Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1099 1081. Super Large

“Hua La La Hua La La~”

The crisp sound of metal collision rang out in this sea of ​​gold and silver.

Also, because the treasure hall that the dwarves dug out of the mountain is so vast and grand, the sounds of metal collision begin to become distorted and hollow after being transmitted to far away places.

It became an echo like the flowing spring.

The entire hall was filled with gold, most of which was polygonal dwarven gold coins, a small portion was gold and silver utensils, and in between were a large number of glittering gems and precious jewelry.

These things piled up into a mountain in the treasure hall. It was a literal mountain.

The treasure hall is very large, but the ground is flat. There are just some huge stone bases to stabilize the entire large cavity in the building structure.

However, all this gold was piled up in this hall to create differences in height.

The highest pile of gold was at least thirty or forty meters high, almost half the height of the ceiling!
In the least places, there were only a few gold coins scattered here and there, and even the flat stone ground was exposed.

When these gold coins and gold and silver utensils are piled up, there are of course countless tiny gaps in between.

The hobbit simply stepped on it, and after he had pressed it firmly, there was a sound of the gold coins colliding with each other.

Then he raised his foot again, and the gold coins that were pressed by his feet suddenly loosened and fell, making a sound of gold coins sliding down the slope.

This is not the sound of dozens of gold coins falling, it's like a sand sculpture on the beach, one collapse will affect a large area.

You can't stop until the structure of the piled up gold coins stabilizes again.

"Be careful, meow!"

The fluff ball had taken off all the cat armor on his body, and only carried two swords on his back. He walked in front of the golden mountain and silver sea, lightly and silently, and turned to Bilbo who was following him and whispered anxiously.

"Didn't you say you were very capable, meow?"

"I mean I can make myself invisible!"

Bilbo was also terrified, and shouted madly to the ball of velvet in a low voice that was almost like exhalation.

It sounds like breathing, which is a bit funny.

"But I have to step on these gold coins, right? How come you walk on them without making any sound?"

The fluff ball pressed one of its paws on the furry forehead and sighed silently.

"Bilbo, if I hadn't come with you last night, how on earth would you have planned to die, meow?"

The fluff ball made no sound as it stepped on the mountain of gold coins. This was because Felyn was small and light, and it had taken off its armor beforehand.

On the other hand, when Lan was teaching the fluffy ball the [Ashina Style] and [Light Body Technique], the thief cat from the valley plundering tribe also showed great interest in other ninja techniques.

After all, among the valley raiders of the New World, the Detel (mountain cats), there is also the name 'Ninja Cat'.

Ninja is a concept brought over from the Old World by the New World Survey Team decades ago. After the Valley Plunderers learned about it, they found it very appealing, so they adopted it.

Therefore, it would be strange for a fluffy ball who was born as a thief cat in the Miasma Valley not to be curious after learning about the existence of the technology of "real ninjas".

Then Lan En basically taught the entire contents of the "Lone Shadow Ninja Technique Book" to the fluff ball.

Among the techniques related to stealth operations, the technique of moving silently in various terrains is also a required course.

This technique was also taught to Phoebe in the ancient Greek world. Lann allowed her to run on various roofs such as tiles and pergolas without being discovered.

The fluff ball undoubtedly has a racial advantage in this regard, so even if it is walking on a mountain of gold coins, it does not cause much noise.

But for Bilbo, there was really nothing he could do.

The pads on a hobbit's feet make only a small noise on most surfaces.

But on this mountain of gold coins, the effect of the meat pads is better than nothing.

The movement and noise are all caused by the collision between the gold coins.

"I think we should look for it quickly."

Bilbo knew there was nothing he could do, so he murmured in despair.

After the Hobbits walked down the steps and officially onto the mountains of gold and silver, they walked slowly and carefully.

The fluffy ball got on all fours and ran to a distant place to search first.

The wealth of the dwarves of Lonely Mountain is truly enormous.

Bilbo picked up a golden cup at random on the gold mountain. Inside was a huge gem that was almost as big as his face.

Along with the big gem, there were also exquisitely crafted diamond necklaces and a handful of small gems the size of peanuts.
The situation is similar with the fluff balls.

There were so many treasures in this treasure hall that in less than five minutes, Bilbo and Flannel felt numb. Their judgment of the value of precious metals was breaking down, and their common sense about the size and preciousness of gems was also confused.

At first they would be amazed when they saw a gem as big as a washbasin, but soon, after such gems appeared frequently, they even felt their minds confused and could not tell whether it was big or small.

All the standards in a living being's heart come from the common sense and knowledge accumulated in its previous life.

But after only a few minutes on this mountain of gold, they both felt that their standards for judging gems and gold were rapidly collapsing.

What is valuable? What is worthless?

The psychological confusion brought about irritability, not to mention that the dragon stench in this place was even stronger, which made people feel physically uncomfortable.

Unconsciously, Bilbo began to walk less cautiously.

He stepped on the loose pile of gold coins, making a rustling sound, and began to try to pull out the gold cups and bowls buried under the pile of gold coins.

However, as Bilbo took one step, he accidentally kicked a small golden statuette off balance.
"Wow~~~"

At first, just a small pile of gold coins began to slide down next to the base of the statue.

But like a chain reaction of an avalanche, the sliding of a small pile of gold coins below completely destroyed the supporting stability of the large pile of gold coins above.

Above the mountain of gold, thousands of thick, textured dwarven gold coins began to flow down.

There were also gold and silver utensils buried in the gold coins, and the noise from the collision of these hollow metals was even louder.

In this empty and silent treasure hall, the loudest noise so far was heard.

The collapse of a large area of ​​gold coins made Bilbo and the Ball of Flannel, who had been gradually getting annoyed and had unknowingly given up on being cautious, suddenly nervous again.

The Hobbit and the Felynx, who were more than 20 meters apart on the golden mountain, looked at each other, then instinctively shrank their necks and quickly found a place to hide.

This treasure hall is lined with many huge pillars that support the building structure, and the base area of ​​each pillar is comparable to that of an ordinary house.

Bilbo quickly hid himself behind a pillar, which the dwarves had carved into a hollow in the middle that was big enough for a short hobbit to hide in.

Pom poms are a little easier.

It quickly jumped up to another pillar and was still climbing up this giant pillar, which was as long as the dome and at least a hundred meters long.

The kitten stopped only when it was more than ten meters away from the pile of gold coins below.

After hiding, the cat's head and the hobbit's head stretched out carefully at the same time and looked at the vast mountains of gold and sea of ​​silver.

It's strange to say, but the dwarves kept talking about how terrible, cruel and huge Smaug was.

But in this treasure hall which should be its favorite, the fluff ball and Bilbo have not seen any scales or claws of it yet, they have only smelled the stench of dragon.

But then, in the collapse of the pile of gold coins caused by Bilbo, a small hill in the golden mountain appeared in front of the pillar where the hobbit was.

Something was revealed in the falling sheets of gold coins.
Reddish-brown hard skin, sharp and ferocious scales and horns, and in an instant, the instinctively disgusting dragon stench became stronger.

Bilbo stuck his head out from behind the pillar, opened his mouth, then immediately covered his mouth and nose and held his breath.

Under the hard skin and scales, the muscles began to leap and finally slowly opened.

Just like a lizard, the outer reddish-brown eyelids first open up and down, then the inner white membrane opens left and right, and finally the dim, vertical reptilian pupils appear!
Smaug, who had been sleeping in the Golden Mountain for more than sixty years, finally opened his eyes!
The gold coins pressing on the dragon slid down from its brows and eyelids because Smaug opened his eyes.

The fluffy ball clung to the post, hardly daring to breathe as he watched Bilbo.

The dragon was too close to him!
But the fluff ball is now completely covered with fur, and the originally smooth fur has now expanded, making it look fatter!
It didn't dare to call Bilbo to come closer to it, because there was a rattling sound under the huge pillar where the fluff ball was!
It seemed as if something buried deep in the gold mountain was slowly rising, and a large number of gold coins were pushed to the side.

The outline that was pushed up under the pile of gold coins and the way it moved looked like a thick snake.

——Smaug's tail!
The fluff ball's mouth couldn't help but open wide.

It is a cat that is a mix of Elucat and Deter that was born and raised in the New World.

Although I followed Lan En out on adventures, I improved myself and accumulated experience.

But in my life till today, it is not wrong to say that I have seen more monsters than people. It is not an exaggeration either.

So even though Smaug was still in the rhythm of stretching his body slightly while buried in the golden mountain, just after waking up.

But the fluff ball had already roughly understood the outline of this legendary evil dragon based on his own experience.

"The sleeping posture is generally curled up, and after waking up, the tail first exerts force from the middle and back part, so it can be seen from this perspective."

The kitten clung to the top of the giant pillar and carefully stuck its head out, muttering softly.

"At least one hundred and thirty meters?! Is it a super-large ancient dragon meow?!"

(End of this chapter)