The Heavens: The Magical World Begins with The Lord of the Rings

Chapter 96 The Cave Discovered by Accident [Today's Second Update]

The time goes back to the high and shortly after Bilbo has just entered the interior of the Lonely Mountain.

After watching the two enter the passage of the dwarves, all the dwarves chose to retreat from the secret door. They built a temporary camp on the platform, so they all surrounded the camp in front of the secret door at this time.

Most of the dwarves gathered together, discussing something.

Only the youngest of the three dwarf brothers, Ori, the dwarf, did not participate.

Because his elder brother Doli always used the excuse that he was too young to let him participate in everyone's discussions.

In other words, he was not allowed to express his opinion.

So, Ouli, who was bored, began to grope around on the high mountain platform.

When they found this platform, they put all their eyes on the hidden secret door, which caused them to have no time to explore the whole picture of this platform.

In fact, in the eyes of all dwarves, there is nothing to explore here, because apart from three smooth rock walls, there are only some weeds growing on the cliff.

However, it is this platform that is nothing special in the eyes of everyone.

Ouli unexpectedly discovered another path, which was hidden beside the stone steps they came up from.

Climb up the right side of the platform from the stone steps in the crack, and there is a boulder standing upright. Behind the boulder is a path that can barely allow dwarves to pass, and the path leads to a higher mountain.

Ouli was very surprised by what he found, excitedly found other dwarves who were chatting, and told everyone about the trail.

"We have found the location of the secret door. Now our most important goal is to find the gem of Aken and solve the evil dragon inside." Sorin said disapprovingly after listening to Oli's report, "Ou Li Li, you've been watching carefully, but we're not playing adventure games right now."

"There are many abandoned trails on the top of the Lonely Mountain, which were left by our ancestors when they built the underground city of the Lonely Mountain. Maybe after we solve the troubles in the Lonely Mountain, we will have enough time to come to the Lonely Mountain. I will accompany you to explore above." Balin said after thinking for a while.

"Thorin is right, now is not the time to play adventure games, Ori."

Most of the dwarves' hearts at this time were tied to Gao Yuan and Bilbo who had entered the inner part of the Lonely Mountain. They were unwilling to go to a higher place at this moment, because they thought it would be of little use even if they went there. .

In the end, only Noli, among the three dwarf brothers, was willing to go with his younger brother.

Not because Nori thought it would be fun to explore that trail.It's just that he doesn't want to see his younger brother, so he feels lost.

Together, the two brothers squeezed through the narrow opening and onto the path that led to higher mountains on the edge of the cliff.

Following the trail all the way up, they soon came to the end of the trail, and above it was a highland that looked very wide.

On this high ground, everything is silent, and the birds are also silent. It looks very desolate, and there is no trace of anyone coming.

There was only the sound of the cold wind blowing through the gap between the mountains. The sound sounded horrific, and brothers Ouli and Nuoli couldn't help but feel a burst of fear.

They kept their voices down and did not dare to speak loudly, because the crisis seemed to lurk in every corner of the place.

Walking to the middle of the plateau, they found a huge cave leading down the mountain.

There is a circle of smooth black rocks around the cave, and these rocks extend from the edge of the cave all the way down into the depths of the mountain.

Standing on the edge of the cave and looking down, there was a bottomless darkness in the cave. Noli threw a torch down, and saw that the entire inner wall of the cave was covered with this kind of black rock.

With the pickaxe in his hand, Ouli knocked down a black rock on the edge of the cave.

The two brothers carefully observed the black rock fragments in their hands, and saw that the fracture of the rock was very smooth and reflected the light of the torches in their hands, which looked a bit like glass or gemstones.

"Glass?" Oli seemed to remember something.

"It's obsidian. I've seen this kind of stone. When I was in the Blue Mountains, those human businessmen always like to use this kind of stone to fool those who haven't seen it. They call it the black gemstone of the demon king." ’” Nori said.

"Obsidian is erupting in a volcano." Nuo Li stopped talking, he obviously realized the problem, "Oops, we have to tell Sorin and the others the news as soon as possible."

Nuoli threw Ouli directly and ran towards the path they came up from.

Ouli tilted his head, looked at Noli who hurried down the mountain, and looked at the obsidian in his hand suspiciously.

"Volcano? There is no volcano in the lonely mountain, so why might there be obsidian here?"

Soon, Thorin and a group of other dwarves surrounded the cave.

Except for Pombo, who was too fat to fit into the narrow opening.
Thorin looked at the cave in front of him solemnly. At this moment, the expressions of the other dwarves were also not very good. They all knew what the cave they discovered at this moment meant.

He knocked off another huge obsidian and put it in his hand, and he even sniffed it with the tip of his nose.

"It's the smell of sulfur. I've never heard of it. There is news of a volcano appearing in the Lonely Mountain, not to mention the obsidian left by the volcanic eruption." Thorin threw the obsidian in his hand on the ground.

"What's more, this is not the top of the Lonely Mountain. This is directly above the Dwarf Kingdom. Under our feet is the Lonely Mountain Dungeon." Balin added.

"It has been confirmed beyond doubt that this cave was left by Smaug." Balin analyzed, "Maybe it used to be just a vent for the underground city of the Lonely Mountain. A secret path."

Thorin sighed helplessly: "This solves my long-standing doubts, why Smaug can freely enter and exit the dungeon after the only exit of the dwarf dungeon is blocked by my grandfather and the others."

"What should we do now? We have to enter the dungeon and tell Gao Yuan and the others the news." Balin asked, "Maybe we also have to tell the elves at the bottom of the mountain that they were trapped to death before. Smaug's efforts were all in vain."

"Remind them to be prepared in advance and be ready to deal with the evil dragon that escaped from the lonely mountain."

When Sorin heard Balin suggested that he take people into the dungeon, he stopped talking for a while.

"We should trust Gao Yuan and them, and give them some time." Sorin's tone was a little low.

Hearing this, Bahrain immediately became unhappy. Although he usually obeyed Sorin's orders unconditionally, it didn't mean he didn't have his own ideas.

"What time do you give them? Waiting to see Gao Yuan and the others fail? Waiting to see Smaug escape from the Lonely Mountain?" Balin asked.

Sorin looked at Balin fiercely, and asked back, "Are you scared?"

Balin faced Thorin's fierce eyes without fear.

He thought they had to do it, even if it was risky, but it was about the safety of their friend Gao Yuan, and the elves who came to help them.

"Yes, I'm scared!" Balin stepped forward, pointing directly at Thorin's chest, "I've always been afraid that you will become what you are now."

"I know what you think, Thorin! In fact, you have always disapproved of Mr. Gao Yuan's plan to trap Smaug in the dungeon. You are afraid that your treasure and the evil dragon will be buried in those ruins together. "

(End of this chapter)