People in the heavens are as rich as the enemies of the country

"What else do you want from me!"

Smaug couldn't understand this damn human being at all. He had completely let go of his self-esteem and was willing to swear surrender. What else did the other person want?

This damn madman! Butcher! devil!

"Don't be afraid, it's just a minor surgery." Tang Sen said, "It will hurt a little, please bear with it."

He ignored Smaug's wailing, took out some mithril weapons, and called the dwarves forward.

I won’t go into details about the bloody scene. When the golden-red heart appeared in front of everyone, Smaug almost didn’t have the strength to speak.

It just said hoarsely and heartlessly: "Since you plan to kill me, why do you torture me and humiliate me?"

"Isn't a living dragon that is loyal to you more useful than a dead dragon?"

Tang Sen said: "Your loyalty still needs to be proven slowly, but my credibility is beyond doubt."

"I told you that you would be the first dragon in Middle-earth to see his own heart while alive."

He held a sharp arrow and slowly slit an aorta in his heart.

The strange thing is that the golden-red blood did not spurt out. As the aorta was completely divided into two sections, Tang Sen could see that the huge heart, almost one meter in diameter, was still beating healthily, and in the artery The blood is still flowing.

It's a pity that Smaug was stunned at the moment when Townsend used the knife and did not witness this miracle.

The dwarves were stunned until Tang Sen took out a whole heart.

"Is it considered alive or dead now?" Shalin asked confused.

Travelers always have some strange methods, which the dwarves all know.

"Of course it's still alive." Tang Sen glanced at her and said, "I don't have to kill it, do I?"

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You've been tossing it for nearly a night, and it seems much crueler than killing it.

For some reason, the dwarves suddenly felt sorry for Smaug, damn it! That's a giant dragon! And it’s the giant dragon that invaded Gushan! How could such a strange idea come to mind?

All I can say is that this giant dragon is really miserable.

"Next, it's time to wake up our sleeping beauty. Well, Smaug should be a male dragon, right?"

Tang Sen had no intention of checking the other person's gender. He came to the front of Smaug's head, leaned close to him, and said softly:

"Surrender. Or death?"

Smaug, who was unconscious, shuddered suddenly.

"Submit!" It opened its golden eyes and shouted reflexively.

Then it realized its current situation and looked at Tang Sen in confusion: "Am I not dead?"

"The feeling of death is completely different from coma, Smaug." Townsend said:

"The operation was successful, congratulations."

"Surgery?" Smaug's vision swept across and saw the dwarves with complicated faces, the gold that was still shining brightly, and then the beating golden-red heart.

Well, this heart looks so beautiful.

No, why is it still beating? And, where does the heart come from? It's so big that it doesn't look like it was taken from the chest of a dwarf or a human.

Smaug felt something was wrong in his heart. He slowly lowered his head and looked at his chest.

There was a bloody hole there, empty.

"ah--"

A scream that was completely different from the dragon's powerful roar sounded. No one could have imagined that a giant dragon could make such a sharp sound.

"So that's my heart? My heart was ripped out?"

It almost passed out again. No, it felt like it was dead. Everything now was an illusion. Yes, it must be an illusion.

"It's not an illusion." Tang Sen said with a smile that looked like a devil to Smaug: "I have fulfilled my promise, Smaug."

Only a devil wants this kind of promise to be fulfilled!

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to you." Tang Sen explained: "I am a professional."

"I have to congratulate you. Now you no longer have to worry about being shot through the heart by an arrow from an archer or something like that."

You make it sound like this is a good thing.

Smaug looked at Tang Sen with complex eyes, this human who called himself a traveler. He had seen the other party's mysterious and cruel methods, and he knew that even without the restraint of the oath, he probably would not have the heart to resist him anymore.

"By the way, in return for your surrender, I will give you a gift."

As Tang Sen said this, he walked up to the heart and poked it curiously, making Smaug tremble.

It can be felt! It's like the heart is still in your own body!

very sensitive!

Then, it saw the silver-white mithril appear, slowly wrapping the heart in it, leaving only space for the heart to barely beat.

"In this way, your heart will be as indestructible as your dragon scales." Tang Sen said with satisfaction: "Do you like this gift?"

dislike!

Smaug nodded repeatedly and said, "Your generosity is impressive."

"In addition to helping you resist attacks, these mithrils also have another function." Tang Sen smiled mysteriously and motioned Smaug to focus on his heart.

Then, in its frightened eyes, the mithril wrapped around the heart slowly grew spikes outward, like a sea urchin.

"Smaug, you don't want these spikes to grow inward, do you?" Tang Sen said slowly.

"No! Absolutely not!" Smaug shook his head wildly.

The spikes shrank again, and the mithril became smooth again.

"Don't worry, I wouldn't do it if it wasn't necessary." Tang Sen comforted him.

Smaug felt threatened and comforted.

Townsend was satisfied with Smaug's attitude, so he asked the dwarves to stuff the heart back into the dragon's chest.

The self-healing ability of the dragon's flesh and blood is very strong, and the incised wounds will eventually heal. Tang Sen has no treatment method. He just controls the mithril to completely cover the places where the dragon scales were pried off.

On the outside, Smaug looked as healthy as before. No, he no longer had the flaw of the dragon scale, he was healthier than before.

"Well, congratulations, Smaug, you're free again."

The mithril ropes that bound Smaug were slowly loosened, and Tang Sen took back the mithril ring.

But Smaug remained motionless.

Its body like a mountain exudes an aura of loss and despair.

"Looks like our dragon needs some time alone."

Tang Sen said: "By the way, say goodbye to the gold here."

"Gold." Smaug suddenly raised his head: "Farewell?"

"We have a lot to do next, Smaug, and your days of being able to sleep in gold are over."

More sadness and despair than before surged out of Smaug's heart.

"Okay, we should go find Thorin Oakenshield." Tang Sen led the dwarves out of the hall: "He needs to fulfill his previous promise."

The group of people gradually moved away, and the desperate screams of the dragon were heard from behind.

"No! No! No-"

Thorin was found on Erebor's throne.

The dwarf royal family was sitting upright, eyes closed, and he didn't know how long he had been sitting on the throne.

And above the throne, the dazzling Heart of the Mountain, the Arken gemstone, which had been missing for hundreds of years, was re-mounted, exuding the brilliance of royal power.

The dwarves were silent.

Logically speaking, seeing this scene again, the dwarves should be so excited that they burst into tears and rolled on the ground, but the man sitting on the throne, the former king in their hearts, not only abandoned them in the name of Durin , and fled shamefully in the midst of the battle.

When the dwarves were knocked away by the dragon again and again, and almost thought they were going to die there, this king should have been sitting on the throne, indulging in the illusory kingship.

"You are here."

He finally opened his eyes and looked down at everyone: "I heard the wail of the evil dragon. It seems that you succeeded."

"Now, you traitors are ready to seize my throne and take away my wealth, right?"

"Thorin!" Balin said solemnly: "Your Majesty Durin, we have never thought of betrayal."

"Didn't you notice? Your mind has been corrupted, and the dragon disease has made you lose your mind."

"Is this the excuse you came up with?" Thorin chuckled: "Dragon disease?"

"When Smaug came, everyone blamed my grandfather, saying that his mind was consumed by the dragon disease, which brought this disaster, and now, I sit on the throne of Erebor again, as our eldest My dear, Bahrain, you also want to use the excuse of dragon disease to blame me."

"Smaug is for the riches of Erebor, and it's obvious what you are for."

"Who do you want to support? You? Or Sarin Mithril Hammer?"

Sarin shouted angrily: "I never thought of it that way!"

"But I don't see the slightest respect for the king from your eyes." Thorin sneered: "I am the son of Thrain, the destined successor of the Lord under the Mountain. I seized the Lonely Mountain from the claws of the dragon. The most precious treasure, remount it on the throne, but you have no respect."

"This isn't betrayal, what is it?"

"Capture it." Tang Sen chuckled: "Or stealing is more appropriate."

"Traveler." Thorin's face darkened, "Our deal has ended. This is the palace of the dwarves, and you are not welcome."

"You look so pathetic." Tang Sen said calmly: "I am not interested in Erebor, nor am I interested in the wealth here, but I must remind you, are you sure you want to expel me?"

"Expelling a man who helped the dwarves defeat the evil dragon and help the dwarves take back the Lonely Mountain?"

"I'm just expelling a person with evil intentions." Thorin said coldly: "Don't think that I can't see it. You have been corrupting the hearts of the dwarves along the way. The root cause of their betrayal of me is you. Stop wishful thinking. , I will never let the dwarf throne fall under the control of outsiders."

"Even if you have the gift of Ilúvatar, as long as you dare to continue to stand in front of me——"

Thorin stood up:

"I will also use your blood to swear the sovereignty of the dwarves!"

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