A magical journey that begins at Hogwarts

"It's a pity that you've lost your only chance."

"How about the golden armor?" Thorin Oakenshield's wildly imaginative ideas more than made up for that. "Smaug said, his abdomen turning red, "but I don't want anyone else to know, so please, die!"

boom!

A torrent of fiery dragon breath erupted, the flames shooting straight toward the clock tower.

Just then, a white magic circle suddenly appeared, and a transparent circular barrier enveloped the clock tower, separating it from the flames.

"call!"

Si Nian breathed a heavy sigh of relief; the ultimate defensive magic circle had indeed not disappointed him.

“Interesting magic,” Smaug murmured in surprise, then looked at Aaron with a meaningful gaze. “But how many times can you block it?”

Chapter 269 I create the opportunity, you seize it.

"I don't know." The thought-form shrugged bluntly, "But it should be enough to hold out until I kill you."

"Such arrogance." Smaug slowly walked to the clock tower, a slight grin revealing a row of sharp dragon teeth, and sneered, "But how will you kill me? Do you still have black arrows?"

Upon hearing this, Bard's heart sank slightly.

Smaug narrowly dodged the only black arrow, and now he could only use ordinary iron arrows to attack the wound on its left chest, but the effect would certainly not be as good as the black arrow; at most, it could only injure it.

Moreover, now that Smaug is on guard, they might not even be able to hit him with their iron arrows.

“Yes, and more than one.” The psychic looked directly into Smaug’s eyes, waved its white wand, and three black arrows landed on the wooden frame next to the crossbow.

"What? Where did these come from?" A string of exclamation marks floated above Bard's head. Wasn't he the only one in Longlake who had preserved a black arrow?

"It's heartbreaking to tell you!" the person lamented. "What do you think I did all day? I searched the lake for ages before finding these three."

"Impossible. You would need to dive at least tens of meters to reach the bottom, let alone search for things down there."

“I am a wizard,” the thought-provoking entity said with a meaningful smile.

Bard was speechless. The illogical things suddenly made perfect sense when applied to wizards.

"Black Arrow, Wind Crossbow!" Smaug roared through gritted teeth at Aaron, "Dragon Speaker, why must you oppose me?"

To activate the Dragon Slayer Crystal?

No, you definitely can't say that.

After a few seconds of silence, the thought entity spoke up: "I just simply feel that dragon slayers are more prestigious than dragon speakers."

Smaug was stunned for a moment, then angrily spewed out dragonfire.

The transparent barrier reappeared, protecting the clock tower, but soon became barely visible.

Seeing this, Smaug increased his output, and the dragon flames became even more intense.

Bard immediately loaded the black arrow into the crossbow and fired it fiercely at the wound in Smaug's left chest.

This time it was prepared and used its wings to block the black arrow, but the price was that a piece of its green scale developed fine cracks.

"Damn it!" Bud pounded the wall in frustration.

“You can’t stop me.” Smaug said coldly after exhaling a burst of dragonfire, “The magic circle is about to shatter. You can think of your last words and then turn to ashes.”

"That's not necessarily true." Aaron tapped the clock tower with his wand, and the magic crystal began to provide magic power to the magic circle, instantly stabilizing the barrier.

Smaug was dumbfounded and even began to doubt Dragon's life.

Damn it, killing people used to be effortless, but now it's so difficult.

"I will kill you all, I will definitely kill you all." Smaug said, covering his chest with one hand and pounding the protective shield with the other.

"What do we do?" Bard said anxiously. "There are only two black arrows left, and we have no chance of hitting the wound."

“Opportunities are created. I create opportunities, and you have to seize them,” the thought-provoking entity said meaningfully, then drew its bow and aimed at Smaug’s right eye once more.

The arrow flew out at lightning speed. Smaug instinctively tried to swat it away with his right claw, but before he could even raise his right arm, he saw Bard aiming his crossbow with a menacing look. He had no choice but to close his eyes in frustration.

boom!

The iron arrow bounced off Smaug's eyelids, but it was not happy at all.

"Despicable bastard." Smaug looked at Aaron speechlessly, feeling an overwhelming sense of frustration for the first time in a battle against a human.

Upon hearing this, the Thought-Body chuckled softly, then turned to Bard and gave him a wink, "Am I despicable?"

Bard: ......

"Not despicable, but perfectly upright."

The corner of her eye twitched slightly. Why did you hesitate for several seconds? Is it difficult for you to tell the truth?

“You heard that, great Smaug.” The psychic shrugged. “If I had a body the same size as you, the same hard scales, and the same sharp claws, I would definitely fight you one-on-one, but we don’t have those, do we?”

You can bully the weak, abuse your power, and indiscriminately kill the innocent, so why can't I... shoot you in the eyes?

Smaug blinked, then roared and slammed his arms down, “I’ll kill you.”

"Shoot!" the thought entity shouted immediately, and Bard adjusted the angle of the crossbow at that moment, firing the penultimate black arrow.

boom!

The barrier was hit hard, and a faint crack appeared.

At the same time, the black arrow grazed several scales and struck Smaug's wound.

Unfortunately, some of the arrow's power was diminished, and it only pierced the flesh, failing to kill it.

"what!"

Smaug soared into the air, and the townspeople who were fleeing for their lives heard the dragon's painful cries. They turned around and saw a black arrow stuck in its chest.

"He hit it! My dad hit it!" Barn shouted excitedly.

"He hit it! He hit the dragon!" Kili shouted. "You all saw it!"

“That was a black arrow,” Tarel murmured. “No wonder it pierced through dragon skin.”

"Did we win?" Boff breathed a sigh of relief. "Can we get out now?"

“No,” Tarell said immediately. “Just in case, we cannot leave the area of ​​this magic circle until we are certain that the dragon is dead.”

Smaug pulled the black arrow from his chest mid-air, and a large amount of red blood splattered into the lake.

It spewed flames at Changhu Town to vent its raging anger.

"This still can't kill it?" Bard asked incredulously, then looked down at the last black arrow. "There's only one chance left. It's going to get even harder from here on out."

"No matter how difficult it is, we have to go for it!"

Also, I have bad news for you: the magic circle is about to collapse.

"That's really bad news." Bard smiled bitterly and loaded the black arrow into the crossbow.

After Smaug turned Long Lake into a sea of ​​fire, he landed back in front of the clock tower, but much calmer than before.

"Unfortunately, no one can kill me, no one."

“We still have one more Black Arrow,” the Thought Entity said calmly. “You have no right to be arrogant until you fire it.”

Smaug's voice stopped abruptly, and he immediately flapped his wings to distance himself from the two.

Its wings whipped up hurricanes, interfering with the direction of the black arrows, and while flying at high speed, it spewed dragon flames to attack the magic circle on the clock tower.

"Damn it, they've gotten smarter," the Thoughtful Body cursed. "Is it really necessary to be so cautious? If you're so capable, come down and fight me one-on-one!"

Bard's lips twitched, and he was speechless.

Smaug almost died; anyone with a brain would know that they shouldn't take any more risks.

Click!Click!

"Gaius, the shield is about to shatter."

"I know, at worst I can use my own magical energy to power the magic circle."

“Even so, we can only buy ourselves a chance to catch our breath. If Smaug continues like this, he can wear us down completely.”

Si Nianti frowned, understanding their current predicament.

After taking several deep breaths, the thought turned to Bard and said, "You must seize the opportunity I'm giving you."

Bud nodded emphatically. "What are you going to do?"

“Of course I’ll go myself,” the thought-provoking entity said with a smile, then pointed its wand at the lake.

"A black arrow is coming."

A black arrow flew out of the lake and landed in his hand.

"Black Arrow?"

"Don't overthink it. Spells are limited. You can only find one if you're lucky, and this one is for myself." The thought entity cut off Bard's wishful thinking and then raised the white wand.

"Call the gods to protect you."

A white vortex emerged from the tip of the wand, its powerful magic spreading outwards in concentric circles, even suppressing the raging flames burning around it.

The white magical ripples forced Smaug back, but they couldn't break through his defenses.

“Great magic, but you think this will stop me? I am Smaug!” Smaug roared.

"Of course not." The Thought Entity shook its head and increased its magic output.

Roar!

The dragon-shaped guardian deity took shape in the sky, radiating a holy light.

Aaron's first guardian deity was the raven, and his second guardian deity was Abe—the Holy Dragon.

However, he is currently only a mage, and the holy dragon guardian he summons is only a dozen meters in size, far from being comparable to Smaug.

“A second dragon,” Smaug said in astonishment. “No, you are not a real dragon, you only have the form of a dragon.”

Aaron waved his wand, and the Holy Dragon Guardian roared as it flew toward Smaug.

"court death."

Smaug opened his mouth wide and spewed out crimson flames.