If given a choice, even the person involved, Bilbo himself, would not be willing to make such a move to sacrifice his life for the dwarves.

However, the world is so difficult, and now it is a matter of life and death for all members of this expedition team.

Whether it was to save himself or all the dwarves here, Bilbo felt that the escape plan he shared with the dwarves at this moment was the best escape plan with the highest chance of winning among all the impossible.

After all, he still holds the magical Lord of the Rings that can make him invisible, and the hobbit's silent walking characteristics have been faithfully verified in several escape journeys in the past.

If he and the dwarves escaped separately, Bilbo firmly believed that this would make the bleak escape journey a little brighter for everyone, and it would not be difficult to escape from the dragnet of the spider army surging from all directions.

..

Hearing that Bilbo was about to sacrifice his life to stay and help everyone lure away the spiders, the dwarves, who were slightly dizzy because of being poisoned by spiders, felt that the world was spinning in front of them. However, the Hobbit Snitch in front of them insisted on carrying out this extremely dangerous strategy.

, after everyone tried to persuade him, he all agreed to this resolution.

"Bilbo, how can a person escape safely after you lure away those spiders?"

Just as the dwarves were asking, the enemy's cobweb encirclement seemed to have reached its most violent final offensive.

As the big spiders surrounded them one after another without fear of life and death, the dwarves felt that the space for their struggle for survival was getting smaller and smaller.

At such a critical moment, Bilbo suddenly felt that he could no longer delay. He suddenly put on the ring, and Bilbo's entire body disappeared in the slightly crowded team of dwarves.

Just as the dwarves were fighting against the spiders and struggling to find Bilbo's figure with their groggy heads, they heard the hobbit's familiar playful tone coming from the foot of a broken oak tree not far away.

"Hey, stupid spider, I'm here, come and catch me!" The source of the voice turned out to be behind the spider army surrounding the web.

Bilbo's sudden disappearance and reappearance angered the spiders who were not very intelligent.

The moment they heard these provocative words, the spiders stopped together. Then the dwarves were shocked to see that many spiders on the outside of the encirclement had given up on besieging them. This group of stubborn resistance was like a smelly and hard broken stone.

As hard as he was to chew, he angrily went to chase and intercept Bilbo.

After being surprised by Bilbo's primitive and effective method of luring away enemies, the dwarves looked at each other and were dumbfounded.

"I hope Bilbo can join us safely, and may Turin bless him! This is a good opportunity to break out of the encirclement. Everyone, rush together with me, and don't let the great opportunity created by the Snitch be wasted!"

At the difficult moment when all the dwarves were dizzy, the old dwarf Balin, who was the only sensible person in the team, roared loudly and led the dwarves to fight wildly, trying to take the lead in getting out of the sharply reduced enemy encirclement in front of them as planned.

Breakthrough.

The dwarves gathered together, threw a large number of stones at the spider on the left, and took the opportunity to rush out of the encirclement. The shouts and singing behind them suddenly disappeared.

Bilbo's familiar accent disappeared, which made many dwarves, including Balin, frown and worry.

In addition to praying for the blessings of their ancestors for the hobbits in their hearts, the dwarves who have not yet escaped have no other options. After all, there are many spiders chasing them behind them. The current situation,

The dwarves were like clay bodhisattvas crossing the river, and they were in a difficult situation...

In such a difficult and dangerous situation, naturally no one dared to suggest turning back or stopping the news for a moment.

The only choice reality provides to this group of dwarf warriors fighting to escape is to move forward, never-ending progress.

However, in this extremely strange and dark forest, especially near the spider lair base camp filled with cobwebs, escape is not that easy.

The dwarves, who had been poisoned and injured, dragged their wounded bodies away and not long after that, a group of spiders came up to kill them.

Suddenly, the situation became critical again.

At this moment, Bilbo, who was previously responsible for diverting the spider army, suddenly came from the side and rushed into the spider encirclement.

"Everyone, leave quickly!" he shouted: "Let me break up the queen!"

Turin bless you, Bilbo said so, and he did it.

The hobbit snitch holding a dagger contradicted the dwarves' impression of him being timid and avoiding combat. He stabbed forward and backward, cutting spider silk and slashing spider legs. As long as any spider dared to come close, he would pierce them.

Fat body.

After a few rounds, the entire group of spider pursuers were repelled by Bilbo who heroically killed the enemy.

Only then did the dwarves notice that everyone had arrived at the place where the elven campfire originally appeared.

The sky here is greener and the trees are no longer spooky. Everyone finally has a chance to rest and take a breath.

Suddenly, the dwarf Dwalin stood up as if he realized something. He looked around suspiciously. "Where is Thorin?"

Upon hearing this question, everyone was immediately shocked.

There are really only thirteen people here: twelve dwarves, and one hobbit.

Yes, where did Thorin go?

After realizing that their common leader was missing, perhaps killed by various dark beasts in the forest or captured by enemies, or perhaps worse, the dwarves were trembling with fear.

However, they were too tired, and when they sat down to rest, the toxins that the spiders had injected into the dwarves' bodies began to show.

Then, everyone still couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep one after another.

Thorin was actually arrested earlier.

As early as when he first explored the elven fireworks, Thorin, as the leader, bravely took the lead and became the first person to step into the campfire.

There is no doubt that he fell into some kind of magical stupor at that time.

The effect of this hypnotic magic was so powerful that even the roars and panic cries of the other dwarf companions when they were captured by the spiders did not wake them up.

This awkward sleep ended when the wood elf appeared silently at dawn, tied him up and took him away.

....

There is a huge cave on the eastern edge of Mirkwood, where lives the greatest king of the forest elves. In front of his huge stone door, a river flows through the forest and stretches out to the plains outside.

This huge cave has countless small openings in all directions. Moreover, it goes deep into the ground and has many tunnels and halls. This underground world is far cleaner and brighter than the place where the orcs live, and it is not so deep.

, it won’t be that dangerous.

From ancient times to the present, most of the king's subjects live and hunt in the forest.

Perhaps due to some special customs that have evolved over time, most of the houses of this group of elven subjects are on the ground or on branches. As for the location of the palace that the king chose for himself, it is in the stone caves.

In other words, the palaces built in these stones are not just palaces. If dark creatures such as spiders in the dark forest invade, the brave and fearless king will also lead his group of equally brave citizens to resist the invasion of all foreign enemies in the woods and under the stones.

Until everyone jointly confirms that all enemies have been eliminated...

Likewise, that was the dungeon where everyone kept prisoners. Therefore, everyone dragged Thorin there without ceremony.

In ancient times, people once accused dwarves of intending to steal people's treasures and start a war with everyone; but as for the dwarves, there is another version of the story: the Elf King asked everyone to forge and refine gold and silver, but later he

Refusal to pay everyone. If the Elven King had any fault, it must be his greed for treasure, especially silver and pure white gems.

Although his treasury already contains countless treasures, he is never satisfied because he believes that he has not yet obtained the same amazing wealth as the ancient elven nobles; his people do not mine, nor can they cast metal or make jewelry.

, and are too lazy to bother with trade or farming.

Although Thorin's ancestors had nothing to do with this ancient dispute, every dwarf knew the situation. Therefore, when the magic on his body was removed, Thorin was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the elves, and he secretly decided that absolutely

Don't let the other party get any information from him, or find any gold, silver, or jewelry from him.

When Thorin was brought before the king, he looked at him seriously and asked him many questions, but Thorin just kept saying that he was very hungry.

"Why did you and your compatriots try to attack our compatriots who were feasting three times?" the king asked.

"What kind of attack? We never wanted to attack you! This is a serious accusation made out of nothing!" Thorin replied: "We approached your banquet several times just to ask for help, at least to get some food and water.

Our food supplies have long been exhausted."

"Created out of nothing? Dwarves, please watch your words! As for you, where are your fellow dwarves? Where are they at this moment?"

"I don't know, but I think we're all probably starving somewhere in the forest right now."

"What are you doing in the forest?"

"Looking for food and water, I have explained before, we don't have any food or water!"

"It seems that I didn't ask clearly, or you were deliberately pretending to be confused, dwarves - why did you go into the forest in the first place?" the king asked angrily.

Seeing that the other party seemed to be obsessed with the purpose of his group's visit, Thorin shut his mouth and stubbornly refused to answer.

"Excellent!" said the king: "Take him away and take good care of him. Let's see when he is willing to speak. I don't care even if it takes a hundred years!"

The elves tied him up with a belt and locked him in the deepest cave. They gave him a lot of food and drink. Although it was not necessarily the best, there was a lot of it. The wood elves were not half-orcs, even if they were

He will not lose touch with his mortal enemies. The only ones who will make everyone show no mercy are those big spiders.

Thorin lay like this in the king's dungeon. After he had a good meal, he began to miss his unfortunate friends. After a while, he also knew the fate of his friends. However, this record is recorded in the next chapter and is another story.

At the beginning of an adventure, the Hobbit once again showed everyone his strengths.

.....

The day after the fierce battle with the spiders, Bilbo and the dwarves finally plucked up the courage and set out on the journey again.

They not only need to find their leader Thorin, but also need to find some edible food and drinking water as supplies before they starve to death from exhaustion.

It has to be said that these two things are extremely urgent for everyone.

Everyone got up and staggered towards the direction identified as the trail, eight to five. In the end, everyone failed. The long day slowly passed, and hundreds of firelights suddenly appeared around everyone, making everyone

As if surrounded by red stars, the wood elves jumped out with bows and arrows and spears, ordering the dwarves to stop.

The dwarves raised their hands without much resistance. On this bad day when they were running out of ammunition and food, the dwarves seemed to have long anticipated the day when they would be captured again by certain creatures.

The current situation may not be so bad. After all, the elves who captured them can be called order creatures that can communicate. In any case, everyone's life safety can be guaranteed. No matter how bad the elves are, they will not starve to death of the dwarf captives.
To be continued...