Chapter 245: Escape, the Hobbits Return (1/2)

Chapter 245: Escape, Hobbits Return

Ding!

Just as Gollum was about to approach, Bilbo's dagger was pressed against his throat.

"Stay back, stay back.

I warn you, don't get any closer."

Gollum retreated again and again, muttering to himself: "He has an elf sword, but he is not an elf.

He is not an elf, so what is he, baby?"

"My name is Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit from the Shire."

"Oh!" Gollum said in surprise, "We like orcs, bats and fish, but we have never tried hobbits. Isn't the meat juicy and plump?"

Bilbo looked at Gollum who was approaching slowly, and immediately raised his sword and waved it around, shouting him back.

Gollum was afraid of the sword in his hand and had to keep his distance.

"I don't want to cause trouble, tell me how to get out, and I will go."

Gollum knew the safe route to leave, but his mental state was abnormal. He talked to himself from time to time, constantly switching between good and evil.

In the end, the two decided to play a guessing game.

If Bilbo won, Gollum would tell him how to get out, and if he lost, he would be eaten by Gollum.

Neither of them thought they would lose, or they would not follow the rules of the game if they lost.

......

On the other side, the Orc King sang proudly, and his Orcs pushed the bone crusher and meat grinder over, ready to throw the dwarves in.

Aaron knew he couldn't wait any longer, so he aimed at the Orc Queen, took a deep breath and jumped down from above.

Boom!

A loud noise suddenly came from the throne, attracting everyone's attention.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the Orc King lay on the floor with his eyes rolled up, and Aaron put a knife on his neck.

"Surprised or not?

I think you may not have noticed that the thief in the team is gone."

The dwarves burst into violent cheers, and the Orcs who beat them were at a loss.

"Are you a human?" the Orc King asked in astonishment, "What do you want to do in my Orc City?"

"Save a few dwarves." Aaron pressed the knife down half an inch, and said half-threateningly: "You should know what I mean."

"Of course." The Orc King blinked lightly, "Why are you all standing there? Why don't you let our distinguished dwarf guests go?"

The Orcs looked at each other, but they dared not disobey the king's order, and retreated helplessly like a tide.

The dwarves immediately adjusted their status, picked up the weapons that were confiscated, and confronted the Orcs around them.

Thorin drew out the beast bite sword, turned around and looked at the Orc King coldly.

He remembered the previous humiliation in his heart, and now it was time to avenge the previous shame.

"This sword..." The Orc King swallowed his saliva as he looked at the unsheathed Beast Bite Sword, and his huge body trembled. "It is the Bite Sword that cut off the necks of thousands of Orcs."

"Good vision, you will be the next one."

"Don't, don't do it." Aaron immediately stopped Thorin, "If he dies, all of us will be buried with him."

"Right." The Orc King laughed as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, "That's right, you can't kill me, and you can't leave the Orc City if you kill me."

Swish!

The sword flashed, and Aaron cut off a piece of meat on the Orc King's chin. The red meat fell to the ground, and the Orc King also screamed in pain.

"You, how dare you?" The Orc King looked at Aaron in horror, "Don't you know how serious the consequences of my death will be?"

"Aren't you still alive now?" Aaron said playfully, with a harmless smile on his face, but it made the Orc King feel cold.

He understood what Aaron meant. As long as he was not dead, the Orcs would be afraid to act rashly.

However, the operability of "not dead" is very large. If he is lucky, he can be safe and sound, and if he is unlucky, he can be half dead.

"Understand?

As a prisoner, you must have the awareness of a prisoner. Don't be so arrogant. It's not good for you."

Thorin also reacted and sneered at the Orc King, "Losing arms and legs should not be a big deal!"

"No, Thorin Oakenshield, you can't do that." The Orc King said in a panic.

"I really can't." Aaron poured cold water on Thorin's heart, "A disabled Orc King is not a king. Do you think these hostages will make them afraid?"

Thorin glanced at the densely packed Orcs around him, and patted the Orc King's face with his beast bite sword, "You are lucky."

The Orc King was nervous and angry, but he didn't dare to say anything extra, for fear of losing a few more pieces of meat on his body.

"What should we do now?" Dwalin asked.

"Let him lead the way and send us out." Thorin said, "Kili, Fili, you two help Aaron hold him."

The two dwarf brothers looked at each other and walked up to the Orc King with swords.

The Orc King stood up carefully, and Fili and Kili stood on both sides with their swords against his waist. They would stab him without hesitation if he made any movement.

The group moved forward cautiously in the encirclement of the Orcs. The Orc King was surrounded by the dwarves and lost his former majesty.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the ground under the Orc King's feet suddenly cracked.

Before Fili and Kili could react, he fell to the next level.

"I was careless."

Aaron slapped his thigh in annoyance. They had taken care of everything around them, but they forgot that these Orcs were also good at digging holes.

"Hahaha!" The Orc King laughed wildly, "Everyone, come on, kill them, chop off Oak Shield's head.

Leave that human to me, I'm going to torture him to death slowly."

"Fuck!" Aaron cursed, "Where's the Orc King? Can you be a little more generous?"

"Don't worry about it." Dwalin knocked away an Orc who rushed over with a hammer, "Let's deal with the current situation first!"

The dwarves fought hard, but facing the tide of Orcs, they were soon submerged again.

Aaron's situation was slightly better. This was the first time he had seen such a big scene, and he couldn't handle it.

But because of the order of the Orc King, he faced much less pressure than the dwarves.

Suddenly, a violent white light lit up.

The powerful shock wave shook countless Orcs away, and the dwarves were also crushed to the ground by this force.

Gandalf slowly walked out of the darkness, holding a staff in his left hand and an enemy sword in his right hand and appeared in everyone's sight.

He looked at the dwarves who were surrounded and almost lost their fighting spirit, and said in a deep voice: "Pick up your weapons and fight."

"Fight."

Gandalf roared loudly, and the morale of the dwarves was instantly restored. They shouted and picked up their weapons, and swept the surrounding orcs with unmatched momentum.

"He is holding an enemy sword." The orc king pointed at Gandalf and said in horror, "The sword is as dazzling as the sun."

Aaron followed the voice and saw the orc king. He wanted to capture him as a hostage again, but the scene was too chaotic now, and the other party had a certain defense. Even if he risked his life and used Apparition, he would not be very sure.

"Damn human." The orc king roared and rushed over, raised his scepter and smashed it hard on Aaron's head.

"Who are you looking down on?"

Aaron made a knife flower and slashed at the orc king's scepter.

The blade and the scepter collided, and the Orc King was knocked back several steps by the powerful force and fell off the wooden bridge.

Aaron's hands also trembled slightly. The knife in his hand was just an ordinary elf weapon and could not withstand too much force.

"Follow me, hurry up." Gandalf said.

Everyone immediately followed him and ran towards a cave.

They fled and killed in this intricate underground nest. Dwalin raised a piece of wood and swept it left and right, Kili set up a ladder and rushed forward, and Bombur used his own weight to destroy the bridge.

They used everything they could use to cut a bloody path.

Escaped to a cliff, Gandalf raised his staff and knocked down an irregular round boulder. Everyone pushed it forward and crushed a group of Orcs.

Behind them was a crowd of Orcs chasing them relentlessly. They did not dare to stop for a moment and ran forward madly.

Until they ran to the center of a wooden bridge near the exit, the Orc King suddenly jumped up from below and blocked the front of everyone.

At the same time, more and more orcs surrounded them from all directions.

"Do you think you can escape from me?" The Orc King swung his scepter and repelled Gandalf twice, "You are helpless, wizard?"

Aaron pulled the bow and arrow and shot the Orc King in the eye.

"Ah!" The Orc King covered his eyes and looked at Aaron angrily, "You again?"

Gandalf took the opportunity to swing the enemy sword and cut a huge gap in the Orc King's stomach, cutting one-third of his body.

"Wizard." The Orc King knelt on the wooden bridge, "This trick seems to work."

Gandalf didn't waste any words and slashed his throat with a sword.

The Orc King's neck was cut in half, and he collapsed on the wooden bridge, completely losing his life.

"This is called the villain dies because of talking too much." Aaron said disdainfully. If the Orc King was more serious, they would not be able to kill him so easily.

Click!

The wooden bridge suddenly shook, and the front and back ends creaked at the same time.

An ominous premonition emerged in Aaron's mind. He looked down and found that it was an abyss. He couldn't help but take a breath.

"Haha! Be careful about the occasion when you kill someone next time." Aaron patted Gandalf's shoulder, squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying, and then hugged a sturdy piece of wood tightly, "Don't just stand there, hold on tight, we're going down a steep slope."

The dwarves were still a little confused, but Gandalf reacted, "Hold on tight."

The next moment, the wooden bridge broke, and the expedition fell down with the bridge and the people.

As the broken bridge fell, it hit the cliffs on both sides. In the process, the wooden planks of the bridge surface split like tofu dregs, and the dwarves shouted in panic.

When the broken bridge landed, it was destroyed beyond recognition, and the dwarves were buried in the wooden ruins, but fortunately everyone was safe.

Aaron let go of his hands, jumped off the broken bridge, and patted the dust on his body as if nothing had happened.

"It was a close call, and we landed safely."

Gandalf also climbed out, staggering a few times before he could barely stand firm.

"It's not too bad." Bofur said.

The body of the Orc King suddenly fell down, and the huge weight made the broken bridge even more unbearable. The pressure on the dwarves also increased significantly, which was unbearable.

"Nonsense, are you kidding!" Dwalin said angrily.

"This incident tells us not to be happy too early." Aaron smiled.

The dwarves just climbed out, and before they could catch their breath, dense roars came from above.

The orcs chased down the mountain wall, and there was no end in sight.

"Is this possible?" Aaron said with wide eyes.

"They are so numerous and powerful, we are no match for them." Dwalin said.

"The only thing that can save us is the sunlight." Gandalf said hurriedly, "Run."

Gandalf led Aaron and the dwarves to run wildly along a path, and finally saw the light not far away.

The strength of these orcs will drop sharply in the sunlight. They will not act during the day. As long as they pass through the cave in front, they will be safe.

After rushing out of the cave, the crowd did not stop, but continued to run forward, and stopped only after they were sure to stay away from the orcs' nest.

"One, two, three... five, six, seven, eight... Bifur, Bofur, ten.

Fili, Kili, twelve, plus Bombur, thirteen." Gandalf counted the number of people, and then he noticed that Bilbo Baggins was not there.

"Where is Bilbo?" Gandalf asked anxiously, "Where is our Hobbit?"

"Curse the Halfling, now he is gone." Dwalin said disdainfully, "I thought he was with Dori."

"Don't blame me." Dori said wrongedly.

"Where did you see him last?"

"When he was caught for the first time, he took the opportunity to slip away." Nori said.

"Then what?"

"Let me tell you what happened?" Thorin said, "Baggins saw the opportunity and ran away. After he left home, he thought about the soft bed and the fireplace."

"That..." Aaron raised his right hand embarrassedly, "Things may not be what you think.

Bilbo did have the idea of ​​leaving the team, but that is also human nature, I think..."

"Gaius." Gandalf interrupted Aaron, "Do you know where our hobbits are?"

Aaron nodded slightly, "If nothing unexpected happens, he should be somewhere under our Orc City.

In addition, I must correct that he didn't see the opportunity and ran away."

"What is that?" Thorin asked, "When we were captured, you knew to save us, but you couldn't see him at all."

"Uh... He wanted to save you, but he didn't have the ability.

When I was captured for the first time , and killed the three orcs who were holding me.

At that time, I was planning to put Bilbo in a safe place first, but when I returned, I found that he was dueling with an orc and fell off the cliff with him.

But don't worry, I confirmed that he was not injured.

The first thing he did after waking up was not to escape, but to ask me about your safety. "

Gandalf took a deep breath, "We have to go and find him back."

"No, I left him something that is enough to keep him safe."

"I said to find him back." Gandalf knocked the ground with his staff a few times, "Our team needs hobbits, understand?"

"I understand completely." Aaron nodded solemnly, "So I gave him the choice.

As long as Bilbo wants, he can come back at any time. "

Gandalf was silent for a few seconds, and just when he was about to say something, Bilbo jumped out from behind a tree.

"I miss my soft bed and fireplace, but I don't want to leave the expedition yet."

"Bilbo Baggins." Gandalf walked forward with relief, "You are the happiest person I have ever seen in my life."

Bilbo shrugged, took off the package on his back, and handed the dark blue blanket to Aaron, "It's better to return this thing to its original owner."

Aaron raised his eyebrows after taking it, "How did you get out?"

Bilbo laughed and put the golden ring into his pocket quietly.

How did you get out? Just thinking about it is like a dream.

He played a guessing game with Gollum. After a few rounds, the two sides were tied, so he asked Gollum to guess what he had hidden in his pocket.

Who knew that he was so mentally abnormal that he pounced on him without guessing, forcing him to flee in a hurry.

He accidentally put on the ring while escaping and gained the ability to become invisible. He also happened to meet members of an expedition who were avoiding orcs, and he escaped in a daze.