Chapter 253: Taking the Waterway Is Not Safe

"Galion, you old bastard, we're running out of wine."

"Those empty barrels should have been sent to Esgaros hours ago, and the boatman is waiting!"

"You can complain as much as you want, our king has a bad temper, and his taste for wine is really high."

"Come, Elros." An elf handed a bottle of red wine to Elros, "Try it."

"I still have to supervise the dwarves." Elros took out a bunch of keys helplessly.

"They are locked up, where can they go?"

Elros thought so too, so he hung the key on the wall and turned around to taste the wine with his friends.

Bilbo squatted behind a big barrel in boredom until he heard snoring, then he tiptoed out and took the key from the wall.

He himself didn't expect everything to go so smoothly. He got the key and found the exit, which was the passage for transporting those empty barrels.

In addition, this is also a wine cellar, which just meets Groin's requirements.

He was really helpless with weapons. Ordinary weapons were locked in the armory. He couldn't get in at all. Even if he got in, he couldn't take out so many things.

As for the beast bite sword and the magic wand, they were all in Legolas' hands. He was not sure to get these things from the elf prince with strong martial arts.

Bilbo did not stop and quickly returned to the cell.

The dwarves were surprised to see the key in his hand. They didn't expect him to complete the task so quickly.

"Have you found the exit?" Aaron asked.

Bilbo nodded while opening the dwarf's cell, "I found it. There are not many guards on that road. If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to pass safely."

"That's good."

"Follow me on the road below." Bilbo lowered his voice, and the dwarves spontaneously lined up and followed him, but when they arrived at the wine cellar, everyone was dumbfounded.

The elf who was supposed to guard the dwarves was sleeping soundly on the table, with a pile of empty bottles next to him.

"I can't believe we are in the wine cellar." Qili was excited and confused.

Groin pointed at the empty bottles on the wine table, with a look of regret, "It's a pity that there are no ready-made ones."

"You should have taken us out instead of going deeper and deeper." Bofur said depressedly.

"Is there a secret passage or a secret room?" Aaron thought, because his wine cellar was like this.

Bilbo nodded, and then led everyone to a pile of empty barrels, "Everyone, climb into the barrels quickly."

"You are crazy, they will find us." Dwalin looked at Bilbo angrily and said.

Bilbo was about to say something, and a voice came from above saying "They escaped". An elf found that they had escaped from prison.

"There is no time to explain, you must believe me." Bilbo said anxiously, "Please."

"Do as he says."

At Thorin's command, the dwarves got into the barrels one after another.

Aaron also got in. He vaguely heard the sound of water flowing from under the floor, and immediately understood Bilbo's plan.

"Be prepared, there may be a hidden river below us."

"It's much safer to go by water than by the gate." Bilbo said as he pulled the switch, the wooden board slowly tilted, and all the barrels on it rolled into the underground river.

Just as Bilbo was about to leave, the wooden board returned to its original state.

The switch remained on, and the footsteps of the guards were getting closer and closer. Bilbo was at a loss and retreated in panic.

But he retreated a few steps, and the wooden board began to tilt under his pressure. Bilbo slid into the passage below, but was still seen by the elves such as Taril who were chasing him.

Plop!

Water splashed everywhere, and Bilbo grabbed a barrel to avoid being so embarrassed.

After drawing out the dark underground river, there was a small waterfall.

The transportation of the crowd was just barrels, so they could only go with the flow and move forward with difficulty along the turbulent water.

Legolas, who was chasing after them, saw this scene and immediately ordered people to close the gates of the waterway.

As the melodious horn sounded, the elves guarding the dam pulled the switch, and an iron gate slowly closed.

"No." Thorin roared in grief and anger, he was only half a meter away from escaping.

"Alas!" Aaron sighed and shrugged at Bilbo in the river, "It's not that you didn't find the right way, it's just that our luck is a little worse.

But it doesn't matter, we are still valuable to Thranduil, he won't kill us."

"But we will still be locked up, it won't be so easy to escape this time." Balin said bitterly.

"It's not that there is no way, at worst we will follow the previous plan, we will find a way to break the prison after we are released, but whether we can get to the Lonely Mountain before Durin Day is an unknown."

"Absolutely not, we have to find a way to open the gate and pull the switch before the elves catch up." Thorin said urgently.

"I'll go." Kili volunteered and was about to paddle to the shore.

"Why are you going?" Aaron grabbed his barrel. "There is a team of elf guards on top, and you are unarmed. One arrow from each of them can turn you into a sieve."

"What should I do?"

Aaron hesitated for a moment and turned his head to look at Bilbo.

Besides him, only Bilbo could be invisible here and pull down the switch openly and quietly.

"Me again?" Bilbo pointed at himself speechlessly, "Can't you?"

"My wand has been confiscated." Aaron refused confidently. He could cast spells without a wand, but there was no need to expose himself.

"I believe Mr. Snitch must know what it means to be more capable, right?"

Bilbo's mouth twitched. It seemed that only he could do this job.

"I'll do my best!"

Bilbo sighed helplessly and prepared to dive into the water to put on the ring.

But before he could take any action, he saw an orc climbing over the dam.

"Oh!" Aaron shook his head tiredly, "One wave has not settled, another wave rises!"

"Be careful, the orcs are coming."

The elves discovered the orcs and decisively gave up the dwarves below and fought with the orcs.

But facing this surprise attack, the few elves who were not prepared at all fell into a disadvantage for a while and suffered heavy losses.

"Kill them, hurry up, kill them all."

A sturdy orc shouted from a high place, and the orc army kept rushing out from behind him.

"Who is that?" Aaron asked in surprise, "It looks strong, much taller than ordinary orcs."

"Borg, the orc commander." Balin said solemnly, "He is Azog's confidant, his strength is not inferior to Azog, and he is more than ten thousand people among the orcs."

"Commander?" Aaron raised his eyebrows, "Looking at the situation of stabilizing the elves, he deserves this position."

"It may not be for the elves." Ou Yin said in a deep voice.

"If it's not the elves, then it's us..." Aaron's face changed drastically when he was halfway through his words, "Watfake!"

As if to verify his words, several orcs jumped directly from the bridge and attacked everyone.

The dwarves fought back. Although they had no weapons, they could barely resist this wave of attacks with their fists.

Bilbo stabbed an orc to death. Aaron immediately took the dagger from his hand and used this crude weapon to defend himself.

"Damn it, I take back what I said just now.

What kind of brain is this? Even if they want to kill us, there is no need to stay in the elves' territory. Wouldn't it be easier to wait for us to escape?" Aaron was very angry, but soon thought of something, "No, we are the main target, but the elves are not going to let us go.

Bilbo, act quickly, we have to leave here quickly."

"I really can't do it now." Bilbo looked embarrassed. If it was just now, he could take this risk, but now he was surrounded by a pile of barrels and blocked under the stone bridge. In addition, the orcs around him were obstructing him and he couldn't move at all.

"I'll go."

Kili jumped to the shore, killed an orc, took his weapon, and quickly rushed to the switch.

A distance of more than ten meters is not long, but there are four orcs blocking his way to kill him.

Fortunately, with the support of the people under the bridge, he successfully came to the switch.

However, at this moment, Borg shot a cold arrow and shot his right leg.

"Kili." Fili looked at his brother lying on the ground and wailing in pain, and his heart was anxious.

"Fuck!" Aaron cursed inwardly, "I'll go and see."

After that, Aaron jumped onto the barrel and jumped onto the shore by stepping on the shoulders of several dwarves.

Just then, an orc climbed up the dam and found Qili with a leg injury.

Aaron just threw the dagger in his hand, and an arrow shot the orc's neck.

Turning his head, he saw Tariel holding a bow and arrow, killing him alone.

The orcs along the way were not her opponents, and their lives were harvested like cutting melons and vegetables.

"What are you looking at?" Aaron patted Qili's face, "I admit she's cool, but you're the one who was saved, don't you feel ashamed?"

"No." Qili smiled with some joy, even forgetting the severe pain in his leg.

Aaron:......

A nympho like you will probably be a henpecked husband when you get married.

"Stop gossiping, open the gate quickly." Thorin said impatiently.

"Okay." Aaron threw Qili into his barrel and then pulled the switch.

Everyone was washed down the waterfall, swaying left and right in the rushing water.

"The dwarves are going to escape." Borg shouted, "Chase."

Most of the orc army immediately split up and chased the expedition along the river.

Aaron looked at the dozen barrels drifting farther and farther, with a confused look on his face. Did they forget about me?

Whoosh!

The sound of breaking air came from one side. Aaron heard the sound and decisively stretched out his left hand to grab the arrow.

"It's not that easy to plot against me." Aaron raised his middle finger to Borg, turned around and chased after the expedition team. After running for a while, he jumped into his empty wooden barrel.

"Don't tell me you forgot about me again." Aaron looked at everyone and said.

"We knew you would catch up." Qili smiled weakly, "We didn't doubt it."

"You are too pale." Aaron frowned slightly, and looked at the arrow in his hand for some reason. He found a strange black color on the arrow head, and his pupils widened a little.

"Qili, you, you..."

Qili's face changed slightly, and he immediately said: "I was injured and lost too much blood. This is normal."

Aaron read the pleading in his eyes, and after a moment of hesitation, he threw the arrow in his hand into the rushing river.