"So, you let Tariel take your place, patrolling the border of the Woodland Kingdom, and then you led an elf guard to secretly catch up with us?" Gao Yuan asked.

"Anyway, I'm basically patrolling the border. My father won't notice that I have left the Woodland Kingdom."

Legolas smiled proudly. This was also the first time he tried to truly disobey his father's order. This filled him with a sense of accomplishment that could not be matched no matter how many orcs he killed.

Following the running river flowing down from the top of the Lonely Mountain, the members of the Lonely Mountain Expedition started from here and walked together with the members of the Elf Guard brought by Legolas. In just one day, they arrived

Gushan is located in the foothills between two ridges in the south.

According to Thorin's memories, before Smaug arrived, the foothills in front of him were once covered with lush forests, and even on the ridges on both sides, a little green could be seen all year round.

But now, on both sides of the rushing river that passes through the foothills, there are only many towering steep rocks overlooking the rushing water.

Across the fast and noisy rushing river, they saw many long-abandoned houses, tall buildings and ruins of city walls in the shadowed valleys of the two southern branches of the lonely mountain.

Gao Yuan stood on a steep rock and looked at the valley below him. He knew that there was the ruins of the former River Valley City.

"Where is that place?" The curious baby Bilbo always starts asking questions when he encounters unknown things.

He didn't know that there was such a magnificent city under the lonely mountain where the dwarves were.

Although it seems to have been abandoned for a long time and desolate at this time, judging from the remaining ruins of River Valley City, it must have been a prosperous and lively place in the past.

"There used to be the location of Dale City, but now there is only a ruin." Balin explained to Bilbo, "Before Smaug arrived, Dale City was very prosperous, and there were many dwarves and humans living in it."

When he described all this, he looked very sad and solemn. He and Thorin were in the valley city when the dragon Smaug came to the Lonely Mountain.

It was there that they witnessed Lonely Mountain attacking the dwarf kingdom on the mountain.

"In the past, people in the river valley would exchange a large amount of daily necessities and supplies for tools and weapons forged by dwarf craftsmen. There were also many parents of human children who would rather give money to send their children to dwarf craftsmen.

Become an apprentice in order to learn the forging knowledge of the dwarves." Thorin muttered to himself.

"The Desolation of Smaug" Bilbo continued to ask, "So where are all the people who used to live there now?"

Gao Yuan slapped Bilbo on the head.

This kid always doesn't pay attention to the scene or other people's mood when asking questions.

"The dwarves are now scattered in various places in Middle-earth. Most of the humans have also left the east and gone to the west to make a living. The rest are still living in Changhu Town not far away."

"Originally, the dwarves of Gushan were preparing to take back their former hometown, the Mines of Moria in the Misty Mountains. Unfortunately, they failed, so most of them now live in the Blue Mountains." Gao Yuan said.

After Bilbo listened to Gao Yuan's answer, he also knew at this time that it might not be appropriate for him to ask this question at this time.

He looked at Thorin with an apologetic look: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you..."

Thorin didn't care.

"You don't have to apologize for this. That's why we are here now, to take back our former home."

Now is not the time to be sad. The dwarves have been sad about this for a long time. They are not afraid of facing the evil dragon in the lonely mountain. What they are afraid of is that they can no longer see the hope for the future of their race.

Going to the Lonely Mountain and regaining their homeland is their struggle to find hope. Thorin's grandfather went to regain the mines of Moria; Thorin and his father did the same to regain the Lonely Mountain.

They continued to climb along the fast currents of the rushing river.

Until they came to the gate of the Gushan dwarf kingdom, they could clearly see the gate located between the two branches of Gushan.

The entrance to the underground city of the dwarf kingdom was buried by countless rubbles after the king of the Lonely Mountain dwarves, Thorin's grandfather, led most of the tribe away from the Lonely Mountain.

The dwarves and elves were very sure that no one would still be living inside at this time, but from the cracks in the gravel at the door, there was still some steam and black smoke floating out.

There was deathly silence around the gate, except for the hoarse cries of black ravens. These were not things from the Lonely Mountain. The unpleasant sounds made Balin and the others shiver.

"It seems that the evil dragon entrenched in the lonely mountain is still living in the underground city of this mountain range." Bilbo was a little scared when he saw the black smoke rising from the rubble and the dead atmosphere.

Gao Yuan disagreed: "That's just right. It allows us to trap Smaug in this underground city. At least we don't have to fight an evil dragon flying in the sky."

"Gao Yuan is right, the evil dragon lying underground is not a dragon, it is just a fire-breathing lizard; only the evil dragon flying in the sky is the most terrifying." Thorin said loudly.

"What should we do, Mr. Gao Yuan." Legolas looked at the black smoke coming out of the door in front of him, his face a little solemn.

Gao Yuan pointed to the gate: "What you need to do is to work with me to strengthen that gate. That is the only exit for the evil dragon to escape from the Gushan Dungeon."

"If the dragon comes out before we enter the dungeon, hide, protect yourself and tell us."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! There was not much time left for the expedition team, and they chose to split up.

Gao Yuan and the elves are responsible for strengthening the gate of the dwarf kingdom; while Thorin, Bilbo and others are responsible for finding the location of the dwarf's secret door in the Lonely Mountain.

Far away in the underground city hall of the Woodland Kingdom.

Thranduil, who was standing in front of the throne, angrily threw a crystal cup in his hand to the ground. At this time, standing in front of him was Tauriel with his head lowered and a guilty look on his face. The bright red wine

It splashed all over her.

"How dare you... how dare you deceive me like this." Thranduil yelled angrily.

In the main hall at this time, in addition to Thranduil and Tariel, there was another group of elves standing in the center of the main hall.

They were elves from Rivendell, headed by Arwen, whom Gao Yuan had always dreamed of, and his two brothers-in-law, Elrohir and Elladan.

Seeing the furious Thranduil, Elrohir and Elladan couldn't help but frown.

There were still guests in front of him at this time, and Thranduil was so rude. As a result, their first impression of the elf king of the Sindar and Silvan tribes was much worse.

They brought more than two thousand elven soldiers all the way from Rivendell and followed the expedition to the Woodland Kingdom.

But after all, they arrived a step too late. Gao Yuan and the others had already left Green Forest a week ago.

When the elves of Rivendell passed by the Jungle River, they happened to meet Tariel and others who were leading the woodland elven guard to patrol it.

In desperation, Tariel had no choice but to lead Arwen and others back to the Woodland Kingdom, and led them to meet Thranduil.

Thranduil immediately sensed something was wrong when he saw Tariel leading the elves of Rivendell in front of him.

Logically speaking, Tauriel should have been banned from leaving the dungeon at this time. How did she come into contact with Arwen and others?

So, he questioned Tauriel unceremoniously in front of the elven allies in Rivendell.

He asked her where Legolas was at this time and why Legolas, who originally led the elf guard, led Arwen and others to him.

At this moment, Tariel also knew that he could no longer hide the fact that he was patrolling the green forest in place of Legolas, so he told Thranduil everything about Legolas leading a team to help the dwarves.

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