Chapter 260: Thorin's Change and News of the Orcs

The process of counting the gold was extremely long, and the Dwarf instinct to take advantage of small things made them extremely serious. They had to count all the wealth before they could carry out precise distribution, not missing a single gold coin.

And the hundreds of millions or even over a billion gold coins in the Lonely Mountain treasury, I don't know how long it would take to count to calculate an accurate number and complete the distribution on the contract.

However, as the news of Smaug's death spread continuously in the North, the impact it caused also began to slowly manifest.

First, the one most obviously affected was not someone else, but Wayne's pet, the Deathclaw Robin.

After Wayne skinned the dragon and collected materials such as dragon teeth and dragon claws that were suitable for making equipment, the remaining hundreds of tons of flesh and bones all became Robin's rations.

This doomsday giant beast seemed to have really obtained a lot of benefits from Smaug's corpse. For a continuous week, Robin was unwilling to do anything, eating happily on Smaug's body every day, occasionally letting out excited roars. The entire huge evil dragon corpse was swallowed quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And through the induction between the master and the pet, after eating Smaug's flesh and bones, Wayne also noticed that Robin's body seemed to be slowly strengthening, and some kind of peculiar change had also occurred in its body.

Perhaps, just like in many fantasy stories, because it drank dragon blood and devoured dragon meat, it awakened the dragon genes in its body and obtained unexpected abilities, which was not impossible.

However, this kind of change was not achieved overnight. Just like a child who is growing, what kind of appearance it will grow into in the future needs time to verify.

However, in order to thank Thorin for being able to keep his promise, not letting unpleasant things happen, and not letting the relationship between the two sides be damaged and cause unnecessary trouble.

Wayne specifically cut off Smaug's head and processed it with special Witcher potions, gifting this trophy representing honor and revenge to the Durin clan, gifting it to this new King Under the Mountain of his, as a gift to enhance the friendship between each other.

For this gift, Thorin accepted it gladly and was very happy. As the future King Under the Mountain, he was just in a stage where his prestige was not enough and his foundation was not enough. If he could get Smaug's head to show his bravery and achievements, it was indeed a rare treasure.

If you want to blame someone, you have to blame his grandfather, the former King Under the Mountain, for being too wasteful. The Lonely Mountain Dwarves managed to escape from the North to the South and preserved some clansmen. As a result, because of his grandfather, the Dwarf warriors had to fight hard against the Orcs of Moria and fought a draw with Azog, losing more than half of the population that had been preserved with great difficulty.

In the end, even he, the Dwarf Prince, had to work for humans to barely subsidize the Dwarves' lives.

Now, for him, this new King Under the Mountain, the effort required to reproduce the glorious scene of the Lonely Mountain Kingdom hundreds of years ago was a long and arduous journey.

However, it is worth mentioning that Thorin's cousin, Dain Ironfoot, was really loyal. After Smaug was killed, Thorin sent a letter, and this Dwarf with golden beard and hair immediately brought hundreds of Ironfoot subordinates from the Iron Hills, traveling thousands of miles to the Lonely Mountain, and brought a lot of fine wine and food to support his brother's scene.

After a round of drinking, Wayne also got to know this Dwarf with a bold personality and was highly praised by Dain Ironfoot.

He called the Witcher who defeated Smaug a great hero and strongly supported Thorin's decision, supporting Thorin in gifting one-third of the Lonely Mountain treasures to Wayne, without putting the terrifying amount of gold in the Lonely Mountain in his eyes at all.

In order to help Thorin guard the wealth of the Lonely Mountain and prevent evil forces from peeping at the gold here, Dain Ironfoot directly brought three hundred Dwarf warriors to live in the Lonely Mountain, starting to repair the city walls and gates of the Lonely Mountain Royal City, and restarting the large furnace and various facilities inside.

And during this period, Wayne also received a special mission, which was to return the necklace of the late wife of King Thranduil of the Woodland Realm for Thorin, ending this feud between the Dwarves and the Silvan Elves.

This decision made Wayne feel a sense of looking at Thorin with new eyes regarding his bearing. Perhaps after losing an arm, killing Azog with his own hands, avenging his relatives, and taking back the Lonely Mountain, overcoming the influence of dragon-sickness, and without the seduction of the One Ring, after completing most of his life's ideals, this Dwarf Prince's life had undergone a completely different change.

Along the way of the expedition team, Wayne's actions might have really changed Thorin's fate, letting him say goodbye to the tragic ending in the original work. As long as he survived the danger of the Battle of the Five Armies, perhaps he could become an excellent King, leading the Lonely Mountain Dwarf clan to move toward glory again. And a few days later, the meeting with King Thranduil again was also very smooth. They already knew about Smaug's fall. When seeing the hero Wayne who killed Smaug visit, the Wood-elf King specifically held a grand banquet for him.

Everyone was celebrating for him, this hero. Wayne received unprecedented respect and hospitality, and the Lake-town refugees who were temporarily staying here were no exception.

As the culprit who destroyed the Kingdom of Dale, the residents of Lake-town also had a blood feud with this evil dragon, but because no one had been able to defeat this evil dragon, they had always buried the hatred in their hearts.

And after obtaining the necklace of his late wife, King Thranduil behaved very generously. He expressed his congratulations to Thorin for succeeding to the throne of the King Under the Mountain and decided to bury the hatchet with the Dwarves, letting bygones be bygones.

If the Dwarves had the willingness in the future, he was also willing to continue to restore the past trade relations, communicate with each other, maintain the stability of the North together, and deal with the evil forces in the North together.

Facing the kindness and generosity of this Elf King, Wayne immediately gave high praise. Both sides were happy, blowing each other, which was also very interesting.

The banquet of the Wood-elves was also very happy. In this palace that could be called luxurious, there were handsome men and beautiful women everywhere, and everyone was holding fine wine and drinking happily.

And at this time, the role of fame immediately manifested. Facing Wayne, this handsome Elf, facing him, this hero who defeated the evil dragon Smaug, the disaster of the North, several beautiful female Elves with cheerful personalities immediately expressed their favor to him. Wayne did not deliberately refuse, and the two sides talked happily.

The customs of the Silvan Elves were different from those of the Sindar Elves of Rivendell. Because the Silvan Elves lived in the dangerous Black Forest and often fought with various monsters and Orcs, they always bore the risk of death. They were more open to emotional problems and did not pursue unwavering loyalty to love.

The next day, when Wayne woke up from the beds of two beautiful female Elves, Elf Prince Legolas brought him a special piece of intelligence.

Through the special channels of the Silvan Elves, they learned a piece of news.

Bolg, the son of Azog, replaced his father and became the leader of the Northern Orcs. Now he is gathering a large army in the Grey Mountains in the North, and in the future, he is very likely to head to the Lonely Mountain or the Woodland Realm to wipe out these enemies who have been confronting the Northern Orcs for thousands of years.

The number of Orc armies this time exceeded many people's imagination. It could almost be said that all the Orcs in the Grey Mountains and the Misty Mountains were gathered together, moving out in full force. It is said that the number might reach tens of thousands, which is many times that of the Lonely Mountain Dwarves and the Woodland Realm.

Although I don't know how long it will take, if this war fails, then the entire North of the Middle-earth world will fall under the claws of the Orcs.

Regarding this news, King Thranduil did not have any concealment. After the banquet, he gifted Wayne a large batch of living supplies, letting him return to the Lonely Mountain to tell Thorin and the Dwarf clan about this batch of supplies and the news of the Orcs.

Facing the Orcs, this common body of the North, the Elf clan and the Dwarf clan must unite together to have hope of winning.

(Reader masters, because there are several weddings to attend during the National Day holiday these few days, the update volume is less. After the wedding is over, I want to restore the previous update volume, update more!)

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