Chapter 506 Black Arrow Bard!
"Natsu, you seem very quiet!"
Xiao looked at Natsu, who was usually the most active, but was sitting there without saying a word, and couldn't help but curiously stepped forward to ask.
"No, I just can't accept it. My adoptive father is also a fire dragon. Why did that fire dragon destroy a dwarf kingdom and massacre tens of thousands of lives just for treasure!"
Natsu's voice was a little melancholy. As a child adopted by a fire dragon, Natsu had always been fond of dragons.
But what Smaug did at this moment completely destroyed the dragon's good impression in his heart, and he felt like his idol had been shattered.
In fact, not only Natsu, but also Gajeel, the son of the dragon, felt sad about this.
Although there are countless stories about dragons being greedy, cruel, and evil creatures.
But as children adopted by the dragon and carefully taught by the dragon, they never believed that the dragon was evil. They just felt that the misunderstanding of the dragon occurred because the two parties did not understand each other.
As a result, Xiao really showed Long's evil in front of them at this moment, which made him somewhat sad.
"Natsu, this is a dragon from Middle-earth, not a dragon from Eslandon. They are two completely different species?"
Xiao spoke directly to comfort him.
"Um???"
"yes!"
A lightbulb suddenly appeared above Natsu and Gajeel's heads, and they both slapped their palms together, finally coming to their senses.
The Smaug shown by Xiao is not a dragon from their world at all, but a dragon from other worlds.
In this way, although the dragon in Xiao's projection is powerful, there is indeed a huge gap in appearance from his father Igneel.
Smaug has a slender neck and tail. When he walks, he is more like a reptile, and his image is more like a bipedal dragon.
Ignir has a thick body structure, but his neck is thick and short. His body shape is more similar to that of a human with wings, and he can walk upright.
Moreover, from the appearance point of view, Smaug's image is indeed more handsome. In front of Smaug, Igniel's image is somewhat less domineering than a dragon.
Therefore, the two are not the same species at all, they just belong to the same dragon family.
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After making an appointment with the dragon-slayer wizard, Xiao returned to the world of the Lord of the Rings again, and slaying dragons must not be done carelessly.
Therefore, Xiao is preparing to take some insurance for himself.
Xiao came to Changhu Town alone, looking for the legendary archer with black arrows: Bud.
Because in the world view of The Lord of the Rings, fate is determined.
Don’t look at how Bard easily killed Smaug in the original novel.
But if it were someone else, even if he knew the weakness in Smaug's chest, he probably wouldn't be able to kill Smaug if given a thousand chances.
Bard is the only one, Smaug is the only one who can shoot!
In Eru's story, Smaug is killed by Bard's black arrow.
This also means Xiao wants to test whether he can break the story line.
If he and his team can kill Smaug, it means that Yi Ru only likes wonderful stories, but it doesn't matter who the protagonist of the story is.
But if he and his team cannot kill Smaug, it means that the story cannot be changed.
To use the Western fantasy formula, the appearance of Bard and the slaying of the dragon are prophecies that have become a reality, and it is a predetermined destiny.
The heroes and great men in fantasy stories are also shaped in this way,
After all, in the fantasy world, God has always been willing to create various legendary stories,
The stories are then transformed through time into legends, and ultimately the legends are shaped into myths.
The gods did this because, besides being bored,
The greatest possibility is that myths will give them greater power.
The spread of myths means that their names will always be remembered.
Those who are remembered by history will never be forgotten, and God can naturally obtain eternal power from them.
Not to mention that in addition to his predetermined destiny, Bard holds the only weapon in Middle-earth that can harm Smaug: the black arrow.
Although the black arrow looks ordinary, in fact, that arrow is extremely powerful.
According to the description in the original book, the material of the black arrow is not owned by the dwarf kingdom.
Its existence itself has an extremely tragic history:
At the beginning of the Third Age, there was an extremely powerful kingdom.
However, the monarch of this country was very cruel. In order to obtain an extremely precious metal, he mobilized the whole country to salvage it from the river.
In the end, the country was overthrown by a peasant uprising without salvaging much.
Later, the dwarves obtained this salvaged metal and crafted this magical arrow with extremely powerful penetrating and lethal power.
Moreover, it is said that the river was tamped out by a certain Valar with his own weapons.
So there were fragments of God's weapons in the river sand, that is, the legendary metal.
In other words, the black arrow itself is actually an artifact, capable of killing an ancient dragon like Smaug with one arrow.
Therefore, regardless of whether there is a predetermined destiny, Bard and Black Arrow, Xiao must find them as the last insurance.
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Xiao was lucky. As soon as he arrived in Changhu Town, he saw the boat returning from hunting.
"Good day, Mr. Bud, my name is Xiao!"
Xiao stood on the shore and asked the hunter on the boat.
"Good day, Mr. Wandering Merchant, what's wrong with you?"
Looking at Xiao who was riding a cow and horse and dressed mysteriously, he also gave Xiao a gift in return.
"Mr. Bard, I have a commission here with a generous reward! Do you like this thing?"
When Xiao raised his hand, a golden coin appeared between his fingers.
"What kind of work? If it's just hunting, you're giving too much!"
Bard looked at the gold coin, and a trace of desire flashed in his eyes, but he knew better that the gold coin was definitely not that good.
Although Bard was a descendant of Girion, the king of the River Valley, his life in Changhe Town was not easy.
Bard's family was demoted to commoners because they did not shoot Smaug when Smaug slaughtered the River Valley 171 years ago.
But the mayor was still afraid of his identity and targeted him everywhere.
There were three hungry children to feed at home, which made his family live in extreme poverty.
He could only make a living by ferrying, hunting, and fishing.
It can be said that he was very short of money. If he could get that gold coin, he could live a little easier in half a year.
But Bard also knew that the greater the reward, the greater the danger.
This kind of commission could cost him his life if he was not careful.
Once he died, his three children would probably be eaten up by the villagers in Changhu Town.
So, Bard suppressed his greed with difficulty and decided to confirm the content of the commission before making a decision.
"I want you to help me slay the dragon!"
Xiao said calmly.
Bard: "Me?? (ŎдŎ；)"