Bringing the MC system to Middle-earth.

Chapter 76 Consumption

"It's almost there, don't make any noise."

At the main gate of Lonely Mountain, Thorin walked in front, leading a group of dwarves and approaching quietly.

"I remember the way here, follow me."

"Why is there a hole here?"

Halfway through leading the way, Thorin suddenly frowned.

"It never occurred to me in my memory."

"Well, I think I may have seen it before, of course, somewhere else. Don't you think the style of this cave looks a little familiar?"

A dwarf mentioned it.

"Is it Levi?"

"Let's go in!"

Without hesitation, Thorin drew his sword, rushed forward and stepped into the meeting hall.

Boom!

Faint sounds of collision and impact came from somewhere inside, occasionally mixed with a few dragon roars and the sound of flames.

"Isn't it?"

Someone vaguely guessed what was going on inside.

Listening to the noise, the group moved closer again until an abrupt stone wall appeared in front of them.

"That's not in my memory either."

Thorin shook his head slowly. "I remember this was the corridor leading to the cellar. It never had a wall like this before, and it was this color."

"The same color as Levi's wall," Bofur reminded.

"Look at the puddle here, it's exactly two meters long and two meters wide. I'm almost sure who did it."

A dwarf squatted in front of the puddle and dipped his hand in it.

The water was so clear that only the fountains made by the elves could compare with it.

"There's a hole over there, too!"

Having discovered the passage again, the dwarves gave up their exploration of other places and gathered around the cave entrance.

Someone stuck his head in and saw that it was pitch black inside. There was no light source, and he could vaguely see some rubble at the end.

"Want to go in?"

Thorin nodded and was about to lead the way forward when suddenly a red light lit up from the end of the cave. Alarm bells rang in his heart, and Thorin immediately rolled to the side and shouted, "Back off!"

hula-

Flames burst out from the cave entrance and went out in an instant. One dwarf walked a step slower and had several strands of his beard singed.

"You can't kill me!"

The roar of a giant dragon was heard, followed by waves of huge noises.

"Go in and take a look!"

Thorin couldn't help it and rushed in immediately.

This is the voice of the dragon!

"Quickly, follow up!"

The dwarves followed closely behind.

whoosh-

A flaming arrow was aimed at Smaug's eyes with great force, but it failed to even break his eyelids, let alone ignite the dragon.

Obviously, neither fire attachment nor fire arrows will work on this fire dragon.

It is a fire dragon after all.

Moreover, just as Smaug himself said, its dragon scales were harder than ten layers of steel shields, and the armor value was even higher than the upper limit, so it was impossible for ordinary arrows or crossbows to pierce it. The only weakness was the small gap where a scale was missing at the heart, but Levi had almost used up half of the durability of the bow, and he couldn't even shoot down the diamond stuck on it, let alone cause any damage.

"You really scared me, Steve. I almost thought you were a powerful warrior from the ancient times."

"You may know some amazing magic, but it's still far from the people I remember."

"Ah - that sword of yours may be quite good, but it's a pity that you are the one wielding it, and you are not even half as strong as the warrior I killed that year."

Smaug spoke in a sarcastic tone, and while fighting, he did not forget to be talkative. Obviously, he had not given up trying to influence Levi with dragon language.

"You seem to have talked too much. If I were you, shut your stinky mouth, or I'll stab you with my sword and you'll never be able to open your mouth again."

An arrow wrapped in flames suddenly shot out, and was bitten and swallowed by Smaug.

"This snack tastes pretty good. Do you have more?"

I really am, I—

clang!
Levi, who was so angry, slashed Smaug's big claw with his sword, causing it to jump back, obviously feeling pain.

"Despicable humans!"

The man and the dragon fought again, and the sound of metal colliding and vibrations continued to be heard in the dark corridor.

Ever since he discovered that Levi seemed to be immune to fire, Smaug rarely breathed dragon breath. He would only do it occasionally out of habit. More often he attacked by ramming and biting. His teeth that shone with metallic luster like steel swords and his claws that were like spears were extremely harmful.

A big mouth biting on Levi's armor could even make him lose blood!

Whether it was biting, piercing with claws, or sweeping with the tail, they were able to shake Levi's life bar, but that was all. Compared with Sauron, the power of these attacks was still too light. He didn't even need to take medicine, but only needed to eat ordinary food to maintain fullness, and rely on natural blood recovery and a little movement and dodging to cope with it.

In contrast, Smaug's health was decreasing slowly and steadily at an imperceptible speed.

Although Levi's health will decrease, it will always come back up. However, Smaug's health has not been positive for a long time.

If you keep grinding like this, you might actually kill it.

We just need to find an opportunity to block its retreat, and it will inevitably die. However, this is still somewhat difficult to do.

"I have to admit that you have some skills."

As the battle went on, Smaug changed his strategy. He no longer chased Levi blindly, but instead moved around and adopted a guerrilla strategy.

After all, Smaug is a real living creature with his own thoughts. He is not like those NPCs in the game who only act according to fixed logic and can only chase and attack players. He can't do anything to the players just by building a high building or blocking their position.

When it senses danger, it will run and hide. When it cannot gain any advantage, it will temporarily retreat. When it feels that it cannot kill Levi all at once, it will slowly try other strategies instead of just mechanically dealing with it in one mode.

The dragon language spell that never stops lingering in my ears is the best example. Even if the spell doesn't work, trash talk can still affect the opponent's mentality.

"My king, am I dreaming?"

At this moment, a group of dwarves suddenly emerged from the cave entrance, with a hobbit surrounded in the middle.

"Levi is fighting that...that giant dragon that's over a hundred meters long?"

"They look evenly matched."

Seeing the scene in front of them, the dwarves were once again impressed by the fighting power displayed by Levi. This guy becomes stronger when facing a stronger opponent. His exact fighting power is unknown.

Even Bilbo opened his mouth wide, not knowing how to describe it. This scene was beyond his understanding.

However, there is one exception.

"Compared to these, I am more concerned about why he woke up the evil dragon. This has disrupted all our plans!"

Thorin felt a little annoyed and puzzled. Wasn't it agreed that they would steal the gem and gather the army before attacking? Why did they do it earlier?
"Look what I smell, it's the smell of dwarves!"

"Ok?"

Levi turned around suddenly and found a group of guys standing at the entrance of the cave. He immediately felt something was wrong.

"go back!"

Along with his shout was a breath of dragon. Although the incident happened suddenly, the dwarves' reaction was also very quick. They pulled Bilbo and scattered, some rolling and some jumping, avoiding the attack in an ungraceful manner.

"go!"

A bucket of water was placed on the wall, extending it down to form a water curtain as a cover. Levi hurriedly pulled the dwarves back and returned to the conference hall.

(End of this chapter)