bookbashuk Chapter 402 Entering Mordor
Chapter 402 Entering Mordor
Chapter 402 Entering Mordor
Upon seeing the giant spider, the size of a house, appear before them, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
Gulu took advantage of the chaos to escape and disappeared somewhere.
Frodo and Sam were shielded behind Aragorn and Legolas.
The dwarf Gimli swung his long axe at one of the giant spider Hilob's legs, but it struck steel with a sound like sparks and metal colliding.
The giant spider Hilob had no interest in the dwarf Gimli, but perhaps attracted by the One Ring, he was filled with greed for Frodo. He simply flung Gimli away and then attacked in the direction of Frodo.
Legolas immediately fired a beam of light, but the beam struck the giant spider Hilob, failing to penetrate its hard shell and instead enraging it.
The giant spider Hilob hissed angrily and attacked Legolas directly with its chelicerae covered in sharp hooks.
Legolas reacted quickly, dodging the giant spider Hilob's attacks, leaping and bounding between the boulders, and continuously attacking the giant spider's most vulnerable eye with light arrows.
Aragorn also brandished the sword Narsil and attacked the giant spider Hirobor.
The Holy Sword of Nasir also had some restraining effect on the giant spider Hilob, making it somewhat wary and hesitant to continue its thousand-plus attacks.
After being thrown away, Gimli charged forward again, brandishing his long axe and yelling.
In an instant, the giant spider Hilob was entangled by Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli.
Frodo and Sam, who had little fighting ability, could only hide on the outside, watching the battle nervously, but were powerless to intervene.
But as Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were at a disadvantage, especially with Gimli being sent flying and his long axe entangled in spider silk, and Aragorn's Narsil sword stuck in the spider silk, magical attacks were ineffective.
Frodo stood up anxiously: "No, we have to do something!"
Sam quickly grabbed him, urging, "Frodo, Aragorn and the others said you're the most important. If there's any danger, they'll let you go first. Don't worry about them!"
But Frodo would never abandon his teammates. He drew the Spiked Sword that his uncle Bilbo had given him before he left, and took out the Star Bottle from his pocket.
Then it charged toward the giant spider Hilob.
When the giant spider Hilob saw Frodo approaching, it was as if it had spotted the most delicious thing. It immediately abandoned its entanglement with Aragorn and the others and charged towards Frodo.
Upon seeing this, Aragorn and the others' expressions changed drastically: "Frodo is in danger! Run!"
Legolas fired more than a dozen beams of light in an attempt to stop the giant spider Hilob.
Faced with the colossal spider Herobrine, Frodo could not hide his fear. He took a deep breath and quickly shook the Star Bottle in his hand.
Upon sensing the approach of the dark creatures, the Starlight Bottle also emitted a dazzling light of Eyarendil.
The holy light made the giant spider Hilob extremely uncomfortable, causing it to stop its attack and pace restlessly in place.
Seeing that the giant spider Hilob had been successfully forced to stop, Frodo breathed a sigh of relief and continued to approach the giant spider Hilob, holding aloft the Light of Eyarndil.
The giant spider was constantly forced back by the light of Eyarendil, attempting to attack Frodo, but fearing the light.
Aragorn seized the opportunity, Apparating to the belly of the giant spider Hilob, and then thrusting his sword into its vulnerable abdomen.
Pierced by Nasir's sword, the giant spider Hiroboron let out a painful hiss. It shook off Aragorn, Legolas, and the others, and then fled in a panic, hiding back in its spider nest.
Seeing that the giant spider Hilob had been successfully driven back, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well done, Frodo!" Aragorn patted Frodo on the shoulder and praised him with a smile.
Legolas and Gimli were also impressed by Frodo; they hadn't expected this shy hobbit to have such courage.
Sam looked at Frodo with a face full of admiration.
Frodo, somewhat embarrassed by the praise, raised the fading light of the Starlight Bottle in his hand. "Thanks to the Light of Eyarendil that Duir gave me, I was able to repel the giant spider!"
Seeing the precious bottle in his hand, everyone couldn't help but nod and exclaim, "Yes, Lord Duir has given us so much help!"
They had narrowly escaped death several times when facing attacks from the powerful giant spider Hilob, only avoiding injury thanks to the defensive gear they were wearing.
With the crisis involving the giant spider Hilob over, the group didn't linger. After all, the commotion they had made was quite significant and could easily attract the attention of nearby Mordor forces, so they quickly hurried away.
Gollum, who had previously fled and disappeared, was also found by Aragorn using the Tracking Charm.
Everyone has now realized Gulu's ill intentions; he was clearly trying to lure them into the giant spider's territory and send them to their deaths.
So when they caught Gulu hiding again, everyone was furious.
Gimli brandished his long axe, ready to chop Gollum's head off.
However, they were eventually stopped by Aragorn and Frodo.
"Frodo, it's up to you to decide what to do with Gollum," Aragorn asked Frodo, the Fellowship of the Ring, instead of making the decision himself.
Gollum trembled with fear when he heard that Gimli wanted to cut him, and looked at Frodo with pitiful, pleading eyes when he heard that the decision would be made by Frodo.
Frodo was equally furious that Gollum wanted to lead them to their deaths, but he shook his head and said, "We still need him to lead us into Mordor. He's still useful. We can't kill him now."
Gollum quickly begged for mercy: "Yes, Gollum is useful! Gollum knows how to get to Mordor, don't kill Gollum! Gollum can lead everyone safely to Mordor—"
Aragorn looked at Gollum, who was sneezing uncontrollably, with disgust. Pointing his sword, stained with the giant spider's blood, at him, he threatened again, "You'd better not try anything funny this time, or next time you won't have a chance to beg for mercy!"
Gulu stared in terror at the sword that could have wounded the giant spider Hilob, nodding frantically to promise he would never have any more evil thoughts.
Regardless of whether he had bad intentions, Aragorn, just to be on the safe side, took out a magical rope woven by elves, which was not only difficult to cut, but could also be stretched and extended at will.
One end was tied around Gollum's neck, and the other end was held by Sam.
This time, Gulu didn't have any ulterior motives and obediently led everyone to a hidden cave entrance among the rocks, climbing up and down a long, dark staircase.
After walking for most of the day, we finally emerged from the cave and arrived at the Tower of Chilis Wugo on the eastern side of the Shadow Mountains.
This is the last checkpoint before entering Mordor, guarded by numerous Orcs and other Orcs.
Looking at the numerous enemy troops on the watchtower, the few people hiding behind the boulder all had grim expressions.
"What should we do next? Should we wait until dark and sneak over, or listen to Gollum and go around from the other side?" Legolas asked.
Aragorn carefully observed the surrounding terrain and then shook his head, saying, "If we go around it, the journey will more than double, and the chances of unexpected events will be greater. Our most important task now is to reach Mount Doom as quickly as possible and not waste too much time on the journey."
Besides, it's still quite a while before dark, and staying here too long would make us easy targets.
“However, I have a better way that will allow us to appear openly and without being easily discovered.” Aragorn smiled and took out Polyjuice Potion. “We can disguise ourselves as Orks, blend in with them, and head towards Mount Doom along the road.”
Upon seeing the compound decoction, everyone suddenly realized that they had almost forgotten about it.
But Legolas, who knew more about Compound Potions, asked, "Compound Potions require Orc hair; how do we obtain that?"
Aragorn, looking as if he had been prepared, smiled and took out a bottle: "Don't worry, I've already prepared in advance. I specifically collected some Orc hair back in Gondor."