"We're going around the jungle, and the tower mound isn't big anyway."

Sha Lin said directly: "Go to the open place in front, prepare the formation in advance, and wait for work." ”

Townsend has no opinion on Shalin's decision, he never points fingers in areas that he is not good at, and fighting, which happens to be his worst field.

So the group quickly turned around and made a detour along the jungle.

Even with Tang Sen's eyesight, he could see that there was suddenly movement in the jungle, and there was a faint sound of wild beasts roaring.

However, until the moon rose in the sky, the expected attack did not happen.

Townwend's entire face was shrouded in an elven cloak, the quality of which made it impossible for others to see his face through the shadows, and of course, the newly purchased leather gloves, which Townsend would not make such a lowly mistake with his care.

No dwarves had ever noticed that Townsend had turned into a skeleton.

"Set up camp and divide into three shifts for vigil." Shalin was visibly irritated by Orc's unusual behavior, and she arranged the affairs of the camp, occasionally looking back in the direction of the jungle.

"We're afraid we're being targeted, and they're waiting in the shadows."

"Waiting for what?" Sharda asked.

"Waiting for reinforcements, of course." Shalin bolted his horse and sat on the ground: "I don't know how many Orcs there are in the jungle, but they obviously don't have the confidence to fight us head-on, and they are not willing to let us go, so they have been following us from a distance. ”

"Until reinforcements come in to encircle us, they won't show their fangs."

"Isn't that a bad situation?" A dwarf leaned over and said worriedly.

"It's better to go straight in! It's better than being followed from afar! Sharda said irritably.

"You are too reckless, Shalda!" Shalin was the most experienced of the dwarves in dealing with the Orcs, and she knew the dark creatures: "There's no point in going into the jungle other than losing our ponies, those are Gundabad wolves!" ”

"In the jungle, we can't catch up with them."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work either!" Sharda slammed his fist on the stone: "Just waiting for them to be well prepared and take us out?" ”

"Damn, we've just set off, why are we being targeted by the Oaks!"

"I'm afraid I've been eyeing it for a long time." Townsend said, "Before I went to Eridron. ”

His gaze stopped on the Mithril armor on Sharin's body, and Shalin was stunned for a moment, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Obviously."

Tang Sen said: "The Orcs who escaped last time, he has seen the value of Mithril Armor, when this news spreads among the Orcs, I don't think the Orcs will have no ideas, but they didn't take into account that this time we will have so many dwarves with us." ”

Shalin's eyes suddenly turned red, and she stood up suddenly, roaring angrily, "These Orks dare to fight Mithril's idea!" ”

The other dwarves also became agitated and stood up.

"Follow me into the jungle!" Shalin wielded a twin hammer: "I'm going to take these Orks' heads off and stuff them in their asses!" ”

Townwend: "......"

What about your sanity!

He had to get up and stop Shalin, "Calm down, at least they don't have the guts for now." ”

"The large-scale Orc cavalry must be transferred from the Misty Mountains, we still have a lot of time."

He still has no news to say, when the time comes, Thorin Oak Shield may help attract the attention of many Orcs, after all, Azog, who was cut off by him back then, has been holding a grudge for so many years and vows to kill Thorin.

"I don't care so much! Their target is my Mithril! Shalin shouted, "Durin is above, the dwarves must not endure such a thing!" ”

"It's my Mithril."

Townsend had begun to slowly grasp how to cool down the dwarves' emotions.

"Light a campfire, cook something to eat, and get ready to rest." Tang Sen said directly: "Tomorrow we have to speed up." ”

The fact that Mithril didn't belong to him caused the dwarves to wilt away, and the atmosphere was filled with sadness all night.

And the darkness in the jungle, as if it didn't exist, has not moved.

Traveling during the day and camping at night, the team finally entered the territory of the Charr after three days.

In fact, the straight-line distance between Taqiu and the Shire is not too far, only more than a hundred kilometers, but there are no roads in this era, and even if you ride a horse, you can't increase your speed.

The surrounding jungle and hills have finally been transformed into thriving fields and orchards, and the place is almost a paradise, with the occasional sight of low-slung houses on the roadside and hobbits smoking on chairs in front of them.

Well, these halflings are about ten centimeters shorter than the dwarves, and they are also long-lived like the dwarves, but the hobbits are hardly good at fighting, and according to the dwarves, they are all thin dwarfs, and they are not worth mentioning except for the amount of food.

The terrain was open and the sun was shining, and the Oaks who followed them were nowhere to be seen, and Townsend suspected that they were hiding in the old woods of the Shire, but they remained silent on the surface.

In Townessen's opinion, being targeted by Oak is really not bad news.

Even if he wasn't targeted by Oak, Townsend planned to provoke some trolls, big spiders or something.

Along the way, safety was not what Townsend wanted to see, the dwarves needed to fight, the kind of hard, even desperate battle.

In this way, I have the opportunity to go further from being an employer.

After all, the Mithril Ring on the index finger of his right hand has never rested in the past few days.

Along the way, Townsend came to a half-buried house in a sloping hill, which the hobbits called the pit at the bottom of the bag, and this one belonged to Bilbo Baggins.

The door was closed, and Townsend poked his head out of the window to look inside, and it was empty.

"Looks like Thorin Oakshield has found his teammates."

"Townwend, you want to catch up with Thorin?" Shalin leaned over and asked excitedly: "That's right, our route will also pass through the Lonely Mountain, you can hire Thorin, I calculated, there are thirteen dwarves there, according to the half-year itinerary, everyone can earn——"

"I don't have that idea, Shalin." Tang Sen interrupted Shalin's calculations and said, "Thorin Oak Shield probably won't accept my employment either. ”

Shalin was stunned for a moment, and nodded tangledly: "That's true, Thorin Oak Shield is now only focused on the Lonely Mountain, and besides, he is very proud, it's a pity." ”

"We do need to catch up with them, though." "I need to meet the wizard in his ranks," said Townw. ”

"Wizard?" Shalin wondered, "How do you know that there are wizards in Thorin's team?" ”

"I'm a traveler."

Townsend laughed, "Travelers know a lot of things. ”