Chapter 262 The Keyhole Revealed in the Moonlight

At dusk, Aaron (the thought body) returned to Bard's house. As soon as he entered the door, he almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Sigrid hurriedly helped him to a chair.

"Why are you so pale?" Bofur asked.

"My magic power is seriously overdrawn." The thought body explained weakly. He had been outputting magic power continuously for more than ten hours and almost disappeared.

"What did you do?" Barn asked puzzledly, "You were fine when I left."

"Keep it a secret." The thought body waved his hand, "Please prepare some food and warm water for me now. I am not ordinary weak now."

Barn nodded and quickly took out a plate of black bread and cheese sauce from his own food cabinet.

The thought body twitched at the corner of his mouth, and even a few black lines appeared on his forehead.

Do you have any sense? Just give me this to eat? What if I can't recover at night?

But considering the economic conditions of Bard's family, he can only make do with it.

"Where's your father?"

"He went to the clock tower." Tilda looked at Aaron anxiously, "My father will be fine, right?"

"Yes." The thought body smiled affirmatively, "Your father will kill the dragon tonight and become a hero in the town, I promise."

The three dwarves looked at each other. If the prophecy is true, the dragon will come to Long Lake Town, which means that Thorin and his men failed to resolve the battle in Lonely Mountain.

"Thorin..." Bofur hesitated, "Will the expedition be successful?"

"Of course, Gaius attaches great importance to the contract.

I will help Thorin find the Arken Gem and guarantee the safety of others."

"But you are not in Lonely Mountain, how can you guarantee it?" Kili asked weakly.

"Don't underestimate the power of wizards." The thought body smiled mysteriously, "I have arranged everything.

By the way, have you not been cured of the poison yet?"

"I guess I have to wait until the evening." Bifur looked at the casserole, "The king leaf grass needs to be boiled for a long time, so that the purest liquid can be obtained."

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On the other side, the expedition team walked for a day and finally arrived at the Lookout City.

Bilbo looked at the ruins of the town below and asked in disbelief, "Where is this place?"

"It used to be the site of the ancient river city, but now it is just a ruin." Balin said, "The disaster brought by Smaug."

"This is the power of the dragon!" Aaron said with a sigh, and he was more and more eager to activate the dragon-killing magic crystal.

As long as he learned the dragon-killing magic, he would be able to control this kind of natural disaster-level destructive power within three years.

"Before the sun sets, we must find the secret door into the mountain." Thorin said and was about to move forward.

"Wait." Bilbo hurriedly stopped him, "This is the place to look at the city. Gandalf said to meet here. Don't go into the lonely mountain alone."

"Have you seen him?" Thorin asked back, "We don't have time to wait for the wizard.

We have to rely on ourselves, let's go!"

"Let's go!" Aaron patted Bilbo's shoulder, "Gandalf has probably been to the tomb of the Witch King in Angmar, but he will be entangled in more dangerous things later, otherwise he will not be able to make it."

"You know?" Bilbo looked at Aaron in surprise.

"Well..." Aaron shook his head after pondering for a moment, "I don't know, but I can barely guess a rough idea.

In Rivendell, Gandalf and the White Robe Wizard and the two Elf Kings had a discussion about their enemies hundreds of years ago, an evil necromancer.

I can only tell you that the water here is very deep, and if we, the little characters, get involved, we will be drowned if we are not careful."

"Then... will he be in danger?" Bilbo asked worriedly.

"It will definitely happen, but there are tall people to hold up the sky when it falls." Aaron said very frankly. He knew himself better than anyone else. Instead of dragging his feet in the past, he might as well do his own thing.

Bilbo was speechless, but he knew that he could not help, so he could only silently bless in his heart.

The expedition team looked for the entrance to the secret door according to the map, but the search target range was too large, and everyone scattered and searched for more than an hour without finding it.

Thorin took out the map, "If the map is true, the secret door is right above us."

"It's above." Bilbo pointed to the statue of Thorin's grandfather Thorn and shouted. There was a zigzag stone staircase on the huge statue.

"Your eyes are sharp! Master Baggins." Thorin laughed excitedly, and immediately called everyone to start climbing the stairs, and finally arrived at the destination before sunset.

"It must be it, the hidden door." Thorin looked at the stone wall in front of him, and the outline of the gate was vaguely visible. He could hardly suppress his joy.

Thorin took out the key and shouted to the dwarves behind him: "Let those who doubt us regret it!"

The dwarves cheered immediately. The expedition of more than half a year was not in vain. The dwarf kingdom had hope of rebuilding.

"We have the key, which means there is a keyhole somewhere." Dwalin began to search on the stone wall.

Thorin looked at the afterglow of the setting sun and couldn't help but read the moon text on the map, "The last ray of light of the Turin Day will shine on the keyhole."

"The contract will be completed soon." Aaron thought happily. As long as the door is opened, he can use Captain Jack's compass to find the legendary Arken gem and complete the system task.

However, as the sun slowly set, Dwalin did not find the keyhole.

Thorin couldn't keep calm either, and immediately asked Noli to help. He had the strongest observation ability among the dwarves.

Noli put his ear against the stone wall and kept knocking with a spoon, but the sound fed back to him made him worried.

"Quiet, I can't hear you punching and kicking."

"I can't find it." Dwalin slammed the door angrily, "It's not here, not here at all."

Thorin watched the sun set and the light gradually disappeared, and he couldn't bear it anymore, "Smash the door open."

Several dwarves took out their weapons, but the stone wall was extremely solid, and the knife and axe could only produce a little spark, and even the broken weapons would not leave any trace.

"It's useless, the door is closed, and brute force can't open it." Balin said.

"Let me try." Aaron walked to the stone wall and directly recited the unlocking spell, "Alaho Open."

Bang!

A pale yellow light appeared on the stone wall, blasting Aaron back several steps.

"Gan!" Aaron cursed inwardly, but soon calmed down. If the secret door didn't exist, there would be no need to set up such a powerful spell.

The sun set, the last ray of sunlight disappeared, and the dwarves didn't smash the door open.

"Impossible!" Thorin walked to the stone wall with the map and murmured in disappointment: "The last beam of light of Turin's Day will shine on the keyhole.

That's what it says. What did we miss?"

The dwarves were silent. They were strong enough to hold back their tears at this moment.

"What did we miss, Balin?" Thorin asked with a choked voice.

"The light has disappeared. There is nothing we can do." Balin was in a heavy mood. "We only have one chance. Let's go, everyone."

"Wait a minute." Aaron stopped everyone immediately.

You can't leave, you mustn't leave!

If you leave, I can't complete the contract alone!

There is only one step left to complete the first task of the system. If he gives up at this time, he will never give up!

"Fluorescent flashes."

Aaron snapped his fingers, and a bright light appeared on his hand, illuminating the stone wall and the disappointed faces of the dwarves.

"Child, I know you are unwilling, but we are more unwilling than you." Balin comforted, "But sometimes you have to learn to accept reality."

"Bullshit reality." Aaron said angrily, "I only saw that you gave up the hope of rebuilding the dwarf kingdom so easily."

"Thorin." Aaron looked at the dwarf prince with lifeless eyes, "There is a powerful spell on the rock wall, which means we are not in the wrong place. You have the key, and we have the method to open the secret door.

Now you are leaving just because you can't find the keyhole. I am so disappointed."

"That's right." Bilbo couldn't help but say, "We can't give up, at least not now."

Thorin sighed and slowly raised his head, "But we are already late."

"Who told you we are late? Is today the Day of Durin?" Aaron rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Your dwarf ancestors drew this map, and the ciphertext on it can only be deciphered by the Moon Words. There is also a riddle on the ciphertext. Are you sure what you understand is correct?"

Thorin opened his mouth and looked at the key in his hand thoughtfully, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.

"Can you solve the riddle?" Thorin looked at Aaron expectantly, and others also turned their eyes to him.

"I can't." Aaron directly poured a basin of cold water on everyone's heart.

"Then what do you say it does?"

"But it can." Aaron reluctantly took out Captain Jack's compass, "This thing is more cost-effective than the magic carpet. I spent a lot of money to get it.

It can point to the things that people desire most in their hearts. It is a real treasure."

"You mean it can find the keyhole?" Dwalin asked with some doubt.

"Of course." Aaron opened the compass and put it in Thorin's hand, "Try it!"

Thorin swallowed his saliva and looked at the swaying needle on the compass. He felt that he might be crazy to bet his hope on a toy.

But now, let's try it!

The keyhole of the secret door, the keyhole of the secret door...

Thorin was concentrating on the location of the keyhole. The needle on the compass turned rapidly and finally stopped, pointing to the lower left of the stone wall.

At the same time, the bright moonlight also broke through the clouds and shone on the stone wall.

The light slowly moved down and also pointed to the location of the keyhole.

"Keyhole." Balin looked at the black keyhole in the moonlight, and tears almost flowed out.

"The light of the moon." Bilbo murmured thoughtfully, "So the riddle means the last moonlight in autumn."

Thorin looked at the keyhole for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses. When he reacted, he found that his hand loosened and Aaron took the compass back.

"What are you standing there for? Open the door!"

Thorin nodded slightly, and under the expectant eyes of all the dwarves, he inserted the key into the keyhole.