The other side.

After entering the secret door with Bilbo, Seymour soon reached a spacious chamber.

In the hall, there are many sealed reserves and weapons and armor, and the stone wall above is still depicted with the grand scene of the coming of the kingdoms.

In this grand scene, the former king of the mountain sits on the throne, carrying a jewel that shines brightly, and receives the worship of many visitors below.

Underneath the stone carving, there is also a line of dwarven language:

"This is the seventh kingdom of the Turin lineage, may the Heart of the Mountain unite all the dwarves and defend our sacred kingdom."

Any dwarf would have been moved when he saw this scene.

However, Seymour and Bilbo were not dwarves after all, and they had never seen the prosperity of Erebo back then, so they only lamented the changes of time and the vicissitudes of life, and then decided to continue on their way.

But that's where the problem arises.

From here, there was only one way left to move forward.

It was an extremely narrow passageway, about 1.4 meters high and less than half the width of Seymour's shoulder, and even a diminutive hobbit like Bilbo could only enter it by turning sideways.

Obviously, this is the second line of defense set up by the dwarves to prevent other races from getting their hands on the map, ensuring that only the dwarves can enter the city of Erebo below through this secret passage.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Seymour reluctantly gave up his intention to move on.

From here, the two parted ways, with Bilbo entering the mountain city of Erebo first, while Seymour tried to find a more spacious passageway.

So Bilbo cautiously entered the passage and came to the real city of Erebor below.

If the underground palace of Moriath is synonymous with majesty, then Erebo is undoubtedly synonymous with splendor!

In this splendid temple, endless gold coins and jewels are piled up like hills between stone pillars, and all kinds of gold and silver jewels are piled up like grains of sand on the seashore, including unminted gold and silver, large uncarved gemstones, and many crafts that have been cast into gold, silver, and gemstone jewelry.

The palace was filled with splendor and glitter, and even a hobbit like Bilbo, who could resist the temptation of the Ring, almost forgot to breathe when he saw the infinite wealth of the great hall.

But Bilbo is Bilbo after all, and even if there is a trace of greed in his heart, he still does not forget his mission.

Bilbo cautiously entered the main hall, where he searched for the Elven King's white diamond necklace and the dwarven Akon Gem among the countless mountains of gold and silver in the temple.

It's a pity that this place is too big!

As small as Bilbo, it is impossible to climb through these treasure mountains even if it takes ten days and ten nights.

After discovering this, Bilbo sat down on the treasure mountain in despair, wondering if he should take some treasure out and find a place to hide and live on his own.

So he casually drew a golden cup from the treasure beside him.

But this action was like pushing the first domino, triggering a series of chain reactions, and countless gold coins and treasures slid down the hill, revealing an eye about the size of his whole person.

It turns out that the whole hill at Bilbo's feet is a treasure that the dragon Smaug laid out when he was sleeping!

After discovering this, Bilbo immediately stood up in a hurry, but his overly flustered movements accidentally caused a larger treasure landslide, and all kinds of gold coins and treasures clanged together, and Bilbo slid down the treasure mountain with him.

The crisp and pleasant sound of collision woke Smaug from his slumber.

As soon as it awoke, it smelled a very unfamiliar scent, mixed with some familiar scents, such as the dwarves of Erebo and the elves of the woodland kingdom......

Smaug angrily slipped out of the "covers" and let out a roar as great as a volcanic eruption, his golden-red eyes scanning the hall in an attempt to find the thief's figure.

Fortunately, Bilbo put on the One Ring in time, so that Smaug was not aware of his figure in the first place.

However, these were expedient measures, and with the abundance of jewels in the palace that almost covered the entire floor, Bilbo was bound to make countless crashing noises whenever he moved.

But if he didn't move, sooner or later, the dragon with an amazing sense of smell would find out exactly where he was.

What to do!

Bilbo's heart was filled with trepidation.

Meanwhile.

In the hall, Seymour, who had been searching for a long time without success, noticed the movement in the main hall, and a trace of anxiety suddenly rose in his heart, and decisively pulled out his long sword and slashed towards the passage, no longer caring about whether it would make a sound.

A full moon appeared in the dimly lit chamber, and the passage that had been reserved for dwarves expanded with the clanging slash, allowing Seymour to move on.

But even so, Seymour didn't make it to the main hall before Bilbo was discovered.

By the time Seymour stood on that platform, the situation in the temple was already quite bad.

I saw that the huge dragon was stepping on the top of a treasure mountain with its two hind feet, and its front paws were holding a square stone pillar more than ten meters thick, and the huge dragon head was hanging low from the sky, looking directly at the poor hobbit below.

Smaug's body was more than 100 meters long, and his entire body was covered in golden-red scales, his sharp teeth and claws were as thick and sharp as broadswords and spears, and he could easily break through the steel, and his hideous dragon horns rushed diagonally backwards, and his thick and huge dragon tail flicked gently behind him, and the two huge wings could cover the entire palace ceiling as long as they were deployed.

In front of him, Bilbo, who is only the average hobbit tall, is as small as an ant.

At this moment, Smaug seemed to have caught Bilbo, and he slowly lowered his head, his golden red dragon eyes playfully looking at the tiny hobbit below, and as his mouth opened, wisps of black smoke came out of his sharp teeth and nostrils.

Seeing this, Seymour leaped high from the platform almost without thinking, and the fire dragon sword in his hand was instantly wrapped in a layer of scorching flames, and slashed towards Smaug's tail.

"Zheng—"

A full moon rose from the dusty palace and instantly transformed into a flaming moon that slashed at the hard scales of Smaug's tail.

The flaming moonlight slashed into the dragon's scales nearly half a meter deep, but it wasn't enough to pierce Smaug's nearly one-meter-thick armor.

"How is that possible?!"

The anger in Seymour's heart prevailed even more, and he gritted his teeth and pressed down the blade fiercely.

The flames burning on the blade of the sword suddenly rose violently, turning the hard dragon scales into a magma-like red.

"Roar!!"

Smaug sensed the pain for the first time in a long time, and immediately roared angrily, and the dragon's tail flicked to the right, throwing Seymour with the tail hanging from it to the side.

Seymour broke away from Smaug's tail with the dragon sword in his hand, and like a cannonball out of the chamber, it crashed into a mountain of jewels not far away, causing a splash of gold coins and treasures.

The splash fell, and Seymour was hidden under the treasure again.

Smaug turned his head angrily, ignoring the tiny hobbit below, and instead walked briskly in Seymour's direction.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Every step of the dragon's mighty mountain shook the whole palace.

Seymour struggled to his feet from the jewel, his bloodied right hand gripping the sword tightly.

With a deafening loud bang and a shadow that obscured the sky, Seymour looked up at the huge and angry dragon head above, and a trace of despair rose in his heart.

"Master, where is this task that I can complete, you overestimate my strength?!!

At this moment, the hideous dragon body hung down, staring angrily at Seymour with its golden-red vertical pupils, and its low and loud voice echoed in this empty palace full of jewels.

"Tell me, little elf, what kind of death do you want?"

As he spoke, countless black smoke erupted from Smaug's sharp teeth and nostrils, and his throat and chest lit up with a penetrating red glow.

Seymour was stimulated by the rolling heat wave and took a few steps back, then put down his left hand covering his face, looked at the huge dragon head and pulled the corners of his mouth, then took a deep breath, looked directly at the dragon and said.

"Of course it is—old death!"

After saying that, Seymour didn't hesitate to take out the silver mang's card and used the only chance to summon.

In an instant, a white light flashed in mid-air, and a figure holding a sword in one hand appeared between Seymour and Smaug, a tall figure floating in the air with a silver-white light, and a pair of silver-white vertical pupils scanned the surroundings like a god.

The golden red dragon with a mountain of size, the apprentice Seymour covered in blood, the hobbit slumped on the ground, and this glorious hall full of jewels......

Everything is in full view, and the speeding brain quickly determines the current situation.

Lin Yi slowly raised his head, his silver-white vertical pupils looked coldly at the bewildered dragon in front of him, and the extremely sharp sword intent rose around his body and the sword blade around his waist.

"You're Smaug?"

The cold and rude words instantly angered the dragon in front of him.

Smaug opened his mouth angrily, wanting to spit out the dragon's breath that represented his anger, but a brilliant silver-white sword light slashed out from Lin Yi's direction at a speed far faster than it could open its mouth.

"Roar!!

The sword was confused, Smaug suddenly screamed in pain, and the huge dragon head couldn't help but throw it aside, and the raging flames erupted from the dragon's mouth, and with the scorching waves of fire, a hill of gold coins next to it melted into gold water.

The cold voice then came into its ears from where the sword qi had slashed.

"Smaug, it stands to reason that I should persuade you to surrender, but just now a guy of your rank has lost my face, since you are both under the command of Morgoth, then his debt will be paid by you!"