Looking at the corpses of ogres all over the ground, Gandalf looked solemn, but he also expressed his surprise at Wayne's fighting ability.

Compared with ordinary orcs, the fighting power of ogres is obviously much stronger. Their skin is very rough and hard, and they have abilities similar to petrified skin. They are difficult to be seriously injured by ordinary swords and knives. It takes many warriors working together to defeat this monster.

I didn't expect that Wayne would kill them all so easily, and one of them was directly blown into flesh and blood, and was emitting a burnt smell. It was obviously not killed by ordinary means.

"They are mountain ogres. They are minions of darkness and often work together with orcs. I didn't expect the power of darkness to spread here so quickly."

As he spoke, Gandalf took out the map he carried with him, and looked at it in the light of the campfire together with Thorin and Wayne.

They were still several days' journey from Rivendell. Gandalf pointed at Rivendell and said to Thorin:

"Thorin, regarding the secret writing left by your father, perhaps we can go to Rivendell and seek the help of Elven King Elrond."

"He is the most knowledgeable and wise scholar in Middle-earth. He should be able to answer this difficult question for us."

However, when Thorin heard the word elf, he immediately expressed his opposition. The prince was still resentful about the elves' failure to help when Lonely Mountain was conquered by Smaug.

As creations of the God of Creation, the elves have a unique position in Middle-earth. The relationship between the dwarves and the elves is very complicated. There is both cooperation and conflicts between them, and they have been separated and reunited for tens of thousands of years.

After listening to Gandalf's speech, Wayne tapped the map thoughtfully and said, "Rivendell in Rivendell?"

"I'm very interested in this place, and after such a long journey, we should also go to the town to buy some supplies."

"I believe that the respected Elf King Elrond will be willing to give some food and wine to us warriors who are going to defeat the evil dragon Smaug."

Gandalf nodded immediately upon hearing this. Among this group of people, as a wizard who had lived for tens of thousands of years, he was most familiar with the Elf King Elrond. He knew the king's character very well and knew that the half-elf king was absolutely willing to help anyone who fought against the forces of darkness.

The key information to deal with Smaug is on that map. He will not allow Thorin to be stubborn about this issue.

Seeing that Thorin and the other dwarves were still reluctant, Wayne thought for a moment and said half-truthfully, "Actually, I have another piece of news. I'm planning to tell you after I confirm it."

"However, I happened to meet the ogre today, so I guess the news is correct."

During this journey, the strength and magical power displayed by Wayne won everyone's attention, and no one dared to ignore what he said.

Gandalf stroked his beard and asked:

"What did you find, Wayne?"

Wayne looked at everyone and said directly without hiding anything: "Everyone should have discovered that I can talk to animals. This is my animal language ability. I often ask nearby birds to help us explore the road ahead and gather various intelligence."

"Recently, some birds told me that many other figures appeared far behind us. They were wearing armor, looked different from us, held weapons, and had wolf-like mounts beside them."

"Now it seems that those things should be orcs. These monsters have noticed our whereabouts and are trying to track us and prepare to attack us."

Hearing Wayne's words, everyone was shocked. Gandalf's face darkened and he immediately asked, "Are you sure, Wayne? How far are they from us?"

Thorin's face suddenly changed. Among their group, Gandalf did not look very capable of fighting. Although the other dwarves had good physical fitness, they only had weapons in their hands. He and Wayne were the only ones with armor. If they faced the siege of the orcs, it would be difficult for them to hold on.

In fact, the orcs haven't come yet, but according to the development of the original work, this will only happen in the next few days.

Wayne said vaguely, "It's probably still a day or two away. Although animals are smart, they don't have high intelligence, so many questions cannot be answered."

Faced with such a dangerous situation, Thorin and the dwarves no longer insisted. After all, it was the elves in the Misty Forest, not the elves in Rivendell, who had a rift with them.

Dwarves are naturally stubborn, but they are not crazy or foolish. Although seeking the elves' help makes them feel a little awkward and embarrassed, for the sake of this Lonely Mountain mission, they have to do it even if it is difficult.

Unlike other people's worries, Wayne actually hoped that the orcs would come to him as soon as possible so that he could let go and kill them to his heart's content.

In his opinion, with the assistance of Deathclaw Robin, even if the orcs sent out an army of several hundred people, they would not be able to defeat him and would only be wiped out bit by bit by him using various means.

Of course, if it was really an army, he probably didn't have the ability to do so and would be distracted from protecting other people in the expedition team during the battle. They could only rely on themselves.

Soon, under Gandalf's guidance, the group traveled for another two days and came to an open rocky plain.

He was thin and spoke incoherently, but when he saw Gandalf, he seemed very excited. He immediately pushed aside the dwarves around him, ran to the grey-robed wizard, opened his mouth and wanted to say something.

But when the words came to his lips, this guy actually forgot and just said vaguely:

"Gandalf, I came to you to tell you a piece of news, but when the words came to my lips, strangely enough, I didn't know what to say."

"Oh no! What news was it? I actually forgot. This news is very important and I clearly memorized it very carefully!"

This old man was crazy and looked very sloppy, and his special rabbit-drawn cart made everyone in the expedition team marvel at it.

When Gandalf saw him, he immediately explained to the rest of the group:

"This is Radagast the Brown Wizard. He has been monitoring the orcs in the forest."

Hearing the name of the brown-robed wizard, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief, but Wayne looked at the old man with interest, finding it quite interesting.

There are currently five wizards in Middle-earth. The most famous one is of course the hardworking Gandalf. This old guy can be said to be the most active wizard. In the original work, he always plays the role of military strategist and wise man, always guiding everyone to work together to fight against the forces of darkness.

The second is the white-robed wizard Saruman who will rebel later. This wizard is much stronger than Gandalf, but although he is powerful, he is weak inside. As a secondary god Maia sent by the God of Creation to maintain order in Middle-earth, he actually defected to Sauron out of fear and became a traitor.

Finally, there is the brown-robed wizard Radagast. This guy is more of a druid than a wizard. His main ability is to communicate with various other creatures. Later on, he even called a lot of tree people to help deal with orcs. He is also a key character.

As for the other two blue-robed wizards, neither in the original book nor in the movie did they mention their specific circumstances. It is estimated that they either died long ago or defected to the dark side.

After introducing the brown-robed wizard, Gandalf walked up to him, then found a stick insect from Radagast's mouth and took it out.

It turned out that this confused old man swallowed a bug into his mouth, which led to his current strange behavior.

After taking out the bug, Radagast returned to normal and began to tell Gandalf and everyone else the news he had received.

First, as Gandalf predicted, more and more dark forces began to spread outward from Mordor, and many orcs had left their lairs and began to kill and plunder everywhere.

Not only that, more and more evil, evil spirits and various other evil forces are slowly awakening, such as spiders, undead, twisted creatures, all kinds of them, very scary.

Secondly, and most importantly, in the dark capital of Dol Guldur, Radagast discovered the trace of an evil necromancer and obtained an evil magic sword from him. All signs indicate that the once dead dark tyrant Sauron is quietly reviving, and with the awakening of this dark tyrant, the dark forces of the entire Middle-earth will make a comeback.

Everyone was shocked to hear the news, and Gandalf's expression was the most solemn. The dark tyrant Sauron was the enemy of all races in Middle-earth.

Countless heroes and warriors once sacrificed their lives to destroy this monster. Now this monster is about to awaken again, which foreshadows that a new war between darkness and light has begun to brew quietly.

At this moment, everyone suddenly heard an extremely ferocious roar, as if it was the roar of some ancient beast.

Just when they were at a loss and making random guesses, Wayne's expression changed, and he took out the huge Sword of Promise and Victory from his space bracelet and said to everyone:

"It was Robin who sent the message. He discovered the orcs."

"You guys hide here for now, don't run around."

"Wait until I kill those orcs, then you can come out."

Having said that, he didn't care about other people's reactions and directly threw out the magic carpet. Then, in everyone's surprised eyes, he flew towards the direction where the huge roar came from.

Shortly after he left, Thorin and his companions were unwilling to let their allies fight alone, so they immediately went with the other two wizards, all the dwarves and Bilbo, and chased in the direction Wayne had left.

However, before they got close, they were immediately shocked by the scene before them.

On an open plain, dozens of wolves were not attacking the enemy, but were just fleeing desperately.

Behind them, Deathclaw Robin, who was huge, muscular and had sharp claws, was killing these beasts as quickly as a tiger would kill a group of rabbits.

(End of this chapter)