Galadriel and the others, who originally planned to investigate and clear the castle of Dolgoto, finally gave up the operation because of the news from the dark forest.

What they didn't know was that they had missed one of their best opportunities to weaken Sauron's power.

In the original plot, Sauron had regained his humanoid energy body at this time. However, at the cost of losing most of his power, Sauron was beaten and fled back to Mordor, with only enough strength left for him to maintain a MONOCULUS.

In the castle of Dolgoto, Ho Xie's old acquaintance, the pale orc Asog, is also included.

At this moment, he is in the huge underground fortifications under the ancient castle, and he is supervising countless orcs to build weapons and train wolves.

One of his men reported the news that the jackdaw outside the castle had monitored, and he looked stunned, turned around and hurried towards the depths of the castle.

When he reached the top of the castle, facing the deep and dark abyss, he suddenly touched his chest with one hand, and said respectfully and reverently: "My master, the Emperor of Darkness, Asog has brought news of wizards and elves, who are aware of our presence and come to investigate, but finally retreat in front of the castle gate. ”

Not long after his words fell, he only heard a "boom", and a raging flame suddenly ignited in the darkness, suspended in the void.

A black figure slowly appeared in the flames, but it was extremely blurry, and its true face could not be seen clearly.

He is Sauron, the greatest source of dark turmoil in Middle-earth.

"The Keeper of the Rings killed the white-robed Saruman, and the foolish Saruman lost his life because of undeserved ambitions." Sauron's voice seemed to come from all directions, and it seemed to sound directly in Asog's heart.

"The forces of darkness have begun to exert their power, the lonely mountain is about to fall, and those who profess justice will kill each other out of jealousy and hatred." Sauron's deep and serene voice continued to resound, "Gather our army and give them the most desperate, never-to-wake nightmare of death in their wildest moments." ”

Asog grinned, revealing his white, sharp teeth.

"Follow your will, my master!"

At this time, the sun has set, and the sunset dyes the sky red.

He Xie walked out of the deserted River Valley Town an hour ago, and he wandered at the foot of the mountain, trying to find a weak spot in the belly of the mountain, and blast it directly to lead to it.

At the southern foot of the lonely mountain, a huge sculpture hundreds of meters high is built next to the mountain, magnificent and vicissitudes, even He Xie saw it at first sight, and couldn't help but sigh for it, the dwarf is worthy of being a natural craftsman, such a majestic and exquisite huge sculpture, I don't know how much artificial and material resources it takes to cast.

At the same time, He Xie also noticed that next to this hundreds of meters high sculpture, a tortuous staircase led straight to the depths of the clouds, and on the chest of the sculpture, several black shadows like ants were moving slowly, climbing upwards with difficulty.

With He Xie's eyesight, it was clear that it was a group of dwarven expeditions.

"It's really tenacious...... "He Evil Eyes showed a strange look, his appeal and the dwarf's purpose conflicted, so he and Thorin Oak Shield were destined to not be able to coexist peacefully.

Tuk tuk, tuk tuk......

He Xie walked around the cliff while constantly tapping on the mountain.

Eventually, he settled on a spot, a recess not far from the sculpture.

He patted the storage bag on his waist and took out ten cesium ion true air bombs from it, as well as a cesium ion true air gun, which was a magic transformation weapon that combined true qi and technology that he had researched by scientists after the magic reform of the Tang Exploration World, and he had been shelving it since he got it, and now, they can come in handy.

He dug out a one-meter-deep cave in the mountain, estimated the power of the bombs, and stuffed two of them. Then press the timer and quickly retreat into the trench a mile away.

As he did this, the Dwarven Expedition above also arrived at the entrance to the Invisible Portal.

Thorin Oak Shield excitedly held a key and raised his arms and shouted: "Let those who have doubted us, hurt us, and rejected us remember this day forever!" ”

The dwarves shouted frantically, and Bilbo Baggins smiled reluctantly and turned his head away.

He was looking in the direction of the town of Long Lake, where smoke was billowing and it was clear that something terrible had happened.

He had already begun to regret it, why should he engage in such an adventure?

At the same time, three horses galloped through the wilderness, in the direction of the lonely mountain, which was getting closer and closer.

"Speed up a little faster! We are not far from the lonely mountain! Legolas exclaimed.

In the dark forest, three giant eagles slowly landed at the entrance of the woodland kingdom, and the three Galadriels descended from the eagles' backs, and Thranduil had already led the elves to meet them at the door.

After a brief greeting, he took the three of them to see Saruman's body in the crystal coffin, and recounted the previous process in detail.

"It's the One Ring that gives him the power of invisibility!" After hearing this, King Elon was the first to say in a deep voice, "This is the power of Sauron, his soul shuttles between reality and the land of nothingness, and the Supreme Ring can make people hide in the land of nothingness!" This is the power of darkness! Now we don't have to have the slightest doubt that the vow-keepers have fallen into darkness! ”

"What worries me is that the Ring Bearer was enslaved by Sauron and went to the Lonely Mountain to ally himself with the dragon. If so, the whole north will be completely plunged into darkness, and no one will be spared. Galadriel said slowly.

Gandalf's face was heavy, and he thought that this was not the case, and that he knew Ho was so proud and wise, and that he had the power to resist the corruption of the One Ring.

But Saruman's corpse was right in front of him, and the two Elven Kings had completely blamed him for Saruman's death, and whatever he said now, he was suspected of exculpating himself, which would only make the Holy White Council even more distracted.

At this moment, Gandalf suddenly noticed that Thranduil's expression was strange, and his heart moved, and he asked, "Thrandui, my friend, what kind of person do you think the precept keeper is?" ”

Thranduy smiled and said, "At least not a stupid person. ”

"yes, he's not a stupid guy." Gandalf lamented, "If he has indeed been enslaved by Sauron, or if the two have reached some kind of agreement, then why aren't there any orcs to cooperate with him when he is active in Rivendell and the Dark Forest?" ”

These words made the three elf kings stunned, and then they felt a chill in their hearts.

When they think of that possibility, they are afraid.

If that were the case, Rivendell and the Dark Grove would be bleeding.

Gandalf looked at Saruman's body and continued, "What makes me wonder why Saruman's death was not merciful and ...... from God"

Rumble!

Before he finished speaking, a loud bang came from the direction of the lonely mountain.