Chapter 35: My Goal Is You
The kingdom inside the Lonely Mountain is named Irub and is one of the seven kingdoms of the Dwarves.
The seven kingdoms of the dwarves have seven rings, and Irub also has his own ring, which is considered a relatively powerful kingdom.
Sadly, though, the wealth that filled the valley in Irubana, attracted another man desperate for riches - the dragon Smaug!
Smaug is the last recorded dragon in the history of Middle-earth, and is often thought to be a descendant of Ankaragoon or Graulong.
In the Red Book, Smaug is described as a pale reddish gold color with a very large body. Smaug is sometimes referred to as the Golden Smaug and the Ornate Smaug.
The most famous dragons in the history of Middle-earth are the following dragons: the ancestor of the dragon, the dragon Glaudon, the black dragon Ankaragon, the cold dragon Skasha, and the winged fire dragon, the golden Smaug.
But none of these guys are good, and it's what they're doing that makes dragons infamous on the continent.
Smaug attacked Irub in the simplest and most brutal way, and one hundred and seventy-one years ago he had blatantly broken into dwarven territory and driven most of the dwarves away, and the part that was left behind became his ration.
Moreover, Smaug also made a pact with the dark forces of Sauron, and like the dragons in history, he stood by the dark side without hesitation.
After the dwarves left the Lonely Mountain, they were attacked by the orcs, and Thor (Thorrin's grandfather) was directly beheaded by Asog.
Thorne was no better, and he told his son Thorin to leave the battlefield quickly, in order to preserve the dwarven blood of their kind.
At the same time, he also took the dwarven ring and fought against the orcs, only to be defeated by Asog and brutally cut off his ring finger.
The rest of the story is very simple, Thorin erupts and uses oak as a shield, and directly uses the oak shield to poke Asog's hand off like stepping on dog shit.
However, this did not stop the dwarves of Irub from losing their homeland and embarking on a century-long wandering.
And Asog was not willing to let go of Thorin, who had broken one of his hands, so Sorin was wanted. And the price is so high that even humans who hate orcs will consider attacking this dwarf.
Solin himself had no idea how long it had been, until he met Gandalf and began such a journey.
Truth be told, the Lone Mountain Dwarves had such a tragic experience because of their own greed, otherwise they wouldn't have attracted the dragons.
But greed is the nature of living things, and no one will say anything about them, so Smaug, the king of the mountain, the head of all evil, and the dragon of personal fear, has become the object of everyone's hatred - combined with history.
Now that Thorin and the other dwarves who had been driven out by Smaug were about to meet the culprit again, they were both excited and a little nervous.
Equally uneasy is Bard, whose ancestors have been humiliated by the loss of the opportunity to shoot Smaug, whose family has long believed that the invincible Smaug also has an Achilles' heel.
But his conviction is just a joke by others, and now that he is about to meet this guy for real, how can he be calm?
Stepping through the gates of Iruber, the dwarves immediately forgot the fears of Smaug, and they began to reminisce about the past. Thinking about it, they are too excited to be away from their hometown for a hundred years, it is close in front of them but far away in the sky.
So even Josh didn't interrupt their reminiscences, anyway, Josh knew that the actions they made by these guys couldn't wake Smaug up, so Josh wasn't arguing with them here, and they were quite conscious, and they didn't make this chase like a carnival.
After taking a closer look at everything in this palace, Josh quickly locked down the dragon's location.
But what Josh didn't expect was that he found that he seemed to have miscalculated the strength of that dragon! Because the aura emitted by Smaug was a sixth-order, not as vulnerable as he had thought before.
This made Josh frown, but soon he thought of something, and he seemed to be led astray by the movie.
Think about it, too, if Smaug really can't do it, then what qualifications does he have to make a deal with Sauron? Also, in fact, in the movie, although Smaug's performance is not very good, it is definitely not bad!
He behaved so casually when attacking the town of Long Lake, and in just a few minutes, the huge town of Long Lake turned into a sea of fire, and all the inhabitants were devastated.
It's very tragic, but Josh can see that this guy is actually playing like he's playing.
The most fundamental reason is that this guy is too arrogant! Of course, it can also be understood that the opponent is too weak.
Yes, Josh could almost understand why Smaug was arrogant - in his eyes, the guy who attacked him was basically no different from a pack of ants, both in strength and size.
Moreover, Smaug himself is an invulnerable type, and he doesn't care about other people's attacks at all in such an extremely high defensive stance!
Even if the black spear did pose a fatal threat to him, he didn't care too much, to put it bluntly, this guy was arrogant and killed himself!
The end result is also like this, if you don't die, you won't die.
Bard's archery skills are unusually accurate, or this guy's luck is too good, the strength of the third order is less than the use of the black spear to shoot in, and after the fatal wound of Smaug, who has the strength of the sixth order, is fatal, Smaug died violently on the spot.
"It seems that this guy really killed himself by himself."
Shaking his head, Josh didn't bother to think about such a fool anymore, although the strength of the sixth order was not weak or even about the same as Josh, but to be honest, Josh was really not afraid of this guy, even if he didn't use Seraph.
And Josh still remembers that this dragon really has a lot of, and spit it out directly at Bard at that time, where is there so much?
Turning around, Josh walked directly into the palace with the breath of the dragon, and Josh's actions directly brought back the dwarves who had held the remembrance meeting again, and they glanced at each other and immediately followed Josh over.
"Your Majesty, where are you going?"
"To find the dragon, of course, or else?"
"You found his location?"
"If I can't even feel that strong aura, I don't think I need to be a magician."
After casually explaining to Thorrin, Josh walked straight to the bottom of the palace, and soon they came to a place that resembled a basement.
But all of them were stunned, even someone like Josh, who had seen a lot of wealth, was stunned by the sight.
As far as the eye can see, there seems to be an endless stream of gold coins and jewels like golden sand covering the entire palace, and they fascinate everyone as much as a mountain.
What an asset! How much gold and jewelry is hidden in here!
But Josh, Natasha, and Galen quickly came to their senses, because they already sensed that there seemed to be an extremely terrifying creature underneath these treasures, and they didn't even have to think about it to know that it must be Smaug sleeping in this hellish place!
"You'd better be careful after a while, Smaug's strength is probably like a sixth-order."
"Sixth Order? Is it that powerful? ”
Natasha and Galen were taken aback by Josh's words, but Galen quickly reacted. The memories he accepted from Josh did not completely substitute Josh's personal views, so he looked at things more objectively.
He knew immediately why Josh had misestimated Smaug's strength, but he soon calmed down with Natasha.
What about the Sixth Order? Although Josh is also a sixth-order strength, this guy's strength has reached the seventh-order when he uses the Seraph, and the sixth-order is not so difficult.
"We know, you can go without worry, I'll take care of Natasha."
"I know you mean well, but why do I always think it's not a good word?"
Josh rolled his eyes, ignoring the group of dwarves who were still discussing what the Sixth Order was, and walked straight towards the halls covered in gold and jewels.
The dwarves naturally wanted to follow Josh when they saw him leave, but they were stopped by Galen before they could move, so they could only watch here.
Slowly approaching the place that exuded a strong aura, Josh began to constantly exude his own magic fluctuations.
Josh's magic fluctuations are very powerful, at least in this world, it is already unmatched, and the unique void breath immediately woke up the sleeping dragon!
Smaug really couldn't imagine what kind of guy could have such a terrifying aura, and he quickly opened his eyes and attacked without having time to think about anything.
This is the instinct of a beast, and such a powerful guy is definitely not easy to deal with!
But before Smaug's flames burst out, he found himself frozen in the terrifying frost, which didn't seem to mean to kill him, and only then did he have a little time to see who it was!
"A human? No! No! No! A half-elf! ”
Smaug shook his head, the gold coins scattered around him had completely fallen by this time, and his huge body was completely displayed in the eyes of everyone. At this time, Josh realized that he seemed to have some problems with this guy's body size.
This guy did exceed 100 meters, but at this level of 100 meters, Josh also missed the length of at least forty meters!
You can imagine how huge this guy is, and you can also imagine how much wealth is hidden in this palace!
"Half-elf, you're very powerful and terrifying. I wonder why you're attacking me, though. Are you going to help the greedy dwarves reclaim their homeland? ”
Smaug looked at Josh and didn't speak, so he asked directly.
But this guy is not an idiot, or he doesn't show the pride and disdain in the original book in the face of Josh, and that kind of cat-and-mouse drama is impossible to appear in front of Josh's eyes.
He was slowly regaining his strength now, after all, his body had not fully recovered after sleeping for so long.
Although this half-elf seemed to him to be very terrifying, Smaug felt that he was not unable to deal with it, and even if he couldn't beat him, he could run away.
Of course, Josh knew what this guy was doing, but Josh didn't care, and said casually while looking left and right, as if looking for something: "Sort of, of course I have to complete the task when they are paid." ”
"These greedy dwarves don't deserve sympathy."
"Certainly not worthy of sympathy, so I didn't sympathize with them either. But I care more about you than they do. ”
"Me?" Smaug asked suspiciously, his body recovering very quickly, but he was still a little curious.
"Yes." Josh nodded earnestly. "My goal is to capture you and give you to a friend of mine. It's as simple as that. ”