Chapter 236 Li Wei
Originally, Wayne thought that Prince Thorin would be the first to express dissatisfaction with his proposal.
But before Thorin could speak, the young and energetic Fili and Kili stood up and asked:
"Mr. Wayne, you seem to be very confident in your own strength. You look down on Smaug, the evil dragon who defeated the dwarves, as inferior to us. Let's have a test and see if someone is bragging."
Wayne was not angry after hearing this. He turned his head and glanced at Prince Thorin and Balin. Seeing that the two dwarves in charge did not stop him, and the gray robe wizard Gandalf also acted like The rather interested expression showed that Bilbo was quite anxious, looking like he wanted to persuade.
He smiled secretly in his heart. In this case, let's establish his authority first.
Wayne kept a calm expression on his face and looked at Kili and Fili. These two young dwarves were less than a hundred years old. They were both born after the dwarves escaped from the Lonely Mountain and came to the Blue Mountains. The young people in the land did not participate in the Battle of Moria and had never seen the real Smaug. They had no real concept of the evil dragons their ancestors talked about.
They are Thorin's nephews, the children of Thorin's sister Dis, and the youngest dwarves of the Turin family.
In the original book, in order to protect Thorin, these two young dwarves, together with their uncle, all died in the subsequent Battle of the Five Armies. This also led to the death of the Turin clan and Thorin's lineage. The title of King was inherited by Thorin's cousin Dain Ironfoot.
Wayne thought for a moment, and did not agree to the challenge of Kili and Fili. Instead, he clapped his hands, made a clear sound, and then said to everyone who was looking at him: "Since everyone has some doubts about my strength
, If you doubt it, then I will prove myself with practical actions."
"Everyone has already eaten. Let's do some exercise after dinner."
After saying that, he took the lead and stood up from his seat regardless of whether everyone wanted it or not. Leaving the banquet hall, we came to an indoor training room on the first floor.
As a warrior who advocates force, of course he has such a well-equipped training ground in his manor. Unfortunately, even when he stayed in Middle-earth in the past, he mostly trained in the wild and rarely used this place.
However, Old Ford manages it very well. Even if it is not used frequently, it is still clean and tidy and equipped with all the equipment for training.
Wayne reached out and took a wooden sword from the weapon rack, and then said to the dwarves behind him:
"Come on, dwarves, let's compete."
"Although swordsmanship is only the most inconspicuous part of my strength, if five Within minutes, if I don't defeat thirteen of you dwarves, then I will accompany you to the Lonely Mountain without any reward, how about that?"
As a dwarf prince, heir to the Turin clan, he is honored by the dwarves. For Thorin Oakenshield, Thorin has always been proud.
Now that he heard that Wayne, a human, actually wanted to challenge the thirteen dwarves, and even uttered wild words, saying that he would defeat them all within five minutes, even as a prince, he felt quite angry.
After looking at the dwarves behind him, Thorin stood up first, selected a wooden sword from the weapon rack beside him, and said, "
No, Wayne, we will defeat you."
"If you lose. If the contract remains the same, we will still give you one-fifteenth of the gold." "
But you can't become so arrogant anymore and look down on the dwarves!"
Wayne smiled and nodded, seeing only Thorin and Kili Fili and the three dwarves picked up their weapons and decided to show their strength first, lest other dwarves continue to wait and see.
So, he waited until Thorin and the other three stood in the center of the training ground, and after standing opposite him, he instantly unleashed all his strength, and his body turned into an afterimage, appearing in a charging posture in an instant. In front of Thorin.
The speed of this moment shocked everyone present, and Sony only had time. He crossed his hands in front of his chest to resist, but Chili Feili behind him didn't even have time to make any movement.
Wayne did not swing the wooden sword, but under Thorin's shocked eyes, he directly hit Thorin's chest with his shoulder. The strong force directly knocked the dwarf prince into the air, letting out a cry of pain, and then Like a rolling melon, he knocked down the two nephews behind him.
The three dwarves all lay down on the ground in a state of embarrassment, piled together, losing the calmness they had at the beginning.
Wayne did not continue to pursue, but turned to look at the stunned spectators outside the training ground. Without blushing and heartbeat, he continued to speak: "Gentlemen, I am not speaking arrogantly or being arrogant
. "
It's just that with my strength, if there are only one or two enemies, I will basically knock them down instantly, so that you can't see my strength clearly."
And just as Wayne was speaking, the rope that had just been knocked away Lin, supported by a wooden sword, got up from the ground and stared at Wayne with a face full of surprise. Then after thinking about it for a few seconds, he turned to look at his fellow dwarves with a serious expression and shouted: "What Wayne
said Yes, we underestimated him."
"Now, dwarves, take up arms and fight with me side by side. He is an unprecedentedly powerful enemy and an opponent worth fighting. Don't let Wayne underestimate him. The strength of our dwarves."
After receiving the prince's order, the other dwarves no longer hesitated and selected their own weapons from the weapon racks, including shields, wooden hammers, spears, wooden swords, and wooden knives, and walked to Thorin one after another. Around him, a defensive formation that could be used on the battlefield was quickly formed.
Then, the dwarves clapped their weapons and roared in battle as they surrounded Wayne.
Faced with the dwarfs surrounding him, the expression on Wayne's face did not change. He was still calm and calm. He smiled at Gandalf and Bilbo who were still watching the battle outside the field, then held the wooden sword and did not choose to dodge. , launched an attack directly towards the front of the dwarves.
Although the dwarves in Middle-earth are physically much stronger than the humans in the Wizarding World, compared to Wayne, a cheater, there is at least twice the gap in strength and speed between them, and even in combat Skills, such as the dwarves' aggressive fighting style, are also very different from the superb swordsmanship of the demon hunters.
Therefore, the next battle was not as exciting as everyone imagined, or evenly matched.
Overwhelming in terms of technology and strength, even if Wayne faced him head-on, every dwarf would be defeated by one move when facing him, and their attacks would either be accurately blocked by Wayne or deftly used by him. Dodge, unable to cause any effective blow at all.
And even if the dwarves want to hug Wayne with their own bodies and make him lose the ability to dodge, relying on his strong jumping power, Wayne can jump directly over the heads of the dwarves as long as he lightly jumps up. Jumping behind them, these short and strong men jumped into the air.
Soon, in less than five minutes, the dwarf team, which had high morale, was united, and firmly believed that they would win, was all beaten to the ground and lost the power to resist.
Wayne, who was fighting against them, was still standing in the center of the training ground, holding a wooden sword in his hand, not even sweating on his body, looking calmly at the dwarf who fell to the ground. To be precise, he was looking at the dwarf. Prince Thorin asked politely:
"Prince Thorin, should I win this fight, right?"
Upon hearing this, Thorin looked at his dwarf companion with some difficulty, and finally looked at Balin. At a glance, each of them was beaten with bruises and bruises, and four or five others were knocked unconscious. However, the demon hunter opposite had no injuries on his body and had not been hit at all. To be honest, if Wayne hadn't been holding a wooden sword, they would have lost long ago.
If the time was not about to end, and the opponent suddenly struck harder, knocking several dwarves unconscious, maybe this competition would not be as miserable as it is now.
Faced with such ironclad facts, Thorin would not quibble. He sighed and said to Wayne:
"You won, Wayne. You are stronger than we thought." "
You defeated all of us."
"We dwarves value our promises. I agreed to the condition you made." "
If you can Kill Smaug, and one-third of the gold on the Lonely Mountain will belong to you, and you will become the best friend of our Turin dwarves." Although it was a bit difficult to
admit defeat like this at first, but this time After saying that, Thorin suddenly felt much more relaxed.
In fact, this expedition to the Lonely Mountains was more of a gamble with a near-death experience than an adventure.
When Gandalf proposed this expedition, no one had any hope that the operation would succeed, and they were even ready to sacrifice.
Therefore, there were only a dozen dwarves participating in the expedition this time. Otherwise, with Prince Thorin's prestige, he could easily gather dozens or hundreds of dwarves.
But now, with a strong man as a partner who could defeat all the dwarves by himself, Thorin suddenly felt that the success rate of this operation had suddenly increased a lot.
Although strong swordsmanship does not represent a person's full strength.
But if Wayne in front of him didn't lie and swordsmanship was just his most inconspicuous fighting method, then in future actions, this human being would definitely bring them more surprises.
After receiving Thorin's promise, the smile on Wayne's face became brighter. He stretched out his hand to Thorin, pulled the dwarf prince up from the ground, and then said: "You are a man of great ability
. The magnanimous prince, His Highness Thorin."
"Tonight, everyone will have a good rest in my manor. After the new contract is signed tomorrow, we will set off." "Please believe me and
invite me to participate in this solitary party. The mountain expedition is definitely the right choice."
"This operation will be smoother than you think."
Perhaps he was infected by the confidence in Wayne's tone. Thorin, who had been under great pressure and tortured by revenge, honor, and the obsession to regain the Lonely Mountain, also showed a smile and nodded to Wayne. Said:
"I hope so, Wayne."
"Retaking the Lonely Mountain has been the wish of our dwarves for hundreds of years, and we are all willing to pay our lives for it."
When the atmosphere between Wayne and Thorin became harmonious again Afterwards, Gandalf also came over with a smile on his face
. He smoked his pipe and expressed his appreciation for Wayne's fighting skills and the unity and courage of the dwarves. In his words, he adjusted the relationship between Wayne and the dwarves. Relationship.
As the initiator of the Lonely Mountain trip, he of course hopes that powerful people will join him. For him, defeating Smaug and defeating the Demon King Sauron are his most important goals.
Although he didn't know Wayne well at first and had doubts about it, after the battle with the dwarves, Gandalf could be said to be the most enthusiastic about Wayne's joining.
That night, Wayne was not stingy and took out his treasured intermediate healing potion. Not only did he heal the injuries of the dwarves, he also gave a large bottle of this potion to every warrior who participated in the Lonely Mountain Expedition. Even Gan Dolph and Bilbo are no exception.
As a battle mage, Gandalf, who only knew flash magic and sword skills, was very interested in this magical potion, and even asked Wayne directly if he was willing to sell this potion or formula.
Of course, this request was naturally rejected, not because Wayne was stingy, but mainly because this potion came from the world of Azeroth and was basically impossible to produce in Middle-earth.
The magic composition of the two worlds is very different, just like the herbs it grows in Middle-earth. Wayne tried to use these herbs from the wizarding world to make a witcher potion. It turned out that the herbs grown in Middle-earth , all lost their effect, which made him quite disappointed.
Time soon came to the next day. After enjoying a hearty breakfast, Old Ford drafted a new contract for everyone.
Under the witness of Gandalf, the contract was re-signed by everyone.
After signing the contract, the expedition to Gushan officially began.
When Wayne appeared in front of the dwarves riding an eight-meter-tall terrifying beast, the Deathclaw Robin, all the dwarves were attracted by this terrifying beast except for Gandalf and Bilbo, who had seen the Deathclaw before. The giant beast was shocked.
The sharp claws, strong muscles, the scale shell made of steel, and the bloody mouth full of fangs.
No one doubted that if the Deathclaw Robin was willing, it would only take one bite to kill the horse they were sitting on.
Although they have not seen the combat effectiveness of the Death Claw with their own eyes, just seeing its appearance made everyone in the Lonely Mountain Team more confident in the success rate of this operation and Wayne's strength.
At the same time, a glimmer of hope could not help but rise in the hearts of these dwarves.
Could it be that this time they can really kill Smaug and take back the Lonely Mountain?
(End of chapter)