Earlier.

The Snow Emperor Squad and the Dwarf Expedition crossed the plains and reached the border of the dark forest.

Towering ancient trees blocked them in unison. Looking around, there was almost no gap between the ancient trees and ancient trees, all of which were blocked by vines and branches, and there was no path at all.

Bilbo looked up at the dark forest and took a deep breath.

There was a smell of ammonia in the dense forest, which made him very uncomfortable and couldn't help but cough twice.

"The trees here are sick," Bilbo said.

Bahrain grinned: "These sick trees cannot stop the dwarves from moving forward."

Bilbo couldn't help but frown.

It is true that it is very correct to maintain an optimistic attitude at this time, but being too optimistic means being arrogant.

Bilbo has not seen the jungle before. Before entering Slave Ridge, he also experienced a long jungle trek and encountered many dangers and crises.

However, the previous jungle is not the same level as the jungle in front of you.

The dense forest before was just a large number of trees covering the sunlight. The orders in front of us not only covered the sunlight, but also exuded a gloomy feeling.

Bilbo couldn't help but wonder, is this really the legendary woodland kingdom?

As one of the three major elves, the wood elves are arrogant and extraordinary. Bilbo thought they would live in a place similar to the wonderland on earth, and at least they should be in line with Rivendell, but...

This place is simply not much better than the Goblin dungeon.

Although I haven't seen the wood elves yet, Bilbo's impression of the wood elves has been greatly reduced.

While everyone was wandering and wondering how to enter the dark forest, Qili suddenly shouted, "Look at there!"

Everyone looked at Qili's voice and saw a huge thorn arch in a dark and sickly forest. The shape of this thorn arch was like a pair of deer antlers. The tops of the antlers were entangled together, and the surrounding dead trees and vines covered it up. If you don't look carefully, you will easily miss it.

Bahrain, Groyin and others stepped forward and cut off the dead branches on the thorn arch with swords and axes. A huge arch with a magnificent shape appeared in front of them.

This arch is 30 meters high, and every thorn requires two people to hug each other.

Standing under the thorny arch and looking at the faint dense forest, all the dwarves felt a sense of depression that was indescribable.

Tie Hammer couldn't help frowning and said in an incredible tone: "Is this the Elf Gate?"

Xuedi said lightly: "It seems that's it."

Tie Hammer asked, "What should we do now?"

In fact, she didn't know what to do, but wanted to wait for Xu Feng.

When Xu Feng is not here, she feels like she has no backbone.

Isn’t this the case with Emperor Xue?

But Xuedi is the captain, and she is more calm and comprehensive than the iron hammer.

After a moment of pause, she said to Thorin: "Cut off all the dead trees around this Elf Gate and see if there is a path behind the Elf Gate."

"Okay." Thorin turned to the Dwarf Expedition and said, "You guys go and clear out all the dead trees."

Ge Luoyin and others immediately took their axes and walked to the Elf Gate, clearing out the dead trees and vines that were wrapped around the Elf Gate.

This process seems simple, but in fact it takes a lot of time. The dead trees and vines are entangled together, and it is not that easy to clean them.

After the Dwarf Expedition team cleared the vines and dead trees, this grand elf gate was truly displayed in front of them.

A deep path also extended behind the Elf Gate.

On the trail, there are floor tiles with elf patterns.

These floor tiles are covered with dust, and it is obvious that no one has passed by here for a long time.

The wood elves' woodland kingdom is in the center of this dark forest. There are 4 such elves gates in the woodland kingdom, which is just one of them, but it is conceivable that the same should be true for the other three directions.

Since the destruction of the Lone Mountain Kingdom, the wood elves' king Serandir immediately closed his territory and no longer contacted anyone, and even reduced contact with the other two elves races.

In the eyes of the countries of the alliance, King Serandir's behavior was caused by guilt, but in fact, it was more like a sign of disheartening.

When the path behind the Elf Gate appeared, the dwarves frowned.

They did not want to pass through the Woodland Kingdom, because to them, the wood elves are betrayers. They were very worried that when they saw the wood elves, they would not be able to resist conflict with the wood elves.

Solin naturally had the same idea. When he was using Rivendell, he was very reluctant, let alone now he had to use the Woodland Kingdom.

It would be great if Gandalf and Xu Feng were there, but unfortunately they were neither.

Thorin had to bite the bullet and make a decision, because if they didn't walk from the Woodland Kingdom, they would have to spend about a month circling the dangerous area of ​​the dark forest.

When King Thrandir rejected the Druids, the Druids took a long time to circumvent the dangerous areas. The Druids not only spent a long time, but also sacrificed a lot of their lives.

Thorin was not afraid of sacrificing his life. They came to restore the Gushan Dynasty. Sacrifice was naturally inevitable. They had been mentally prepared for this, but they could not waste time.

The only way to enter Gushan Palace safely is to enter through the secret passage.

The only way to enter the secret passage is to use the secret key to open the hidden magic door on this day of autumn.

If they miss this day, they will have to wait for another year.

During this year, many changes will happen, and the orcs will chase them and chase them relentlessly, and other dwarf tribes will also be eager to try the treasures in Gushan Palace...

Therefore, Thorin only has this opportunity. Even if he doesn't want to pass by the Woodland Kingdom in his heart, he has no other choice.

He sighed secretly and said to the dwarves in a deep voice: "Discharge all the supplies on the pony and put them back to their master."

These ponies were lent to them by Beorn. Beorn did not want his livestock to enter the territory of the wood elves. According to the agreement, Thorin must release the ponies back at the elves' gate.

The dwarves unloaded their supplies one after another. When they let the pants go away, a loud explosion came from the direction of the stone house. At this moment, the entire plain was shaking!

People need to stab their weapons to the ground to stabilize their bodies and avoid falling down.

The explosion shock wave lasted for two minutes, and then the entire plain slowly returned to calm.

"What's going on?" Pover asked nervously, covering his hat.

"Gunpowder Pill..." Emperor Xue said lightly.

This shows that at this moment, Xu Feng had already fought with the wolf cavalry.
Chapter completed!