The Journey of the Demon Hunter

Bahrain walked to Zelin, his gray beard fluttering in the wind, facing the setting sun, looking at the lonely mountain with his back facing the setting sun in the distance, leaving only a shadow. There seemed to be many wrinkles on the dwarf's face suddenly, as if Lonely Mountain had really turned him into an old man, not a warrior with a lot of beard but still able to fight the orcs.

"You seem to be too."

Zelin sat cross-legged on the ground, and Bahrain sat on a wooden barrel aside. The water in the river is flowing slowly, the huge rock under the town of Changhu protects the town on it, and the waves and torrents become much more relaxed here. But how long can this huge rock protect them?

"I'm old, and the old can hardly ride goats, or wield a battle axe to smash the heads of the orcs, but I can't forget the prosperous appearance of the lonely mountain, nor will Thorin. We all remember that the lonely mountain treats us. Say what it means." Bahrain said slowly, "We have lost our homes, the dwarves wandered around, our glory was burned in front of the dragon fire from the sky. I still remember that day, the dragon Smaug The flames spewed onto the wall of the dwarf. Thorin pulled me behind the stone pillar. When the flame retreated, after we stepped out of the stone pillar, hundreds of elite soldiers on the entire wall turned into charred corpses."

"But why do you bother to provoke Smaug again, I don't understand." Zelin shook his head, a smell of burnt mingled in the cold air. Perhaps this is the smell from the wasteland named after the evil dragon, the burnt down valley city, and the dwarf city Erebo "You are not an expedition, you are an expedition to restore the country, you are going to deal with that A dragon? Just a dozen dwarves?"

"This is our last chance to recover our homeland. The predicted chance will be the next night." Bahrain shook his head, touched his waist subconsciously, and then smiled self-deprecatingly.

Upon seeing this, Zelin took out a pipe from his pocket with tobacco in it. In the past two days, he saw that tobacco is the preference of many townspeople.

"Ah, great." Bahrain took the pipe, blew it, and started to light himself. "Is this your spare pipe?"

"Past collections are useless after they are bought. Female friends I know don't like them, so..." Zelin shrugged. "Take it with you. If you like it, just take it."

"Thank you so much, your female friend must be very beautiful." Bahrain lit the tobacco, took a deep breath, and slowly vomited it out. "Since I joined Thorin's team and went to Lonely Mountain, it has been almost a year. I haven't been able to touch this thing anymore."

"I almost know why you have so few people now. I am willing to believe the prophecy to throw away the life ahead and challenge the dragon. Not anyone can do it." Zelin looked down at the flowing water in front of him, as if suddenly facing the lines of the flowing water. I became interested. "I know someone who has a relationship with Long. Her experience is also related to the prophecy, but fortunately, the prophecy came true."

"I believe that the prophecy will stand on our side, Thorin. Gushan was lost in the hands of his grandfather, and his father has passed away. The prophecy fell on his shoulders. It is his responsibility to regain the Gushan. Become the king of dwarves again."

The lonely mountain in the distance, with the setting sun, is gradually sinking into the shadows.

"But what about the evil dragon? The prophecy makes you come here at this time, but the evil dragon will not hit the wall with your head just because you are standing in front of him." Zelin shook his head. "The prophecy didn't tell you what to do. Kill the dragon?"

"Only the black arrow can kill the dragon, but the black arrow, when Smaug attacked the valley city, the valley city lord Gilian shot with the black arrow, but did not shoot, now there is no black arrow." Bahrain shook his head. He raised his hand and pointed at the watch tower beside the town square in the distance. The ballista "It was a dwarf crossbow, and Lord Gilian used it to shoot Smaug. This is the only human brought out from the destroyed River Valley City. Things, if Ji Ruian could avoid an arrow at that time, history would be rewritten. But he didn't. The black arrow has disappeared, and no one can forge it anymore."

"But how can you kill the dragon?" Zelin spread his hands and shifted the topic from the story to the actual problem they were facing. The dragon died here. Humans don’t have to worry about its attack. I will be happy to **** you to the gate of Erebo, and then wait for you to kill the dragon and visit some of the dragon’s corpses. Maybe you will be willing to treat the evil Give me the dragon’s head or teeth?"

Then he can give it to Gnaiya as a gift. She must be interested in the dragon corpse in another world. But then he will definitely endure Gnaiya's complaints. Killing dragons and treasures, this has been her main business for more than half a year. Although she doesn't kill dragons anymore, she still enjoys looking for unowned treasure in the wild.

Chapter 715 Dragon Disease

"The prophecy brought us here. Then we have to keep going. The car will find a way to the mountain." Bahrain knocked on his knee. "If we refuse to even try to do it, we will regret it for the rest of our lives. This is the only one of us. The next time we wait for such an opportunity is a hundred years later. But our ultimate goal is not to kill Smaug, Bilbo, the hobbit in our team is a very skilled snitch, he will be in our prophecy According to the record, after opening the gate of Lone Mountain, he went to the evil dragon’s lair and stole the gem representing the king of dwarves."

The heart of the mountain, Arkenberg.

"We only need this, that's enough."

"When you face a pile of treasures, you only need one gem?" Zelin said mockingly. "If it were me, maybe he would grab a handful of gold coins in his pocket."

Unexpectedly, when he heard the demon hunter's joke, Old Bahrain became serious.

"The love for gold has ruined us once. It is a sick, fanatical love." It seems that thinking of something unbearable, the dwarf looks a little dim. "Take only what you deserve, human beings. I have never seen how terrible the madness for gold is. This gold will destroy a person’s sanity, that terrible madness..."

The dwarf made a few gestures, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

"I can't find any words to describe it. We call it dragon disease, the most terrifying disease in the world, it is a mental illness, and there is no cure."

Zelin thought of the mayor of Long Lake Town. The Demon Hunter didn't know what could make him look away from his golden treasure.

"Maybe I can understand, Bahrain. It won't be long before we will see a human being who may be suffering from dragon syndrome."

"Perhaps it is love of money, but the dragon disease can drive a person crazy and make people have a heart filled with gold." Bahrain shook his head "You don't understand, but when you see it, you will think, this is Dragon Syndrome. People suffering from Dragon Syndrome will become as love for money as the evil dragon, guarding their own treasure pile like the evil dragon, unable to extricate themselves, and staying in step. Thorin's grandfather Thor was once a wise and powerful dwarf The king, the gold and gems mined in the lone mountain filled Erebo’s hall, and the gold piled up into a mountain, but he eventually suffered from the dragon disease, like a vicious disease, until the dragon Smaug arrived."

"How do you know that Thorin won't be captured by Golden and Dragon Disease like his grandfather?" Zelin looked at the dwarf. "Let’s not talk about the feasibility of your next plan. I saw someone in the Lonely Mountain in Thorin. He will listen to you when he collects the treasure, and only take away what he deserves instead of taking the entire treasure as his own?"

"I don't know." Bahrain shook his head. "But the reason why Thorin is called the Oak Shield is because of the Battle of Nandu Cyrian, the last and most tragic war between the dwarves and the orcs in the mines of Moria. During the battle, Thorin’s shield was shattered, but he grabbed a piece of oak beside him as a shield and continued to fight. In the end, we defeated the orcs. I was by Thorin’s side at that time. I watched how he only used one. Cut the oak to face the strongest warrior of the orcs. He has the courage to face the dragon. I have no doubts about this."

"Thank you for telling me this." Zelin stood up and patted the dust on the leather pants. Lin redeemed it. And your companion, his leg was injured. We'd better deal with it as soon as possible, at least to ensure that he will not lose a leg because of this incident."

Dragon syndrome, this is more and more in line with the definition of treasure in Zelin's mind, monsters and curses, but in his world, most of the monsters guarding the treasure are demons, female monsters and monsters. Sometimes the demon hunter can often find some boxes guarded by monsters in the wild, which is a good extra income.

As for Thorin, don't think about it. As long as Thorin mentions anything related to treasure in his words, the mayor will definitely think that he is someone who comes to pay attention to his treasure, or a liar who wants to defraud money in his own hands. The demon hunter can certainly convince the mayor to put it in. This is not difficult, but he does not want the mayor to waste a small number of guards on guarding the prison when he knows that orcs are wandering outside of Long Lake Town. .

Guards have been sent to the gates and guard towers of the town, but the residents of the town are indifferent to the guards who suddenly started to move, perhaps because the mayor's order is to guard his treasure. It’s just that the mayor suddenly got frustrated, thinking that someone would break into his hall and take away their belongings. Many townspeople had this idea, and some even ran to the place near the town hall, wanting to see who dared to get there. Snatch things inside.

Perhaps because there was no war, there were only more than 20 guards in Changhu Town, just enough to catch criminals, or to look after the nursing home near the mayor’s residence hall. Most of the time the latter is the majority. Zelin has already thought about it. This is a world that is more friendly to him. The humans here are also good. Changhu Town is a good place to stay. Maybe it can be used as a portal base in the future. Of course, the premise is that it is not here. Will be destroyed and invaded.

But destruction is precisely the purpose of the orcs.

In the shadow of the dense forest, dozens of orcs are advancing fast along the edge of the big lake. The orc holding a black wooden bow walked in front, a scar extending along its right eye to the chin, and the beginning of the scar was hidden under the leather blindfold. In the other round one eye, the cloudy apricot eyes were constantly looking around.

"The dwarf escaped into a human town."

The orc wrinkled his nose, looked around with his deformed head, and finally looked at the town on the huge rock in the distance. He raised his hand, and the orcs following him immediately stopped, and the wolves mixed in the team exhaled manily, as if they would immediately rush out of the dense forest and break into humans if it weren't for acting with the orcs. The town was slaughtered.

"Let all the wolves wait by the long bridge."

The Longbow Orc waved his hand, and an orc immediately rushed towards the Long Bridge riding a wolf.

"Twenty people, sneak into the town with me, walk on the roof, and look for whether the dwarf is still inside."

Its fingers traversed an arc, signaling the orcs it pointed to to follow.

"All the rest, wait outside the town. If the dwarves are still inside, just go in and kill all the dwarves and any humans who try to stop us."

A large group of orcs immediately began to run to the predetermined location. The night was the right time for them to move. As they ran, the edge of the dense forest sounded a crash of armor. A large black shadow is approaching Changhu Town from different directions.

Chapter 716 The True Prophecy

When the sky was completely dark, Bud finally returned. He looked anxious, and when he returned, he immediately asked Zelin in a hurry.

"Are the dwarves still there?"

"Still, but not all." Zelin spread his hands. "Sorin went to find the mayor. I don't know if he really wants to find the mayor or plan to go to the town guard's armory with the dwarves who follow him. Go steal things. But some dwarves stay here, four, plus a hobbit."

Thorin definitely has no money to buy good weapons and armor, not to mention the weapons and equipment needed by thirteen dwarves. His only way is to steal, unless his pride really makes him look for them in the town hall. The mayor, asked the mayor to provide equipment supplies and boats to cross the lake for the returned king of the mountain and his followers. The mayor, who is already veteran now, will definitely throw them into the prison directly, unless he can take out more gold than the treasure in the hands of the mayor.

"How long have they been walking? We must stop Thorin, and we must not allow these dwarves to reach the solitary mountain." Looking at the barn where the dwarves are, Bud waved Zelin to talk to him in another place.

The sky is dim, and the only light that can be provided to Changhu Town is the bright moon hanging in the sky. When night fell, the bustling Long Lake Town. But even so, Zelin still heard some townspeople sitting at the door or beside his canoe, talking to each other in low voices, with incredible and excited expressions on their faces from time to time.

"Why, Bud?" Zelin asked puzzledly. "It is good for the dwarves and humans to let the dwarves regain the lonely mountain. They get the lonely mountain, the trade route is opened up again, and they can regain their glory, and You can also get gold. Regardless of whether their prediction is a town or not, the situation in Long Lake Town will not get worse."

"Do you know the prediction about Gushan?" Bud held the fence by the river with both hands, looked down at the river and asked Zelin.

"Don't make any predictions with me. In the past few days when I came to Long Lake Town, the most I heard were predictions." Zelin sighed. "For the first time I saw so many people who believed in prophecies. Well, I’m not saying that the prediction is false, but the prediction can’t make a person’s life much better. To be honest, the feeling that what will happen next is known early is not good at all. And the prediction is not. Said that when the king of the mountain returns, the people of Changhu Town will return to the former glory of the valley city, with gold everywhere, and everyone is living well. If this is the case, why stop them from returning to Lonely Mountain."

It is certain that the Lonely Mountain itself is a huge gold mine and gem mine. The dwarves continuously dig out gold and diamonds and piles of gold in it. Demon hunters have never seen or even heard of it. There will be such a huge vein. If what Bahrain said is true, the gold of Gushan can buy a country and hire the most brave and combative soldiers.

"That's just a section of the complete prophecy, the best section, one that people are willing to remember. But I know all the prophecy." Bud shook his head as he slowly prophesied.

"The Lord of Silver Spring, the King of Stone Carvings. The King of the Mountain will return to the throne. When the King of the Mountain returns, the bell will rise in response to joy, but it will fade away, the lake flickers, and the war is rekindled."

The archer turned his head, and his black pupils appeared extremely deep in the darkness. "We must stop them, and not let them enter the Lonely Mountain. The dwarves will wake up the sleeping dragon Smaug, and Smaug will destroy Long Lake Town like the river valley city."