Chapter 85 High Wall

"What's wrong? What happened?"

When he woke up, the mayor of Changhu Town felt that the sky was falling. Why were the townspeople packing their things?

But that's it?

He grabbed the leftover baked mutton eggs with butter mushrooms on the table and took a bite. He drank a whole glass of strong wine in one breath, wiped his hands on his clothes, and the mayor shouted:

"Alfred!"

"Where are the people?"

"Can anyone tell me what happened?"

He hurriedly ran out of the house, grabbed a town citizen outside and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"The Oak army is coming soon, and we have to take refuge in the Lonely Mountain."

After the townspeople said this, they immediately swatted away the mayor's greasy hand in disgust and walked away quickly around the road.

"What kind of army, what kind of lonely mountain, what are you doing?"

The mayor angrily shouted: "Why didn't anyone tell me such an important thing!!"

"If you still have some sense, pack your things and leave."

Just when the mayor was incompetent and furious, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Bud."

"Aren't you locked up? OK, how dare you escape from prison."

"Guard, where is the guard? Capture him quickly!"

The mayor shouted at the top of his lungs, attracting the attention of the people around him. Soon several guards came over and spoke something in his ear, briefly explaining the current situation.

The mayor calmed down now, and he squinted at Bud for a while.

Whether it's a giant dragon or a person in Changhu Town, it doesn't matter to him. What matters is whether he can live a better life in the future.

A dragon-slaying hero, this is a good gimmick, which is very helpful for the business development of Changhu Town.

"Mr. Mayor, I suggest you organize guards as soon as possible to protect the townspeople from evacuating safely."

A gentle voice came from behind. The mayor looked back and saw an old man in gray robe chatting with him.

An expression of disgust immediately appeared on his face, and he quickly took out a handkerchief and covered his nose.

"Where did this stinky beggar come from?"

Gandalf took a deep breath and endured it:

"Lord Mayor, I am not a beggar, I am a wizard, Gandalf the Gray Robe Wizard. The so-called wizards mean that they will bring the latest news and suggestions. Please..."

"I don't care if you are a beggar or a wizard, just go away, I have no obligation to listen to you."

With a snap, the mayor pushed Gandalf who was blocking the way and walked towards his home. As he walked, he also greeted the guards:

"What are you still looking at? Don't worry about those people and come and help me move my things!"

The guards looked at Bud and then at the mayor, not knowing which way to go.

Gandalf tightened his grip on his staff.

Bard looked at Gandalf and nodded.

Boom!

A stick with much greater force than before hit the mayor on the head, causing the guy who was no more slender than Bomber to fall straight down, crushing a pile of debris.

"Go help the townspeople."

Gandalf said to the guards in a calm tone, and the guards hurriedly left here without delaying for a second.

There was a burst of sparse applause from all around.

Under the call of the dragon-slaying heroes and wizards, people quickly organized and moved towards the Gushan Mountain with their belongings and enough food to last for a while.

On the way, Bud was sweating profusely arranging various matters.

For some reason, the mayor and the mayor's deputy fainted one after another and failed to catch up with the team to set off. At this moment, he became the actual speaker here.

But before this, Bard had never had any experience in handling the affairs of the entire town. Only with the assistance of Gandalf could he ensure that the team moved forward smoothly without making any mistakes.

People just walked and moved forward silently. Most of the time they only had some dry food to eat, and there was no hot food to eat all day long.

"What's that?"

When approaching Erebor, someone turned his head, pointed in another direction and suddenly shouted.

This sound immediately attracted the attention of a large number of people.

"Is that a city wall? It's so high!"

A group of people exclaimed.

Gandalf also narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance.

"If I remember correctly, which direction is River Valley City?"

"It's indeed Riverdale."

Bud said with certainty: "I know it very well."

"Isn't that city already destroyed..."

Whoosh——

Just as he was talking, suddenly there was the sound of fireworks being launched over River Valley City.

Gandalf was instantly relieved.

"Oh, that's true. I think we don't need to go to Erebor. We can go directly to the ruins of Riverdale City."

"That doesn't look like a ruin."

Bud said in surprise: "There was nothing here two days ago. I don't think my memory will be wrong."

"Perhaps this is indeed the case. Why don't we go over and take a look first?"

Bud nodded, choosing to believe this wise old man.

In fact, he didn't know what a wizard was, after all, he had never sat in the position of ruler.

But he knew one thing, that is, the wizard and Levi were in the same group. The two of them appeared together in the rumors spread by the refugees, so they must not be bad people.

"Is anyone here?"

In front of the towering city wall gate, Gandalf raised his head and shouted.

Crunch.

As a mechanism sounded, three thick iron gates rose one after another, and the city gate opened.

"Gandalf."

Levi said hello at the top of the city wall.

"I knew you were here, Levi."

Gandalf knocked on the wall and estimated that it was six meters thick, solid, and nearly thirty meters high.

But this wall, although thick and high, has nothing on it, just bare, as if it was made of a pile of stone pillars and has not been repaired yet.

But as a temporary defense measure, it is enough.

And...

Gandalf looked down and felt that the gate was a little hot, and there seemed to be something underneath.

"Don't stand there, come in!"

Levi shouted from above.

Bard glanced at Gandalf, and after Gandalf nodded, he assuredly arranged for the townspeople to move forward.

The townspeople looked at this reassuring wall with wide eyes, exclaimed, and went into the city one after another to rest in the open space.

"Make a fire and cook, we will rest here for a while."

After giving orders and arranging their families, Bard and Gandalf came over together to greet Levi who jumped off the wall.

"Is this what you mean by building a wall? I thought you just wanted to strengthen Erebor's defenses. It's really unexpected."

"What's so good about repairing Erebor's wall? It's not broken."

Shrugging, Levi built a staircase on the spot and invited Gandalf and Bard to climb up the wall and overlook the valley.

The city of Dale is located in the valley between the southwest ridge and the southeast ridge of the Lonely Mountain. There is only one side leading to the city.

In other words, it only takes one wall to build a good defense in the city, which saves Levi a lot of effort.

Before the residents retreated here, he had already built the prototype of the wall, and also arranged a lot of magma traps and deep pits. As long as the mechanism is pulled, the enemies above can fall down.

Looking at this solid high wall, Gandalf couldn't help lighting his pipe and was overjoyed.

"This is much harder than ordinary city walls. They build walls piece by piece, but the wall you built seems to be a large stone dug directly from the ground. It is naturally one piece without any gaps."

"What are you talking about? What does it mean to build a wall? Is this wall just built?"

Bard couldn't hold it in any longer:

"I can't imagine it. Even if everyone in Long Lake Town is mobilized to build it together, there is no shortage of materials and supplies. It will take years to build such a high wall."

"There are many things you can't imagine."

Gandalf blew out a smoke ring, with a look of "what's so strange about this kind of thing", which made Bard open and close his mouth, hesitant to speak.

The old man continued: "But speaking of it, since you can build a wall, then, can your puppet also..."

"This, not now."

"Then what is your pumpkin field used for?" Gandalf pointed to a piece of farmland under the wall.

"I remember you said that pumpkins are needed to create that kind of puppet, right?"

"That's why I said it's not possible now, but I didn't say it's not possible in the future."

"What do you mean?"

"This matter mainly depends on the descendants of our River Valley Lord."

Levi walked up to Bard who was still scratching his head and said sinisterly: "Master Bard, you don't want to see the residents of Changhu Town suffer, right?"