Build the Traveler Alliance from Scratch.

Chapter 221 Dwarves and Elves

Half an hour later, a hidden cave in the northwest of the Black Forest Mountains.

Bilbo and the thirteen dwarves made a bonfire in the cave and roasted their clothes.

Beside them lay a fat goat, which the tall and handsome Elves had caught for them.

Facing the fat goat meat, all the dwarves couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food. After baking the clothes, they quickly approached the prey and cut the sheepskin and mutton with the weapons in their hands.

Their movements seem to be chaotic, but in fact they have a clear division of labor and orderly cooperation.

The three dwarves cut off the sheep's skin with sharp daggers, and cut the fat mutton into medium-sized pieces. The three people holding axes next to them were responsible for sharpening the branches they picked up, and the other three dwarves skewered the pieces of meat. The meat is skewered, and finally the three fattest dwarves in the team are put on the bonfire to roast.

"Crack crackle crackle-"

Big drops of fat dripped from the meat and crackled in the campfire.

The smell of food filled the small cave, and attracted the eyes of Bilbo and the twelve dwarves.

All the dwarves were swallowing their saliva, waiting for the cooked skewers to fall into their mouths.

Only Thorin Oakenshield, the descendant of the dwarf king with black hair and black beard and a heroic face, sat on the stone, looked at the moths that dared not fly in from the cave entrance, and at the man leaning on the stone wall, polishing his dagger. Handsome Elf.

After a long silence, Sorin asked softly, "Why did you save us?"

Legolas said without looking up, "I need you to take me out of the Black Forest."

"Shall we take you away?" Sorin frowned, and said in surprise, "You are an elf of the woodland kingdom, this is your territory, and I need an outsider to take you away on my own territory, are you sure you have not been attacked by spiders?" Does the venom burn the brain?"

"..."

Legolas stopped grinding, looked at Thorin and said indifferently: "Believe me, dwarf, I hate you as much as you hate me. If it is not necessary, I will never act with you!"

Sorin couldn't help showing sarcasm: "Then why are you sitting in front of me now?"

Legolas glanced at him, continued to sharpen the dagger, and at the same time said calmly: "I am an elf expelled from the woodland kingdom. I have been wandering in this dark forest for a long time, and I have lost my direction due to the erosion of dark forces. I feel that I need someone to guide me, and...my purpose of this trip is the same as yours. "

"..."

Sorin frowned when he heard the words: "You want to go to Lonely Mountain, why?"

Legolas didn't answer, but Thorin made a vague guess.

"Is there something you want in the treasure of Lonely Mountain?"

"..."

Legolas glanced at him, but still didn't speak.

"It seems that I guessed right!" Sorin said with a light smile, "Well, for the sake of saving our lives, I can allow you to join us and share the treasure of Erebor with us... "

"There's no need to share!" Legolas said suddenly, looking at Thorin, "I only want what I want."

"Sure enough!" Sorin laughed, and said proudly, "Don't worry, I, the son of Thrain II, the legal heir to the throne of King of Durin Dwarves and King of the Mountain, Sorin Oaken Shield is a king who is generous and keeps his promise, unlike your elven king who has no credibility and no glory at all..."

Before he finished speaking, Legolas stretched out his hand suddenly, grabbed Thorin's collar, and looked at him solemnly.

"Watch your words, dwarf!"

"Wow—"

The dwarves by the campfire suddenly stood up, clenched their weapons tightly, and looked at the two of them with frowns.

Sorin stretched out his arm to stop the dwarf companion who got up in anger, then turned to look at Legolas, stared into his eyes and said indifferently: "It seems that this great elf king is still good to his people. , but I have seen how he treats his friends, we have sought him after Smaug appeared, hungry and homeless, seeking the help of this so-called ally, but how did he do it?"

"He turned his back on us, watched the people of Gushan suffer, but turned around and left, allowing us to fall into hell!"

Thorin's tone grew more and more agitated, and finally he yelled at Legolas angrily.

"What do you know!" Legolas roared back in the same way, and then sneered, "You don't know, do you? The root of all this is your greedy grandfather. Back then, my father... the elf king Ser Randyll handed over the starlight white diamond left by his dead wife to you, and entrusted you to make it into a necklace, but when the necklace was delivered, your grandfather broke the contract temporarily, reneged on his promise, and proposed a super high quotation that we cannot afford."

"That's why the Lone Mountain Dwarves and the Woodland Elves broke up..."

"Impossible!" Sorin was astonished and couldn't help retorting, "It's obvious that you refused to pay the fee."

Legolas let go of his hand, with a sneer on his face: "Do you think it's possible?"

"..." Sorin fell silent, and then whispered after a long time, "But even so, the Elven King wouldn't let so many people in my kingdom below the mountain die innocently because of a necklace, the only ones who are guilty are...just King of the mountain, they are innocent..."

"Your people are innocent, aren't the people of the Woodland Kingdom innocent?"

Legolas said with a sneer: "The Elven King had warned your grandfather long ago, telling him what greed would lead to, but he did nothing. It was the ravine full of greed in your grandfather's chest that attracted the dragon Smaug. , don’t use the lives of your dwarves, do you still have to use the lives of elves?”

"you!"

Thorin's eyes widened, and he raised his fist angrily, ready to hit.

But in the end, he still lowered his arms and sat slumped on the stone.

Based on what he knew about his grandfather, he had to admit that his grandfather Thrain I, who was devoured by greed later, could indeed do such a thing.

As Thorin and Legolas fell silent, the atmosphere in the cave suddenly became strange.

Bilbo's gaze wandered between the silent Thorin and Legolas, hesitating for a long time, but he still couldn't speak.

At this moment, the fat dwarf who was grilling kebabs beat his companion with his arm, swallowed and said.

"Be careful, your skewers are about to burn!"

"oh oh!"

The fat dwarf came back to his senses, quickly put away the skewers, sprinkled on the salt and pepper he carried with him, and then distributed the skewers exuding a strong meat aroma to Bilbo and the dwarves who had been waiting for a long time.

Amid the aroma of food, the atmosphere in the cave became warm again.

Only Legolas and Thorin were affected by the quarrel just now, so they couldn't get excited.

……

In the afternoon, everyone ate and drank enough, and embarked on the journey to Gushan again.

Although Legolas lost his sense of direction, he still remembered the map of the Black Forest and the Woodland Kingdom, so he suggested that they go north, bypass the Woodland Kingdom and go directly to Long Lake Town at the mouth of the Jungle River.

Walking on the magic-protected elf trail, the atmosphere became weird and silent again.

Thorin walked in the front, but he always turned his head from time to time to look at Legolas at the end of the line.

Bilbo also stayed at the end of the line, asking Legolas curiously about elves.

As the well-deserved protagonist of the hobbit, Legolas naturally has a good impression of Bilbo, so he patiently answered his doubts and satisfied the curiosity of this natural adventurer among the hobbits.

Suddenly, Thorin appeared beside them: "Bilbo, can I have a word with him?"

"Uh... Of course, you can talk."

Bilbo grinned, and walked briskly forward, leaving room for them to chat alone.

Legolas lowered his head and glanced at Thorin, and said calmly, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Thorin suddenly said calmly: "Are you the elf prince of the Woodland Kingdom?"

Legolas was slightly taken aback, then frowned involuntarily.

Sorin looked up at his expression, and said calmly: "Don't be surprised, I'm a dwarf, and I'm most sensitive to rare weapons and armor, whether it's the armor on your body that can drive away animals, or this strange magic bow , are not possessed by ordinary elves, plus your complicated demeanor when you mentioned the elf king Thranduil, I can naturally guess your identity."

"I'm curious, what did you do to be kicked out of the Woodland Kingdom by your father?"

Legolas said lightly: "This has nothing to do with you."

The corner of Sorin's mouth twitched, and he said flatly: "I don't know what it feels like to be driven away by my father, but I know the feeling of being driven out of my homeland very well. It is a terrible feeling that I never want to experience again in my life. So I will keep my promise and help you get what you want..."

Legolas looked at him in surprise, as if he didn't expect Thorin to say such a thing.

Was it because of the butterfly effect he traveled through that caused this guy's personality to change slightly?
Just when Legolas was thinking this way, he suddenly noticed a malicious sense of peeping in the forest.

Without any hesitation, Legolas immediately picked up the compound bow, pulled the bowstring, and shot the ice arrow condensed in the blue light into the forest.

"call out--"

The Frostbolt exuding the cold white air sank into the forest, making the peeping people scream.

The familiar voice changed the faces of Bilbo, Thorin and the others. They took out their weapons and looked around warily.

"It's the orcs!" Thorin said solemnly, "They finally came after them!"

(End of this chapter)