The Heavens: The Magical World Begins with The Lord of the Rings

Chapter 162 The Worried Return Journey

The cloudless sky gradually turned pale, and the crescent moon hanging above the sky gradually disappeared in the light rising from the east.

Since yesterday evening, the heavy snow that ravaged the entire lonely mountain has stopped.

Although standing in this bustling river valley city, the cold wind still blows across Gao Yuan's face from time to time; but the warm sunshine shining on Gao Yuan and others is undoubtedly telling everyone that today is a bright day. sunny.

Today is the day when Gao Yuan and the others were scheduled to set off, but they waited until everyone in the Rivendell camp was ready to set off.

After a night of hangover, Bilbo, Gandalf and others hurried back to River Valley City.

"If you came later, we would have already set off."

Gao Yuan, who had put on a fresh suit again, rode on the back of Asifaros with Arwen, looked at Bilbo and others who had arrived late, and couldn't help laughing.

The disheveled Bilbo and Gandalf hurried back to their lodgings and began to pack up their salutes.

After the elven troops holding the Rivendell flag high left the River Valley City in mighty force, this adventure in the Lonely Mountain finally came to a successful conclusion.

The Rivendell army that originally crossed the entire Mirkwood to the Lonely Mountain did not return the same way they came, but chose to go all the way south along the Running River, and continued south along the west bank of the Long Lake. Forward.

This troop walked along the shore of Long Lake for two or three days.

During this period, they saw the Changhu Town, which was destroyed in the battle between Gao Yuan and the dragon Smaug, and now it is deserted. middle.

They were still on the grass on the shore of the lake, and they saw the temporary camp where the residents who escaped from Changhu Town had once camped, and there were still traces of the lives of the residents of Changhu Town everywhere.

After walking out of the waters of Changhu Lake, the team of Gao Yuan and others continued to march south along the rushing river for two days.

Bilbo, who was following Gao Yuan and the others, gradually realized that the team deviated from the way they came, and he hurriedly caught up to ask Gao Yuan.

"Mr. Gao Yuan, where are we going?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan, who was whispering with Arwen, turned his head and explained to Bilbo with a smile.

"We are heading towards the original old jungle road, where there is a wide avenue that can go directly through Mirkwood."

Afraid that what he said was not clear enough, Gao Yuan pointed to a high mountain in the distance with his finger and said: "Follow the rushing river and go southward, and we will reach the Black Forest Mountain Range, where there is a direct crossing Old Jungle Road through Mirkwood."

"Our team has a large number of people. If we want to pass through the Mirkwood at the fastest speed, it is best to go through there."

Bilbo nodded unconsciously.

Not long after, Bilbo continued to ask: "Then why didn't we go that way when we went to the Lonely Mountain, but chose to cross Mirkwood instead?"

"Sorin, we were originally going to take that road, but the eagle dropped us off at Karl Rock. If we want to go there, it means that we will have to go around for a long distance. And there are often people on this road. Goblins are infested, and no one has been there for a long time." Gao Yuan continued to explain to Bilbo tirelessly.

"Then Mr. Gao Yuan, how long will it take us to reach Rivendell this way?"

Bilbo felt that he had had enough, and kept on going.

He already regretted that he didn't ask Da Ying to take him away with him.

When he was in the Lonely Mountain, the Eagle King had expressed to Bilbo that his people would be more than happy to take Bilbo away with him.

Not to mention sending him directly to Rivendell, at least he could be sent to the west of the Misty Mountains.

After thinking for a moment, Gao Yuan replied: "If everything goes well, it will probably take about a month. After all, the road in the Misty Mountains is not easy to walk in winter."

"What if it doesn't go well?"

"I mean, if so. After all, when we came, it didn't go well. In the Misty Mountains, we met stone giants that were taller than the mountains, as well as goblins."

Bilbo said with some fear that those experiences in the Misty Mountains still left him with lingering fears.

Gao Yuan smiled slightly, thinking that Bilbo may still have lingering fears about what they encountered on the journey to the Lonely Mountain, and it has almost turned into a paranoia of persecution.

So he said comfortingly: "Don't worry, my dear Mr. Bilbo. Stone giants are not met every day. Many people want to meet those stone giants in their lifetime. The last time we met them was the same." We are quite lucky.”

Bilbo couldn't help curling his lips when he heard the words, and muttered: "I would rather never see those terrible big guys in my life."

"Hahaha"

"I'd love to meet the big guys"

The hobbit's words successfully made Gao Yuan and his party laugh.

"As for those goblins, I think that after the caves in Orc Town collapsed, they would no longer live there, and they would find some new caves to settle in. Besides, after the great battle on the Lonely Mountain, they You must not dare to provoke us again." After laughing for a while, Gao Yuan pointed to the mighty army of elves behind him.

"What are you worried about, Bilbo?" Gandalf asked, smoking his pipe and leaning towards Bilbo.

Bilbo just shook his head worriedly at Gandalf's question.

"I'm worried, maybe there's something going on that's going to make our trip back?"

Gandalf smiled and comforted his hobbit friend.

"Bilbo, no journey will always be smooth sailing. There may be many reasons why our journey is not smooth." Gandalf took a sip of the pipe in his hand, and then exhaled a series of smoke rings.

"For example, encountering a blizzard, an avalanche, etc. in the Misty Mountains, even if you accidentally sprained your foot halfway, it may cause our journey to become less smooth."

"In short, anything could slow down our journey."

Gandalf's comforting words did not dispel the worries in Bilbo's heart. He tried to find out all the dangers that might arise on this return journey.

"And what about the Orcs who got away?"

"I mean we haven't completely driven out those half-orcs. They may be hiding on one of our only roads right now."

"Maybe in Mirkwood, maybe in the Misty Mountains"

Bilbo's sincerity and fear made Gao Yuan a little impatient. He didn't know why the hobbit suddenly became anxious about gains and losses on the way back.

When he went to the lonely mountain with the expedition team, he was not as timid as he is now.

"This is not something you should worry about, Bilbo!" Gao Yuan turned his head and said angrily, "Your adventure is over now, you don't need to worry about what you have and what you don't have anymore."

"Look at the mighty Rivendell soldiers behind you. They are not worried about the sudden attack of the orcs."

"If you still need to worry about your own safety under the protection of me and Gandalf, and these more than 2000 elf soldiers, then I don't know where you can feel safe, is it in Bag End in the Shire?"

Gao Yuan's voice became louder and more severe, which made Bilbo shrink his head in shock.

Seeing that Gao Yuan was really angry, Gandalf quickly stepped forward and patted Bilbo on the shoulder to comfort him:
"Bilbo, Mr. Gao Yuan is right, you shouldn't worry so much."

Gandalf tapped the finished pipe in his hand, picked out the burnt ash in the pipe, filled the pipe again, wiped the mouthpiece, and handed it to Bilbo, motioning for him to take a sip to slow himself down. Emotions.

"In this battle that took place on the Lonely Mountain, at least four-fifths of the half-orc warriors in the northern continent died there. I believe the northern half-orcs will be quiet for a long time."

After some comfort from Gandalf, Bilbo finally calmed down. Perhaps he was still worried about the journey, but he no longer asked those strange questions.

(End of this chapter)