Chapter 42: Climbing and Wading
This place is still part of the Mist Mountains, but it is just a territory of goblins.
On both sides are steep mountains that are towering into the clouds, and in the middle is a valley passage about four or five miles wide.
There is no such thing as beautiful scenery in the valley, but it can be said to be quite ugly. It is just because too many trees have just been cut down, leaving behind a bare stump with deep buried rhizomes.
Gandalf will change his face because that fog should not appear in the current season, and once fog rises, it is time for the goblins to come out to move.
"Hurry!" Gandalf pointed to a bucket-shaped position on the mountain wall: "Take us up!"
That place is a place that looks like a huge rock protruding, with no roads around it, and it is not easy to climb up no matter how you look at it.
The flying people naturally took them to fly one after another.
Almost after they went up, the fog swept through their positions, turning the surrounding environment into something that was invisible to the point of reaching out.
The thick fog filled the air with water molecules. Every time the air that entered the lungs was breathed, it was filled with water vapor, and the clothes on the body were quickly stained with dew.
A muffled drum sound came from somewhere, and it didn't seem to be in a very far place when the sound was heard.
"The mountains on both sides were almost hollowed out." Gandalf sat directly on the ground and said, "There are more than 200,000 goblins here, and war will occur when the fog comes on each side."
Sam Wes was quite curious and pressed his ear against the mountain wall, making the drum sound clearer.
In fact, if Frodo's uncle Bilbo was present, he would definitely recall the memories of being here when he was young.
It probably happened fifty or sixty years ago. Bilbo followed Thorin and Oak Shield's team to go to Gushan and came to this place on the way.
At that time, there was only one goblin here, but that king died in that confrontation.
Later, there was a civil strife here. A king appeared on the side. Everyone wanted to kill the other party. The war had lasted for forty or fifty years.
"Listen." Aragon covered his ears with one hand and made a listening posture, lowered his voice and said, "The sound of footsteps."
It was not so obvious before, but later it might be that there were too many people walking around, and the sound of stepping gradually became clear.
The drum sound also became clear, no longer the slits of the mountain, but clearly the cave was ringing outside.
"It's started again." Gandalf said helplessly: "Wait."
Gimley was both confused and a little sulky, asking, "Why don't you pass through the valley while your vision is blocked? Now, they fight and can't stop for a while. How long will we stay here?"
Aragon explained: "The thick fog has little effect on goblins."
Of course, goblins also rely on their eyes to see objects, but they prefer to rely on their nose to identify smells.
The thick fog has an impact on goblins, but they still have a keen nose, otherwise they would not have started a war under the thick fog.
The Expeditionary Force of the Rings is not more familiar with the goblins here than the goblins. How should I rush to the road without seeing my five fingers?
"The thick fog will block some people's spying on here." Gandalf didn't want to explain, but could feel that Gimley became very irritable, so he said: "The goblins are still quite timid, and they always think that someone will take advantage of them to fight each other and then make a profit in the end."
Lin Bin and others immediately understood when they heard Gandalf say that.
There are not only two goblin forces here, but also forces that can threaten goblins. It seems that that force or several forces will not be too strong, otherwise I would have done something if I really wanted to do something.
The following was already starting, and various howlings and even stranger sounds kept echoing in the valley.
If you can't see the eyes, the two sides who are fighting will not be less than three to five thousand?
Maggie passed the mental power scan to three other people.
Under their "gaze", although there are quite a lot of noises, there are really not many dead goblins. If you really want to make an evaluation, two gangs of kids are fighting, and they are still extremely unsatisfied.
"I originally planned to gather these guys, but now I look stupid."
"The surrounding forces don't need to inquire. Those forces can't even clean up such goblins, and it's a waste of time to gather them up."
"It seems that the race or force that has not played in the movie plot is basically the case if it plays, it will not affect the situation?"
"It should be."
Of course, Lin Bin and others were communicating with their soul chains.
Their previous plan was to leave Chu Fan and Meili, either smash it with gold or use death threats to take the two goblin forces here for their own use.
For gold or something, the main world can replace it with a little reward point, and they brought as many as two tons.
Death threat? Of course, it depends on the shadow assassin of Meli.
The funny fight between the goblins on both sides ended before the thick fog dissipated.
The seemingly fierce confrontation, after the thick fog dissipated, there was no corpse. It was just a mess in the venue, and some blood stains left behind proved what had happened here.
Gandalf stood up, patted the dew on the mage's robe, and said, "Let's go."
The mages in this world may not need to be very powerful, but they need to be knowledgeable and have an understanding of all races.
Gandalf did not see how powerful he was, but he showed enough knowledge and understanding of all parties, even if he knew where he should go.
After they left that canyon, they could have come to a plain.
"We need to walk through this plain." Gandalf pointed ahead, where there was a mountain range that looked like ice and snow: "Passing Mount Dur."
Lin Bin and others understood when they saw the distant mountains.
They had thought that the scenes in the movie changed because time passed too long, otherwise why would it be green all over the mountains and fields? The next shot was in the snow and ice, but it turned out to be different environments in different places.
There is nothing strange about it. In the same season, the environment will change with the altitude. There must be green shade at the foot of a mountain, but the top of the mountain is filled with ice and snow.
"There is no race here." Gandalf said that this was obviously afraid: "We must pass through the plains as fast as possible and cannot stay for more than three days!"
It is obvious that some people know why, but they don't say it.
People who don't understand asked again, but no one provided the answer.
Lin Bin asked Maggie to scan the ground, and the answer was that there must have been an unprecedented war here, with dense bones under the soil!
Chapter completed!