Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1093 1075. One Night Later

People looked at the two elves who suddenly appeared in the square with vigilance.

These newborn children usually do not have any contact with ordinary people. At most, they buy wine in Changhu Town and ship it to the Woodland Kingdom. However, they negotiate directly with the mayor and give the money directly to the mayor.

Legolas and Tauriel didn't care about the looks of the townspeople around them.

Although elves are kind creatures, there are differences among them. The elves of the Woodland Kingdom are more xenophobic and have very little contact with humans.

The two elves walked quickly through their respective busy crowds towards where Lan and Bard were.

"We saw the commander of this orc army last night. He was a strong one-eyed orc."

Legolas shouted to the two of them before he even reached them.

"We wanted to intercept him and kill him, but after the floating bridge at the entrance of the town was broken, he fled to the lake in a boat."

Bard stood up somewhat bewilderedly. He had never dealt with elves before, and he didn't know that these two elves had fought alongside them in the town last night.

So he stood up and looked at Lann inquiringly, a little confused at first, and only after getting a response did he thank Legolas and Tauriel.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were helping us fight the orcs last night." Bard said sincerely, "Now everything is a mess. We haven't even counted the exact number of casualties yet."

Legolas shook his head, indicating that he didn't care.

"I completely understand that you are in a difficult situation now. No one could have imagined that the actions of these orcs have reached such a rampant level."

"But you'd better be on guard immediately."

Legolas lowered his voice and looked around with pity at the people who had survived the disaster and were busy preparing for their future lives.

"The orcs have begun to act recklessly, which means that the darkness in this land has become so strong that the dark forces are connected to each other. Many things that we have only heard of in scary stories before may also take the opportunity to come out."

Lan En didn't quite understand this, but Bud's face turned ugly almost instantly.

This land is located in the central part of the north of Middle-earth. To the west is the Kingdom of Angmar, which was destroyed by the northern kingdoms. It is a fortress built by the Witch-king of Angmar.

To the east, there are the Dongyi people who are allied with the orcs.

It is precisely because the existence of the Lonely Mountain separates the two dark forces from uniting that its strategic and geographical location is so critical that it is worth it for Gandalf to organize an expedition to restore the country for the dwarves of the Lonely Mountain.

But with the Gushan region so weak today, the situation is no longer 'the evil forces are separated from the middle', but 'two evil forces are attacking from the middle'!
In the past, the Dongyi people and the Kingdom of Angmar were not part of the daily lives of the people in Long Lake Town.

After all, they have lived in poverty and peace for a long time.

But now it is obvious that darkness is expanding day by day. Even orcs, an enemy that disappeared from this land earlier than the dwarves, have appeared. So it would not be surprising if other things appeared.

"But what else can we do?"

Bud pinched his forehead and whispered weakly.

"We are powerless and can't even gather a few decent warriors. Our homes have been destroyed. It's a problem to find a place to live in this weather, not to mention that we are already short of food and clothing. Even if there were no orcs, we would probably starve to death in winter."

Shelter, food, and defense.

This was something that Bud had to deal with urgently. In the current weather, even a healthy person would get sick if he stayed outside for a long time, not to mention that the townspeople had just suffered the biggest shock of their lives last night.

What's even more terrifying is
Bud's eyes couldn't help but look to the north. From the charred and collapsed remains of the buildings, he could see a lonely snow-capped mountain that had been hidden.

"We're sorry, but we can't be of much help in that regard."

Legolas opened his mouth, but closed it powerlessly.

As an elite among the elves, his fighting ability is indeed commendable. But what Changhu Town needs right now is obviously not only fighting ability.

"But I saw the direction the orc leader left last night. He was probably heading towards the Kingdom of Angmar. I will go and investigate the situation."

"Wasn't the Kingdom of Angmar destroyed?"

Lan En looked up and asked.

"It was breached, but we did not occupy it after we breached it. The environment there is no longer suitable for humans and elves to live there because of the invasion of darkness. So after we sealed the Witch-king of Angmar, we were unable to control it for a long time."

Legolas said, shaking his head.

"I suspect that there may be a resurgence there. Otherwise, how could there be such a large-scale orc activity in the northern region?"

"They quietly passed our surveillance in the Dark Forest and a series of defense lines and appeared directly in Changhu Town to kill people. This doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it."

"It's good that you take it seriously." Lan nodded to Legolas, "It's better than not even noticing the problem."

After the elves and humans nodded to each other again, the elves prepared to set off.

But at this moment, Bofur's anxious voice came from the busy crowd.

"Wang Ye Jian Cao! Who has Wang Ye Jian Cao? Someone here is in trouble!"

"King's Leaf Sword Grass?" Taoriel, who had just taken two steps, frowned and turned back, walking up to the flustered dwarf. "What are you going to use it to cure?"

"External injury! An arrow wound!" Bofur swallowed his saliva and said breathlessly.

"One of our men was hit by an orc's arrow yesterday, and our doctor, he, he just now realized what the symptoms were, and he asked me to find this herb as soon as possible."

"King's Leaf Sword Grass. Can it cure Morgul's Arrows?"

Legolas behind Tauriel reacted in less than a second.

The elves' endless lives allowed Legolas to acquire all kinds of knowledge and master various skills.

Although he was only a young elf born in the Third Age and was almost two thousand years old, his herbal medicine skills were nothing more than ordinary.

Tauriel and Legolas looked at each other, and the handsome blond elf whispered.

"It seems that something bad has happened in the old land of Angmar. It's a foregone conclusion. I just don't know to what extent."

The weapon of the Witch-king of Angmar was the Blade of Morgul, and that evil weapon is now kept as evidence in Rivendell.

Although the evil of this Morgul Arrow is not as great as that of the Morgul Blade, it is not something that any orc can get.

"No matter what, save as many as you can," Tauriel said to Legolas.

The two elves nodded to each other and walked towards Bofur.

Bud was also shouting here: "Here we feed pigs with King Leaf Sword Grass. Now it's all over the place. Look for it yourself."

Bofur couldn't care less at this time.

He just happened to see a townsman, leading his big fat pig, which luckily had not been killed by the fire and orcs last night, walking towards the square which they believed was safe.

The pigs raised by the townspeople seemed to be of good breed. Although they were fat and strong, their noses were not long. Compared with ordinary pigs, they actually looked a bit honest and cute.

A bunch of green grass with small white flowers hung by the pig's mouth, and it was chewing it with a juicy sound.

Bofur quickly pulled the grass leaves from the pig's mouth, held them in his hand and ran into the square.

Tauriel and Legolas followed Bofur.

In the waterway around the square, as the sun gradually rose, a golden glow was reflected. It was the boat full of treasures that the mayor carried with him when he fled last night, which fell off while rowing.

However, these golden and silver lusters that could penetrate people's hearts were only salvaged by two townspeople hired by Bud.

Gold is very useful and can be used to rebuild towns and maintain life.

But now we have just suffered a disaster, and even if we want to use gold to buy things, there is nowhere to trade.

Now the townspeople were tired, cold and hungry, so they didn't even have the energy to salvage gold.

Kili's leg injury made him look like a floating corpse yesterday, but it seemed that the wound caused by Morgul's arrow was difficult to identify.

After Oin, who was taking care of him, confirmed the extent of his injury, the Wang Ye Jian Cao showed its miraculous effect almost immediately under the elf's medical skills.

Although there was a layer of cold sweat from the pain on Qili's face that stuck to his hair, his face looked visibly more rosy and red.

Even with the extraordinary tenacity of the Dwarves of Arda, he was able to walk in less than twenty minutes.

Seeing that the two elves had cured Kili, Long Lake Town temporarily had another dwarf warrior who could fight ten people at once, but Bard and Lan did not look relaxed.

Because there are still many unresolved issues.

"We can't stay here any longer. The combination of cold, shock and hunger can kill people."

Bard hurriedly wandered around the ruins of Long Lake Town, looking for all the blankets and clothes, and mobilized the townspeople to collect them together.

"This place is definitely untenable," Lan agreed. "But do you have anywhere else to go?"

"Yes," Bard responded at first, but then he sighed with difficulty. "Riverdale City."

"That city is different from Lake Town. It was built with a lot of stone. Even if it was conquered by Smaug in one day and was abandoned for a long time, I am sure that there are at least a few buildings in the city that are intact."

“But the only problem is”

Bud was holding a corner of a blanket he had pulled out of the ruins, his eyes looking towards the north.

There is a lonely snow-capped mountain there, and River Valley City is at the foot of the mountain.

Lan En followed his complicated gaze and gently pointed out the problem.

"That's too close to Smaug in Dale."

“But at this point, there is no other way.”

Bud gritted his teeth and continued to pull the blanket out of the ruins.

"The dwarves have already set out. Smaug will reignite the war no matter what, according to the prophecy. There is no point in being cautious!"

(End of this chapter)