Chapter 1093 1075. One Night Later
People looked warily at the two elves who suddenly appeared in the square.
These newborn children usually do not have any contact with ordinary people. At most, they buy wine in Changhu Town and transport it to the Woodland Kingdom. However, they still negotiate with the mayor directly and the money is given directly to the mayor.
Legolas and Tauriel didn't care about the looks of the surrounding townspeople.
Although elves are kind creatures, there are differences between them. The elves in the Woodland Kingdom are more exclusive and have little contact with humans.
The two elves walked through the busy crowd and walked quickly towards where Lan En and Bard were.
"Last night we saw the commander of this orc force, a strong one-eyed orc."
Legolas faced the two of them before he could reach them. Say it loudly.
“We wanted to intercept him and kill him, but after the pontoon bridge at the entrance of the town was broken, he drove a boat and ran to the lake.”
Bud was a little unaware. He stood up in confusion. He had never dealt with the elves before, and he didn't know that these two elves were fighting alongside them in the town last night.
So after he stood up, he cast a somewhat confused look at Lan En, and then thanked Legolas and Tauriel after receiving a response.
"Sorry, I didn't know you were helping us deal with the orcs last night." Bard said sincerely, "Now everything is in chaos, we haven't even counted the specific 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 vigilant immediately."
Legolas lowered his voice and looked around with pity, at the people who were surviving the disaster and those who were busy preparing for the rest of their lives.
“The orcs have begun to act unscrupulously, which means that the darkness in this land has flourished to a certain extent. The dark forces are colluding with each other. Many things that were only heard in scary stories before may also be possible. Take the opportunity to come out."
Lan En didn't know much about this, but Bard's face turned ugly almost instantly.
This land is located in the middle of the north of Middle-earth. To the west is the Kingdom of Angmar, which was destroyed by the northern kingdoms. It is the fortress established 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 cuts off the alliance between the two dark forces that the strategic location and geographical location are so critical. It is worthy for Gandalf to organize a restoration expedition for the Lonely Mountain dwarves.
But today, when the Gushan area is so weak, the situation is not 'the evil forces are cut off from the middle', but 'two evil forces are attacking in the middle'!
In the past, the Dongyi people and the Kingdom of Angmar were not part of the daily lives of people in Changhu Town.
After all, they have lived in poverty and peace for a long time.
But now it is obvious that the darkness is expanding day by day, and even enemies like orcs, which disappeared from this land earlier than the dwarves, have appeared, so it will not be surprising if other things appear.
"But what else can we do?"
Bard pinched his forehead and whispered weakly.
“We are so weak that we can’t even gather a few decent soldiers. Our home has been destroyed, and living anywhere in this weather is a problem, not to mention the lack of food and clothing. Even without the orcs, people might starve to death in the winter."
Shelter, food, drink, and defense.
This is an urgent matter that Bard needs to solve. With the current weather, even a healthy person will get sick if he stays outside for a long time. What’s more, the townspeople just suffered the biggest blow in their lives last night. frightened.
What's even more terrifying is that
Bard's eyes couldn't help but look to the north. From the charred and collapsed building debris, he could see a lonely snow-capped mountain that was originally covered.
"I'm sorry, we can't be of much help in this regard."
Legolas opened his mouth, but closed it weakly.
As an elite among the elves, his combat prowess is indeed commendable. But right now, Changhu Town clearly needs more than just combat power.
"But I saw the direction in which the orc leader left last night, probably towards the Kingdom of Angmar. I will go and investigate the situation."
"Wasn't the Kingdom of Angmar destroyed?"
Lan En raised his head and asked.
“It was breached, but we did not occupy it after breaching it. The environment there was no longer suitable for humans and elves to live long due to the infection of darkness. So we sealed the Witch Queen of Angmar, There is no way to control it for a long time."
Legolas shook his head.
"I suspect that there may have been a resurgence there. Otherwise, how could there be such large-scale orc activities in the northern region?"
"They quietly passed through our surveillance in the dark forest and a series of defense lines. , appeared directly in Changhu Town and started killing people. This is wrong no matter how you think about it."
"It's good that you guys can take it seriously." Lan En nodded to Legolas, "It's better than that. It’s better if you can’t even discover the problem.”
After the elves and humans nodded to each other again, the elves were ready to leave.
But at this moment, Bofur's anxious voice came from the busy crowd.
"King's Leaf Sword Grass! Who has King's Leaf Sword Grass! Someone here is in trouble!"
"King's Leaf Sword Grass?" Tauriel, who had just taken two steps, frowned and turned back, walking up to the panicked dwarf. "What are you using it to treat?"
"Trauma! An arrow wound!" Bofur said breathlessly, swallowing his saliva.
“One of our people was hit by an orc’s arrow yesterday, and our doctor, he, he only now sees what the symptoms are, and he asked me to find this herb quickly.”
"The King's Leaf Sword Grass is curing Morgul's Arrow?"
Legolas behind Tauriel almost took less than a second to react.
The long and endless lives of the elves have given Legolas all kinds of knowledge and skills.
Although he is a young elf born in the third era and over two thousand years old, his knowledge of herbal medicine is not ordinary.
Tauriel and Legolas looked at each other, and the handsome blond elf whispered.
"It seems that something happened in the old land of Angmar. It is already certain. I just don't know to what extent."
The weapon of the Witch King of Angmar is the Blade of Morgul. That evil weapon is now Place it in Rivendell as physical evidence.
Although the evil of this Morgul Arrow is not as evil as the Morgul Blade, it cannot be obtained by orcs from just any place.
"No matter what, it's only one who can be saved." Tauriel said to Legolas.
The two elves nodded to each other and walked towards Bofur.
Bard was also shouting here: "The king's sword grass here is a weed that feeds pigs. It's a big mess now. You can look for it yourself."
Bofur couldn't care so much at this time.
He happened to see a town citizen walking toward the square that they considered safe, leading his big fat pig that was lucky enough not to be killed by the fire and orcs last night.
The pigs raised by the townspeople seem to be of a good breed. Although they are fat and strong, their noses are not long. Compared with ordinary pigs, they look a bit honest and cute.
The pig has a bunch of green grass with small white flowers hanging on its mouth, and its mouth is still chewing with juice overflowing.
Bofur quickly pulled the blades of grass from the pig's mouth that had not yet entered his mouth, held them in his hands and ran into the square.
Tauriel and Legolas followed Bofur.
In the waterway around the square, the sun is now gradually rising and reflecting a golden luster. It was a boat full of treasures that the mayor carried when he fled last night, and fell off while paddling. .
But these golden and silver lusters that can penetrate people's hearts were only found by two townspeople by Bard at this time, and they were salvaging one after another.
Gold is very useful, it can be used to rebuild towns and maintain life.
But now that the disaster has just occurred, even if you want to buy things with gold, there is no place to trade.
Nowadays, the townspeople are tired, cold and hungry, so they have no energy to even salvage gold.
Kili's leg injury made him look like a floating corpse soaked in water yesterday, but it seemed that the injury caused by Morgul's arrow was difficult to identify.
After Ouyin, who was taking care of him, confirmed the injury, the King's Leaf Sword Grass was almost immediately effective under the elves' medical skills.
Although Qili's face still had a layer of cold sweat from the pain sticking to his hair, he could see a little more blood and ruddy color on his face.
Even with the extraordinary tenacity of the Arda dwarf, he was able to walk on the ground in less than twenty minutes.
Seeing that the two elves cured Qili, Chang Lake Town temporarily had another dwarf warrior who could equal ten to one, but neither Bard nor Lan's expressions were relaxed.
Because there are still many unresolved problems.
"We can't stay any longer. The combination of cold, fright, and hunger will kill someone."
Bud hurriedly walked around the ruins of Long Lake Town, looking for All blankets and clothing were mobilized to collect together with the townspeople.
"We definitely can't stay in this place anymore." Lan En agreed with him, "But do you still have a place to go?"
"Yes" Bard responded simply at first, but then sighed with difficulty. Take a breath. "Riverdale City."
"That city is different from Lake Town in that it was built with a large amount of stone. Even if it was conquered by Smaug in one day and left abandoned for a long time, I am sure that there will be at least something left in that city. Many buildings are intact.”
“But the only problem is”
Bud held the corner of a blanket pulled out from the ruins and looked towards the north. .
There is a lonely snow-capped mountain there, and River Valley City is at the foot of the snow-capped mountain.
Lan En also followed his complicated gaze. He gently stated the problem.
"Riley City is too close to Smaug."
"But now, there is no other way to go."
Bard gritted his teeth and continued Pulling the blanket out from the rubble.
"The dwarves have already set off. No matter what, Smaug will reignite the war according to the prophecy. No matter how much he worries, it's useless!"
(End of this chapter)