In the land of Middle-earth, most creatures don't like to stay in pure darkness.
Whether it is the elves blessed by the starlight or the humans who wake up when the sun rises for the first time, they are all races that pursue light.
Even dwarves who stay in the mountains all year round will do everything possible to make the stone palace they live in full of splendor and brightness.
But now that Moria has been abandoned by the Durin clan, most of the area has fallen into the shadow of suffocating darkness and fear.
As for the Second Valley, which is located in the lower area of the Second Hall, in addition to being dark, the terrain is even more complicated. In addition to the hall, there are cracks and stone steps that rise or fall, and there are also halls that are used for unknown reasons.
In order to find a way to enter the third valley, Hermione's team spent nearly four days groping in the empty and dark second valley.
Even the powerful Twilight Knight began to feel a little tired after walking in the endless darkness for several days.
However, finding the road to the Third Valley allowed them to move forward briskly and at a good speed. Fortunately, Orui followed the unclear prompts on a wall and took Hermione with him.
After trekking for a long time, they finally found their destination, the armory.
It was a forging area with many blast furnaces standing there. When the flames were steaming, it must have been an extremely lively and busy scene.
Now, deathly silence and darkness cover everything.
In order to complete the goal of this exploration, everyone, led by Hermione, resolutely stepped onto a wide and downward staircase. Now, to their right was a crack where darkness seemed to be rolling, and to their left
It is a dark abyss with no bottom.
"Hu~hu~"
Just as the entire team was halfway up the stairs, a sound of breathing came to Hermione's ears from the darkness beneath their feet. The sound was inaudible and seemed extremely far away from his position.
But the Noldor elves' keen senses began to continuously release extremely dangerous signals to their masters.
This terrifying feeling came so quickly and so strongly that Hermione felt like a lamb being targeted by a tiger.
Even when facing hundreds of Jatu people alone, Hermione had never felt so uneasy in her heart.
This made his brisk steps become serious in an instant, and the next moment, he stopped moving forward.
Then, the whole team stopped at Hermione's strange behavior, because except for himself, no one else heard anything in such a silent environment.
The serious-looking Hermione quickly gestured behind her to keep quiet, while her pair of eyes shining brightly in the darkness stared at the darkness beneath her feet, hoping to find the source of her uneasiness.
.
The fear of the unknown is the real fear.
However, there was still only rolling darkness and a little strange noise under his feet, and the only sound other than that was the nervous breathing of everyone.
Although Hermione didn't find anything wrong in that vast darkness, he would never doubt his ears, because these sensitive ears had saved his life countless times in the dense forest.
"If you find any accident, retreat, give up everything and retreat. If something is chasing you, join Dane's team and run out of Moria immediately, heading towards Lothlorien. Don't worry about me. I have a way to escape in the dark.
Survive."
The order issued by Allen a few days ago immediately appeared in Hermione's mind. He didn't know how his master could survive in this dark place for a long time, but now, he was ready to obey Allen's order.
, and retreated with everyone.
Even though the armory was not even a mile away from them, as if they could reach it just a few steps away, Hermione was ready to retreat with her people.
And just when Hermione turned around to make a retreat gesture, the faces of the Twilight Knights who were traveling with him all changed. Without the interference of footsteps, they also heard the sound of something in the darkness.
If there is no "hoo~hoo~" sound.
For a moment, an aura of nervousness enveloped the entire team. Only Orui opened his confused eyes and kept looking at the elves who suddenly stopped around him.
At some point, the dwarves' ability to sense danger is indeed inferior to that of the elves.
And after seeing Hermione making a retreat gesture, Orui wanted to open his mouth and ask why, because their target was right in front of them.
But the two Twilight Knights beside him turned around and quickly blocked Ori's mouth that was about to open. At the same time, they used their other hand to lift up the confused dwarf and quickly walked towards him.
The road recedes.
Their actions were stealthy and swift, and they only made a little noise when completing a series of actions, not even as loud as the footsteps of the dwarves stepping on the floor.
After a while, the entire team left the stairs at double speed, and Hermione stopped at the starting point of the stairs and stayed quietly for a while.
Finally, after making sure that he heard nothing strange, he waved his hand and led the remaining people towards the passage back to the Second Valley. Until he was far away from the forging area, Hermione gently said
Breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew that his mission to search the armory had failed, and the good news was that the existence that made him feel extremely terrifying had no trace of the team, and this news must be brought to his master.
However, when Hermione returned to the first hall, Alan was not found here, and the Noldor rangers who had followed him left the gate of Moria carrying large and small bags.
, prepare to transport these things to the edge of the golden forest.
After all, if it really alarms a being that even Allen can't afford to offend, running away is definitely the only option. And the loot transported from the 16th Hall cannot be taken away in one trip, and it is running for one's life.
When you are young, how can you have time to take care of these precious external things?
It's better to transport these things out while Moria is still relatively quiet. When you really need to run away, you can concentrate on retreating without worrying about the things you finally found and the orcs who came.
.
No, that nasty guy Zoro should have been given the advantage in the end.
And what is Allen doing? He is at the entrance to a secret passage on the west side of the Sixteenth Hall, staring closely at two orcs who are strolling leisurely.
It's not like they were patrolling. They were holding a black toothed scimitar loosely in their hands. They were exercising. This is not in line with the living habits of orcs, so watching them
Allen could only think that the two gray-skinned guys in front of him were just hanging out.
Sometimes Allen is a little confused about how the two groups of orcs who are fighting at this time can distinguish their companions.
Their equipment is pretty much the same, either jet or jet black, and there is no obvious difference in the weapons in their hands, either scimitars or spears, and some tall guys have big sticks or short handles.
The warhammer and the shield in his hand were all without the emblem.
This caused a slight problem in Allen's plan, but it did not affect his next actions.
I saw him gently taking out a short bow that was also jet black from behind, and then slowly pulled out two black arrows that exuded a dirty smell from the bow bag on his waist, and completed all the actions.
During the process, Allen kept a close eye on the two orcs not far away.
If the enemy makes any strange move, Allen will immediately stop his action, turn around and retreat into the passage behind him, and then stay away from here.
However, everything went smoothly. The half-orc walking on the left lay down on the ground with a muffled groan and stopped moving. The other one was penetrated by a black arrow in the thigh and let out an extremely miserable cry.
There was a wailing sound, but Allen's figure had already disappeared into the passage, far away from the place in the commotion that soon became lively.
Allen certainly didn't want to use this method to slowly kill all the enemies, because that was an impossible situation. If he killed more, the enemies would have unpredictable reactions.
More orcs may be sent out to patrol, or everyone may be gathered together. Once the orcs discover Allen's traces, then the entire Moria may be searched.
When the time comes, Allen will have no choice but to take the people and run away immediately.
And his plan was actually very simple, which was to provoke a second war between the two groups of orcs, and while the orcs were fighting, he went to get back the short-handled weapon belonging to the Durin clan.
Ax to get more mithril.
Come here, it's best to take more and go back. By the time you come next time, the orcs will probably have ended their internal fighting, and it will be difficult to find such a good opportunity again.
For this plan, Allen has been exploring alone on the sixth floor for almost three days, and has basically figured out the activity areas of the two groups of orcs. He does have the ability to live alone in the dark.
Because Allen can purchase most of the supplies from the simulator, he does not need to worry about food and water, and his resting place is not on the sixth floor, but on the seventh floor, which is higher and has sunlight.
Most orcs are reluctant to go there, especially during the day.
If the way is really blocked by the orcs, Allen has also left a way out for himself. He will activate his ability and sneak into the well with water. As long as he is not seen by the orcs on the spot, there will be no problem.
What a big problem.
Allen's plan was only officially implemented today. He found the black bow and black arrows in the security room in the first hall, and before ambushing these two scum, he had already found them with another group of orcs.
Killed several disgusting guys, and also left a wounded person who could scream in agony.
The black bow and black arrows he used were found in the security room in the first hall. They were weapons belonging to the orcs. Next, it depends on whether the leaders of both sides will pay attention to the provocation from another "orc" group.
Already.
When Fimbull arrived at the scene with his elite troops, he immediately felt that something was wrong, because he and Black Face had been fighting for a long time. Although that guy could provoke, fake defeat, and ambush, he never
None of them sent archers to carry out assassinations.
This made Fimbull realize that something was a little bit wrong. He had never thought that humans would participate in this war for Moria. He just instinctively felt that something was wrong with the situation, and was worried that the black face was preparing to be more insidious.
Strategy.
However, before he could think about it carefully, the half-orc with an injured leg let out a more tragic wail under the watch of his companions. His not-so-smart mind thought that through such a move, he could make the hesitant
The leader takes revenge for himself.
After the orcs were created, most of them were not particularly smart. Only a few people were able to master some craft skills and how to control their not-so-smart tribesmen.
Then this small group of people will quickly stand out and become important figures and leaders of an orc tribe.
Fimbre was a half-orc who relied on his brain to gain status and power, so he didn't care about the screams on the ground, but considered whether to launch a second battle with Black Face in a short period of time.
In his opinion, this frequency is still a bit too fast. In the last battle, he lost a subordinate wearing chain mail, but his plan did not succeed. Although Black Face chose to retreat, in fact
Fimbre did not win the battle, but suffered greater losses than his opponent.
However, although Fimbull had many concerns, the elites he relied on and the younger brothers who were temporarily subdued did not have such high intelligence. Bloodthirst and warlikeness were the common traits of half-orcs.
This is the biggest basis for Allen's decision to implement this plan, because he understands the habits of the orcs and knows what these guys will do after being attacked.
And the situation was exactly as Allen planned. In the short period of time that Fimbull was thinking, the sound of curses and curses filled the entire empty hall. Most of the orcs were infected by their anger.
They all stared at their leader with a pair of blood-red eyes, waiting for the order to fight.
In the years of fighting in Moria, the two groups of orcs have indeed forged a lot of hatred. Unless one of Blackface and Fimbull is killed on the spot, the remaining leader will rely on the terrifying prestige gained from victory to overwhelm everyone.
, otherwise, these two groups of orcs would never be able to get along well with each other.
When Fimbull saw everything around him, he knew that something was not going well. I am afraid that this battle must be fought. But just when he was about to give the order to fight, bursts of noise broke into him.
Soon, a very tall orc with a dark face walked out of the distant passage with a group of young men.
Now Fimbull doesn't have to worry about it, as the other side has already brought people to fight.