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

Chapter 89 Why Are You Running?
"Aren't these guys a kind of Orcs? Why did they chase us faster after we killed their king?" Qili asked in despair as he ran away breathlessly.

Fili was also running breathlessly, but he corrected him: "I need to correct you, it was not us who killed their king, but Mr. Egon."

Qili rolled his eyes, or perhaps he was just tired. "Why would you bother with so much at a time like this?"

Thorin listened to his two nephews arguing. He chopped down two Orcs who were charging towards him with his Frostshell Axe and said angrily, "Shut up and save your energy!"

The dwarves all looked the same, exhausted, but even Bombur showed no intention of stopping, squeezing out the last bit of strength in his body.

Because they knew that if they stopped, they would be torn to pieces by countless angry goblins.

This is strange, because the Orcs they encountered in the past always killed the captain or commander, and the rest of the troops were automatically defeated.

Why did this species of orc go berserk after killing the king today?

However, the dwarves did not dare to stop and ask questions, but instead took the opportunity to run away.

Seeing more and more goblins gathering on their path, Egon immediately shouted, "Cover your ears!"

The dwarves immediately understood what Egon was going to do. After all, they had seen it before in the old forest.

They immediately stopped what they were doing, whether chopping or something else, and covered their ears tightly with their hands.

"Roar--"

A breathtaking dragon roar erupted from Egon's position. All the goblins within the killing range of the Dragon's Prayer were shocked to the point of losing their minds, fainting, and falling into the abyss below.

Some goblins who were close to it had their internal organs and brains shattered.

"Keep running!"

Thorin saw a large gap in the goblin encirclement and shouted immediately.

Balin, the oldest, was a little exhausted. He asked intermittently, "It's not easy to keep running like this. We really need to rest for a while."

Thorin gritted his teeth and replied, "I know, but..."

At this moment, a dazzling white light rose like the sun on a rock not far in front of Thorin and the others.

With the arrival of this strong light, an irresistible strong wind also came, as if the entire underground goblin kingdom was filled with this dazzling light and terrifying storm.

The goblins chasing them were all affected by this sudden phenomenon. Some were blinded by the strong light and fainted on the ground, while others were swept away by the storm and fell into the ravine.

Egon went straight past the dwarves and came to Thorin in the front, using his body to help the dwarves reach the storm.

But he soon discovered that the light and wind did not seem to be directed at them.

The white light and strong wind came suddenly, but also went away quickly, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Some clear footsteps were heard slowly approaching Thorin and the others in the darkness. They could not immediately see who they were because the strong light and storm had extinguished all the torches in the underground kingdom.

The figures continued to approach. With the help of the remaining light from the torch, Aegon saw the figure holding the two swords. He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Haha, isn't this Tanis's friend Gandalf?"

The dwarves were overjoyed when they saw this, and they all shouted happily: "Oh, it's Gandalf, we are saved!"

"So can we take a break?"

"Although the environment here is a bit bad, I don't mind sleeping here."

Bernard's voice came from behind Gandalf: "And me, Aegon. I've brought Bilbo and Ori with me. Are you all right?"

Aegon nodded and then shook his head. "I'm fine, but these dwarves are almost exhausted. They must rest, or they will die of exhaustion."

Bernal nodded, then frowned. "Wait, where are Tanis and Millicent? They're not with you?"

Egon also showed a confused expression: "What are you talking about? We have been chased by these creatures since we fell in. We haven't seen Tanes and Millicent."

Bernard said with a strange expression, "But they also took the initiative to jump in to find you... We can't just go back the same way, right?"

Thorin took a few breaths and regained some strength before asking, "Gandalf, and Mr. Bernard, how did you get here?"

Bilbo was tentatively touching the unconscious goblins with his elven dagger. After hearing Thorin's words, he poked his head out from behind Gandalf's grey robe and said, "Oh, less than a minute after Mr. Tanis and Miss Millicent left us, we met Gandalf coming in from the cave entrance. I wanted to call Tanis and the others back, but for some reason there was a very loud noise coming from the cave, and our calls were drowned out."

Bilbo then glanced secretly at Gandalf before continuing, "Then Gandalf said he knew a shortcut deeper into the cave where we were resting. Sure enough, there was a narrow passage there, and when we entered, we immediately saw you being put to flight by these goblins."

Gandalf took over the conversation at this time. He looked at Egon helplessly and said, "Yes, we also saw you shoot the Goblin King to death with three arrows, and then angered the goblins of the entire underground kingdom. So I had to continue to take Bernard and the others to take a shortcut to get ahead of you. Fortunately, you attracted enough attention that we didn't encounter any guards on the shortcut."

Egon shrugged. "I didn't know that bloated fat guy would just stand there and let me shoot. He even sang to mock me. I felt like it would be a shame to his voice if I wasn't on target."

Gandalf decided to ignore the subject and said, "So where is Tanis and that Miss Millicent? Didn't any of you see them?"

The dwarves, already collapsed on the ground in exhaustion, shook their heads, which made Gandalf frown.

Bernard sighed and said, "How about this. Gandalf, you take Bilbo and the dwarves and run towards the exit you mentioned. Aegon and I will stay and go back and search along the path they took."

At this time, Tanes' voice came from nearby: "No, no need... I'm here, and Millicent is here too."

Everyone looked around, but they couldn't see Tanes and Millicent.

Bilbo scratched his head. "Has Mr. Tanis used some kind of magic to become invisible?"

At this time, a pile of unconscious goblins not far from Thorin and the others shook a few times, and then Tanes jumped out, and at the same time did not forget to lend a hand to help Millicent jump out of the pile of goblins.

Tanis took a few breaths of relatively fresh air, which reduced the goblin body odor that lingered in his nostrils a little before he complained to Gandalf, "We were following the secret passage left by these goblins down there, ready to take Thorin and the others, but Gandalf, you used a spell and blew a whole swarm of goblins down there, nearly burying Millicent and me alive."

Gandalf said with a smile, "That's all right. Let's keep going. I heard from Bilbo and Ori on the way here that you encountered a rock giant. Even I'm a little scared of that creature."

Thorin looked at his compatriots who were exhausted and fell to the ground, preferring to lie with the unconscious goblins rather than get up, and pleaded, "Tannis, Gandalf, can you please rest for a while? Filikili and the others are really too tired. They haven't had a good rest since this morning..."

"Well, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I have something to say..." Bilbo's voice came, making everyone look at him. The hobbit was pulling out the elven shortsword from his waist again, but this time the blade of the elven shortsword was emitting a bright blue light.

Bilbo blinked, looked at Gandalf, whose expression gradually became serious, and said, "This sword is glowing. I remember you told me, Gandalf, that its glowing means..."

"It means there are Orcs approaching." Gandalf said seriously, and at this time, from the sloping rock wall above their heads, there came the light of torches and swaying shadows illuminated by the fire.

Bernard whistled and drew his knight's broadsword from his back: "Looks like we have a new guest."

Gandalf said immediately, "Don't be impulsive, Mr. Bernard. There are at least tens of thousands of Orcs there, and their king died at our hands. We are in a state of strife to the death."

Bernard said calmly, "It's just a fight to the death. It's not like we haven't encountered such enemies before."

The dwarves tried to struggle to stand up from the ground, but their bodies, after excessive exercise and a short rest, not only failed to rest properly, but they couldn't even stand up.

Including Fili and Kili.

After the dwarf brothers found that their bodies were not responding to their commands, they immediately used the prayer [Beast Vitality].

But unfortunately, their remaining physical strength could not support the consumption of their prayers, so [Beast Vitality] was not used successfully.

At this moment, Bilbo heard sporadic noises coming from the deep valley below him. He cautiously looked down and his face turned pale. "Uh, everyone, there are those goblins down there too. I think we have to do something."

Upon hearing this, Thorin immediately leaned over to look, then immediately stepped back.

Bilbo was right. There was also light from torches in the deep valley below. Tanis and Millicent must have approached them quickly through this passage.

"Tannis." Thorin looked at Tanes. He knew that the other party had magical sorcery that could quickly restore people's strength.

Tanes nodded, and golden light spread from his hands, and the [Golden Tree Blessing] took effect on everyone.

The dwarves immediately felt their exhausted bodies filled with energy and vitality, and their physical fatigue was rapidly disappearing bit by bit.

Gandalf nodded and said, "I know where the other exit is. Follow me."

The dwarves began to move, following Gandalf.

Bilbo glanced at Tanis, who was in no hurry to leave, and shouted, "We must leave quickly, Tanis!"

Tanis looked away with some regret and said to Bilbo, "I understand."

Millicent asked curiously, "What were you thinking about just now, Tanis?"

Tanes glanced at the soul collector in his hand. At this moment, this piece of dark blue source pyroxene, which was as big as his forearm, was already filled with the light of the soul, flickering like a pulse, as if it had life.

He sighed and said, "I regret the use of this source stone that Teacher Cerlian gave me. Gandalf just used a spell to kill a large number of goblins, and I collected their souls. But there are still many that I can't collect because the capacity has been used up."

Tanes then put away the Soul Collector and motioned for Millicent to follow.

It seems that after he returns, he should ask Teacher Se Lian to help him improve the soul collector, or make a few more as backup.

Maybe Teacher Se Lian didn't expect to encounter such a situation at first.

Tanis looked at the goblins around him who were killed by Gandalf's spell and muttered to himself.

The spell cast by Gandalf made Tanis's heart alarm ring for a moment, and all kinds of prayers, spells and rare weapons were prepared to face powerful enemies.

Tanes then realized that the spell was not aimed at him and became alert.

This old man usually keeps a low profile, but it turns out he possesses such powerful magic... But why is he running? Wouldn't it be possible to just cast that spell again and get rid of the pursuing goblins?

Is it a matter of mana consumption? Is it because it consumes too much mana that Gandalf can only cast it once?
Why run when you can clearly win?
Tanes thought with some confusion in his heart.

Then he suddenly felt the suspension bridge under his feet shaking, followed by Bilbo's scream.

"Bilbo! Tanis! Miss Millicent!" The dwarves' worried voices also reached Tanis' ears.

Only then did Tanes realize that the area under the suspension bridge had been crowded with pale-skinned goblins, who were desperately chopping the ropes and wooden stakes that secured the suspension bridge with their weapons.

Even if it means they will trample their companions to death or push them down, they will still bring down the suspension bridge.

This was the reason why the suspension bridge suddenly shook and became unstable. Bilbo had just accidentally fallen down and landed among the goblins.

However, Bilbo held the elven dagger and the brass dagger in his hands respectively, and the goblins did not hurt Bilbo as he waved them around randomly, but this situation could not last long.

The hobbit had been pushed to the edge of the abyss by the goblins, and it was pitch black and bottomless below.

Tanis jumped down without thinking, sweeping his sword across the way, cutting all the goblins approaching Bilbo in half, and black blood and internal organs were scattered all over the ground.

Millicent followed closely behind, and the cold light of the Saishel curved sword flashed, cutting several goblins that rushed from the other direction into pieces.

Just as the two of them jumped down, the suspension bridge they were on collapsed. The wreckage killed several goblins and fell into the abyss.

The dwarves were fine; they had already run to another rock platform.

Bilbo failed to catch up with the dwarves because he saw that Tanis did not leave immediately and wasted time asking him.

Moreover, given the dwarves' agility, the shaking of the suspension bridge would not cause them to fall, but Bilbo was just an ordinary hobbit.

Tanis and Millicent worked together in perfect harmony, clearing out the surrounding goblins in a very short time. Then they shouted to Gandalf and the others above, "Keep running, and leave us alone! We'll find a way up on our own!"

Gandalf's voice came from above: "No need to come up! The exit is just below. Run towards the direction of sunlight and wind. We will meet below!"

Tanes shouted, "Good!"

Then he patted Bilbo on the back, comforting the frightened hobbit who had fallen off the suspension bridge. "Okay, Bilbo, don't be nervous. Now I'm going to show you what a real adventure is."

(End of this chapter)