Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#133 - Hunting Ogres

Several hours had passed by the time Liang Yue and Gandalf reached the other side of the Two Stone Hills and found the dwarves' tracks.

Heaven knows how this old wizard managed to run from one side of the mountain to the other and find him.

Moreover, Gandalf hadn't taken long to reach his mountain cave after his quarrel with Thorin.

Now, Liang Yue was forced to slow down because he had to take care of the old man, and was delayed by the old wizard's dawdling.

If he were traveling alone, he could have crossed the two mountains in less than half an hour with the combined use of his lightness skill and physical strength!

"Is this old codger doing it on purpose?"

Liang Yue couldn't help but wonder maliciously as he watched Gandalf, who was crouching in the bushes, silently observing the situation ahead.

However, his suspicion wasn't entirely unfounded.

According to the original plot, the dwarves' predicament was roughly the same as it was now. After their ponies were stolen by the trolls, the hobbit and Thorin's two cousins tracked them down.

They wanted to rescue their ponies on their own, but were discovered by the trolls. After a brief struggle, the three were defeated, but Thorin and the others arrived shortly after.

To be honest, as the dwarven prince and a group of warriors trusted by Thorin, this group of dwarves was quite powerful.

In a few moves, they made the trolls scream and suffer injuries all over.

But at the critical moment, the trolls used Bilbo as a hostage, threatening to make Thorin and the others surrender, otherwise they would tear the hobbit apart.

As a result, the dwarves actually gave in, threw down their weapons, and allowed themselves to be tied up by the trolls...

And that's how things are now...

Looking at the dwarves tied to logs and roasting over the fire in the forest ahead, Liang Yue was speechless.

He didn't know whether to praise these people for being brave and responsible, or to think they had problems with their brains.

According to the original plot, this was the time for the hobbit to appear. Bilbo Baggins used his verbal skills to delay the trolls.

He diverted the trolls' attention by discussing how to make dwarves taste better.

When the time officially came for dawn to break, Gandalf finally appeared.

With a "You shall not pass!", he used his staff to smash through the rocks on the east side, and then let the sunlight into the field.

Under the sunlight, the trolls turned into stone statues.

Gandalf also completed a glorious rescue.

However, compared to the original plot, the time when Liang Yue and Gandalf arrived was obviously much earlier due to Liang Yue's intervention.

It was still at least an hour before the sun rose.

The old wizard hadn't reached his time to appear, and without the help of sunlight, Liang Yue wasn't sure whether his holy light spell could effectively kill the trolls.

On the other hand, Gandalf himself was just quietly hiding aside, watching, with a hint of anxiety on his old face, but he couldn't provide any effective solutions.

"...How about I give it a try?"

Liang Yue said as he looked at the dwarves who were tied to the bonfire by the trolls, and the hobbit who was giving his unique insights on the delicacies, and then looked at Gandalf who was still lying in the bushes.

There weren't many trolls on the opposite side at this time, only three in total.

However, each of them was four or five meters tall, with thick skin and flesh, and a burly figure.

"Almost no failure..."

"Okay, then try!"

...

"The secret to cooking dwarves is..."

"What is it? Tell us quickly!"

"The secret is... um, you have to skin them first."

"Tom, get me the skinning knife~"

"No!!! You traitor, I won't forget this debt."

"Bilbo! You sly fox! I curse you!"

"Oh no~! Not the guys!"

"I think we can discuss it!"

...

Amidst the dwarves' bursts of roars and clamor, just as a tall troll was holding a dagger that was enough to be used as a long knife, about to skin one of the dwarves with a red beard.

Liang Yue had already climbed up a big tree next to him silently. Looking at the three silly white-skinned giants below, this guy didn't hesitate and jumped straight down from the tree.

In mid-air, with a flick of his sleeve, two sharp standard long swords were immediately held in his palm.

As the bright red cloak fluttered, the whole person was like a pouncing cheetah, using the force of the accumulated momentum, he thrust the long sword in his hand backhand!

With a soft "Zzz~" sound.

The long blade immediately plunged into the troll's head, half of the sword body entered, and red and white things gushed out from the gap in the wound.

"This guy's head bone is really hard enough!"

This thought flashed through Liang Yue's mind, but he didn't waste any time at this time.

He stomped his feet hard on the shoulders of this troll who was already weak and about to collapse to the ground, and the whole person jumped up again quickly, the long sword in his hand was like two sharp claws.

"Puchi~"!

Taking advantage of the fact that the other party hadn't reacted, the long sword stabbed into the eye socket of another troll next to him with force and accuracy!

Immediately afterwards, Liang Yue stomped hard again, and the whole person instantly rose into the air, rushing towards the remaining troll.

It was just at this time that after two companions were killed in a row, the remaining troll finally reacted even if his brain was stupid.

Facing someone's aerial pounce, it subconsciously waved its thick arms, howling, and backing away in horror.

However, at this time, Liang Yue suddenly stepped hard in the void in mid-air, and the original direction of the whole person's soaring suddenly changed, from the original straight pounce to a diagonal shot!

With a "Shua~" sound.

A red shadow flashed, and Liang Yue pounced in front of the troll's chest at an extremely fast speed!

Having long been accustomed to this mode of lightness skill change, the double swords in his hand immediately borrowed the force of the flight and fiercely stabbed into the other party's thick neck!

Puchi~

A large amount of blood spurted out from the troll's neck, and Liang Yue jumped lightly, taking a step ahead, landing and hiding aside.

He waved the double swords in his hand, made a very handsome sword flower, threw the weapons back into the storage space, and then looked at the dwarves in the firelight.

Liang Yue's cheetah raid three-in-a-row easily solved the three trolls in just a few breaths.

This record immediately moved the dwarves in front of him, each with a look of surprise and shock, unable to recover for a long time.

Until, the old wizard Gandalf walked over from the bushes with his staff, looking leisurely, unhurried, and with a confident look on his face...