The dwarves did not say goodbye, and left the valley along the narrow path as soon as it was dawn.

Well, that's normal for dwarves, and politeness is too much of a quality for them.

Sharda straddled his pony and walked along the ridge, with cascading foothills in front of him, some wrapped in greenery, some exposed with blue and black rocks.

"I'm not used to it." "I can't touch my bones directly," he said. ”

"It's okay, mine can be borrowed from you to touch." He handed over a pale bone.

Sharda: "??? ”

He looked at the hand that had been handed over him, and saw Pomber, the fattest of the dwarves, with an embarrassed smile on his face.

"When I woke up in the morning, I found that I forgot to put my ribs back in."

"You don't think... Where is it uncomfortable? "Sharda thought it was a little weird.

"I don't feel anything... Maybe you've lost a little weight? Pomber thought hard for a moment: "Anyway, it's not a big deal, at least compared to Bahrain." ”

"What's wrong with Bahrain?"

"He's turning his head back."

Seeing that Sharda turned around and searched in the queue, Pombo hurriedly said, "You'd better not look at it." ”

“... It's scary. ”

“......”

Thorin and Townsend were at the front of the line, with Shalin, Gandalf and Mr. Baggins a little behind.

Well, the wizard doesn't seem to have been delayed with the white-robed wizard for as long as he did in the original books, and apparently, he's more interested in the whereabouts of the One Ring that Townsend said he is talking about.

"We must cross the Misty Mountains as soon as possible and reach the Lonely Mountain before the Day of Durin, otherwise we will never have a chance to find the door to the Lonely Mountain again."

Thorin said in a deep voice, "I have walked this road, and many places are too steep for horses to pass, and perhaps we will have to release them somewhere ahead." ”

"No way!" Shalin was anxious: "They are expensive!" Why don't we go back and sell the ponies to the elves? ”

"We don't need to worry about money anymore, as long as we get to Lonely Mountain, we will be the richest dwarves in the world."

Thorin said this, and then heard a chuckle from Townsend next to him.

He frowned: "Traveler, are you laughing at me?" ”

"Yes." Townsend nodded sincerely.

"Truth be told, dwarves are not good at planning, your plans will get nothing but anger a dragon and bring disaster."

In the original book, if it weren't for Mr. Baggins accidentally obtaining the One Ring, the dwarves wouldn't even be able to walk the Lonely Mountain, and if it weren't for the sharpshooter and the black arrow in the town of Long Lake at the foot of the Lonely Mountain, I'm afraid there wouldn't be any life around the Lonely Mountain.

Aside from luck, Thorin Oak Shield has nothing but recklessness and greed.

"I didn't force you to come along, Traveler." After what had happened before, Thorin at least had some tolerance for Townsen's offense, and he said with a cold face: "You can just wait in the valley, and then you will hear the news of the recovery of the Lonely Mountain." ”

"When the time comes, you can go to the Lonely Mountain to redeem the promise I gave you."

"I'm skeptical." Tang Sen said unceremoniously: "Of course, I don't intend to stop you, you misunderstood a little, we are not a group, we just happened to be on the way." ”

"When you get to the Misty Mountains, you can continue to the Lone Mountain, and I, the dwarves I hire, and Mr. Baggins, have other things to do."

"Me?" Mr. Baggins opened his mouth: "No one has told me about this..."

"I'm talking to you." Tang Sen smiled and said, "Instead of facing an evil dragon, don't you think it's safer to stay with me?" After all, you don't have a curse... Even with the curse of immortality, I don't think Thorin Oak Shield will be able to deal with that dragon. ”

"Mr. Baggins is our snitch, you can't take him." Thorin interjected, "Also, you can't take my people with you. ”

"Until you pay the liquidated damages, I'm still their employer." "As for Mr. Baggins, give up the idea of the snitch, as I said, even if you lose a gold coin, Smaug will find out, and if I were you, I would be mentally prepared to face the dragon, not a fluke." ”

Thorin snorted, rarely without retorting.

In fact, he was indeed confused, he was not stupid, and naturally knew that if the evil dragon was still entrenched in the lonely mountain as the traveler said, he would not be able to do anything at all.

Maybe he didn't even know it, he didn't know why he thought the Traveler would have a way, maybe it was because of the confidence he showed when he talked about killing Smaug at the banquet... But he couldn't back down, and he couldn't pull his face to ask for help.

Fortunately, Gandalf did not want to see the conversation at an impasse, and he spoke:

"Perhaps, we can think differently."

"Thorin, why don't you work with the Traveler? Maybe it really has a way to deal with that dragon? ”

"That's not what you said yesterday, wizard." Tang Sen sneered, imitated Gandalf's expression, and said, "You can't kill a dragon with your mouth!" ”

Gandalf smiled awkwardly, he really couldn't think of what Townsend could do, but he had a conversation with Madame Galadriel last night, and he got some revelations about the future from the other party.

"There's always a way for travelers, isn't there?" He could only use this sentence to prevaricate this embarrassing topic.

Gandalf gave the steps, and Thorin naturally borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and hurriedly said:

"If you really have a way to deal with that dragon, then the dwarves are willing to cooperate with you."

"Tsk." Tang Sen admired Thorin Oak Shield's expression until the other party was almost angry, then he said slowly: "Honorable Dwarven Royal Family, the future Lord of the Mountain, the essence of cooperation is mutual benefit, I am curious, what are the benefits of cooperating with you?" ”

"You can get the gratitude and respect of the dwarves!"

"I've gotten it, and if I'm not mistaken, the dwarves still owe me a condition." Townsend chuckled.

Thorin gritted his teeth and said, "As long as you can deal with the evil dragon, I am willing to share the wealth of the Lonely Mountain with you!" ”

"Wealth?" Tang Sen couldn't help but laugh: "I recognize your sense of humor. ”

"I'm afraid the wealth of the lonely mountain won't impress the traveler." Gandalf said silently beside him: "In fact, any wealth in the world means nothing to him, he is richer than you think... Much richer. ”

"What the hell do you want!" Thorin said angrily.

"Interesting question."

Townsend stared at Thorin with a wicked taste:

"You beg me."