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

Chapter 88 Lightspeed Soy Sauce

Ori was rescued. This dwarf, who was about the same size as Bilbo, looked at the deep pit with lingering fear and looked at Tanis helplessly.

He said worriedly, "What about Thorin and the others?"

Bilbo also realized what was happening and asked worriedly, "Uh, should we go down and find Thorin and the others? Is there any other way down here?"

Tanes released the [Starlight] spell, and with the help of the spell's light, everyone else could see clearly what was happening inside the pit.

That was not a naturally formed hole, but some kind of man-made tunnel.

Not far below, you can see an iron frame for placing torches and a corridor for some smaller creatures to walk on, but the torches are not lit yet.

The knowledgeable Ori immediately exclaimed in surprise, "I remember this kind of tunnel. It's something goblins would build. This isn't a deep pit, it's a passage leading to a goblin lair. The place we just rested in is the gate to one of their exits."

Tanes seemed to be lost in thought, mainly because he was too embarrassed to tell Ori that he had opened the door with the props he usually used to test traps.

However, after hearing what Ori said, he felt a little relieved.

At least this is a passage for goblins to enter and exit, not a trap. Thorin and the others will only suffer some injuries at most.

At this time, Bilbo tilted his head and asked, "Goblin? What is that?"

"They're actually a type of Orc," Ori explained. "They're much smaller than the Orcs we've encountered before. They're about the same height as us Dwarves and you Hobbits. Goblins, Orcs, Orcs, whatever you want to call them."

Bilbo nodded.

Bernal asked, "So how do we distribute our personnel now? We don't know the terrain inside, so this open door is the only way out we know of. We need someone to guard this place to ensure that the goblin doesn't close the door."

Tanis nodded and glanced at the people present: Bernard, Millicent, Bilbo and Ori.

It is clear how to group them.

He said, "Bernard, please take Bilbo and Ori and guard the gate here. Millicent and I will go in through this passage and try to find Aegon and Thorin."

Bilbo nodded repeatedly, and at the same time he drew the elven short sword which he had taken as a trophy from the troll cave, and said, "Of course it is no problem. Besides, Gandalf said that this sword will emit a blue light when it encounters an orc, which is just right for the job of guarding the door."

Bernard nodded. "That would make things much easier. This way, we'd know in advance if those goblins were hiding in the dark and watching us."

Ou Rui had no objection to this task assignment. He was not good at fighting and was happy to stay here.

"Then we'll go down, and you guys should be careful. By the way, this is for you. If the door closes again, use this to open it." After Tanes gave some instructions, he threw Markit's prisoner to Bernal, and then jumped into the narrow corridor with the help of the starlight.

Tanes himself had another prison device with exactly the same effect, so he was not worried about not having it when he needed it.

Tanes stepped back, opened his arms, and caught Millicent as she jumped down.

Then Tanes released his hands from Millicent's slender but strong waist, raised his head and nodded to Bernal above the deep pit, making an "OK" gesture.

"I'm in front, and you're at my back." Tanes said to Millicent after retracting his gaze.

Millicent assured earnestly, "Of course, no enemy can get past the sword in my hand and harm you."

Tanes nodded, and while canceling the [Starlight] spell, he took out two balls of white cotton from his space backpack and handed one of them to Millicent.

【Soft Cotton】: Can stick to the soles of your feet, temporarily reducing the damage and sound of falling.

Since the goblins who were going to dig this tunnel hadn't discovered them yet, Tanes thought it best not to expose himself as much as possible.

Millicent naturally understood how to use the ball of cotton. She skillfully stuck it to the sole of her shoe and followed Tanes quietly downwards.

Tanes stopped walking and stretched out his hand to signal Millicent to stop as well.

He looked at the short creature with its back to him not far away, changed the weapon in his hand to the Dagger of Mercy, and then moved over silently.

The short creature had pale skin and was wearing only a dirty loincloth. The rest of its body seemed to be covered with disgusting red bumps, as if from a skin disease.

But apart from the difference in body shape and skin color, it was very similar to the orcs Tanes had seen before.

Obviously, it was the goblin or orc that Ori had just mentioned.

If Bilbo were here at this moment, his sword would emit a blue light as a warning.

The goblin seemed to be attracted by some movement and did not notice Tanes stretching out his hand, squatting and sneaking towards him.

By the time it reacted, Tanes had already rushed forward to cover its mouth, while the dagger of mercy pierced through the opponent's anus and penetrated the spine.

The sudden severe pain instantly made the goblin lose the ability to resist.

Then Tanes pulled out the Dagger of Mercy and gently placed the goblin, whose life was lost but whose body was still twitching, on the ground. At the same time, he did not forget to take out the flexible collector to collect the other's soul.

After doing all this, Tanes waved back, but Millicent appeared a few seconds later.

Tanes turned around and noticed that Millicent was shaking the black blood off the scimitar in her prosthetic hand.

Millicent volunteered in a low voice, "There was a goblin hiding behind us just now, but it was sleeping and didn't notice us. I'll go take care of it."

Tanes nodded and quietly blamed himself, "My problem is that I made the same mistake again: I only wanted to backstab the enemy in front of me, but I didn't notice the one hiding nearby."

Millicent smiled and shook her head. "That's exactly where I can help you. Don't feel guilty."

Tanes glanced again at the rugged rock passage around him. "That being said, the terrain here is too complex for us. I still have to be more careful. The goblin I killed must have been distracted by Thorin, Egon, and the others who suddenly fell in, so he didn't look at the cave entrance."

As he spoke, he groped his way down with increased vigilance.

Tanes and Millicent went deeper into the cave, and the space suddenly became clear.

Torches dotted the rock walls like a galaxy of stars, the flickering flames bringing the eerie textures of each rock to life.

Each rock was connected to each other by the goblins with a simple suspension bridge. At this time, a large number of goblins were crawling towards one direction from all directions.

Tanes looked around vigilantly, his eyes falling on the goblins shuttling between the suspension bridges.

These creatures are short and ferocious, with evil glint in their eyes, teeth as sharp as knives, deep eye sockets, and eyebrows as rough as brooms.

They held crude weapons in their hands, and their laughter was sharp and piercing, mixing with the echoes of the cave.

Normal people would feel extremely nervous when seeing so many goblins and hearing these shouts.

Unfortunately, Tanes and Millicent are not normal people, so this kind of scene cannot scare them.

In the light of the fire, the climbing figures of the goblins looked like they were weaving dark webs.

Tanes gripped the hilt of his sword tightly. He noticed that the goblins were moving nimbly and quickly between the rock walls, communicating with each other in a rough language.

Millicent looked at the goblins in the distance that were so dense that they seemed to fill the entire cave, and said in surprise, "How many goblins are there here?"

Tanes shook his head. There was no need for them to lower their voices now because the goblins made even louder noises.

He replied, "I don't know, but the only thing I know for sure is that Thorin and his men made a lot of noise, which attracted so many goblins. Judging from their expressions, these goblins seem extremely angry for some reason."

Tanes raised his hand and pointed in the direction the goblins were rushing. Faint dragon roars could be heard from there. Millicent speculated, "Perhaps Aegon and the others killed someone very important to these goblins?"

Tanes nodded and moved in that direction. "That's possible. We have to go and help. There are simply too many goblins. Even if Aegon uses the Dragon's Feast, he won't be able to kill them all once he runs out of magic."

Millicent followed closely behind, her steps light and graceful.

a few minutes ago.

“Ohhhhhhhhhh—”

Amid the dwarves' screams, they slid down the deep pit and landed on a relatively flat large rock.

"Oh--"

Bombur, the fattest, came down last, landing upon the other dwarves, causing them all to groan.

Bofur pushed Bombur off him with difficulty and said, "I think you really should lose some weight...Bombur."

But before he could say anything, Aegon's image appeared in his eyes, causing Bofur to look horrified.

Being hit by Bombur had already taken half of his life away. If he was hit by Aegon again, Bofur felt that he could go to see his deceased grandmother.

Then he burst out with amazing strength, turned over, and rolled to the side, revealing Dwalin and Fili underneath.

Dwalin and Fili: "?"

Of course, Aegon did not fall directly onto Dwalin and Fili, after all, he jumped down on his own initiative.

Egon kept adjusting his posture along the stone wall, and finally landed safely in the open space on the rock where the dwarves were.

Dwalin and Fili breathed a sigh of relief, as did Bofur.

However, before Bofur could say anything, Egon quickly pulled Bofur up from the ground and pulled him aside.

"bass--"

An arrow hit the spot where Bofur had just been lying. The bone arrowhead rubbed against the rock, sparks flew, and then fell into the abyss below the rock.

Thorin stood up at this time, looking at the goblins suddenly appearing from the cracks in the rocks or on the rock walls around him, and shouted loudly: "Grab your weapons!!"

Even on the rock where they were, goblins kept emerging from below and climbing up the stone wall.

At this moment, Egon bent his bow and shot an arrow, killing a goblin that rushed towards them. He observed his surroundings and said, "We can't stay where we are. We have to run, otherwise we will be overwhelmed by these creatures."

Thorin nodded and shouted again, "Run!"

Without hesitation, the dwarves immediately followed Thorin.

They were frightened when they saw so many goblins.

When Bombur, the slowest dwarf, finally left the rock, he gave Aegon a look of gratitude.

Egon jumped up without hesitation and kicked a goblin that had just emerged from the ground into the abyss below like a kite with a broken string, and then caught up with the dwarves.

The goblin's terrified scream echoed in the air before it was mercilessly swallowed by the abyss.

Thorin used the Frost Shell Axe to clear the way. After killing a few goblins who rushed forward without knowing their own strength, he turned around and asked Egon loudly: "Where should we run now?"

Huh? Don't you know where to run?
The other dwarves widened their eyes, but they did not slow down their actions, using their own methods to kill the goblins crawling towards them from all directions.

Balin, for example, though he held a sword, could wield it like an axe. Each strike of his sword was like a hammer, slicing down any goblin that dared approach like stalks in a wheat field.

Or, for example, Dwalin, who slammed his powerful body into the goblin herd like an indestructible warship smashing through a small boat. With a wave of his arm, the goblins flew away like kites with their strings cut, plummeting into the abyss.

But as Egon said, there were too many goblins, and no matter how many they killed, there would always be more goblins to replace their dead companions.

The dwarves had just experienced the ordeal of the rock giants and had not yet had a good rest. Their physical strength was almost exhausted.

Now they basically rely on the dwarves' innate stubbornness to endure the fatigue caused by physical exhaustion.

Egon pointed very clearly at the largest rock in this underground kingdom: "Run there! That must be the leader of these creatures. Killing their leader will terrify them!"

Thorin nodded, then endured the physical fatigue and ran in the direction Egon pointed with a grin.

On the largest rock, there was a fat goblin about the same size as a ogre.

It also noticed these uninvited guests who had fallen into its kingdom. It raised its goat-head staff and laughed loudly, "Haha, look who's here! A group of dwarves and a human archer!"

Then its face changed, and it pointed its goat-head staff at Thorin and the others: "Capture them alive! Someone is putting a bounty on a dwarf's head. See if any of these dwarves are the target, Thorin Oakenshield!"

After the Goblin King finished saying all this, he began to shake his bloated body, his pimpled fat swaying like waves, and began to sing.

There is even a special goblin band that uses scrap metal to accompany their king!
"Bump, bump, and keep going down! I just happened to enter my villa~!"

"You just entered my villa~" The goblins on the surrounding rock walls echoed the Goblin King's song, mocking the running Egon and the dwarves.

"Bang, crash, press, hit, make noise, crack, tremble, shake. You shout for help, but there is no one." When the Goblin King finished singing, he happily raised his sheep-head staff and pointed it at Egon and the others who were getting closer to him, with an ugly and hideous smile on his face.

It laughed wildly and shouted, "We don't want the dwarf, kill him, kill that human archer!!"

Then the Goblin King suddenly felt a chill and pain in his chest. The sheep-head staff loosened, and his entire bloated body fell to the ground.

The Goblin King looked down and found that a sharp arrow had accurately pierced his heart.

It opened its mouth slightly, raised its head, and felt the vitality draining from its body.

The Goblin King looked at Egon and said, "Oh, I was just joking."

"call out--"

Another arrow hit the Goblin King's heart again.

"Your archery skills are indeed impressive, but that's enough."

"call out."

Egon put down the dragon-hunting bow in his hand and looked coldly at the Goblin King whose head was pierced by the arrow he shot. As the Goblin King fell to the ground, he shouted to the stunned goblins around him: "I have killed your leader. If you don't want to die, get out of here!"

Thorin and the others also stopped, breathing heavily.

Kili wiped the sweat from his face, looked at the goblins who were unusually quiet around him and asked, "Is it safe?"

The next second, the goblins suddenly started to make a lot of noise, and the sharp chattering almost deafened the dwarves.

Fili swallowed hard and answered his brother's question, "Uh, I think they seem to be getting angrier?"

Thorin hadn't rested for a while when he saw the rioting goblins. He could only shout helplessly and desperately again: "Keep running!!!"

(End of this chapter)