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Then, amidst a burst of crazy screams, Dui led a group of floating people towards Lonely Mountain like flying kites.

Gandalf, who was sitting behind Dui, watched this scene and laughed happily, and was also annoyed that he had not thought of this trick before.

On the back of Gushan Mountain, there is a zigzag staircase starting from the foot of the mountain and extending all the way to the mountainside.

Dui rode his broom directly to the end of the stairs.

There is a flat stone platform here, and there is no way to go up.

Chapter 99: Alaho Opens

"It should be right here."

Gandalf said affirmatively, looking at the stone platform.

Dui nodded and lowered his broom onto the stone platform.

As soon as the two landed, Dui took the opportunity to untie the ropes and spells on the dwarves.

The dwarves' beards and hair were messy and blown into various hairstyles by the wind.

The embarrassed Thorin looked unhappy and swore that he would rather walk on his own than ride Dui's flying broom again.

Although Bilbo looked a little embarrassed, his face was full of excitement and stimulation. He was worthy of the adventurous blood of the Took family, and now he was completely stimulated.

"Stand by the grey rock while the thrush strikes, and the sun goes down, and the last ray of Durin's Day falls upon the keyhole."

Thorin took out the map of Lonely Mountain and began to look for reference objects according to the information translated by Elrond.

"Gray rock, that's what you're talking about."

Thorin immediately saw a huge gray rock in front of the mountain wall. His eyes suddenly lit up and he immediately walked to the rock.

"Standing next to the rock, you should be able to see the back door, but where is the door? Where is the keyhole?"

Thorin stood beside the rock as indicated on the map, but after searching the surrounding stone walls carefully, he found no sign of a door or keyhole.

The other dwarves also continued searching, trying to find any clues.

Thorin, who found nothing, became more and more anxious as he searched, and even suspected that Elrond had lied.

"Calm down, Thorin," said Gandalf. "The closer it gets to the end, the calmer you must be!"

"Don't overlook the details. The map says the last rays of sunlight will shine on the keyhole. So we should just wait. After all, it's still early for sunset."

After hearing Gandalf's words, Thorin calmed down a little, but his expression was still not good.

"Then I will wait, but if I still don't find out, I swear, I will make the elves of Rivendell pay the price for his lies!"

Gandalf frowned and spoke for Elrond, "Elrond's credibility is unquestionable. He has no need to lie about this matter. Thorin, you cannot doubt him just because of prejudice."

"Hmph, I hope so." Thorin said coldly.

Gandalf shook his head, walked over to Dewi, sighed, and whispered, "Thorin is becoming less and less calm the closer we get to the Lonely Mountain. I'm afraid we must prepare for the worst!"

"The madness inherited from the bloodline of the Dulin royal family is uncontrollable. Once it breaks out, it will not only kill him, but also implicate others!"

Gandalf's tone was a little heavy, his expression full of worry.

Dewi was not as worried as Gandalf. He shook his head and said comfortingly, "There will always be a way to solve the problem when it comes. Gandalf, you don't have to worry too much."

"I hope so," Gandalf sighed.

Seeing that Gandalf was still worried, Dewi changed the subject: "But if you want to find the back door of Lonely Mountain, I have a way. Maybe we don't have to wait until sunset."

Gandalf was a little surprised to hear what Dewi said.

"Do you have some magic that can find hidden secret doors?"

Dui shook his head and took out the crystal of true knowledge.

"In addition to being able to see distant scenes, the Crystal of True Knowledge can also see events in the past. Perhaps it can be used to find the location of the back gate of Lonely Mountain."

Dui didn't lower his voice, so the others heard what he said and looked over at once.

Thorin even walked over and stared at the crystal in Dui's hand with a burning gaze.

"Duyle, try it!"

If Thorin hadn't known that this was Dui's thing, he would have wanted to snatch it away and use it for himself.

Dui frowned and glanced at Thorin coldly.

Could it be that the dragon disease had such a profound effect? ​​Thorin was now a completely different person. He had become impatient, and while he wasn't crazy, he wasn't calm either.

Gandalf was a little worried and reminded him, "The dragon is in the mountain now. Be careful not to look at it when you use the Stone of True Knowledge, otherwise it will easily be noticed by it, and it will be troublesome if it alerts the dragon."

Dui knew the seriousness of the matter, so he naturally took the initiative to avoid the dragon's location when checking.

How far into the past a crystal ball can see is determined by the user's mental will.

With Dui's current strength, it is simply unrealistic for him to check out the first and second ancient eras, or even the era of the Twin Sacred Trees.

But if we look at things that happened hundreds of years ago, it is not a problem.

A picture quickly appeared in the crystal of true knowledge: a sturdy dwarf wearing an iron crown appeared at the location where Dui and the others were.

He walked to the gray rock, waiting for the afterglow of the setting sun and the rising moonlight to merge, and finally for the light to converge at a point on the stone wall.

The dwarf wearing an iron crown came to the stone wall, inserted a golden key into the small hole at the light spot, and twisted it gently. Suddenly, a stone door appeared on the stone wall.

The stone door opened, and the dwarf wearing the iron crown walked in...

"That's my grandfather!" Thorin looked at the dwarf that appeared in the crystal ball with a somewhat excited and complicated expression.

Then, based on the image displayed on the crystal ball of truth, he quickly found the location of the secret door and the keyhole.

"Where is the keyhole? It's clearly right here, why is there no keyhole?" Thorin kept searching and groping at the keyhole, but there was only a bare stone wall and no hole to insert the key.

Gandalf walked forward and tapped the stone wall lightly with his staff, explaining to the anxious Thorin and the others:

"I think the keyhole must be hidden. It requires a specific time and conditions to appear. For example, when the afterglow of the last sunset of Durin's Day intersects with the moonlight at a point, the keyhole will appear."

"So we still need to wait until sunset?" Everyone suddenly realized.

Although Thorin was anxious, after hearing Gandalf's explanation, he could only wait for the sunset.

Dui was somewhat interested in the hidden keyhole. Although the dwarves did not know magic, they could use their superb forging skills to give extraordinary properties to the forged objects.

He wanted to see if his magic could work on it?

"Let me try." Dui said.

Now that the keyhole was located, Dui raised his wand and pointed it at the keyhole, chanting, "Aloho!"

A spell shot into the keyhole, and the next second a faint sound of gears turning was heard, and the mountain shook slightly.

Amid the astonished expressions of the dwarves, a rectangular stone door appeared from the stone wall and then opened automatically.

"Well, it looks like we don't need to wait until sunset," Dui said with a smile.

Obviously, the dwarf craftsman who built the secret door had considered various situations and set a specific time, specific conditions, and a key to successfully open the secret door.

But they had never expected that Dui's magic was completely unreasonable and directly skipped over all of this to open the door.

Chapter 100 Entering Lonely Mountain

Looking at the secret door that was easily opened by Dui's spell.

For a moment, Thorin didn't know whether he should be happy that the secret door was opened, or worried that his back door was useless.

However, since the door was opened, everyone did not stay and entered the secret passage behind the door one after another.

At that time, the dwarves of Durin hollowed out the entire Lonely Mountain, and the dragon was located in the hall near the front door, so people did not have to worry about being discovered by the dragon when entering.

As their former home, Thorin, Balin and other older dwarves knew the internal structure of Lonely Mountain very well and easily led everyone to a hidden room.

Along the way, you can see the skeletons of many dwarves. They were all dwarves who failed to escape when the dragon occupied Lonely Mountain.

After everyone arrived at the hidden room, they stopped moving forward.

The dragon Smaug is very familiar with the scent of dwarves and humans, and if you get any closer, you will easily be detected by the dragon.

Everyone's eyes fell on Bilbo. In order to avoid alerting the dragon Smaug as much as possible, they could only rely on "Mr. Thief" to steal the Arkenstone.

In this way, they would not have to face the dragon directly. Once they got the Arkenstone, they would return to the Lonely Mountain along the same route. Then Thorin could summon the seven tribes of dwarves to attack the Lonely Mountain in the name of the King under the Mountain.

Thorin walked up to Bilbo and patted him on the shoulder.

"It's up to you now! I believe you can get the Arkenstone, right?"

Bilbo felt a little uncomfortable with Thorin's gaze and turned his head uncomfortably.

"Uh, I'll try my best!"

His tone was a little unconfident, after all, he was going to face a giant dragon next.

Then he felt the pressure on his shoulders become heavier.

"Not try, but must! We must get the Arkenstone!"

Thorin's voice was filled with madness and persistence.

"Enough!" Dewi waved his hand and threw Thorin away from Bilbo in an instant.

Then he stood beside Bilbo and looked at Thorin with cold eyes.

"Thorin Oakenshield, Bilbo is not your man or servant, you'd better treat him with respect!"

Gandalf also frowned and looked at him disappointedly.

"Thorin, wake up! Don't let madness consume your sanity. Look at yourself. You are becoming less and less like the Thorin Oakenshield you used to be!"

"Perhaps it was a wrong decision to let you come to Lonely Mountain in the first place. The closer you get to the Lonely Mountain, the more the dragon disease hidden in your blood becomes apparent. It's trying to make you destroy yourself!"

"No, I have never been so clear-headed!" Thorin glared at Gandalf angrily. "Nothing is more important than the Arkenstone! As long as I have the Arkenstone, I can take back my Lonely Mountain and my treasure!"

"Compared to this, everything else is nothing!"

"These are not the most important things to you, Thorin Oakenshield. Look around you. Your companions and people are your treasures. Don't let desire blind your eyes!"

Gandalf tries to awaken Thorin's conscience.

Hearing this, Thorin looked at the dwarves who were looking at him with concern. His eyes fluctuated a little, but were quickly suppressed by another crazy obsession, and his eyes became paranoid and crazy.