Once the tone was set, Gandalf hurried away.

The gray-robed wizard, along with the white-robed wizard Saruman and the brown-robed wizard Radamast, are members of the White Way Society, also known as the Holy White Council, which is an organization dedicated to dealing with the Shadow of Sauron.

With the darkness of Dogurdu growing stronger, and rumors of necromancers and the Witch King of Angmar, the members of the White Way Society are ready to conduct a thorough investigation of the place, which is why Gandalf left in a hurry.

After the wizard left and everyone received a lot of supplies from the woodland kingdom, the expedition team was ready to start heading to the Lonely Mountain, looking for a secret way into the Lonely Mountain.

Although they were prepared that they might have to wait for the day of Dulin to open the secret passage, they were idle, and Thorin and the others were not willing to waste their time in vain, nor did they want to stay too long in the woodland kingdom, and would rather go to the lonely mountain to sleep in the open than stay with the elves.

As a member of the team, Wayne was also going to go with them, anyway, he had a magic flying carpet to fly, even if it was quite convenient to travel between the two places.

However, before leaving, he instructed the refugees in Changhu Town to sail along the Rushing River to other forces, buy materials from them to rebuild their homes, and give them a lot of money.

This is a long-term investment, and he may not see any returns in the short term, but as an immortal demon hunter, he has a much longer vision than ordinary people.

Although the road to the lonely mountain was rough, there were no enemies along the way, and with Wayne's ability to fly, whether it was steep slopes or rocks, it was not too much trouble.

The Woodland Kingdom was not far from the Lonely Mountain, and it only took about two or three days to walk, and they soon came to the vicinity of Rivervalley City and came to the gate of the Lonely Mountain Kingdom.

Looking at the ornate gate that was tightly closed, the dwarves of the expedition team couldn't help but burst into tears, and you sang the dwarven ballad one by one, and the lines were full of sadness about being forced to leave their homes.

However, this was not the final destination of the expedition team, and according to the map left by Thorin's father, it took them a few more days to follow the rugged path and go around half of the lonely mountain, and finally found the location of the exit of the secret passage pointed out in the ciphertext on a cliff.

It's a pity that it was a huge stone wall, which was covered with countless holes, and everyone couldn't find the keyhole after looking for a long time, and they all hung their heads down, and even talked about the frustration of rolling up and rolling home.

"Anyway, there are still a few months left, why don't you try every keyhole, or just take the manuscript and chisel through this door, with your strength, it won't be long, right?"

In fact, seeing this scene, Wayne felt a little painful, after all, the dwarves in the original book just tried for a long time and didn't find it, so they gave up, and even prepared to return the same way directly, which made him feel very child's play.

Regardless of whether there is a hint from the secret text, as long as it can be determined that the keyhole is on this stone, even if there are 10,000 holes in this stone that need to be experimented, it will take a few days.

However, the character of the dwarves in the original book is like this, and it is not surprising that the thoughts in the head are always strange.

After receiving Wayne's reminder, Thorin and the others immediately regained their motivation as if they had been empowered, and simply set up camp in the open space next to them, and began to look for any place that might be a keyhole on the wall where the secret passage was located, and test them one by one.

It turned out to be good, and after about three days of testing, they finally found the right keyhole and opened the secret passage to the interior of the Lonely Mountain.

This was undoubtedly very exciting news, but Wayne stopped Thorin and the others, who were immediately about to embark on a theft mission, and told them that they had to be prepared.

Although the Arkem Treasure Diamond is close at hand, the dragon Smaug is also close at hand, and if you enter it, you are likely to wake up the dragon immediately and lose your life, so you must be prepared.

Originally, Thorin was unwilling to wait any longer, they had waited for hundreds of years, and now all the hope was in front of them, and it was really a little unbearable.

But they couldn't stand the tough attitude of Wayne, an important character, and after some discussion, everyone decided to wait another week and then act.

Because of the lack of the hidden ability of the One Ring, Wayne took out two of the five vials of invisibility potion he had previously obtained and gave them to Bilbo.

Along the way, the hobbit's tenacity and bravery have impressed many in the squad, who have taken the diminutive snitch as their companion and hoped that he would survive the final mission.

And got Wayne's hidden potion, Bilbo's confidence was greatly increased, and he quickly thanked Wayne for his generosity, in the expedition team, both of them are from Shire, and they have known each other ten years ago, along the way, he has taken care of this hobbit, and the two have long been very good friends.

In fact, it is said to prepare, but there is not much to prepare, for Thorin and other dwarves, in the face of the evil dragon Smaug, ordinary weapons and armor are useless, whether it is facing the bite of the evil dragon, or its fire breath, even the whole body heavy armor is useless.

And the dwarves' sword attacks are basically impossible to break through Smaug's dragon scale defenses, so even if Thorin and the others enter the palace of the Lonely Mountain, they are just living targets to attract the attention of the evil dragons.

That was before meeting Wayne, though.

Now that everyone is a team, Lord Wayne is not stingy, he has sent two north wind bombs to each of Thorin and the other dwarves as a means of attack.

Maybe Smaug's defense is strong enough, and ordinary honeycomb bombs can only tickle this evil dragon, but the north wind bomb that can create strong frost can definitely affect this fire dragon.

Not only that, Wayne also arranged Robin the Deathclaw to the gate of the Lonely Mountain Palace, and arranged it for Smaug to break through the gate and fly away from the Lonely Mountain in the original book.

After all, Deathclaw could not enter the interior of the Lonely Mountain through a narrow secret door, and even if it did, with its size, it would not be able to take advantage of fighting Smaug, but would instead become the main target of Flame Breath.

As for Wayne himself, he took off his blood-red heavy dragon scale armor and replaced it with a green dragon leather armor that was lighter and more suitable for dexterous combat.

In the week leading up to the battle, he drove the Flying Carpet and told King Thrandui of the Woodland Kingdom that they had found a secret passage and were about to begin a formal battle, so that the Sylvain elves could prepare accordingly.

And on the day of the agreed battle, Wayne checked all the battle items that might be needed as if he had executed a powerful demon hunting commission, drank six bottles of witcher potions that enhanced his physical functions, and then took the Sword of Oath of Victory, and together with Bilbo, entered the palace inside the lonely mountain from the secret passage at the back door of the lonely mountain.

Before leaving, he patted Thorin on the shoulder and said earnestly:

"Thorin, if things go well, then you won't need to intervene in the battle later."

"However, I hope you can be mentally prepared that you are about to see the treasure of the Lonely Mountain, and that your wish for many years is about to be fulfilled."

"Your decision affects the fate of many people, don't let everyone down."

(There's another chapter.) ）

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