The crowd looked at each other, wondering why the gentleman in front of them was asking such a strange question.

However, the bearded middle-aged man still said truthfully: "Sir, it's the middle of June 2940!" ”

"2940......" Ye Qingzhou muttered.

He remembered that in The Hobbit, the dwarven prince Thorin visited the main character, Bilbo Baggins, in 2941!

In other words, there is less than half a year before the plot officially begins.

"It should be in time, right?" Ye Qingzhou tightened his lips.

In Middle-earth, Bilbo, the protagonist of The Hobbit, lives in the Shire, northwest of the kingdom of Gondor.

As for how far apart they are, because there is no map, Ye Qingzhou is not too clear.

However, he had already decided to go to the Charles to find Bilbo, who was about to join the Dwarven Expedition.

During the expedition, Bill Boll retrieved the One Ring lost in Middle-earth in the Goblin Caverns.

So, if he was in the dwarven ranks, he would be able to snatch the ring before Bilbo does, which is coveted by all races in the world.

Otherwise, it would have been too difficult for him to find the goblin cave on his own.

Moreover, if Ye Qingzhou wants to complete the next dragon slaying plan, he also needs the cooperation of this group of dwarven expedition teams.

So no matter what, he had to get out of here first and head to the Shire.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingzhou continued to ask: "Then may I ask, I have an urgent matter to rush to Shire, do you have a map in your hand to guide me there?" ”

"Charles ......" the group shook their heads in confusion, and one of them, a middle-aged man with a goatee, spoke, "I remember that the charr is the territory of the Hobbits, located in Eriador in the northwestern part of Middle-earth, which is a rich land, but it is at least ten thousand miles away from Gondor. ”

"And, to get there, you have to go through the Dark Mine, where the terrible Firedemon is said to be guarding and will devour all humans who enter the Dark Mine."

Ye Qingzhou frowned: "Flame Demon ......"

He had some impressions of the Fire Demon.

It is a terrifying demon that lives in the shadows, covered in blazing flames.

They are like wild beasts, but they can walk upright.

Some of the fire demons are the fallen Maia, and their owner is Morgoth Baugrier, one of the gods.

The so-called Maia is similar to the angel in mythology!

In "The Hobbit", the final boss Sauron belongs to the Maian clan!

Of course, Sauron eventually fell and became something akin to a fallen angel.

"Let's get the map first and then think about the fire demon." Ye Qingzhou quickly made a decision.

Since there is no map for these humans in front of them, they can only look elsewhere.

He looked at the human in front of him and said, "If you don't know, then I can only try my luck elsewhere." ”

So saying, he turned to leave.

"Mr. Ye, Mr. Ye, please wait, I know that there is an elder in the village who has collected the map of Middle-earth, but he is now enslaved by those orcs." Seeing that Ye Qingzhou was leaving, one of the teenagers who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old hurriedly spoke.

Ye Qingzhou stopped, turned to look at him and said, "You don't want me to rescue your villagers, right?" ”

As a last resort, he didn't want to clash head-on with this army of orcs.

The young man blushed and hurriedly explained, "Sir, although I have this idea, the elder does have a map of Middle-earth, which I once saw when I visited his house. ”

After a pause, he continued, "Moreover, there are only three villages in the vicinity of the Deningles Mountains, each of which is hundreds of miles apart, and it takes a lot of time to walk there, and besides, the other villages are probably enslaved by the orcs as well. ”

Ye Qingzhou turned his head to look at the others and said, "What this kid said, is it true?" ”

The men looked at each other with embarrassed expressions.

The middle-aged man with a beard spoke: "Mr. Ye, there is really nothing wrong with what Yishan said, but we don't know whether the map is true or not. ”

The kid named Yishan hurriedly defended: "I didn't lie, I did see a map of Middle-earth at Old Will's house, and he showed it off to me at that time. ”

Ye Qingzhou pondered for a while, then asked, "How many orcs are there occupying your village?" ”

The middle-aged man with a beard spoke, "The number is about a hundred, maybe a little more, but not more than one hundred or twenty." ”

"More than a hundred orcs?" Ye Qingzhou frowned.

With his current strength, it will be more troublesome to deal with these orcs, but it is not impossible to do it.

It's just that if he alone wants to solve it all, he will inevitably use the chaotic golden stick and the turtle and fly body.

This kind of life-wasting technique is not a last resort, and Ye Qingzhou doesn't want to use it too much.

Moreover, Chaos Golden Watchman has a miraculous effect on individual attacks, and its effect is much weaker for group attacks.

After all, the range he could cover now was only a few tens of meters.

Thinking of this, he continued to ask, "Then how many people are there in your village now?" ”

"I'm talking about people who can fight!"

The bearded middle-aged man sighed: "Get rid of some old and weak women and children, there are probably less than seventy people ......."

The child's eyes were red and he said, "Many people in the village have been killed by this group of hateful orcs!" ”

Ye Qingzhou didn't comfort this child, the war of races was destined to be irreconcilable.

If the armies of the evil camp of the orcs want to occupy all of Middle-earth, they will inevitably start a war with other races.

Now, it's just getting started.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke, "Okay, take me to your village to see, if it doesn't bother, I don't mind rescuing your villagers." ”

"Of course, I need that map as my payment."

Yi Shan said happily: "Really...... If Mr. Ye can really save our Sunset Village, I'm sure Old Will will be happy to hand over his share of the treasure. ”

The bearded middle-aged man said worriedly: "Those orcs are extremely cruel, can we really fight against them if we only rely on them?" ”

Yi Shan said dissatisfiedly: "Uncle Jim, where is your ambition, didn't you see Mr. Ye's skills just now, and with a few strokes, you killed all these half-orcs." ”

As he spoke, he gestured vigorously, as if he had just killed these orcs.

Ye Qingzhou smiled and said, "The cruelty of the enemy is not terrible, what is terrible is that you are used to submission and are willing to be slaves of these half-orcs. ”

The bearded middle-aged man said with a straight face: "The people of Gondor would rather die than choose to submit!" ”

Ye Qingzhou nodded, and took out some food and milk from the phagoagogue and handed them to them, allowing them to recover their strength.

Looking at their appearance, it is obvious that they are hungry.

Yi Shan stuffed a large piece of bread into his mouth and said vaguely: "Mr. Ye, what kind of food is this, it is so delicious, I swear, this is the most delicious food I have ever eaten since I was a child." ”

"This is a specialty of my hometown, raccoon crispy noodles." Ye Qingzhou smiled.

"Hmm...... If you have the chance, I'd love to visit your hometown. Yishan looked forward to it.

After resting for half an hour, Ye Qingzhou walked out of the old forest under the leadership of these people.

After walking forward for more than ten miles, a small village appeared in front of me.