Perhaps the experience of the dragon Smaug being furious once during the day gave the dwarves the idea that the dragon would not take the trouble to fly out of the hall at the bottom of the mountain again tonight to patrol around, because Bilbo felt that the dwarves were alone.

There was some relaxation hidden under the nervous expression.

As the only person among the people who has so far faced the dragon's flames and sharp claws, Bilbo really can't tell whether the self-deception of the dwarves is good or bad.

Perhaps this vague belief that the evil dragon will not fly out is just the wishful thinking of the dwarves, but it undoubtedly proves that Smaug destroyed everyone's common camp with one blow during the day and burned almost all supplies and pony mounts.

It gave deep fear to all dwarves, including Thorin.

Even though it has been a long time since the dragon returned to the underground hall, the hobbits can still feel the complex emotions of everyone from the dwarves' expressions of hatred and sympathy when talking about the dragon - whether it is revenge.

Or to regain the treasure belonging to the dwarf kingdom under the mountain, the dwarves must defeat or even kill the evil dragon.

But after the battle during the day, it seemed that every dwarf had some doubts about whether they could really escape from the vicious dragon.

At this moment when escape is extremely slim, how can anyone believe that they will defeat and kill the extremely ferocious dragon Smaug as predicted by the legendary song?

Then, everyone talked about the mountains of gold and silver treasures, and even Thorin, a descendant of the dwarf royal family, joined the topic.

As Thorin, who had personally witnessed the heyday of the dwarf kingdom under the mountain and was even a witness to it, he seemed to recall with a strong sense of nostalgia the grand collection of gold, silver, seas of gold, precious stones and armor in the underground hall.

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A treasure armor made of mithril, a necklace composed of five hundred river valley pearls... One after another, strange and charming treasure names popped out of Thorin's mouth, attracting the dwarves who heard the splendor of these treasures.

You can't help but be intoxicated with Bilbo.

Of all the treasures, the one that impressed Thorin the most was a huge white gem. This was dug by the dwarves under the mountains. This is the Heart of the Mountain, also known as Thorne's family heirloom.

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Thorin propped his chin up in the darkness and murmured like he was dreaming: "The Heart of the Mountain, the heirloom diamond of our Turin clan! I still remember its appearance, it was like a round ball with millions of faces.

The ball glowed silver in the firelight, like lake water reflecting sunlight, like snow under the stars or raindrops under the moonlight!"

Thorin's detailed description of the treasures had a very enthusiastic response among the dwarves. At this moment, even the nightmare-like memory of the evil dragon Smaug left in the dwarves in terror and astonishment gradually became incomparable in the face of the wealth of gold and silver.

Thin, eventually turned into bubbles and disappeared.

During the conversation, Bilbo's mind had already flown to other places. Half of his mind was spent listening for any unusual noises outside the door, and the other half was used to monitor any commotion inside the door except for the dwarves' voices.

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As the moonlight climbed to the horizon, shadows filled the stone walls of the mountains, and a feeling called uneasiness filled the hearts of the hobbits.

At that moment, after spending a lot of effort during the day to save a small life from under the Dragon Rock, the word "close the door" echoed in his mind! Yes, the door leading to the underground hall where the dragon was still there was still there.

It's not closed!

Thinking of this, Bilbo spoke to the dwarves with a hint of pleading: "Close the door quickly! Everyone, believe me, we need to close the door to the underground at this time. If we don't close the door, it will be too late!"

The fear in Bilbo's voice gave the dwarf the same uneasy feeling.

At this moment, the terrifying impression left by the dragon during the day suddenly lingered in everyone's head. Even as brave and fearless as Thorin could not help but feel a little scared at this moment. He kicked away the stone blocking the door, and then everyone pushed hard

, the door closed with a click.

I have to say that the dwarves are very lucky.

The reason why they were lucky was that everything that followed proved how important Bilbo's suggestion of closing the business was.

On this side of the mountain, the rocks kept shaking, and the entire mountain was shaking violently like a crumbling house. Everyone was glad that they had escaped and ran deeper into the tunnel. At the same time, everyone only heard Smaug coming from outside the door.

Angry roar.

The cruel and evil dragon didn't care whether the mountain would be shaken by its brutal attack or even part of the mountain structure collapsed. It used its huge dragon tail to sweep the mountain wall and the entire cliff. In the end, the mountain col, the narrow mountain ridge, climbed

The mountain walls covered with snails were all reduced to debris by the dragon's wrath, and huge landslides also buried the valley below.

After seeing that his angry attacks had caused countless collapses and shattering of the mountain and such huge damage, the evil dragon after venting his anger only felt a fire of sin rising from its heart, and soon, it was running wildly in the tunnel at the bottom of the mountain.

The dwarves who were fleeing for their lives heard the cruel announcement left by the evil dragon:

"Despicable Jinbei thief, you may think you have escaped from my hands? If you are really so naive, then you need to listen carefully to everything I will do next. I think the reason why you can

Appearing here, the humans in the town at the foot of the mountain must have given you a lot of help. Maybe you thought you were pretending well, but I saw through all this early! Now, those idiots in the town should

I have paid the price for helping you in your crime, and soon, I will bring death and destruction to them!!"

Soon, the evil dragon took off from the flames and flew south towards the rushing river.

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Meanwhile, the dwarves sat in the darkness, not daring to make a sound.

For a long time, the dwarves who heard the dragon's terrifying declaration did not dare to express their anger, for fear that it would attract the extra cunning dragon and cause disaster.

Just like this, you looked at me and I looked at you. After spending a painful period of time looking at each other without daring to move, Thorin, as the leader, couldn't help but feel that he needed to stand up and lead everyone to do something.

Thorin opened his mouth and signaled to everyone: "We have waited long enough, and the air in this tunnel is getting duller. I would rather be beaten to death by Smaug outside than suffocate to death here! It's time to open the door and check the situation.

Already."

After hearing Thorin's words, several dwarves couldn't help but nodded in agreement. Soon everyone stood up one by one and tried to find the original way in and exit. Unfortunately, everyone found that the upper part of the tunnel had collapsed and was filled with falling rocks.

, neither magic nor keys can open this door anymore.

"We are trapped!" the crowd wailed, "It's over now. We will all die here."

Just when the dwarves fell into despair, Bilbo suddenly felt that the pressure on his heart was relieved a lot, as if a big stone had been removed from his chest.

"Come on, come on!" he said: "Fortunately, we are all alive, no one is missing. As long as everyone is still alive, there is still hope!"

The desperate people had no choice but to agree; Thorin took the lead and walked beside Bilbo.

"Be careful!" the hobbit whispered: "Try not to make a sound! Maybe Smaug is not here, but it may still be hiding over there. Don't take unnecessary risks!"

Everyone walked down. Of course, in terms of silent movement, the dwarves were not as good as the hobbits. The sound of everyone gasping and complaining caused a lot of echoes in the tunnel. Although Bilbo was often worried and couldn't help it. He warned everyone to stop, but there was still no sound from below. When he got close to the exit, Bilbo put on the ring and walked over.

Bilbo stepped on the air and finally landed in a slightly open place. When he got up, he found that the surroundings were dark and there was no movement at all. There was no light here, and the whole space was still full of evil. The stink of the dragon, you can almost taste the steam it exhales in your mouth.

When he stood up completely, he found that he couldn't figure out the north, south, east, and west.

Finally, after working for a while, he had to admit that he was lost and seemed to have been separated from the dwarves.

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When Bilbo accidentally fell out of the cave, the dwarves were indeed very frightened. For a moment, everyone could only cower near the exit, not knowing what to do.

"Hush! Hush!" When everyone heard Bilbo's voice, they could only do this.

Although this did help the hobbits confirm everyone's position, after a while, everyone still didn't dare to speak out. In the end, when Bilbo stamped his feet desperately, yelling at the top of his voice, "Let's bring some light!" "At this moment, Thorin finally couldn't bear it anymore. Ouyin and Groin were immediately sent back to look for things in the luggage on the other side of the tunnel.

After a while, the dwarves came back to the hobbits with a few lit torches.

Seeing the lighting tools in the hands of the dwarves, Bilbo immediately ran in and took away the torches, but for a while he still could not persuade the other dwarves to join him with torches.

Finally, after unanimous discussion between Thorin and everyone, everyone finally decided to let Bilbo, who walked quietly and quietly, conduct the investigation first. Everyone kept a certain distance and waited for the results of his investigation to act accordingly.

Therefore, the dwarves sat at the door and watched carefully.

Everyone saw the black figure of the hobbit exploring around with a small torch. Sometimes, Bilbo would accidentally kick something on the ground and almost fall down several times. The further he walked, the light became weaker and weaker. After a while, the dim light began to illuminate the entire cave. Bilbo was climbing the pile of gold and silver jewels, and soon he climbed to the top. The dwarves watched him stop and bend down to inspect for a moment. But no one could guess why he did this.

That's because of the Heart of the Mountain, Thor's family heirloom diamond.

It was precisely because of Thorin's detailed description of his family heirloom diamond that Bilbo recognized it at just one glance.

The first time he looked at the Silmarillion, just like the thought of closing the door before, a thought appeared in the hobbit's mind - there is no mistake, this is definitely one of Thorin's most important goals in this trip. As long as

Picking up Thorin's heirloom diamond in front of them and returning it to Thorin, one of the important goals of their trip was achieved!

Driven by the thoughts in his mind, Bilbo stretched out his hand with determination and picked up the Silmarillion. His little hands couldn't even hold it completely, but he could still hold it up. He closed it

Eyes, put the gem into his deepest pocket.

"I am really a real snitch now!" He thought: "I should find time to tell the dwarves later that they did say that I can choose my own share, and let them take the rest of the treasures.

, I only want this one!" At the same time, he actually felt that the choice he made by the other party might not include this gem, and he might get into a lot of trouble for it.

Bilbo, who had gained something, did not choose to stop moving forward. Now that he had obtained the Silmarillion, he still did not forget the task assigned by Thorin to explore the way forward.

He walked along the treasure mountain to the other side, and the light of the torch disappeared from the dwarves' eyes. However, soon, everyone saw the light of fire appearing further away, and Bilbo was crossing the cave.

He continued walking forward, and finally came to a door in the distance. The fresh air that hit his face made him feel refreshed, but it almost blew out his torch. He looked out carefully, and could vaguely see the outside.

There are quite majestic corridors, with continuous stairs extending upward. Moreover, so far, he has not heard or seen the whereabouts of Smaug. When he was about to go back, a dark shape suddenly pounced on him and passed by.

His face. He screamed, slipped back and fell to the ground. The torch fell headfirst to the ground and was immediately extinguished!

"I hope it's just a bat!" he said unhappily: "What should I do now? Where is the south, south, north, and south?"

"Thorin! Balin! Fili! Kili!" Bilbo opened his throat and yelled like he was desperately trying. In this darkness, it seemed to be in vain. "The torch is out, someone come and save me!"

His courage seemed to disappear in an instant. The dwarves could vaguely hear his cry for help, but everyone could only hear Mohu's "Help me!"

"What's happening now?" Thorin said: "It shouldn't be an evil dragon, otherwise he wouldn't be able to keep calling like this."

Not knowing what was going on, everyone waited for another ten seconds, but there was still no sound outside. In fact, except for Bilbo's roar, there was no other sound at all.

"Go, any one of you, bring a torch!" Thorin ordered: "It seems that our snitch has encountered some difficulty."

"Of course we should lend a helping hand to our companions when they are in trouble." Bahrain said, "I'll go. Of all the people here, I think it's the most appropriate for me to go, right?"

Balin's words ignited the fire of belief in the sincere unity of the dwarves, and soon the dwarves walked out one by one, running as fast as possible along the wall.
Chapter completed!