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Chapter 112 200 Years [There are important notices inside, please check them out]

"call"

"finally reached."

“So spectacular”

"Is this the Lonely Mountain?"

"This is indeed a lonely mountain, but it's not far away."

"Let's go, we have already reached the lonely mountain, is there still a short distance?"

After getting off the ferry, everyone in the expedition team looked up at the majestic mountains ahead and sighed.

"It's already morning, we have to find the secret door to enter the mountain before sunset today."

"Let's go!"

Thorin Oakenshield spoke.

The crowd moved on.

Thousands of meters of majestic mountains.

Snow is scattered everywhere on the mountain road.

It's getting colder.

Fortunately, everyone was wearing the exquisite and thick equipment given by the mayor of Changhu Town.

Otherwise, it would be the original clothes.

Everyone will suffer.

Lonely Mountain is the first time for most members of the expedition team.

But they were no strangers to Thorin Oakenshield, Whitebeard Balin, and Dwalin.

With Bahrain leading the way.

Everyone walked up the path at the foot of the lonely mountain.

Time passed slowly.

Near noon.

The members of the expedition team finally climbed from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the lonely mountain.

The higher you go, the colder it becomes.

The road also started to become much smoother.

It’s just that at the foot of the mountain, you can still see a lot of weeds and thorns that can still sway their soft bodies tenaciously at the end of autumn.

At this time, when we arrived in the middle, we could only see various strange rocks, gravels all over the ground, and some black woods that had been weathered and died long ago.

“It's so quiet here”

Bilbo looked at everything in front of him, stopped suddenly and spoke.

"Yes, not a single bird call."

"I can't see any living things"

"There's something wrong with this mountain."

"Is it because of the snow?"

"of course not."

Hearing Bilbo's words, the other dwarves behind him also followed up.

"It wasn't like this before."

At this time, Balin, the white-bearded dwarf, walked up to Bilbo, put his hands on his waist, and laughed.

"There, and there, were all trees and forests before."

Balin said, stretching out his finger to Bilbo and continued: "At that time, the forest was full of all kinds of animals, and flocks of birds of all kinds were flying on the branches."

"But everything changed when Smaug the Dragon came."

Balin sighed and spoke, his tone full of nostalgia.

"Look, what's over there?"

At this moment, Fili, who was standing in front, stood on a boulder and pointed to the distance and shouted loudly to the crowd behind him.

Hearing Philip's voice, all members of the expedition team rushed forward immediately.

Morgan also walked over quickly.

Then they saw a huge valley in front of them, and in the valley far away in sight, a huge city appeared in front of everyone.

City walls, clock towers, tall buildings, squares, and continuous housing complexes.

The city in sight is much bigger than the Changhu Town that everyone has seen and stayed in before.

Although many of the buildings in the city were in a state of collapse and desertion at this time, there was not even a trace of human habitation to be seen.

"Where is that place?"

Qili jumped onto the boulder where Fili was, looked at the huge deserted city in the distance and asked.

"That's River Valley Town, the former River Valley Town."

"It's a pity that there are only ruins left now."

Balin stepped forward and said with emotion: "It was only after the evil dragon Smaug raged that it became what we see now."

Balin shook his head and said.

Looking at the majestic city ruins in sight, Morgan thought that everyone was not far from the Lonely Mountain.

Hegu Town is very close to Lonely Mountain.

Since Hegu Town can be seen here, it is naturally not far from the Kingdom under the Mountain.

"Let's go, we must find the secret door before sunset."

"Come this way, follow me!"

Thorin Oakenshield withdrew his gaze, said something to the crowd, then quickly turned around and walked down.

Yes, now it's downhill.

It's much easier to go down the mountain.

The autumn sun in the sky is gradually slanting westward.

Noon passed quickly, approaching the afternoon.

The expedition team passed through the ruins of Hegu Town and arrived at the location of the secret door of the lonely mountain marked on the map.

This is a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides.

As soon as the crowd arrived, they were immediately ordered by Thorin Oakenshield to spread out and search for them.

Morgan recalled the scenes in the memory plot, raised his head and tried his best to look in front of him and the surrounding tall mountains, but he couldn't find anything.

"Did you find out?"

At this time, Thorin Oakenshield's voice came from the valley ahead.

"No, nothing!"

Cranky Godwalin was the first to respond loudly.

"No, I haven't seen it here either."

"I didn't find out either"

The voices of the dwarves came one after another.

Thorin Oakenshield frowned, and had no choice but to open the map in his hand again to look carefully.

Morgan stepped on the gravel mountain road and walked deep ahead.

"This way!"

"Look this way!"

At this moment, Bilbo's shout suddenly came from another direction.

Morgan was surprised, and the plot in his mind was the secret door that Bilbo first discovered.

Is it still him now?

He turned his head and looked over, and found that the mountains on Bilbo's side were similar to the surrounding mountains from this side, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.

But since the other party shouted it out, they must have discovered something.

Morgan, like the other dwarves, was striding in the direction of Bilbo.

When Morgan, who was only paying attention to the sidelines, walked quickly to Bilbo's side.

He saw it.

Just above where he was now, the mountain had been carved into the shape of a giant dwarf with a warhammer.

And on the body of the dwarf stone statue, there is a stone staircase extending upwards.

It is here.

Morgan looked at the stone statues sandwiched between the huge mountains on both sides, and sighed in his heart: "I can't remember Bilbo as the protagonist faster than I can remember."

Thorin Oakenshield rushed over, looked at the stone stairs above, his original heavy expression quickly disappeared, replaced by undisguised joy.

"You have a good eye, Mr. Baggins."

Thorin Oakenshield patted Bilbo on the shoulder, panting heavily and laughing.

Morgan suddenly found out at this time.

Thorin Oakenshield seemed to have always addressed Bilbo in a more polite way, and he also called Bilbo's surname "Baggins" obviously.

"go!"

Having found the location of the secret door, Thorin Oakenshield said loudly, and he was the first to run quickly to the stone stairs.

A group of dwarves also followed closely behind with joy on their faces.

"Let's go."

Morgan reached out and patted Bilbo on the shoulder, and walked forward.

Bilbo followed quickly.

When a group of members of the expedition climbed up the steep stone steps panting heavily, they climbed up to the small open space next to the giant dwarf stone statue at the end of the steps.

The last rays of autumn sunlight were shining on the clearing.

Sorin Oakenshield stepped forward quickly, looking at the sunny open space and stone wall, he was overjoyed: "The secret door must be here!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and took out the huge key that Gandalf gave him in his hand. Looking at the members of the expedition behind him, he laughed and said, "Let those who laughed at us remember this day forever!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

"yeah."

After the voice fell, all the dwarves cheered.

Bilbo laughed too.

Morgan also watched with a smile on his face.

Although I know there will be some twists and turns in finding the keyhole.

But it's been a long way from Hobbiton in the Shire to this point.

Every member of the expedition team is rare and amazing.

This naturally includes himself.

"Then, it means that there should be a keyhole on the stone wall."

The irritable Godwalin was the most impatient, immediately dropped the package in his hand, walked quickly to the stone wall illuminated by the setting sun, and yelled.

Seeing Dwalin approaching, the other dwarves, including Thorin Oakenshield, retreated to the side.

For fear of blocking the sun.

Watching Devlin's eyes widen and his hands and eyes groping on the stone wall.

Because there was a memory plot in his mind, Morgan became interested in looking at the keyhole that could only appear by moonlight, so he put down the package in his hand and said, "I'll help you find it too."

He strode to the stone wall full of sunset light.

Looking at the relatively flat stone wall, Morgan tried his best to recall the plot scene in his memory, and searched for it on the stone wall with his hands and eyes.

It's just that no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find the keyhole hidden in the dark crevice in the memory plot.

Just in the gap like a depression, there is no one on the stone wall in front of you.

The stone wall in front of me is only this small in size.

Morgan groped for a while, searching every inch of the stone wall in front of him, and realized that the keyhole in his memory did not exist on the stone wall in front of him.

Morgan consciously retreated to the side, shaking his head at Thorin Oakenshield and Balin who were looking over.

The sun began to set slowly in the sky.

Watching the sunlight start to disappear, the irritable Godvalin became a little irritable.

He used both hands and feet, and kept cursing something in his mouth.

Seeing the sun disappearing, Thorin Oakenshield began to look a little anxious.

"Nolly."

Thorin Oakenshield just remembered the dwarf Noli with the most tricks, and just opened his mouth before realizing that Noli was no longer there.

I don't feel it when the sun hangs in the sky.

Once you start going down the mountain, the speed of disappearing seems to be like an accelerator.

Looking at the sunset that has already set half in the sky.

Sorin Oakenshield couldn't wait, and immediately walked to the stone wall with big strides, first staring at the stone wall carefully with his eyes wide open.

Then, Thorin Oakenshield, who couldn't see anything, retreated to the side, looked eagerly at the sunset in the distance, and shouted at the dwarves: "Quick, go up, and destroy it!"

A group of dwarves standing nearby immediately stepped forward brandishing their weapons, slashing at the stone wall.

It's just how hard the stone wall can be used to carve giant stone statues, not to mention the mechanism behind it.

There was a loud noise of ping-pong-pong, and the sparks were cut and flew in all directions.

The stone wall has not changed at all.

Balin shook his head when he saw it, and said in a deep voice: "There is a powerful seal on the door, which can never be opened with brute force."

Hearing Balin's words, the hacking dwarves had to stop.

Thorin Oakenshield watched helplessly as the setting sun continued to set in the distant sky, and he kept looking at the stone wall with an anxious expression, but there was nothing he could do.

Finally, the red sun at the edge of the day completely fell into the horizon, and the last ray of brilliance disappeared.

"No"

Sorin Oakenshield rushed up to the stone wall, smashing his fists and roaring like a loser.

All the members of the expedition team around looked at Thorin Oakenshield who lost his composure, and all of them looked very ugly.

So does Morgan.

Of course, he was faking it.

After a while, Sorin Oakenshield turned around, took out the map on his body again and spread it out, looked at the deciphered moon text on it and read tremblingly: "The afterglow of the day of Turin will shine on the keyhole."

"That's what it says."

Thorin Oakenshield raised his head, looked at the people in front of him with extreme disappointment and continued, "What did we miss?"

"What are we missing, Balin?"

Thorin Oakenshield asked in a trembling voice as he walked up to Balin the White Beard, the wisest of the dwarves.

Bahrain shook his head in pain, "The daylight we missed."

"We missed our only chance."

Balin looked at Thorin Oakenshield and said softly, "I can't recover."

Hearing this, Morgan did not intend to remain silent any longer.

He walked forward a few steps, picked up the map thrown by Thorin Oakenshield on the ground, and looked at it.

Soon, whispered aloud: "When the thrush, standing by the gray rock, began to knock"

"When the sun was shining just now, I didn't see the thrush, did you see it?"

After Morgan's words fell, the dwarves who were very disappointed and about to leave stopped immediately.

Thorin Oakenshield looked at Morgan suddenly, and a tinge of color seemed to rise in his extremely disappointed eyes.

"Didn't you see it?"

"I didn't see it, what about you?"

"I do not have either."

"No, let alone thrushes, I haven't even seen bird droppings."

"."

All the dwarves spoke immediately.

Morgan didn't care, and read the words of the moon on the map again: "The setting sun will fall on the keyhole with the last ray of the Turin day."

"I remember you said that the day of Turin is the new year of the dwarves. It is the day when the last bright moon in autumn and the first sun in winter meet in the sky at the same time?"

After Morgan finished reading the secret language on the map, he looked up at Bahrain and asked.

Balin nodded and said, "You remember right."

Seeing that Morgan seemed to have discovered something, the hope in Thorin Oakenshield's eyes seemed to rise a bit.

Morgan looked at the crowd and continued, "Since we couldn't find the keyhole under the sunlight, and we didn't see the thrush, does that mean that the last afterglow in the secret language doesn't refer to the sunlight?"

Morgan said and looked at Bahrain again.

This time, Balin pondered, nodded and said, "You can say that."

Morgan smiled: "Then wait for the moonlight, maybe the moonlight can bring us surprises."

After hearing what Morgan said, the dwarves finally understood something.

Especially the "appearance of the thrush" in the secret language that Morgan emphasized, which immediately rekindled hope in the hearts of the dwarves.

Thorin Oakenshield nodded again and again. After listening to Morgan's words, his eyes almost lit up. He nodded quickly and said: "Then listen to Morgan, we will wait."

"call"

He let out a long breath, and smiled at the nervous look on the faces of the dwarves.

In fact, as long as you are careful enough, the details of the thrush can be discovered.

However, Thorin Oakenshield was too eager and impatient to find the secret door.

So much so that he ignored the details.

But no one else is to blame.

You must know that in Rivendell, when Eldron Elf Lord deciphered the map ciphertext, only Thorin Oakenshield, Balin, Gandalf, Bilbo and Morgan were present.

And now Gandalf was gone.

The map has been kept by Thorin Oakenshield himself, and no one can touch it.

Thorin Oakenshield was the first to vent his disappointment just now.

Balin and Bilbo, who knew a little, were naturally easily influenced by his emotions.

As for the other dwarves, they knew nothing about the secret language.

This should be the reason why Thorin Oakenshield failed to notice the abnormality before.

Now that Morgan made it clear, Sorin himself has already reacted.

The Day of Turin of the Dwarves is also truly magical.

Not long after the sun set, the sky quickly dimmed.

Did not make people wait too long.

A crescent moon quietly appeared in the sky.

The moonlight quietly shines on the earth.

A hazy light naturally shone towards this mountain wall.

This made the members of the expedition team who were chewing the jerky sent by Changhu Town stand up excitedly.

At this time, a small thrush was not afraid of the crowd, flew straight to the side of the stone wall with a screw in its mouth and began to knock.

The dwarves who discovered this scene became even more excited. They were about to say something loudly, but Thorin Oakenshield stared at him and shouted in a low voice, "Don't disturb that bird."

At this time, Morgan, who reacted the fastest, had already walked to the stone wall again.

Looking at the hazy moonlight shining on the stone wall, a dark stone crack actually appeared on the stone wall.

And with the moonlight shining, the keyhole hidden in the dark stone cracks was finally exposed.

"Shorin!"

Morgan immediately growled.

Thorin Oakenshield stepped forward with the key in hand, looked at the clear keyhole on the stone wall, and inserted the key excitedly.

Click, the key was successfully inserted into the cave.

Thorin Oakenshield turned the key slowly.

"click"

A mechanical sound came from behind the stone wall immediately.

The faces of the dwarves behind him were full of joy.

Soon, the key was turned to the head, and the mechanical sound stopped.

Thorin Oakenshield turned around and glanced at the excited and expectant crowd behind him, took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to press the stone wall in front of him, and pushed it in forcefully.

"boom"

Accompanied by a burst of dust flying and muffled sound.

A dark secret door that has been sealed for more than 200 years.

It suddenly appeared in the eyes of everyone.

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