It is well known that the woodland elves in the dark jungle are inherently incompatible with the dwarves of the lonely mountains.

The Woodland Kingdom regarded the Lone Mountain Dwarves as thieves and liars, because they were unwilling to return the necklace of the deceased wife of the Woodland Elf King as agreed, and even sat on the ground and did not abide by the contract.

The dwarves of the Lonely Mountain resented the woodland elves when Smaug attacked the Lonely Mountain.

As soon as the two races met, they immediately became tense.

However, unlike the original book, this expedition has Lord Wayne, who is not bad for money, as logistics, and in today's expedition team, every dwarf is equipped with mounts, sophisticated armor and various weapons, and is not unarmed like in the original book.

Although the number of woodland elves who appeared around was much larger than that of the expedition team, the earth-shattering roar of the death claw and the terrifying size of this giant beast with a height of eight meters had already made these woodland elves understand that the other party was not easy to mess with, which made people feel quite at a loss.

The two sides held weapons and looked at each other, no one dared to relax, quite a bit of sabre-rattling.

However, at this time, the leader of this elf team is a very handsome and delicate male elf named Legolas, the prince of the woodland elf kingdom, nicknamed Green Leaf.

This elven prince's character is very brave, jealous and hateful, even in the face of a more powerful death claw, he has no fear, after the two sides have finished observing, he did not blame Wayne for the attack just now, but observed him with a cautious eye for a short time, and then asked everyone in a serious tone:

"Who are you? This is the territory of the Woodland Kingdom, and outsiders are not allowed to roam here. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Thorin and the other dwarves, his tone full of suspicion.

"I've seen you, Thorin. Oak Shield, and the other dwarves, you left the Lonely Mountain a long time ago, and now you're back, what do you want to do? ”

Although Legolas's tone was not aggressive, the haughty temperament of the elves still made the dwarves feel uncomfortable.

However, this time, Thorin did not show too much irritability, and there was still Gandalf, a gray-robed wizard in the team, before the two sides could really provoke a conflict, the reigning white-bearded old man stood up and said to the elven prince:

"Dear Elven Prince, I am Gandalf the Grey-robed Wizard."

"And your father, Thranduy, are already old friends."

"Please don't get me wrong, our purpose this time is only to go to the Lonely Mountain, and we won't do anything that affects the woodland elves in the woodland kingdom."

Seeing Gandalf who had taken the initiative to step forward, Legolas's expression softened slightly, and he looked at the gray-robed wizard seriously.

As an outstanding prince, he has read many books, and knows that from ancient times to the present, every time he fights against the dark forces, there are always a group of wizards who are silently giving, so this elven prince still has a lot of respect for Gandalf.

He thought about it for a few seconds, then waved his hand, and the elven guards around him all put away their weapons.

Legolas bowed slightly to Gandalf and said politely:

"Welcome, Grey Wizard."

"If these are your friends, I invite you to join us at our feast."

"Today is the day of our banquet in the palace, and I believe my father, and you are welcome to come."

Although it was an invitation to the banquet, perhaps it was the elven prince's arrogant attitude that made the dwarves feel unhappy, and before Thorin could speak, several other dwarves immediately shouted:

"We're not going to the elves' feast."

"Who knows if the elves have any schemes, they are not good people at all."

"Yes, they didn't save our people in the first place, and allowed us to suffer heavy casualties under the dragon fire of Smaug."

Although the voices of the dwarves are not very loud, the elves have good hearing, and everyone can hear them clearly.

The dwarves of Middle-earth are like this, they are paranoid and stubborn, petty thieves, and very greedy for money, and it is precisely because of various character flaws, coupled with birth problems, that the two races of dwarves and elves are always separated and combined, causing a lot of contradictions.

Seeing that the dwarves were talking more and more ugly, and the faces of the elves around him were getting more and more ugly, Gandalf quickly coughed loudly, interrupting the dwarves' complaints.

However, at this somewhat awkward moment, a beautiful female elf dressed in a green robe, with a slender figure and a bow and arrows on her back, suddenly jumped to the side of the elven prince Legolas from a distance, and whispered in his ear:

"Legolas, we need to get back to the palace quickly."

"The beacon fire in the west has been lit, and the signal should be that there is a problem in Changhu Town."

"King Thrandoui will surely summon us."

Legolas's face changed when he heard this, and he bowed slightly to Gandalf, and said in a regretful tone:

"I'm sorry, Grey Wizard, there is an emergency military situation in the Woodland Kingdom, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you back to the palace."

After saying this, regardless of whether the members of the expedition team agreed or not, the elven prince left one of the guards to lead the way, and after apologizing, he jumped on the branch and quickly left with the other guards.

Only the elven guard and the expedition team were left staring at each other.

However, as a witcher, Wayne has far more hearing than anyone else, and has heard the conversation between the elf and Legolas.

He was a little surprised in his heart, according to the female elf's meaning, it seemed that there was danger in Changhu Town, so the elves lit the beacon fire.

But in his memory, the town of Long Lake should have had no problems until Smaug flew out of the lonely mountain and the orc army invaded, although it was poor, but it was not disturbed by war.

With this in mind, he turned to Gandalf and Thorin and said:

"Let's go to the palace of the woodland elves first, Smaug is the enemy of all the forces in the whole north, maybe we can reach a cooperation with the woodland elves."

"However, I'll go to the other side where the wind and fire are lit first, and I'll come back to you when it's over."

Thorin stopped talking, but looked at the elven guard beside him, but still didn't speak.

Gandalf, on the other hand, was a little puzzled by Wayne's purpose, but he didn't stop it, and nodded to tell him to be more careful.

Without much explanation, Wayne flew into the sky on the magic flying carpet and whistled at Robin on the ground.

One of the men and one pet flew in the sky and the other ran on the ground, but they were very fast, much faster than the woodland elves.

After flying in the direction of Long Lake for about half an hour, Wayne flew high enough to barely see what was going on there.

I saw a small town made of wood and located on the edge of a lake, and many places were already lit by flames.

The Witcher's brilliant eyesight allowed Wayne to see what seemed to be a massive raid taking place in the town, with a group of people fighting each other, some desperately trying to escape, and others fleeing from the lake in small boats.

From a distance, most of the town had fallen, burning everywhere, but it was too far away to see the details even with the eye of the witcher.

But judging from the size, equipment, and combat style of the raiding team, it is likely to be an army of half-orcs.

This discovery made Wayne quite puzzled, why, before the battle of the Five Armies, the army of the orcs would attack the town of Long Lake in advance?

He thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of an answer, and the only thing he thought was possible was because he destroyed the orc town and killed Azog while he was in the Misty Mountains.

It is precisely because of this change that it is different from the original book that it has caused the current butterfly effect.

However, although the speed of the magic flying carpet is much faster than that of the galloping horse, and it can fly in a straight line in the sky, reducing many obstacles, but even so, by the time he flies to Changhu Town, a few hours have already passed.

He almost watched as the orcs left Long Lake Town with large bags of loot, pulling groups of captives.

Perhaps because the purpose of these orcs is not to completely destroy the inhabitants of Long Lake Town, but more to loot the materials and population of Long Lake Town.

After defeating the few guards and soldiers in Long Lake, the orc army did not waste much time on the killing, but instead focused on gathering supplies and kidnapping captives.

A large amount of food, supplies, and the population of the town were packed and taken away by them.

Excluding the men and soldiers who were killed, it is estimated that less than a quarter of the people remained in the town, and many were badly wounded, lying in the streets and buildings, waiting for their deaths.

Not only that, but the orcs are very professional in their ability to raid and plunder.

The main buildings of this town are all made of wood, and after less than half a day of looting, most of the buildings have been set on fire, and the whole town is in danger of being burned.

After landing in Long Lake Town in a magic flying carpet, Wayne only thought about it for a moment before giving up the idea of chasing the orcs.

If you want to kill the orcs, you can do it at any time, but these refugees in the town, if they miss the time, are estimated to be all dead.

But looking at it now, there are not many people in the entire town who can stand up, and his strength alone is too limited.

Wayne thought for a moment, reached into the spatial bracelet, and immediately took out five white scrolls, which he had drawn a long time ago, summoning skeleton warriors.

Holding the five scrolls in his hand and infusing them with magic power, with a few soft bangs, five skeleton warriors holding shields and swords and making white bones appeared on the ground.

Wayne glanced at them and immediately commanded:

"Lay down your arms and go get the wounded from the town here."

The eyes of the five skeleton warriors flashed with dark blue soul fire, and after hearing his order, without any hesitation, they immediately threw away the shields and swords in their hands, and then walked in different directions, towards the burning town.

Wayne sighed, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't have helpers by his side, he didn't want to use these easily misleading skeleton warriors to help.

But saving people is the first, and being able to save one is one.

Thinking like this, Wayne did not wait for the wounded on the pier where he landed, and joined the rescue team himself, rushing into the burning town of Long Lake.

The first person he found was a middle-aged man with a knife in the abdomen, wearing a linen vest often worn by workers, with his eyes open weakly, covering his wound with his hands, trying to stop more blood from flowing out, as if waiting to die.

After seeing him, Wayne stepped forward directly, slapped him in the face, gave him a pick-me-up, and then broke his jaw, poured him a large mouthful of the magic wine jug containing the intermediate healing potion, and took out the needle and thread in his waist bag, and quickly sewed him up.

After about three minutes, regardless of whether the guy had been cured or not, Wayne gave him a roll of bandages and said:

"Bandage yourself and go to the open space at the dock to wait for rescue."

"If you can hold on, you can go to town and find other people in need of rescue and bring them to the docks."

After treating the first man, he found another soldier who had been stabbed in the chest and had his left foot cut off.

However, the soldier was not mortally wounded because of his armor, he covered his chest with a rag, his face was pale from excessive blood loss, and he crawled through the burning town with his hands and feet together, as if he was fleeing from the surrounding fire.

After seeing him, Wayne didn't say a word, and directly forcibly poured him a large mouthful of healing potion, and then detoxified the broken leg that he took out of the liquor to him.

The pain of the liquor invading the wound caused the soldier to let out a terrible scream.

But now that time was urgent, Wayne didn't have time to be pretentious with him, so he directly used his powerful strength to restrain his constantly struggling body and forcibly bandage his broken leg.

Then he carried the soldier, who was in a bit of a trance tormented by pain, back to the dock where he had just landed.

At this time, the five skeleton warriors he sent out had also brought back five wounded wounded.

However, due to the limited intelligence, two of the five wounded were almost out of breath, and they were mortally wounded and could not be saved at all, and the other three were all terrified because of the terrifying image of the skeleton warrior, and it was not until they saw Wayne that their original frightened expressions eased slightly.

Wayne gave up on the two who were overwounded after just one glance and began to treat the other three.

Speaking of medical skills, Wayne's technique can only be regarded as very average, at most he has a little experience in surgery and suturing and bandaging wounds, most of which he learned from Kyle Mohan.

It's been three or four years since his debut, and he basically hasn't suffered any injuries, and treating other people's injuries is only in the theoretical stage.

However, fortunately, the effect of the intermediate healing potion is very powerful, with the vitality of ordinary humans in Middle-earth, as long as it is not a fatal part of the injury, a few mouthfuls of potion can basically start to improve, and it will not continue to deteriorate.

Most of the injuries suffered in the war are flesh wounds and external wounds, and as long as the wounds are stitched up and disinfected to prevent excessive bleeding, most people can be saved.

In this way, from treating the wounded alone at the beginning, to later some of the wounded regained their vitality and assisted Wayne in treatment, with a commander like him, more and more people began to unite and help each other.

A few hours later, there were more than 100 wounded in the town, who had survived his healing potion.

These survivors, who were hungry and cold, frightened, and as if they had lost their souls, gradually began to gather here because of Wayne's presence, comforting each other, or weeping bitterly to vent their fears.

Until night fell, the whole town was devastated by the fire, and the stump was broken, and the fire still burned, illuminating everyone's faces.

All the wounded who could be treated were carried out of the town by everyone and handed over to Wayne for treatment, and the number of survivors gathered around him reached nearly two or three hundred.

There was no food, no shelter, and after the previous great joys and sorrows, the survivors were all snuggled together, and many fell asleep from excessive sadness.

Fortunately, as the owner of the space bracelet, Lord Wayne is not short of food, although it is definitely not enough to supply hundreds of people for a long time, but it is no problem to hold on for a few days.

He took out his food and distributed it to the refugees present, and in the gratitude of the refugees, he sighed tiredly, and in his heart was more disgusted with the orcs in addition to sympathy and unbearability.

This was the first time he had close contact with these poor people who had been devastated by the war, and after a whole afternoon of treatment, although many people were saved because of the effect of the healing potion, there were still thirty or forty wounded who were fatally injured because they were too badly wounded, and they died quickly.

When he first tortured and killed the orcs, Wayne didn't have any pity or guilt in his heart, he just thought that he was killing some monsters and beasts.

But when he faced these human civilians, he remembered that he was the same race as them.

(End of chapter)