Bion the Skinchanger stared at Thorin for a moment, and finally he nodded, apparently he had heard of Thorin. Oak Shield's name, so he is still a little different from the other dwarves to Thorin.

"If you're really Thorin, then you're worthy of my respect! You are all mortal enemies of the orcs, and you can't do anything bad on my land. By the way, tell me, why did Azog the Destroyer go after you? ”

"You know Azog, too?"

Thorin heard Bion's words, but also bowed to Bion, he was very satisfied with Bion's attitude, and he also had a good impression of Bion.

"My people were the first inhabitants of this mountain, and long before the orcs went south, most of my family was killed by the Destroyer, and some were enslaved to work, you know? Just for fun, imprisoning the skin-changers and torturing them seems to give him pleasure! ”

Bion, the skin-changer, described his origins to the crowd, especially when he talked about his family being enslaved, tortured, and killed by orcs, and his eyes couldn't help but show anger.

When Bilbo the Hobbit heard this, he noticed that there was still a shackle on Bion's left hand, and he couldn't help asking, "Are there other people like you?" ”

"There used to be many!" Bion replied with a sigh.

"And now?" Bilbo continued to ask.

"Now there's only one left!"

Bion's expression was a little gloomy when he said this, but soon he didn't want to continue the subject, so he asked Gandalf again, "Then what is your mission, and where are you going through me?" Is this mission the one that attracted the orcs? ”

Gandalf glanced at Thorin, but still stated the purpose of the adventure, knowing that Bion would not cause any trouble to the party because of this, "We are preparing to go to the old capital of the kingdom under the mountain. Help Thorin. Oak Shield regains its former glory, reunites the dwarves of the Seven Clans, restores the glory of the kingdom below the mountain, and faces the dark forces that are about to recover! According to the clues we got, we need to reach the Lonely Mountain before the day of Turin, so we don't have much time! ”

"You're going to get to that mountain by the end of autumn?"

Dwarven New Year's Day in Turin. In fact, there is no fixed day, which is basically the first day of the last month of autumn and winter communication, when the last moon of autumn appears with the sun, the dwarves call it the day of Turin.

So Bion, the skin-changer, knew what Gandalf's words meant by the short time, and it was already the end of June, so it was almost three months before the day of Turin.

Bion frowned at Gandalf and the dwarves, then waved his hand and said, "Alright. Let's go in first, I think we can sit down, eat some bread, drink some honey water, and then move on to the rest of the words. ”

Bion understood the purpose of the expedition, and immediately stood up on the wooden pier and warmly beckoned the expedition party to enter his cabin again.

After a while, the adventuring party sat down at a long dining table in the cabin, and the main seat was naturally the seat of the master. On his left hand sat Gandalf, and on his right hand sat Zhu Linglu.

And then on Gandalf's side was Thorin. Zhu Linglu was next to Bahrain, and the other dwarves and hobbits also found their own places to sit down.

Bion brought out a lot of bread, hazelnuts and mead and entertained the adventuring party.

And this time, the dwarves didn't complain about the vegetarian food, from the cave in the belly of the Misty Mountains to now, their stomachs haven't been filled with enough food.

All the dwarves were contented and munched on crispy bread smeared with honey, cream, and cheese. Drink the mead made by Bion himself.

This made them very satisfied, and they felt that their stomachs were finally full again, and the strength of their whole body was gradually recovering.

During the meal, Bion and the adventuring party talked about the topic at the beginning again, and Bion spoke in a deep voice. Tell the story of the wilderness on this side of the mountain, especially the dark and dangerous dark forest that the adventuring party is about to face.

It stretched to the north and south about the distance of a day's horseback riding, and this dark forest was the last obstacle to their east.

It is also the biggest challenge that the adventuring party will encounter before reaching the territory of the Lonely Mountain Dragon.

"You're running out of time!"

Bion finally said to the adventuring team, he knew very well that the current state of the Dark Forest was not something that this adventuring team could easily pass.

"So we must walk through the dark forest!"

Gandalf nodded and said to Bion, but also to insist on the other members of the adventure party, after all, if you take a detour, it will only delay more time.

"A dark force lurks in that forest, and the decay is creeping beneath the trees, and I will not venture into it unless I have to!"

Bion persuaded the members of the party that while he knew they had no choice, he had to warn the wizards, dwarves, and hobbits he liked.

"We'll take the Elven Path, and the trail is still safe!"

Gandalf said as if to calm everyone's minds, apparently to show everyone that it didn't matter that the dark forest was still passable.

"Safety? Hmph, the woodland elves of the Dark Forest are different from other kinds, they are more savage, they lack some wisdom, and they are dangerous to you, but it doesn't matter anymore......"

Bion clearly disagreed with Gandalf's words, and he didn't have much affection for the woodland elves in the dark forest, but he said the worse news with a solemn expression.

Thorin still didn't have a good impression of the elves, so he agreed with Bion's words, and when he heard Bion say this, he couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?" ”

"This land is full of orcs, and their numbers are constantly growing, and if you advance on foot, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get there alive!" Bion slowly walked up to Thorin, looked at Sorin and said as if deliberately, "I don't like dwarves, because dwarves are greedy and blind, only looking at immediate interests, without the slightest foresight!" ”

Thorin looked at Bion, but his expression did not change, obviously he knew that Bion must have something else to say, perhaps because he had a good impression of Bion until now.

This made Bion nod in satisfaction, so Bion quickly changed his words again, "But I hate orcs even more, what do you need!" ”

"Thank you for your generosity, we need some food supplies and horses so we can save more time on the road!"

Gandalf listened to Bion's words and knew that he had promised to help them, so he directly offered the help that the adventuring party needed most right now...... (To be continued......)