Aftershocks occurred again in the Northern Misty Mountains, the mountains began to shake violently, and several huge rocks rolled down.

Looking at Gao Yuan's encouraging eyes, the desperate Bilbo seemed to have made up his mind.

He must escape from this terrifying darkness and escape from this damn place.

He pulled out the stinging sword that he had not yet named and came to Gulu.

Putting the stinging sword in front of the unsuspecting Gollum, Bilbo could kill him at any time if he wanted to, and then escape from this damn cave.

Just as Bilbo was wielding the Stinging Sword, preparing to chop off Gollum's head, Gollum slowly turned his head. He looked blankly at the void where Bilbo was, and a tear slipped from the corner of his eye.

Bilbo suddenly felt a kind of sympathy mixed with fear for this poor monster. He might have lived in this dark underground cave for countless years.

The only company he had was the hard rocks and the blind fish in the underground lake, and an inexplicable feeling of loneliness filled his heart.

Looking at Gulu in front of him, this poor guy has already suffered too much.

The blue light that stabbed Dingjian was flashing, as if there was something he wanted to say to him.

He remembered what Gao Yuan said when he handed him this elf sword.

"I never think you lack courage. Trust me, killing is always the worst method."

Bilbo finally put down the Stinging Sword in his hand and sighed.

This sigh caught Gollum's attention, and he found the guy who stole his treasure; the snitch who stole his birthday gift; Baggins, he was standing in front of him!!!

Gollum's expression quickly became ferocious, and he wanted to pounce on Bilbo, even though he couldn't see where Bilbo was.

"I have never lacked courage, and I don't need to kill to prove whether I have it!" Bilbo's heart moved, and he jumped up.

He passed over Gulu's head. This pass was not perfect, because one of his insteps kicked Gulu hard in the face, knocking him to the ground.

Gulu lay on the ground, turned around and wanted to catch the nasty snitch, but it was too late.

"No my baby!!!"

Bilbo, at this time, had already fled in the direction Gao Yuan and the others had left, running towards the back door of the Orc Town.

Painful roars and vicious curses came from behind Bilbo, but Gollum did not chase him. He was afraid to leave the cave and face the sun.

When he lost, he not only lost his prey; he also lost the most important treasure in his life.

"Thief, Snitch, Baggins! We hate you, we will hate you forever!!!"

Before Bilbo was about to leave the gate of the Orc town, he heard Gollum's last roar coming from the cave, a roar full of anger and despair.

Gao Yuan and others fled a long distance until sunset, when they finally stopped on a hillside leading to a large plain. There were only a few sparse pine trees as embellishments on this hillside, and most of them were exposed rocks.

Gao Yuan stopped and pretended to count the number of people: "Five, seven, ten..."

"Bofur, Bahrain... there are twelve, and with Pombo included, there are thirteen."

Gao Yuan looked around and asked: "Where is Bilbo, and where are our hobbits?"

Facing Gao Yuan's question, none of the dwarves in the expedition team came up with an answer. All the dwarves looked around. If Gao Yuan hadn't asked, they wouldn't have noticed that one person in their team had disappeared. Except for Noli, he saw

Bilbo ran away when he arrived.

"Damn the Hobbit, he's not keeping up with us."

"I thought he was with Dolly, you know, it was so chaotic."

Doli yelled at her brother, "Don't you dare blame me for this."

Gao Yuan asked: "Where was the last time you saw him?"

At this time Noli stood up.

"When we were caught by the goblin, I saw him take the opportunity to escape."

Gao Yuan continued to ask: "So, where is he now?"

"Let me tell you, our Mr. Baggins ran away when he saw the opportunity. Ever since he left Hobbiton, he has only thought about the soft bed and fireplace in Bag End. Maybe he has gone home by now.

He's gone, we'll never see him again."

The dwarves were disappointed for a while. In fact, after more than two months of getting along, everyone has slowly begun to accept Bilbo's existence. Everyone is trying to regard him as a member of the team, even if they have not fully accepted his existence.

Facing Bilbo's departure, everyone was still a little disappointed.

"No, I didn't go back." At some point, Bilbo stood behind Gao Yuan. He took off the Lord of the Rings in his hand and exited the invisible state.

Seeing Bilbo reappearing, all the dwarves cheered in surprise.

Gao Yuan had expected it, and he looked at Bilbo who appeared with a smile.

"I knew you wouldn't leave because you promised me."

Bilbo was stunned when he heard this.

"What did I promise you, Mr. Gao Yuan?"

Gao Yuan pulled Bilbo into the center of the team and patted him on the shoulder.

"You promised to go back to Rivendell with me to live for a while after the mission is over."

"It seems that our snitch is still very qualified. He can already walk behind me silently."

Indeed, when everyone was talking just now, no one noticed when Bilbo walked behind Gao Yuan. They were still looking for Bilbo everywhere just now.

If they were still doubtful about the identity of Bilbo the Snitch under the assurance of Gao Yuan and Gandalf before, now they are convinced of it.

"How did you escape from the Orc Town? Gao Yuan caused an earthquake there and the entire Orc Town collapsed." Qili asked curiously.

When Bilbo was feeling proud, he was about to take out the ring he found from his pocket and let everyone take a look.

Gao Yuan glanced at Bilbo's coat pocket thoughtfully, and then interrupted Bilbo's move to show off.

"It doesn't matter anymore. What matters is that our Hobbit is back now."

"This is very important, I want to know..." Thorin walked up to Bilbo and asked.

Even after Bilbo showed up, he still had deep doubts. He originally firmly believed that Bilbo would never come back.

"Why do you want to come back? I treated you like this before, but you still came back." Thorin asked.

Bilbo laughed, pointed at Gao Yuan and said: "Gao Yuan has already answered before, I promised him."

"That's what Mr. Gao Yuan thinks. I want to know what you think?" Thorin didn't believe Bilbo's words.

Bilbo was stunned by these words. He stared into Thorin's eyes. He didn't understand why Thorin wanted to get to the bottom of it and what his purpose was.

Do you want to confirm whether he is trustworthy?

"I know that you have always been prejudiced against me. You were right before. I do miss the soft bed and fireplace in Bag End, as well as my deck chair and garden. It is where I belong and my home.

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"That's why I chose to come back. It's because you don't have a home. Your home was taken away. I think I would be happy to help you get it back."

Gao Yuan took the lead in applauding, and all the dwarves also applauded Bilbo's speech.

After Bilbo said these words, he truly integrated into the expedition team and into the group of dwarves. Everyone was moved by Bilbo's speech at this moment, and they began to accept and trust Bilbo.

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