Chapter 246: Cave in Distress!
The dwarves were unhappy with Thorin's orders, but eventually chose to accept them.
They also knew that such an order from Sorin seemed unseemly, but it was also for safety reasons.
Before, they were in the territory of humans and elves, so they could naturally eat and sleep when they wanted, but now that they are in the territory of monsters, they have to restrain a little.
"Beaufer, you're here for the first half of the night, Oli, you're here for the second half of the night, and the others hurry up and go to bed." Thorin commanded.
"Yes......"
The dwarves were hungry, and dejectedly took off their water-soaked fur raincoats, then found clean blankets and spread them on the relatively dry ground.
Outside the cave, the rain crackled and the wind howled.
Inside the cave, there was not a trace of heat, and everyone was curled up in their own simple quilts, shivering.
Everyone didn't ask for anything else in their hearts, just to fall asleep quickly and sleep until dawn.
By the time dawn came, Lord Diedi should have arrived.
While everyone seemed to be asleep, a strange sound came from the cave.
Thorin opened his eyes alertly, and instead of getting up, he concentrated on listening.
But the strange creaking sound disappeared as if nothing had happened.
Thorin thought he was hungry and had auditory hallucinations, so he closed his eyes again, trying to get himself to sleep as quickly as possible.
When he was about to fall asleep, the creaking sound came again.
Thorin couldn't help but frown.
He was sure that this time it was not an auditory hallucination, there really was a strange sound in this hole!
Not only him, but Oli, who was sleeping next to him, also opened his eyes and carefully identified them.
Thorin gave Ollie a look, and Ori understood and quietly got up.
The sound creaked and stopped abruptly.
Neither Thorin nor Oli dared to make any noise.
After a few more moments, the creaking sound was heard again, and the frequency seemed to be faster.
Thorin and Ori groped together towards the corner of the cave.
In the dimly lit corner, a blanket trembled slightly, and a strange creaking sound came from the blanket.
Ou Li whispered: "Solin, this is the quilt of Yang Gongzai of the Snow Emperor team...... Listening to this sound, I'm afraid that some monster has gotten into Yang Gongzai's quilt and is gnawing on his toes! ”
Thorin frowned and said, "You are from the left, I am from the right, let's pull the quilt together and kill the monster!" ”
"Good!"
The two quietly outflanked Yang Gongzai's quilt, and then suddenly exerted their strength together, and lifted the thick fur quilt with one hand!
Thorin's big axe had already been slashed down, but when he saw what was inside the quilt, he immediately stopped it!
Yang Gong was curled up again, holding a pack of torn instant noodles in his hand, and his mouth was gnawing dryly......
Seeing Sorin's big axe, Yang Gong was startled again, and the instant noodle residue in his hand also spilled on the ground.
"Ahh Yang Gong exclaimed again.
The dwarves of the entire cave were woken up.
"What's going on?" Hammer asked, frowning.
Yang Gong pointed at the stunned Thorin again and said, "He wants to kill me!" ”
The white-bearded Barin said in surprise: "Solin, why did you kill Mr. Yang Gongzai?" ”
Thorin said, "Because ......"
He came back to his senses this time, quickly put away the battle axe in his hand, frowned and said, "I didn't want to kill him!" When Ori and I heard strange noises, we thought there was a monster doing it, so we came to kill it! We thought that a monster had gotten into Yang Gongzai's bed and was gnawing at Yang Gongzai's toes! Who knows, it's not the monster that is eating Yang Gongzai, but Yang Gongzai is eating instant noodles! ”
Pang Bo took a sip of saliva and asked innocently, "Instant noodles...... Can you eat it dry? ”
Yang Gong blinked again, "What, you don't know?" ”
"Can you really eat it?" Ollie asked in dismay.
Yang Gong picked up a large piece of instant noodle scraps again, "Don't believe it, you can taste it." ”
"I'm coming!" Pomber squeezed in front of Oli, raised his hand to grab the instant noodle, and swallowed it in one gulp.
"How?" asked Oli. What does it taste like? ”
Pombo thought for a moment and said, "I ate too fast, I didn't feel it." One more piece! ”
Yang Gong reluctantly broke another piece for Pang Bo, who took it carefully, and then chewed it carefully.
"How?" Ollie asked impatiently.
Pomber didn't speak, chewing as he waved his hand at Oli and the others.
"Doesn't it taste good?" Ori was slightly disappointed.
Pomber swallowed the instant noodles in his mouth, and then said excitedly: "It's so delicious!" I really didn't expect that instant noodles can be eaten dry! Dry instant noodles are really different! ”
Ou Li said angrily: "Then what do you mean by waving your hand?" ”
Pomber said confidently: "Waving your hand means, don't talk to me when I'm eating such a delicious thing!" ”
"You!" Ou Li wanted to complain about Pombo, but Pomber hurriedly ran to the place where the materials were piled up and found two bags of instant noodles.
The other dwarves suddenly woke up from a dream, and hurriedly went to grab two packs, and squeaked and gnawed.
Thorin is no exception.
Iron Hammer and Lin Hai didn't grab it, they didn't eat instant noodles, in fact, no matter how good the ingredients for instant noodles are, they are also puffed food, after they are gnawed into the stomach, the instant noodles will swell, and after eating too much, the stomach will definitely be uncomfortable.
Moreover, Iron Hammer and Lin Hai have both eaten silver moon vegetables in Rivendell, and they also have a lot of them, and silver moon vegetables seem to be no different from green vegetables, but they are very good in terms of taste and satiety.
It's a pity that the dwarves have unique tastes, and they only recognize instant noodles, but refuse to eat better "green vegetables".
The dwarves were also hungry, so everyone ate two large bags with relish.
After eating, sleepiness came up, and they soon snored and fell asleep.
I slept until midnight, and the rain was still falling outside the cave.
The Night Watch was also changed from Beaufer to Oli.
When it was almost dawn, the storm finally stopped, and the night watchman Ori was drowsy.
At this time, small cracks slowly appeared on the floor of the cave, and then the ground began to slope inward.
This change in inclination is slow, so slow that no one is aware of it.
When the angle of inclination began to form, the dwarves were squeezed together because of the inclination.
Before everyone could fully react, a large crack suddenly opened in the floor, and all the dwarves in the cave, along with Iron Hammer, Lin Hai, and Yang Gongzai, all fell from the cave!
The dwarves let out a cry of surprise, but they fell too fast, and their weapons were not with them, so they could only let their bodies collide back and forth in the narrow underground passages.
After rolling down the narrow passage for hundreds of meters, they finally landed in a large cage.
Pomber fell to the bottom, followed by Ori and Groin, and the three of them formed a perfect cushion of flesh.
The rest of the dwarves crackled and slid down, then Bilbo, and finally Lin Hai, Yang Gong, and the three of them.