Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1124 1106. Explosive Gems

When Lan En entered the treasure hall, the mountains of gold and silver here shocked him for the first time, but then there was no fluctuation.

If we just talk about the amount of gold, Lan En had seen a small meteor made of pure gold in outer space in [Memory Dive].

The volume of that meteor was about 3,000 cubic kilometers.

So unless it can be converted into purchasing power, Lan En’s sense of the huge amount of gold is not really that shocking.

The dragon stench is even stronger here, and the complaints and fatigue of other dwarves during this period are mostly due to this.

Let anyone search for things day and night in the pile of cold metal full of stench, even if it is gold, it will only be exciting for the first few days.

But only Thorin, he is most willing to stay here.

Now no one comes in, only Thorin himself, wearing his bloated and gorgeous robe that he found from his grandfather’s relics, rummaging through the mountains of gold coins to find gems.

"Is this the so-called majesty of the 'King under the Mountain'?"

Lan En also walked towards him, stepping on the gold coins, and said as he walked.

There was an obvious sarcasm in his tone.

"It seems that the harvest after your hard journey for a year is not decent at all."

"Don't talk to me about 'decent'!" Thorin knelt on the pile of gold, digging down with obsession. "I want to find the Arken gem and command all dwarves. When the time comes, all of you who covet my gold will be thieves!"

The gold coins dug by Thorin flowed down like quicksand on the sand dunes.

"Gold, gold, you are still full of gold! Is this thing really that important? More important than your life?"

Lan En raised his legs from the flowing gold coins, making a rustling sound.

"Of course, we will defend the gold in the lonely mountain with our lives! Elves, humans, no one can take it away!"

"If it's just humans and elves, then it's easy." Lan En's expression was calm, but what he said made Thorin's action of digging down stupidly stunned.

"I can imagine what you did, Thorin. Now your emotions are abnormal, but you are not stupid. You also understand that facing the elven army and human refugees, fourteen people can't stop it at all."

"You must have made arrangements, so you still have the mind to dig gold and find gems here, right?"

"Then what arrangements will you make?"

The demon hunter said with a bit of amusement.

Thorin's action of digging gold was just paused, and then as if to cover up his guilty conscience, he started to move more explosively.

Lan En looked at Thorin who was hiding his guilty conscience, as if he was looking at a little carrot head playing tricks.

"Too easy to understand, Thorin." The demon hunter shook his head, "You are really too easy to understand."

"Although I don't know much about the terrain and situation here, I have also outlined the general shape from your words."

"To the east of Lonely Mountain is Iron Hill, which is the territory of your cousins. At the beginning, the dragon was coming fiercely, and they did not dare to lend a hand in order to protect themselves. But now it is different. Not only is the dragon dead, but their strength has also increased during this period of time."

"You have been delaying time. I think your letter for help and the notice of successful restoration have been sent to Iron Hill?"

Situation, information, and the relationship between various characters and regions. Every time Lan En arrives in a new world, he will ask Mentos to start building a database immediately.

This is not aimless.

The biochemical intelligent brain enters all kinds of information and relationships he has come into contact with, and finally connects and verifies each other. As data support.

After coming to this world, he has been exposed to the most news about Lonely Mountain.

Thorin was not stupid. He had no chance of defending the Lonely Mountain with just his few men in front of the elves and the townspeople. The rest of the reasoning was a natural thing for Lan.

After all, at this juncture and in this area, Thorin had very few choices.

Now Lan mentioned this in front of Thorin just to confirm it with his reaction.

But there was no doubt that Lan's words made Thorin completely at a loss.

And this was just the beginning of Lan's conversation with him.

For those who are really good at negotiation, the strategy of the conversation, the order of information disclosure, and the control of emotions are actually planned before they start talking.

"Your plan is correct, and it is even feasible. This is finally a point worth praising."

At this time, Thorin's hands were inserted into the pile of gold, but the action of digging out was stopped by Lan's words. The whole person froze there, and his eyes were stupidly looking down at the golden coins.

"But the problem is." Lan's tone suddenly dropped, with cold cruelty.

"When facing elves and humans who don't want to start a war, or simply want to solve the problem peacefully, of course you can drag it out. It's just a waste of time."

"But what if the ones who really want to kill people, fight, and rob gold are not elves and humans?"

Thorin on the gold mountain seemed to be stimulated by this cold tone, and his whole body twitched, and the pile of gold coins made a rustling sound.

Lan En continued as if he didn't see it.

"You should still remember the news I brought you on the day you set off from Long Lake Town to Lonely Mountain, right? Or has all this gold filled your head?"

"I told you at the time: Gold is important, but it is not the most important. The most important thing is this strategic location. With the Lonely Mountain, the orcs can connect to the old land of Angmar Kingdom in the northwest, and the dark forces in the entire north will gain access to it. Opportunities for tandem.”

"Now that the evil dragon is dead, apart from the humans and elves who came nearby, do you think who is most eager for this mountain?"

"Beast, beastman?"

Thorin murmured in horror, his voice sounding like the last soft breath of a dying man in the empty hall.

"Then the orcs, those born murderers, executioners, and sadists, could they spend time with you here while you wait for reinforcements?"

"You can prevaricate those who are prepared to talk to you. Then I'm curious, what do you do to deal with someone who only wants your life?"

At this time, Thorin was completely helpless.

If it were him before, he would never be like this now. But now he is not the brave, resourceful and decisive dwarf warrior and leader.

But a Thorin Oakenshield with eyes full of gold.

The more he cared about gold and the lonely mountain, the more afraid he felt and the less courage he once had.

"It's a bad situation, Thorin. But it's not too late to do anything."

Just when the king under the mountain was lying on his golden mountain in fear, the demon hunter sent out a much calmer voice at the right time.

"Separate the gold and give it to the humans in River Valley City. They have nowhere to go. After getting the gold, they will no longer be your enemies, but they will still be the enemies of the orcs."

"The same goes for the elves. They only want their national treasure, the relics of King Thranduil's deceased wife. Their country is not far from the Lonely Mountain, and they have no position to watch the orcs occupy it."

"Thorin." Lan En said sincerely, "As long as you pay the gold you promised, you will find that you are actually a comrade everywhere now, not an enemy!"

The king under the mountain gasped for air and glanced at his treasure trove of gold and silver with painful and confused eyes.

Lan En's series of information bombardments made his already messy mood even more chaotic.

Under the golden mountain, the sound of trampling gold coins sounded, and the demon hunter was walking out of the hall.

Suddenly, the footsteps stopped.

Lan En, who was walking out, seemed to have stopped inadvertently, turned his head slightly and asked backwards.

"You have always regarded me as a wizard, right Thorin? Then you should also know that wizards can do magic."

"What?"

Thorin, who was suffering from a headache and dizziness, turned his head to the witcher in confusion, but the dwarf's pupils instantly dilated!

"Arken Gem!"

A gemstone with a hazy and brilliant halo was being thrown up and down on the palm of the demon hunter.

There is no intention of cherishing or caring at all.

Thorin simply rolled and crawled towards Lan En at the foot of the Golden Mountain.

This movement made a lot of noise, because it was the same as Bilbo's original movement, and a large piece of gold coins slid down, making a continuous sound of gold coins hitting.

The dwarves who had been waiting outside looked at each other and were ready to go in to see what was going on.

Bahrain, who arrived early, stopped them.

"Let them talk. No matter what, they should be better than they are now. Wizards have wizards' methods, let's not go in and cause trouble."

Although worried, the severity of the situation and the prestige of the old dwarf still successfully stopped the others.

"How did you get it! Give it back to me!"

Thorin finally slid all the way down and said loudly.

"The wizard's little trick makes it easy to find things." Lan En said perfunctorily. "As for returning it to you? I remember that this thing belongs to the people of Gushan, right?"

"It is the King's Stone and belongs to the King! Am I not the King?"

"Hard to say."

Faced with Thorin's crazy persistence, Lan En muttered indifferently.

"And I remember that you already gave me half of the proceeds from this adventure. I think this gem is good. What? The king under the mountain wants to break his promise again?"

"Whatever you want is fine! Anything else is fine! Only this!"

Thorin looked at the gem flying up and down in Lan En's hand and said loudly.

The witcher had a cold expression on this statement.

"Another promise. It seems that the King under the Mountain is the best at making worthless promises. Anyway, nothing can be redeemed in the end, right?"

"alright."

Seeing Thorin's current infatuated and chaotic state, Lann truly felt angry and disgusted.

Because a few days ago, this man was still a friend of his. At that time, he was resolute and courageous, and could fight to the end in the face of an evil dragon.

But now he has become like this.

The demon hunter's beast eyes flashed.

It was precisely because he had seen the old Thorin that he wanted to change this guy back!

This bullshit [Dragon Disease] turned a dwarf hero and leader into a useless person!

"There is no negotiation, Thorin. You also know that no one in this mountain can stop me."

"The Arken Stone is in my hand, unobstructed. I am not coveting this dwarf treasure."

"As long as you fulfill your promise, this gem will not stay in my hand for one more minute."

"The time limit is today's sunset. You have to transport the gold and distribute it to the people of Riverdale City. I will only give you this time, if it exceeds."

Lann stretched out both hands in front of Thorin.

One of the hands held the Arken stone, and the other hand held an ordinary white stone.

"Bang!"

The flames exploded, startling Thorin who was looking at the Arken Stone infatuatedly.

The ordinary gemstone on Lan En's left hand quickly lost its luster in the flames, and cracked and changed color visibly.