In the fourth month of River Valley City's recovery, a strange team walked on the road leading to River Valley City. The leader was an old man in gray robes with a cane, followed by thirteen dwarves.
"We're here." The old man in gray robe looked at the tower in the distance and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Thorin, if you want to return to the Lonely Mountain to rebuild the dwarf kingdom, you should restrain your temper. Although the surrounding people are
People say that the king of the river valley is very noble. He sealed the Lonely Mountain again after killing Smaug. At the same time, he declared that he would wait for the true owner of the Lonely Mountain and would not take property that did not belong to him until then. But you must not and yours
Your ancestors are just as stingy, and you must give them what they deserve. Otherwise, your reputation as ungrateful will be enough to destroy your country."
"I got it, Gandalf." The leader, a tall dwarf about 1.5 meters tall, interrupted the old man's ramblings. "You have talked about these things all the way. I will definitely give you enough wealth as reward. They can kill them instantly.
With the power of a giant dragon, I am not a fool and will not seek death. The power that can kill a giant dragon in an instant can also easily break through an isolated mountain. I am willing to sacrifice for the country."
"That's good." Gandalf nodded and walked into the city gate. As soon as he entered, he was attracted by the bustling scenery of the city.
"When River Valley City was at its most prosperous, it was not even half of what it is now. I am becoming more and more interested in the current King of River Valley."
Arriving at the entrance of the palace, Gandalf and the dwarves were surprised to find that it was just a simple two-story building. In their impression, the palace of a rich country like Xianghe River Valley should be magnificent, not even large in size.
The school is not as good as .
After notifying the guards at the door, the guards ran directly through the door to inform King Ryan of the River Valley.
During this time, with the help of multiple world advisory groups, Ryan came up with a complete set of plans and asked Bard to handle them. He only needed to sign the important text. The rest of the time, Ryan spent studying the things he had obtained before.
Regarding the knowledge of the elves, even with the help of rose crystal as an external thinking circuit, Ryan still finds it extremely difficult to learn. After all, this is the knowledge accumulated by the elves for tens of thousands of years.
Just as he was immersed in research, the guard at the door suddenly knocked on the door. After opening the door, Ryan learned that Gandalf and the dwarf team were waiting at the door.
"Please sit down, you can try our juice and snacks." In the conference room, Ryan and Rose Crystal brought juice and several plates of snacks and handed them to the dwarves and Gandalf sitting on the sofa. The dwarves seemed to like each other.
I was very interested in furniture like the sofa. I sat on the sofa, twisted around, and tapped it with my fingers curiously. It wasn't until the leading dwarf coughed that they became quiet.
"I am Thorin Oakenshield, King of Erub, and I hope to go to the Lonely Mountain to rebuild the kingdom now." The leading dwarf stated his purpose simply, which was in line with the upright character of the dwarves. "Of course, I will
I will give you half of the wealth in the treasury as a thank you gift for killing Smaug and taking back the Lonely Mountain."
"Why are you so generous?" Ryan was already prepared to face an unreasonable dwarf king. Of course, this may also be because Thorin Oakenshield has not yet seen the gold mountains and silver seas in the Lonely Mountain, so his mind is still clear for the time being.
"Of course, I will send you there myself." Ryan nodded and said to them after Rose Crystal climbed onto his shoulders; "Okay, let's set off now."
"You are truly an upright king." Gandalf said as he stood up. Escorted by a small group of cavalry, they left the city and headed towards the entrance of the Lonely Mountain.
"What is going on?" When he was very close to the entrance of the Lonely Mountain, Thorin was surprised to find a large group of people busy there, and there were even many elves that he didn't like.
"Isn't this the last dragon that has been knocked down? Not many of us know how to handle the dragon, so we can only use the materials on it to hire the elves in the dark forest to help." Ryan said with a smile: "Fortunately, I know magic.
It can ensure that the dragon carcass will not rot, so everyone can handle it carefully to minimize losses."
"After I get the Arken Stone back, can my people be allowed to purchase the materials? We will use the weapons and armor to pay for it." Thorin asked after looking at the dragon's body exposed from the covered canvas.
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"We'll talk about it later. This needs to be discussed carefully." Ryan led them to the gate of Lonely Mountain. This place was previously blocked by Ryan using magic to move boulders. Now, under the command of his wand, a stone
A stone the size of a carriage flew up and was thrown aside by the power of magic. The dwarves swallowed quietly as they listened to the sound of the stone hitting the ground.
"Okay, you can go in. Just call me when you're done." After saying that, Ryan sat there leaning against a big stone and watched the dwarves go in through the tunnel on the mountain. Gandalf did not.
He followed in, walked to Ryan and sat down next to him with his wand, and then asked curiously: "Your Highness, I am very curious about how you master the power of magic?"
"Just call me Ryan." Ryan felt that it was a bit inappropriate to be called an honorific by this tens of thousands-year-old Maia. "I am a traveler from another world, so I naturally know magic."
"From other worlds?" After hearing this, Gandalf opened his eyes and looked at Ryan in shock. Ryan felt that there was an immortal flame beating in his eyes at this time.
"Don't worry, I'm not a predator." Ryan said, "The way I get benefits is to promote the development of that world. In this way, I can get benefits from each world for a long time. I will never do such things as killing the goose and laying the eggs."
. You can see what I did in the river valley. As for why I am willing to let those dwarves return to their country, they are the top miners. Just like I can exchange the technology for manufacturing the Lord of the Rings from the elves, I also have a source of confidence.
I kept getting goods from them in exchange for enough mithril gems and other things that I need.”
"I believe you, and I also welcome you on behalf of Middle-earth. Na Ying." At this time, the fire in Gandalf's eyes dissipated. He was probably communicating with a certain Valar just now. And Ryan passed through the world's gods.
Once approved, you will be able to do business here freely in the future.
After that, the two people began to exchange the knowledge they had mastered, which was different from what they had imagined. Gandalf was happy to share the magic and combat skills he had mastered. According to him, the righteous party must help each other so that they can survive in the face of the dark forces.
Come down and defeat them.
Faced with Gandalf's generosity, Ryan was embarrassed to hide his secrets. However, as Gandalf was a Maia, a lot of knowledge was of little use to him. In the end, he only learned about the production method of the Madonna of the Rose and several internal skills.
Practice methods.
Because the two of them were not ordinary people, they exchanged all the knowledge they wanted to exchange in just six or seven hours. It was only at this time that Thorin Oakenshield, who was still trembling in cold sweat, came out of the Lonely Mountain with his subordinates.
Each of them was pulling a cart filled with all kinds of gold and silver treasures.
"Sorry, we are late. When I entered the vault just now, I was blinded by the gold, and I finally got out of it." Thorin Oakenshield told what he had just encountered very directly.
"Then how did you break free?" Gandalf asked with interest.
"I stood in the vault for a long time, and then I saw from the illusion that the King of the River Valley waved his hand and easily penetrated the wall of the Lonely Mountain, and pushed me to the ground and beat me violently. After that, I suddenly woke up." Thorin said here.
He also glanced at Ryan.
"Yes, the illusion you saw should be real. If you break your promise, I will really do it. The magic-protected city wall of Gushan cannot save you." After speaking, Ryan raised his hand and fired an electromagnetic cannon.
A ray of orange-red light directly penetrated the thick city wall. Several dwarves suddenly felt that they had indeed escaped death.
"Anyway, just wake up, my friend." Gandalf looked at Thorin and said.