"Is there that big of a place?" Mo Tie was stunned for a moment, he stopped and stopped, not paying attention to how many orcs he had eliminated.

"Only the truly strong will forget their own records." Gandalf said meaningfully, then asked, "So, if there was a dangerous place, would you try to challenge it?" ”

Dangerous place, is it a lonely mountain? Mo Tie muttered in his heart. To deal with Smaug, he would either spend two years slowly transforming into a dragon or go to Bard in Long Lake to borrow a Black Arrow.

But he just walked here from the lonely mountain, so he can't go around and go back.

"Mr. Gandalf, where are you talking about danger?" Mo Tie asked bluntly.

"How's the Troll Forest? It's around here," Gandalf pulled out his pipe and spat out a place name.

Not a lonely mountain?

Mo Tie knew that the trolls were the three monsters in the movie who wanted to eat the dwarven horses.

"Is there any treasure there?"

"Nope. But I can pay you, and think of it as a bounty mission. Gandalf stared at Mo Tie, waiting for his answer.

"Yes." Mo Tie agreed without hesitation, anyway, it is not far away, and there is still money to be made.

Gandalf was very happy, took the wine glass brought by the maid, touched it with Mo Tie, and said, "I hope we have a good start." ”

Early the next morning, Mo Tie was carrying a steel sword and standing at the door waiting for Gandalf.

"Don't you have a backpack?" Gandalf asked curiously, carrying a gray package in addition to the staff in his hand.

"I only have this sword, and I picked it up from an orc." The steel sword in Mo Tieyangyang's hand is the product of two eliminations.

The image of a battle maniac comes to Gandalf's mind, fighting while traveling, with no other interests.

The two hit the road together.

"Ain, don't you have any hobbies other than fighting?"

"Like smoking?" Mo Tie said with a smile as he watched Gandalf stuff tobacco into his pipe.

"Hehe, it's not a hobby, it's wisdom. If you can smoke too, you'll find that other races will be closer to you besides the elves. ”

Gandalf had never seen an elf who didn't hold a bow and arrow, and loved to fight, so he tried to make a joke about the elves.

Mo Tie didn't care, he was just wearing the skin of an elf now, and he was essentially an earth human.

"Don't elves smoke?" Mo Tie asked, explaining by the way, "I've only seen one elf when I'm so big. ”

Casually create the image of a wandering elf orphan.

Gandalf shook his head and said, "I've seen many elves, and none of them are willing to touch tobacco, not even the wood elves who love to drink the most. ”

Mo Tie showed an interested look: "Then I'll try." ”

Gandalf was stunned for a moment and laughed, "Yes, but I only have one pipe." ”

"It's okay, I don't mind."

Mo Tie took Gandalf's pipe, wiped it, stuffed it into his mouth, and took a puff.

"How?" Gandalf's eyes lit up, and he asked, curious and excited.

"It's not good," Mo Tie smacked his lips, "it doesn't taste good." ”

Gandalf said incredulously, "How is that possible? This is the pride of the Blue Mountain dwarves, and it is characterized by its rich flavor. ”

Mo Tie returned the pipe to him, shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, I haven't tasted it anyway." ”

"Is that why elves don't smoke?" Gandalf was puzzled and took a sip of his own, apparently still the same taste.

Not to mention the little things that happened on the road, they spent a day and got to the outside of the troll forest.

"Let's find a place to rest and go in again tomorrow morning. Trolls do not dare to appear in the sun, otherwise they will turn to stone. ”

Gandalf paused and looked at the dark forest.

Mo Tie nodded and agreed. As much as he would love to see how powerful the trolls were, Gandalf was in danger.

Finding a clearing and bringing some firewood, Gandalf wiped the jewel on the top of his staff, pointed to the pile, and a small ball of fire slowly fell, igniting the firewood.

"Is this the power of magic?" Mo Tie looked at Gandalf's little trick and asked curiously.

"That's right, it's witchcraft."

Gandalf sat down, soothed his muscles, and replied.

Mo Tie used a long wooden stick to stir up the bonfire, took the dry food handed by Gandalf, and continued to ask while eating, "It seems very convenient, can it deal with orcs?" ”

Gandalf was a little embarrassed, such a slow thing obviously couldn't.

"I'm afraid not, since I came to Middle-earth, my strength has weakened a lot."

Mo Tie pretended to be curious and said, "Coming to Middle-earth? Aren't you from here? ”

"No, I'm from a distant place." Gandalf said this and said no more, looking at the jumping campfire in a daze, not knowing what he remembered.

Mo Tie didn't bother him, his hometown was more distant than Gandalf's.

After a while, Gandalf came back to his senses and took the initiative to speak, "My mission is to watch over the darkness. ”

"Darkness?"

"Yes," he nodded, "the darkness of Middle-earth is too deeply ingrained to be removed once and for all, and it is my task to guide the people of Middle-earth to face it bravely and eventually overcome it." ”

"Oh, you're pretty good." Mo Tie praised sincerely.

"By the way, is there anything unusual in the Troll Forest?"

Gandalf shook his head, "I don't know, it's just that someone said that trolls have been seen on the outskirts of the forest many times lately. ”

Trolls in the Troll Forest tend to only walk around the depths, as there is very little sunlight there. If you see them on the periphery, it's really anomalous.

The next day, Mo Tie and Gandalf entered the forest.

"What is this?"

Gandalf stirred up some white flocculent with some shock.

"Spider silk, nothing unusual." Mo Tie could tell at a glance that this was spider silk.

But Gandalf's expression was solemn, and he carefully examined the mass of spider silk. After a moment, he said, "This is not ordinary spider silk, only the spider silk of giant spiders has this texture. ”

"What is a giant spider?"

Speaking of his knowledge of Middle-earth, Mo Tie was left with nothing left by Gandalf.

"A creature of darkness. Let's be careful, I suspect there are some amazing secrets hidden in this forest. ”

Gandalf admonished.

"Got it." Mo Tie's expression also became solemn, he didn't want to capsize in the gutter.

The two of them quietly advanced, and the spider silk in the forest was scattered scattered, and it seemed that the giant spiders had not yet appeared here in large numbers.

After walking some distance, Gandalf suddenly raised his hand: "Stop." ”

"What's wrong?" Mo Tie didn't find any trace of the enemy.

"There are no more critters." Gandalf said, "Although there are trolls in this forest, there are many small animals, because powerful predators are eaten by trolls. ”

"What does this mean?"

"Something scared the animals and ran away. Come with me and we'll see if we can ask the animals for help. ”

When Gandalf had finished speaking, he listened intently, and in a few moments he chose a direction and walked first.