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

Chapter 86 Rock Giant
“Be careful—!”

In the midst of the storm, Dwalin roared at the top of his lungs. The rain took the opportunity to pour into his mouth, causing him to spit out several mouthfuls of saliva.

Thorin saw the huge rock flying towards him and shouted in panic, "Tanesh!!!"

"Stay close to the wall! Be careful of the rubble!" Tanes shouted in the same hurried tone.

Faced with the whistling rocks that were like small hills, he could not guarantee that he could resolve them perfectly, and he even worried that the dwarves would suffer casualties.

"Egon!! Help!!" he yelled.

Egon nodded seriously, and the dragon-hunting bow behind him had been taken out. Two "harpoons" made of ancient dragon scale fragments were aimed at the flying rocks.
However, he did not rush to take action, but waited for Tanes.

Because Egon knew that these two arrows would not play a decisive role in the face of such a huge rock.

So he was waiting for Tanes. Egon believed and could only believe that Tanes had a way to deal with the deadly rock first.

The weapon in Tanes's hand changed again, and the Azraelite Staff emerged.

A comet-like light burst out from the staff, dispelling all the shadows in the canyon. The azure light flowed between the stone walls like a liquid galaxy, reflecting stars.

"Boom——"

The rock as big as a hill was split into two pieces as if it was cut by a sharp sword under the impact of the magical torrent of Comet Azrael.

But the remaining two large pieces of rock still had some anger, and they roared like startled beasts and pounced towards Thorin and the others.

And at this time Egon took action.

His breathing stopped, time seemed to freeze, all sounds disappeared, leaving only his heartbeat like a drum in his chest.

The bowstring in Egon's hand was stretched to the extreme. He suddenly released it, and the arrow, which was several inches longer than an adult dwarf, cut through the air with a whistling sound.

In the panicked eyes of Thorin and the others, the two arrows were like the brightest lightning in the night sky, hitting the two rocks accurately.

The moment it collided with the rock, the sharp arrow head mercilessly penetrated the rock's defense and embedded deeply into it, leaving only the tail of the arrow exposed.

But the two rocks were also impacted by the two arrows shot by Egon, causing their directions to change slightly.

Thorin and his companions watched helplessly as two huge rocks fell from the sky with a whistling sound, and then deviated at the last moment, brushing past everyone and falling into the bottomless valley below.

As the rocks fell to the ground, dull echoes echoed in the valley.

Thorin and the others stood on the edge of the cliff, holding their breath, their hearts filled with the lingering fear of having narrowly escaped death.

Tanes showed no sign of relaxing, but instead shouted, "Don't stop! Keep going!"

Bilbo also pointed in the direction of the giant rock with a look of horror: "Oh my God, what is that!"

Bofur, clutching Bilbo to prevent the hobbit from falling into the ravine, looked over, his pupils vacant as he murmured, "The legend is true..."

Dark clouds, as thick as ink, covered the otherwise dark sky. Lightning flashed across the sky, and thunder roared like the roar of a god, echoing among the clouds.

A towering giant stood there from who knows when, its body made of tightly assembled solid rocks.

Tanes's eyes were involuntarily drawn to that figure. Every step the rock giant took seemed to cause a slight tremor in the canyon.

It was an indescribable hugeness, the rock giant in the ancient legend was now reappearing in the world.

Of course, what Tanes was thinking more about was: How to fight this big guy that he had never seen before?
Bad weather? The enemy is huge?
No, this was not enough to make Tanes panic or fear.

The thunderstorm was raging, but Tanes had fought in worse conditions.

Huge in size... Well, he had to admit, perhaps only the big ancient dragon that fell into the royal city could compare with this rock giant in size.

However, Tanes had never seen an enemy like the rock giant before, and facing an unknown enemy, he had to be cautious and careful enough to ensure his survival.

This is the experience that the border area teaches all warriors.

And now, more importantly, Tanes has to protect these dwarves.

But Tanes always felt that the rock giant walking towards him was very strange, but he couldn't tell exactly what was strange about it.

Bernal's voice echoed behind Tanes: "With such a huge body, I'm afraid my [Hunting Giants] combat skill will be ineffective."

"Don't even think about it. It's the equivalent of a small hill, unless the combat skill you're using is something like [Hunting Mountain]." Tanes replied unhappily.

At this time, the dwarves were jogging along the slippery cliffs, praying that the rock giant did not discover them and praying that they could leave the area quickly.

"Balin, don't you come this way often? Why is there a rock giant here?"

While running away, the dwarves did not forget to complain to Bahrain.

Balin stroked his long white beard as he ran and said, "How should I know? Perhaps you should go and ask the rock giant why he came here."

"I'm not stupid enough to ask questions of a stone," Kili retorted quickly.

Thorin shouted loudly: "That's enough, listen to Tanes, run, don't slow down!"

"Boom, boom—"

At this time, the same footsteps were heard again from the valley not far behind Tanes and the others.

Millicent's voice came hurriedly: "Tanis, there is another rock giant behind us."

Not to mention Tanes, even Bernal, who was fiddling with the hilt of his sword eagerly, restrained his desire to fight and began to focus on running away.

Are you kidding? One such huge creature would be a huge trouble.

Now two of them appear at once, it's almost like they're going to die.

Tanes tightly grasped the Azraelite Staff in his hand, and hung the Blue Dew Drop Holy Grail Bottle on his waist in advance to ensure that his magic power would not be scarce.

The comet Azrael just launched only consumed half of Tanes's magic power. He had to be on guard against the rock giant throwing rocks as big as hills at him again.

Where is the core of these rock giants, and how do they move?

Tanes' mind was filled with various thoughts, and then he felt the narrow road under his feet began to vibrate.

"Everyone lean against the rock wall and hold on!!" Thorin began to loudly remind everyone in the expedition team the moment the ground shook.

Wait, could it be? No way? As Tanes' eyes widened, the narrow path suddenly broke in the middle, but fortunately the dwarves were all agile, and no dwarf fell off the cliff.

But now their team was also divided into two parts, Thorin, Fili, Balin, Dwalin, Oin and Gloin were on the opposite side, and the rest of the people were left behind because of the sudden break in the road.

"Kili!!" Thorin turned around anxiously and shouted his nephew's name immediately after discovering this situation.

Qili immediately shouted back, "I'm fine! Teacher Tanes is with us!"

Dwalin also wiped off the rain and said to Thorin while feeling the vibration under his feet: "It's too dangerous here. There are even earthquakes. Let's go over and lend a hand. Let Kili and the others jump over."

This answer made Thorin feel a little relieved, but the next moment his heart was lifted again.

Because he suddenly realized that Qili and the others on the other side of the broken road were getting farther and farther away from him.

"Damn it, we are standing at the knee of the third rock giant!!" Thorin reacted and immediately jumped to the narrow path on the other side with the dwarfs with him.

Then he turned around, but could not see Kili and the others. The rock where they had been standing stood up, blocking Thorin's view.

At this time, the first rock giant they saw smashed the huge rock in his hand towards the rock giant who had just stood up.

The rock giant seemed to have just woken up. He was hit by a hill of rocks before he could dodge. He lost his balance and fell to the edge of the cliff.

From Thorin's perspective, the broken road where Qili and others were standing was also hit.

In an instant, the bloody bodies of Kili and Tanis, crushed by the rocks, appeared in his mind, so Thorin shouted in despair: "No! Kili! Tanis! Bilbo!"

The other dwarves also half opened their mouths. At this time, the rock giant that came from behind started fighting with the first rock giant, and pieces of stone the size of human heads flew out from their bodies.

Dwalin held Thorin tightly as he tried to jump back, and at the same time turned to Balin and the others and shouted, "Hide in the recess quickly, and be careful of those rocks!!"

Thorin struggled, stretching out his hands to scratch at the rain and air. "I command you to let me go, Dwalin! I will go and bring back Kili, Tanis, and the hobbit!"

Dwalin showed no intention of letting go. "No, Thorin, I cannot watch you die unless you cut off my hands."

"Fili, you come with me!"

Thorin was immediately furious. He just called Fili to help him, but he felt a biting cold blowing across his wet cheek.

It was already winter, but Thorin could still feel the unusual cold.

At this moment, Fili, whose golden hair was wet, had a look of surprise in his eyes. He pointed in the direction where Tanes and the others had just been and shouted, "Look! Kili and the others are still alive!"

"Oh my God... This is simply an ice storm." Balin also exclaimed in surprise.

Thorin looked in the direction of the sound and found that the place where Kili and the others were just now was covered by a large amount of ice fog. The frost was so domineering that it froze the knees of the rock giant, and Kili's shouting also reached the ears of Thorin and the others.

"Oh oh oh--!"

Qili had a ferocious expression on his face, and in his palm he held the holy mark of claw marks.

Above Bilbo and the others' heads, a rock as big as two dwarves or a Bombur was stuck between the cliff wall and the giant, allowing them to survive and not be crushed by the giant's actions.

Of course, the reason why the rock was able to protect Qili and the others from the impact of the rock giant's fall was also because there was thick ice condensed in other places.

These ice blocks were created by the ice storm that Philip and Balin saw.

Behind Bilbo, Tanis knelt on one knee on the narrow path, his staff stabbed into the rock, continuously releasing ice storms.

[Grunge's Rock], [Samir's Ice Storm], the prayer that Kili realized at the critical moment of life and death, and the spell cast by Tanes all worked wonders and saved their lives.

"You guys go! Kili, you too, go!"

Tanes' voice also became unusually labored. The rock giant's strength was terrifying. He had to maintain the casting posture and infuse magic power to ensure that the ice would not break.

Otherwise, it would be easy for the rock giant to break free from the ice that has frozen him and the cliff.

Qili nodded immediately, but the moment he lifted his prayer, the rock above his head trembled and cracked like glass.

Tanes noticed this and silently increased the output of magic power. The ice storm also froze the rock above everyone's heads.

"No, Teacher Tanes, I have to stay..." Before Qili could finish his words, his whole body suddenly collapsed and he knelt on the narrow path.

The prayer just now had consumed too much of his physical strength, and Qili was now in a state of exhaustion.

"Take him away quickly!" Tanes urged sternly this time.

The remaining dwarves said nothing more. Bofur and Bifur grabbed Kili's shoulders, one on each side, and threw him to the safety of Thorin, then jumped over themselves.

Bilbo turned around and looked at Tanis with some concern. He opened his mouth to say something, but Bernard, who was walking by, grabbed him by the waist and then jumped to a safe place with Bilbo.

Millicent didn't say anything extra. After Egon jumped to the safe platform, she drew her sword and turned back.

She wanted to see if she could use her sword skills to cut off the rock giant's knees and bring Tanes to safety.

"Don't worry about me, Millicent." Tanes said briefly after seeing this scene.

Then he pulled the staff out of the rock, blew the spirit horse whistle in his hand, and Torret snorted and let Tanes ride on the saddle.

The ice crystals immediately collapsed without the magic power to support them, but Tanes had already reached Thorin's side after Torret jumped down.

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The rock giant didn't know why he couldn't move just now. Although he was a little confused, his two companions were playing happily, so he immediately put the question behind him.

If only the rock giant had a brain.

So it stood up again and happily punched its two companions head-on.

Tanes felt relieved when he saw this scene.

Thorin looked at the rock giants fighting each other and gradually moving away, and asked curiously: "What's going on? Why are they moving away?"

Tanes sighed and said, "If my guess is correct, they may not have noticed us at all..."

　I tried my best to write 4000 words, but I still owe 4K words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)