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#141 - Mountain Giant

The next day, at dawn, as the sun slowly rose from the end of the Imladris valley, the dwarves packed their gear and hastily set out again.

Liang Yue, of course, was among them.

For the company burdened with the quest, the Elven Kingdom, as good as it was, wasn't a place to linger.

Gandalf was temporarily missing, but according to Liang Yue's knowledge of the plot, Saruman the White, and the Elven Queen Galadriel, should have already arrived in this valley last night.

As the top powers in Middle-earth, and constantly considering themselves guardians, these few would naturally have a reasonable discussion about the dwarves' expedition.

As the leader of the wizarding powers, Saruman the White did not agree to let the dwarves provoke the dragon Smaug, while Gandalf was clearly on the dwarves' side.

Although the Elven Queen Galadriel did not express her position, she secretly supported Gandalf's actions…

After losing their horses, the dwarves' expedition speed was naturally affected, and they could only travel on foot. Around noon, they finally returned to the highlands outside the Elven Kingdom.

However, after being swept by the Elven cavalry yesterday, the road was very peaceful, and the orc forces had temporarily retreated from the surrounding area.

Of course, this was only temporary~

The orcs had now detected Thorin and the others' trail. The leader of this race, Azog, had his left hand chopped off in a duel with Thorin, so he had always held a grudge against him.

He vowed to treat him like the former dwarven king Thrór, tear him to pieces, and feed him to the crows, so the orc army would definitely attack again.

… …

"What do you want to do, Arwen?"

In the Elven Kingdom of Rivendell, after sending away Saruman the White, Gandalf the Grey, and arranging temporary lodgings for the Elven Queen Galadriel, Elrond returned to his stone hall in the forest.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the house, he saw his daughter had already changed into a simple leather armor, carrying a bow and arrows, full of vigor, looking like she was about to go on a long trip.

"I want to go back, Father."

"But you've only been in Rivendell for less than half a month, and now you want to go back to Lothlórien?"

"Yes, Father, I find it a bit boring to stay here with you~"

"Before, weren't you having a good time with Aragorn?"

"I never knew what was so good about that kid who always looked so bitter, even if he is the son of the human emperor, the legitimate heir to Gondor."

"So, you think you've found someone better? That mysterious knight from last night?"

"… … Simply comparing these two people, that knight is indeed a little better, but what I'm more interested in is the dragon slaying."

"Then you, now you're not going back to Lothlórien?"

"Of course I'm going back, that's my home, but the process of going home may become a little tortuous."

"… … Okay~ Hehehe! Since you've decided, then go."

"Eh? You agreed! ?"

"Yes~ My beautiful daughter, although I am your father, I cannot always confine you to my side."

"Thank you! I love you, Father!"

"Before you leave, go and greet your grandmother."

"I've already greeted her, goodbye Father!"

Watching his daughter, who was full of joy, disappear before his eyes, Elrond's smile gradually disappeared at this time.

Standing at the entrance of the stone hall for a long time, he turned around and climbed to the top floor of the attic.

Sure enough, the Elven Queen Galadriel, who had just been arranged for accommodation by him, was already standing quietly on the roof at this time.

"I still don't quite understand why you would let me agree to Arwen's request!"

"Fledglings always have to leave the nest, that's how they grow up quickly."

"But now it's really dangerous outside the Elven Kingdom, the orcs have already come to the periphery of our territory to probe."

"Arwen will be fine, I will pay attention to her at all times."

"… … That mysterious human knight, is he really more important than the son of the human emperor?"

"His arrival has made everything in this world begin to become blurred, all prophecies have begun to move towards chaos, and even the gods cannot know his origin."

"… … Is this change developing in a good direction?"

"Yes, I can't be sure about the changes he will bring, but fortunately he has no hostility towards us."

"What if Arwen~"

"This is a good thing, better than her original fate, and it's her own choice."

"Alas~!"

… …

A day passed quickly.

As the sun slowly set, the dwarves had crossed a continuous snow mountain and arrived at a rocky hillside that looked very abnormal at first glance.

Thorin felt that it was still early, and their team could completely cross this rocky section of less than a thousand meters, and then find a cave to rest on the spot.

So he led the crowd and continued to advance towards the rugged rocky hills.

Liang Yue was standing behind the crowd at this time, looking at the three rocky mountains above his head that were showing health bars, hesitated for a while, and finally did not stop them, but followed the dwarves and continued on the road.

"Speaking of which~ this Middle-earth world really has all kinds of strange things, clearly just a low-magic level plane, but it can breed all kinds of mysterious species."

Knowing the plot of this world, he naturally knew that these rocky hills that were lying in front of him and were now being stepped on by them were not ordinary mountains.

But a mysterious giant creature called a Stone-giant~

According to the development of the plot, after nightfall, accompanied by a sudden rainstorm, three Stone-giants would suddenly rise up and fight each other.

Causing landslides and ground fissures, and the dwarves on one of the Stone-giants would naturally suffer some hardships as a result~

The reason why Liang Yue didn't stop Thorin and the others from taking the risk of climbing at this time, and he honestly followed behind.

The reason is that after passing through this crisis plot of the Stone-giants, the dwarves would then be captured by the goblins who lived in the underground.

And in the underground, which was even darker than the goblins' habitat, a magical species named Gollum was living there… …

"Rumble ~ ~ ~"

Almost without warning, a rumbling thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, and large swaths of dark rain clouds surged from all directions.

In just a moment, the entire sky was shrouded.

"Crack ~!"

A lightning bolt flashed across the sky, followed by a torrential rain that slammed down on the faces of Thorin and the dwarves.

Liang Yue was now sticking close to the cliff behind him, following behind the little hobbit Bilbo Baggins, his eyes fixed on a mountain opposite the rain curtain, his eyes were wary and faintly curious.