A little earlier.

The Snow Emperor and the Dwarven Expedition made their way across the plains to the borders of the Dark Forest.

The towering ancient trees were all in front of them, and as far as the eye could see, there was almost no gap between the ancient trees, all of them were blocked by vines and branches, and there was no path to be seen at all.

Bilbo looked up at the dark forest and took a deep breath.

There was a smell of ammonia in the dense forest, which made him very uncomfortable, and he couldn't help coughing twice.

"The trees here are sick." Bilbo said.

Bahrain grinned, "These sick trees can't stop the dwarves from advancing. ”

Bilbo couldn't help but frown.

Admittedly, it is very correct to be optimistic at this time, but to be too optimistic is to be conceited.

Bilbo had not seen a dense forest, and before entering Slave Ridge, he had also gone through a long trek through the dense forest, and had encountered many dangers and dangers.

However, compared to the dense forest in front of me, it is not a grade at all.

The previous dense forest was just a large number of trees that blocked the daylight, and the command in front of me not only blocked the daylight, but also exuded an eerie feeling.

Bilbo couldn't help but wonder, is this really the legendary woodland kingdom?

As one of the three major races of elves, the Wood Elves are arrogant and otherworldly, and Bilbo thought that they would live in a place similar to a fairyland on earth, and at least should be on par with Rivendell, but ......

It's no better than a goblin dungeon.

Although he hadn't seen the Wood Elves yet, Bilbo's impression of the Wood Elves had been greatly diminished.

While everyone was wandering, not knowing how to enter the dark forest, Chili suddenly shouted, "Look there! ”

Everyone looked for the sound of Qili, and saw that in a dark and sick dense forest, there was a huge thorn arch, this thorn arch was shaped like a pair of antlers, the tips of the antlers were entwined, and the dead trees and vines around it covered it, and it was easy to miss if you didn't look closely.

Balin, Groin, and others stepped forward and cut off the dead branches from the thorn arch with their axes, and a huge arch with a magnificent shape appeared in front of them.

This arch is 30 meters high, and each thorn requires two people to hug it.

Standing under the thorn arch, looking out into the secluded forest, all the dwarves felt an indescribable sense of oppression.

Iron Hammer couldn't help but frown, and said in an incredulous tone, "Could it be that this is the Elven Gate?" ”

Emperor Xue said lightly: "It seems that it should be." ”

Hammer asked, "So what do we do now?" ”

In fact, it's not that she doesn't know what to do, but she wants to wait for Xu Feng.

When Xu Feng was not there, she felt as if she had no backbone.

Isn't this the case with the Snow Emperor?

But Xue Di is the captain, and she thinks about problems more calmly and comprehensively than Hammer.

After a slight pause, she said to Thorin, "Cut down all the dead wood around this Elven Gate, and see if there is a path behind the Elven Gate." ”

"Okay." Thorin turned to the dwarven expedition and said, "You guys go and get rid of all the dead wood. ”

Groin and the others immediately took the axe and walked to the Elven Gate, removing the dead wood and vines that were wrapped around the Elven Gate one by one.

The process seems simple, but it actually takes a lot of time, and the dead wood and vines are entangled, and it is not so easy to clean them up.

Once the dwarven expedition had cleared the vines and dead wood, the grand Elven Gate was truly unfolded in front of them.

A deep path also stretches behind the Elven Gate.

The path is paved with fairy tiles.

The tiles were covered in dust, and it was clear that no one had passed through them for a long time.

The woodland kingdom of the wood elves is in the middle of this dark jungle, and there are a total of 4 such elven gates in the woodland kingdom, and this is only one of them, but it is conceivable that the elven gates in the other three directions should be the same.

Since the collapse of the Lonely Mountain Kingdom, the Wood Elves' King Serandil has immediately closed his borders, no longer in contact with anyone, and even reduced contact with the other two elven races.

In the eyes of the countries of the alliance, this behavior of the king of Serandil was caused by a weak heart, but in fact, this is more like a manifestation of discouragement.

When the path behind the Elven Gate appeared, the dwarves frowned.

They didn't want to pass through the Woodland Kingdom, because to them, the Wood Elves were betrayers, and they were worried that they would be tempted to clash with the Wood Elves when they saw them.

Thorin naturally thought the same way, at the beginning, when he borrowed Ravendell, he was very reluctant, let alone now to borrow the Woodland Kingdom.

It would be nice if Gandalf and Kaede were there, but unfortunately neither of them was there.

Thorin had no choice but to bite the bullet, because if they didn't get from the Woodland Kingdom, they would have to spend about a month detouring the danger zone of the Dark Forest.

When King Thranduil rejected the Druids, the Druids were detoured from the danger zone, and the Druids not only spent a long time, but also sacrificed a lot of lives.

Thorin is not afraid of sacrificing his life, they are here to restore the Lonely Mountain Dynasty, sacrifice is naturally inevitable, they have long been mentally prepared for this, but they can't waste time.

The only way to safely enter the Lonely Mountain Palace is through a secret passage.

And the only way to enter the secret passage is to open the hidden magic door with the key on the day of the autumn solstice.

If they miss it, they will have to wait another year.

During this year, many things will happen, the orcs will chase after them, and the other dwarven tribes will also be eager to try the treasures in the palace of the Lonely Mountain......

Therefore, Thorin only had this one chance, and even if he didn't want to pass through the woodland kingdom again, he had no other choice.

He sighed secretly and said to the dwarves in a deep voice, "Unload all the supplies from the pony and let them go back to their masters." ”

The ponies had been lent to them by Beorn, who did not want his livestock to enter the territory of the Wood Elves, and was agreed to release the ponies back at the Elven Gate.

The dwarves unloaded their supplies, and when they let them go, there was a loud explosion in the direction of the stone house, and the whole plain shook in an instant!

They need to stick their weapons on the ground to stabilize their bodies and not fall.

The shock wave of the explosion lasted for two minutes before the entire plain slowly calmed down.

"What's going on?" Beaufer asked, clutching his hat, nervously.

"Gunpowder Pill ......," the Snow Emperor said lightly.

This shows that at this moment, Xu Feng has already fought with the wolf cavalry.