The company headed to Dol Guldur by walking around the forest. It might took a very long time and a further distance, however that way was much safer than by entering the forest and going straight to Dol Guldur. They planned to enter the forest once they arrived at the nearest spot to the 'abandoned' fortress at the southern eaves of Mirkwood.
They were walking past a treeless region of the forest which was roughly square in shape and was known as the East Bight when someone riding on a sled approached towards them all of a sudden and very swiftly.
"Radagast the Brown," called Elrond. "Long time no see, my friend," greeted Gandalf.
"Where are you all heading to?" he asked. "We must go to a place called Dol... uh, I forgot. We have to rescue our friend who is trapped there," answered Fuyuki. "Dol Guldur, that's what he meant," added Gandalf.
"No, you mustn't enter that fortress!" exclaimed Radagast. "What's the matter?" wondered Elrond. "We have to enter that fortress no matter how dangerous it is! We must rescue her!" shouted Natsumi at the brown wizard.
"Alright, but don't blame me for not telling you this. I felt something terrible happened inside that fortress a few days ago..." he told.
- Flashback -
Radagast was wandering in the wilderness when he suddenly heard a loud and scary voice. It came from Dol Guldur, an old fortress in southern Mirkwood that seemed to be abandoned.
He headed straight to the fortress in order to do an investigation by his sled which was pulled by Rhosgobel rabbits. On his way there, he noticed that the voice was actually a spell he had never heard before.
On the side of a bridge which connected the forest and the fortress, he stopped his sled and entered Dol Guldur with fear.
When he was only five meters from the bridge, he heard the same voice once more. Only, he said a different phrase. "Shnakû kak (You will lead my armies)."
Radagast understood the meaning of that phrase, he came closer to see who was the new commander. Unfortunately, an orc almost noticed his presence. He hid behind a wall. Luckily, the orc didn't know that there was someone spying on his legion. Finally, he decided to escape without knowing the true identity of the new commander.
- Back to their present time -
Actually, Radagast didn't mention the meaning or even the phrase itself when he told them the story, he only told them that he heard a phrase which he understood. No wonder, most of them were confused. "The phrase, what does it mean?" asked Dororo. "The orcs had been leaderless since the death of their former leader, Azog the Defiler. Now, their numbers are growing once more. The meaning of that phrase is... the Dark Lord Sauron has chosen someone to be a new commander for his orcs," he explained.
Elrond asked him for another clue. "I think she's a female orc. Her voice, especially her evil laugh scares me a lot," he answered briefly.
"Could it be? No, no, no!" sobbed Fuyuki. "We're maybe too late," mourned Tamama. "The sky is getting darker. We better set a bonfire here and continue our journey tomorrow," suggested Gandalf.