bookbashuk Chapter 103 Sign-in Magic Stone
Chapter 103 Sign-in Magic Stone
Chapter 103 Sign-in Magic Stone
The Book of Abraham was originally titled The Jewish Book of Abraham.
The origin of this book is quite legendary and mythical.
It is said to have been a gift from an angel, containing the secret to immortality.
Nicolas Flamel created the Philosopher's Stone, also known as the Magic Stone, based on the Book of Abraham.
The Philosopher's Stone can not only turn stones into gold and make panaceas, but also make elixirs of immortality.
Nicolas Flamel thus lived for over six hundred years, eventually choosing to destroy the Philosopher's Stone and give up immortality, which is why he did not continue living.
Now that he had obtained the method for making the Philosopher's Stone, Dui was extremely excited.
Immortality!
Although he is still young, he already feels a sense of urgency about his lifespan.
There are many long-lived species in Middle-earth, such as the elves who have eternal life, and Gandalf, who, although he looks old, has not changed at all for thousands of years.
Even dwarves have lifespans of hundreds of years; for example, Thorin Oakenshield looks young now, but he is already 195 years old.
There is also a unique race among humans—the Dunedan people, whose average lifespan is over two hundred years, three times that of ordinary humans.
Even hobbits live longer than ordinary people, not to mention Bilbo has the One Ring.
While the One Ring corrupts the mind, it can slow down aging.
Like Gulu, who lived to be over fifty years old.
When Bilbo celebrated his 111th birthday, his appearance had not changed over the decades, which aroused Gandalf's suspicion, leading to the conclusion that the One Ring was in Bilbo's possession and thus initiating the Fellowship of the Ring.
The current time is 2941 of the Third Age, while the War of the Ring took place in 3018, a gap of 77 years.
Dui, having transmigrated to the present and including his age in his previous life, is not yet thirty years old, but if he were to live until the start of the War of the Ring, he would already be a centenarian.
Although he is now a wizard, he should be able to live until the end of the War of the Ring.
But he didn't want to live as a decrepit old man.
But the appearance of the Philosopher's Stone gave him hope for immortality.
Although in his memory, the immortality granted by the Philosopher's Stone made by Nicolas Flamel had a drawback: it could only grant immortality, not agelessness.
But this is still a method of achieving immortality, and it's the only path to immortality he can currently access.
While I'm thrilled to have learned how to craft the Philosopher's Stone, now is not the time to focus on that.
Dui put away the book and, together with the others, prepared to face the dragon Smaug.
Dui's Eye Curse didn't hold Smaug back for long. Once Smaug recovered, he smashed through the stone wall in even greater rage and continued his pursuit of Dui and the others.
However, Smaug was clearly more cautious this time, covering his eyes with a semi-transparent keratin membrane. When Dui used the Eye Disease Curse again, it had no effect on the dragon.
Dui rode on his flying broom, constantly dodging Smaug's attacks, and led him into the acid pool that the dwarves had prepared.
However, the acid water that the dwarves had placed their hopes on had no effect. The acid water, which could easily corrode metal ores, could not break through the dragon's hard scales and instead gave him a bath.
As for the explosives prepared by the dwarves, they were not even as powerful as Dui's thunderbolts; they wouldn't even be enough to tickle a dragon.
Seeing this, Dui continued to lead Smaug into the furnace.
As Gandalf smashed the furnace with his staff, releasing the molten lava inside.
The molten lava surged toward Smaug like a tidal wave, burying it within.
"Did it work?" the dwarf Balin asked hopefully, looking down into the bottomless lava.
"I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, Mr. Balin. Dragons can spew scorching flames, so this lava probably won't kill him," Dui said, shaking his head as he stopped mid-air on his broomstick.
"But this is also an opportunity to trap Smaug!"
Dui pointed his wand at the molten lava below: "Frozen Earth!"
The tip of the wand spewed out extremely cold air, causing the scorching molten lava below to cool and solidify rapidly.
The surrounding air dropped rapidly as a result, and everyone's breath turned into frost and mist.
The magma, originally formed from molten gold, solidified rapidly on the ground, becoming a single wall of gold.
They trapped the dragon Smaug inside.
"They probably won't be able to get out now, right?"
Bahrain shivered from the cold, looking at the golden ground covered with a layer of frost, and asked again with some uncertainty.
Dui stopped casting the spell, his brow furrowed as he stared down below.
He didn't sense any movement from the dragon, but he didn't believe that the dragon had simply given up struggling.
"Gandalf, what do you think?"
Gandalf frowned and observed carefully for a moment, then shook his head: "We still can't let our guard down. We have no idea what other tricks the dragons have up their sleeves."
But Thorin could no longer sit still.
"Now that the dragon is trapped, let's go find the Arkenstone!"
"Only by obtaining the Arkenstone will the seven dwarven races heed my call, reclaim everything I have lost, and avenge myself!"
He then set off across the golden ground to search for the Arkenstone he so desperately desired in the treasury.
"Don't move, Thorin!" Gandalf suddenly seemed to sense something, his expression changed, and he shouted to stop Thorin from moving forward.
But Thorin paid no heed, only wanting to get to the treasure vault.
The next moment, the previously solidified golden ground rapidly emitted high temperatures, turning increasingly red.
The next second, the ground expanded and bulged rapidly, like a volcanic eruption, spewing out molten gold and scorching flames.
The molten gold splashed everywhere, and Thorin, who was closest to it, was hit first and almost got drenched in the molten gold.
"Duir, save him!" Gandalf cried out urgently.
With a wave of his hand, Dui sent Thorin flying backward, dodging the molten lava, and crashing heavily into the stone wall, where he fell unconscious.
Smaug's dragon head burst from the molten lava, spewing out scorching dragonfire that melted the surrounding gold.
He emerged from the molten gold like a golden dragon, flapping his enormous wings and charging toward the main gate.
"Revenge! I'll show you what revenge is all about! I'll set the entire earth ablaze with dragonfire, bringing death and destruction to everyone!"
And all of this was caused by you!
Gandalf's expression changed drastically upon seeing this.
"Duir, stop him! We can't let him get away!"
Dui quickly caught up on his flying broomstick, and as the dragon broke through the mountain wall, he used all his strength to unleash a magic spell.
"Extremely painful!"
The spell struck the dragon's back instantly.
The dragon froze instantly as a deep, soul-piercing pain swept through its entire body, as if its bones had been drilled through, its internal organs had been pulled out, and its soul had been pierced. The extreme pain in its body and mind caused the dragon to let out a very mournful roar.
The sound was so loud that even in Long Lake Town and the Dark Forest, thousands of miles away, the dragon's painful roar could be heard.
The residents of Changhu Town rushed out of their homes in fear and looked toward Gushan.
The Elf King in the dense forest had a solemn expression, his sharp eyes seemingly able to pierce through the forest and see the scene on the lonely mountain.