"Sorry, quiet!"

Thorin obviously saw Gandalf's embarrassment, but he had induced it in the first place, and he just wanted to use Gandalf's name to increase the confidence of the dwarves.

But he didn't want Gandalf to blame him for this, so he quickly apologized to Gandalf and stopped the other dwarves from questioning.

"If we can see these signs, don't you think others can't see them? Rumors had begun to spread, and the dragon Smaug had not been seen for sixty years, and countless eyes were staring east at the mountain, speculating, speculating, and weighing the risks. ”

"Perhaps our people's great wealth is now uncared for, and we are sitting on the sidelines and allowing others to take away what belongs to us? Or do you want to seize this opportunity and reclaim Irubi? ”

Thorin continued to agitate against the twelve dwarves, he needed to give them more faith, and with his words, he himself seemed to want it to be true.

"Fight!"

Most of the twelve dwarves shouted excitedly, slapping their hands on the table top.

"You forgot, the main gate has been sealed, and we have no way to enter the mountain!"

At this time, the only one who was calm was the oldest dwarf, Balin, so he couldn't help but remind the other dwarves who were a little excited.

"My dear Bahrain, that's not for sure! Alright, Bilbo, go get an oil lamp, we need some light so we can see better! ”

Gandalf spoke at the right time, he didn't want Thorin's morale to be dampened by Balin's words.

Of course, Gandalf had known about the problem, and he had been prepared, which was why he had sought out Thorin and the dwarves to start an adventure in the Lonely Mountain.

So Gandalf ordered Bilbo to show the dwarves the map, and naturally he couldn't be in this dark living room.

Bilbo also seemed to calm down at the moment, perhaps also inspired by Thorin's words. Yes, maybe the terrible dragon is long gone.

Then he shouldn't be so scared!

So Bilbo quickly brought a large oil lamp, which made the dimly lit living room shine again.

Gandalf took out a map and spread it out on the table, and all the dwarves looked at it.

"Here's the map Thor made, Thorin, he's your great-grandfather, and here's the way to the mountains."

Gandalf pointed to the map, told Bahrain and Thorin where it came from, and pointed to the road to the Lonely Mountain.

"I don't see how much that has helped us. I remember the mountain and the surrounding scenery very well, and I know where the dark forest is, and I remember the withered wasteland where the dragons give birth. ”

Thorin looked at it and said disappointedly, apparently he knew everything that seemed to him to be on the map.

"There's a place inside the mountain marked with a red dragon sign!" Balin also looked at the map and said, "But if we can get there, we don't need a map to find out where it is." ”

"There's one thing you haven't noticed, and it's a secret door. Do you see the runes on the west side? Is there another rune with a finger pointing that way? This is marked with a secret passage leading to the lower hall. ”

Gandalf pointed his finger at some of the places on the map. Naturally, it is the secret passage that entered the dwarven capital of Irub in the original plot.

"It may have been a secret passage before, but how do we know if this path is not yet known to outsiders? Old Smaug had lived there for a long time, and he knew all about the caves. ”

Thorin was still a little unimpressed. After all, the dragon Smaug has occupied Iruber as a dragon's lair for nearly two hundred years, so he is naturally no stranger to his lair.

"Perhaps, but he probably hasn't used it in many, many years."

Gandalf only smiled slightly, and did not directly refute Thorin's words. Deliberately said in a way that hung his appetite.

"Why?"

Thorin was indeed puzzled by Gandalf's words, and looked at Gandalf for some reason.

"Because it's so small, the rune says yes. The door was five feet tall enough for three people to walk side by side, and Smaug couldn't climb into a cave of this size, especially after eating so many dwarves and humans in the valley. ”

Gandalf then smiled and answered the doubts of Thorin and the other dwarves and hobbits, of course, Zhu Linglu pretended to nod on the side, indicating that he was also attracted by Gandalf's words.

"I think it's a big hole, even if you don't care about that dragon, how can such a big door escape the eyes of everyone outside?"

Bilbo was also a little interested in the topic the dwarves were discussing at the moment, so he couldn't help but whisper to the side.

"There are many ways to do this, but you won't know what method is used for this door if you don't look at it. Judging from the map records, I guess that this door must be exactly the same as the mountain wall as long as it is closed. That's what dwarves usually do, right? ”

Gandalf listened to Bilbo's words, but was very satisfied with Bilbo's attitude, which showed that Bilbo already had some ideas about this adventure, but at the moment he didn't care about Bilbo, and asked Thorin again.

"That's right!"

Thorin nodded in agreement, it was indeed something that dwarves liked to do.

The dwarves of this world are obviously delicate human spirits, very different from the rugged dwarves depicted in other novels, and they even like to carve elaborate decorations like elves.

Therefore, if there is a secret passage hidden, it will naturally be concealed and it will be difficult for people to detect.

"In addition to that, I forgot to mention that this map also has a key attached to it, a small but interesting key. Yes, there is! ”

Gandalf then handed Thorin a silver key with a long handle and many special reliefs, which was supposed to be the key to open the door to the secret passage.

"Take good care of it!"

After Gandalf gave Thorin the key, he couldn't help but speak in a solemn tone.

"I will."

Thorin said as he hung up the key with a delicate drill and received it in his coat.

"This new news has greatly increased our chances of winning, although so far we are not quite sure what to do. So let's discuss the specific itinerary! I think we can go east first and get to the edge of Long Lake as carefully as possible. It's going to be a lot more trouble after that."

With this secret passage to enter the dwarven capital of Erub, which had closed the gate, Thorin was obviously very excited, and the other dwarves naturally had no more doubts.

So Thorin took the opportunity to discuss the specific itinerary of the adventure, pointing out the map with his hand...... (To be continued......)