How to break into a ring

"Tick."

A drop of water fell on Bilbo's face. He jumped up from the ground, and the blanket he was covering slipped down. He found that the sky outside was still gray, so he couldn't help yawning: "I think We should be on our way."

Legolas, who was looking at Mordor from outside the cave, said without turning his head, "Ilaidan and Elohor are looking for a way, you can still rest."

The hobbit rubbed his neck and touched his stomach: "I have slept until evening, and I am not hungry yet. It seems that sleeping is really a good way to endure hunger."

He began to rummage through his pack for food, but there were only some Lambas round cakes, which were good and filling, but Bilbo Baggins thought the situation was very bad.

He would have baked potatoes, a little bacon and cabbage, or stewed mushrooms.

Of course there were no pots or spoons in their belongings, but he still hoped for a fish or some other thick vegetable stem, which would be a delicious meal when threaded on a branch and lit.

But that's just to think about.

A little fire, a little sound, is not safe.

They were getting closer and closer to Mordor. Although the Great Crow of Grandon who watched them lost their trace after they came out of the golden forest Lothlorien, they drifted on the Anduin River for a long time, and the east bank was everywhere. Traces of the migration of Orcs and Chariot People's armies can be seen.

All indications are that the war has begun.

"It's not evening, it's noon..." Elaidan came back, throwing off his gray cloak, and said to Bilbo, "We must go as fast as we can, for the evil is spreading too fast for us to have much time."

The hobbit quickly packed the things up and carried them on his back.

He has nothing in common with the elves on this point, Bilbo likes a comfortable, happy life, which is also the concept of most hobbits.For example, they have to eat six meals a day, every house has a warm fireplace and thick blankets, the pillows must be fluffy, and the bedding must be clean and full of sunshine. Bring it, and a pipe, because they always think they can come in handy for everything.

The wanderers on the wilderness all have a purse on their waist, a weapon, and a horse... gone.

The same goes for elves, who has ever seen an elf with a big package on his way?

"Last night..." Bilbo was in the middle of the sentence.He was stopped by Legolas.

"Lady Galadriel's water mirror can see all the past, some of the present, and some of the future... She told us that Gollum will change one important thing. We just pretend not to know and let it follow."

Around the gentle slope of the rock, there is a desolate brown mire, covered with a gray mist.

Elidan went first, Legolas by Bilbo's side, and Irohor last.The task of the two of them was heavier than that of Elidan, who was exploring the way ahead. They had to keep an eye on the hobbit's feet at all times to prevent him from stepping into the swamp.

There are mossy overhangs everywhere, but some lead only to death.

"Don't go where the vegetation grows...then it must not be a solid road, but a swamp," Elaidan reminded Bilbo.

Where the elf walked, not even the moss had changed, and Bilbo was a shallow pit at each foot, and in some places was so muddy that it almost reached his knees.

"Look down!" Irrohor stopped Bilbo from looking around.

Many places are obviously pools, but all of them are stagnant water, standing still and not flowing.

The water is emerald green and gray, and some aquatic plants grow luxuriantly around the pools of stagnant water.The white mist drifted around, and strange scenes appeared on the water surface. Often, a clump of flames would burn silently, and then float into the white mist. They floated on the water surface, which was extremely strange.

"Don't look at those will-o'-the-wisps!"

Bilbo was startled, only to find that the elves had been in a bad mood since they entered the swamp, and they kept urging him to quicken his pace.

The road is getting narrower and narrower, and the area of ​​the water pool is also expanding. The last place that can pass is only a fist wide.

Iroho picked up Bilbo and his pack from behind, and Elidan took it. In such a short time, the place where they were standing was sunk half a foot.

The pool was brightly lit, and Bilbo saw a dark shape slowly approaching the water.

The pale face and black lips made the original beautiful appearance extremely terrifying...

Bilbo almost lost his footing when he hit the ground. He said in horror, "There are dead bodies in the water! They seem to be elves!"

"..."

Bilbo noticed that the three elves did not answer, but led the way silently.

They had been walking for a long time before Elidan whispered: "Elves, and humans...Three thousand years ago, they crossed this wasteland to attack the Black Gate of Mordor. Sauron is the master of shadows and ghosts. He used The curse turned this place into a swamp, and those humans and elves who died in the war, no matter whether they were buried or not, fell into the depths of the swamp... Their souls were forever bound in the dark, deep, cold water and could not leave."

A few will-o'-the-wisps suddenly exploded, and the floating white mist turned into distorted shadows, and they stretched out their ferocious fingers and rushed towards this side.

Bilbo gave a cry and tried to get away.

The white mist collapsed after passing through their bodies.

It was very quiet in the pool.The swamp was dead silent, not even a bird could be seen here.Involuntarily Bilbo took hold of the Lord of the Rings which was hung around his neck again on a golden chain.

Then he heard shrill screams and painful wailing... The souls entwined on those corpses had become vicious and malicious, trying to devour everyone who passed through the swamp.

"Bilbo!" Legolas called, waking the sweating hobbit.

Elidan said sharply, "If we fail... the army of Gondor, and many more who take up arms, will lie in places like this. Death is never everything."

Bilbo let go of the ring, and staggered away.

"Yes, someone has to do these things." He heard his own voice say, and another voice in his heart kept saying "You can't get any good from this adventure. At least the dwarven adventure has the Lonely Mountain." Treasure, there is nothing more stupid than what you are doing now."

Even so, Bilbo firmly rejected the idea. It took him a long time to regain his reason and voice, and he said dryly, "If I bring the Lord of the Rings back to Shire, in a few decades, I will still go out to do it." This thing...or my son, my nephew, oh that's too bad, they're going to complain that it wasn't a surprise adventure."

"... we are not far from Mordor." Elaidan finished, and his brother Irohor continued, "All adventures will become stories, like Beren and King Ferragon, sorry Bilbo , none of us is an elf king, but you are not human, this story must sound interesting."

"Ah, I think so too."

Will-o'-the-wisps floated in the swamp of death, and they tightened their cloaks and walked slowly into the thick white mist, even if this was a road that could not return—the elf king Finrod Ferajang went to Ann with Beren for the promise he had made back then. Gban took the Silmarillion, but never came back.They were discovered by Sauron who was holding on to the fortress on the way. The elf king competed with Sauron's spell, shaking the mountains and the black city walls, and finally the shadow defeated the light...

"I hope they don't say that Baggins went out for the dragon's treasure," muttered Bilbo. "That sounds good, brave and strong hobbit. By the way, if he doesn't come back, it means we You don’t need to save dry food! This is really good news.”

"..."

The flames of Doomsday Volcano continued to burn, and the ground was full of smashed holes, filled with slag and ash.Fay stared at the desert closely. Every half-orc near the Doomsday Volcano was suspected by him to be a hobbit in disguise.

Smaug yawned lazily as he lay on the rock.

The disappearance of the flame demon eye made it very comfortable, at least it didn't dare to lie on the conspicuous cliff of the Shadow Mountains before and blow the wind.

"You were waiting for the three elves, and that Bilbo Baggins?" Smaug sneered. "Even if they did come, you wouldn't be able to see them from such a distance. They all wore elf cloaks and had magic eyes. Can't even see them."

"..." Completely forgot!

No wonder he couldn't figure out how the hobbits successfully climbed up Mount Doom and threw the ring. Even if all the orcs went out to fight, the magic eye's attention would be diverted by the war. Still off the charts.Fay doesn't think Sauron is such a stupid person (of course he has to deny it, if Sauron is stupid, can Melko's IQ still be seen).

"What can you do?"

"I'll get that ring for you, if you give it to me for safekeeping." Smaug had always dreamed of the strangely powerful ring.

"How do you want to grab it?"

"Make a den in the crater of Doom, and don't hide from my nose whether it's an elvish cloak or a magic spell. I will definitely find that... hobbit named Baggins!"

Fay pondered silently, what was Melkor thinking when he created the dragon.

What is the use of a dragon with a more sensitive sense of smell than a dog?Guarding the treasure?

Then he suddenly heard a strange sound of horns.

The horns on the battlefield were all loud and clear, but this sound was like intermittent bagpipes, the music of a foreign race, and the distance was very close, unlike the one from the Osgilias front line.

Fay didn't intend to watch the excitement, but the opponent's target was too big. He could clearly see a huge team winding from the south from the height of the Shadow Mountains.

It is extremely conspicuous and special, even more exaggerated than the Loen chariot people from the east.

Middle-earth is really a magical place. Riding horses is the most common thing. The Nazgul upgrades their equipment into flying beasts. The elves ride giant eagles, and the giant dragon is Melkor's means of transportation.Half-orcs ride wolves, elf kings ride elk... Now there are even elephants! !Or one of those very tall, surprisingly long mammoths with curved tusks!

On the back of the war elephant hung a saddle like a tower, and there were at least a dozen people inside, all carrying bows and arrows and equipped with machetes. From a distance, it looked like a mobile fortress.

Fay almost thought they were the dark race at first, but after a closer look, he found that they were not.

Dark or brown skin, painted with colorful patterns, bare upper body, wearing some dazzling gold and silver ornaments.

Smaug stared at them, itching.

"We have agreed that all the treasures related to Mordor are mine, including the humans who fought for Mordor." The dragon emphasized, "I'm going to ask where these people come from, maybe I can loot their cities !"

"..."

So one of the Orcs who was passing by was unlucky.

It wanted to refuse to answer, but for some reason, when it saw Fay, it instinctively and honestly replied: "They are Haradrin people, and their territory is in the lower reaches of the Anduin River."

"What, is this the Haradrin?"

Fay screamed, and he couldn't help but think of Gosor in a turban and bandages all over his body, riding on a war elephant... The picture is too horrifying! !The entire Romanian Wasteland is about to shake!No wonder the Moor tribes believed Gothor was not a Haradrin!

What a bad lie.

But of course Melko knew nothing about the human beings more than 6000 years later! !

Fay felt that this kind of anger came out of nowhere. Why should he be dissatisfied that Sauron didn't "seriously" deceive himself?

"Sure enough, I still need a normal subordinate." Fay said to himself.

[Ah—— Mordor!I have arrived! 】

A deafening sound, accompanied by the temperature soaring several degrees, echoed throughout the Shadow Mountain Range.

[Sauron the Betrayer, I want to crush your territory! 】

After hearing this voice, Fay finally realized what he had forgotten.

Balrog! !Oh no, he really doesn't even have a normal subordinate!