I reforged the glory of the magic ring in Middle-earth

Chapter 115 Seeing Through the Plot
"Tanis, something's wrong."

There was a hint of panic in Thorin's voice. He broke open the door of the mayor's house and staggered in.

Tanes had just finished his morning exercise and was sitting in the living room resting, not sleeping.

He heard the sound of the door being slammed open the first time. Almost subconsciously, he took out a dagger that was convenient for indoor combat from his space backpack and held it tightly in his hand.

However, after seeing that the person who broke in was Thorin, Tanes silently put the dagger back.

He saw the panic on Thorin's face and frowned slightly, but soon relaxed.

Tanes pointed to the seat opposite him and said gently, "Don't panic, Thorin. Sit down and talk to me."

Thorin couldn't calm down at this moment. He just stood anxiously beside his seat. Instead of sitting down, he spoke quickly, his voice trembling, his eyes full of worry and anxiety: "Dain's army was ambushed by Azog."

Tanes's originally calm expression immediately became serious after hearing this, and he realized the seriousness of the matter.

He looked directly at Thorin and asked in a deep voice, "What exactly happened?"

"I noticed a gray pigeon flying into the inn this morning, but I didn't expect it to bring such unfortunate news." Gandalf's voice came from another room, with a hint of heaviness and helplessness in it.

Then the old wizard came out of the room and came to Thorin, his face also full of solemnity.

Tanes frowned, looked at Thorin, and asked again: "Where is the letter?"

Thorin took a few deep breaths. He knew that the two people in front of him were the most reliable helpers he could rely on, so he forced himself to calm down.

Thorin spoke, his voice trembling with anxiety even as he tried to remain calm. "The letter is at the inn. It's written in Dwarven, which you cannot understand. So I've hurried here to repeat its contents to you: Dain was ambushed by Azog three days ago. That wicked and cunning Orc used earthworms to destroy Dain's chariot. Then, the Orc army launched a surprise attack on Dain's army through the holes left by the earthworms."

"Dain fought bravely, but suffered heavy losses. Currently, there are less than two thousand dwarven heavy infantry and a little over a hundred war sheep riders left, and they are retreating towards Lake-town. Dain has asked both me and my father for help. My father isn't sure what the situation is, but Dain hopes I can convince the human guards of Lake-town to come and help him. Now, Dain is leading the remnants of his army towards Lake-town from the northeast."

Thorin finished speaking in one breath, his Adam's apple bobbing a few times. He looked at Tanes and continued, "Although Bard promised to become an ally of our dwarves, I don't have much hope in the human fighting power of Long Lake Town, so I came to find you immediately."

Tanes nodded slightly and said calmly, "I understand. I will do everything I can to deal with Dain's matter. But Thorin, I think you should put aside your prejudice and at least tell Bard about this matter in detail and see what he plans to do. Time is urgent now, and you should grasp every bit of strength you can use. In such an emergency, more strength means more hope."

Thorin was silent for a moment, as if he was seriously considering Tanes' words.

Then he nodded vigorously and said firmly: "You are right, Tanes. I will follow your advice and ask Bard for help and ask him to fulfill the oath he made."

Thorin said goodbye briefly to Tanes, turned around and left the mayor's house in a hurry.

Tanes kindly reminded him, "Thorin, be careful with your words. Don't let Bard misunderstand you." "I will."

Thorin responded briefly, and then his short, sturdy figure disappeared at the door of the mayor's house, leaving only the wooden door that he had knocked apart lying quietly on the ground, allowing the cold wind to blow into the house continuously.

Gandalf sighed softly and tapped the floor lightly with the staff in his hand.

As the tip of the staff touched the ground, although the wooden door that was smashed apart by Thorin still lay on the ground and had not been repaired, the biting cold wind of Long Lake Town no longer raged in the house, and the air in the house seemed to become slightly warmer because of this action.

Having done this little thing, Gandalf turned his gaze towards Tanis.

At this moment, the heaviness that had been there when Thorin was here just now was gone from his brows and eyes, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from him. His tone also became more relaxed. "You don't look particularly panicked. Do you have a solution for Dain's situation?"

However, Tanes' expression remained grave. His brows were slightly furrowed, as if he were pondering something extremely important, or worried about some unknown variable.

Gandalf's voice brought Tanis back from his thoughts. He pondered for a moment and slowly said, "Now that what happened with Dain has already happened, all we can do now is to try our best to support them. In fact, we can just let Bernard accompany the guards of Long Lake Town to support them. But I always feel that there is something strange..."

At this point, Tanes's brow furrowed even more tightly. He paused, as if trying to sort out his thoughts, before continuing, "It's precisely because of this strange feeling that I keep feeling that something bad is about to happen, as if some danger we haven't noticed yet is approaching."

After hearing this, Gandalf asked in confusion, "What exactly makes you feel that something is wrong? Logically speaking, shouldn't you be confident that Dain's troubles have been resolved?"

Tanis shook his head slightly, then raised his eyes, looking at Gandalf with some confusion, and asked, "Earthworms, I don't know much about this kind of creature. But do you think that when Dain encountered the combination of earthworms and the Orc army, he was really defeated and fled?"

Gandalf explained to Tanis, "It's possible. Although the earthworms are huge, they are not good at fighting. They are more like destroyers of nature than warriors on the battlefield. Although I don't know how Azog controls these earthworms, their greatest use is to chew a wide tunnel in the ground, allowing the Orcs to quickly reach the battlefield and launch an attack."

At this point, Gandalf's face showed a sorrowful expression. He said regretfully, "What a pity for those Dwarf soldiers in the Iron Hills. With the strength of Dain's men, they must have encountered Orcs many times their number, which is why they suffered such a tragic outcome."

Tanes suddenly slammed the table, stood up, and said, "Yes! This is it!"

"What have you thought of?" Gandalf didn't know why Tanis was suddenly startled.

Tanes's expression became even more anxious than Thorin's just now. He said, "Since Dain is surrounded by Orcs who outnumber him many times, do you think Dain really has a chance to send a pigeon to ask Thorin for help? Or, in other words, does Dain really have the time to write a letter in such a tragic battlefield?"

Gandalf's face darkened, and he asked, "What do you mean?"

Tanis suddenly jumped up from his seat and grabbed Gandalf's wide sleeves. "Go now and call your giant eagle friends immediately. Have them rush to help Thráin. Azog's target is definitely not just Dain, but also the dwarf coalition led by Thráin! Thorin mentioned that Dain not only asked for help from him, but also from his father. Think about it, the reason Dain was able to successfully send out a call for help in the fierce battlefield must be because this is what Azog wanted. He must have ambushed Thráin's marching route!"

(End of this chapter)