Hogwarts wizards who signed in to Middle-earth.

Chapter 153 Raid on the Oak Stronghold
The ninth floor of the tower,

Transformation room.

Dui was waving his wand, drawing thin red lines in the air.

The lines are combined to form a complete three-dimensional vein map, which looks like a map of blood vessels in the human body.

The red lines were very complex and kept flowing, forming a complete circulation system, exuding a mysterious and extraordinary power.

This is a diagram of the magic circulation in the skin-changer Beorn.

This is also the secret of Beorn's ability to transform into a giant bear.

Dui never gave up his research on Transfiguration, especially the idea of ​​advancing Animagus.

After all, if the Animagus transformation is just an ordinary animal, then this symbol of the highest achievement of transfiguration seems a bit useless.

After all, the Animagus has spent so much time and energy, and it may even take several years or even more than ten years to succeed, but the final result is just to become an ordinary animal. It is a bit of a loss.

This is why there are so few wizards in the magical world who practice Animagus.

Even throughout the 20th century, there were only seven Animagus registered with the Ministry of Magic.

Even if we include the illegal Animagus that have not been registered with the Ministry of Magic, the total number will not exceed an even number at most.

The main reason is that, besides the difficulty of training Animagus, the effort and reward are not proportional.

Otherwise, if Animagus could transform into magical animals such as fire dragons, phoenixes, and thunderbirds, countless wizards would have rushed to study and practice it.

Dewi didn't have much confidence at first, but Beorn, the skin-changer, provided him with a model.

So during this year, he has been studying the magic circulation in Beorn's body, and Arwen, Legolas and others have also helped a lot.

He already had a complete diagram of the magic cycle, but Dui didn't dare to test it on himself right away.

He planned to first find test subjects to conduct magical transformation experiments.

However, he believed that he was not a dark wizard and could not conduct experiments on innocent people, so he prepared to go out.

But even earlier than him, Elrohir and the others were about to leave.

"Are you going back to Rivendell too?" Dewy asked Arwen.

Arwen nodded gently and gracefully with stars in her eyes.

"I have been here for quite some time. I plan to return to Rivendell to spend some time with my father, and then return to Lórien to be with my grandparents."

Upon hearing this, Dui was silent for a moment and did not say anything to persuade him to stay.

"I think Thorondo will miss you!"

"how about you?"

"I uh...ahem...of course I'll miss you too. After all, we are best friends, right?"

Dui's heart couldn't help but beat faster.

Arwen's eyes twinkled, and then she smiled brightly, "Yes, we are close friends!"

Dui was a little dazed by her smile. He immediately lowered his head and took out an exquisite and elegant purse from his space bag and handed it to her.

"What is this?" Arwen was a little surprised and curious.

"I wove this using giant spider silk, and then used some alchemical techniques. The space inside will expand as more objects are added. The maximum size is about the same as a garden. It is very tough, and the space is more stable than using the Traceless Extension Spell." Dui explained.

"And I've put some Floo powder in it, so you can travel between Rivendell, Lórien, and Weathertop at any time."

Arwen took the exquisite purse, felt its elasticity, and opened it to look inside.

His eyes widened slightly, showing surprise: "So many!"

There was a whole bottle of Floo powder inside, more than what was given to Elrond.

This amount is enough for one person to transport back and forth every day, and it can be used for more than a year!
Dui shook his head: "It's not much. You don't have to save it. When you are almost finished, just tell me, okay?"

Arwen nodded, smiling brightly.

"I understand. Don't worry, I will make good use of it. I will come to visit you and Sorondo when I have time."

Dui coughed dryly, his eyes wandering.

"That's good!"

After seeing off the three elf siblings, Dui was depressed for a moment, then immediately resurrected on the spot and began to focus all his attention and energy on the next thing.

After explaining the matter to Edward, he woke up the reluctant dragon Smaug and rode him northeast towards the Etten Wastes.

To the north of the Ettenmoors lies the Gram Mountains, a branch of the Misty Mountains.

Among them a tribe of Orcs established a stronghold in this mountain and often went south to invade the wastes of Eriador.

The purpose of Dui's trip was Mount Gram.

Smaug flew very fast, and in just half a day, he appeared on Mount Gram with Dui on board.

With the guidance of the Crystal of True Knowledge, Dui quickly locked onto a place in the mountain.

He patted the dragon's back and pointed to the orcs' hidden stronghold in the mountains.

"Smaug, go down there."

Without another word, Smaug swooped down into the mountain.

In the Gram Mountains,
In a canyon where the sun never reaches, the Orcs' stronghold lies.

There are nearly ten thousand orcs in the canyon.

The leader of the Glam Mountain Orcs is Salzog, who is under the control of Sauron. When Azog and Bolg led the Misty Mountain Orcs, they obeyed their calls and orders to a certain extent and cooperated with Azog and Bolg in their actions.

Until a year ago, Azog and Polg were killed one after another, and Polg's northern Orc army was completely annihilated in the Battle of the Five Armies. The Orcs suffered heavy losses, and the Orcs of Mount Gram retreated into the mountains, not daring to invade the wasteland southward for more than a year.

Especially since they had heard that he who had slain the Orc Kings Azog and Bolg, and caused their defeat at the Battle of Five Armies, was establishing his domain on Weathertop west of the wastes.

The orcs on Mount Gram became very cautious, fearing that they would attract the attention of the being on the top of the storm and bring about a catastrophic disaster.

But on this day, the Oak in the mountains had nothing to do and thought it was just another boring day.

Oak, who was in charge of lookout, suddenly felt a shadow in the sky.

Surprised, Oak looked up and saw a huge figure falling from the sky. His surprise and confusion turned into fear in an instant.

"It's a dragon! It's a giant dragon!" Oak shouted loudly with a terrified face and trembling figure, then quickly picked up the horn and blew it hard.

As the horn sounded, many Orcs also discovered the giant dragon appearing in the sky, and suddenly there was panic and commotion.

The Orc leader, Salzog, looked extremely uneasy at the appearance of the dragon.

As far as he knew, there was only one dragon still active in Middle-earth, and that was the tamed golden dragon Smaug.

Now that Smaug appears here, the being on the top of the Windcloud must be here as well!
The fear of that man was so deep in the hearts of all the Orcs that they dared not even call him by name.

It is said that the wizard cast a spell on his own name. Once an Orc calls out his name, the Orc will sense it and will come riding on a dragon to burn the person who calls his name to death with dragon flames!

Therefore, all the Orcs called him "that wizard", "that man", or nicknames like "Lord of the Dragon", and they didn't even dare to say the accurate name "Black Robe Wizard".

Even the Orcs' leader, Salzog, was forced to call Dueir by his name in order to appear fearless before his men, which caused the Orcs to exclaim in awe and awe, but he was also worried.

Now seeing Smaug appear on Mount Gram, Salzog's first reaction was to wonder if he had attracted him by calling that name directly?
But the problem is, he only shouted it once! How come it worked so well?

At this time, Dui, who was sitting on the dragon's back, had no idea that the orcs had already spread rumors about him as a god.

When the dragon descended upon the canyon, Dui gave an order.

In the Orcs' terror and despair, scorching dragon flames burst out from the dragon's mouth, instantly devouring countless Orcs' buildings.

For a moment, the Orcs' cries of fear and screams were heard everywhere, echoing in the canyon.

"Counterattack! Take out your bows and crossbows and fight back!" As the leader of the Orcs, Salzog has the strongest psychological quality and immediately organized his Orcs to attack the dragon.

Countless Mogul arrows filled with dark magic were shot towards the giant dragon in the sky.

Among them were many giant arrows, which were obviously weapons specially forged to target dragons.

Once the wound is even slightly opened, the poison and curse on the giant arrow can cause death, which is very dangerous.

But the dragon Smaug was obviously not afraid of this. Not to mention that he had hard scales, not to mention that he was wearing a set of dragon armor made by dwarves.

Even if there were black arrows that could break through scales, they might not be able to break through the outer armor, let alone the layer of hard dragon scales inside.

The double layer of defense allowed the dragon Smaug to act recklessly. He flew close to the ground, wreaking havoc with his giant claws while continuously spitting fire.

And those huge arrows were not even enough to tickle it.

After the entire canyon was surrounded by dragon flames, Dui waved his wand and petrified some of the surviving orcs, including the leader Salzog, and put them into the space bag.

And at this moment, a long-lost prompt appeared:

[Hogwarts Sign-in System: Locating at Gram Hill, do you want to sign in?]

Dui was stunned for a moment, then he was delighted. He almost forgot about the system.

He immediately replied, "Sign in!"

[Successful sign-in, congratulations on winning Newt Scamander's copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them!]

Dui was a little disappointed. He didn't expect to receive this book for signing in this time.

After collecting nearly a hundred orcs, he rode the dragon out of Gram Mountain without caring whether there were any orcs left in the canyon.

All that remained was an Orc stronghold engulfed in flames.

The smoke rising into the sky could be seen even in the valleys far to the south and by the Dúnedain rangers patrolling the wastes.

Soon after, a Dúnedain Ranger arrived at Gram's Hill and found the Orc stronghold burned by dragon fire.

Then the name of Duir once again quickly spread throughout the wilderness.

The Orcs of the Misty Mountains trembled in fear, not daring to go down the mountain into the wilderness, let alone to speak the name of Duir.

Because the orcs who managed to escape from Mount Gram confirmed with their own eyes that their leader Salzog called Dueir by his name once.

Then they were found by the real boss, who destroyed their stronghold with dragon flame and captured Salzog.

Dui also saw this outrageous rumor from Salzog's memory.

He was immediately speechless.

How come he got the same treatment as Voldemort here in Oak?

Fortunately, the Orcs did not use the name "Mysterious Man", otherwise he would have been completely defeated.

Destroying the Gram Hill stronghold was a piece of cake for Dui.

He imprisoned more than a hundred captured Orcs in a cell high in the tower, then brought a petrified Orc to the laboratory and began to prepare for research.

The origin of Orcs is unknown. One speculation is that Morgoth captured the elves, tortured them and deformed them, eventually creating the twisted and ugly dark creatures such as the Orcs.

Hence the Orcs' jealousy of the Elves, and their desire to take out on the Elves the suffering that Morgoth had inflicted on them.

That is why the Orcs are more hostile to the Elves than to other races.

Dui was not sure whether this legend was true or not, but he could indeed feel the presence of magic in Oak.

Such humanoid creatures are perfect for experiments in magical transformation.

(End of this chapter)