Chapter 42: Blocking the Door
For both Levi and Gandalf, traveling and adventure are commonplace.
Especially since Levi had just come out of hell not long ago and had gotten used to the extreme environment of hell, when he returned to Middle-earth, he even felt a bit relaxed, as if he was going on a picnic.
At least he doesn't have to smell the pungent smell of sulfur all the time and endure the high temperature. Although the high temperature of hell will not have a substantial impact on Levi, it does not prevent him from disliking the hot environment.
"Where do we go from here?"
Levi asked and found out that there are two ways to cross the Misty Mountains. One is to go directly through the passage in the mountains, and the other is to take a detour and go north through Isengard, but that is too far.
"The High Pass," Gandalf answered without hesitation.
“This place…”
"Will it be dangerous? I remember there are many orcs there."
You know, there is an orc town next to it, and the orc king who is wanted by Levi lives there.
"There are two passages through the High Pass. We'll take the higher one and try to get around them."
"Okay." Levi just asked casually. In fact, with his current equipment and supplies, he could fight his way out by himself even if he really fell into the Orc town.
The trip to Hell was not in vain. The gold nuggets in the Piglin Fortress made Levi rich. Now he has a set of golden apples in his backpack.
As long as Gandalf was okay, then so was he.
But, the high pass...
There are more than just orcs in that place. There is also a little creature living next to an underground current deep in the mountains.
Gurgle.
The reflection of a golden ring appeared at the bottom of the pupil.
Although they did not ride horses, Levi and Gandalf were not traveling slowly. Except for eating, they hardly stopped along the way.
Levi doesn't need to rest, as long as he has food he can stay energetic.
As for Gandalf, this old man was not good-looking, but his physical strength was not necessarily worse than Levi. Anyway, after discovering that Levi did not need to rest, he never mentioned the matter of rest again.
They crossed the wilderness and walked across the last bridge. Finally, on a sunny morning, they arrived near the Misty Mountains.
Looking at the towering snow-capped mountains in the distance, Levi couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Arriving at the top of Zhongzhou, the Misty Mountains! "There's no time to stop, Levi, we have to speed up."
Gandalf called out from the front: "We must hurry through the pass while it is still light, so as not to encounter the Orcs who come out at night."
"good."
While it was still early, the two began to climb the mountain. They did not stop all day, even while eating.
However, despite such caution, accidents still happened.
"roar."
A low roar startled Levi and Gandalf, who both stopped and looked around.
Gandalf took up his staff.
Levi pulled out the ancient elf sword which began to glow.
However, the expected attack did not come.
The two looked at each other and slowly approached the direction where the sound came from.
Behind a large rock, two wargs and five orcs were gathered together, making constant noises.
"I found it first, so of course it's mine!"
"You said you found it, so it's yours? It's right there, why can't it be mine?"
"roar!"
The Orcs and the Wargs seemed to be disputing about something.
"An animal carcass," Gandalf said quietly.
"It seems they had some dispute over the distribution. The two wargs thought they were bigger and should have the biggest share, while the orcs thought they had found the game first and should have the most."
"It's rare for Wargs and Orcs to quarrel." Levi thought thoughtfully.
"Those wargs are not pure beasts, Levi. They have wisdom and their own language. They are partners with the orcs, not subordinates."
"No wonder it can't be tamed."
Gandalf glanced at Levi and said slowly: "Unless you commit yourself to evil, you will not be able to make these beasts surrender."
"After all, they are wargs, not ordinary wolves looking for food."
Levi shrugged. Of course, what the two people said were not the same thing, but it was almost the same.
As he was speaking, suddenly a wolf's nose twitched twice, and it raised its head and looked around.
"I think we should leave," Gandalf reminded.
"No, I think we're ready to fight."
"roar!"
A wolf suddenly rushed towards where the two were hiding. Levi didn't even bother hiding. He drew out his sword, jumped down and started slashing.
Boom! At the moment when the sword touched the wolf, a flash of fire flashed across the sword, and then the fur on the wolf's body suddenly exploded into a ball of flames, and the whole wolf burned directly, turning into a ball of wailing fire.
With just one strike of the sword, the wolf was turned into a piece of charred dead meat.
Gandalf stared at the ancient elven sword, then looked at Levi, squinting his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, and did not come to help.
Back on this side, at first when they saw that the other side had only one person, the Orcs wanted to use their good virtue of bullying the few with their numbers, but when these soldiers saw the terrifying black armor under Levi's linen cloak and the sword in his hand that could ignite fire, they retreated on the spot and scattered, and even the wolves howled and ran away.
The man on the opposite side is obviously a lord-level figure. Why would he fight with just five or six orcs? Just go home and get help.
"Done."
Levi put away his sword.
"It seems that I can have an easier journey now." Gandalf said this inexplicably.
This is an attempt to be lazy.
"Let's go, let's leave before they pass the news back."
It's getting dark.
Gandalf was leading the way ahead, and when the two finally reached the end of the downhill road, they were about to leave the snowy mountains.
Whoosh——
An arrow came and hit Levi's breastplate directly, then bounced off.
The health bar didn't move at all.
Levi and Gandalf turned around at the same time, and saw a large group of Orcs crowding at the intersection behind them, rushing down, throwing various weapons and shooting arrows.
"Run!" Gandalf shouted, lowered his head to dodge a flying scimitar, and turned around and left.
However, when Levi looked at the narrow intersection in front of him, his mouth curled up.
"I don't think so!"
Swoosh——
Levi drew out the shining sword, put on his helmet, and went in the opposite direction of Gandalf, blocking the mountain pass with one man and one sword.
Boom! With one slash of the sword, the skinny Oak at the front was split in half. The impact of the sword also affected the Oaks next to him, some of whom had their bones broken and some of whom lost their weapons.
Boom! Another sword strike, and several orcs were swept away, falling back into the group of orcs behind them with flames on their bodies, knocking down several of their companions and spreading the fire.
Levi blocked the mountain pass like this, constantly raising his sword to sweep and chop vertically, allowing the rushing Oak to clang and hammer at his armor, but he remained motionless, like a boulder.
Oak finally broke through the sword's edge and came over to hit Levi all over his body for a long time. His health bar dropped almost symbolically and was replenished in the blink of an eye. When he looked at Oak's weapon again, it was already broken.
This is netherite.
Before long, a large area of charred corpses appeared on the ground.
At first the smell of blood could arouse the ferocity of the Orcs and the Wargs, but as the corpses gradually gathered, the bloody smell was gradually covered by the charring, and finally, these Orcs, who were usually responsible for bringing fear to people, also felt this emotion.
fear.
"It's him, the wizard of the wilderness!"
Finally, the sharp-eyed Oak, who had participated in the encirclement and suppression of Levi a few months ago, recognized him and screamed at the top of his lungs.
Wow——
Both the Orcs and the Wargs retreated unconsciously at this moment, staring at the black armor.
A wolf howled in anger with its broken-toothed mouth trembling.
"Come on, scum, try to get past me!"
Looking at the Orcs emitting fear in front of him, Gandalf had a sense of déjà vu.
This was probably the situation when Sauron walked out of the tower in physical form, walked down Mount Doom, faced the army of the Last Alliance, and defeated the High King of the Noldor and the High Kings of Gondor and Arnor alone.
I don't know who will win if the two of them fight.
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