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Chapter 71 Goblin Town
"Shattered to pieces!"

A dazzling spell struck the boulder, shattering it into countless fragments.

Dui stood in front, looking warily at the rock giant in the distance, and complained loudly: "Gandalf, your method is useless!"

Instead, it attracted the attention of all the rock giants.

"Things don't always go as planned, do they?" Gandalf shrugged innocently.

"At least Bilbo and the others are safe, aren't they?"

Dui rolled his eyes speechlessly. He actually still had the leisure to make jokes now. Why don’t you take action?
"Be careful!" Gandalf warned loudly.

Several rock giants grabbed huge rocks and threw them at Dui and Gandalf.

Those huge rocks were like meteorites falling from the sky, with an immense impact force, enough to smash through the mountain and smash the two of them into meat paste!
Dui naturally saw it at the first moment. His face changed, and he gripped his wand tightly, using all his strength to activate his magic power.

"Super strong armor protection!"

A powerful magic barrier was formed instantly, turning into a thick shield of light, covering both Dui and Gandalf.

Gandalf did not just stand by and watch. He grabbed the staff with both hands and struck it hard into the air. The powerful force shattered the huge rocks into countless pieces, which were then blocked by Dui's magic barrier.

The two of them worked together to successfully resist this wave of boulders, but this obviously aroused the interest of the rock giants, who picked up boulders again and were about to smash them.

The two men suddenly looked serious. Casting magic is very physically demanding and they will eventually run out of energy, while the other side's boulders are inexhaustible.

"We can't fight them head-on. We have to find a way to confuse their sight, then find Thorin and the others and leave here as soon as possible!"

Gandalf shouted over the thunderstorm.

"I have a spell I can try," Dui said loudly, "but I've never tried it before, so I don't know if it will work."

"Don't hesitate, try it now, I believe in you!" Gandalf smashed a flying boulder with force and urged loudly.

Dui directly summoned the "Book of Spells".

He remembered that there was a smoke spell inside that could release fog to hide the figure and block the enemy's vision.

He had an impression of this spell because he remembered that when Dumbledore met with Newt Scamander in London, he had used this spell to conceal his whereabouts and covered the entire London with fog.

Dui had only briefly read this spell once before, and now he could only learn and use it on the spot according to the spell book.

"Surrounded by clouds and mist~"

Fortunately, the spell was not complicated, and Dui succeeded on his first try. Thick mist poured out from the tip of the wand and continued to cover the surroundings in a vortex shape.

In the blink of an eye, the entire high pass was shrouded in thick fog, and one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.

The rock giants tried to push away the fog to find someone, but the fog kept coming, as if there was no end. They could only roar in frustration and throw the boulders in their hands away.

"Well done, Doir," Gandalf murmured in praise.

Dui took out the Crystal of Truth, and under the guidance of the Crystal of Truth, the two of them successfully passed through the fog and the rock giants and came to the location of Thorin and others.

This is a cave. There is no one inside and no signs of leaving.

Gandalf saw this scene and struck the ground in front of him with his staff. The ground collapsed instantly, revealing a huge black slide.

"Oh no, this is a goblin trap! Thorin and the others must have been captured by the goblins!" "Don't worry, Gandalf, let's use the Crystal of Knowledge to check on them first." Dui took out the Crystal of Knowledge, and the image that Dui wanted to see appeared inside the crystal.

In the crystal ball, Thorin and others were in a huge underground cave, surrounded by countless suspension bridges and ladders built of wood, and thousands of densely packed goblins.

Goblins are actually a kind of orcs. They are short in stature, have dark green skin, and are much smaller than humans. They usually live in underground caves, mines or mountain tunnels. They like to move in the dark and are good at digging and building underground passages. They make a living by stealing, robbing and setting traps.

Unlike the strong and violent Orcs, the Goblins are more cunning and timid.

At this time, the dwarves were surrounded by countless goblins, their weapons were confiscated, and they were brought before the Goblin King.

Instead, Bilbo used the Hobbit's stealth talent to make the goblins fail to notice his presence, allowing him to successfully escape being arrested.

"Ha, it seems our Mr. Snitch is lucky to have escaped." Gandalf said, "We must speed up our pace, otherwise these dwarves will become food for the goblins."

As he spoke, he groped around and knocked on the surrounding stone walls with his staff, then struck a stone wall hard, causing it to break, revealing a cave passage.

"Let's go, let's go to Goblin Town."

Before Dui put the crystal ball into the leather bag, he saw Bilbo being discovered by a goblin. During the fight, the two fell into the abyss under the cave.

Bilbo was very lucky not to die after falling from a great height. Apart from some scratches on his skin, he did not suffer any serious injuries.

Instead, the goblin fell to his death.

He really deserves to be the protagonist!
While Dui breathed a sigh of relief, he could only sigh in his heart.

If it were an ordinary person, he would have fallen to his death, just like the goblin that fell with him.

But it just happened that nothing happened to them.

After making sure Bilbo was fine, Dewi stuffed the crystal ball back into his leather bag and hurried to catch up with Gandalf.

He thought that if he remembered correctly, Bilbo was about to encounter his destined One Ring, thus officially starting the prelude to the destruction of the Dark Lord Sauron.

Dewi had no intention of interfering with Bilbo's fate or trying to get the Ring first.

Apart from Hobbits like Bilbo who have ridiculously high magic resistance, even Gandalf, Galadriel and others dare not touch the One Ring easily. He does not think that he will be an exception and be able to withstand the dark erosion of the One Ring.

Perhaps once you put on the One Ring, you will become a slave of the Ring, or even become a being like the Ringwraiths.

So he kept his distance from the One Ring and didn't want to touch it at all.

Gandalf and Due finally arrived at a cave in the mountain.

This place looks like an underground world, with intricate passages and connected caves, like a huge and complex underground maze.

The cave was dim, and Thorin and his group were brought before the Goblin King.

The Goblin King is different from other goblins. It has an extremely tall body and a huge head, almost three meters tall, and holds a sheep-head wooden staff in its hand.

Compared to other goblins, the Goblin King is more cunning, evil, cruel, and intelligent.

After capturing the dwarves, they interrogated them about their purpose of coming here. After seeing some elven items stolen by the dwarves among the confiscated items, they even suspected that they were sent by the elves.

When he discovered that Thorin's sword, Beast Bite, had killed many goblins, he angrily ordered his men to kill them all.

(End of this chapter)