Chapter 698: The Lonely Mountain Squad
Just like Thrandil, because he happened to pass by, and happened to hear the movement, he went to take a look, but found that he couldn't beat it, and he was hated by the dwarves, and even the rest of the elves were hated by the dwarves, if Thranduil came forward to help at that time, he would not be grateful to the dwarves, and would only be considered to be a treasure in the city.
According to the time calculation, the current Gandalf should almost go to Dolgoto, but Sauron still single-handedly turned most of the people on the continent, including the current Gandalf. If it weren't for the God's attention on the "righteous" side, I'm afraid it would only be Sauron who would win in the end.
Because Sauron has not yet found the One Ring, and the last Dwarven Ring is missing, Sauron is unable to confront the current White Council head-on, Gandalf, Randriel, King Elrond, and the white-robed Saruman, who has not yet blackened, are all existences that can compete with Sauron.
Darkness is coming, and peace in Middle-earth is like the last rays of sunlight before nightfall. Gandalf had a hunch that he was about to act, and the removal of Smaug was the beginning of a series of actions.
The dwarves have been torn apart for far too long, and only an intact dwarven force can contribute to peace in Middle-earth. And the integration of the dwarves will restore the status of the Turin royal family to rule the seven families, and the Turin royal family is currently only left with Thorin as the legitimate heir.
After going around and around, Gandalf finally found Thorin in Brie, which is close to the Charr, but also close to the territory of the Maple Legion, and not far from the territory of the orcs. Thorin Oak Shield, because during the battle of Moria, he used an oak shield as a defensive tool, and the explosion repelled the orc army, and successfully cut off one of Azog's arms, and since then he has become famous, and when he was introduced, he was no longer Thor's grandson, but Thorin Oak Shield.
Azog has already issued a bounty for Thorin, and Thorin has been wandering around all day, bent on recovering the glory of the Lonely Mountain, so naturally he has no time to care about other things. When he met Gandalf, Thorin didn't even know he had been rewarded.
Eventually, under Gandalf's persuasion, Thorin finally made up his mind to return to the Lonely Mountain and restore the glory of the city below. With the fall of Iruber, Thorin's prestige has been declining, and until now there are only twelve dwarves who can be trusted and followed. So, thirteen dwarfs and an old wizard embarked on the story of their journey to the Lonely Mountain to hunt for treasure.
Well, they still lack a snitch, Gandalf himself is no match for Smaug, and the thirteen dwarves are just a plus. Moreover, as soon as the dwarves appeared in the city below the mountain, they would completely wake up Smaug, and Smaug was really familiar with the smell of dwarves.
So, the hobbits, far from the lonely mountain and close to Brie's Charles, became the superior choice. Gandalf already had a hobbit in his head, and it was Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo was born with a restless factor, and unlike other hobbits, Bilbo was born a qualified explorer, after a little exercise, of course.
As the forerunner, Gandalf was the first to enter the Shire to find Bilbo, while the thirteen dwarves were hidden, after all, they were going to the Lonely Mountain, so they had to be careful, not to mention, Thorin was also rewarded by Azog at this time.
And Ye Feng almost pinched the time to go to Shire, in comparison, Ye Feng's reason is much more authentic, because of Bilbo's father's relationship, Bilbo is no stranger to the Maple Leaf Territory next door to Charles, and even often goes out to a small distance, that is, to go to the Maple Leaf Territory to visit Ye Feng.
And Ye Feng has always maintained a relatively friendly relationship with Bilbo, because of the Maple Leaf Army, Bilbo's status in the charr has been greatly improved, for this change, although Bilbo knows that it is wrong, but he still has some enjoyment, after all, Bilbo is still relatively young, not yet fifty years old!
The moment he saw Gandalf, Bilbo, who was enjoying his life comfortably, didn't have anything out of the ordinary, just said hello very usually, and then was directly scolded back by Gandalf. Fortunately, most hobbits are mild-tempered, and Bilbo just returned to his cave and ignored it, and did not fire the three fireworks that Ye Feng had left for Bilbo's father.
These fireworks are not ordinary fireworks, but the summoning order of the Maple Leaf Legion, with fireworks, as long as they are still on the Middle-earth Continent, the surrounding Maple Leaf Legion will arrive in the shortest possible time, and they can save their lives!
Of course, although Bilbo knew that the Maple Leaf Legion was very powerful, he didn't know that the Maple Leaf Legion was famous on the mainland, so he didn't know the preciousness of the fireworks in his hand, and only knew that it was left by his father to release him when he was in danger.
The dwarves came to Bilbo's house in the evening, according to the mark left by Gandalf, and for the dwarves, since this is the meeting place, it means that it is safe, you can fully release, relax, and hold a banquet.
Thirteen dwarves arrived one after another and began the carnival at Bilbo's house, fortunately, the hobbits had a habit of storing a lot of supplies at home, so as to meet the needs of a dozen dwarves, and the hobbits and dwarves were about the same height, and the dwarves would not have the embarrassment of Gandalf bending over.
At this time, Gandalf was outside with Thorin, discussing the lonely mountain and his party, for Bilbo, Thorin was not optimistic, there was no plan before, but he had already begun to act, Thorin naturally had to consider comprehensively, how to say that he is also a king, and has received many years of education as the successor of the king, and this quality is still there.
Thorin even began to think about whether to give up the last bit of dough and go directly to the Maple Leaf Territory next door to ask for the assistance of the Maple Leaf Legion, after all, the Maple Leaf Legion is not short of anything, and the treasure in the city below the mountain is naturally much smaller.
At the beginning, when Irub was not destroyed, Irub would also send a caravan to exchange some of Irub's specialties for gold in the Maple Leaf Territory, it is said that there is a super gold mine under the Maple Leaf Territory, otherwise where does the gold in the Maple Leaf Territory come from, well, in fact, the gold used by the Maple Leaf Legion is taken out directly by Ye Feng from his own seal scroll.
The cost of synthetic gold is indeed very high, it can be said that the gains outweigh the losses, at least before obtaining Krypton's geocentric energy extraction device, and now with Cybertron energy technology, directly using stars to make fire sources, the energy level is reduced again, and synthetic gold is even cheaper than steelmaking and ironmaking.