp. Who do you think you can convince with the rumors you brought? I tell you, the people of Long Lake Town will not leave here! You—"

Boom!
Gandalf unexpectedly raised his cane and hit the sarcastic guy hard. Alfred rolled his eyes and fainted on the spot.

The blow happened to hit his other uninjured eye, giving him a panda look.

"I hate it most when people call me a beggar."

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