The sky was just slightly white.

The elven army and the refugee army of Rivervalley Town gathered together, the elven army was the vanguard, and the refugee army followed closely behind, and drove mightily to the lonely mountain.

On the other side of the lonely mountain, the dwarves have long been prepared.

Bilbo, on the other hand, returned to the palace of the Lonely Mountain before dawn and stood with the dwarves.

Beaufer gave Bilbo a strange look, lowered his voice and asked, "Why are you back?" ”

Bilbo laughed, "I'm not a deserter. ”

Beaufer grinned, "I knew I wasn't wrong about you. Well, let's fight side by side together! ”

Bilbo laughed: "Don't worry, this war can't be fought." ”

Beaufer asked curiously, "Why do you say that?" ”

Bilbo smirked smugly, "You'll find out later." ”

At this time, the elven soldiers in golden helmets and golden armor stopped in front of the palace of the Lonely Mountain and stood in a neat formation, although the refugee troops were also well-equipped and had been temporarily trained by elf instructors, but they were all just civilians after all, so they all stood up and slanted, and they did not look good.

Visually, though, the number of this coalition is staggering.

Compared with such a disparity in strength, the dwarves of the Lonely Mountain naturally can't win.

As soon as the soldiers stopped, Bard and King Thranduil rode out of the formation on their respective mounts and walked under the walls of the palace of the Lonely Mountain.

The dwarves on the walls immediately drew their bows and aimed at Bard and Thrandil.

Thorin shot an arrow right in front of the white stag and the unicorn, and both mounts hissed at the same time and stopped.

Thorin shouted coldly, "One more step ahead, and you will all die!" ”

The elven army quickly drew their bows and aimed them at Thorin and the other dwarves.

You know, the wood elves are all marksmen, and the dwarves all retreat to the back, but Thorin gritted his teeth and held on.

King Thranduil smiled coldly, raised his hand and waved, and the elven army behind him immediately put away their bows and arrows in unison.

Thorin slowly let go of the bow and arrow in his hand, and then said coldly: "If you want to attack the Lonely Mountain, then let the horse come, now just the two of you, what do you mean?" Do you want to make peace? ”

King Thranduil sneered and said, "The reason why we are here is to tell you that your debt has been paid. ”

Thorin frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" What paid off? I didn't give you anything! You didn't get anything from me! ”

Bud then pulled the colorful heart of the mountain out of his pocket, "We got this!" ”

Thorin's face turned pale.

He worked hard to find the heart of the mountain range in the Lonely Mountain King's Palace at any cost, and at this moment it was in the hands of a human!

This! That's impossible!

Chili next to him roared angrily: "Thief! You are all thieves! How could the heart of the mountain that has been passed down from generation to generation by our lonely mountain dwarves be in your hands! You must have stolen it! ”

Fili also shouted loudly, "That gem belongs to the real Dwarven King of the Lonely Mountain, and no one else can touch it!" ”

The other Lone Mountain Dwarves all roared angrily.

And Thorin was still at a loss, he really couldn't figure out why the gem that should have been in the palace of the Lonely Mountain King had run into the hands of Bud.

Bard shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "Your king can take it, it's useless for us to ask for this thing, we mean it, not malicious, but, first, he has to learn to fulfill the promise he made." ”

Thorin shook his head and whispered to the dwarves beside him, "No, it's not true, it's a ploy, yes, it's their ploy, they take us for fools, they use some evil magic to disguise a piece of the heart of the mountains, and then trick us into opening the gate, and when we open it, they will rush up." ”

The dwarves next to him were all confused.

The Heart of the Mountains is the only one in the world, and it is not something that magic can disguise at all.

What's more, the dwarves have an eye that can distinguish the real from the fake, which is also their racial specialty.

Now, however, Thorin says that the heart of the glittering mountains is fake, and this ......

Thorin yelled at Bard, "Don't try to deceive me with such dirty tricks! You don't even have the Heart of the Mountains in your hands! The true heart of the mountain is still in our palace of the Lonely Mountain! You're playing a trick! ”

"No......" a weak voice sounded from behind Thorin, "it's not a ploy. ”

The dwarves all looked back in astonishment.

Bilbo stood in front of Thorin with a solemn face.

Thorin stared at Bilbo with wide eyes, as if he were looking at a stranger.

Bilbo sighed and said truthfully, "That gem is genuine, I found it from the palace of the Lonely Mountain, and I gave it to Lord Bud. ”

"What?" Thorin shook his head in disbelief, "Why?" Why? Aren't we friends? Am I not good enough for you? Why! Bilbo! Tell me! Here's why! Why steal my things, to my enemies! ”

Bilbo sighed, "I didn't steal it, I just counted that gem as my one-sixteenth reward, and if you think I'm not qualified alone, then add the share of Lord Diedi and Lady Hammer, I think, the three of us are enough to have this gem as a reward, right?" Along the way, if it weren't for us, you wouldn't have been able to return to the Lonely Mountain! ”

Thorin roared angrily, "Then you can take the other gold and silver treasures!" Even if you empty the Lonely Mountain Palace, you just need to give me the heart of the mountain left! You know how much I need the Heart of the Mountains! But you have handed him over to my enemies! You thief! You traitor! ”

Bilbo exclaimed, "No! I'm not a thief! Nor are they traitors! That's why I did this because I still think of you as friends! Thorin, look at you, you're crazy enough! If you continue to be obsessed with this, all people will die! You're going to kill everyone! ”

Thorin yelled, "You traitor! ”

Bilbo smiled bitterly and said, "I have wanted to give this gem to you countless times, but after seeing your performance, I feel that if I give you the Heart of the Mountain, I am doing you harm." You're already crazy, and you're going to be even crazier with the Heart of the Mountains. As a friend, I don't want to see you continue to go crazy. ”

Thorin yelled angrily, "Someone! Throw this thief down for me! ”

None of the dwarves present moved.

Thorin was stunned and said, "What? Do you think the thief is right? You think I'm crazy, too? Do you think I've worked so hard to get here just to keep that few broken bucks? I'm restoring the glory of the Lonely Mountain Clan! ”。

The dwarves all bowed their heads and remained silent.

Thorin roared angrily: "Okay, if you don't do it, I'll come!" ”