In the haze, Smaug, the evil dragon who was rumored by the townspeople to have destroyed the dwarven kingdom under the mountain all by himself, seemed to be lying on his side like a giant bat, deep in sleep.

It has to be said that compared to the fear of dragon power that the legendary dragon can bring to everyone who sees Smaug's true appearance, Bilbo, who saw the sleeping dragon at this moment, unconsciously felt the power of the dragon and was deeply moved by it.

Hidden endless greed:

The jewelry, antiques, coins and other treasures made from gold and precious stones that were handed down from generation to generation by the skilled craftsmen of the dwarves are now like shining golden whirlpools and are used as huge beds by the evil dragon. The evil dragon is so naked

Lying on the golden mountains and silver sea.

Looking at the many gold-based treasures inlaid with precious stones that had been stuck in the gaps between the dragon's scales because the dragon had been sleeping soundly for a long time, even Bilbo couldn't help but dare to drive the dragon.

The luxury and greed behind this series of bizarre behaviors.

On the wall behind Smaug, the hobbits could vaguely see chainmail, helmets, axes, swords, spears, halberds, etc. hanging on the wall; in the same place, there were many large urns containing countless treasures.

At this moment, especially after seeing the vast wealth beyond Bilbo's imagination, this brilliance, this temptation, this unparalleled wealth of gold and silver jewelry, can be regarded as a treasure all the time.

Challenging the hobbit's self-control and firm perseverance!

At this moment, Bilbo seemed to understand why the dwarves were always interested in gold, silver, and gems in the stories told by his elders - as long as he had seen the huge wealth of the gold and silver sea in front of him, even if he could only see it.

For one thing, who can forget the joy of having wealth?

The sudden contact with the massive wealth made Bilbo's mind filled with gold, gems and other treasures, and he unconsciously ignored the terrifying guard sleeping soundly on the mountain of treasure gold.

He stayed there for almost a century. Finally, he ran out of the shadows involuntarily, crossed the ground, and came to the nearest treasure mountain.

Fortunately, the dragon was not awakened by the hobbit's actions. Smaug still lay there, snoring as loud as thunder.

With a nervous mood, Bilbo randomly picked up a beautiful golden cup from the golden mountain beside the dragon and ran away. The dragon behind him moved its wings slightly as if he didn't know anything.

The hobbit ran back to the long and narrow tunnel as hard as he could. His heart was beating loudly and his legs were shaking. The only thing that remained unchanged was that he held on to the golden cup tightly, looking forward to the dwarves.

See his surprised expression when he took back the gold cup alive and went back to rendezvous.

Facts have proved that there are some gains in Bilbo's safe return, and the dwarves are indeed surprised and happy.

Balin was happy to see the hobbits back alive and safe, but he was also very surprised. He picked up Bilbo and ran outside quickly. It was still midnight, the clouds and mist obscured the stars, and Bilbo lay on the ground with his eyes closed, enjoying the fresh food.

The air. He almost didn't notice the excited reactions of the dwarves, or how they praised him, patted him on the shoulder, and promised to make the entire dwarf family, and generations of the whole family, at his disposal.

The dwarves were taking turns passing the golden cup and discussing the situation at hand with each other. Suddenly, a low roar came from the mountain, as if an ancient volcano had awakened. The secret door behind them was closed.

There was only a small gap left, which was blocked with stones. However, through the echo of the tunnel, everyone could still hear the astonishing footsteps coming from inside that made the earth shake.

At this time, the dwarves completely forgot about their bragging and confidence not long ago, and they all lay on the ground in fear. Smaug had just had a nightmare, which made Smaug fall into a half-dream and then woke up again. There was a smell in the air.

Could the strange smell be coming from that small hole?

The evil dragon had always disliked that small cave. With dissatisfaction in mind, Smaug stretched his neck, preparing to stretch his stiff body. Then, he found that the golden cup was missing!

Thief! Fire! Killer! This has never happened since Smaug came to this mountain range.

As soon as the thought of his property being stolen occurred, Smaug felt a surge of dragon fire occupying his chest due to anger.

The angry dragon has no consciousness to put back the angry dragon flames. In fact, if the situation allows at this moment, it is ready to burn the angry flames to every corner of the kingdom under the mountain, all just to let that

The thief who stole its property was cruelly punished by being engulfed and burned by flames!!

Smaug began to spit out high-temperature flames, and endless thick smoke rose up in the hall in an instant. While blocking the line of sight, it also made the dwarves feel boundless fear.

After several angry attempts to stuff the dragon's head into the small cave door without success, the cunning and cruel Smaug immediately changed his strategy. After fluttering his wings a few times, the dwarves all heard the dragon flying out the door.

Hall, roaring soaring low above the mountains!

The evil dragon that had brought countless disasters and death to nearby creatures was the same as it was more than a hundred years ago. It rushed out of the gate angrily, spitting out surging dragon flames at everything it saw along the way, and the bright red and emerald green deadly flames engulfed half of it.

On the hillside. When the dwarves heard the sound of Smaug's wings, they immediately hid under the rocks in the mountain col, hoping to escape the dragon's angry eyes.

If it hadn't been for Bilbo's attack again, everyone might have been burned to death there. "Quick! Quick!" he shouted. "Enter the door! Go to the tunnel! It's useless here."

Hearing Bilbo's cry, everyone got into the tunnel as if they were awakening from a dream. At this time, Bifur exclaimed again: "My cousins! Bombur and Bofur, we have forgotten everyone.

Everyone is still in the valley!"

"Everyone and our ponies and supplies will be burned," the others wailed. "There's nothing we can do!"

"Nonsense!" Thorin finally regained his dignity: "We can't abandon everyone. Mr. Baggins and Balin will go in first, as well as Kili and Fili - we can't let the evil dragon kill us all at once. Others, ropes

Where have you been? Move quickly!"

These few short minutes may be the worst situation that everyone has ever encountered. Smaug's angry roar echoed in the valley. Smaug may rush down at any time spitting flames, or find everyone clinging to ropes in the sky.

, hanging on the mountain crest.

Then, everyone carried some more tools and luggage, and danger was now heading towards everyone.

Everyone heard the rapid sound of the wind, and a red light shone on the rock - the evil dragon was coming.

When Smaug burned the mountain wall with flames and flew from the north, everyone only had a few seconds to drag all their luggage and rush into the cave. The hot wind scorched the grass in front of the door and penetrated the secret door, leaving behind

The gap made everyone inside feel extremely hot.

As the infamous dragon flew over everyone's heads, darkness enveloped everyone, and the ponies neighed in fear, breaking free of their ropes and running around; the dragon swooped down to hunt the Smaugs, who were like this

Disappeared.

"Our poor pony is doomed!" Thorin said: "Once Smaug finds out, nothing can escape. Unless someone wants to risk walking back under Smaug's watch, we must continue to hide here!

"

The evil dragon searched in vain for a long time. After his anger subsided, he went back to the cave to sleep and regain his strength.

After the morning light fell, the fear of the dwarves gradually disappeared. Everyone now understood that to deal with such guards, similar dangers were inevitable, and it would be of little use even if they gave up now.

What's bad is that it's too late to escape now. The horses used for traveling have long since died in Smaug's flames, and the dwarves have no mounts.

With no hope of escape, everyone only rescued some food from the camp during their hasty escape, which might allow them to survive for a while longer.

Everyone debated for a long time about what to do next, but they couldn't figure out how to get rid of Smaug. Bilbo couldn't help but point out that this was a big blind spot in everyone's plan from beginning to end. Because everyone had fallen into complete despair.

, so the nature of the dwarves made everyone start to complain to Bilbo. At first, everyone praised the behavior of stealing the gold cup, but now it has become a heinous crime.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Huh? Otherwise, what else do you think the snitch can do for you dwarves?" Bilbo asked angrily: "I am a hobbit, and I am a snitch at your request. Defeat the dragon

It’s not my job, that’s what warriors need to do, not the responsibility of a snitch. Why don’t you warriors fight with the evil dragon when you have time to complain?”

It seemed that Bilbo's superb argument had convinced the dwarves. This group of dwarfs, who were known for their stubbornness, walked towards their fellow hobbits and begged the snitch for forgiveness.

After this incident, even Thorin couldn't help but pay attention to Bilbo's opinion.

"Mr. Baggins, what do you suggest we do?" Thorin asked humbly.

"If you mean taking away the treasure, I'm not sure yet. It will obviously depend on our good luck, and we must also get rid of Smaug. But I think we need to do some reconnaissance before making any plans.

The situation of the dragon."

"Don't worry so much! What should we do now today?"

"Well, if I'm honest, I think we should stay here and observe the surrounding situation for a while. Maybe during the day, we should be able to sneak out safely and send one or two people to risk going to the river to replenish food.

I will put on the ring at noon today, go down and take a look, and if Smaug is still napping, then I will try to see what Smaug is going to do, and maybe we can learn something."

Naturally, the dwarves happily accepted Bilbo's proposal. Everyone had begun to respect the hobbit who had led everyone to escape from death many times along the way. At the same time, they were also pleased to see that the hobbit had become more confident.

, make suggestions for the team.

When he set out, the sun outside was still bright, but the tunnel was as dark as late at night. He couldn't walk very far, and the ray of sunlight from the outside world completely disappeared. The hobbit walked quietly, as if there was no sound.

The breathless ghost is not noticed by any living being.

Bilbo was extremely proud of his superb stealth methods.

"The evil dragon can't hear any sound I make, and even with the ring, it can't see my figure. I can't be too safe now!"

While praising himself in his mind, Bilbo seemed to have long forgotten those descriptions of the strange abilities of the evil dragon Smaug and other evil dragons. You must know that dragons all have developed senses, such as vision, hearing, and even smell...

It is the method that evil dragons are proud of to sense the approach of their enemies.

Regarding this point, especially when facing an evil dragon that is already wary and resentful, these are the most important things to pay attention to when sneaking into the intruder's door.

When Bilbo looked in from the entrance, Smaug indeed looked like he was dead in sleep. Smaug barely made any snores, and there was only extremely thin smoke in his nostrils. When he was about to step out, he

Suddenly, he noticed a trace of red light under the eyelid of Smaug's left eye - Smaug was pretending to sleep! Smaug was paying attention to the entrance of the cave! Bilbo hurriedly stepped back, thanking the ring for the good things it brought.

Luck. Then Smaug spoke.

"Listen, thief! I smell you, I can feel you. I hear your breathing. Come on! Take it, there's plenty for you!"

Bilbo's understanding of the dragon was not so stupid as to believe its malicious temptation words - he firmly believed that what Smaug said was just a lie to trick him into revealing himself.

"No, thank you!" The hobbit bravely replied: "I'm not here for gifts. I just want to see you with my own eyes and witness the true posture of the legendary great dragon.

How majestic!”

"What about now?" The evil dragon's tone became a little uncertain, mixed with a bit of cat-and-mouse banter.

"Oh, Lord Smaug, the greatest and most noble of beasts, those songs and legends are not even one ten thousandth of the truth!" Bilbo replied.

"For a thief and liar, you are quite polite!" The evil dragon said: "You seem to be familiar with me, but I have never smelled you before. Please allow me to ask about your origin and name.

May I?"

"Of course, great Lord Smaug! I came from the bottom of the mountain and crossed the hill to get here. I once soared in the sky and waded in the river."

"Tsk tsk..." Smaug said: "Interesting, but I'm afraid this is not your usual name!"

"I am the investigator, the cobweb cutter, the stinging fly, chosen to match the lucky number."

The evil dragon blinked contemptuously: "I feel like good luck has not favored you."

"I am the friend of the bear and the guest of the eagle. I am the one who wins the ring and holds the good luck. I am also the brave man who rides the barrel." Bilbo thought that his process of solving riddles was very interesting, so he continued.

"This is much better!" said Smaug, "but don't let your imagination get ahead of you!"
Chapter completed!