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Chapter 23 Destiny

Leaving the snow-capped Kallanla Mountains, where the weather was extremely bad, undoubtedly made everyone feel relieved, even Gandalf, who disagreed, had to admit it.But the road to the Moria Mine was not easy. The road was paved with small and hard gravel, and the jagged rocks were covered by the gloomy white mist, revealing a hideous face in a trance.The dilapidated buildings passing by are no longer inhabited.Compared with the whistling wind of Kalanla Snow Mountain, this road is terribly quiet, as if a small stone will make a loud noise when it falls.

Sanuman's puppets did not stop chasing, and sometimes groups of crows could be seen flying past screaming in the distance.Everyone quickened their pace, and finally saw the outer wall of the Moria mine in the evening of one day.Jin Pili's eyes widened, and his tone was a little suspicious: "The wall of the mine in Moria." Not to mention the seriousness on the faces of other people, even Jin Pili, who was familiar with this place, couldn't believe that this was the place where the dwarves lived.

As the light dimmed, the dead tree unscrupulously stretched out its branches, projecting a posture of claws and teeth in the dim light.The river here no longer flows and sings cheerfully, but turns from clear to jet-black, turning into a pool of black stagnant water, and even faintly smells of decay.But the most unbearable thing is its silence, which is not a leisurely silence, but a lifeless silence, as if all life has disappeared in the world.

Feeling a little uneasy about the dark sensitive elf, he firmly guarded the doctor in the path.The doctor raised his hand and took the elf's hand, comforting him silently.Everyone looked serious and followed the gray-robed wizard in silence.Gandalf stopped before a bare stone wall lined with two tall trees side by side.

The gray-robed mage reached out to wipe away the dust on the surface, and the doctor with sharp ears heard him muttering to himself, a little mysterious and distant: "Let me see, the metal of Ihildin can only reflect starlight and moonlight." The strong wind blows away Dark clouds, the moon reveals its face, scattering moonlight into the world.A golden light suddenly appeared on the stone wall, and then the outline of an arch appeared on it, and exquisite carvings emerged one by one. This was the entrance they were looking for!Gandalf showed a smirk on his dirty face (...), and everyone's emotions became active again.

"Gate of Turin..." The doctor looked at the elven language on the door, and the elf continued: "Lord of Moria." "That's right." Gandalf said, "Say friend, and then enter. "

"What does that mean?" Meri asked everyone's doubts. "That's very simple. If you're a friend, you just need to say the code word to enter." After speaking, the gray-robed wizard put his staff in the five-pointed star in the middle of the door, and a mysterious and powerful spell sounded. Everyone waited with bated breath, but what? That didn't happen either.

The gray-robed witch was a little embarrassed by the gaze of the crowd, and Jin Pili pouted his lips, but finally said nothing.Gandalf tried a lot of spells but failed to open the door. The happy mood of the people just fell silent, and they sat on the side to rest exhausted and recover their strength.

Aragorn and Sam unloaded the luggage, let the horses go, and the horses could not enter the mine.The doctor rested tiredly on the shoulder of the elf, looking tired.Looking at his lover's haggard face, the elf felt a little distressed. He gently bent the doctor's black hair behind his ears, wrapped his arms around the doctor's shoulders, and gently kissed him on the forehead, bearing the weight of the doctor without complaint.

"Boom!" "Boom! Boom!" The successive voices made everyone look sideways, and Pippin kept throwing stones into the water because of his frustration, which was very abrupt in the silent night.Aragorn took the hobbit's hand, looked around, and warned in a low voice, "Don't play with the water." The hobbit was so frightened that he stopped throwing stones.

"Ah, it's useless." Gandalf threw down his staff a little angrily, stopped trying to spell, and sat down on a big rock to rest.Ripples gradually appeared in the black stagnant water, and Aragorn stared at the lake vigilantly. Boromir also noticed that something was wrong, and got up and stood beside Aragorn.The elf frowned, and he said softly, "Hyman, get up. Something seems to be coming." The elf stepped forward to block the doctor, and exchanged a glance with Aragorn, his solemnity spreading among the crowd.

Frodo sat next to Gandalf, suddenly remembered something, looked at the Elvish language on the door, and said: "This is a riddle, say 'friend', and then enter. Gandalf, the 'friend' in Elven language should be What do you say?" The water was rippling and getting more and more violent, and the hobbits here felt that something was wrong. "[Friend]," Gandalf answered Frodo, and it was the open stone door that answered Gandalf.

Everyone entered through the stone gate, and Gandalf walked in the front. When the elf entered the stone gate, he glanced at the calm black water, pushed the doctor to the front, and then entered.It was very dark inside the grotto, and nothing could be seen, only the moonlight outside illuminated their way forward.Jin Pi was very excited, and walked beside the doctor: "You will soon see the enthusiasm of the dwarves!" The doctor frowned, this mine made him a little uncomfortable.

The grey-robed mage walking in front recited a spell and lit up his staff. Suddenly he stopped, and Jin Pili continued to describe loudly: "The blazing flame, the cool beer, the big piece of barbecue..." The eyesight is weaker The good doctor put his hands on the chattering dwarf's shoulders. He had already seen the horrifying pile of bones in front of him. He was worried that the dwarf friend would be more disappointed if he had more expectations, so he motioned him not to say any more.The elf stepped forward and stood beside the doctor, looking at the hell in front of him expressionlessly.

"This is my cousin Bahrain's home, a mine!" Jin Pili stepped forward to see the mine clearly under the light of the gray-robed wizard. "This is not a mine, this is a tomb." Boromir looked around and said involuntarily.Everyone could see the scene of the mine clearly, the bones were everywhere, and it was desolate.Jin Peng looked around in shock: "No! No!! No!!!" He howled loudly, angry and sad.

The doctor pulled out the arrow from the corpse, and the elf around him recognized it, with a serious expression, quickly pulled out the arrow behind his back and put it on the bow: "Half-orc." Everyone who saw clearly drew out their weapons one after another, and the doctor also pulled out a dagger and held it on the bow. hands. "We should go to the Pass of Rohan instead of here." Boromir stood in front of the hobbits.

The four hobbits had never seen such horrors, and they all backed away in panic. "Get out of here!" Gandalf commanded. "Frodo!" cried Sam in terror, turning the crowd back from the way. "Help me!" cried Frodo.

A thick tentacle protruded from the black water, curled around the hobbit's leg and tried to pull it into the lake. "Aragorn!" Sam cried, drawing his dagger and slashing down.Everyone came out of the mine quickly. It was Frodo who had been rolled into the sky by thick tentacles.The elf made a decisive decision and shot a powerful arrow at it!

"Hmm!!!" The water monster was irritated, let out an angry muffled sound, finally revealed its ferocious face hidden under the black water, opened its big mouth with fangs and wanted to eat the hobbit into its belly! "Ah!!!" Frodo was suspended in the air and kept shaking, and he was about to be sent into his mouth.

"Ha!!!" The two tentacles that grabbed the hobbit were finally cut off by Aragorn and Boromir, and the hobbit fell into the arms of the ranger. "Get into the mine!" Gandalf shouted. "Legolas!!" the doctor yelled when he saw that the sea monster behind Aragorn and Boromir was about to bite them.The elf shot an arrow calmly, giving everyone time to breathe.Then everyone rushed into the mine, and the water monster behind him waved its tentacles and wanted to keep up, but it destroyed the narrow and not strong mine and blocked itself from the mine.

Everyone was shocked and panting.The elf held the doctor's shoulder to check if his lover was okay.Gandalf's dignified voice sounded. He lit up his staff, his hair was loose, and he looked serious and scary: "We have only one choice now. We must go through the dark mine. Be vigilant, there are more monsters here than half-orcs." There are terrible monsters in this dark underground world." The doctor's heart was also a little heavy, but he thought of Frodo: "Is anyone hurt? Frodo, are you hurt? Let me check."

The doctor's gentle voice broke the silence, and the atmosphere became gentle again.Fortunately, no one was injured, only Pippin's arm was scratched, and everyone went on the road again. "Doctor, Gandalf is a serious old man." Pippin approached the doctor and said in a low voice. Unfortunately, the mine was too quiet, and everyone heard Pippin's complaints.The doctor couldn't help laughing, and responded in a low voice: "That's right, I still have a straight face at such an old age." "Cough!" The elf stopped the more and more "excessive" words, and everyone couldn't help being bored laugh it out.Gandalf glared back at Pippin and the Doctor.

But it was an insignificant joke and ridicule that gave the tense and heavy-hearted Squad of the Ring a chance to relax.Even though the body is exhausted, it is the mental burnout that is really dangerous.It is precisely because of this that the doctor cooperated with Pippin as always (···) and made a joke about fighting mage dried tofu.

Entering the interior of the mine, it can be seen that it has been abandoned for a long time, but it can still be seen that the dwarves were prosperous at that time.The road ahead was full of dead bodies, and the doctor couldn't help frowning, a little sad.Jin Pi also kept silent, and everyone was a little worried.

"I don't remember this place." Gandalf, who was leading the way, stopped at a platform with three entrances. He thought about it, but found nothing.Fortunately, it was time to rest. Everyone was exhausted, so they sat down to eat and rest for a while.

Everyone lit a fire, and the doctor handed the food to the gray-robed wizard sitting alone on the high platform: "Take your time, Gandalf, you will always remember." "Hyman." Standing on the steps, Frodo was a little terrified whispered to the doctor.The doctor came down from the high platform and came to the hobbit, and saw Gollum climbing up.

"What is that?" said the Doctor and Frodo looking at Gandalf, and they all rose to look. "That's Gollum." Gandalf replied a little dejectedly. Could it be that he is really old?Why can't I always remember the way, it shouldn't be. "Gurm?" Frodo wondered. "He's been with us for three days." Gandalf glanced at the doctor and the hobbit, unhurriedly, "It escaped from the dungeon of Barad-doo?!"

"Escape? To be precise, it should be released." The doctor suddenly realized that this was the hobbit. Thinking of this, he looked at the elf, but found that the elf had been staring at him.The doctor was a little shy, and patted Frodo on the shoulder.Gandalf gave the young couple a (...) look, and continued: "He loves and hates the Lord of the Rings, just like he loves and hates himself. He always desires the Lord of the Rings."

The little hobbit was anxiously watched by the shadowy eyes: "It's a pity that uncle didn't kill him!" "What a pity? Bilbo didn't kill him because he felt sorry for him. Many living people should have died, and many dead people should have lived. Can you Judgment like that, Frodo?" The hobbit stood there, a little shocked and a little ashamed. "Don't easily decide the life and death of others, even wise men. I intuitively think that Guru is related to this operation."

"Gandalf is pretending to be a magic stick again." The doctor's gentle words interrupted the heavy atmosphere. He looked at the gray-robed wizard and signaled that enough is enough. Being too serious is not a good thing, not to mention that the child is already overwhelmed. .

As the two went down, Frodo said to the Doctor in a numb voice, "I wish I hadn't had the Ring in my hand, I wish this hadn't happened." The Doctor stopped and stroked the little hobbit tenderly. With encouragement: "Everyone thinks so when encountering difficulties, but we often can't control our own destiny. But we can decide how to do it. Your uncle is destined to get the Lord of the Rings, and you are also destined to destroy it." The Doctor smiled, trying to turn his encouragement into hobbit courage.Frodo was thoughtful, the doctor looked up at the gray wizard, and Gandalf pursed his mouth, not very happy.

"Aha! go this way," said Gandalf suddenly.

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