Chapter 133: Bewitchment
"It looks like there will be many."
Tom said, "Otherwise, I'm mistaken, and that's what it means to have a lot and no one." Not a hobbit, but a lot of dwarves. And sure enough, that's it! ”
"I think you're right." "We'd better hide out of the fire," Bert said. ”
The three trolls waited patiently in the shadows, holding bags that had been used to hold mutton and other treasures.
When each dwarf walks by to look at the firelight, the overturned flasks on the ground, and the gnawed leg of lamb, they are thrown to the ground with a stinking bag.
Soon Dewalin was lying beside Balin, Fili and Chili in the same bag, Dori, Norri, and Ori in a pile, and Oin, Groin, Beaufer, Beaufer, and Pombo were left by the campfire.
Thorin arrived last, and he wasn't as careless as his previous victims. He came expecting danger and didn't need to see his friend's foot sticking out of the bag to know that something was wrong. He stood in the shadows not far away, and whispered in confusion:
"What's going on? Who put my people in a bag? ”
"It's an ogre!"
Bilbo hid behind a tree and shouted, "They are hiding behind a tree with a bag!" ”
"Oh! Is it? Before the trolls could move, Thorin jumped to the campfire, picked up a piece of firewood and began to wave it, and Bert was poked in the first place, making him unable to stand up for a while.
Bilbo did his part, grabbing Tom's foot, which was as thick as a tree stump, just as Tom kicked the ashes of the campfire towards Thorin, losing his balance and falling down, kicking Bilbo up the treetops.
Tom's tooth was smacked like this, and one of his front teeth fell out, and the guy let out an earth-shattering scream.
However, at that moment, William pounced from behind and put Thorin in a bag from head to toe, and the pointless battle was over.
The dwarves were packed into sacks and piled up around the campfire, and three angry trolls sat beside them, arguing about what to do with them.
Should they be roasted alive, chopped and simmered, or pressed into meat sauce one by one.
Bilbo was hiding in tatters in the bushes, and he didn't dare to move at will, just angrily looking at Li Mu, who didn't make a move just now.
Watching coldly, Li Mu hid in the bushes and did not participate in the chaotic battle just now, because everything was meaningless. This weak attack didn't bring any harm to the trolls at all, and Li Mu didn't explain Bilbo's anger, but just told Bilbo to wait quietly for the right time.
Because in Li Mu's yin and yang eyes, his teacher is back, and behind a big tree by the bonfire, since Gandalf is quietly watching the changes, Li Mu naturally will not rush out recklessly and fight hard.
The trolls have just come to the conclusion that they will roast the dwarves first, and then come back to eat them later. This was Bert's idea, and after an argument, they both agreed.
"It's useless to bake them now, it will take all night." A voice said that Bert thought it was William's voice.
"Bill, stop arguing." "Otherwise, it would have taken another whole night," he said. ”
"Who—who's arguing?" William thought it was Bert who had just spoken.
"It's you." Bert said.
"You're lying."
A plausible and inexplicable voice guided the trolls' conversation, so the previous arguments started all over again. In the end, they decided to chop up the dwarves and simmer them over a warm fire. So, they brought a black pot and drew their knives to get to work.
"Why cook them! We don't have water, and we have to walk a long way to find it. A voice said. Bert and William thought it was Tom's voice.
"Shut up! Otherwise, we won't be able to eat for the rest of our lives. If you talk nonsense, go get the water yourself. ”
"Shut up!" Tom thought it was William's voice.
"Who else is arguing besides you?"
"You fool." William said.
"You're a fool!" Tom said.
So they started arguing from the beginning, this time much more fiercely than before. Eventually, they all agreed to take turns sitting on the bags, squashing them one by one, and cooking them next time.
"Who should we sit on first?" The voice said.
"It's better to sit on the last guy first." Bert's eye had just been injured by Thorin, and naturally he wanted Thorin to be the first to turn into meat sauce.
"Don't talk to yourself, okay!" Tom said, "If you want to crush the last man, go for it, he's there!" ”
"The guy in the yellow socks," Bert said.
", it's the guy in the gray socks." A voice like William said.
"I'm sure it's yellow." Bert said.
"yes, it's yellow." William said.
"And what kind of bullshit gray are you talking about?" Bert said.
"I didn't say it, Tom said it."
"I didn't!" Tom said, "It's you." ”
"Two votes for one, shut your stinky mouth!" Bert said.
"Who are you talking to?" William asked.
"Shut up!" Tom and Bert said together, "It's almost daylight, it's going to be dawn soon, let's hurry!" ”
Covering Bilbo's mouth, Li Mu was afraid that he would not know that the so-called Bilbo would interrupt Gandalf's bewitchment, so with just a few simple words, he turned the three trolls around.
"The dawn will engulf everyone and turn them into rocks!"
The time has finally come, and the teacher's demagogy has finally delayed enough.
Li Mu jumped on the high ground that blocked the sun, carried the Yi Jin Sutra with all his strength, and smashed it into the mud under his feet with his two-handed axe, and the dazzling sunlight shone in along the gap in the high ground.
At that moment, the sunlight crossed the hills, and a loud squeak came from the treetops. William never had a chance to speak again, for he remained in that bent position and turned to rock, while Tom and Bert looked at him without moving, unable to move any longer.
After solving the trolls, Li Mu, Bilbo, and Gandalf converged, and Li Mu excitedly said to Gandalf while rescuing the dwarves who were packed in bags: "Teacher, you are really amazing. These trolls are hard to hurt, and witchcraft attacks won't have much effect, but I didn't expect the teacher to solve it with a simple bewitchment technique, and the teacher is the teacher, it's really powerful. ”
Gandalf was not surprised by his student's praise, but stood in the warm sunlight with his cane in his hand, and said to Li Mu with a smile: "As a wizard, knowledge is always our most powerful weapon. If you only think about defeating them with some powerful sorcery in the face of a strong enemy, you will never be able to grow into a qualified wizard. We shamans believe in God, but we believe in the power of nature, and nature is always our best teacher. ”