Wizard: This witcher is not doing his job

Chapter 258 18 Million Orens and Mithril Armor

The shadow of war diluted the joy of victory. Although the news of Smaug's fall made many northerners excited, the shadow of the approaching tens of thousands of orcs also made many people fearful.

When the news gradually spread, what Wayne didn't expect was that everyone, whether it was Thorin's dwarf clan or the Silvan elf clan, was excited. Although they all entered the nervous preparation stage, they were He didn't show any panic or timidity.

The hatred between the good races in the north and the evil Orcs has a long history, and it can basically be traced back thousands of years. Countless ancestors were turned into withered bones in the war with the Orcs. They are natural enemies, destined to have only As long as one party survives, there is no possibility of compromise.

Even the refugees in Changhu Town, whose total number was less than 600, did not flinch at all and asked for help to participate in this battle.

Most of their relatives and friends died in the orc plunder not long ago. Now, even if they are shattered into pieces, they all want to avenge their relatives and friends.

This is a bit embarrassing for Mr. Wayne. The remaining refugees in Hegu Town are old and weak, women and children, with only three melons and two dates. There are less than 20 soldiers left in the past, who barely formed a militia team. As for the other civilians, they Basically, they have not received professional combat training. They only serve food when they go to the battlefield, which may even be a disservice.

However, in view of the unity of the people and the excitement of the people, Wayne went to King Thranduil to buy two hundred elven light crossbows, bought many weapons and equipment, and then arranged for the militia captain Jerry and the Archer to Bud asked them to select a hundred refugees who were barely capable of fighting and form a combat team. Before the war began, they conducted military training on them and tried to train them into light crossbow shooters.

As for the others, if they were unable to join the army but really wanted to contribute, he would arrange them into the logistics team. They would not directly participate in the war, but they could still be considered as doing their part to deal with the orcs.

No one knows when the orc army will arrive, so everyone is trying their best to rectify the team. However, at this time, there is a very obvious problem between the dwarves and the elves.

That is, the Lonely Mountain and the Woodland Kingdom are several days away from each other, and neither the dwarves nor the elves can abandon their homes to help each other defend themselves. Before the Orc army has determined its target, they can only fight alone and defend themselves. in the territory.

But this is a very dangerous situation. If the elves and dwarves cannot gather together, they will be easily defeated by the orc army one by one, or even directly attack and crush them with sheer numbers, which is very dangerous.

After Thorin's old cousin Dain received the news of the Orc army, he immediately returned to the Iron Hills where the northern dwarves lived. In less than a week, he brought a thousand heavily armored Ironfoot troops with him. , as well as a large number of dwarf residents and various dwarf living props, returned to the Lonely Mountain.

They decided to protect the recaptured kingdom under the mountain to the death, and in the near future, they will gather most of the dwarves of the Turin clan back to the lonely mountain, continue to mine the treasures in the lonely mountain, redevelop the kingdom of the dwarves, and make this place once again Become a paradise for dwarves.

And this is exactly what Gandalf wanted.

The reason why he launched this Lonely Mountain Expedition is that he hopes that the dwarves of Middle-earth can reunite in the kingdom under the mountain, drag down the orcs and other dark forces in the entire north, and prevent the dark races of the north and Modo from being connected. , forming a more threatening evil alliance.

To a certain extent, Gandalf's goal has been achieved. In order to protect their homeland, the dwarves of the Turin family and the Silvan elves of the Woodland Kingdom will definitely fight to the death with the Oaks in the north.

However, these have little to do with Wayne. His participation in the Battle of the Five Armies was not for noble things such as world peace or saving the world. Of course, those are just side effects. Mr. Wayne's most important task is to complete Various commissions to enhance your own strength.

So, he came to Gushan again, and saw Thorin sitting on the throne in the restored splendid Gushan Palace.

This handsome dwarf prince has put on the gorgeous dwarf royal armor, wears a jeweled crown on his head, and his solemn expression reveals the light of wisdom.

After meeting Wayne, Thorin was very enthusiastic, and his words and deeds always revealed his respect and gratitude for the witcher. Wayne also showed his respect for the King Under the Mountain.

After all, I respect others as much as they respect me, and Thorin, the king under the mountain, is one of the very high-end and powerful people he has met so far.

"Wayne, thank you for the gift you gave me. I like it very much. I have hung it on the wall outside the palace."

"I believe that anyone who sees Smaug's head in the future will understand that we, the Turin clan, have a will as strong as iron. We must avenge our enemies and repay our kindness. We have a spirit like gold."

Wayne almost burst out laughing when he heard Thorin actually calling their dwarf a golden spirit, but this time, he didn't come to meet the new king under the mountain just to chat.

Since retaking the Lonely Mountain, Thorin's mental state seems to be much better than before. He is no longer as gloomy and easy to get into trouble as when they first met.

The current king under the mountain has a kingly demeanor in every move he makes. Both his appearance and temperament are very good, and people can't help but respect him.

Before Wayne could speak, Thorin said:
"We'll talk about other things later, Wayne. The commission reward I promised you is one-third of the Lonely Mountain treasure and the ten pieces of mithril armor we promised."

"After these days of counting, we have moved your gold to another room. You can send people to transport this gold at any time. The door of the Kingdom under the Mountain is open to you at any time."

"However, I'm sorry for the ten pieces of mithril armor I promised you. Our craftsmen searched all over Gushan and only found two pieces of finished mithril armor and enough materials to make three pieces of mithril armor."

"The remaining five pieces must wait until we continue to mine the resources of the Lonely Mountain, or until we have enough mithril after we recapture Moria, so that we can continue to build them for you."

As he spoke, Thorin's tone paused slightly, a smile appeared on his face, and he said:
"Of course, my friend, we dwarves will never break our promise. Even if it takes decades to obtain those mithrils, we will not give up our efforts. But if you are willing to accept our commission to recover Moria and help us defeat Moria If you defeat the Balrogs and Orcs within Asia, you will surely receive generous rewards."

"As for the integrity of our dwarves, you should have experienced it, my friend."

As Thorin finished speaking, a system prompt sounded in Wayne's mind.

Ding!The mission is triggered, [Destroy the Balrog] epic level, do you want to accept it?
Suddenly hearing the reminder of an epic mission, Wayne subconsciously wanted to take on the mission, but soon he realized that this mission could not be completed in this time period. He could only take on one mission every day. If If you accept this mission, today's trip will be in vain.

Then, Wayne showed a calm smile on his face and said:
"Thorin, my friend, of course I can accept Moria's commission. I don't think there is any problem in getting rid of a Balrog." "However, that will be a few years later. You must first consolidate It’s up to the Kingdom at the foot of the mountain to bring back enough residents and train more dwarf warriors.”

"Otherwise, even if we capture Moria, you won't be able to find so many dwarves to live in it, right?"

Looking at Thorin's smile because of his words, Wayne continued:
"Thorin, let's put the matter of Moria on hold for now. When the time is right, we can discuss the detailed contract."

"The main reason why I came to you this time is to deal with the upcoming Orc army."

"This army is huge in number, more than ten times or even dozens of times larger than your dwarf warriors, although I don't mind helping you deal with these orcs for free."

"But as an adventurer, I am still used to accepting commissions to do work."

As he spoke, Wayne looked at Thorin's face, which had become very serious because of the Orc army, and said:
"I think it's better than this. Let's sign a commission contract. The content of the commission is that I will help you in this war and kill the other party's military commander."

"As for the reward for the commission, for the sake of our friendship, I won't embarrass you. I just need the master blacksmiths from the Kingdom under the Mountain to help me customize [-] sets of knight armors and weapons. And it's not free of charge. I How about we also pay corresponding rewards based on the value of these armors?"

Thorin was slightly startled when he heard this. He first considered the necessity of this contract, and then was surprised by the reward Wayne asked for, and was suddenly moved.

To be honest, if Wayne would pay for the cost of making the knight's armor, then their commission would be basically a waste of money.

And if Wayne can kill the opponent's commander after the war begins like he did with Smaug, it will definitely be a very meaningful thing for the dwarves, and it can be said to be a big profit.

Being able to make a good friend is a happy thing for anyone.

With a smile on his face, Thorin stepped down from the throne, took Wayne's wrist and said:
"No problem, this commission will be handled according to the conditions you mentioned. I will have someone write the contract later, and then formally conclude the commission contract with you."

"But before that, I will take you to see the gold that belongs to you and the mithril armor you want."

"Haha, I dare say that if you want to transport so much gold and bring it back to the Shire and your Wayne Manor, you may need to prepare hundreds of carriages or a caravan of thousands of people. OK."

Listening to Thorin's joking words, the two quickly walked around the front hall of the Lonely Mountain Palace, bypassed several passages, and arrived at a huge and spacious room.

There, piles of gold were piled neatly, forming a huge mountain of gold that was hundreds of meters wide and dozens of meters high. In addition to the gold coins piled like a mountain of gold, on the other side of the room, there were A large number of gold vessels, sculptures, jewelry, and various valuable jewelry were stored in dozens of huge wooden boxes, exuding a strange and alluring light.

Thorin stood in front of Wayne with a proud expression, opened his arms, and said in a heroic tone:

"Wayne, all the gold in this room belongs to you. Please believe in the credibility of our dwarves. Not a single gold coin is missing from one-third of all the wealth in the Lonely Mountain Treasure House."

"With this gold, you are already the richest adventurer in the entire Middle-earth continent, even far more than many kings."

As he spoke, Thorin took out an exquisite wooden treasure box from the corner of the room, opened the lid, and revealed an extremely exquisite chainmail armor inside that looked no different from ordinary silver. He said rather painfully:
"As for this, they are the only two pieces of mithril chain armor currently left in our Gushan. They are as light as goose feathers, as thin as cicada wings, and invulnerable. They are the top-level inner armor."

"We will complete the other three mithril chain armors one month after the war ends. They are not only your commission rewards, but also a symbol of the friendship between the Turin clan and you."

Wayne looked at all this with satisfaction, then reached out and took out the two mithril armors, put them in his hands to watch and play with carefully, and waited until Thorin left because he had something to deal with.

He patted the black money bag on his body with some unfinished thoughts and shouted softly.

"Vivian, come out quickly, it's going to be a big day today."

………………

Three days later, even though the Wealth Elf had an extremely powerful ability to handle property, the mountains of gold in that room still made Vivian very tired. It took three days to complete the collection of the gold. Work.

And Vivian's final result also made Wayne unable to calm down for a long time.

18 billion orens, yes, if this wealth is converted into orens, it is a full 18 billion.

This is a number that most people can't imagine. Even the great nobles, kings, and even the emperors of the south probably can't imagine it. What is the concept of hundreds of millions of gold coins?
Now, Wayne has become the owner of these gold coins, and he has wealth that can rival the world.

This is a force that can influence the world. To a certain extent, it is even more powerful than the legendary gods and can have a more far-reaching impact.

In any case, no matter how excited Wayne was in his heart, Thorin did not break his promise, and Wayne also got the reward he deserved.

The most important part of this mission in Middle-earth has been completed.

(I attended a wedding today and was exhausted. I will resume normal updates tomorrow, [-]k a day. That’s it, hmm!)
(End of this chapter)