In the air where the wind and snow fell, a thick and winding lightning bolt fell.

"Boom ......"

In the dazzling light, the boulder at the top of the mountain fell and struck the members of the Fellowship below.

The only thing the crowd could do in the face of the swarming onslaught was to try to cling to the rocks backwards, trying to minimize the damage.

Frodo, who was snatched out in advance by the stealth guards, was floating in the air at the moment, looking at his companions in the distance buried by the snow in a bit of a daze, he looked at the snow mist that was raised, and he didn't know what he thought, and there was only a blank space left in his mind.

Suddenly, a figure appeared on the white snow, it was the elf Legolas, and then, the dwarves Golden Bolt, Aragorn, Boromo and others also broke through the snow and leaned out.

"Gandalf."

When he saw the gray-robed figure, Frodo finally couldn't hold back his excitement and exclaimed.

The scene just now scared him enough, he thought that only he and Xia Dong were left in the Ring Guard, and he was almost desperate, but now he was indescribably happy to see that everyone was safe and sound.

"We must leave the top of the mountain, rush to the Rohan Pass, and take the west road to my city." Wiping the ice and snow from his face, Boromo shouted his advice.

Hearing this, the other people's faces immediately showed expressions of approval, but Aragorn immediately raised his concerns, "Isengard is too close in Rohan's pass. ”

"Let's go down through the Moria's Pits." Kim Bolt also gave another route.

Anyway, at this moment, everyone didn't want to go up the mountain again, this time they were very lucky, but if they continued to walk, God knows if that Saruman would have any more powerful magic?

However, Gandalf's expression was full of hesitation, and he was silent for a few moments before replying, "Let the Lord of the Ring bearers decide." ”

"We can't stay here, Frodo will die here." As if sensing the urgency of the situation, Boromo yelled again.

Gandalf's face was wrinkled with frost on his beard, and his eyes fell on the hobbit with no joy or anger, "Frodo? ”

Faced with his urging, Frodo gritted his teeth and made a choice: "Let's go through the pit." ”

"So be it."

He didn't know if it was Xia Dong's delusion, but he felt that Gandalf seemed to have a great deal of concern when he said this, as if there was an extraordinary danger in the Moria's pit.

It's just that the other party won't say anything like this, so he doesn't ask boringly, but in his heart, he is more vigilant......

Moria, said to be the glorious city of the dwarves, is even more magnificent than Rivendell, of course, this is what Jin Li said, the truth of which remains to be verified, but Gandalf also said that it was a great city.

Probably due to the dwarves' habit of digging non-stop, this place is more commonly known as the Moriath Pit, when in fact the dwarves are almost hollowing out the mountain.

The entrance to the city is called the Wall of Moria, located at the foot of Mount Carranas, which is where the people of Xia Dong are at this moment.

"The dwarven gate is invisible when it's closed." With a proud face, Jin Li introduced.

Gandalf, who was banging on the rocks, replied angrily, "Yes, Golden Bolt, but if you forget the secret mark, you won't even be able to find the master himself." ”

The elf prince next to him had a smiling expression, "Why don't I be surprised?" ”

For this ridicule, Jin Li, who usually doesn't give an inch, can only grit his teeth and endure it, after all, he really can't find the location of the gate now.

Wrapping his cloak tightly, Frodo didn't care about the chatter of these people, he just asked next to Xia Dong: "Sir, what was the magic that made me fly before?" Why do I feel like I'm being held by something? ”

Blinking his right eye, Xia Dong had no choice but to answer vaguely, "That's my pet." ”

"Can it fly with me all the time? Just like you. It seemed that he had tasted the benefits of being carried down the mountain by the stealth guards, and Frodo couldn't help but start looking forward to it.

Shrugging his shoulders, Xia Dong dispelled his thoughts very decisively, "No, the power of the magic ring will affect it, it's okay to contact it for a short time once in a while, I can't say if something will happen if it's too long." ”

Although he could indeed make the stealth guards fly with each other in their arms all the time, what if the gang changed their minds because of this and let themselves and Frodo go to Mordor to destroy the ring?

Although the possibility is not high, it cannot be ignored.

He didn't want to go head-to-head with the Dark Lord, and while these guys didn't seem to be doing much, they could even be used to block the sword.

After all, according to the deeds of that demon lord, the other party must be a powerful mage, in case the other party has any evil and weird magic, these people can take a few hits for themselves first, so that they can have time to react.

Hearing his refusal, Frodo was immediately disappointed, and he opened his mouth as if to say something, but finally walked to the front in a huff.

"Ihildin's gold dust, this thing only reflects starlight and moonlight......" Gandalf in front of him seemed to find some clue.

Seeing that everyone was gathered in front, Xia Dong walked slowly to Chapman's side, lowered his voice and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The latter was staring at the waterhole in front of him with a serious face at this time, and under the darkness of the night, the quiet and dark water was calm and waveless, "I have a feeling that there seems to be something here, some danger. ”

Following his gaze, Xia Dong looked at this small waterhole, and suddenly felt that there was some dead silence here.

Not only are there no animals around, but even the trees on the edge are in a dead state.

Turning his head and looking at the people who were gathered over there, Xia Dong said again, "Can you feel how strong it is?" Is it aimed at us? ”

Sitting down cross-legged quietly, Chapman closed his eyes, "I don't know, but if he has murderous intentions, I should be able to sense it first." ”

In the distance, "it reads, the Gates of Turin, Lord of Moria, speak of friends, and enter." ”

In front of the glowing pattern of the gate, Gandalf pointed to the words on it with his staff, translating them word for word.

"What does that mean?" Frodo leaned in curiously.

Gandalf smiled at him, "It's simple, it means, if it's a friend, say the code and the door will open." Immediately, he pressed the tip of his staff against the six-pointed star in the middle of the gate, and began to chant loudly.

However, after waiting for a moment, the expectant crowd did not notice any movement, and the door remained silently closed.

Somewhat embarrassed to withdraw his staff, Gandalf raised his hands and changed phrases in different tones a few times, but nothing moved.

"I used to be familiar with all the spells in human, elven, orc languages......"

Looking at the other party who was constantly changing his words in front of the gate at this moment, this sentence of Gandalf's pride resurfaced in Xia Dong's ears, and he felt as if what he was seeing was not a powerful wizard cracking spells, but a gambler who kept trying his luck trying to guess the code.

And so a few hours passed.

Gandalf had been yelling at the door for hours, but nothing had been achieved.

Listening to his voice spread far away in the night, Xia Dong shook his head, walked to the side and sat down, he was about to rest for a while, but the corner of his eye suddenly found that the water surface seemed to fluctuate.

It's like something is swimming!

"Click......"

Standing up, I was about to find out, but there was a sound of stones dragging around.

Turning his head, Xia Dong was very surprised to find that the door was actually opened, or finally opened.

He muttered for a moment as he watched the influx of fellow Fellowshippers, exchanged glances with Chapman, and finally decided to ignore the creatures underwater.

"You'll soon see the famous dwarven warmth, the roaring fire, the cool beer, and the large pieces of roast meat to eat, which is the home of my cousin Balin." Walking in the middle of the procession, the dwarf Jin Li proudly proclaimed, "This is what they call the pit, the mine...... Pit"

His voice stopped abruptly, for the darkness around him became clear in the light of the light that lit up at the tip of Gandalf's staff.

I saw that the ground was full of dry bones and corpses, and there was no life!

"This is not a pit, this is a grave." Seeing this scene, Boromo couldn't help but blurt out.

Seeing the corpses of the same clan all over the ground, the expression on Jin Li's face was completely stunned, and after a while, he let out a wail of disbelief, "No...... Not ......"

He couldn't believe what he was seeing, he couldn't believe that Moria had fallen entirely, that he had become what he was now, that his people had died here quietly.

Nearby, the elf stepped forward and pulled out the arrow from a certain corpse, and after a glance, he said with certainty, "It's an orc!" ”

Suddenly, everyone drew their weapons and went on full alert.

"We should go to Rohan Pass, we shouldn't be here." With a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right, Boromo couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

"Ah......h

He was answered by a cry from Frodo.

The startled crowd quickly turned around, only to see that the hobbit had a thick tentacle wrapped around his ankle, and had dragged him to the lake.

Chapman was the first to react, only to see his fingers flick a few times in a row, and immediately several invisible qi flew out.

"......"

In the splash of foul-smelling liquid, the tentacle loosened as if it couldn't bear the pain, and then retracted under the water.

But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, there was a "bang", and seven or eight thicker tentacles shot out from under the water, waving and whisking, and two of them also entangled Frodo and grabbed the water hole.

Pulling out the arrow, the elf Legolas nailed the tentacle with precision, but it only made the other party tremble.

Boromo and Aragorn rushed into the water, slashing with their swords, but more and more tentacles appeared, and not only could they not save Frodo, but even they began to be in some danger.

At this moment, a terrifying monster resembling an octopus had risen in the middle of the waterhole, and its two large black eyes were staring at Frodo, quietly opening its large mouth full of fangs, intending to devour it.

Seeing that the situation was already at a critical juncture, Xia Dong was still hesitating, should he make a move?

His original intention was to test Gandalf's strength, but now the situation was obviously dangerous, and in case Frodo really had an accident, the mission would ......