Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#148 - Meet the Wolf Riders Again

"Thank you, Liang Yue. If it weren't for you before, I'm afraid I would have lost my life."

Just as Liang Yue was sitting there, slowly swallowing shredded meat with a few strawberries, Bilbo walked over with a glass of milk in his hand, looking at him with gratitude.

"It's okay, we are teammates. Mutual rescue is what we should do. The cliff before didn't pose much of a threat to me. Moreover, because of this fall to the underground, I actually got some unexpected gains."

Liang Yue heard this, patted the other person's shoulder, and responded with a smile.

"What gains, Liang Yue? Things that can be valued by you are probably not simple, right? To be honest, I was really surprised when you jumped up from the bottom of the cliff before!"

The white-bearded dwarf was leaning against a rock at this time, trying to calm his breathing, looking at him with a face full of smiles.

"Yeah~ I thought before that even if you were strong, you would be injured after falling off the cliff. But now you are completely fine! It's amazing!"

"I think so too~"

"What did you get underground? Take it out and let us see, Knight~"

"Yeah~ Yeah~"

"Could it be that you found a gem mine?"

......

Amidst the uproar of the surrounding people, Liang Yue smiled lightly~

Then, with a flip of his sleeve, he took out the One Ring from the storage space, held it between his thumb and index finger, and slowly showed it to everyone.

"Just such a small ring? It looks very ordinary~"

"It looks like it's gold, but the surface is very smooth. I don't know how much it can sell for!"

"How could there be such a ring at the bottom of the cliff?"

"Could it be~ that the goblins accidentally dropped it?"

"Those guys are sloppy, they probably don't even know what a ring is, it's normal not to cherish it!"

......

Amidst a pile of people's chatter, the One Ring, which has a great reputation in Middle-earth, was actually described by them as an ordinary gold ring.

Liang Yue was speechless about this~

However, among these people around, not everyone is ignorant.

For example, the dwarf prince Thorin, at this time, has a fascinated look on his face, his eyes fixed on the magic ring in Liang Yue's hand, and he has unconsciously started to walk slowly towards him.

And also, the old wizard Gandalf~

Almost the first time Liang Yue took out this ring, his originally leisurely face leaning on the tree trunk smoking immediately stiffened.

The look in his eyes looking at the magic ring even slowly began to carry a hint of panic!

"What's wrong with you, Thorin?"

A sturdy dwarf with black braids next to him, although he didn't recognize what the ring in Liang Yue's hand was, he was always paying attention to Thorin, who was staggering over.

Seeing Thorin's expression as if he was possessed, forgetting himself and everything else, the black-braided dwarf subconsciously noticed something was wrong and immediately stood up and hugged him.

Who knew that in the next moment, he was directly pushed away by Thorin!

"What's going on, Liang Yue? Gandalf?"

The little hobbit next to him was very little affected, just blinking his eyes occasionally, shaking his head, looking dazed. After the ring was put away, he directly returned to normal.

"Liang Yue, where did you get that ring?"

At this time, the old wizard Gandalf's face looked very gloomy, and his expression was even more unusually solemn, no longer the kind and benevolent appearance he usually had.

"There was a little guy named Gollum, who should be the last poor man who was tempted by the One Ring. When I met him in the underground world, I solved him easily.

This ring fell out of his pocket."

Liang Yue at this time, glanced at Thorin, who was gradually waking up with the help of everyone next to him, and replied casually.

Gandalf heard this, took two hard puffs of his pipe, and after being silent for a while, continued to ask.

"Can you resist the temptation of that magic ring?"

"I have my own guarding power. The temptation of the magic ring has no effect on me."

"Alas~! That's good!"

"Magic ring? Was the golden ring in Liang Yue's hand just now the legendary One Ring? No wonder, its magic is indeed irresistible!"

Thorin at this time completely recovered from the abnormality just now. At this moment, his eyes were filled with some fear and confusion, and he subconsciously rubbed his temples and said.

"Actually, the reason why you were in that state just now, the problem still lies with yourself, Thorin. In comparison, the reactions of other people were not as serious as yours."

Looking at the dwarf prince opposite, Liang Yue at this time took a bite of the meat pie in his hand, with a somewhat playful expression.

"The problem lies with myself?"

"It's because the desires in your heart are a bit too heavy, so you gave the One Ring an opportunity to take advantage of, starting from the aspect you most urgently want to obtain, and conducting spiritual guidance on you.

Revenge, power, money, or even the desire for glory, may be used by the power of the Ring. But in the end, it just wants to use the convenience of the wearer to return to the side of the Dark Lord Sauron."

"...Yes, I crave powerful strength, so that I can take back the capital of the Kingdom Under the Mountain sooner!"

"Everyone craves to have strength, but don't place your hopes on this ring, because other than its creator, others after wearing the One Ring.

The convenience that can be obtained is probably only the ability to become invisible in disguise, the ability to communicate mentally with creatures, the ability to eliminate language barriers, and also, it can allow you to retain a period of vitality.

Apart from this, this ring can neither teach you magic, nor can it give you a stronger body, nor can it give you a powerful talent. In my opinion.

Except for the invisibility ability, it is just a disobedient magic tool."

Saying this, Liang Yue once again took out the golden ring, and just let it lie in the palm of his hand.

Suddenly, from the moment this magic ring appeared in this world, an invisible mental wave immediately emanated from this ring.

Only this time, after everyone had a certain amount of psychological preparation, their resistance to the One Ring was indeed greatly improved.

Thorin was no longer the fool who wanted to possess it just by looking at it once.

Only the old wizard Gandalf was still sitting far away under the tree. After glancing at the ring, he began to tremble all over, like a little old man with epilepsy.

Later, even the pipe in his hand almost couldn't hold it.

Finally, Gandalf couldn't help it, and had to tremble his lips and shout loudly to Liang Yue.

"Put it away quickly, Liang Yue! Not everyone is immune to this thing like you! The stronger the creature, the lower the resistance to this ring!"

"I think you can treat this as a kind of tempering, Gandalf. It must be very effective to be tempted by it while sitting aside and cultivating mental strength~"

Looking at the old wizard's shrinking appearance, Liang Yue continued to tease him.

"This is not the same thing at all!"

"Why not? As the saying goes, everything is possible~"

"Awoo~~!!"

Just at this time, a sudden wolf howl interrupted the conversation between the two.

Liang Yue heard the sound, his face changed slightly, and he immediately stood up from the stone, and put the magic ring back into the storage space.

"That's the Orc Warg Riders!"

"It's really one wave after another! Let's go, run quickly~!"

At this time, Gandalf, whose emotions still seemed a little unstable, glanced in the direction of the sound, immediately shouted to everyone, and then ran down the slope behind him.

When the others saw this, naturally they did not dare to neglect. After all, everyone had just escaped from the goblin lair, and most of the time in the middle was spent running and rushing, and their physical strength was severely depleted.

They had only stopped to rest for a while, and they hadn't even finished eating the meat pie in their hands, when an even more ferocious enemy arrived.

According to normal logic, everyone can only turn around and run away at this time. Any fluke thoughts that overestimate oneself are giving up the hope of survival~

However, people only have two legs after all. In this uneven woodland, it is almost impossible to outrun a wolf with four legs.

Half of the setting sun on the horizon had already sunk below the mountains, and the light in the forest was rapidly darkening.

In the intermittent howls of wolves, in just a moment, several wargs had already bitten the tail of the team, and after a jump, they stopped the little hobbit who was running the slowest.

Unfortunately, what this giant wolf didn't know was that protecting Bilbo Baggins' safety was one of the important goals of Liang Yue's training!

"Swish~"

The crescent-shaped sword light flashed away, and the warg's triangular mouth was immediately divided into two.

The hard skull did not provide any protection for it, and even half of the skull was directly chopped away by this blow!

Carrying the little hobbit under his arm, Liang Yue began to run unhurriedly. Intentionally or unintentionally, he placed himself at the rear of the crowd, taking the initiative to take on the responsibility of guarding the rear.