[The Hobbit] Farstrider's Journey

The fear steed galloped across the wilderness under the night moon, wading past like a flame rolling by.

Fortunately, the flames on the baron did not ignite specific things, otherwise it would not be a fun thing to catch fire wherever he went.

As the king of the Woodland Kingdom, Thranduil doesn't often go out alone. Although he knows that there are shapeshifters living in the wilderness, he doesn't know the specific habitat of these people.

That night, they did not find any trace of shapeshifters.

The two were not discouraged, and even Wallace was very interested in inviting the elf king to the hotel in the human town where he had settled before, and tasted their special pies.

"The last time I heard about shapeshifters was decades ago. Now it seems that the situation in the wilderness has changed a lot." Both Thranduil and Wallace kept a low profile.

It's not uncommon to see elves around here, but Wallace's long ears stand out.

In order not to cause a commotion, Wallace had to eat with the hood on.

"According to the domineering style of the orcs, it is almost impossible for them not to conflict with the shapeshifters!" Hua Lai said firmly.

"Hmm..." Thranduil frowned, more worried.

Hua Lai's words were almost ominous, and Thranduil took Hua Lai through several places where the shapeshifters lived, but they were all gone.

Thranduil didn't know whether these shapeshifters had migrated away or had encountered an accident.

Just when the two were about to give up in disappointment, one night, Hua Lai heard the roar of a wild animal.

"Is that a bear?" Wallace stood up from the campfire in surprise, and Thranduil, who was sleeping next to him, immediately got up.

"It might be a shapeshifter." Thranduil's eyes flashed with excitement, and after so many days of searching, he finally appeared.

"What?" Hua Lai was startled, it was clearly the cry of a bear.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" resounded through the wilderness.

Now Thranduil can be sure that it is the shapeshifter.

"It should be them!" Thranduil picked up his bow and arrow, and put on his long sword, "All shapeshifters can transform into beasts."

Hua Lai grabbed the package and put out the bonfire.His eyes widened upon hearing this, isn't this the Druid? !

Hua Lai didn't bother to ask in detail, as the roar of the beast got closer and closer, there were noisy human voices.

Thranduil took the lead, and Wallace followed, quickly and stealthily approaching the place where the sound came from.

The two climbed up a small hill and looked down, Hua Lai gasped.

As he expected, it was a bear.To his surprise, the bear was really too big!

The big-ass bear transformed into a druid of Azeroth is like a cub a few months old compared to it!

In the wilderness, a huge black bear that stood upright and was as tall as three meters five, waved its huge paw, and slapped the orcs who were besieging him like dwarfs.

Hua Lai was speechless for a long time.

Thranduil hesitated for a moment, then stood up, drew the bow and arrow behind him, and shot at the orcs below.

"Roar—" the black bear roared, and smashed its paws, slapping the orc to a bloody mess.

Hua Lai also got up, hesitating not to make a move, he couldn't control the mass of shadow arrows, and might accidentally injure the friendly army.

With the help of Thranduil's feathered arrows, those orcs were killed scatteredly, and the remaining few started to retreat, and they were also killed by the black bear.

After slapping the last orc to death, the black bear turned his head and looked at the two people standing on the high place with fierce eyes from the furious beast eyes.

"Aw—" the black bear yelled at the two with its bloody mouth open.

"What's going on?" Hua Lai looked at the black bear puzzled.

They helped him, why are they so hostile to them?

"No, now is not a good time to get close to him. Let's back away slowly, so as not to provoke him." Thranduil said softly: "Now he is a beast, without much reason."

Suddenly, Hua Lai slowly retreated down the hillside step by step, and when the black bear was out of sight, he turned around and left quickly with Thranduil.

It's not that he hasn't heard of this kind of situation. In Azeroth, an archdruid once turned into an animal, and then forgot his humanity as a human, completely turning into a beast.

"Now he knows we are here, just wait, he will come to us at dawn." Thranduil said confidently.

Hua Lai has no sense of this, of course he listens to the natives.

When it was daylight, a tall, slovenly man appeared.

"Elf, why are you wandering in the wilderness?" This shapeshifter had long hair and was very muscular. He was very tall, and Hua Lai, who was already tall, was a head shorter than him.

"Neighbor living in the wilderness, Thranduil of the Woodland Kingdom greets you." Thranduil nodded gracefully to the shapeshifter.

"King Thranduil?" The shapeshifter obviously knew his name, and looked surprised: "Why are you here?"

"I'm looking for your people, and I need your help in some situations," Thranduil said.

"Go back, king of elves." The shapeshifter showed pain on his face: "There is nothing the shapeshifter can do to help you, we can't take care of ourselves."

"Is it because of those orcs?" Hua Lai stepped forward.

Although Wallace put on a hood, his features were still unmistakable. The shapeshifter took the blood elves as Thranduil's kin for granted.

"Yes, these orcs are constantly capturing my people and enslaving us! They abuse us! They take pleasure in playing with us!" The shapeshifter clenched his hands into fists, his whole body tensed up, extremely angry, "Our people almost Killed by them!"

Wallace whispered to Thranduil: "No wonder those houses are empty. It seems that those shapeshifters who survived are hiding."

The shapeshifter obviously has amazing hearing. He looked at Hua Lai in surprise: "Yes, elf, you guessed right. Our tribe has been reduced to a very small number. They are not as strong as me, so they can only hide."

Thranduil obviously didn't think that the danger faced by the shapeshifters was more serious than that of the woodland kingdom. He had a stern face, but he was actually kind-hearted. Apart from asking for information, he obviously didn't intend to pull the shapeshifters into allies.

But Hua Lai saw a different side. Hua Lai said to the shapeshifter seriously: "The enemy of an enemy is a friend. The woodland kingdom is threatened by orcs just like the shapeshifter, and the living space is also deprived and compressed. If we don't unite , can only eat it up like this!"

The shapeshifter is obviously not so easy to persuade: "No! My people can't stand the war. I would rather let them hide than let the last hope disappear."

"Of course I won't do that, there's no need to sacrifice your people." Hua Lai stood there calmly, facing the eyes of Thranduil and the shapeshifter, and said, "Actually, I have a plan, and I'm interested to hear it." ?"

Standing in the dewy morning breeze was obviously not a good place for a meeting. The shapeshifter Beorn took Wallai and Thranduil to his home.

Beorn's house is very big, surrounded by dense trees.

Probably because of his size, his house was built tall, with tall doors, and the tables, chairs, benches, and pots and pans he used were all one size bigger.

Once at this place, Hua Lai discovered the talent that shapeshifters are good at.

It's actually grazing and beekeeping!

Biorn has a lot of horses, cattle, sheep, and a lot of beehives.

Oh, of course, his transformation is a black bear, and of course he loves honey.

Beorn served the Elven King and his companion (who was startled by his long ears) a delicious breakfast.

Cheese and butter bread, and honey milk tea, this made Hua Lai, who has never tasted desserts in this world, almost swallowed it with his tongue.

Seriously eating all the food on the plate, Hua Lai put down the tableware contentedly.

"Thank you for your hospitality, it's very delicious." Hua Lai said to Biorn very sincerely.

With that serious face, one can tell at a glance that he really thinks so, and it is definitely not a social talk.

Beorn was very surprised, the tense emotions that had been tense had subconsciously eased, and finally a slight smile appeared on his face: "If you like it, you can eat more."

Seeing that the honest Big Bear wanted to stand up and fill his plate with more, Hua Lai quickly declined.

Just kidding, the pots, pans, chairs and benches of Bion's house are all one size bigger, and of course the bread is also big size!Hua Lai felt that it would be wasteful not to finish eating such a delicious thing, so he just stuffed it all down, and now he is so full that he wants to hiccup.

Thranduil doesn't have Hua Lai's eating habits.

Although the shapeshifter's butter cheese was very delicious, Thranduil had the self-control to put down the tableware after he was [-]% full.

However, he began to wonder in his heart whether he would send someone to buy some from the shapeshifters after he went back. The ones imported from other channels were inferior to Beorn's craftsmanship.

In this atmosphere where the host is hospitable and the guests are sincerely supportive, the indescribable antagonism of the morning meeting finally disappeared.

Even Thranduil couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

Although Hua Lai didn't feel complacent on the surface, he praised the dining table culture of Great China in his heart.

Mr. Bion, after entertaining the guests for breakfast, cleared the table without waiting for a few polite words, and just started the conversation with the food and utensils on the table.

"Long Ears, what exactly is the plan you're talking about?" Beorn asked straightforwardly.

A tic-tac-toe popped out of Hua Lai's forehead. He had already said what his name was, but this bear man just couldn't pronounce his name properly!

But this is a customary trait of shapeshifters.

They believe that a nickname is a special honor that can show a person.

They will give all kinds of nicknames to the same people, such as "Mountain", "Stone", "Eagle", etc. These words full of praise are all compliments!

If you have a nickname, you will never be called by your first name.

Hua Lai's long ears are too conspicuous, it is simply the best choice for nickname.

Hua Lai's correction was ineffective, so he could only swallow blood and tears, and silently admitted.

Of course, Thranduil was also nicknamed "Shining" by Beorn (that silver hair should not be too dazzling), but the other party is the king, and Beorn, as a member of the tribe, although he is temporarily leading the survivors, he also He is not an official leader, and it is not enough to call him the nickname of Woodland Kingdom directly.

Beorn looks tall and clumsy, but in fact he is not stupid, on the contrary, he is brave and resourceful.

Hua Lai is also brave and resourceful, and sometimes even crazy.

When he was leading the battle in Azeroth, he would often use his unconstrained style to stimulate people's hearts with bold strategies that frightened both the enemy and us.

In Middle-earth, Beorn and Thranduil were lucky (or unlucky) to be the first victims.

This is what Hua Lai said: "Please enter the urn."

To put it bluntly, this plan is to design a trap to lure the orc leaders out to ambush them.

Hua Lai said: "Although the Woodland Kingdom seems to be the home of the forest elves' battles, it is a pity that the complex terrain inside is not conducive to large-scale battles."

Thranduil nodded silently.

Not to mention that the personnel are no better than in the heyday of the past, even when the army was strong, jungle warfare would only make the formation scattered, unable to form an effective formation and offensive.

Moreover, the current elf army is fighting against the orcs who outnumber them. Even if you rely on your familiarity with the terrain to fight guerrilla warfare, you still need the orcs to play with you.

But it's different when it comes to the away wilderness.

The orc army is not to mention rampant here, but it has never had an opponent.

The only native shapeshifter was tortured by them, let alone nothing to worry about.

Hua Lai just wanted to take advantage of the fact that the orcs were careless, to lure out the first few targets, and kill them.

There is no need to invest much manpower, as long as some elites are enough.

"This plan seems to be good, but the most important point." Beorn didn't seem to be moved at all, and he questioned in a low voice: "How can you guarantee that you will attract the leader instead of the army?"

Hua Lai said confidently: "As long as the bait is fragrant, the fish will not take the bait."

Thranduil's expression flickered, and he looked towards Beorn.

Aware of his gaze, Bion was furious, slapped the table and roared, "Don't even think about it! Don't even think about using my people as bait!!"

Hua Lai didn't pay attention to his yelling and the anger that rushed to his face. He looked calm and said lightly: "Who said that this bait will use your people."

Beorn was panting heavily, and there seemed to be a threatening sound from his throat. If Hua Lai dared to threaten the survival of the tribe, he would immediately pounce on him and tear him apart.

Hua Lai stared straight at Beorn's excited red eyes and said, "I'll be the bait."

"What?!" Thranduil couldn't help being surprised.

Bion was also taken aback: "You?"

Hua Lai said affirmatively, "Yes, it's me."

Thranduil's fists under the table were clenched immediately, and he gritted his teeth, resisting the urge to object loudly.

He said with a tense face: "Are you here to make this bait? Is this your plan?" He seemed to be smiling angrily: "Why would Asog be fooled, alone, no! Just carrying it alone is not enough to swallow it instantly Your people are coming to kill you?!"

Why do you take your own life to play such a crazy game so lightly!

Thranduil was so excited that Wallace was stunned.

The plan he proposed is indeed risky. If it was in his army, his staff and subordinates would have jumped to oppose it (of course, it would still be ruthlessly suppressed in the end).

But Thranduil hadn't known him for long, and he felt that the other party didn't have a good relationship with him to the point of getting angry because of him doing this.

And he is making plans for his country. As a qualified leader, he doesn't understand proper sacrifices, right?

What's more, since he dared to do this, he would definitely be able to guarantee his own safety, so how could he really risk his life.

Looking at Thranduil's fair and moist cheeks, Hua Lai was so excited that his cheeks began to flush, and he seemed to be bristling with anger.

His heart moved, feeling subtle.

He was genuinely mad at his plan, mad at him for taking such an impulsive risk.