Chapter 241 The interception of the orcs (1/2)

Chapter 241 The Killing of the Orcs

"That...maybe it's a coincidence." Aaron slowly raised his right hand, "Don't forget, omens are not only visible to dwarves."

Hearing this, Gandalf and Thorin calmed down.

"What happened?" Thorin asked coldly.

Gandalf looked solemn, "We are being hunted."

"We have to leave here." Dwalin said.

"There is no way, we don't have a pony." Oli ran over and said, "They ran away."

"Then we can only fight to the death." Aaron took a deep breath, "I have twelve arrows here, which can kill twelve enemies.

With a dozen warriors and two wizards, maybe we can fight our way out."

"This is the worst plan." Gandalf said, "We may be able to kill the Orc scouts, but what about the army later?

We can't be the opponent of an army with just us, so we still have to find a way to escape."

"I'll lead them away." The brown-robed wizard Radagast said.

"Those are Gundaba Wargs. They will catch up with you." Gandalf did not agree with this proposal. If something happened to the brown-robed wizard, it would be a huge loss to Middle-earth.

"How about I go?"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone turned their eyes to Aaron, and the forest became very quiet.

"No." Bilbo said immediately, "It's too dangerous. You can't run faster than those wolves on your two legs."

"You have to try." Aaron smiled, "If you are lucky, you can still escape."

"Now is not the time to believe in luck!" Radagast pointed to his vehicle confidently, "These are Rosgarburg rabbits. It's hard to say who will win."

......

Radagast drove the sled pulled by Rosgarburg rabbits, shouted loudly in the green field, and one person led away the wolf scouts scattered in all directions.

The others hid behind a big rock. Seeing the wolf scouts being led away, Gandalf immediately led everyone to take a detour from the other side.

But even so, it was extremely dangerous, because they were on a plain, with only irregular boulders to provide cover, but once they moved, they would be exposed to the orcs' view.

Radagast was very fast, taking a large number of warg scouts around the plain, but he did not lead all the scouts away.

An orc stopped while chasing, and he drove the Gundaba warg to keep sniffing, and seemed to have found the traces of the expedition team.

The warg brought him to a boulder, and then stopped, indicating that the orcs and dwarves on its back were nearby.

The orc drew out the big knife behind him, looked around, and searched for the target to hunt.

Under the boulder, all the members of the expedition heard the heavy breathing of the warg, and they dared not make any sound by clinging to the stone wall.

It was not that they could not deal with this orc, but they were worried that making a noise would expose their position.

But after more than ten seconds, the warg was still on it and did not leave.

Thorin realized that it was only a matter of time before the other party discovered them, and immediately decided to strike first.

He winked at Kili, signaling him to use the bow and arrow.

Kili nodded slightly, pulled an arrow from his quiver, and shot it at the head of the warg.

The warg howled in pain, and the orc on its back was shaken violently. Kili immediately shot the second arrow and hit the orc's chest.

The warg and the orc on its back dropped the boulder at the same time, and five or six dwarves rushed up and killed them as quickly as possible.

But the screams of the warg and the orcs were particularly clear on the plain. The warg scouts led away by Radagast stopped and looked in the direction of the sound.

"The dwarf bastard is there." The leading orc immediately ordered, "Go after him."

The howling of the wolf continued, and the sound of galloping was getting closer and closer.

"Run!" Aaron said immediately.

Gandalf also realized that something was wrong, "Follow me, quickly."

Two legs can't outrun four legs, or four huge wolf legs. Soon, several wargs appeared in front of the expedition, and an orc was staring at them.

More and more wargs came from all directions, and the warg scouts formed a huge encirclement.

"We are surrounded." Aaron let out a long breath and pulled Bilbo behind him.

"Hold the position." Thorin shouted loudly, and the dwarves spontaneously formed a circle, each picked up a weapon, and nervously faced the slowly approaching warg scouts.

Bilbo drew out his dagger in a panic, "What should we do now?"

"Of course, kill them." Aaron said, taking out two arrows from his back and aiming at the two nearest wargs.

Two arrows were fired at the same time, and each arrow pierced the top of the warg's head, and the orcs on their backs fell to the ground.

Kili immediately added arrows and shot two orcs to death.

"Good shooting." Dwalin praised.

"It's useless no matter how good we are. There are too many of them, several times more than us." Aaron smiled bitterly, "Kili, give me your arrows.

Concentrate your forces to break out in one direction later, I will try my best to cover your retreat."

"What will you do then?" Bilbo asked worriedly.

"I will catch up with you, these orcs can't kill me yet." Aaron said in a deep voice.

He would not use magic unless it was absolutely necessary, but if that happened, he would not show mercy. If he killed all these wolf scouts, no one would know his true strength.

"Where's Gandalf?" Ouyin asked.

"He left us behind," Dwalin said.

The leading orc rode a warg and approached slowly. When he saw that the hunting targets were all here, he laughed proudly, revealing his sharp and disgusting yellow teeth.

"That's really disgusting." Aaron curled his lips in disgust.

Ori took out his slingshot and fired a stone.

The stone hit the warg on the head, but it didn't hurt or itch.

call out!

Aaron shot an arrow, and the leading orc immediately bent down to avoid it.

But at this moment, Aaron's second arrow hit the warg's waist, and the leading orc fell to the ground under the violent shaking of the warg.

"Damn you bastard." The leading orc roughly pulled out the arrows from the warg and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll kill you first in a moment."

"Capture the thief first, capture the king first." Aaron walked to Thorin and whispered.

"This principle does not apply to these beasts. No matter whether the leader is dead or not, they will never give up hunting us."

“I know, but the leader is still important.

When I kill him later, you charge with the big guy and break out from his direction. "

Thorin looked at Aaron deeply, and was extremely surprised by this thirteen-year-old child, "How sure are you that you can survive?"

"Well...if nothing else happens, even if you all die, I can still live well."

"I understand." Thorin nodded heavily, "I never thought I would entrust the safety of the expedition team to a child.

Kili, give him your arrow. "

"Thorin, this..."

"give him."

"yes."

Qili put all the remaining less than ten arrows into Aaron's quiver, "You must come here alive."

Aaron took a deep breath and quickly drew the bow string.

An arrow shot at the leading orc at an extremely fast speed.

The leading orc immediately dodged upon seeing this, but he was still hit by an arrow in his arm. The spear in his hand fell to the ground in pain.

"ah!"

The leading orc screamed loudly, but as soon as he opened his mouth, an arrow shot through his throat.

"kill!"

Thorin shouted, and the twelve dwarves and Bilbo followed Thorin and charged.

Just then, Gandalf's voice suddenly sounded, "Come this way, fool."

The charging steps of the crowd stopped for a moment, and they were at a loss for a moment.

Thorin turned around and saw Gandalf lying under a boulder less than ten meters away from them. There seemed to be a cave entrance hidden there.

"What are you doing standing still?" Aaron said angrily, "Run away!"

"Hurry, everyone." Thorin took the lead and ran over, then guarded the entrance to cover the retreat of his teammates.

The members of the expedition team jumped into the cave entrance one after another, and the warg spies quickly surrounded them.

Thorin killed a warg that rushed towards him with one sword. After making sure that nothing was missing, the last one jumped into the cave.

Several orcs looked at the entrance. This cave seemed inaccessible to wargs, and even they could only enter one by one.

Aaron returned Kili's arrow to him, "Just guard it first!"

The two shot arrows respectively, and the two orcs were shot and killed, which deterred the other orcs from approaching.

Without the leader, the remaining warg spies had a numerical advantage, but they were helpless in the face of this cave that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Woo...

The sound of the horn came from a distance, followed by the sound of horse hooves.

The sound of arrows piercing the air, the sound of sharp weapons piercing flesh, the wails of wargs and the screams of orcs mixed together to make people full of curiosity about the situation outside.

Although it is unknown which righteous people came to help, their crisis was temporarily relieved.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a half-orc corpse rolled down.

Thorin pulled out a silver arrow from the corpse, his face immediately darkened, "Elf."

"Is that an elf up there?" Aaron looked at Gandalf, seeming to understand why he left the team midway.

"You can't see where the passage leads, do you want to go?" Dwalin noticed the light deep in the cave, turned around and looked at everyone and asked.

"Of course we have to go." Noli said directly. This is the only way. It's impossible not to leave.

"This is a wise move." Gandalf smiled.

"You know where this road leads, right?" Aaron asked.

"Well... you'll understand when you get there."

Everyone walked through a narrow, steep path that could only accommodate one person, and stopped at the exit.

"This place... is so beautiful." Aaron looked at the river valley in front of him and couldn't help but widen his eyes. "If the Shire is suitable for retirement, then this is definitely a vacation spot."

In the valley is a beautiful city, with pine trees in the upper areas and beech and oak trees in the lower areas.

Several waterfalls cascade down the mountain walls, breathing life into the city before finally flowing into the river below.

"What is this place?"

"The Valley of Imladris." Gandalf explained with a smile, "That's what most people call..."

"Rivendell." Bilbo couldn't help but say the name of the place.

"you know?"

"This is the territory of elves. The book describes this place as a fairyland. I really didn't expect that I could actually see it with my own eyes."

"This is the last refuge of the eastern sea," Gandalf continued.

Thorin walked up to Gandalf impatiently and said in a questioning tone: "You have been planning to lure us here to seek refuge from our enemies."

"Did your so-called enemy save us just now?"

"Who knows if they have ulterior motives."

Hearing this, Aaron was speechless. Thorin's resentment towards the elves was really not that deep.

"You have no enemies here, Thorin Oakenshield. The only hostility in the valley comes from you," said Gandalf.

"Do you think the elves will pray for our expedition?" Thorin shook his head. "They will try to stop us."

"Of course, but we have questions that need to be answered."

Thorin was speechless for a moment. The map his father left to him contained a way to enter the Lonely Mountain, but not many people could interpret it, and there happened to be one in Rivendell.

He regarded the elves as his enemies, and he would naturally feel humiliated when asking for help from his enemies, but he had to do so if he wanted to unlock the secrets of the map.

"To succeed, you need to use your skills, respect." Gandalf looked at Thorin meaningfully, meaning that when we get to Rivendell, please calm down and don't cause trouble.

"You also need to be charming, so I will be in charge of the negotiations."

"Charming charm?" Aaron curled his lips in disgust, "You're so shameless, can you change your clothes before you say this?

To be honest, if you go in with an empty bowl now, you may come out with a full bowl. "

"Gaius." Gandalf rolled his eyes at him, "I remember I said that you still need to understand the most basic courtesy."

After walking down a rugged path down the river valley and passing several narrow stone bridges, everyone arrived at a wide platform.

Two elven warriors stood at the entrance of Rivendell holding swords. They were almost indistinguishable from humans except for their pointed ears.

"Mislanda."

A male elf came down the stairs and saluted Gandalf.

"Lind." Gandalf greeted with a smile.

"Are you still called Mithlanda?" Aaron asked.

"Don't worry, this is what some elves call me." Gandalf shrugged, then looked at Lind, "I have to talk to King Elrond."

"King Elrond is not here."

"Not here? Then where is he?"

As he finished speaking, the melodious horn sound came from behind.

Hearing this voice, Gandalf seemed to understand something and turned around with a smile.

An elven cavalry returned to Rivendell through the stone bridge. Upon seeing this, Thorin thought that the elves were going to attack them, and immediately gathered everyone to prepare for battle.

The thirteen dwarves picked up their weapons vigilantly, and without any explanation, they protected Bilbo in the middle. He was at a loss and looked confused.

Snapped!

Aaron slapped his forehead and turned his face away speechlessly.

What about the promised respect? With this attitude, you still want to ask for help?

You acted like you were facing a formidable enemy as soon as they came back. Is this any different from provocation?

And can it be a little wise?

This is someone else’s territory, so even if you’re unhappy with the elves, you should still pay attention to the situation!

Gandalf was also quite depressed. Fortunately, he was the one in charge of the negotiations. If it had been anyone else, he would have been kicked out as a bad guest.