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

Chapter 133: Serrain: It’s not over yet, is it?

After Legolas arranged the members of the elf team brought by Tauriel, he followed Benar and Bilbo firmly.

"Are you crazy? I can't imagine how sad Lord Thranduil will be." Tauriel stared at the willful Legolas in amazement.

After hearing what Tauriel said, Legolas looked even more indifferent. "Him? Sad? No, no, he doesn't care about his son at all. He only cares about how many glasses of wine we drank, how many pieces of meat we ate at the dinner tonight, and whether the music was out of tune."

Tauriel wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Bernard. "I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I see Tanes and the others are here too. It would be best if you two didn't argue in front of him. After all, Tanes is my nominal king, and guests should maintain the most basic respect in his presence."

Legolas nodded, his beautiful eyes turning to Tauriel, as if asking, "Do you wish the prince of the woodland kingdom to lose his manners before a human lord?"

Tauriel could only sigh and turned away, no longer discussing with Legolas.

Tanis, Thorin and Gandalf saw Benar and his companions outside Mirkwood. He immediately rode Torret to them, dismounted, and checked Bilbo's body with concern.

"Are you injured anywhere? What's with the spider silk on your body? Are you poisoned?" Tanes asked nervously.

Thorin also looked at Bilbo with a nervous and concerned look, but he didn't say it out loud.

Bilbo felt a pang of guilt when he thought that not long ago he had thought that Tanis and Thorin did not care about his opinion.

"I'm fine, thank you, Gandalf, and Thorin. Uh, I..." Bilbo opened his mouth to apologize and explain why he left alone.

He had so much to say that he didn't know where to start.

After Tanes confirmed from Bernard that Bilbo had drunk the liquid in the Red Dew Drop Holy Grail, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and gave Bilbo a caring hug: "I'm glad you're okay."

After Tanis let go of Bilbo and stood up, Gandalf also walked up to him with a smile and winked at Bilbo: "It seems that our hobbit knows that there is someone who truly cares about him in his heart."

Gandalf had actually been staying with Bilbo these days, and he noticed that Bilbo was feeling bored, so he felt very regretful when he found out that Bilbo had disappeared.

If he could talk to Bilbo more, maybe the hobbit would want to leave because of this matter.

Thorin also heard the hidden meaning of Gandalf's words, and said at this time: "When we return, I will let Bofur and Bombur accompany you until you enter the Lonely Mountain with us and see the royal flag of Durin flying on the city wall built beside the mountain."

Bilbo also realized that his behavior was a bit childish. He said awkwardly to Tanis, Gandalf and Thorin who came to look for him: "I'm sorry for making you worry. I promise it won't happen a third time."

Thorin showed a surprised expression on his face. He looked at the calm Tanis and Gandalf and asked in surprise, "Wait, isn't this the first time he sneaked out on his own?"

Tanis and Gandalf exchanged a tacit glance, the former shrugged, the latter grinning.

Tanis said, "Let it be a little secret between Bilbo, Gandalf and me. We must give him some privacy."

Thorin sighed, then shifted his expression and looked indifferently at Legolas and Tauriel, who had remained silent behind Bernard. "So what's the situation with these two elves? Could it be that Bilbo was abducted by them?"

Legolas was about to sneer and retort, but when he saw Tanis and remembered what he had just said to Tauriel, he decided to ignore Thorin's words and said to Tanis with a smile, "Tauriel and I are here for the friendship between the Woodland Kingdom and the Golden Tree. The elves will not sit idly by when the friend of the Lord of the Golden Tree is in danger."

"We meet again, Legolas. But it seems that you and your compatriot have something to say. This is not the place to talk. Let's go back to Lake Town and talk." Tanes said.

Not long after, Tanes and the others returned to Long Lake Town.

Bernal continued to patrol the town, taking over Egon's work.

Gandalf decided to listen to what Legolas and Tauriel had to say before sending Bilbo to Dale.

In a stone house with a burning hearth, Tauriel repeated to Tanes what she had said to Benar earlier.

Tanes pondered, "Spiders, well, not many. But if they keep lurking in the night, they will indeed cause some trouble for the Storm Legion."

Tauriel ran her fingertips across the wooden table and nodded. "They might invade through larger chimneys or even toilets. The houses in Lake-Town are built right on the lake, so the toilets here all lead directly to the water, making it easy for those evil creatures to quietly invade. Lord Tanes, you must warn not only the Storm Legion, but also the residents of Lake-Town."

Tanes coughed lightly. "You probably don't know this yet, but the current mayor of Long Lake Town, Bud, has already led all the residents of Long Lake Town to move to River Valley. Perhaps you should call him the Lord of River Valley now."

Legolas suddenly realized: "No wonder when we first entered, there were no ordinary residents in Long Lake Town except for the soldiers."

Thorin leaned against the stone fireplace and asked with a sneer, "So you elves have no idea what's happening near your doorstep these days?"

Legolas raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? The time you imprisoned a large group of Orcs in Lake-town and killed them with fire and crossbows? Or the time you wiped out the Goblins in Raven Hill and Riverdale yesterday?"

Thorin sat up and asked with a cold expression, "You didn't send anyone here at all, how did you know all this?"

This time it was Legolas' turn to sneer. "It's not just humans who can communicate with the Elves. Birds and beasts are all our friends. Perhaps it's because you're too short that you haven't seen the ravens from Ravenhill fly into Mirkwood."

Thorin paused. "Oh, thank you for the compliment. But that's because I only have my eyes fixed on my enemies, thinking about how to chop their heads off with my axe."

Wait, when did I praise him?
Legolas was stunned.

Didn't he really mean to compliment me on my short stature?
Thorin was also stunned.

Tanis watched the argument between the Elf Prince and the Dwarf Prince and quickly coughed to draw their attention away. "So, Legolas, you came to help me this time because of the help extended by King Thranduil?"

Tauriel looked away, and Legolas's expression flashed with embarrassment before he nodded. "Yes, yes, you brought gifts to King Thranduil, so he sent me here after he discovered the traces of those spiders."

Bilbo opened his mouth, thinking that this was not what he said when he was arguing with that elf girl next to him in Mirkwood. But just as he was about to say something, he saw Legolas' eyes glaring at him.

Then Bilbo shut his mouth.

As for the other one, Benar, who heard the quarrel between Legolas and Tauriel and had just taken over Aegon's job, was not here at all.

Tanis saw that Legolas's answer was somewhat dubious, so he did not dwell on the topic and said to him, "I understand. When you return, please express my sincere gratitude to King Thranduil on my behalf."

Legolas didn't want to stay in the room any longer, so he said, "I'm going to Lake-town to familiarize myself with the environment," and then he took Tauriel and left the room.

After the two elves left, Gandalf knocked his pipe on the table to make a spark.
Gandalf then exhaled a puff of smoke, which he controlled to form a ring of smoke in the air, forming the shape of a forest crown. He smiled and said, "Thranduil might send elves to help you, but it's unlikely that he would send Legolas. Thranduil loves his only son very much and is eager to give him everything he has. Although it seems that Legolas doesn't understand this yet."

Tanis sighed slightly. "You don't have to remind me, Gandalf. I can tell that Legolas is lying. The last time I saw him and Thranduil, I discovered that Legolas didn't like his father very much. But no matter what, he is the only son of the King of the Woodland Kingdom. If something goes wrong with me, it will cause a dispute between our two territories."

"What are you going to do?" Gandalf asked.

Tanes smiled and unfolded a piece of parchment on the table. "I will write a letter to Thranduil. Let me figure out how to write it. Let the elves of the Woodland Kingdom help us keep an eye on our butts."

Gandalf smiled in the same way. "If you wish to attract Thranduil's attention, you could add, 'Prince Legolas's safety is under the full supervision of Lady Tauriel.' Fathers are always particularly sensitive to their sons' female friends, and even elves are no exception."

Tanis looked up and rolled his eyes at Gandalf, but still honestly added the words Gandalf suggested to the parchment.

On the other side, Azog had just returned to the Lonely Mountain, stepping over every brick that had been laid by the dwarves, and grinning at the noisy voices of the orcs in his ears.

The empty Dwarf Palace had been transformed by the Orcs into a military fortress, and the stench had long since permeated the place.

However, after passing through a gate several dozen meters high, all the noise suddenly stopped.

Behind the door is the dwarves' former treasure house, which contains mountains of gold and silver and jewels all over the ground, but now it is Smaug's resting place.

Occasionally, the crisp sound of gold coins falling could be heard from inside. Azog put away the smile on his face and stopped at the last step.

"My lord, the dragon has been sleeping in there these days and is snoring very loudly." A burly orc appeared from a dark corner and reported to Azog.

Azog nodded: "I understand."

Then he walked in, and when his foot stepped on a gold coin, Smaug's eyelids, which had been closed, suddenly opened in alertness.

However, after it noticed that the thief who entered its nest was Azog, its eyes became arrogant and domineering.

"Look who's here, a self-righteous wretch, a fool who thinks the dwarves have fallen into his plan but has no idea that he has failed." Smaug mocked Azog unscrupulously with his magnetic bass.

Azog's figure stopped, and he suddenly raised his head to look at the behemoth not far away: "What!?"

"Oh~ You are more stupid than I expected, Azog."

When Smaug saw Azog's confused expression, he was stunned for a second and then burst into laughter.

"You bastards who burrow into cesspools couldn't even disturb the humans' afternoon tea time. Do you think you can tame the mountains by taming the trolls? Bolg's Bones are laughing under the water of Long Lake Town!" It changed its posture on the mountain of gold coins and said sarcastically.

After hearing Smaug's words, Azog immediately turned and rushed out of Smaug's lair, sending scouts to the ruins of Lake Town, Raven Ridge and Dale Town, regardless of the dragon's mocking laughter.

However, none of the scouts it sent out returned, but this made Azog furious when he realized that his son Bolg and the group of goblins it had deceived were all killed by humans and dwarves.

Azog cursed in hatred, "Stupid fool!"

I don't know whether it was scolding itself or scolding its son who messed up its plan.

"Thrain's army must not be allowed to join the Dwarves of Dale! The Dwarves must be destroyed, and every inch of the Lonely Mountain must be covered in the Sons of Durin!"

As Azog roared, the Orcs' war drums began to beat, and the dull, restless sound spread across the Lonely Mountain like a spreading plague.

After hearing the drumbeats, several earth worms raised their heads from the cracks deep in the lonely mountain, tearing the rock layers with their mouthparts opening and closing. Every time they arched their bodies, they created a micro-earthquake deep in the mountain.

Under the control of Azog, they gnawed a passage through the Misty Mountains, the only way to the Lonely Mountain, for the Orc army to attack.

"Not just Thráin's army! Raven Hill too! Raven Hill must be taken under my control, or destroyed!"

As the drum sounds changed, the two ground worms began to change direction and wriggle their huge bodies towards Raven Ridge.

Oga knelt on one knee on the makeshift observation tower at Raven Ridge, his palm pressed against the cold rock. The vibration from his fingertips was subtle but regular, as if some giant beast was grinding its teeth deep inside the mountain.

The movements in the Lonely Mountain naturally could not be hidden from Oga, who occupied Raven Ridge. This Red Lion Knight, under the order of General Latarn, led a team of 100 people to garrison here.

The scout sent by Azog died under Oga's arrow. At this moment, he felt the slight tremor of the ground and looked seriously at the lonely mountain, which still looked calm on the surface.

Oga calmly gave the order: "Light the beacon fire and tell the general that the war has begun."

(End of this chapter)