Chapter 50 Join

"Okay, okay, put down your weapons. This is our partner, Bombur, Dwalin. Forks and spoons cannot be used as swords and shields. Bofur, you'd better put down your recorder. That thing is harmful to his armor." No threat..."

Gandalf comforted each one of them, like coaxing children, to get the dwarves off their guard.

"Is he the powerful companion you mentioned, Gandalf?"

The calmest person present must be Thorin. This dwarf with a kingly demeanor did not make much movement from beginning to end. He just stared at Levi with his eyes and never left for half a second.

The smell was familiar to him, it was the blood of Orcs.

"Oh yes, he will definitely be of great help to us on our journey, I guarantee that on my own behalf."

On this side, after greeting Bilbo first, Levi said to Thorin who had been staring at him:

"Say hello to you."

"We seem to have met somewhere." Thorin looked through his memory, looking for this face.

"Yes, I have traveled far to visit the Blue Mountains, and we met in the workshop in the hall."

"Hey, are you the human who stayed at the hotel at the door a few months ago?" A dwarf asked.

Levi nodded and greeted many dwarves with a smile.

Suddenly, another dwarf made a voice: "I seem to have heard that a few months ago, a human traveler drank up the young man with the best drinking capacity in the area."

"Really or not?"

The dwarves couldn't believe it.

"He, a human, can drink a dwarf? Stop joking!"

"Uu——"

"But it seemed to be true. Many people were present."

I don't know who said something, and the dwarves were immediately silenced.

"I don't believe it unless he drinks with me once!"

The dwarves began to boo.

"Okay, okay, now is not the time to talk about this-"

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control in another direction, Gandalf quickly came out to smooth things over.

"You have a strong smell of blood on your body, Levi. Did you encounter any danger on the road?"

Levi nodded: "I can't say it's dangerous, but I did encounter some wargs and Oaks who didn't have long eyes."

"Strange, they would actually attack you?" Gandalf raised his eyebrows.

"What are those beasts afraid to do?" a dwarf who didn't understand the situation said.

The Vales of Anduin are too far away from the Blue Mountains, and word has not yet fully spread.

But what Levi did will eventually spread to the entire Middle-earth and become some kind of rumor.

"I also find it strange that this team is different from the ones I have encountered before. They are fully equipped and have everything they need, and there seems to be a strong leader behind them, which makes them a lot bolder."

"But I still wiped them all out."

"Although their wargs run very fast and lose direction, it is obvious that my horse runs faster."

Gandalf nodded, not surprised by Levi's reasonable remarks.

The dwarves looked at each other and whispered. Some people thought that although this warrior looked strong, he was really capable of bragging.

Bilbo was confused and had no idea what Levi was talking about.

Orcs, wargs?

They were all words he had never heard before, but from the conversation, Bilbo could be sure of one thing:

"Oh, so you know each other, Gandalf-Levi, okay, okay, as expected, eh."

Bilbo blinked and took a deep breath.

He decided to find an opportunity to quietly remind Levi that he should be careful when making friends.

After the small interlude, Bilbo moved a stool for Levi so that he could sit on the other side of the table and join the meeting.

Now the table was full, with no space left.

Levi still had a place to sit here, and Bilbo could only stand on tiptoe behind Thorin and look at the table.

"We must seize the opportunity to recapture Erebor." After analyzing the pros and cons, Thorin declared.

"But there is no way into the mountain."

Balin was always the wisest of the dwarves.

"My dear Balin, this is not true."

Gandalf bent down, took out a key and a map from his robe, and said to Thorin:

"This was given to me by your father Thraine, of course, just for my safekeeping."

"Now, it's yours."

Thorin took the key and held it firmly in his hand.

"If there's a key, there's a door..."

"There's another way in!"

The dwarves saw hope.

"Even if you can enter the mountains, it is still very dangerous to find gems." Gandalf said slowly: "But as long as you are careful and smart, it is still possible."

"So we need a snitch."

A dwarf said.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Bilbo.

However, Bilbo had never stolen anything since he was a child, and of course he could not accept this. Soon the dwarves questioned him, and then they started to make a fuss.

"Enough, I said Bilbo Baggins was a snitch, and he is a snitch!"

Gandalf stood up and unleashed his huge pressure. The dwarves felt as if their throats were being strangled, and no one dared to question it.

Levi and Thorin were the only ones at the scene who were not affected by this momentum.

Thorin is the king among the dwarves, so naturally he will not be easily affected by things like momentum.

As for Levi, he thinks the special effects are pretty good.

"Give him the contract."

Bilbo began to look carefully at this long contract.

"One-fifteenth, well, that's fair..."

Poof.

However, after reading the contract and being deliberately frightened by several dwarves, the hobbit who was used to a comfortable life still fainted and fell to the ground.

This is so exciting.

After a while.

"Bilbo, I cannot guarantee that you will come back."

"But if you come back, everything will be different."

Gandalf was giving Bilbo some psychological counseling in the living room.

Bilbo thought about Gandalf's words, and remembered the wonderful stories Levi would tell every time he came, and hesitated.

"No, I still can't sign."

Bilbo refused.

On the other side, the dwarves were discussing things at the door.

"The one named Levi seems to me to be reliable, but that snitch..."

Some people shook their heads.

"Everything is going wrong."

"In the final analysis, even we are not very strong warriors, we are just a group of toy makers and tinkerers..."

Thorin heard this, but he didn't agree with it.

He began his speech to encourage everyone.

"To me, any one of these dwarves is stronger than the army of Iron Hills. Because they responded to my call, their loyalty and courage are enough."

Gandalf listened to the discussion of the dwarves and looked at Levi again.

"You can fight that dragon, right?" he asked quietly.

Levi glanced at him and replied in a low voice: "I don't know. In fact, I haven't seen the dragon, but I can try if necessary."

Gandalf didn't speak for a while, but turned his head and told Balin:

"Keep a copy of the contract in Bag End."

Early the next morning.

There is another running figure in Hobbiton.

In the woods, Levi controlled his horse to walk as slowly as possible to avoid accidentally running away and throwing away the large army.

There was no way, the speed of the ponies ridden by these dwarves could only be said to be average, and they really couldn't compare with Levi's full speed horse.

"Hey, are those you are wearing on your horse diamonds?"

After walking for a long time, someone finally couldn't help but ask. In fact, the dwarves almost kept staring at Li Wei's horse armor without blinking.

"Well, yes, it's sturdy and useful in combat."

"Can I touch it?"

"Of course, feel free to do so."

"Oh my god, it's so luxurious. How long does it take to dig mines to piece together such a big armor..."

Just as the dwarf was sighing, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Wait, wait for me!"

It was Bilbo, and he came with the signed contract.

Seeing this scene, most of the people in the team howled, and a few whistled.

"Welcome to Thorin Oakenshield's expedition, Mr. Baggins."

Not long after, Bilbo got on his pony, walked side by side with Levi and Gandalf, and started chatting.

"They placed a bet on whether you would join. Most people bet that you would not join, and a small number of people bet that you would."

"What about you?"