Dragonborn from Lord of the Rings

Chapter 76 The Ring Bearer

Bilbo staggered and ran in the darkness in a panic, kicking the gravel on the ground with his toes from time to time, and the piercing pain rushed into his heart.

But this was not as frightening as Gulu's miserable scream behind him.

"Curse it! Curse it! Curse it!"

In the dark, Gollum hissed, "Curse Baggins! It's gone! What's in its pocket? Oh, we guessed it, we guessed it, my darling - he picked it up, yes, sure He picked it up, my birthday present!"

Yes, by this time Bilbo already knew that the ring he had picked up was a magic ring.For Bilbo cunningly beat Gollum in our proverbial riddle.

But Gulu also broke his promise, and instead of taking him to the exit of the crypt as promised, he wanted to kill and eat him instead.

In a panic, Bilbo's finger poked the ring in his pocket.As a result, the ring automatically slipped onto his finger.

Then a surprising scene happened.

The hideous creature ran past him, ignoring Bilbo beside him.

From then on, Bilbo knew that the "accidental" booty he picked up had some kind of incredible magic.

Bilbo followed Gollum while observing his own situation curiously.

At this time, he was in a strange state, the world seemed black and white in his eyes, the surrounding air, wind, and earth were incompatible with him, but affected him.

He is like a shadow, shuttling through the gaps in the world, no one can see him.

Suddenly Gollum sat down and began to cry in a whistling and giggling sound that was horrible to hear.

Bilbo stopped, leaning his back against the wall.After a while Gollum stopped crying and began to talk, as if quarreling with himself.

—That's our guess, baby, just a guess.You can only be sure if you find that annoying thing and ask it hard.But it doesn't know what the gift is for, does it?It just puts it in the pocket.It's lost, the nasty fellow.It doesn't know the way out.

"It is right to say so, but it may be deceitful. If it knows the way in, it must know the way out. It must be so. It went to the back door, yes, to the back door, and that's it!"

—If it goes through the back door, the orcs will catch it.It can't get out that way, baby.

"Hiss, hiss, Gollum! Goblin! Yes, but if it gets our gift, our precious gift, then the Goblin will have it, Gollum! They'll find out, and they'll find out what use it has. We'll never be safe again, never safe, Gollum! There'll be a goblin who will put it on, and then no one will see him. He'll be invisible, even to our wise eyes, and he'll run stealthily Come catch us, Gollum, Gollum!"

—Then let's stop chatting, baby, and hurry up.If Baggins is going in this direction, we must hurry over and see.let's go!It's not far, hurry up!

So Gulu jumped up, and immediately began to walk with long strides, staggering.

Bilbo followed closely behind him cautiously as before, only this time he was worried about not kicking the bumps on the ground again as before and making a noise when he fell.

Presently they came to the place where Bilbo had noticed the many branching roads when he came down, and Gollum at once began to count them.

"One on the left, yes; one on the right, yes. Two on the right, yes, yes. Two on the left, yes, yes." He went on and on.

Guided by Gulu, Bilbo pleasantly passed through the labyrinth of orc tunnels and came to the exit on the other side of the Misty Mountains.

But at this moment, Gulu was sitting hunched over at the entrance, his eyes shining coldly, his head between his knees, scanning left and right vigilantly.

No one knew how nervous Bilbo was at that moment.

He even thought about killing this horrible guy.

But it's not a fair fight.Not only was he invisible, Gulu was also unarmed.Think about it, Gulu is in a miserable situation, alone, living in the dark underground.

Delirious and eccentric.

For a moment, Bilbo seemed to see himself.Some kind of power warned him in the dark that although the magic ring has incredible power, the consequence of holding it for a long time is to become its slave like Gulu.

So Bilbo Baggins let the poor monster go.

He jumped, stepped on Gollum's face, jumped over his head, and ran towards the dimly lit exit.

Fast as the wind.

"No! Thief, thief, thief! Baggins! We hate him, we hate him, we will always hate him!" A blood-freezing scream came from behind, full of hatred and despair.

It's Gollum.

Maybe at that moment, he also understood that he lost his baby forever.He screamed desperately, roared angrily, cried and made noises, but it was irreversible.

Because the ring has chosen a new owner - it has a will of its own.

"I don't care what he thinks. Just treat it as Baggins' mercy. I hope he can continue to survive hopelessly, even if it may be a punishment."

Bilbo's heart jumped almost to his throat, from the ecstasy of his immediate escape, to the terror of being startled by Gollum's shrill cry.

He was afraid that this movement would attract the attention of the goblins, and he felt that he might never be able to escape this terrible cave.

But unexpectedly, until he ran to the exit, he didn't find the guard.

It seemed that the half-orcs were overwhelmed by some kind of force, and there was no one in the entire dark tunnel.

"Maybe today is my lucky day."

Bilbo ran faster and faster, and the more he ran, the more excited he was.

The beam of light that exited was like a kind of redemption, a hope, making him always remember that in this dark cave, there was a terrible and pitiful creature living humblely.

"Praise be to Vair!"

The hobbit ran into the beam of light with a yell in his heart, even though his eyes were stimulated to the point of tears because of the long-lost sunlight.

"Fate has not given up on poor Bilbo at last, and he has escaped!"

Beyond the wall, there is fresh air and bright sunshine; the sound of rustling pine trees, the howling of wind blowing over rocks; it is hope.

And behind him, there was boundless darkness and the smell of decay; there were terrible screams, filled with resentment and despair.

Bilbo couldn't help falling to his knees and kissing the ground under his feet, celebrating his escape.

"Whoever says Bilbo Baggins is a coward in the future, let him go through what happened to the Hobbit and see who is the hero."

The little guy said excitedly and proudly.

Completely forgetting that he was still wearing his magic ring at the moment.

but.

"Bilbo Baggins, I don't know if you are a hero or not, but you really surprised me." The excited Bilbo didn't notice what was behind him at all, and at the same time a soft voice sounded, he grabbed him with one hand.

Bilbo was taken aback.

Just when he wanted to resist, he suddenly remembered the owner of the voice.So he turned around in surprise: Turka!

The visitor blinked a pair of golden vertical pupils and laughed.

But not who is the silver king?
Let's go back in time a little bit.

Because of the protection of the dragonborn and the wizard, the adventure team passed through one dark tunnel after another without any risk. Finally, after running for an unknown amount of time, everyone successfully found the exit and escaped.

At this time, the half-orc behind him had long since disappeared.

As Turka said, it is okay for these cowardly guys to shoot arrows secretly, but if they really let them jump in front of him, I am afraid they don't have the guts.

So when the adventure team fled into the narrow tunnel, the orc's pursuit actually stopped.

Chattering and humming, they began to discuss the selection of a new king.

As for the original king.

Let's hope his head didn't rot completely when it fell.

The exit is on the other side of the Misty Mountains.

When everyone fled out of the dark dungeon in a panic, the wizard stopped in his tracks.

He said: "Now we have escaped, but the poor Hobbit is in prison! If we can, I think we'd better line up a few brave men to wait here, and maybe we can see him free."

As he spoke, the wizard kept his eyes on Turka.

"I'll wait here." He said, "Everyone is frightened and tired, maybe you can find a place, have a good rest, hunt something, and fill your stomachs."

It's okay if the dragonborn doesn't say anything, but when he said it, everyone's stomachs started to growl.For it was already broad daylight at that time, and the dwarves could not even tell whether they had stayed in the cave all night or a day and a night.

I just feel tired and hungry and just want to rest.

Thorin discussed with his cousins, and decided to find a place to rest in the woodland at the foot of the mountain, and see if he could catch some prey to fill their hungry stomachs.

Thus, the team was divided into two groups.

The wizard led the dwarves down the mountain, and Turka stayed at the exit, waiting for the hobbit who might still be alive--the dwarf didn't really hope for it. Already doomed not far from death.

After all, it is almost everyone's consensus that Master Baggins is better with his mouth than his hands.I don't think he would survive in that environment.

The reason why he agreed was only for the sake of the silver king and the wizard.

"We're only waiting one day."

Thorin put it this way: "After sunrise the next day, whether he lives or dies, we will not wait any longer! Turin Day is approaching, and we have no time to waste here!"

So there is the above scene.

Turka had been very surprised at first to see Bilbo with the One Ring on--he was running too fast and too excited to notice that the Dragonborn was standing behind him.

"You can see me!"

At this time, Bilbo remembered that he was wearing a magic ring, but the silver king was able to accurately capture his position.

"I was surprised too."

Turka looked at the hobbit who looked like a shadow, between reality and shadow, and his eyes involuntarily fell on the ordinary gold ring on his finger.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the dragonborn always felt that it flickered.

Then Bilbo automatically revealed himself.

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