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

Chapter 61 The skin-changer 【For collection】【For further reading】

This is the end of the adventures of the members of the High and Lonely Mountain Expedition in the Misty Mountains. They spent the most peaceful night in the Eagle's Nest since they set off from Rivendell.

There is no longer any need to worry about the orcs entangled behind them, or meeting any strange creatures and dangers. Although those big eagles are also a kind of strange creatures in the eyes of these dwarves and Bilbo, at least they don't have to worry about them. Will want to skin them or tear them apart.

Gao Yuan briefly introduced the origin of the Great Eagle to the dwarves. These races born from the first era are much more kind than the expedition members imagined. They have always followed the instructions of Velamanwe and helped Elves and humans fight against those evil demon kings.

The next day, the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone on the sleeping members of the expedition team, waking them up. The bonfire that was raised in the Eagle's Nest last night had just been extinguished, and wisps of green smoke rose from the bonfire.

This time, the expedition team was allowed to climb on the big eagle's broad back. They were all caught by the big eagles and came to the eagle's nest. Bilbo was frightened at that time, thinking that the big eagles would skin him like a rabbit. eat up.

After saying goodbye to the Eagle King for the last time, fifteen big eagles jumped down from the cliff. Bilbo, who was lying on the back of the big eagle, was frightened and screamed, and he hurriedly grabbed the big eagle under him. feathers, which offended the eagle a little bit, and warned him.

The sun has just risen from the horizon at this time, and the eagles can take them to Karl Rock as long as they face the direction of the rising sun.

After flying for a long time, the big eagles didn't go any further, they started circling around each other in the air, gradually lowering their altitude.

At this point they were already very close to the ground, and they looked at the river valley below them, the forest with oak and elm trees below them, the scenery here was completely different from that in the Misty Mountains.

A wide river, passing through the valley from north to south, this river is the mother river of Middle-earth and the longest river on this continent, the Anduin River.

In the middle of the big river, stands a rock like a hill, which looks like a boulder thrown from the top of the mountain by a rock giant.

"Is this Karl's Rock?" cried Bilbo excitedly, opening his eyes, for he had had enough of being in the air.

The big eagles landed on Karl Rock one by one, and after putting them down, they flew to the sky again.

In the end, only one big eagle was left standing in front of Gao Yuan and the others.

"Farewell, strange combination of dwarves, hobbits and humans." The big eagle said solemnly, "No matter what dangers you encounter in the future, I hope you can return to your nest safely."

This is a unique way of saying goodbye from the Eagles. Gao Yuan knows how to say goodbye to them: "May the strong wind under your wings help you soar to the hometown of the sun and the end of the moon. They go back and forth and stop one day. Look at your beautiful feathers"

There is a flat platform on the top of Karl Rock, and someone on the rock wall carved a stone step leading directly to the river beach below.The river water around Karl Rock is shallow and clear, and the river beach is full of pebbles.

It was therefore an important crossing through the Anduin.

Crossing the banks of the Anduin River, the expedition team officially entered Rovanian (Great Wasteland), and then there is Beorn, which is the site of the skin-changing man named Beorn in the movie. He is a half-orc He was a terrifying existence that he didn't dare to provoke easily. Sometimes he was a huge black bear, and sometimes he was a strong black-haired man. In the Battle of the Five Armies, he helped the coalition forces kill countless orcs.

Even in the original book, Azog's son, who was the leader of the half-orcs at the time, was killed by the skin-changing man Beorn, and he rushed into the half-orc army and shot him to death directly.

At this time, Gao Yuan and the others faced a different situation from that in the movie. There were no orcs chasing after them. Even if they caught up, Gao Yuan would not be afraid of them.

And after they encountered the attack of the big eagle, it may take a long time for them to regroup the scattered orcs and goblins.

So they didn't need to venture to Beorn's residence. Although the skin-changing man didn't have much hostility towards the expedition in the original book, and provided them with horses, food and necessary daily necessities in the movie, but this A skin-changer is not so easy to talk to after he becomes a giant bear.

The expedition team temporarily stopped to rest in the shallows of the Anduin River. The members of the expedition team hadn't bathed for a long time, and the dwarves didn't think there was anything wrong, but Bilbo and Gao Yuan, who always loved cleanliness, looked at it at this moment. When I came to the clear water of the Anduin River, I felt uncomfortable all over.

They took off their clothes, took a good bath in the clear river water, and then lay down on the green grass, enjoying the warm and peaceful sunshine. After the clothes were dry, they started to walk northeast along the grass , along the edge of the oak and elm grove.

During the march of the expedition, Bilbo and Gao Yuan talked about the next journey.

"Next, before we officially enter the green forest, we need to pass through a plain, which is the territory of the skin-changing people."

"Although, we may not meet him, but I have to warn you, if we meet him, we must not annoy him, even when he becomes human, he has a very bad temper."

""And he doesn't like dwarves very much. "Speaking of which, Gao Yuan glanced at the dwarves in the team.

"You have to be very polite, if you make him angry, I can't imagine what will happen next."

"The skin changer? What was he like before he became a man?" Bilbo asked curiously, and his curiosity also attracted the dwarves who were on their way, and they gathered around them.

Gao Yuan explained to them seriously.

"The skin-changer is their racial name. I don't know about other skin-changers. I only know that he can transform into a huge black bear. It is definitely bigger than any black bear you have ever seen, maybe only the size of a troll. comparable to him."

"Skin changers, isn't their race skinning rabbits for a living? Maybe we can choose to bypass his territory, so that we don't provoke that irascible fellow." Bilbo continued to ask.

Gao Yuan shook his head seriously. If they could go around, how could he still lead the expedition there? From the moment they landed in Karyan, they had already entered his territory, but he rarely came here.

"Damn Baggins, please stop playing tricks, I'm telling you something very serious, and I'm here to solemnly warn all of you again, as long as we haven't entered the green forest, don't mention any fur traders, skinners , fur coats and the like.”

"He is a skin changer, he just changes his skin, he can turn into a huge black bear, or into a tall black-haired human being, he and his people settled here a long time ago It’s earlier than the elves in the green forest, once he finds out, don’t even think about running away from him.”

Gao Yuan's scolding obviously frightened Bilbo. Since he knew Gao Yuan, he has always looked amiable and amiable. He rarely saw him really angry and serious, which made him consciously start to restrain himself. character.

"Has anyone seen him, then?" Thorin asked now.

"I don't know, but this is by no means groundless." After Gao Yuan finished speaking, he stopped answering their questions about the skin-changing man.

Neither Bilbo nor the dwarves asked any more questions, for they had much to think about, and they had a long way to go before they reached Beorn.

(End of this chapter)