The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 374 Thorin Oakenshield (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
In the fourth month after the restoration of Riverdale, a strange group of people came along the road leading to Riverdale. The leader was an old man in a gray robe with a cane, followed by thirteen dwarves.

"We are here." The old man in gray robe wiped the sweat from his forehead while looking at the tower in the distance. "Thorin, if you want to go back to Lonely Mountain to rebuild the Dwarf Kingdom, you should control your temper. Although people around say that the King of the Valley is very noble, he re-closed the Lonely Mountain after killing Smaug. He also claimed that he would wait for the true owner of the Lonely Mountain and would not take property that does not belong to him before then. But you must not be as stingy as your ancestors, and you must pay the due rewards. Otherwise, the reputation of being ungrateful is enough to destroy your country-"

"Got it, Gandalf." The 1.5-meter-tall dwarf in the lead interrupted the old man's chatter. "You've been telling me all these things all the way. I will definitely give out enough wealth as a reward. They have the ability to kill a dragon in an instant. I'm not stupid and I won't seek death. The power that can kill a dragon in an instant can also easily break through the Lonely Mountain. I am willing to pay 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 scene in the city.

"When River Valley City was at its most prosperous, it was not even half as prosperous as it is now. I am becoming more and more interested in the current River Valley King."

Arriving at the palace gate, 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 the Valley should be magnificent, not even smaller than the school they passed by before.

After informing the guard at the door, the guard ran directly in to inform King Ryan of the Valley.

During this period, 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 documents. The rest of the time Ryan was used to learn the knowledge about the elves he had obtained before. Even with the help of the rose crystal as an external thinking circuit, Ryan still found it extremely difficult to learn. After all, these were the knowledge accumulated by the elves for tens of thousands of years.

Just as he was immersed in his 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 to the dwarves and Gandalf who were sitting on the sofa. The dwarves seemed very interested in the sofa. They twisted around on the sofa and tapped it with their fingers out of curiosity. They didn't quiet down until the leading dwarf coughed.

"I am Thorin Oakenshield, King of Erebor, and I hope to go to the Lonely Mountain to rebuild my kingdom." The leading dwarf stated his purpose very straightforwardly, which was in line with the dwarves' straightforward character. "Of course, I will give you half of the wealth in the treasury as a thank you for killing Smaug and taking back the Lonely Mountain."

"Why so generous?" Llane had already prepared himself to face an unreasonable dwarf king. Of course, this might also be because Thorin Oakenshield had not yet seen the mountains of gold and silver in the Lonely Mountain, so his mind was still clear for the time being.

"Of course, I'll take you there myself." Ryan nodded, and said to them after Rose Quartz climbed onto his shoulder; "Okay, let's go now."

"You are truly a righteous king," Gandalf said as he stood up. With a small group of cavalry escorting them, they left the city and headed for the entrance of the Lonely Mountain.

"What's going on?" When he was very close to the entrance of Lonely Mountain, Thorin was surprised to find a large group of people busying around there, including many elves he disliked.

"The last dragon has been shot down. Not many of us know how to deal with a dragon, so we can only use the materials on it to hire the elves in the Mirkwood to help." Ryan said with a smile, "Luckily, I know magic that can ensure that the dragon's body will not rot, so everyone can handle it carefully to minimize the losses."

"After I get the Arkenstone back, can you allow my people to buy the materials? We will pay for the weapons and armor we make." Thorin asked after looking at the dragon's body exposed from the canvas. "We'll talk about it later. We need to discuss this carefully." Ryan led them to the gate of the Lonely Mountain. It was previously blocked by huge rocks moved by Ryan using magic. Now, under the command of his magic wand, stones as big as carriages flew up and were thrown aside by the power of magic. The dwarves listened to the sound of stones hitting the ground and swallowed their saliva quietly.

"Okay, you can go in. Just call me when you're done." Ryan sat there leaning against a big rock and watched the dwarves go in through the tunnel on the mountain. Gandalf did not follow them in, but walked to Ryan with his wand and sat down, then asked curiously: "Your Highness, I'm curious about how you mastered the power of magic?"

"Just call me Ryan." Ryan felt that it was a bit inappropriate for this tens of thousands of years old Maiar to call him by a respectful title. "I am a traveler from another world, so naturally I know magic."

"From another world?" Gandalf opened his eyes in shock and looked at Ryan. Ryan felt that at this moment there seemed to be a ball of immortal flame dancing in his eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm not a plunderer." Ryan said, "The way I get benefits is to promote the development of that world, so that I can get benefits from various worlds for a long time. I will never do such things as plundering to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. You can see it from everything I did in the valley. As for why I am willing to let those dwarves restore their country, they are the best miners. Just like I can exchange the technology of making the magic ring from the elves, I am also confident that there will be a steady supply of goods from them to exchange for enough mithril, gems and other things that I need."

"I believe you, and I welcome you on behalf of Middle-earth, my friend." At this time, the fire in Gandalf's eyes faded. He might have communicated with a certain Valar just now. And Llane passed the review of the gods of this world, and he can do business here freely in the future.

After that, the two began to exchange their knowledge, which was different from what they had imagined. Gandalf was happy to share his magic and fighting skills. According to him, the righteous side must help each other. Only in this way can they survive and defeat the dark forces.

Faced with Gandalf's generosity, Llane was embarrassed to keep it to himself. However, since Gandalf was a Maia, much of his knowledge was of little use to him, and in the end he only learned the production method of the Rose Madonna and several methods of practicing internal skills.

Because the two 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 with cold sweat, came out of the lonely mountain with his subordinates. Each of them pulled a large cart, which was piled 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 it was difficult for me to break free from it." Thorin Oakenshield told him directly what had just happened.

"And how did you get free?" asked Gandalf, with great interest.

"I stood in the vault for a long time, and then I saw from the illusion that the King of the Valley waved his hand and easily broke through the wall of Lonely Mountain and pinned me to the ground and beat me. Then I woke up all of a sudden." When Thorin said this, he glanced at Llane.

"Yes, the illusion you saw should be true. If you break your promise, I will really do this. The magical walls of Lonely Mountain cannot save you." After saying this, Ryan raised his hand and fired an electromagnetic cannon. A beam of orange-red light directly penetrated the thick wall. Several dwarves immediately felt that they had indeed escaped death.

"At least you've come to your senses, my friend," Gandalf said, looking at Thorin.

(End of this chapter)