Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1099 1081. Super Large

 “Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah~”

The crisp sound of metal collision resounded in this sea of ​​gold and silver.

And because the treasure hall that the dwarves dug out of the mountain is really wide and grand, the sound of these metal collisions began to become distorted and ethereal after being transmitted to far away places.

 Becomes an echo like a clear spring flowing.

 The entire hall was filled with gold, most of which were polygonal dwarf gold coins, and a small number were gold and silver vessels, mixed with a large number of sparkling gems and precious jewelry.

 These things were piled up in the treasure hall to form a "mountain" in a literal sense.

The treasure hall is very large, but the ground is flat. There are just some huge stone bases used to stabilize the entire large cavity structurally.

 But these golds were piled up in this hall to create a height difference.

 The highest place where the gold is accumulated is at least thirty to forty meters, almost half the height of the ceiling!

In the smallest place, there are only a few gold coins scattered here and there, and even the flat stone ground can be exposed.

These gold coins, gold and silver vessels are piled up, and of course there are countless tiny gaps in the middle.

The hobbit just stepped on it, and after stepping firmly, there was a sound of gold coins colliding with each other.

Then he raised his foot again, and the gold coin pressed by the sole of his foot suddenly released and fell, making the sound of gold coins sliding down the slope.

This is not the sound of dozens of gold coins falling. It is like a sand sculpture on the beach. Once it collapses, a large piece of it is implicated.

 It will not stop until the structure of the accumulated gold coins stabilizes again.

 “Be careful, meow!”

Flannel Ball had already taken off all the kitty armor on his body at this time, only carrying two swords on his back. It walked in front of this golden mountain and silver sea, light and silent, turning its head and whispering anxiously to Bilbo who was following.

 “Didn’t you say that you are very capable, meow?”

 “I mean I can make people invisible!”

Bilbo was also frightened, shouting frantically at the flannel ball in a low voice that was close to exhaling.

 It sounds like breathing, which is a bit funny.

“But I can’t help but step on these gold coins, right?! How did you walk on them without making any sound?”

Flannel Ball pressed a paw on his furry forehead and sighed silently.

“Bilbo, if I hadn’t come last night, how on earth were you going to die, meow?”

The flannel ball made no movement when it stepped on the mountain of gold coins. This was because the Ellu cat was not big and light in weight, and it had taken off its armor before.

On the other hand, when Lan En was teaching Velvet Ball [Weed Mingren] and [Light Body Technique], the thief cat from the valley plunder tribe also showed a strong interest in other ninja techniques.

  After all, among the Detel (lynx cats) of the valley plundering tribe in the New World, there is also the name "Ninja Cat".

Ninja is a concept brought over from the Old World by the New World Survey Team decades ago. After being understood by the Valley Plunderers, they found it very appealing, so they used it.

Thus, after learning about the existence of "real ninja" technology, it would be strange not to be curious, after being born as a thief cat in the Valley of Miasma.

 Then Lan En basically taught all the contents of the "Lone Shadow Ninja Technique Book" to Flannel Ball.

  Among them, among the technologies related to covert action, the technology of moving silently in various terrains is also a compulsory course.

This technique was also taught to Phoebe in the ancient Greek world. Lan En asked her to run on various roofs such as tiles and pergolas without being noticed.

 And the flannel ball undoubtedly has a racial advantage in this regard, so even if it is walking on a mountain of stacked gold coins, it does not cause much movement.

 But as far as Bilbo was concerned, there was really nothing he could do.

The fleshy pads on a Hobbit's feet make only a small movement on most surfaces.

 But on this mountain of gold coins, the effect of the meat pad is really better than nothing.

 Movement and noise are caused by the collision of gold coins.

 “I think we’d better look for him quickly.”

Bilbo himself knew that there was nothing he could do, so he broke the jar and whispered.

After the hobbits walked down the steps and formally walked onto the mountains and seas of gold and silver, they walked carefully and slowly.

The flannel ball got down on all fours and ran to the distance to rummage first.

The family wealth of the dwarves in Gushan is really too big.

Bilbo randomly picked up a golden cup from the Golden Mountain. The large gems inside were almost as big as his face.

Pile together with this big gem in the gold cup, there are also exquisitely crafted diamond necklaces and too many small gems the size of peanuts to be grasped.

 The situation with the flannel ball is similar.

There are too many treasures in this treasure hall, but within five minutes, Bilbo and Velvet Ball felt like they were numb. Both of their judgments about the value of precious metals were collapsing, and their common sense about the size and rarity of gemstones was in disarray.

At first they were amazed when they saw a gem as big as a washbasin, but soon after such gems appeared frequently, they both felt their minds were confused and couldn't tell whether it was big or small.

 The various inner standards of living things come from the common sense and insights accumulated in the previous life.

 But after only a few minutes of activity on this golden mountain, the two of them felt that their standards for judging gems and gold were rapidly crumbling.

 What exactly is valuable? What is worthless?

 Psychological confusion brings irritability, not to mention that the smell of the dragon in this place is stronger, making people physically uncomfortable.

So unknowingly, Bilbo's steps began to become less cautious.

He stepped on the pile of loose gold coins, making a clattering sound, and began to try to pull out the gold cups and bowls buried under the pile of gold coins.

However, as Bilbo took a step, he accidentally kicked a small gold statue aside.

 “Crash~~~”

At first, there was a small pile of gold coins starting to slide down next to the base of the statuette.

 But just like the chain reaction of an avalanche, a small pile of gold coins slid down below, completely destroying the support stability of the large gold coins above.

 Above the Golden Mountain, thousands of thick dwarven gold coins began to flow downward.

Together with the gold and silver vessels buried in the gold coins, the collision of these hollow metals made an even louder sound.

In this silent treasure hall, the biggest wave of silence so far was heard.

 The collapse of a large pile of gold coins made Bilbo and Fluffy Ball, who had begun to get irritated and unknowingly given up their caution, suddenly become nervous again.

The hobbit and the Ellecat, who were more than 20 meters apart on the Golden Mountain, looked at each other, then instinctively shrank their necks, and quickly found a place to hide.

This treasure hall is lined with many huge pillars that support the building structure. The base area of ​​each pillar is comparable to that of an ordinary house.

Bilbo quickly shrank his body behind a pillar, which had been carved by the dwarves. The depression in the middle was enough for a short hobbit to hide.

 Flannel **** are easier.

It jumped up to another pillar in two or two, and was still climbing up this giant pillar whose total length was equivalent to the dome, less than a hundred meters.

 The kitten stopped when it was more than ten meters away from the pile of gold coins below.

The heads of the cat and the hobbit carefully stretched out their heads after hiding them, and scanned the vast mountains of gold and silver.

Oddly enough, the dwarves kept saying how terrifying, ferocious, and huge Smaug was.

But in the treasure hall that it supposedly loved the most, Fluffy Ball and Bilbo had not seen even one of its scaly claws, but only smelled the dragon's stink.

But then, in the collapse of the pile of gold coins caused by Bilbo, in front of the pillar where the hobbits were, there was a hillock in the gold mountain.

 Something was revealed among the large pieces of gold coins sliding down.

The reddish-brown hard skin, the sharp and ferocious scales and horns, and in an instant, the instinctively disgusting dragon smell became stronger.

Bilbo stretched his head out from behind the pillar. When he saw this, he first opened his mouth, and then immediately covered his mouth and nose, holding his breath.

 Under the hard skin and scales, the muscles began to pulsate, and finally slowly opened.

Just like a lizard, first open the outer reddish-brown eyelids up and down, then open the inner white membrane left and right, and finally the dim, vertical reptilian pupils!

Smaug, who has been sleeping in the Golden Mountain and has not woken up for more than sixty years, opened his eyes!

 The gold coins that were pressed against the dragon's body fell down from its brow bones and eyelids because of Smaug's action of opening his eyes.

The flannel ball was scratching on the pillar, looking at Bilbo and barely daring to breathe.

 The dragon is too close to him!

But the flannel ball is also now covered in hair, and the originally docile hair has now expanded so much that it has gained a lot of weight!

It didn't dare to call Bilbo to let him get close to it, because there was also a rattling sound under the huge pillar where the flannel ball was!

 It seemed that something buried deep in the gold mountain was slowly rising, and a large number of gold coins were pushed aside.

 The outline that was pushed up under the pile of gold coins, and the way it moved, looked like a thick snake.

 —Smaug’s tail!

Flannel Ball’s mouth couldn’t help but open wide.

It is a cat that is a mixture of Ellu and Detel, who was born and raised in the New World.

　　Although I follow Lan En to go out on adventures, improve myself and accumulate experience.

 But until today in this life, it is not against the rules to say, “I have seen more monsters than people.” It's not an exaggeration.

So although Smaug was still in the rhythm of stretching his body slightly after waking up from his sleep, he was buried in the golden mountain.

 But Linbuqiu has already roughly understood the outline of this legendary evil dragon based on his own experience.

“The sleeping posture is generally a curled-up state, and when you wake up, the first part of your tail that exerts force is the middle part and back, so if you look at it this way.”

The kitten rested on the giant pillar, carefully stretched out its head, and murmured softly.

“At least one hundred and thirty meters?! Is it a super, super large Ancient Dragon Meow?!”