Thank you Daqin Zhifeng. Ken's monthly pass and JEFF1977's tip.

PS: About Sorin. Oak Shield's genealogy is incorrectly marked and has been changed.

What is the core difficulty of forging?

Heat.

The hardness, elongation, and melting point of each metal vary. It's like a hodgepodge, and if you want to turn this hodgepodge into a delicious delicacy, it's the chef's heat that will be tested.

However, the addition of Mithril is like a magical all-purpose seasoning, making forging super easy. At the level of rules, it takes metal to a whole new level.

As a result, with Mithril's involvement, none of these factors that test the heat of forging are gone.

The two witches slammed the hammer so loudly that even the thick anvil shattered into cobwebs, but the Mithril casting remained intact. And for the use of Mithril, the biggest test becomes just the right amount. Experienced dwarven or elven craftsmen will use Mithril precisely according to the ratio of each ore, the shape, length, and purpose of the forging equipment.

After all, it's precious and rare.

However, when the use of Mithril is not considered to be used, and can be extravagant enough to be added to the whole ingot, all restrictions are gone.

Even a layman like a witch who has no forging foundation at all can become a grandmaster-level forging master.

Soon, helmets, neck guards, leg armor, cuirasses, claw sleeves, tail bindings, and saddles and backpacks sewn from python skin、...... Everything but the kitchen sink.

Moreover, the saddle also has an anti-arrow awning and a detachable tray (refer to the kind on the high-speed rail, and then beautify the version of Middle-earth). It's a super pleasure to sit in.

Except for Wu Chen's wolf king. The witch also created an exclusive set for herself and Ophelia's giant wolf. Compared to Wu Chen's suit. Appropriate improvements have been made. The remaining demon wolf was transformed into a camel beast, and the looted Mithril, gems, and considerable gold coins were all hunched on its body.

It seems that between the dragon soul stones, there is a magical induction.

It's like a crystal ball of true knowledge.

Through the crystal ball in his hand, Wu Chen saw the lonely mountain entrenched by the mother dragon, a raging underground volcano, a frozen ocean, and ...... Meet the Death Swamp of the Grey Man!

Could it be ......

So Wu Chen gathered his spirit and reactivated the Dragon Soul Stone.

Really. With the rising mist, the gray-robed man slowly appeared.

"Stranger, you really didn't disappoint me."

"I'm a little disappointed to see you." Wu Chen told the truth.

"Hehe......" The gray-robed man understood Wu Chen's cold joke: "The Lord of the Rings and the Dragon, two equally greedy monsters, met and had an unexpected ending. These four rings that Sauron did not take back became his biggest flaw. The Dragon Soul Stone can collect and store the soul of the dragon, and when you collect enough dragon souls, the Dragon Soul Stone in your hand can control the remaining three Dragon Soul Stones, completely getting rid of Sauron's mind control. ”

No way. Isn't this the Dragonborn?!

Wu Chen naturally thought of the dragon descendants who could absorb the dragon soul in the fifth middle school. It seems that a dragon soul can learn a dragon roar?

After complaining in his heart, Wu Chen said again: "So." The function of the Dragon Soul Stone is to fight poison with poison. Seek to devour the more powerful dragon soul in order to control the other three dragon soul stones and free yourself from the spiritual contamination of the demon lord Sauron. Is that what it means? ”

"That's right, absorb the dragon's soul and control the remaining three dragon soul stones. And controlling the Dragon Soul Stone is equivalent to controlling the greedy female dragon at the foot of the lonely mountain. Stranger, isn't that what you're here for? "The gray-robed man is kind and seductive.

"What else do you know about me?" Wu Chen laughed out eight white teeth.

"Hehe, it's enough to know what you're here for. Outlander ......"

Although Wu Chen still hasn't figured out the true identity of the gray-robed man, there is no doubt that he also has a dragon soul stone.

Therefore, Wu Chen was able to contact him through the induction between the dragon soul stones. Judging by the current situation, he should not be an enemy. Because the gray-robed people and Wu Chen now have a common goal, the female fire dragon under the lonely mountain.

As I say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Before the common goal of the female fire dragon was solved, Wu Chen believed that the gray-robed man would not be stingy to show enough kindness to himself.

Therefore, the dragon soul stone in the Death Swamp can not be considered for the time being.

So, there are two options left: look for the remaining two dragon soul stones; Or, as the gray-robed man said, go and slay the dragon, absorb the dragon's soul with the dragon soul stone in his hand, so as to get rid of Sauron's spiritual pollution, control the other three dragon soul stones, and then control the mother fire dragon that devoured Smaug's dragon soul stone.

Wu Chen thought about it, so he decided to go to slay the dragon.

If two witches with a four-and-a-half-star evaluation summon Madame Butterfly and Lady Styx, their combat effectiveness should not be too amazing.

The question is, are there still dragons?

Yes.

Before Smaug, the wealth accumulated by the people of Turin in the Grey Mountains had attracted a new wave of greedy dragons.

In the year 2570 of the Tertiary Age, the dragon began to attack, and 19 years later an ice dragon killed the dwarven king Dann I of the Gray Mountain Kingdom and his second son Flor, plundering the Gray Mountains. In 2770, even the Lonely Mountain could not escape its fate, and Smaug declared war on the kingdom under the mountain, occupying the Lonely Mountain and destroying the town of Riverdale, Thor (Thorin?). Oak Shield's grandfather) escaped with his family.

However, the 'cold dragon' that killed Dane I was not the giant insect Skaisha. Skasha died around 2000 A.D., 589 years ago.

In other words, dragons have been very active in the north during this time.

The kingdom of the dwarves is often attacked by dragons. It's just that because it's not an attack on humans, there are few detailed records in the official history.

So, in fact, in the Northlands, the Lonely Mountain is not the main settlement of the Dwarven Kingdom. The real settlement is the Gray Mountains. Due to the repeated attacks of dragons and orcs, the dwarves had to strategically abandon the kingdom of Grey Mountain, migrate and hold on to the stronghold of Lonely Mountain. While silently accumulating strength, he is always thinking about recovering lost ground. However, the emergence of Smaug. Let it all come to naught.

The dwarves have lost even the lonely mountain.

Some of the refugees fled to the Iron Hills to establish new homes. Despair and poverty forced Saul 20 years later. Come to Kaisadom, long overrun by orcs (the original home of the dwarves of Turin under the Misty Mountains occupied by the last fire demons). As a result, he was slain by the pale orc leader Azog. The corpses were chopped up and fed to the crows.

The king's humiliating experience completely angered the dwarves. Thus broke out the War of the Dwarvesand Orcs. After six years of bloody fighting, the two sides fought a final battle in the southern capital of Sirian, at the east gate of Moria, and although the dwarves suffered heavy casualties, they took revenge and Asog was killed (in the movie, he did not die, but his arm was cut off).

Asog was killed, but Kessadum remained under the possession of the Firefiend. Turin's direct descendants then went to the Blue Mountains to establish a kingdom in exile.

Soon Thorne II (Thor's son, Thorin's father, the mad dwarf with a broken finger found by Gandalf in the movie Dorgothor Castle) is driven by the ring to the wilderness, and then to explore the Lonely Mountain (the golden desert that he has always forgotten), only to be hunted down by Sauron's orc men, and finally captured in Dorgothor Castle. The last Dwarven Seven Rings was also recovered by Sauron.

In 2941, Sorin? Oak Shield encounters the gray-robed Gandalf in Brie, and the two conspire to retake the Lonely Mountain.

So, Bilbo? Baggins' journey of being forced by Gandalf begins......

It is not difficult to see from this complex history. The dwarven kingdom of Turin was once the most prosperous frontier, occupying most of the two herringbone mountains. And it's not just the Misty Mountains. There are also gray mountains. However, as the Witch Kings of Angmar, orcs, and dragons ravaged each other, the boundaries of the Dwarves of Turin shrank again and again, and finally they had to flee the land and hide in the westernmost mountains of Middle-earth!

The tragic history of the dwarves, Wu Chen has no time to savor it now.

He's all over the dragon right now!

Where are the remaining dragons?

Recalling the details in the original book and the movie, Wu Chen found the entry point:

Thranduil, father of Prince Legolas, King of the Dark Woods.

I remember in the movie, when Thorin angrily accused Thranduil of breaking the covenant and not helping the dragon Smaug when he attacked the Lonely Mountain, Thranduil immediately responded with half of his badly burned left cheek. Wu Chen was deeply impressed when he watched the movie at that time. I remember Thranduil's words: "I have faced the serpent of the north alone." ”

The so-called giant snake obviously refers to the dragon.

In other words, the reason why he didn't help Lone Mountain was because Thranduil had learned a terrible lesson from the dragon. Even half of his own face was ruined. Therefore, knowing that he would be sent to death if he went down, he decisively gave up rushing to help.

It was because he didn't want to get involved in the main plot of The Hobbit that Wu Chen didn't choose to take the elf path. Now, he had to meet with the Elven King of the Dark Forest.

"What can make the Elf King tempted and willing to tell us about the deep pain in his heart?" Wu Chen asked.

In fact, he already had the answer, the starlight white jewel lying under the lonely mountain. However, regardless of whether he can get it or not, if he satisfies the wish of the Elven King of the Dark Forest, Thrandil, will he still lead the army in front of the five armies in the end?

"Master, you can try using Mithril." Ophelia said, "Isn't Mithril as white as starlight?" ”

"Makes sense, you can give it a try." Wu Chen decided to give it a try.

It's not enough to have gifts, you also need to have the right people to introduce you. Through Wu Chen's understanding of Thrandil, this guy who only closes his door in case of trouble will obviously not easily receive some strange outsiders.

Prince Legolas should be able to, but what does Wu Chen use to impress the proud prince?

It's a trigger-type puzzle.

"Master, why don't you try the player?" Bayonetta softly prompted.

"Makes sense!" Four people and five wolves rushed out of the gray mountain range and ran towards the lonely mountain.

The giant wolf was too conspicuous, so he chose a cave near the lonely mountain to hide, and Wu Chen and his female companion walked towards Hegu Town on foot.

The gathering of players has made Riverdale more and more prosperous.

Although everyone knew that the female tyrannosaurus under the lonely mountain would wake up at any time, they all gathered in the nearest river valley town to the lonely mountain, for fear of missing the opportunity. Wu Chen could only shake his head and sigh, another explanation of opportunity is called crisis. (To be continued......)