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There was still no response this time.

Anger showed on Gandalf's face, and he raised his staff to smash the huge stone blocking the door in front of him.

At this moment, a short figure stuck his head out from the city wall and waved quickly.

"Gandalf, I'm here!"

Gandalf looked up and said in surprise, "Bilbo, why is it you? Where are Thorin and the other dwarves?"

Seeing Gandalf, Bilbo seemed to see hope and quickly explained:

"Thorin has gone crazy. After you left with the dragon, he had Bofur and the others blow up the gate with explosives, completely blocking this place. Now he has everyone searching the treasury for the Arkenstone... Oh my God, what is that?!"

Before Bilbo could finish his words, he saw the figure of the giant dragon Smaug in the distance, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

"Gandalf, why did the dragon come back with you?"

Gandalf smiled and said, "The dragon was tamed by Doir, and he is now Doir's mount."

"Is this true?" Bilbo was stunned and rubbed his eyes in disbelief, trying to make sure he was not dreaming.

How come the dragon suddenly became Duir's mount after only being out for half a day?

"Well, Bilbo, go and get Thorin. I want to talk to him."

said Gandalf.

Bilbo was still immersed in the shock of the dragon being tamed. He nodded stupidly and turned to call Thorin.

Time passed little by little.

When Gandalf's patience was almost exhausted, Thorin slowly appeared on the city wall.

But before he could speak arrogantly, he saw the giant dragon behind Gandalf, his pupils shrank, and his body instinctively stepped back.

"Gandalf, what does this mean? Why did the dragon follow you back? Are you colluding with the dragon to steal my treasure?"

Thorin demanded sharply, his eyes filled with a crazy obsession and anxiety about the treasure.

Gandalf rolled his eyes, feeling helpless at Thorin's crazy attitude of talking about treasure.

Thorin is now obviously terminally ill, and all he has in his eyes is greed and possessiveness for treasure.

"Thorin, son of Thrain, you have reclaimed the Lonely Mountain, and we rejoice for you," Gandalf said loudly.

"But why should the King under the Mountain keep himself within his walls, like a robber in a stronghold?"

Thorin looked at Gandalf at the foot of the city, and at Due and the dragon in the distance with a wary and suspicious look.

"The reason for this is, of course, that I have robbers coming to my house, intending to steal my treasure!"

"Besides, I'm not the King Under the Mountain yet. My clan's heirloom, the Arkenstone, has not been found yet. I will block everyone from entering or leaving until we find the Arkenstone!"

Gandalf was so angry at Thorin's words that he had a heart attack.

"My Valar, Thorin Oakenshield, none here would covet your treasure! It is of little value!"

"What you should do now isn't to guard your treasure and trap yourself in a cage. Instead, you should actively contact other dwarves and form an alliance with the humans of Long Lake Town. Build defenses, forge weapons, and together resist the impending danger!"

"Danger? Apart from the danger caused by you bringing the dragon, I don't see any other danger!" Thorin said coldly.

"Thorin Oakenshield, wake up! We are not your enemies. The dragon Smaug has been subdued by Duir and he is on our side!" Gandalf's voice carried a power that shocked the mind.

"The threat from Lonely Mountain is not over yet. The Orc army may appear at any time. We must organize more forces to deal with the threat from the Orcs!"

There was a bit of struggle in Thorin's eyes, as if he was persuaded.

But in the end, his possessiveness for the treasure prevailed, and his eyes became cold again.

"Gandalf, you are not welcome here, please leave!"

Gandalf trembled at Thorin's dry beard.

"What about me, Thorin Oakenshield?" Dui's voice came. He rode his broomstick to Thorin and looked down at him coldly. "You promised me before that when I helped you recapture the Lonely Mountain, one tenth of its treasure would belong to me."

"Now that I've helped you solve the dragon problem and allowed you to retake Lonely Mountain, when will you pay me?"

Thorin looked at Dui who flew in front of him, his pupils shrank, and his expression became alert and vigilant.

The giant dragon Smaug, who was staying in the distance, also let out a deafening dragon roar and stared at him intently.

The fear of the dragon at this moment made Thorin instinctively regain some rationality, allowing him to swallow his words of rejection in time.

He looked at Dui holding the magic wand in front of him, and then looked at the dragon in the distance. His face was extremely gloomy and ugly. His heart was struggling for a long time as if it was bleeding and cutting flesh. Then he gritted his teeth and said:

"I promise to give you one tenth of the treasure after I find the Arkenstone!"

But Dui was not easy to fool. He narrowed his eyes and said:

"But if the Arkenstone isn't found, or if it's found but you don't tell me, are you going to give it away?"

Thorin's expression turned even uglier. "Of course not, but you promised me to recapture the Lonely Mountain. If you want a share of the treasure, you must help me find the Arkenstone first!"

Dui chuckled and shook his head, and with a flick of his fingers, the contract flew out of his pocket and floated in front of Thorin.

"I think you may have remembered it wrongly, Thorin Oakenshield. The contract only requires me to help you retake the Lonely Mountain, but it does not mention helping you find the Arkenstone. This is a requirement outside the contract, and I did not agree to it."

"Besides, Smaug unleashed so much dragon fire in the treasury before. Who knows if the Arkenstone would be burned to ashes by the dragon fire?"

"I have fulfilled the terms of the contract. Now it's time for you to fulfill your original promise!"

Faced with Dui's strong attitude, Thorin's gloomy face seemed to be dripping with ink.

"Give me a month."

"In a month, I will place your share of the treasure before you, without missing a single cent."

Dui looked at him meaningfully and said, "I hope you can keep your word."

Then he turned his broom around and asked Bilbo, who was not far away:

"Bilbo, will you leave with Gandalf and me?"

Bilbo looked at Thorin, who had a gloomy face, and then at Dewi, who had a smiling face. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded.

Hearing this, Dewi landed his broom and reached out to pull Bilbo onto it.

"Don't go!" Thorin's voice suddenly rang out.

Dui paused, turned to look at Thorin, his expression cold.

"do you have any opinion?"

Bilbo also looked at Thorin in astonishment.

"You can leave if you want, but you must prove that you didn't take anything belonging to Lonely Mountain!"

Thorin said, looking at Bilbo with a skeptical look on his face.

A demonic pressure erupted from Dui's body.

"Thorin Oakenshield, am I being too generous to you? To let you suspect my friend?"

Thorin felt as if the air around him suddenly solidified, and even breathing became suffocating.

But even so, he still gritted his teeth and said, "If he didn't hide it, why didn't he dare let me check? Is the Arkenstone hidden on his body?"

Dewi drew his wand and was ready to teach him a lesson.

He was stopped by Bilbo.

Bilbo stopped Dewi's wand and shook his head slightly with a calm expression.

"Duyle, it's okay. Since he suspects me, let him check and prove my innocence."

Seeing Bilbo speak, Dewi snorted coldly and let go of Thorin.

Thorin breathed hard to relieve the feeling of suffocation, but he looked at Dui with even more fear and a hint of dread.

Under Thorin's gaze, Bilbo opened his pockets one by one to prove that he had nothing hidden.

"Wait, and that purse, I know it's enchanted and can hold a lot of things."

Bilbo was now completely disappointed with Thorin. He nodded expressionlessly, then opened the purse and poured it to the ground.

In an instant, all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry fell out and quickly piled up on the ground into a small hill.

These were among the treasures Dui had previously harvested from the Goblin Cave.

Thorin looked at the treasure in front of him, greed flashed in his eyes. Suffering from dragon disease, he wanted to take all the treasure he saw into his pocket.

However, he still had a trace of rationality. Looking at Dui in front of him and the giant dragon that was eyeing this side with a covetous look, he suppressed his greed.

Dui naturally noticed the change in Thorin's eyes. He sneered, pointed at the pile of treasure on the ground, and said:

"Now, go and search among these treasures to see if there is anything that belongs to your Lonely Mountain. If you don't find it, please put them all back into the purse and return them to Bilbo!"

Naturally, Thorin failed to find the Arkenstone he wanted.

Under Dewi's threat, Bilbo had no choice but to put the treasure back into his purse and return it to Bilbo.

Then Duey took Bilbo away from the city wall and flew towards Gandalf.

"Welcome back, Bilbo."

Gandalf said, smiling at Bilbo.

He also saw what happened on the city wall and was disappointed with Thorin's performance.

Today, Thorin no longer has the rationality and conscience he once had, and is left with only paranoia, obsession with treasure, and greed.

At the same time, he felt a little guilty. If this expedition had not been organized, would Thorin be safe?

Fortunately, Dewi didn't know what Gandalf was thinking now, otherwise he would just say he was overthinking it.

Reclaiming the Lonely Mountain is Thorin Oakenshield's obsession. Even if Gandalf was not there, he would probably go to the Lonely Mountain.

And without Gandalf's care, he would have been defeated and died at the hands of orcs just like his father, King Thrain II.

Or they would reach Lonely Mountain and eventually be devoured by the dragon's flames.

The three of them left the gate of Lonely Mountain and headed towards River Valley City.

During this time, Bilbo experienced riding a dragon for the first time. He was so excited that his face turned red and he forgot all the unpleasantness that had just happened on the city wall.

"By the way, Duyle, I searched the entire treasury for the mandrake you lent me, but couldn't find it. Could it have been burned by the dragon's flame?"

On the dragon's back, Bilbo suddenly thought of something and said to Dui with an apologetic look on his face.