Chapter 54: Chasing
Why are you rushing to grab the head when you are at low health?
Levi put away his sword helplessly and said hello to Gandalf.
"You are just in time."
"Ahaha, wizards are never late, they just come at the right time." Gandalf said to Levi cheekily.
He also knocked on the three troll statues in the escape posture with his cane, nodded, and seemed very satisfied with this masterpiece.
"Fortunately, no one is missing an arm or a leg."
"This is all thanks to your thief and Levi."
Thorin walked over slowly and greeted Gandalf, as if the previous small dispute had never happened.
"These trolls must have come down from the Etten Wasteland."
Gandalf looked down at the black blood that fell from Levi's sword and said slowly.
"This is not a good sign."
The Etten Wasteland is a dark place close to Angmar and the Misty Mountains. It is also one of the places where trolls often appear and live.
"The last time the trolls dared to go so far was when evil was rampant..."
That is, the dark period when Sauron was still there.
Gandalf looked at Levi.
"Nothing is certain, maybe it is as you think." Levi said something that only Gandalf could understand, which made the others confused.
Sauron, it is not so easy to die.
Even if he was chopped into meat paste, he could turn into a pool of black blood and be reborn many years later. Although he lost the ring, no one can say for sure that he has disappeared from this world.
But at this time, only Levi can be sure that Sauron is still active.
Gandalf shook his head, temporarily suppressed his doubts, and turned to look at the nearby terrain.
"Trolls can't move in the daylight, there must be their caves nearby."
However, while Gandalf was talking here, Levi had already skillfully climbed over a hill and found an entrance where flies and mosquitoes were flying around.
"This way!"
Levi held a torch and cleared the way in front.
"What is this place? It smells so bad..." A group of dwarves covered their noses, and several of them coughed directly because of the smell.
"The place where the trolls hide their treasures."
Crash.
When they walked to the deepest part of the cave, suddenly, they felt something different under their feet.
Boxes of jewelry were piled in the corner, and gold and silver coins gathered on the ground like a hill, shining under the reflection of the torches.
"We've made a fortune."
Several dwarves picked up shovels and buried the treasures that could not be taken away to prevent others from finding and taking them away.
Thorin picked up two pairs of swords from the dusty cobwebs next to him and looked at them carefully.
"This is not something that a troll can make."
"It is not something that the craftsmanship of human blacksmiths can reach."
Gandalf took a sword, blew off the dust on it, and looked at it carefully.
"This sword comes from Gondolin, forged by the high elves of the First Age."
When he heard that it was something from the elves, Thorin immediately let go of his hand with disdain, and felt that the sword in his hand was instantly not...
"There is no better sword in the world than this."
It smells so good.
Thorin put away the sword, took it out and looked at it for a while, and nodded with satisfaction.
[Glamdrin] and [Ocrest].
Levi recognized the two swords at a glance. The former was the sword of Turgon, the Lord of Gondolin and the High King of the Noldor. The latter was a pair of swords with the former. It is unknown who holds it, but it must be a very capable elf.
Both swords have killed thousands of orcs and have their own unique names.
"Can you let me see it?"
Levi said to the two.
Without hesitation, Gandalf handed over the sword, and then Thorin also handed the sword to Levi.
Levi took the two swords and looked at them carefully.
[Glamdrin] Attack +9
[Ocrest] Attack +9.
The damage is the same as his own ancient sword, both are first-class swords.
"What do you think of this sword, Levi? If you like it, take it. I believe it will play a greater role in your hands." Seeing Levi staring at the sword, Gandalf said tactfully.
His own cane is good to use, and he doesn't necessarily need an extra sword.
"It's a very good sword, but it's not necessarily better than mine."
Levi handed the two swords back and drew out his own elven ancient sword.
Even in the dark cave, when this sword was drawn, its blade still shone like ice.
Compared with the other two, this sword has a more chilling feeling.
In any case, these are swords that are stronger and sharper than the netherworld gold swords.
After hiding the treasure in the cave, the group walked out.
During this time, Gandalf glanced at a sharp-looking elven short sword on the ground, so he picked it up and handed it to Bilbo, and gave him some instructions.
"True courage is not about deciding when to kill, but about deciding when to forgive."
"Something is approaching!"
Someone outside suddenly shouted, and Gandalf immediately went out to check. Bilbo stared at the dagger for a while and followed him out.
However, it was soon discovered that it was just a false alarm.
It was Radagast the Brown Robe who came.
"Gandalf, there is something wrong in the green forest. There are many evil big spiders. They must be the evil offspring of Ungoliant."
Ugoliant, a powerful being similar to the evil god outside the realm that was born in the void, has now disappeared. Only one of its offspring, "Shelob", can make Sauron dare not provoke it, and he can only send a few orcs to it occasionally.
"I went to Dol Guldur to see it, it was very scary... By the way, I also found this."
Radagast took out a tightly wrapped sword.
This is the sword of the Witch King of Angmar.
Gandalf's face was solemn.
Roar!
Suddenly, a wolf's howl interrupted the conversation between the two. A warg jumped down from a high place and was killed by Levi with a sword. Then several more jumped down to attack, but they were quickly dealt with.
"Warg scout, that means there is a large group of orcs approaching around!"
"We have to leave here quickly."
"No, the ponies are scared away!" A dwarf ran over in a panic and added: "Except Levi's horse."
Bilbo sighed.
Well, it's in vain.
"I'll lead them away."
"I'll kill them."
Brown Robe and Levi said almost at the same time, and they looked at each other sideways, wondering what they were thinking.
"Those are Gundabad wargs, they will catch up with you." Gandalf said to Brown Robe.
"This is the Rossgobel hare, I want to give them a try."
Seeing that there was no time to argue, Gandalf looked at Radagast and then at Levi.
"I think it's better..."
A moment later.
On the plain, half of the wargs were chased and chopped by Levi on horseback, and the other half of the wargs chased Radagast and bit him.
Gandalf led the dwarves and Bilbo to run in another direction, avoiding the pursuit of a group of warg riders led by a small leader.
"Damn it, don't worry about the wizard riding the hare, go and hold that human, we will kill the dwarf first!" The small leader ordered angrily.
As the troops of the brown robes withdrew, the pressure on Gandalf and the dwarves increased suddenly, but they could still cope with it.
"I finally know that Levi is not bragging."
Bofur quietly poked his head out from behind a huge rock and looked at the group of wargs howling as Levi chased them, with a sigh on his face.
"I don't know how there are such strong humans in the world, I have never heard of it."
"There are still many things you don't know, let's go now!" Gandalf urged, leading the dwarves to a hidden entrance.
