Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1058 1040. Dragon Disease

"The dragon lies in the treasury of the Lonely Mountain Kingdom, sleeping in a mountain of gold."

Elrond said seriously to Gandalf and Thorin.

"It has been sleeping for sixty years now. If it is woken up, who knows what kind of trouble it will cause?"

"It is obsessed with the glory of treasures and the weight of wealth. Thorin Oakenshield, the dragon wakes up. It will kill people!"

"Do we deserve it?"

Thorin seemed to be ignited by Elrond's words.

He stared into the eyes of the Lord of Rivendell and asked loudly.

"Then the wealth accumulated by our dwarves for generations, the crafts and technologies created! Do we deserve to be occupied by that evil reptile?"

"Do my people who survived the disaster day of Lonely Mountain deserve to go from a prosperous life and from our hometown of Elbor to what we are today?"

Thorin's temperament is deep and majestic. The blood of the King of Lonely Mountain and the glory of his family have made him what he is now.

A king is at this moment, fighting for the interests of the people and the kingdom. There is nothing more righteous and more legitimate than this scene.

In particular, Thorin is not an incompetent king.

After the dwarves of Lonely Mountain were driven away from their homes, it was he who led the people to revitalize themselves. Rest and recuperate in the Blue Mountains.

In order to subsidize the people's lives that suddenly became difficult and they had no place to stand, the dwarves who could work went out to work.

Although the members of this dwarf team are all good at fighting, in fact, they are all skills they have practiced in the past. Now their usual jobs are tinkers, merchants, shoemakers, and cooks.

Thorin was not an outlier. In fact, when Gandalf met Thorin, the prince of the Lonely Mountain Kingdom was working as a blacksmith in a human village to make money.

He was sweaty and had tangled hair, no better than an ordinary human blacksmith.

It was precisely because of this kind of pioneering effort that the dwarves of the Lonely Mountain, even though they were forced to wander from their hometown, have lived a stable life today, although not rich.

However, in the face of Thorin's questioning, Elrond remained calm.

In his long life, he really didn't know how many great kings or heroes he had seen.

"I have never denied the legitimacy and legitimacy of the wealth of the Lonely Mountain and the title of King of the Lonely Mountain for the dwarves of the Durin clan."

Elrond held his palms together and calmly put them in front of him, rational and wise.

"But I want to remind you of the key point: if you want to take back Elbor, the lonely mountain, you will inevitably wake up the dragon Smaug."

"But during the heyday of the Lonely Mountain Kingdom, you were completely defeated by the dragon in one day!"

"Your courage to take back your hometown is commendable, but the reality is, how are you going to face that powerful dragon?"

"Your reasons for taking back your hometown are extremely legitimate, but after the dragon wakes up, aren't the innocent people who may be affected by it worth caring about? King under the mountain, son of Thrain?"

Thorin pursed his lips, but still stared at Elrond unyieldingly.

Balin, with white hair and beard, had turned around, and Bilbo stared at the conversation in front of him blankly, looking like he didn't know what expression he should put on.

"In fact, Elrond."

In the stagnant atmosphere, Lann thought he didn't know the cause and effect, so he didn't speak. And Gandalf stood up to speak.

The old wizard had a friendly smile on his face.

"We have thought about these problems."

"Oh? So what is the solution, Mithrandir?"

Elrond turned around and faced Gandalf.

The old wizard took a step forward and patted the hobbit's shoulder enthusiastically in the shocked and overwhelmed eyes.

"The solution is: we will not wake up the dragon, at least not in the plan! This all depends on our master thief, Master Bilbo Baggins!"

The short and weak hobbit staggered after being patted by Gandalf.

"We don't want the gold in the lonely mountain, or we don't want those things when we first go in. We only come for a gem. Just one!"

Gandalf is like a salesman, recommending his project plan to investors.

"Just one?"

And Elrond also understood what Gandalf meant after his eyes turned.

"Is it the heart of the mountain - the Arken gem?!"

"That's right, Elrond! The king's gem that represents the power of the dwarf king!"

The old wizard nodded frequently.

"We just need to have our master thief sneak into the treasury of Lonely Mountain and take away the most important gem. Then we will retreat immediately without lingering for even a second!"

"Smaug's nose is extremely sensitive, but he has never smelled the body odor of a hobbit, so he can't recognize it and won't be alert. In such a huge treasury, the disappearance of a gem will not attract any attention at all."

"But the gem is extremely important to the dwarves."

"At the beginning, Smaug raided Lonely Mountain and was unprepared, so the entire Lonely Mountain Kingdom was captured in one day. On the day of the tragedy, the soldiers in Lonely Mountain were even mixed with civilians, and there was no chance to form a battle formation and a ballista."

"But this time we are not only well prepared, but this gem will also unite more than one dwarf family."

"Not only the Turin clan, but also the dwarves of the seven major families will gather an army under the call of the holder of this gem. That is an army that is enough to kill the evil dragon! A fully prepared army!"

"No one will die in the flames of the dragon's awakening, Elrond."

Gandalf looked at the Elf Lord seriously.

"Because as long as the plan goes smoothly, when Smaug wakes up from his long sleep and rushes out of Elbor, the first thing he sees will be an army that can kill him!"

So, this is the context of the whole thing?

Lan En stood aside, crossing his arms and watching the interaction between the elves, dwarves, wizards, and hobbits.

At the same time, the brain also works with the biological intelligence brain to sort out relationships and clarify logic with the help of computing power and analysis diagrams.

When he first saw the dwarf team, he only thought that the purpose of this group of people gathering together for a long journey should be not simple, but he did not expect that this group turned out to be a restoration expedition team.

And the origins of this history can be traced back hundreds of years ago when the Lonely Mountain dwarves were destroyed by an evil dragon.

The plot of the dwarf warrior and the dwarf prince who want to restore the country, and the evil dragon who takes possession of the golden treasure is too typical for a fairy tale, right?

Lan En rubbed his chin.

"It's not that I don't believe you, Mithrandir. The plan you explained is indeed very feasible. But..."

Elrond pursed his lips and looked at Thorin Oakenshield with hesitant eyes.

"But what?" Thorin asked solemnly. "I even promised that we would kill that filthy lizard!"

"Then I'll tell you the truth, Thorin Oakenshield."

Elrond sighed.

"But I'm worried about your dragon disease. The mental disease that runs and is passed down in your family's bloodline."

The word 'Dragon Disease' came out of Elrond's mouth.

Balin, Thorin, and even Gandalf himself, who had put on their smiles again because Gandalf explained his plan, all looked serious and downcast.

"I saw your grandfather lose his mind to gold, that obsession, that morbid obsession, Thorin Oakenshield."

"Not only your grandfather, but also your father. I'm afraid your obsession with gold is no less than that of Smaug. Every time I think of Thror's look at gold, it makes me shudder."

"When you really arrive at Gushan, really open the secret door, and really are only a few steps away from the mountain of treasures. I'm very worried whether you will follow the plan and just do it in order not to wake up the evil dragon. Take that gem."

"Or are you obsessed with gold? Do you want to take more and more until you finally wake up the dragon?"

Is the obsession with gold going to this extent?

Pulling gold from the dragon's mouth and risking your life?

Lan En didn't know if this situation was true, but he saw the pale face of Balin, an old dwarf.

Elrond stepped forward and bent down to look down at Thorin.

"Who can guarantee you that you will not lose your mind at that time? Like your grandfather and father?"

Gandalf blinked and raised a hand.

"I think I can."

"Only you can't do it, Mithrandir. Because you are the one who started this expedition to restore the country!"

Before Gandalf could finish, Elrond interrupted.

But when the wizard kept silent, the dwarves bowed their heads and said nothing, and the hobbits were even more at a loss.

"Then I think I can guarantee it."

Everyone's eyes instantly turned to the direction of the sound.

Lan En raised one hand and leaned his whole body against the beautiful white marble pillars of the elves, smiling relaxedly.

The moonlight was blocked by the window, so only his upper body was illuminated, and his molten silver hair shone softly in the moonlight.

Adanisil, like a man of elves.

Even standing with Elrond, an older and more prestigious elven lord, no one would doubt the name Lann was given by the elves.

"You're going to vouch for him, Adanisil?"

Elrond asked in surprise.

"Do you really know Sauron Oakenshield?"

"I can't say I understand, but I can't say I don't understand either."

The witcher put down his hand and still leaned against the pillar.

"I have not been with him long, Elrond. But I have seen the choices these dwarves would make in life-threatening situations. I don't think any choice can be more sincere than that time."

"They once thought that the Kirin had been scared away, and I would face a group of orcs and warg cavalry alone. But among the thirteen dwarves and one hobbit, not one of them objected or flinched. They all wanted to rush up and fight beside me. Because They felt that I was surrounded after I broke up for them, and they felt responsible for me."

"I don't quite believe that such a person would become a shameless person who would put other people's lives in vain for his own desires just because of gold."

Thorin Oakenshield opened his mouth slightly. This was the first time he looked at Lan En with a feeling of being at a loss.

Because I was trusted, I felt helpless.

"Thorin, tell me." Lan En tilted his head and looked at the dwarf prince of Lonely Mountain.

"If Smaug is awakened by you, do you think it is your responsibility to protect others who have nothing to do with it from being affected?"

Under Gandalf's smiling gaze, Thorin gradually recovered from his confusion.

He looked at those vertical pupils seriously and solemnly.

"It is our duty to do so!"