"Hey Ruibo..."
Looking at the dim passage in front of him, Thorin Oakenshield murmured to himself with complicated eyes.
Behind him, the white-bearded Balin's eyes instantly turned red when he saw the passage in front of him, and tears flowed out quickly uncontrollably.
"Thorin..."
Balin stepped forward and spoke softly with tears in his eyes.
Thorin Oakenshield turned his head, patted the shoulder of Balin who couldn't help himself and sighed.
At this moment, only two people knew.
How long have they been waiting for this day?
The dwarves behind him were excited because the legendary secret door had been opened and they were about to see the Hall of Ancestors.
But who can't understand the complicated emotions of Thorin Oakenshield and Balin crying with joy.
But we all know that this moment is rare and sacred.
The usually lively dwarfs all looked serious at this time, and no one said a word.
Morgan and Bilbo stood behind.
Morgan's expression was calm and expectant.
Bilbo watched with a smile on his face as Balin wept with joy and Thorin Oakenshield couldn't help but feel sincerely happy for them.
After comforting each other, Thorin Oakenshield finally slowly stepped into the secret door.
"I still recognize these walls..."
Thorin Oak Shield gently touched the stone wall beside him with his hand, and spoke slowly and with complicated eyes full of affection: "This hall..."
"These stones..."
Walking forward slowly, Thorin Oakenshield looked at the familiar things around him and felt infinite emotions in his heart.
More than sixty years.
Sixty years of uninterrupted thoughts every moment;
I have been haunted every night for sixty years.
Finally, finally back.
"Bahrain, do you remember?"
"This room shines with golden light..."
Thorin Oakenshield turned his head, looked at Balin behind him and said softly.
"I remember."
Balin raised his head, stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and slowly entered the hometown that he had missed for so many nights.
Balin stepped inside.
Morgan followed behind and took Bilbo in.
Then came a group of dwarves behind him.
Although the secret door passage is not small, it is still a bit crowded with fourteen people from the expedition team.
What's more, as a human being, Morgan is tall and strong. In this secret passage specially carved for the dwarves, he can only bow his head slightly.
Everyone who came in quickly noticed Thorin Oakenshield and Balin looking up at the stone statue above the secret door.
The excited Ge Luoyin read out the words on it slowly as soon as he saw the statue.
"This is the seventh kingdom of the Turin dwarves..."
"May the Heart of the Mountain unite the dwarves to defend this home."
Standing in the secret passage of the ancient ancestral kingdom at the foot of the mountain, I heard the ancestral precepts recited by Ge Luoyin.
Finally, under the excitement of pure admiration, all the dwarves felt an indescribable throbbing in their hearts that they had never experienced before.
Bilbo, like everyone present, looked up at the statue above.
At this time, Balin suddenly walked up to Bilbo and said with a smile: "That is the king's throne."
Bilbo glanced at Balin beside him, nodded, and continued to ask: "Then what is that glowing on the throne?"
This time, Balin looked at Bilbo for a while before he said, "That's the Arken Stone."
"Arken Gem?"
"what is that?"
Bilbo looked slightly startled, looked at Balin and continued to ask.
But this time, Bilbo didn't wait for Balin to speak.
Thorin Oakenshield, who was standing slightly deeper in the secret passage, looked over and said, "Mr. Snitch, that is the goal of your trip."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the dwarves looked over.
You must know that except for a few main members of the expedition team, the other dwarves actually don't know much.
Even if Mr. Snitch Bilbo Baggins is allowed to join the team, the other dwarves only know that it is a forced request from the wizard Gandalf.
Now Thorin Oakenshield revealed the goal of this trip.
Naturally, it immediately attracted the attention of other unsuspecting dwarves.
Even Morgan looked at Bilbo next to him with a serious face at this time.
Looking at the looks cast by everyone around him.
Bilbo immediately realized the importance of this matter.
"Come here and I'll explain it to you in detail."
Balin looked at Bilbo and said with a smile, turned around and walked towards the depths of the secret passage.
Bilbo subconsciously looked at Morgan, whom he had the best relationship with and was the most powerful.
Morgan just reached out and patted Bilbo on the shoulder, saying softly: "Be careful."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the secret passage that made him feel depressed and restricted.
Morgan said a clueless "be careful".
Although Bilbo didn't know exactly what was waiting for him, he couldn't help but feel a little serious.
Quickly following Balin deep in the secret passage, Bilbo immediately confirmed: "You want me to find a gem?"
Balin stopped and nodded: "Yes, a big, white gem."
Bilbo continued: "Are you looking for a gem? I think there must be a lot of gems down there, right?"
Balin said seriously: "But there is only one Arken gem."
"You know it when you see it, it's just perfect."
Balin's seriousness made Bilbo feel confident, and he said casually: "Okay."
Looking at the casual look of the hobbit in front of him.
Maybe the other party didn't even know what he was going to face when he went down.
Balin suddenly felt unbearable and said: "Bilbo, speaking of it, even I don't know what you will encounter down there..."
"If you don't want to go, you don't have to go, and there's no need to feel ashamed. No one will really blame you..."
Balin sighed and spoke before he was interrupted by Bilbo: "No, Balin."
"Since I promised to do it, I thought I should give it a try."
Bilbo's seriousness made Balin laugh.
He patted Bilbo on the shoulder and sighed: "Your courage has surprised me again and again..."
"Then go!"
"May you have the greatest luck in the world."
After Balin finished speaking with emotion, he suddenly changed his words, looked at Bilbo and whispered: "If you happen to meet a giant dragon down there, a living dragon..."
"Remember... don't wake it up!"
Seeing Balin's serious attitude at this time, although Bilbo didn't understand clearly, he still nodded in confusion.
But when he quickly thought of something and was about to ask, he looked up and found that Balin had disappeared at the end of the secret passage.
"Well, look for a big, white gem."
"If you encounter a giant dragon, don't wake it up..."
After Bilbo secretly reminded himself of the things to pay attention to, he immediately walked deeper into the secret passage with hands and feet.
Outside the secret passage.
Morgan sat on the cold ground, looking at the hazy crescent moon in the distant sky in trance.
Speaking of which, if it were something else.
With Morgan's current strength, there was no way he would help Bilbo.
But only in this matter, Morgan really couldn't help.
Steal the Arken Stone from under the eyes of the dragon Smaug.
Except for Bilbo, the protagonist who owns the Supreme Lord of the Rings, everyone in the expedition team will have food delivered to their doorstep.
Although Morgan thinks that his strength is not bad, if he is against Smaug.
Morgan recalled the power of Smaug in the plot in his mind and could only shake his head.
At this time, Morgan noticed the sound of footsteps approaching. He turned his head and saw Balin, who had just walked out of the secret passage, standing next to him.
Morgan asked: "Is Bilbo down?"
Balin nodded, turned to look at Morgan and smiled: "Are you worried about him?"
Morgan nodded and sighed: "Of course."
"The legendary evil dragon sleeps underneath."
"Although I have never seen a giant dragon with my own eyes, I have read a lot about it in books."
"Especially after seeing the ruins of Riverdale with my own eyes..."
Morgan spoke softly, but Thorin Oakenshield and Balin were beside him, so he had to give them face, not to mention that Bilbo had signed the contract.
Then he changed his voice and said, "But since Gandalf values Bilbo..."
"I believe Bilbo will not let us down."
Bahrain couldn't answer Morgan's words, so he could only stare at the hazy crescent moon in the sky and sighed: "I hope so."
Everyone in the expedition team was waiting quietly outside the secret passage.
Morgan looked at the crescent moon in the distant sky.
The rare break immediately reminded him of the system.
Speaking of which, it’s been since the enhancement more than half a month ago.
Morgan's soul power has not been used for a long time.
But in the past few days, I first encountered some giant dark demonized spider monsters in the dark forest.
Then after escaping from the woodland kingdom, he was chased and intercepted by orcs.
Until now, although it seems like a long time ago.
But in fact, it has only been a few days since entering the Dark Jungle.
It's just that the experiences of the past few days have been too tortuous, too ups and downs, and too dangerous, which makes it feel like a long time has passed.
Let’s count down the experiences during this period.
First, he entered the Mirk Forest and was besieged by giant spider monsters, and then was arrested by the wood elves of the Mirk Forest.
Then with the help of Bilbo, he rushed out of the Woodland Kingdom, and was intercepted by orcs led by Borg on the way. The dwarf Noli was unfortunately killed on the way.
Returning to Lake Town, he went to the weapons depot to steal weapons and was arrested. Thanks to Thorin Oakenshield's performance, he transformed from a prisoner to a distinguished guest.
Of course, there has to be an interlude of teasing Tauriel, the female elf captain.
And then until now.
In such a dense and stressful schedule.
Morgan didn't even have time to take a break.
Naturally, I didn't have the time to check my system.
Anyway, the difficulty of obtaining soul power in the system is now straightly increased.
This has, to a certain extent, cured Morgan's previous habit of brushing the system almost every day before going to bed.
But this time, he killed several giant dark demonized spider monsters, as well as a lot of orcs he killed last time.
Presumably, my soul power will not eat zero eggs this time.
Thinking of this, Morgan's thoughts moved slightly.
Brush brush brush...
Lines of virtual data began to jump and flash in front of my eyes.
[Time Traveler: Morgan]
[Race: Human]
[Biological Level: Level 2]
[Soul Power: 2]
[Attributes: Strength LV5; Constitution LV6+; Agility LV5; Spirit LV5]
[Ability: Universal Language; Muay Thai LV2; White Crow Sword Skill LV3; Archery LV3; Rock Body (Special Skill); Dragon Power (Special Skill); Charge (Special Skill); Mental Shock (Special Skill)]
[Talent: Intimacy (Special Skill)]
[Current world exploration progress: 2.65%]
【......】
"call..."
After seeing clearly the data in the soul power column of the virtual panel flashing in front of me.
Morgan finally let out a long breath.
But that's all.
"Two points of soul power, minus the little soul power left last time, there is only one left."
"The last time I killed four or five giant dark demonized spiders in the Dark Forest."
"In addition, when we dealt with the orcs led by the orc commander Borg, I couldn't remember the number of orcs I killed alone at the time, but there were still ten of them."
"Giant spider monster plus half-orc, such a number only has a little soul power..."
Looking at the soul bar in front of him, Morgan wanted to laugh but couldn't.
He now understood the difficulty of obtaining soul power next.
But it only increased one point of soul power. A total of two points of soul power can't strengthen anything now.
After Morgan quickly glanced at the four attribute columns and ability columns, his eyes immediately moved downwards.
Although Muay Thai in the ability column can be strengthened.
But for Morgan's current strength, Muay Thai is simply dispensable.
It is so difficult to obtain soul power now.
Naturally, Morgan would not waste his soul power on Muay Thai.
It’s better to keep it for now.
Keep looking down.
Morgan immediately noticed a surge in world exploration progress.
He clearly remembered that the last time he was at the home of the skin-changer Bion, he checked that the world exploration progress was only 1.18%.
Now it suddenly jumped to 2.65%!
The exploration progress directly increased by nearly 1.5%.
This is an unprecedented increase.
Although there were too many things happening to him in the past few days, he really didn't have time to look at the system.
But the increase is astonishing.
Is it because he followed the expedition team to reach Gushan?
Morgan frowned secretly and guessed that this was the only reason.
“I just don’t know what the next exploration progress reward will be?”
Gently rubbing the silver space ring on his thumb.
Morgan looked at the crescent moon in the distance, his eyes calm.
Inside the secret passage of Gushan.
Bilbo carefully walked forward in the secret passage.
At first, he was a little nervous when he heard Bahrain's last words, and his movements were very light.
But after walking for a long time, I didn't notice any danger at all.
Bilbo naturally relaxed a lot.
But he didn't know the road. He only knew to walk along the road ahead without turning.
Half an hour later.
In Bilbo's sight, the end of the road finally appeared.
Bilbo moved on.
Soon, a large empty environment finally appeared ahead, which made Bilbo, who had been walking in a dark and depressing environment, feel relieved.
But as soon as he turned around.
Bilbo froze.
After a while, he came back to his senses, and a sentence he had seen somewhere suddenly appeared in his mind: "Gold piled up like a mountain, silver scattered in the corners, gems of various colors lit up the sky, and even the stars dimmed... "
It’s a perfect word to describe the unparalleled sight in front of you.
Looking at the golden treasures in front of me, mountains and seas.
Bilbo only felt that looking at it for too long would make his head dizzy.
Shaking his head violently, Bilbo took a deep breath, stepped on the stairs below, and walked down barefoot.
"I came here to look for the Arken gem, a white and big gem..."
With these words echoing in his mind, Bilbo finally stepped on the cold gold treasures and walked step by step towards the depths of the golden mountains and silver seas.
