Chapter 249: Split Into Two Groups, Guardian Raven (1/2)

Chapter 249: Split into two groups, Guardian Raven

Gandalf's advice when he left was: No matter what happens, stay on the main road

However, not long after entering the Mirkwood, the expedition team took a detour and wandered around on the trail in a daze.

"Air, I need air." Oyin said weakly, "What happened?"

"Keep going." Thorin said

"I can't go any further." Nori pointed blankly at the cliff in front, "The road is gone."

"The air in the woods is turbid and makes people hallucinate," Aaron said speechlessly, "It's obvious that we are lost. I shouldn't have let you lead the team from the beginning."

"You didn't ask for this!" Bilbo said weakly.

"That's because I'm not familiar with this place at all.

The Mirkwood is not far from the Lonely Mountain. Logically, it would be much easier for us to have the dwarves lead the way as neighbors of the elves, but the fact proves that I overestimated them."

"We haven't been to this forest many times." Balin explained, "Before Erebor was conquered by the dragon, the elves led the way, and that was many years ago."

"Hurry up, all of you, find the way." Thorin said impatiently.

"Wait a moment." Aaron waved his hand, "My personal advice is that everyone should not separate, in case one or two get lost."

"Find the way, but don't leave too far."

The dwarves scattered and searched around, but in Aaron's sight they were simply going in circles.

"The influence of Mirkwood on people is too great!" Aaron thought secretly, "In the end, they have to rely on me to be sober, otherwise they will be exhausted and can't find the way in this state."

At this time, a strange sound suddenly came to his ears. He turned his head and looked, and almost popped his eyes out.

Bilbo was picking a spider web, which was nothing, but behind the spider web was a sleeping giant spider.

He immediately stepped forward to stop Bilbo's suicidal behavior, "Don't move."

"What's wrong?"

Aaron did not answer, but asked him to get closer to the spider web and take a closer look. When he saw a black spider leg, he was frightened and took several steps back, and his sluggish spirit was instantly lifted.

"This should be something else that Gandalf said." Aaron pondered.

"I didn't wake it up!"

"Not yet, but we have to speed up. I don't think there is only one spider in this dense forest."

Bilbo swallowed and nodded heavily.

The road ahead was not easy to walk. As time went by, everyone's condition became worse and worse, and they began to stagger left and right when walking.

What's worse is that there are more and more spider webs on the road, which is not a good sign.

"Look, a pipe." Oyin picked up a pipe from the ground, "There are other dwarves in this forest."

"And they are dwarves from the Deep Blue Mountains." Bofur said in surprise, "This pipe is exactly the same as mine."

"That's yours." Aaron rolled his eyes, "We have to stop. Getting lost is not terrible. What's terrible is not knowing that you are lost, and getting deeper and deeper."

"We are not lost. We have been walking east." Dwalin said.

"Really?" Aaron pointed to the top of his head. The sunlight was blocked by the leaves, and only a small amount of light could shine in. "Please tell me, how did you determine which direction is east?"

"I..." Dwalin opened his mouth, "Oyin has the best sense of direction, I followed him."

"Beautiful, he was wandering more on the road than you." Aaron sighed helplessly and prepared to take out his compass to find the way.

But before he could act, Bilbo jumped in front of him, "Sun, I have an idea, we can climb to the treetops."

"I thought of it, but..." Aaron looked at the dense spider webs on the tree, "I don't think this is a good idea."

"But there is no other way." Bilbo said, "We can only climb the tree."

"Okay!" Aaron shrugged, "Thorin, you and the other dwarves don't walk around, Bilbo and I will go explore the way first."

As soon as they left, Thorin heard a faint rustling sound, and his face changed instantly, "Everyone be careful and alert, pick up your weapons, we are being targeted."

The dwarves were brought back to their senses by his shout, but at this moment their mental state was extremely poor. Before they could react, more than a dozen giant spiders surrounded this place.

The white spider webs covered the sky and wrapped them into a cocoon in a few seconds.

Bilbo climbed up to the treetops, a breeze blew in his face, and breathing fresh air, his mental state instantly recovered.

"Are you awake?" Aaron stood on a branch and looked at him meaningfully. "I guess Gandalf didn't think that climbing a tree could eliminate the negative effects of Mirkwood."

"He definitely didn't know." Bilbo said embarrassedly, "But you don't seem to be affected by the turbid air in the forest."

"This...is not important." Aaron smiled. His body had been soaked in various medicinal baths. He was not immune to poisons, but it was not far from it. The air in this forest could not invade his consciousness at all.

"I can see a lake, a river, and a lonely mountain." Bilbo shouted excitedly, "We are almost there.

Did you hear me? I know where to go."

There was no response from below, but a creaking sound came from a distance, as if some huge creature was rampaging in the woods and moving towards them.

"Spider." Aaron looked solemn, "I'm afraid it's not just one, but a group."

"Does that mean Thorin and the others might be?"

"Don't be lucky. They are probably caught.

General web spiders will wrap up their prey. We have to find them as soon as possible."

Bilbo nodded and began to climb down.

But as soon as he moved, he was tripped by a spider web and fell from the tree.

After hitting several thick branches in a row, Bilbo was hung on the white spider web.

A rustling sound came from the opposite side. Bilbo looked over subconsciously. A black spider head appeared in front of him, and then opened its mouth, revealing several circles of sharp teeth.

"Ah!"

Bilbo was frightened and fell again. This time he was hung on the spider web and couldn't move.

Seeing this, the giant spider immediately chased after him. Its eight legs moved at the same time and wrapped Bilbo into a mummy with the spider web.

"Hit the giant spider hard."

A white light flashed, and the giant spider screamed and flew backwards.

"Aaron, you..." Bilbo looked at Aaron standing on the spider web holding a black magic wand, his face full of astonishment, "You really know magic, Gandalf is right."

Aaron shrugged, "Ancestors said..."

"Don't mention your ancestors, this excuse won't be believed by dogs."

"Ancestors once said, don't expose your magic casually." Aaron said seriously, "So you have to remember to keep it secret, after all, I'm saving you!"

"I know, I know." Bilbo complained helplessly, "It's uncomfortable to let me out first."

"I can let you out, but I have a better idea." Aaron smiled meaningfully.

Bilbo was stunned for a moment, his expression changed slightly, "Wait, I don't think this is a good idea."

"I think it's fine.

Don't worry, I will protect you."

After speaking, Aaron tapped his shoulder with the magic wand and disappeared on the spot.

Bilbo:......

"You can also be invisible?"

"Don't worry about the details."

"I..."

Just as Bilbo was about to speak, the giant spider ran back.

Six black eyes scanned the area, confirming that the person who attacked it before was not here, and then dragged Bilbo away.

The giant spider took him to its nest, where there were not only a bunch of spiders, but also thirteen mummies hanging upside down in the air. The dwarves were completely wiped out, and no one was spared.

Bilbo took a deep breath, drew out his dagger, stabbed the giant spider in the neck, and picked it off the tree.

After dealing with the enemy in front of him, he immediately tore the spider web on his body with his sword and carefully hid behind the tree trunk.

"They are all here." Aaron breathed a sigh of relief. "The good news is that they are still alive and kicking. The negative impact of the Mirkwood on them seems to have disappeared.

The bad news is that the spiders can't wait to enjoy their dinner, and we don't have much time."

"Can you use magic to save them?"

"It's no problem to save one or two, but it's difficult to deal with so many. It's nothing to accidentally hurt friendly forces, but you can get yourself into trouble if you're not careful."

"What if I lead them away for you?"

"You?"

"I have this." Bilbo took out the golden ring from his pocket, "It won't be dangerous."

"Let's switch!" Aaron pondered, "I'll lead them away, and you save people."

Bilbo didn't pretend to be hypocritical, and put on the ring to become invisible.

Aaron raised his eyebrows, walked out from behind the tree trunk, and then knocked on the tree trunk to make some noises, "You, come here!"

The spiders who were about to enjoy the "delicious food" turned their heads to look at him when they heard the sound, and then all rushed over.

"Fuck!"

Aaron turned and ran, secretly complaining in his heart that he was really careless this time.

He just wanted to attract a few giant spiders surrounding the dwarves, but he didn't expect that his charm was so great that it attracted at least several times more spiders.

Bilbo took this opportunity to quickly run to the thirteen 'mummies' and prepare to save people.

But at this time a spider crawled down and stopped in front of a dwarf, "It's fat and juicy, just take a bite."

Bilbo swallowed his saliva and took the dagger to chop at the tail of the giant spider.

The severe pain forced it to turn back, but it couldn't see Bilbo who was in stealth mode at all, and was chopped by him several times in a row.

"Damn it, where is it? Where is it?" the giant spider cursed in panic.

"Here." Bilbo took off the golden ring and stabbed the giant spider's head with a sword.

"It hurts, hiss, it hurts so much."

Bilbo pulled out the dagger fiercely, and the giant spider fell from the tree.

"Sting, this name is good." Bilbo decided to give this name to the dagger. Although it is far less famous than the beast bite sword and the enemy fencing sword, it at least has a trace of existence.

He glanced at the thirteen cocoons wrapped up, waved Sting, cut off the spider web, and put them on the ground one by one.

At the same time, Aaron was chased by more than twenty giant spiders and ran wildly in the woods.

"Human children are much more delicious than dwarves."

"He is mine."

"Stop."

"Stop him, don't let him escape."

Aaron felt that ten thousand grass mud horses were galloping through his heart. If he had known that humans were so popular, he should have given the task of luring the enemy to the hobbits.

Suddenly, a spider appeared in front of Aaron, hanging upside down.

It opened its mouth, and before it could make a sound, a cold light cut off its head.

"I'm busy running, don't block the way." Aaron threw the knife in his hand and stepped over its shaking body.

But after running a few steps, several giant spiders blocked the road ahead, and the pursuers behind also caught up, and even a few giant spiders were falling quickly above Aaron's head.

"I didn't want to be exposed so quickly." Aaron smiled bitterly, "But now I really can't help myself."

"I'll have a taste first." A giant spider laughed hoarsely and rushed towards Aaron quickly.

"Hit the giant spider hard."

"Ah!"

A white light flashed, and the spider that rushed over first flew backwards and hit a tree.

"Wizard?"

"I've never heard of a human child among wizards."

"Why don't we catch him and let the master decide."

"Let's kill him. We haven't eaten a living wizard yet!"

The spiders whispered to each other, and Aaron's face sank when he heard these words.

He was actually being discussed by a group of beasts about how to deal with him. Did they really treat him as a dish?

"Flying sand and running stones."

Blue flames appeared on the magic wand, and another spider was knocked away, and its three legs were also smashed to pieces.

Seeing this, the spiders stopped talking and attacked Aaron at the same time.

The spells were released one after another, and the spiders were constantly repelled, but they were persistent and kept compressing the distance with Aaron.

The spiders above were even more unscrupulous, launching long-range attacks, using spider silk and spider webs to slow down Aaron's spell casting speed and the direction of the spell.

Aaron gradually fell into a disadvantage. After all, two fists cannot beat four hands, and there are at least hundreds of hands here.

Just when a spider's fangs were about to pierce Aaron, he raised his wand high and chanted the Patronus spell loudly.

"Expecto Patronus."

The pure white light vortex was summoned and expanded at an extremely exaggerated speed.

The white shock wave was released layer by layer with Aaron as the center, covering a range of hundreds of meters.

The giant spiders kept retreating under the suppression of this protective power, and hideous scars appeared on their bodies, and even the blood was evaporating rapidly.

"Run!"

A spider roared loudly.

But the concrete Patronus would not give them a chance to escape. The Patronus in the form of a raven made a loud and deep voice, and then flapped its wings to chase these spiders.

Its body size was less than one meter, but it was extremely fast and powerful. It could easily crush the spider's head and peck out their eyes.

The white energy was divided into more than 20 parts, each of which accurately hit a spider.

The spiders screamed one after another, and the black breath emanated from them, but it was dissipated by the white in less than a moment, and their lives came to an end as the black air dissipated.

At the same time, a team of fully armed elves in the dense forest also discovered this energy.

The handsome male elf in the lead reached out to touch the white ripples that spread in front of him, closed his eyes and felt it for a moment, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Did you find anything, Legolas?"

"This is a high-level spell with the source of pleasure. It is not an evil person, but it is not certain that he is a friend." Legolas said, "Everyone take your weapons and follow me to see."

Huh!

Aaron put away his wand, his breathing was a little rapid, but the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.

The Patronus Charm is indeed one of the most powerful and ancient spells, and its power is stronger than he thought.

However, compared to simple defense, controlling the guardian's attack consumes much more magical energy. This big move consumed at least one eighth of the magical energy, making him feel his own weakness once again.