Blue Mountain …
Ned was a dwarf miner. To be exact, he was a very strong elite dwarf miner. He was in the prime of his life and could handle the workload of two dwarves. He was quite famous in the Blue Mountain.
For the past few days, he had been very depressed. Aside from completing the necessary mining work, he had been drinking himself into a drunken stupor in the bar. Occasionally, when he was drunk, he would shout that they had betrayed Prince Sorin, that they had betrayed Lonely Mountain, and that they had betrayed the Turin Dwarves. Hearing such words, the dwarves around him were all depressed and silent. They could only drink without saying anything, and no one could refute him.
Dwarves like Ned could be found everywhere in the middle and lower levels of the Blue Mountain. Even a small number of nobles had been bored for a long time. The words that Chu Hao left behind in the Blue Mountain did not seem to have caused any trouble, but the seeds of hope had been left in the hearts of almost all the Blue Mountain dwarves.
Sorin was a proud dwarf. Other than it being his nature, it was also because he had no choice but to be proud. He was the last and only heir of the Turin Dwarves. Because he had lost the Lonely Mountain Kingdom, he had to maintain the last bit of his pride as a royal. Perhaps this might seem stupid to modern humans, but to Sorin, this was something more important than his life. He would use his life to defend his dignity and pride!
Because of this, when Sorin expressed his intention to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and was rejected, he did not do anything else. In Chu Hao's mind, Sorin did not even debate. He only gathered the dwarves in private and planned to reclaim the Lonely Mountain with Gandalf's help. Therefore, the people of the Blue Mountain did not feel much about this. Many people did not even know about this because Sorin himself knew to keep it a secret. But because of this, he missed the biggest opportunity. Of course, perhaps Sorin did not even realize this opportunity.
But Chu Hao realized …
"It seems to be just a few words, but in fact, these words contain too many things."
Chu Hao looked straight ahead as he rode on the horse gifted to him by the elves. He was explaining something to his party members.
"What I said in the Blue Mountain before included the natural right to rule over Middle Earth, the worship and protection of one's own race and history, the treatment of one's own ancestors, and the personality, habits, and rigid way of thinking of the dwarves. It didn't seem like much, but it actually meant to test them …"
Chu Hao paused for a moment as if he was thinking about something. After a long while, he said, "But this test needs time to ferment, just like the ugliness in one's heart. Perhaps one wouldn't think of anything else at the moment of committing a crime, but after calming down, one would feel fear and dread. This is the same principle. If we activate my plan right away, no one will help us. But if we wait for all these emotions to ferment, then the general trend will be on our side."
"And then? What are you planning to do? "Ao Qi asked curiously.
"And then … ignite this silent volcano …"
Three days ago, the party set off from Rivendell. They didn't chase after the dwarves because according to the elves, they purposely chose a mountain path to avoid the pursuit of the elven cavalry and the orc wolf riders. That path was mostly through mountain valleys, and wasn't the shortest path to the lonely mountain. The distance traveled was almost half as long, and was incomparably rugged. But this path almost eliminated the possibility of riding on horses, which increased their safety against the orc army. Hence, it was the best choice for the dwarves.
However, Chu Hao had other plans and plans. Therefore, he did not choose to chase after Suo Lin and the others. Instead, he led the team back to Blue Mountain. This was the key point of this team battle. It was also the only way to fight against team Celestial … at least to a certain extent.
The journey from Rivendell to Blue Mountain took roughly 4 days. The party remained silent during these 3 days. In fact, apart from Zhang Heng who was always in a daze, the others were more or less affected. Although this effect faded with time, it was evident that the long dream in Rivendell left a deep impression on them.
Chu Hao was also one of the people who had a deep impression of the dream. In fact, he even started to doubt the authenticity of the dream because everything was too real. It was as if it had really happened. However, it was still a dream after all. Such a realistic dream would cause people to be suspicious of everything that had happened.
[Chaos? Square sky and square earth? Vast and boundless? As vast as the universe? How can such a world exist? If it was a novel or movie, it would be fine. But this is a real world. Such a world doesn't exist in science. Disregarding everything else, with so much matter gathered together, the gravitational force has long surpassed the collapsing point of a black hole. Disregarding mass, what's up with the day and night of that world? Is there really a star that can illuminate an entire universe? And with such a large area, how is the time of day and night calculated? A cycle of 24 hours? Then the light source that illuminates the chaos has long exceeded the speed of light by countless times!?
Chu Hao mentally denied the existence of the chaos continent, because such a continent didn't exist in science. Secondly, he mentally denied that he was that Hao …
That kind of person, choice, sacrifice, death, bloodshed … There were too many similarities with him. However, it was precisely because of these similarities that he denied Hao's existence in his heart. He was not someone else, he was only Chu Hao. How could he … be that Hao? Therefore, all of this could only be due to the effects of the skill team India had exchanged. Everything was just an illusion!
With such thoughts, Chu Hao intentionally or unintentionally recalled the memories in his dream. Although it wasn't to the extent of forgetting, he didn't think too much about it. Right now, his main focus should be on the battle with team Celestial, and today … was the day team Celestial descended. He could only hope that team Celestial wasn't too ridiculously strong …
At a certain point in the night, in a mountainous area far away from Chu Hao and the others, a total of five people lay on the ground out of thin air. After a short while, the five of them woke up one after another. There were four men and one woman. Two of them were yellow-skinned, two of them were fair-skinned, and the only woman was a dark-skinned mixed-blood.
"This is the world of the Lord of the Rings prequel, Middle-earth."
Of the two yellow-skinned males, the younger-looking one was in high spirits the moment he woke up. He even stuck his whole body to the protective barrier as he looked outside, seeming to be very curious.
The others were much more steady. After standing properly, they all looked at their watches. The mixed-blood beauty read out the overgod mission on her watch.
"Kill Thorin and Gandalf."
"Any of the three teams that complete any one of the three missions will allow all teams to return to the Overgod Space in advance. One, kill Fire Dragon Smaug. Two, obtain the Heart of the Mountain. Three, obtain the One Ring."
After listening to the overgod mission, everyone fell into deep thought. The yellow-skinned male muttered, "Optional mission mode? Then our first mission will definitely have an irreconcilable conflict with the missions of the other two teams … What do you think? "
The two white-skinned males shrugged and didn't speak. The yellow-skinned male said, "You're the team leader and the sage. Shouldn't we be asking you what you think? Anyway, you make the decision, Ling Xin. "
The yellow-skinned male named Ling Xin nodded and said, "If that's the case, then we'll make two preparations. First, we'll prepare to kill Thorin and Gandalf. Second, we'll prepare to steal the Heart of the Mountain, or if the situation permits, kill Fire Dragon Smaug. As for the One Ring, we'll need the help of the goblins …"
"Alright, let's go. We'll go to the goblin kingdom first. They're our natural allies, and so are the orcs. And …"
Ling Xin's eyes were deep as he looked through the overgod's protective barrier to the distant mountains. He muttered, "We need an allied army because if I'm not wrong, we'll have to deal with an army that might exist in addition to the other teams …"
"An army armed by the dark art of war, huh …"
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