PS: Skip this chapter after watching the movie, the plot is over in this chapter.

Today's three watches...

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Xu Jing continued to destroy all kinds of buildings in Irubone, and he demolished the palace, long hall, and rooms all of them, and then swept the ruins into the pit.

In this way, the empty dungeon can finally allow him to move freely now, and he no longer feels crowded.

Of course, he hadn't dismantled the stone staircase that led to the secret door, and although it was extremely hidden and had a deceptive spell on it, it couldn't escape his soul's detection.

As for the front door, it was his passage in and out of Irub, and every time he came back to sleep, he would habitually pick up a pile of boulders and seal the gate, so that all the thieves who coveted his treasure could enter while it slept, and although no one could steal the treasure from his side, who wouldn't want to get a good night's sleep?

The destruction lasted for several days, and in the process, the earth tremors caused by Xu Jing's back and forth caused panic in the entire Changhu Town once caused panic throughout Changhu Town, but he didn't know anything about this, and even if he knew, he didn't care.

"The dwarves are almost there, aren't they?"

He leaned out of the dungeon, swept over the lonely mountain, felt the desolation of the outside world, and the increasingly cold weather, and made a judgment in his heart.

He restrained the idea of breaking the door and went out, and did not continue to sleep, but stayed at the other end of the secret passage, polishing his soul through visualization every day, and scanning the external situation from time to time, waiting for the dwarf to arrive.

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

At noon on this day, a small boat rowed in the long lake at the foot of the lonely mountain.

Bilbo, Thorin, and a total of ten dwarves sat in the boat, armed and strong, and they finally arrived at their destination.

Since their separation from Gandalf, they have followed the Elven Path into the Dark Forest.

The miasma in the dense forest is easy to hallucinate, they unknowingly go the wrong way, get lost in the forest, and then fall into the web woven by a group of terrifying spiders, and in the process of fighting with the spiders, they happen to meet the woodland elves who patrol and sweep the hidden dangers of the territory.

However, the elves did not treat them as kindly as the elves of Rivendell, and Bilbo was safe and sound with the help of the ring, but the dwarves were all captured by the elves and escorted to the woodland kingdom.

The king of the woodlands, Serrandui, returned the heirloom whitestone necklace after recovering the Lonely Mountain in exchange for the freedom of Thorin and others, who angrily scolded Serrandui for his treachery and rejected the offer on the spot.

Enraged, Thrandui imprisoned all the dwarves in the dungeon, intending to imprison them until they died of old age.

Bilbo stealthily rescued all the dwarves, who rode elven barrels under the attack of the orcs and down the forest river into the long lake.

On the shore of the lake, they meet Bud, a descendant of the King of the Vale, who has come to buy their catch, and get help and enter the town of Long Lake.

Because they had escaped from the Elves' territory, the residents of Long Lake Town, who had been trading with the Elves for a long time, would certainly not welcome them, and might even capture them for fear of offending the Elves.

Although Bard was cautious, and with supporters from exile in Riverdale as cover, he was eventually discovered.

However, when the origin of Thorin was known, the prophecy about the return of the king of the mountain and the flow of gold in the river suddenly spread in the town of Long Lake.

Thorin took advantage of the situation to make speeches and promises, causing all the inhabitants to cheer loudly and almost lose their minds.

The mayor of Long Lake was cowardly but extremely greedy, and he certainly did not miss this opportunity to win the hearts and minds of the people and possibly obtain treasure, so he lent the dwarves the best weapons and armor, prepared food, tools, and ferries, and let them enter the lonely mountain.

In the process, Bard was the only one who objected, he regretted helping the dwarves, and hated them for concealing their origins, fearing that it would bring destruction to the town of Long Lake, but no one of the fanatical residents listened to him anymore, and even he himself was imprisoned by the mayor.

Bilbo looked around at the ruins of Riverdale and remembered the hardships along the way, from the initial rejection, to the impulsive following, to the repeated hesitation to quit, and now, no one was more determined than his desire to bring the adventure to a perfect end.

He looked around and said, "Where is Gandalf?" Didn't he say he would wait for us at the lookout? ”

"Don't wait for him." Thorin looked at the ruins with sadness in his eyes, "The sun is almost overhead, we still have to find the location of the secret door, we only have half a day, we are not free now." ”

The inscription on the moon on the map left by his father makes it clear: when the thrush strikes, standing next to the gray rock, the setting sun will shine on the keyhole in the afterglow of the day of Turin.

The day of Turin is the New Year's Day of the Dwarven New Year, when the end of the autumn month and the beginning of winter meet in the sky at the same time, just today.

"Let's go, we're going to climb this hill again, the gray rocks must be there."

Thorin pointed to a statue of a long-bearded dwarven ancestor carved out of a mountain in front of him, and he knew that on the very top side of the statue, there was a platform hidden, which was most likely where the secret door was located.

Bilbo has no choice, Thorin is the leader of the team, although he has proved himself with his actions and gained trust along the way, but he can't influence the other party's decision at all.

The group immediately began to climb the mountain, and it took most of the day to finally reach the platform before sunset.

"It must be here!" Thorin walked briskly to the mountain wall, took out the key, and turned back, "Let those who have doubted us remember this day. ”

The dwarves cheered as if they had already obtained the Arken Diamond.

Then they took advantage of the sun's rays to search the light, and if they found the keyhole, they could open the secret door.

But the sun was setting lower and lower, and no one could find the hiding place of the keyhole, and Thorin even gave the order to smash through the mountain wall, but it was blessed with magic, sparks were scattered, and the mountain wall was harder than steel.

This strengthened his belief that this was the secret door, but when the sun's afterglow was completely gone, they couldn't find any keyholes.

There was silence, and the dwarves' flame of hope was extinguished as the sun vanished.

"No!" Thorin let out a reluctant roar, "What the hell are we missing? ”

One of them, the white-bearded dwarf, shook his head and said, "We missed the daylight and have no power to return to the sky, we only have one chance...... Let's go, brother. ”

The dwarves turned away one by one, with dejected faces, except for Bilbo, who stood quietly and depressed, and he did not go, for he was more unwilling than anyone else.