Bringing the MC system to Middle-earth.

Chapter 75: Mountain Tremor

"You burrowing rat..."

Not knowing the meaning of the inexplicable sound, Smaug was even more angry that this human could slip away right under his nose.

Moreover, he had just been hit and even his defense was broken. It was such a great shame and humiliation!
"Come back!"

The evil dragon roared, its abdomen swelled red again, and the accumulated dragon breath was about to spray into the cave—

Boom!

There was a loud explosion, and a large hole several meters wide was blown out in the floor. Then a large amount of TNT was blown out from the ground by the impact force and scattered everywhere.

Some exploded on the spot, causing Smaug to jump around with his claws raised. Some flew to the dome and blew up the rocks above, smashing the dragon's head so hard that it couldn't lift up. Others were more powerful and exploded directly on Smaug, making him dizzy and swaying to the left and right, unable to keep his balance.

“Hahahahahaha!!”

The violent explosions and falling rocks everywhere forced Smaug to shrink his body, retract the wing membranes on his wings, lie on the ground with his head down, and defend himself with all his strength.

Levi was in the conference room, listening attentively to what was happening behind the wall.

The explosion did not last long. After all, Levi only had a few sets of TNT in his entire savings. They looked like a lot in his backpack, but in fact they could not even cover a large area on the floor. They were blown up in a short while.

But the destructive power is not small.

"Is it done?"

Levi quietly slipped back through the hole he had dug, and looked around stealthily with half of his head sticking out.

All that could be seen were huge pits and broken walls and rubble that had collapsed. There were also some traces of being hit by huge objects on the walls on both sides.

"Where's the dragon?"

Li Wei walked in after knocking open a piece of rubble, took out a torch and shone it forward. In the silence, a small hill of rubble appeared in front of him. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but the hill was actually moving up and down, small but steady.

Having a bad premonition, Levi took a few steps back to the entrance of the cave.

wow-

“Ahhhh——revenge, revenge!!”

"I want revenge!!!"

Suddenly, the stones piled on the ground were lifted up by a huge object and flew everywhere. Smaug stretched out his huge body from the rocks and roared.

"Die, all of you! Despicable humans, I will bring death to you!!"

Boom!
The enraged dragon slammed into the wall fiercely. The huge impact force shook the rocks, causing Levi on the other side of the wall to sway and almost lose his balance.

Boom!
Boom!
The dragon cursed and rammed the wall angrily, but no matter how hard it rushed forward, the wall just stood there, motionless, always blocking its way.

"How can it be!"

How thick is this wall!
Smaug suddenly stopped, his dragon eyes widening.

Something's wrong. This doesn't look like a temporary obstacle.

If it was just a wall a few meters thick, it would have collapsed after the first hit, let alone so many hits.

This wall doesn't look like a wall, but rather like a mountain that fell from the sky and stood here.

"Don't bother trying. You can't break it open."

At the two-meter-high entrance of the cave, Smaug saw the figure that made him extremely angry. He immediately blew a breath of dragon's breath at that person and didn't want to listen to what the man said at all.

However, when the dragon's breath passed, the figure was still there, and looked quite comfortable, as if only a breeze had just blown by.

crunch.

The big mouth opened and suddenly rushed forward. Levi quickly dodged it and knocked the dragon's head aside with a backhanded sword, causing Smaug's head to buzz.

Big noise, little damage.

The explosion just now didn't even damage Smaug's dragon scales. It looked powerful, but in fact the total damage was only over 100.

For a dragon of Smaug's size and hardness, the damage of the TNT explosion might be similar to that of firecrackers. In fact, not to mention Smaug, even Levi himself would hardly lose any blood if he could withstand the TNT as long as he was not at the center of the explosion.

Eighteen points of damage to its head only deducted two drops of blood, and hundreds of consecutive explosions of dozens of damage failed to blow off even a piece of its scales. The armor value is definitely higher than that of nether alloy. If the dragon scales could be taken off, a very strong set of armor could definitely be made.

But while Levi was envious of the materials on Smaug's body, he also had a headache.

It seems that it cannot be solved without some technology or hard work.

But if the technology really can’t produce it for now, then we’ll have to do some hard work.

"You can't trap me, vile human—'Steve'."

"The Dark Lord's army has set out. They will help me out of this predicament. That will be the end of all of you."

"I have memorized your scent. You can't escape. I will hunt you down forever, forever..."

Boom! The mountain shook again.

Far away in the narrow prison in Long Lake Town, Bud suddenly woke up and looked out through the iron window.

"what sound?"

The town was still bustling with people coming and going, and no one noticed the vibration coming from afar, or even if a few sensitive people noticed it, they didn't care.

We have lived here for so many years, and everyone is doing well. How could there be any big accidents?

Bang, bang, bang.

Bud shook the sturdy door, feeling anxious.

"Did you hear that?"

On the secret path behind the Lonely Mountain, the dwarves suddenly stopped.

"I heard it. It was a sound coming from deep in the mountains..." Balin put his ear against the rock.

next moment.

Boom!
Balin closed his eyes and moved his head away.

"That almost deafened me."

Boom!
The mountain shook again and small stones slid down.

"what happened?"

"The dragon, it must be the dragon, it's awake!"

"What's going on inside?"

"Have we come here for nothing..."

The dwarves were a little panicked. Now that Smaug had woken up, how could the plan go ahead?

"Quiet!"

Thorin shouted, forcing everyone to calm down. In fact, he was the most panicked at the moment, but as a leader, the emotion he could not show the most was frustration.

Even if you are blindfolded, you must pretend to be confident.

"We still have time. There's no need to jump to conclusions so early. We've been through so much and walked for so long. Are we going to back down now without even opening the door?"

"Just because you're afraid of that damn dragon?!"

"We are the sons of Durin. Our goal is to retake Erebor and restore our homeland - and we will never give up until we achieve our goal!"

"We never doubted you, Thorin."

Balin was the first to step forward, followed by the dwarves with sharp eyes.

"We will follow you to the death."

"But what happened in there?"

"We can't just rush ahead without even understanding the situation."

Faced with everyone's suggestions, Thorin closed his eyes, thought for a moment, and took a deep breath.

"Kili, I'll give you the key and the map. You wait here. I'll be away for a while. If everything goes well, I'll be back before Durin's Day."

Thorin stuffed the things into Kili's hands, turned around and ran towards the foot of the mountain.

"Where are you going?"

Qili asked blankly while holding the key.

"Go to the main entrance. The sound came from that side."

"I'll go find out what happened."

Thorin gripped the sword at his waist and walked towards the foot of the mountain.

This dwarf, who only had the title of king but had never sat on the throne, had been tortured almost to madness by the obsession with regaining his homeland. He finally had some hope, but if he still failed, it would be more painful than death.

Bilbo felt for the ring in his pocket and cried, "Thorin, I can—"

"Thorin, we'll go with you."

Holding Bilbo's shoulders, the dwarves stepped forward and protected him behind them.

"We are just like you, Thorin. We will choose between success and death in battle."

(End of this chapter)