Chapter 263 It Would Be Wrong Not to Rob the Dragon

After turning the key once, Thorin pushed open the secret door.

"Erebor!"

Entering the secret door, Thorin was moved by the scene, "I recognize these walls, these halls, and these stones.

Do you remember, Balin? The room was shining with gold."

"I remember." Balin nodded with tears in his eyes.

Groin looked at the murals on the wall, "Here lies the seventh kingdom of the Durin family. May the heart of the mountain unite all the dwarves to defend their homeland."

"Is that the Arken gem?" Aaron noticed that on the king's throne in the mural, an oval gem was emitting light in all directions.

"Yes." Thorin said, "It is the goal of your trip."

Bilbo and Aaron looked at each other. When the time came, the two thieves felt a little panic in their hearts.

Not sure whether Smaug was still asleep, the dwarves did not dare to take risks, so Balin, who was most familiar with Erebor, led the way for the two.

"I know we are looking for gems, but what do gems look like?" Bilbo asked.

"A big, white gem."

"That's it?" Bilbo's eyes twitched slightly, "I think there must be a lot of gems down there."

"There's only one Arkenstone, you'll definitely recognize it when you see it."

"Don't worry." Aaron raised the compass in his hand and said confidently, "We can find it without having to recognize it."

Ballin suddenly stopped and sighed, "To be honest, you two, I don't know what you'll see down there.

You can go back if you don't want to, there's nothing to be ashamed of."

"No, Balin." Bilbo said righteously , "I promised to do it, I have to try."

"I don't need to say anything." Aaron grinned, revealing a row of white teeth, "Our family attaches great importance to the contract, I will find the Arkenstone.

In addition, you should also be mentally prepared. As long as Smaug is alive, Thorin is not the real king under the mountain."

"We understand." Balin nodded, "But the Arkenstone can unite the dwarf tribes, and the dwarf army may be able to defeat the dragon and retake Erebor."

Aaron shrugged, thinking to himself that you will not have this opportunity.

The dragon head is his, no one can grab it.

"Let's go! Bilbo."

"Wait." Balin called the two and said intermittently: "If there is really a living dragon down there, don't wake it up."

Bilbo couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and wanted to ask something else, but Balin had already left.

The two continued to move forward, trying to reduce their footsteps as much as possible.

"Bilbo, isn't your heartbeat too exaggerated?" Aaron said speechlessly.

"Do you dare to say you are not afraid or nervous?

That is a legendary dragon. I have lived for decades and have never seen a dragon. Old Took may not have seen one either."

"Calm down." Aaron smiled faintly. "With me here, you will be fine. I can guarantee that."

Hearing this, Bilbo's heartbeat slowed down a bit.

After all, Aaron's martial arts value is much higher than his, and he is also a wizard, so he still has a sense of security.

Entering the last door, Bilbo began to give himself psychological hints: he is not at home, he is not at home, he is not at home...

The two suddenly stopped and looked at the palace below in astonishment.

This dwarf's palace is filled with gold coins, and all kinds of gems can be seen everywhere here.

"This is too spectacular!" Bilbo rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"I have seen more spectacular things." Aaron was also a little shocked. The wealth of the dwarves is almost catching up with his family's treasury.

No wonder Smaug occupied Erebor. Dragons just like shiny gold. With so much gold blatantly placed here, it would be unreasonable not to rob it.

"Can the compass find the Arken gem?" Bilbo asked in a low voice.

Aaron looked at the motionless needle, then looked at the golden ocean below, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"The direction can be determined, but there are too many gold coins below. We probably have to dig it out."

"Huh!" Bilbo took a deep breath, "Let's go down first!"

Aaron did not object, the first step must be taken.

But as soon as the two took the first step, the gold coins under their feet slid down.

"Damn it!" Aaron said speechlessly, "I guess I don't even need to dig out the gem to wake it up."

Hush!

Bilbo immediately made a silent gesture, pointing to the needle on the compass, indicating Aaron to concentrate on digging for treasure and not to talk.

Aaron spread his hands and walked forward along the needle.

The two walked slowly to the center of the hall, preparing to climb over a mountain of gold coins more than ten meters high.

But at this time, the gold coins several meters away slid down, and Aaron immediately pulled Bilbo to hide behind a pillar.

"What's wrong?"

Aaron bent down gently, picked up a golden mirror, and used its reflection to let Bilbo see a huge dragon eye clearly.

Bilbo's heartbeat quickened, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Smaug, it's at home."

Aaron nodded, intending to change direction and go around. After all, it's easy to have a heart attack if you move under the eyes of a giant dragon.

But as soon as he turned around, the gold coins on the other side also slid down.

Aaron took a breath of cold air and hurriedly hid back.

Bilbo opened his arms blankly, silently compared his size with Smaug's, and then squatted down humbly.

"At least fifty meters." Aaron said with a smile, "It's bigger than any dragon I've ever seen. I'm definitely not its opponent in a head-on confrontation."

The sound of gold coins sliding down was heard, and a pile of gold coins slowly slid down from the upper side to the feet of the two.

The cold vertical pupils suddenly opened, scanning everything within the field of vision.

Bilbo was so frightened that he almost fell down, and Aaron pulled him in time to avoid being exposed.

The huge dragon head slowly rose from the gold coins, followed by a heavy breathing sound. Smaug seemed to smell the breath of a stranger, and his mouth opened with a mocking smile.

Aaron and Bilbo looked at each other, one cast a disillusionment spell on himself, and the other decisively put on a magic ring and became invisible at the same time.

"Okay, thief." Smaug looked at the pillar, his nostrils slightly twitching, "I can smell it, I can hear your breathing, I feel your presence.

Where are you? Where are you?"

As the huge dragon head approached, Bilbo was very nervous and ran away.

Aaron did not stand there, and ran in another direction.

Although Smaug could not see the two people, he could judge the approximate direction by the sound of footsteps.

"Come out! Don't be shy, show yourself!" Smaug teased as he moved towards Bilbo, "You're a little strange, it's something you brought.

It's made of gold, but it's more precious."

Bilbo was soaked in cold sweat, Smaug's words made him dazed, the terrible magic eye flashed in his mind, and when he came to his senses, he realized that he had taken off the ring, and then he saw the dragon head close at hand.

"You're here! The thief in the shadow.

Where's the other one? Won't you come out and show your face?"

Aaron secretly complained in his heart when he heard this.

You let me go out, so I go out? Wouldn't that be very embarrassing.

"Won't you come out?" Smaug sneered, sniffed Aaron's scent and chased after him, "I'm familiar with the smell of humans, do you think you can hide?

But you are special, you can hide your tracks even without the magic ring."

Smaug's pupils stared at the top of a pile of gold coins, as if to make sure that Aaron was there.

It took a deep breath, and a hint of surprise flashed in its eyes, "Who are you? Why do you have the same kind of smell?

It's unbelievable that there are other dragons in Middle-earth besides me."

Same kind?

Aaron was stunned for a moment, and then he was shocked by Smaug's sense of smell.

He and Abe have been separated for more than half a year, but he can still smell it.

"Answer the question."

Smaug slapped down with a claw, and a large amount of gold coins and gems fell like raindrops.

Aaron couldn't continue to be invisible, so he had no choice but to lift the disillusionment spell.

"Still a child?" Smaug was even more surprised, staring at Aaron meaningfully, "How old are you?"

"Let's say fourteen!" Aaron said calmly, and then slowly walked to Bilbo's side, "I'm more curious about how old you are?"

"I have lived from the First Age to now, I don't remember." Smaug said coldly, "Now tell me the news of other dragons, I can spare your life."

"Ah this..."

"Speak." Smaug's voice rose a few degrees, "Who is it? Where is it?"

Aaron scratched his head embarrassedly, "Abe should still be in my house. I have raised it since it was born. It should be almost three years old now!

But it is not as big as you. It is less than five meters now."

Hearing this, Smaug was hit by thunder and was burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. It took a while for him to recover.

Bilbo was also dumbfounded, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Raising dragons? There should be a limit to joking!

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Smaug roared angrily, "How could a noble dragon succumb to a mere human?"

Aaron:......

If we really talk about bloodline, even gods may not be as noble as me.

"Who knows?" Aaron pretended, "Maybe it has something to do with personality charm."

Smaug had a grim smile on his face, "Personality charm?

It doesn't matter, dead people don't have any charm."

"Huh? You promised to spare my life!"

"Naive child." Smaug opened his mouth, revealing a mouthful of fangs.

"Naive child can't get here!" Aaron's throat made a low voice, and Smaug, who was originally planning to eat him alive, stopped his action abruptly.

"Dragon Speaker?"

"Dragon language, the language of dragons." Bilbo looked at Aaron in astonishment, "You know the language of dragons?"

"How else can I raise dragons?" Aaron said confidently.

"Humph!" Smaug snorted coldly, "Leave here before I change my mind, this is my only kindness to you."

Aaron yawned, "Sorry, I won't leave until I achieve my goal."