People in the heavens are as rich as the enemies of the country

"We went around the jungle. The tower hill is not big anyway."

Shalin said directly and decisively: "Go to the open area in front, prepare the formation in advance, and wait for work."

Tang Sen had no objections to Sarin's decision. He would never point fingers in areas he was not good at, and combat happened to be the area he was least good at.

So the group quickly changed direction and took a detour close to the jungle.

Even with Tang Sen's eyesight, he could tell that there was sudden movement in the jungle, and there was the faint sound of wild beasts roaring.

However, until the moon rose into the sky, the expected attack did not happen.

Tang Sen's entire face was shrouded in the elf cloak. The characteristics of the cloak made it impossible for others to see his face through the shadows. Of course, there were also newly purchased leather gloves. With Tang Sen's carefulness, he would not make such a mistake. Low level error.

From the beginning to the end, no dwarf noticed that Tang Sen had turned into a skeleton.

"Set up camp and divide into three groups to keep vigil." Shalin was obviously irritated by Oak's abnormal behavior. She arranged the camp and looked back in the direction of the jungle from time to time.

"We're afraid we're being targeted, they're waiting in the shadows."

"What are you waiting for?" Sharda asked.

"Of course we are waiting for reinforcements." Shalin tied up his horse and sat down on the ground: "I don't know how many Oaks there are in the jungle, but they obviously don't have the confidence to fight us head-on, and they are not willing to let us go, so they have been Follow from a distance."

"Until reinforcements strong enough to surround us arrive, then they will show their fangs."

"Isn't the situation very bad?" A dwarf came over and said worriedly.

"It's better to go in directly! It's better than being followed from afar!" Sharda said irritably.

"You are too reckless, Sharda!" Shalin is the most experienced person among the dwarves in facing the Oaks. She understands these dark creatures: "Except for losing our ponies, entering the jungle has no consequences. Meaning, those are Gundabad wargs!"

"In the jungle, we can't catch them."

"This won't work, that won't work either!" Sharda punched the stone hard: "Just waiting for them to be fully prepared and kill us all?"

"Damn it, we have just set off, why are we being targeted by Oak!"

"I'm afraid I've been targeting him for a long time." Tang Sen said, "Before I went to Eredlon."

His eyes stopped on the mithril armor on Shalin. Shalin was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you mean?"

"It's obvious."

Tang Sen said: "The Oak cavalry who escaped last time has seen the value of mithril armor. When the news spread among the Oaks, I don't think the Oaks would have no idea, but they didn't take it into consideration. This time we will have so many dwarves traveling with us."

Shalin's eyes suddenly turned red. She stood up suddenly and roared: "These Oaks dare to take advantage of Mithril!"

The other dwarves also became excited and stood up one after another.

"Follow me into the jungle!" Shalin waved his hammers: "I'm going to take off the heads of these Oaks and stuff them into their butts!"

Tang Sen: "."

Where was your rationality just now!

He had to stand up and stop Sarin, "Calm down, at least they don't have the guts yet."

"The large-scale Oak cavalry must be transferred from the Misty Mountains. We still have a lot of time."

He has one more piece of news that he has not yet told. When the time comes, Thorin Oakenshield will probably help attract the attention of many Oaks. After all, Azog, whose wrist was cut off by him back then, has been holding a grudge for so many years and vowed to kill Thorin. Forest.

"I don't care so much! Their target is my mithril!" Shalin shouted: "Dulin, the dwarves will never tolerate this kind of thing!"

"It's my mithril."

Tang Sen has slowly begun to master how to cool down the dwarf's emotions.

"Light a bonfire, cook some food, and get ready to rest." Tang Sen said directly: "We have to speed up tomorrow."

The reality that mithril did not belong to them made all the dwarves wilt, and the atmosphere throughout the night was immersed in sadness.

The darkness inside the jungle seemed to not exist, and there was no movement.

Just like this, they traveled during the day and camped at night. Three days later, the team finally entered the territory of the Shire.

In fact, the straight-line distance between Taqiu and Shire is not too far, only more than a hundred kilometers. However, there are no roads in this era, and even riding a horse, the speed cannot be increased.

The surrounding jungles and hills finally turned into fields and orchards with vigorous growth. This place was like a paradise. Occasionally, low houses on the roadside could be seen, as well as hobbits sitting on chairs in front of the houses smoking.

Well, each of these halflings are about ten centimeters shorter than the dwarves, and they are also long-lived species like the dwarves. However, the hobbits are hardly good at fighting. According to the dwarves, they are all skinny dwarves. Not worth mentioning except for the amount of food.

The terrain is open and the sun is shining brightly, and the following Oaks have disappeared. Tang Sen suspected that they were hiding in the old woods of the Shire, but they remained silent on the surface.

From Tang Sen's point of view, being targeted by Oak is not really bad news.

Even if he wasn't targeted by Oak, Tang Sen planned to provoke some trolls, giant spiders and the like.

A peaceful journey was not what Tang Sen wanted to see. The dwarves needed to fight, a hard and even desperate fight.

Only in this way can you have the opportunity to take a step further as an employer.

After all, the mithril ring on the index finger of his right hand has never rested in the past few days.

After inquiring along the way, Townsend came to a house half buried in a hill with a clear goal. Hobbits called this kind of house Bag End, and this house belonged to Bilbo Baggins.

The door was closed. Tang Sen poked his head through the window and looked inside. It was also empty inside.

"It seems Thorin Oakenshield has found all his teammates."

"Tang Sen, do you want to catch up with Thorin?" Shalin came over and asked excitedly: "That's right, our route will also pass through Gushan. You can definitely hire Thorin. I did the math, and there are still people there. There are thirteen dwarves, and based on half a year's journey, everyone can earn——"

"I don't have this idea, Sarin." Tang Sen interrupted Sarin's calculations and said: "I'm afraid Thorin Oakenshield will not accept my employment."

Shalin was stunned for a moment and nodded tangledly: "That's true. Thorin Oakenshield only cares about the Lonely Mountain now. Moreover, he is very proud. It's a pity."

"However, we do need to catch up with them." Tang Sen said: "I have to meet the wizard in his team."

"Wizard?" Shalin asked in confusion: "How do you know there is a wizard in Thorin's team?"

"I'm a traveler."

Townsend smiled and said: "Travelers know many things."

Note: Where there is a conflict between the plot settings of the movie and the original work, I will choose to use the plot of the movie.