Chapter 274 News Brought by the Gray Robe Wizard

A rope was thrown down from the wall of Erebor, and Aaron and Bilbo followed it down to the outside of the city.

The two walked along the road all the way to the river city. Neither humans nor elves stopped them. They just sorted out their weapons or practiced fighting. Almost everyone in the city was a soldier.

Alfred walked out of a dilapidated house and walked over impatiently when he saw the two. "You actually have the courage to come here."

"We are here to negotiate with Bard." Bilbo explained his intention.

Alfred immediately showed a sarcastic smile, "Do you think you are qualified to negotiate now?

You only have a dozen people, and you can't keep the gold at all. You'd better surrender and give up Erebor."

"I hate lackeys." Aaron rolled his eyes, then drew out his wand and pointed at Alfred, "I'll only ask once, where is Bard?"

Alfred looked at the wand and took a few steps back guiltily, "I, I'll take you there."

"It would have been over if you had done this earlier." Aaron said disdainfully.

Alfred cursed inwardly, but still led them to a big tent, "Sir, they want to see you."

"Sir?" Aaron raised his eyebrows at Bud, "Is this a promotion?"

"Everyone elected him, so he was given a mission in times of crisis!"

"I see, but if you can do without this guy, don't use him." Aaron pointed at Alfred and said, "He has no other purpose except bullying others and affecting your image."

Alfred:......

Bud smiled awkwardly, sent Alfred away, and then looked at the two of them seriously, "Is it Thorin Oakenshield has changed his mind."

"He won't." Thranduil walked into the tent, "Oakenshield can't bear to part with the gold."

"That's what it was." Bilbo nodded, "but we succeeded in convincing him. Aaron used the reward from his expedition to fulfill the king's promise. One fifteenth of the treasure is enough to rebuild Lake Town and even Dale City."

"Are you serious?" Bard was very excited. If it wasn't a last resort, he wouldn't go to war. After all, the people of Lake Town can only put together a few hundred combat forces, which can't withstand any loss at all.

"This is really surprising to me," Thranduil sat in a chair and asked curiously, "How did you convince a stubborn dwarf?"

"Move his emotions and reason with him." Aaron said seriously, but looking at Thranduil's teasing eyes, he couldn't help but add, "The most important thing is... to be sincere."

Hearing this, Thranduil's cold face, which had never changed for thousands of years, had a few more black lines.

If you treat someone perfunctorily, you should at least consider the person you are dealing with. Do you really think he doesn't know who Thorin is?

However, the king's restraint still calmed him down. He didn't curse directly, but just sneered: "It's unbelievable."

"Dwarves may be stubborn, ignorant, difficult to deal with, and suspicious and secretive." Bilbo shook his head speechlessly and smiled: "They have many bad habits that ordinary people can't imagine, but they are brave, kind, and loyal.

Gandalf is right, you will like them after getting used to them."

"Can you tell me why you did this?" Bard looked at Aaron in confusion, "If it weren't for you, I couldn't kill Smaug by myself. You have a great favor to the people of the Long Lake and don't owe us anything."

"In fact, I owe you a promise." Aaron spread his hands, "Thorin made a promise under my guidance, and I have a certain responsibility. Let him complete the promise. "" Thank you, "" Thank you. " Looking at Serandir embarrassed, "King Serandir, I might have to say a sorry. If the king of Yamashita is willing to obey the promise, I will have no reason to take the people of the long lake to attack the city." "Don't say more, I understand." Serandir waved his hand, "Elves will not give up because human beings give up, you can just keep a sigh of sigh. I feel that they are a bit unique. "Aaron, Bilbo." Bard looked at the two of them solemnly, "I wonder what price we have to pay in exchange for the white gem?

As long as the King of the Lonely Mountain is willing, we can ask for half the gold."

Thranduil's pupils dilated slightly, and he felt a little relieved.

Humans still know how to repay kindness. No matter what the result is, Bard's performance did not disappoint the elves.

Aaron and Bilbo looked at each other in bewilderment. With Thorin's prejudice against the elves, he wouldn't care even if you gave him a mountain of gold, let alone less gold.

"This... is not difficult, it is quite difficult." Bilbo said, "The elves' behavior of not saving the dying has pierced a deep thorn in Thorin's heart."

"It was the dwarves who were unjust first." Thranduil didn't care, "They took our national treasure and don't plan to return it.

Now I just want to take back my things, is there anything wrong with that?"

"Yes, it's natural." Aaron said, and then changed the subject, "But the timing is wrong."

"Really? I think there is no better time than now.

The dwarves have no way out, and the elves can take it back at the lowest cost. Return the national treasure. "Thrandil said righteously, then looked at Aaron and Bilbo, "I don't want to start a war, which may give others an opportunity to take advantage of it, but I can't miss this opportunity.

You can try to convince Thorin that as long as the white gem is returned to us, I will withdraw my troops immediately, and the elves can also ally with the dwarves again."

"King Thranduil." Aaron pursed his lips, "I must admit that you are very rational, but you may have misunderstood me."

"What did you say?"

"This is our main purpose here..." Aaron was about to explain when he was interrupted by a voice from outside.

"Pointed hat, I'm talking to you!

No lazy people, beggars and hooligans are allowed to wander around here. We are in enough trouble without you.

Let's go! Ride your horse?"

"Who is in charge here?"

Aaron and Bilbo looked at each other. They could hear that the first sentence was said by Alfred, with an extremely arrogant tone, and the second sentence was asked by their old acquaintance.

"Gandalf?" Bilbo murmured, "He's back."

"Haha! He's back just in time." Aaron said speechlessly.

When more than a dozen of them risked their lives to fight Smaug, Gandalf didn't show up and didn't help at all.

Now that the dragon has been killed and everything has settled, he knows to come back to show his presence.

If he didn't know that Gandalf's departure might be related to the peace of Middle-earth, Aaron would have every reason to suspect that this was an old bastard who was afraid of death and came to share the fruits of victory with a thick face.

Bilbo smiled bitterly, opened the tent and waved to Gandalf, "Gandalf, we're here."

Seeing Bilbo, Gandalf's face eased a little, and he walked into the tent with disgust, leaving Alfred behind.

Aaron wanted to scold Gandalf, but when he saw his face covered in blood, he swallowed the words back. "What's the matter with your wound?"

"It's a long story."

"Let's make it short."

"I went to the tomb of the Witch King in Angmar. It was completely dug up. The real clue points to Dol Guldur..."

"You mean Dol Guldur?" Aaron interrupted him and said playfully, "Let me guess, did you see the Necromancer there?"

"Yes!" Gandalf nodded, and then asked in confusion, "How did you know?"

"Smaug told me that the Necromancer recovered in Dol Guldur." Aaron chuckled, "Don't tell me you went there alone?"

Gandalf was stunned for a moment, and opened his mouth with hesitation.

"Heh! It seems I guessed it right.

Gandalf, are you an idiot? Or has the peace of Middle-earth lowered your IQ?

The fact that Radagast could bring the Morgul Sword out from there is enough to prove that it was a trap, and you foolishly went into it."

"It's not that I didn't have doubts, but if you want to find out some things, you can only take risks."

Aaron:......

"Are you sure you are not a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth?"

"I just didn't expect that the situation is much more serious than I thought." Gandalf said with lingering fear, "If it weren't for Saruman, King Elrond and Queen Galadriel arriving in time, my life might have been lost there."

"That's because you are stupid." Aaron said contemptuously, "Do you know what it means that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall?

If I were you, I would call Saruman, King Elrond, Queen Galadriel, and Radagast together. No matter how powerful he is as a necromancer, he can only run away when facing the righteous beating."

Gandalf was speechless, and he was extremely regretful in his heart.

I thought that although it would be dangerous to go alone, I could still get out of it safely. After all, Radagast escaped successfully. He was stronger than Radagast, so there was no reason why he couldn't escape.

But he never expected that he would encounter hell mode. The big boss behind the scenes, Sauron, actually took action against him personally and used him to set an ambush to lure other people to rescue him.

If it weren't for Queen Galadriel consuming a huge amount of magic power and using the Ring of Water to repel Sauron, they might have been wiped out.

However, although they suffered a great crime, they did not gain nothing. At least they knew Sauron's purpose and his next action plan.

Thinking of this, Gandalf looked at Thranduil seriously, "King Thranduil, you must put aside your grudges with the dwarves. The war is about to begin.

The orcs of Dol Guldur have already come out in full force. You are facing a catastrophe."