Chapter 1091 1073 Reputation

Chapter 1091 1073. Reputation

"Hurry! Hurry! Time waits for no one!"

Thorin was at the bow, holding the scabbarded Ocrest and pushing away the wreckage of the ship or the floating corpses of orcs and humans blocking the waterway, clearing the way for the ship.

Lane was walking on the trail beside the waterway.

He moved very fast, and even when walking he could keep up with the speed of the dwarves rowing.

Occasionally, a few orcs would rush out from the alleys beside the town trail, but they would basically die in Lan's hands as soon as they met, just like pulling off a blade of grass while walking.

The flannel ball was lightly shuttling on the roofs on the other side of the waterway, clearing the orc archers who wanted to occupy the shooting angle of the roofs.

"To the right."

Lane guided the dwarves to steer the ship into the correct waterway. He jumped up while half squatting, and passed directly over the heads of the dwarves, and crossed the entire waterway horizontally, and continued to lead the way to the right.

Lan En chose the shortest route, and the dwarves' boats went all the way to the end of the waterway.

Further ahead was the stone brick wall of Changhu Town, with only a water prison-like iron fence opened at the bottom of the wall to serve as a sluice to block floating ice.

This is definitely not a place for ships to pass.

But the dwarves were not in a hurry. After several cooperative exchanges, they always had a reliable impression of Lan En.

So at this time, a group of bearded dwarves just stopped the oars in their hands and turned their heads to look at the demon hunter eagerly.

The demon hunter did not disappoint the dwarves' expectations.

He put his fingers into his mouth and whistled loudly.

Then, a hissing sound echoed from outside the wall blocking the waterway.

"Shh!"

A muffled "bang" sound, mixed with the sound of bricks being hit by a battering ram.

The adhesive between the bricks of the wall that was originally tightly bonded now broke apart, and dust flew out.

"Back! Back!"

Thorin was startled and quickly asked the two boats to move back.

Then there was another bang outside the wall, which directly broke the wall.

Bricks flew away intact or broken, and the sluice gate on the wall was naturally blown away together.

"Good job."

The dwarves cheered loudly, jumped off the boat at the same time, and began to clean up the debris of the stone wall to facilitate the passage of the boat.

The unicorn curiously stretched its head in from the gap, and the dwarves standing on the wreckage to clean up the bricks wanted to jump up and touch its head happily, but the unicorn was too high, and the dwarves couldn't touch it even if they jumped.

After finding that the Kirin stretched its head, lowered it like fishing and quickly raised it up, just because it thought it was fun to tease the dwarves, the dwarves all smiled and started working without paying attention to it.

Although Thorin, Balin and Bilbo did not go down to clean up the wreckage because they each controlled a boat to prevent it from drifting, they also showed irrepressible happiness that they were one step closer to the Lonely Mountain.

Because that was the end and goal of the journey.

Taking advantage of this moment, Lan En looked at the town behind him to prevent the orcs from suddenly rushing over and attacking, and at the same time, he said to Thorin on the boat without turning his head.

"After leaving the town, you have to go to the Lonely Mountain without stopping. This group of orcs are with wargs, but there won't be too many of them. Kirin has killed more than a dozen of them outside."

"But if they are determined to hunt you down, it won't be easy to deal with."

Thorin just stared at the lake behind the gap in the wall and the tall snow-capped mountains behind the lake, and nodded.

Balin, who looked like a dwarf Santa Claus, looked at Lan standing on the trail.

"Just say it, Lan. This journey is getting closer and closer to the end, there is nothing to hide."

The witcher nodded silently, then turned his head and looked at Thorin, Balin, and the bewildered Bilbo on the two boats.

"I want to confirm again, Thorin, you will act completely according to the plan Gandalf told you in Rivendell, right?"

Thorin reluctantly turned his eyes from the gap in the wall in front of him.

"Don't wake up the dragon, don't covet gold, just take the Arken gem, then gather the army and fight the dragon. Yes, I will do that. But I also want to reiterate my point of view, Lan is an evil dragon after all."

"It is an evil war machine created by Morgoth in ancient times. In front of that thing, we only have nine dwarves and a hobbit. I dare not say that I have a complete plan and response."

Thorin stood up from the boat and looked at Lan seriously.

"But I still have to do it. The key to the return of the Durin dwarves to their power lies in this prophesied adventure. I must not lose this opportunity!"

"Even if this means that Long Lake Town may be threatened by the dragon?"

"What is there in this world without threats and risks? Orcs are rampant, ogres come down from the mountains to plunder the continent, and a village may be eaten by wolves overnight!"

Facing Lan's expressionless questioning, Thorin was equally determined.

"And the townspeople of Long Lake Town, they agreed to take this risk before. I confronted Bard in front of the crowd, and I promised them that I would share the treasures in Lonely Mountain, and they fully agreed!"

"Do you think they don't know the risks of agreeing? No one knows better than those who live in this area, Lan."

"But they also know that as long as the treasure in the Lonely Mountain reappears, the gold I share with them will be enough to rebuild Changhu Town more than ten times! It can even rebuild River Valley City!"

"The threat of Smaug has always been hanging around the Lonely Mountain, hoping that it will sleep for decades and then pretend that it doesn't exist? Can you believe this?"

"As long as the threat of that dragon is still there, then the Gushan region will never have a chance to regain prosperity! All other ideas are stupid deception and self-deception!"

"Bang bang" was heard twice. It was Balin who was sitting on the bow of the boat at the back. He took the oar and knocked the stern of the boat where Thorin was in front, telling him to stop talking.

Thorin respected Balin, so he sat down with his lips pursed. The old dwarf himself stood up on the rickety boat.

"People's minds change, Lan En."

The old dwarf's first words were concise and to the point.

"I am an old man. I have seen the prosperity of the area around Gushan at that time. At that time, relying on Gushan's funds and the dwarves' technology, the prosperity of this area was simply heaven and earth compared to today."

"Look at this town, Lann. It smells like rancid fish oil, and there's the damp, dark, musty smell of canvas. This town doesn't look like that."

"The people living here have long had enough of huddled on a huge rock on the lake. There used to be a prosperous civilization here!"

"Why is Bud supported by the townspeople? Because he represents enterprising spirit and change! Now the townspeople just want a change! Everyone is fed up with the miserable life in a remote village!"

"You should really see what happened when Bard and Thorin confronted each other. Almost all the townspeople agreed."

Balin looked at Lan En seriously.

"The most miserable and unacceptable days are the days of poverty."

"That's because they haven't seen real cruelty, or the days of cruelty are too far away from them."

Lan En said calmly, a house lost its load-bearing structure due to the burning of the flames, and collapsed behind him.

Stirring up a cloud of ashes still carrying sparks.

"They mistakenly thought that those poor but peaceful days were not worth mentioning, so they desperately wanted to escape. But I thought that after tonight, their minds might change."

Balin shook his head indifferently: "People's thoughts will change at any time, and they cannot change the ordinary day and night. But our determination to regain our homeland will not change, Lan En."

"At this point, we want to take back our hometown. Isn't it natural? We promise to compensate Changhu Town and the people who may be affected in the process of taking back our hometown. A huge compensation that they fully accept. ”

"If we wake up Smaug, we will definitely die first. And if they are still alive by then, then the treasure in the Lonely Mountain will be available for anyone to take, and we can make a promise."

"Thorin, say something."

Balin shouted forward, and the dwarf prince also stood up and nodded to Lan En.

"In the name of the King under the Mountain, if we die, Lonely Mountain cannot be taken back. Then the wealth in Lonely Mountain will belong to the survivors, and they will be able to use the money to build the most prosperous city in the world."

Lan En remained silent as the surrounding wooden buildings crackled in the flames and made a squeaking sound.

The dwarves who had finished cleaning the waterway were standing on both sides, watching Thorin and Lan in silence.

What they both said made sense. Dwarves were not unreasonable people. They also feel guilty for the people affected by their actions.

But in terms of stance, they must be determined to regain their homeland with death.

After all, they are all descendants of the Turin dwarves.

The atmosphere was silent for a moment until another voice appeared.

"that."

Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit sitting behind Balin.

He probed his head, tentatively raised his hand, and carefully turned his eyes around to look at everyone present.

Like a timid rabbit.

But if he was really timid, he wouldn't be able to speak at this time.

Still saying this

"I also guarantee it on my own behalf! Thorin Oakenshield's promises are never false, and he always keeps his word."

There were nine dwarves present, but perhaps because they were all dwarves, it was difficult to express their stance to Lan En and gain his trust.

The final result was that a hobbit stood up and testified for Thorin on his own honor.

Thorin and the dwarves suddenly turned their heads and focused on the short and weak hobbit, causing Bilbo to laugh uncomfortably and twist his body.

Thorin pursed his lips, looked at Bilbo deeply, said nothing more, just nodded heavily, and then sat down.