From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 243 Joining the Gang (600010000)

Middle-earth, a legendary place where countless beautiful legends and heroic epics have taken place, is located in the center of Arda, the world created by the great creator god Eru Ilúvatar from the Great Music.

Ivy never thought that the teleportation to another world where he had marked the location himself would have such a big deviation.

There is no telling how many universes there are between Toril and Arda, but we cannot use the distance in human terms to make an analogy.

Ivy rubbed his forehead and refused the tobacco offered by the enthusiastic hobbit.

According to the enthusiastic Mr. Bilbo Baggins, that was the favorite tobacco of the grey wizard Gandalf, a top-quality product from the Shire. If Ivy had not appeared in time to save the lives of the dwarves and hobbits, he would definitely have secretly hidden the tobacco for his own enjoyment.

But now that Mr. Baggins's tobacco had been exposed, how could he survive? The slovenly old wizard stuffed the pitiful amount of tobacco into his pipe, lit the pipe with his curled staff, and enjoyed it happily.

When the old wizard turned the smoke rings he exhaled into butterflies for the third time, flying up and down around his pipe, the dwarves finally packed up their clothes, helped the fattest cook put on his pants, and sorted out his swords and armor.

A dwarf with black hair, a short beard, and a face as serious as stone came up to Gandalf and said angrily, "Can I ask where you have been, Gandalf?"

"Let's go ahead and ask." Gandalf moved his jaw slightly, as if nodding.

"Then what brings you back?" Thorin took a breath.

"Come back and find out," Gandalf answered.

"That's very clear!" The dwarf stared at Gandalf. "If the other wizard hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid we would have all been in the ogre's belly with your thief!"

"Fortunately, he arrived in time and everyone is fine." Gandalf was already accustomed to the stubbornness and irritability of the dwarves, so he did not take the dwarves' offense to heart.

The dwarf did not continue to pester him, but looked at Ivy who was sitting not far from him: "Thorin Oakenshield, at your service."

Ivy guessed that this was a unique way of greeting for dwarves, so he stood up and gestured in a proper manner: "Ivy Dum, at your service."

Thorin's expression softened. "So, what brings you here, Lord Doom?"

This question also interested the gray-robed wizard who was smoking a pipe. He tilted his head and looked at Ivy, who was dressed in a way that didn't fit in with everyone else. The caster's hands in white leather gloves were gently rubbing his temples. The dark green robe with silver edges was obviously not prepared for a long journey, but more like going to a ball in the castle. There was no dust or dirt on the high leather boots, as if this person did not walk here, but flew here with wings.

Gandalf had traveled around Middle-earth for countless years. He had seen the most beautiful elves in the world and orcs hiding in dark caves, but he had never seen a man like Ivy, not to mention that he was a wizard.

Just as Gandalf was thinking about which colleague of his in Valinor Ivy was, Ivy finally decided to tell the truth: "Because of an unsuccessful magic experiment, I arrived here from a very distant castle. My original destination was a port city. At first I thought I arrived in the grove outside the city."

The possibility of the teleportation landing at the wrong point was a problem that Ivy had never thought about.

Before he figured out why such a big mistake had occurred, Ivy would not risk using the spell of teleportation again, which meant that he had to stay in Middle-earth for at least a while, and try to return to Hogwarts after he had thoroughly figured out the principle of the spell. Although the current Middle-earth was turbulent, it was at least calm on the surface, and it was very easy to get some undisturbed research time. Besides, all of Ivy's belongings were in the Grimoire of Destruction, so it was no big deal if he couldn't go back for a while.

Thinking of this, Ivy suddenly relaxed a lot.

Thorin and Gandalf were still immersed in Ivy's answer.

"You have used magic to cover great distances?" asked Gandalf. "You have crossed the whole sea?"

Ivy thought for a moment and corrected: "Maybe it's the sea of stars."

Thorin didn't understand what Ivy's words meant, but he knew that the very young wizard in front of him was a powerful figure.

If he could join the Lonely Mountain expedition, the possibility of rebuilding the kingdom under the mountain would be that much greater.

But the dwarf's stubborn nature made him not know how to start this.

Fortunately, Gandalf immediately introduced Thorin's identity to Ivy.

"Lord Oakenshield is a dwarf prince, and he is now on a journey to reclaim his kingdom." The grey-robed wizard took a puff of his pipe. "We set out from the Shire, and our destination is the Lonely Mountain in the east. We have passed Bree, the Wilds, and the Last Bridge, and are now in the Ogre Forest. If we follow the main road, we will soon reach the foot of the Misty Mountains. Once we cross the Misty Mountains, there is the Mirkwood on the other side. There is a dense forest river in the Mirkwood. As long as we follow the river downstream, we can reach Lake Town. As long as we reach Lake Town, Dale and the Lonely Mountain behind it will not be far away!"

"It's a really long journey," Ivy said. "But I think the biggest challenge on the road to restoration is definitely not how to reach Lonely Mountain, right?"

"I've heard that wizards are a group of very smart guys. Although you don't have a beard, your wisdom is longer than all of our beards combined." Thorin complimented Ivy in a very strange way. "The Kingdom under the Mountain was destroyed by a dragon named Smaug, but according to reliable information, it has not appeared for sixty years, so as long as we reach the Lonely Mountain, the mission will be successfully completed. The Lonely Mountain hides the gold that the dwarves have mined for thousands of years. As long as we successfully complete the mission, we will get a large sum of gold. Even the most useless thief in the team can get one-fourteenth of the gold. What do you think, wizard?"

"Thorin! Are you recruiting this Lord Doom?" Gandalf shouted in surprise, "I thought I was the wizard of this team!"

"In view of your dereliction of duty just now, Gandalf, we all agree that adding another reliable wizard will make this adventure safer!" Thorin and Gandalf glared at each other for a while, and suddenly laughed out loud. It seemed that he had no intention of dismissing Gandalf from the beginning.

This was undoubtedly true, as Avic had no knowledge of the geography of Middle-earth.

Although Ivy felt that finding the cause of the problem with the alien teleportation was the key, this journey could obviously provide him with a large amount of experience points, which was a resource that could not be missed.

So Ive made a decision: "I'm in."

"Great!" Thorin turned around and called to his companions, "Barin! Bring a new contract! And tell everyone that we have a new wizard! The same wizard who just used magic to kill the three-headed ogre!"

In fact, the dwarves who were cleaning up the ogre camp were all paying attention to the situation here. As soon as Thorin announced the new members, there was cheering over there.

(End of this chapter)