Hogwarts wizards who signed in to Middle-earth.

Chapter 88 Chase
As for using black magic, none of them are the kind of people who stick to the black and white concept.

Then, to the surprise of Dewi and the others, Galadriel handed Dewi the crystal bottle containing the Light of Earendil.

"Take it."

"Dark magic can damage people's minds and easily lead them astray. The light of Earendil will keep you bright and prevent you from falling into darkness."

"Madam, this is really too precious..." Dui felt that the gift was too heavy and was a little hesitant to accept it.

After all, he saw with his own eyes that Galadriel used it to defeat the devil Sauron.

Galadriel pressed the crystal bottle into Dewi's hands, her smile brooking no refusal.

"Just consider it a trade for the potion you just gave me."

"Thank you, ma'am!"

Dewi nevertheless accepted the crystal bottle containing the Light of Earendil and remembered the favor.

The crowd did not stay in Dolgudu for long.

The brown-robed wizard Darrigast is returning to his cabin in the woods to continue the company of his animal and plant companions.

Elrond and Glorfindel were invited by Galadriel to stay in Lórien for a while and discuss plans to deal with Sauron.

Due and Gandalf refused Galadriel's invitation to visit Lórien and prepared to catch up with Thorin and his companions.

This time, Gandalf was not imprisoned in Dol Guldur by Sauron as his original fate had been. He was not rescued until later by members of the White Council.

So this time it only took them a few days.

Judging from the expedition's speed and distance, Thorin and the others might not have gotten out of the Mirkwood yet.

After everyone left, Dewi and Gandalf took a ride on Darraghast's rabbit sleigh.

Darraghast was worthy of being the God of Chariots in Middle-earth. He drove the rabbit-drawn sled quickly through the forest, narrowly avoiding the trees he was about to hit each time, causing Dui and Gandalf to exclaim in surprise.

Finally, he successfully sent Dui and Gandalf to the old road in the dense forest, and then said goodbye to them and returned.

"Phew, this is really exciting. An old man like me can't handle this."

Gandalf patted his chest with a lingering fear on his face, and spoke after he had caught his breath.

"Let's go. We have to hurry up. We don't know where Bilbo and the others are. I hope we can catch up."

Dui thought about it, he seemed to remember that Thorin and his party first encountered a giant spider in the dense forest, then ran into the elves of the woodland kingdom, and were locked up in a dungeon by Thranduil?
In that case, they probably didn't get far.

Dui took out the Crystal of True Knowledge and said, "Use the crystal to see where they are."

Gandalf stopped him and shook his head seriously: "The Stone of True Knowledge is not omnipotent, Doir. This forest has its owner."

"If you use the crystal to spy on the forest, the owner here will see it as a provocation and cause unnecessary trouble!"

Upon hearing this, Dewi also remembered the scene when he was discovered by Gandalf when he used the Crystal of True Knowledge to check on him.

He immediately put the crystal away again.

The elves in Mirkwood, from top to bottom, are not good-tempered.

If the Elf King finds out, we'll be in real trouble.

The two walked along the old forest road, also known as the Elf Road.

The trees along the road looked as if they were sick and lifeless, and the air was not fresh, with a smell of decay and decay. Both of them looked a little solemn.

"Be careful not to inhale too much air. This place is polluted by black magic. If you inhale too much, you will feel dizzy and hallucinate." Gandalf reminded by covering his nose with his sleeve.

Then he murmured worriedly, "I just hope the dwarves don't breathe too much poisonous air and go astray, otherwise we'll be in trouble!"

Dewi sniffed the air, frowned, and waved his wand across his face.

A transparent bubble enveloped his head, instantly isolating him from the polluted air outside.

"Gandalf, do you need it?"

"I couldn't ask for more." Gandalf's eyes lit up when he saw the bubbles on Dewi's head.

Dui waved his wand and added a bubble to his head as well.

This was the Bubble Head Spell that Dui had learned from the Book of Spells. Originally used for breathing underwater, it was perfect for this purpose. The two of them continued on their way, each with two transparent bubbles above their heads.

Until we came to a broken bridge.

Looking at the broken bridge in front of him, Gandalf felt something was wrong and his face was full of worry.

"It seems that what I have been worried about has come true!"

"They couldn't cross the bridge, so they must have chosen some other way to cross the river."

He kept looking around and soon found traces not far from the bridge. There were some vines there that could be used to cross the river, and he found mud and traces of climbing on the vines.

While Gandalf was looking for clues about Bilbo and the others, Dewi came to the river, used Transfiguration to create several bottles, and carefully filled them with river water.

The water in this river is polluted by black magic. It not only has a hallucinogenic effect, but also makes one fall asleep immediately once it comes into contact with the water. It is easy to fall into the river and drown.

The effect is comparable to the hypnotic potion made by Dui.

Dui was very curious about this river water and planned to fill a few bottles to take away. It would be a good choice for research or to hypnotize the enemy.

"Duir, it's time to go. We have to find Bilbo and the others as soon as possible." Gandalf shouted.

"Okay, here I come!" Dui put the bottle of river water into the space bag, and then walked quickly towards Gandalf.

"Restored to its original state~" Dui waved his wand at the broken bridge.

The broken bridge was quickly repaired to its original state.

The two crossed the stone bridge and quickened their pace.

But on the rest of the journey, neither of them found any signs that anyone had passed by recently.

This means that after crossing the river, they did not return to the old road in the dense forest, but went somewhere else.

Seeing Gandalf was worried, Dewi comforted him, "Don't worry too much, Gandalf. Maybe they just didn't take the right path. They may be ahead of us now."

"And I have a spell here to try and find them."

Hearing this, Gandalf's eyes lit up and he looked at Dewi with hope.

"Doyle, what spell do you have? Try it!"

"This is my first time using it, and I can't guarantee that it will succeed immediately." Dui did not give any guarantees. Although he had seen this spell in the spell book, he had never cast it once.

He coughed dryly, then waved his wand according to the spell instructions in the spell book, thinking of Bilbo, and said, "Show me the way!"

A blue light shot out from the tip of the wand, and the other end disappeared into an unknown place deep in the forest.

Seeing the light pointing to the north of the dense forest, Gandalf and Dewi looked at each other in bewilderment.

Although this is not completely different from the direction of Gushan, which we were originally going to, it is still far away.

If the directions given were correct, then Thorin and his companions were lost.

Gandalf sighed deeply. "Let's go and see where they have lost their way."

The two left the old road and entered the dense forest in the direction indicated by the magic wand.

With the guidance of their wands, the two men had a clear goal and rushed towards Bilbo and the others at the fastest speed.

The deeper we went, the denser the forest became. The sky was covered with thick leaves, and there was hardly a ray of light coming through.

Not to mention that there are many spider webs that seal many places tightly.

Huh? Spider web! Dui reacted instantly and immediately became alert.

"Duir, what have you found?" Gandalf noticed Duir's abnormality.

Dui pointed to the dense spider webs on the tree and said, "Gandalf, it seems we have come to the nest of giant spiders, the descendants of Ungoliant that Daragast mentioned."

Before he could finish his words, a rustling sound came from all around him, like the scraping of heavy, sticky legs across the ground or branches.

Countless huge spiders appeared from the trees and the ground, surrounding them from all directions, with their densely packed eyes flashing, staring at them with greedy eyes.

(End of this chapter)