bookbashuk Chapter 105 The Fall of the Dragon
Chapter 105 The Fall of the Dragon
Chapter 105 The Fall of the Dragon
The black arrow failed to kill Smaug; in fact, it was melted by his dragonfire.
This result greatly disappointed everyone who had high hopes for it.
"Bard, there's still a chance!" Dui shouted loudly as he looked at the disheartened Bard.
Bard looked up, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "But the only black arrow that could kill the dragon is gone! What can we do?"
Dui drew a magnificent spear that gleamed with silver light from his empty spatial bag.
"This is the spear Aegirus, the weapon of Gilgalad, the High King of the Noldor. It once pierced through the armor of Sauron, the Dark Lord, and wounded him. It possesses unparalleled penetrating power. Its length is about the same as a black arrow. Use it to shoot the dragon once more!"
Dui tossed the silver spear to Bard and said.
Bard was very surprised when he received the spear. He had a good eye and could tell that the spear was very powerful, far more precious and sharper than his black arrow.
However, he added with some concern, "But the dragon is already on guard, and it has already patched up the gaps in its scales with molten lava. I'm afraid it won't give us a chance to hit its weak point."
Dui shook his head, his face full of confidence.
"This time, we won't shoot at the gap in the scales on his chest."
"Not shooting through the gap?"
"Yes, don't shoot there, aim for his wing. I need you to shoot off one of the dragon's wings, so he can no longer fly!"
Dui said with a very serious expression:
"I'll give you a chance later, only one chance, to shoot him down. Can you do it?"
"I can!" Bud nodded firmly.
Dui gave Bud a deep look, hoping that fate would be on his side this time.
Then he turned his flying broomstick and chased after the dragon Smaug.
Meanwhile, Gandalf on the dragon's back was also very busy. With one hand, he tightly gripped the sword stuck in the dragon's back, and with the other hand, he used his staff to cast holy light, preventing the dragon from opening its eyes and forcing it to fly around aimlessly.
This gave Dui the opportunity to catch up, and he cast another Cruciatus Curse, slowing down the dragon's speed and reaction time.
Dui and Gandalf worked together seamlessly, intentionally or unintentionally driving the dragon back towards Bard.
Seeing that the dragon had entered Bard's firing range, Dui once again unleashed his full power in a spell:
"The soul leaves the body!"
The Imperius Curse struck the dragon Smaug.
For the first time, Dui clearly felt the power of the dragon's soul.
No wonder his Killing Curse couldn't kill Smaug. The Imperius Curse, when applied to a dragon's soul, is like him trying to move a giant many times heavier than himself—extremely difficult.
Even so, it still managed to make the dragon lose its focus for a few seconds, and its movements became sluggish.
"Now! Bard!" Dui shouted through gritted teeth, veins bulging.
Bard mounted the spear Eglos on the giant crossbow, and as Dui's voice rang out, he, who had already aimed at the dragon, instantly fired the spear.
As the divine spear transformed into a streak of silver light, emitting a rapid whooshing sound, it instantly pierced through the dragon's scales and struck the point where the dragon's wing connected to its body.
With a mournful cry from the dragon, the dragon, like a bird with broken wings, plummeted straight to the ground under the influence of gravity and acceleration, carrying Gandalf on its back.
With a deafening roar, the giant dragon crashed heavily into the long lake, creating towering waves.
The dragon's body was so enormous that even after falling into the lake, half of its body remained exposed on the surface.
Gandalf, on the other hand, remained standing on the dragon's back, completely unharmed.
He brandished his staff and kept smashing it at the dragon, unleashing shockwaves and holy light spells, slamming the dragon back into the lake.
Smaug struggled to take flight again, but his wings, wounded by the spear Egolos, were too weak to support him, and he fell back into the lake in a sorry state.
"No! This shouldn't be happening! I won't lose like this!" The dragon struggled incessantly, constantly uttering mournful cries.
"The ground is frozen and the air is freezing!" Dui released cold air into the lake water around the dragon, and the lake surface quickly froze, attempting to freeze the dragon inside.
The dragon realized Dui's intention and struggled even more fiercely: "Don't try to trap me! Destroy them all!"
Shi Yuge roared madly, then spewed out scorching flames to burn the lake water, even spraying flames at himself to prevent the lake water from freezing.
Smaug's madness forced Gandalf to jump off his back to avoid being burned by the flames.
The flames spewed by the dragon were extremely difficult to extinguish. Even in the lake, the flames continued to burn on the surface and spread to the surrounding area, gradually threatening Longlake Town, which was not far away.
"Duir, we have to find a way to stop him from breathing fire, or Lake-town will probably be burned down!" Gandalf shouted a warning.
Dui, of course, knew the seriousness of the situation and immediately waved his wand.
"Water prison!"
As the magic surged, a huge whirlpool appeared on the lake's surface, forming a giant rotating water sphere that trapped the dragon within, causing it to spin endlessly and even drawing in the flames it spewed out.
This is the advanced water magic "Water Prison," which Dumbledore used to trap Voldemort when Harry Potter was in his fifth year at the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic.
When Dui saw this spell in the Book of Spells, he was so impressed by it that he learned it.
Creating a water prison large enough to trap a dragon is not easy, but fortunately we have the advantage of location, with an inexhaustible supply of lake water nearby.
The dragon was tumbling around like it was in a washing machine, and when it opened its mouth, lake water poured directly into its throat, giving it no chance to breathe fire.
Dui was completely focused, constantly channeling his magic power. He didn't know if a dragon could drown, so he could only keep going, and sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.
Although he doesn't actually run out of magic, activating magic is still a mentally taxing activity that can cause fatigue.
Just as Dui's mental strength was starting to wane, a warm energy flowed into his body, instantly relieving his fatigue and filling him with renewed energy.
It was Gandalf who made the move. The Ring of Fire in his hand, Naya, shone brightly, continuously channeling its energy into Dui's body.
With the power of the Ring of Fire, Dui's spell became much stronger, and more and more lake water gathered together, completely enveloping the dragon and giving him no chance to break free.
As time passed, and after an unknown amount of time, Smaug inside the water sphere stopped struggling and became motionless, as if dead.
But Dui and Gandalf still dared not be careless.
Dragons possess immense vitality; if they could drown so easily, they wouldn't have become the embodiment of the calamities that the people of Middle-earth feared.
Sure enough, seeing that Dui and Gandalf hadn't fallen for the trick, Smaug, the dragon in the water sphere, opened his cunning eyes again, his eyes filled with resentment and anger.