Chapter 266 The Dwarf Prince’s Awakening

"Thorin." Aaron leaned against the wall and looked at him thoughtfully, "What are you going to do? Please ask me to protect you before Gandalf leaves. My answer is within my capabilities.

If you choose to stay here and wait for death, I will take Bilbo and escape. I guarantee his safety and I will do it. "

"Thank you." Bilbo shrugged his nose, a little flattered.

"But if you choose to fight Smaug to the death, then I will fight alongside you and do my best to ensure that everyone can survive."

Thorin looked at the corpses on the ground and said in a daze, "I will not die like this, curled up, struggling, dying.

We lure Smaug to the forge and fight him to the death. "

"Have you decided?" Aaron asked with a smile.

Thorin nodded and looked at the nine dwarves following him, "Let's split up and lead it to the furnace.

If everything is destined to burn, then we will also go to the sea of fire together. "

Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!

"As expected of a dwarf prince, it takes great courage to make this decision." Aaron applauded, "Thorin Oakenshield, you did not disappoint me."

After saying that, Aaron took out the Arken gem and used the floating spell to levitate it in mid-air.

The milky white light illuminated the dark guardroom. The dwarves looked at this beautiful king's gem, their eyes becoming extremely pious.

"The Arken Stone." Thorin murmured in disbelief, "You got it."

Aaron shrugged. He never said he didn't get it.

"I think there should be nothing better to boost morale than this thing at this time."

"Indeed, there is none." Thorin stretched out his right hand excitedly, and then found awkwardly that he couldn't touch it.

Snapped!

Aaron snapped his fingers, and the Arken Stone fell into his hands.

"Sorry, I can't give it to you right now."

"Why?" Thorin glared, "It should have been mine."

"Yes, the Arkenstone was originally yours." Aaron did not deny it, but changed the topic, "But Smaug said that the Arkenstone will swallow your heart."

"Do you believe what the evil dragon says?"

"But you drew your sword against us before for this stone."

Thorin was speechless. He was indeed impulsive and should not have drawn the sword against his friend.

However, the status of the Aken gem among the dwarves is the national jade seal, which affects whether he can legitimately inherit the throne and cannot be compromised.

"If this is the reason, I apologize to you."

"It's okay." Bilbo smiled, "We understand the importance of the Arken Stone to you. It may be more important than life."

"But because of this, we are worried that you will become another person because of this stone." Aaron said seriously.

His worries are not unreasonable. Thorin's stubbornness is rare in the world. For such a prince who has been in poverty for half his life to become a king with huge wealth overnight, his state of mind may undergo a huge change. Maybe it will be compared to that of his grandfather. Thorne is even worse.

"I won't." Thorin shook his head slowly, "I promise."

Hearing this, Aaron hesitated for a moment and put the Arken Stone into his pocket.

The others looked at his actions in astonishment, and Thorin felt even more betrayed.

The atmosphere has been heightened here. Shouldn't you give me the gem and then everyone work together to slay the dragon?

"I will give it to him, but only after it is safe." Aaron said sarcastically, "After all, there will be a narrow escape from death. If anything happens to Thorin, I will give this stone to Qili."

"Gaius." Dwalin looked at him angrily, "This is inappropriate."

Aaron raised his eyebrows and brought the gem to Solingen, "You make the decision."

Thorin reached out and touched the Arken Stone, a trace of struggle flashed in his eyes, and he was silent for a while before looking at Aaron solemnly, "I will leave it to you for safekeeping for the time being.

If I die, I will give it to Fili. If Fili dies, I will take it back to Kili and let him inherit the throne.

Balin, Dwalin, you..."

"Needless to say, Thorin." Balin smiled pretending to be relaxed, "I might die before you, but one thing is that my loyalty to the king will not change."

"That's it, loyal king." Dwalin said swornly, and the others nodded silently.

Next, Thorin divided the team into four groups and left the guard room in groups of three.

However, Aaron offered to act alone and secretly covered everyone's safe arrival at the furnace.

Thorin led Bilbo and Balin through the passage from the front, and was discovered by Smaug as expected.

"Run away! Run away! Run for your life!"

You have nowhere to hide. "

A neck dozens of meters long emerged from the darkness, and a huge dragon head appeared in front of several people.

"Look behind you, little bug."

The three dwarves shouted, Smaug's attention was attracted, and Thorin and the three took the opportunity to get into a doorway.

Smaug roared and lunged at the three dwarves.

"Hey! Over here." Dwalin shouted. When Smaug turned his attention, he immediately pulled Fili and Nori and ran wildly.

Just as Smaug was about to give chase, he saw two dwarves running past him.

Can this be tolerated?

Hot dragon breath spurted out from the mouth, forcing the two of them to run away and jump into the cable car to escape the blazing flames.

Seeing no one around, Smaug sniffed the smell in the air and chased after Thorin Oakenshield.

In a wide corridor, Thorin kept running wildly and did not even notice the entrance to the smelting room.

"This way, Thorin," shouted Bilbo.

Thorin heard the sound and reacted immediately, but before he could take a step, Smaug appeared at the end of the corridor, brewing dragon breath.

After silently calculating the distance, Thorin also knew that he could not outrun Smaug's dragon flames, so he told Bilbo to follow Balin and then turned around and jumped into the mine.

Barely dodging the dragon flames, Thorin dragged the seat under the mine and kept falling.

Before he could recover, Smaug chased after him. Its body was huge, but it could just fit into the mine.

Just when it was about to bite Thorin, Dwalin chopped down the corresponding minecart with an axe. Thorin grabbed the seat and pulled him up quickly, barely escaping from the edge of the dragon's mouth.

Seeing this, Smaug turned his body and bit the rope connecting the seat as Thorin ascended.

"Tsk! I have to admit that the dwarf's mining technology is really not an ordinary professional." Aaron's voice came from the side, and when he turned around to look, he saw him sitting on another chair as if nothing had happened, leisurely strolling in the mine. Swing.

"Thorin, you look like you could use some help!"

"Stop talking nonsense," Thorin yelled.

"Okay." Aaron stretched out his index finger towards Smaug, "Shattered into pieces."

boom!

The pale red light hit the dragon's mouth. Smaug felt as if he had been pricked by a needle. He subconsciously opened his mouth and put Thorin up.

Smaug didn't care, but looked at Aaron meaningfully, "Dragon Whisperer, your magic is somewhat special, but it's a pity that you are too weak."

"It's normal. After all, I'm only fourteen years old." Aaron smiled shyly, "If I were forty years old, would I kill you in minutes? Do you believe it?"

"It's a pity that you won't have that chance." Smaug said, opening his mouth and letting his hot breath hit his face.

Aaron immediately stretched out his right hand, and an ice-blue intermediate magic circle appeared in front of him, and a thick stream of water spurted out.

The water poured into Smaug's mouth before the flames could spurt out. The dragon's breath was forced to interrupt, and Smaug choked and spewed out a large amount of white steam.

"Damn you." Smaug roared angrily, raising his claws to slap him.

"Aaron." When Solin and others saw this, they were filled with anger.

Uh-huh!

The black and white vortex flashed away, and Aaron landed next to a few people, "What did you ask me to do?"

"You, you, you..." Dwalin looked at Aaron and then at Smaug below, unable to speak clearly incoherently.

"It's magic!" Aaron explained casually, "It's just hard to understand."

"The magic of teleportation." Thorin's eyes twitched slightly. He had known wizards before when he was a dwarf prince, but he had never heard of wizards using such incredible methods.

Aaron: ...

"Very few people can learn it. I am a once-in-a-hundred-year-old genius from the Gaius family, so naturally I am a different story."

"Roar!" Smaug's roar came from the mine, "Where are you? Dragon Speaker, where are you?"

Hearing this, Thorin and the few dwarves next to him looked at Aaron with complicated expressions, "You can also speak dragon language?"

"Uh... traveling in the world, you don't have to be overwhelmed by your many skills!" Aaron said with a smile.

"Gandalf has found us a good teammate." Thorin sighed, then glanced at Smaug who was still looking for someone in the mine, and decisively pushed down the lifting equipment next to him.

The lifting equipment fell rapidly and soon hit Smaug's neck.

"Let's go quickly, this won't delay him for long."

"Wait a moment." Aaron looked at the deep mine, slowly waving his arms, and a large ice-blue magic array covered the top of the mine.

Half a minute later, a huge block of ice fell from the magic circle and hit the depths of the mine.

boom!

Several people clearly heard the sound of heavy objects hitting their skulls, followed by the angry roar of the dragon.

"If I throw a few more, I might crush it to death!" Fili said.

"Brother, there's not enough time and I don't have enough magic power."

As soon as he finished speaking, fierce flames surged up from the depths of the mine.

"Let's go, let's go quickly."

Thorin yelled and led everyone running into the smelting room.

Everyone gathered here without missing a beat, but they were disappointed looking at the cold furnace.