In fact, life in Middle Earth has always been very slow, people are slow, and cars are slow, and some people have been away for a long time.

It was already a month later when Ronan met Sorin and Gandalf again. Of course, the three of them still met at the Yuema Hotel to discuss plans on how to fight against the evil dragon.

Gandalf had been running around the West of Middle-earth, and he was the first to tell the information he knew.

"As far as I know, the evil dragon in the north has not been active for sixty years, but according to the habits of the beast, it will never leave the Lone Mountain. It must have been sleeping in the mountains."

Thorin looked at the map, the place that made him dream of, and asked, "Then why did you come to inform me recently?"

His face couldn't tell whether it was disappointment or sadness. He and his people had been silent for too long. Maybe after being hurt too much, his heart would no longer hurt.

Of course, Gandalf had his own considerations, because as the five wizards of Middle-earth and as the spokesperson of Vera in Middle-earth, their mission is to maintain the stability of Middle-earth, and to be alert to the resurgence of the great demon kings like Sauron, rather than the rise and fall of a dwarf city-state, even if this dwarf city-state is the capital in the hearts of all dwarfs.

Gandalf also knew that this cold real interests was ruthless, but he understood even more that Thorin, as the king, would not be defeated by this reality.

So he gave his reasons straightforwardly: "Of course it was not you who forced me to make this decision. Thorin, you have to understand that I am just a wizard, Gandalf of the gray robe, look here..."

Thorin and Ronan followed the guide and looked over. It was the upper right corner of the map, the gray mountain range, which was in the northernmost part of the Gushan Mountain. It was a dangerous place with a harsh environment and a towering terrain. It was one of the base camps of the orc forces.

"Look at this side again." Gandalf pointed to the east of the map, which was the Ruhn region, the territory where the orientals who defected to the dark forces were located. (This refers to the east of Middle-earth, not Asia. Tolkien mapped the Ottomans in the Balkans, and it has nothing to do with Asians)

Seeing this scene, Ronan and Thorin both understood why Gandalf had to suddenly initiated the action to recover Gushan, because the situation had reached the point where he had to take action.

Sure enough, Gandalf explained: "Recently, Gundabad's orcs have been moving frequently, and the Ruemen in the East have no sign of being honest. They are gathering and they are acting. Although they don't know what their target is and who their leader is, the situation has changed, Thorin."

Thorin sarcastically said, "So it's something that makes you unable to sit still, ha? Gandalf."

Gandalf didn't care about Thorin's attitude at all. After all, he had seen this kind of thing countless times and did not think it was important at all. He continued: "If they act together, take down Gushan, recover Angma, and recover the Etten wasteland, the entire West would be in a huge crisis. We must hold Gushan firmly in their hands before them. The evil dragon is not very reliable..."

"So we have to take this trip..." Thorin also felt nervous. After all, if the dragon occupied Arrebo, the dwarves would still have hope of restoring their country, but if they were taken down by the orcs, they would have to settle in the Blue Mountains. After all, Moria is the lesson of the past.

Thinking of this, Solin smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Then I might have to say something that disappoints you. In Blue Mountain, I only found twelve companions. Entering Gushan eastward is basically seeking death."

"Twelve?" Gandalf took a deep breath of the smoke, and slowly exhaled the smoke. With Thorin and the two of them, they only had fifteen people. They wanted to regain a city occupied by the dragon? This difficulty is impossible to complete even if it is viewed in the entire three epochs.

"No, maybe it's really possible." Gandalf knocked on the table with a cigarette pot and stressed, "If we find the best thief in the world, go deep into Aribo, and steal the heart of the mountains from the dragon's guard, then you can have reason to summon the dwarf princes to launch an action to recover the Lonely Mountain."

Ronan looked at Gandalf and said, "It seems difficult to find the best thieves in the world, but it is actually not difficult at all, because the Hobbits in the entire Charles are almost the best thieves in the world."

Here we have to mention the Hobbit settings. The Hobbits were originally a human group living in the valley east of the Mist Mountains. They had undergone changes for some reason, and began to gradually become smaller and not good at fighting. For this reason, they also specially developed another ability, which is the extreme hidden ability. Basically, as long as the Hobbits deliberately hide themselves, as long as the enemy is not already attached to them, they will definitely not be able to discover it.

Later, due to the influence of war and disaster, they decided to move westward and finally settled in the Shire. This is why the Hobbits' residence was far away from Gondor, but the Supreme Lord of the Ring was picked up by a Hobbit, which is why Guru hid in the Mist Mountains after picking up the Supreme Lord of the Ring.

In other words, it is precisely because of the Hobbit's characteristics that every Hobbit is a natural thief, but fortunately the Hobbit never thought of being a thief.

So Gandalf means that they need to find another Hobbit with strong psychological qualities as the sixteenth person in their team.

"Let me do this, after all, I'm very popular with the Hobbits." Gandalf volunteered.

Thorin nodded and said, "Then I will go to our dwarfs' relatives meeting to see if I can bring another army for us."

After saying that, the two looked at Ronan at the same time, "You won't stay in Brie and stay motionless, are you?"

The distracted Ronan came back to his senses and nodded and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

...The scene was once very awkward.

Ronan had no choice but to say, "Then I'll do Gandalf to act together. I haven't visited Hobbiton carefully yet."

Thorin and Gandalf: “…”

This person is so lazy. Will he be as reliable as he imagined?

No matter what, there was no turning back when he opened the bow, so Ronan made Gandalf go west and enter the territory of Shire. This is the quietest paradise in the entire Middle Earth, and may also be the closest place to heaven. There are many reasons.

For example, there are the most uncontested ethnic groups living here, the Hobbits; for example, it is also the core area of ​​the destruction of the Anor Kingdom, and the chaos and wars around it cannot affect it; for example, all the surrounding ethnic groups are friendly with the Hobbits.

In fact, almost all kind races will be friendly with the Hobbits, whether humans or elves, whether treemen or dwarves, even the evil orcs and half-orcs know that the Hobbits are the most harmless creatures. They treat other intelligent creatures and nature almost in a way that is most natural and worthy of human nature.

This can be withdrawn from the time they entered Shire. The whole Shire is fragrant, surrounded by green trees, and the traffic between the fields and the sound of chickens and dogs is almost the homeland of human dreams.

Gandalf did not lie. His popularity in Charles was much higher than that of the new story king Ronan. Gandalf drove his pony carriage and carried Ronan and Harry all the way to Brie along the East and West Avenue. Almost every passerby he met could recognize him as soon as possible and exclaim.

"Oh my God, Gandalf, welcome you back to Shire!"

Then Gandalf happily returned the gift, and then he would notice Harry and Ronan and recognize them.

"Oh, you are that one, um...Brie's, um... Story King!"

Ronan: "...thank you for remembering me."

Gandalf smiled proudly, and his pipe was dancing happily in his hands. The burning smoke drifted upwards in circles, making Harry sitting next to him very happy.

Fortunately, Ronan was not without friends in Charles. When he found out about what Ronan was coming, Shadalak rushed to Charles' border and waited for Ronan very early. Sure enough, he waited for them and the three of them next to the avenue.

"Hey, Ronan, my friend, I haven't seen you for a long time. Have you created a new story?" Shadalak walked from the side of the road to the middle of the road, and then there was a woman standing next to him, also a hobbit.

She looked at Ronan provocatively and asked, "So you are the story king Ronan who seduces my husband and doesn't want to go home?"

"Uh..." Ronan was full of black lines, and he said this too much. Madam, what is seduction? We call it similar interests, but it is true that it is not too much. We can only answer with a frustration: "Yes, Madam."

"Hahahaha!" Gandalf was happier when he saw Ronan being defeated. He pointed to the lady and said, "I'll introduce to you Esdamora Tuk, Shadalak's wife. I think in a sense she is really not wrong."

Gandalf looked at Ronan's reaction and smoked his pipe in big mouthfuls. That way, Ronan wanted to hit someone, but fortunately, there was Shadalak, and he would never allow anyone to insult their pure friendship.

"Asdamora, how do you speak? Ronan is also a noble character. He is just willing to share the story with us. What's wrong with him?"

"Uh..." Ronan and Gandalf looked at each other, but didn't know how to explain it, so they simply agreed to this statement. Anyway, it was quite the same.

In short, the name of a wizard is effective. In essence, all races are the creations of Iluvita, even the gods. However, different specific responsibilities lead to different statuses. Vera is always higher than Maia, Maia is always higher than mortals, and wizard is higher than other mortals.

Although in Middle-earth, the Maiyas were strictly limited to their responsibilities and abilities, and if each race really wanted, they could not miss these old men, but they still had to have the respect they should have. In actual operation, the status of a group of Maiyas was equivalent to that of the leader or king of their respective races, and could not be higher.
Chapter completed!