Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#165 - A different approach

Soon, another two hours passed, and it was just past noon.

After a long and hurried journey, the group finally arrived at the foot of Riverrun… and continued towards the tallest, most majestic, and magnificent mountain in the entire valley.

Indeed, the human-led Riverrun and the Dwarven kingdom of Erebor, under the leadership of Durin, were actually adjacent to each other, forming a strategic stronghold.

The difference was that Riverrun was a normal city built against the mountain, while the Dwarven city of Durin was carved entirely inside the mountain.

After arriving in Middle-earth, Liang Yue had always had a question in his mind, which was ~

"This is too ridiculous…"

…

"Have you found it yet?"

"Not yet!"

"If this map is real, then the secret door should be directly above us right now."

"Here! Over here! There's a path leading to the statues at the top of the mountain!"

"Where!? Oh ~ well done, Mr. Baggins!"

After searching for a while, the group quickly followed the instructions on the map and arrived at the foot of Durin, which was completely sealed off, and found the location of the secret passage.

However, Liang Yue did not participate at this time, because he knew it was still early, just after lunch, and there was still some time before sunset.

According to the instructions on the map, the time for the secret passage to appear should be the last ray of sunlight at sunset.

Only then would the keyhole on the stone wall be revealed. Too early or too late would make it impossible to find the correct path.

While taking advantage of this free time, Liang Yue actually had a question in his mind.

That was, could he actually dig into this Dwarven kingdom, which was said to be protected by powerful magic in the original story, preventing anyone from entering ~

Thinking of this, he flipped his wrist, and a pickaxe suddenly appeared in his hand. He raised his eyes and scanned the tall rock formation back and forth.

Then, he came to the bottom of the stone path that the others were climbing, and moved a few steps to the side.

"Ting ~" "Ting ~" "Ting ~"…

Just like that, under the watchful eyes of the Elven Princess Arwen, who also did not join the Dwarven stair-climbing exercise, he began to wildly swing at the seemingly indestructible rock in front of him.

"Pa ~"

In less than half a second, a standard-sized rock cube, ninety by ninety, burst out of the stone wall and landed at Liang Yue's feet.

Then, with a "whoosh ~" sound, it disappeared into someone's storage space.

Seeing this, Liang Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, and his expression showed some surprise.

"Heh heh heh ~"

Afterward, he curved the corners of his mouth, and his movements did not stop for a moment, as he continued to chisel at the rock in front of him.

The sound of the pickaxe hitting the rock was not loud each time, as if he was not mining but pounding rice cakes.

"Ting ting ting ~" "Ting ting ting ~" "Ting ting ting ting ting ting ting ~"…

In this low-noise and environmentally friendly mining mode, Liang Yue and Arwen moved forward together.

In less than a minute, the two had successfully tunneled through the thick stone wall and arrived inside the Dwarven Kingdom of Durin, in a dark room of unknown purpose…

The air here was very turbid, faintly carrying a rotten smell.

However, Liang Yue was very cautious after entering and did not rashly go deeper. Instead, he temporarily sealed the entrance to the inner city with rock cubes.

After placing a torch in place, he pulled the curious Arwen beside him and walked outside.

While walking, he kept teasing her emotions ~

"How is it? Do you want such a convenient and practical ability?"

"Hmph, you want to trick me into becoming one of your villagers again."

"Tsk ~ how can this be called tricking? This is something that others can't even beg for! Look at the Giant Eagle tribe before, how proud they were, the sky people.

Ever since Rachel became my villager and obtained that ability, they were so happy that they were almost beside themselves, their wings were fluttering!"

"Hmph! You just want to trick me into becoming one of your villagers. Do you think I don't know what you're up to?"

"What I'm up to is to take you out of this Middle-earth world, so as to break free from the constraints of this narrow plane, and then set your sights on a wider field.

Constantly transcending yourself, improving yourself, and thus inspiring your own meaning of life!"

"Heh heh ~"

"Heh heh heh heh ~"

"What are you laughing at, so lewdly!"

"I know you will definitely agree, and it won't be long ~"

"Who said that!"

"I said it ~ Even if you don't agree now, I will still keep sending you invitations after I go back, and you will accept it then."

"Don't even think about it!"

"Don't make me wait too long oh ~"

Saying that, just as the two were about to step out of the passage, Liang Yue suddenly squeezed Arwen against the narrow and smooth stone wall next to him, and then looked at her seriously, and said.

"I still want to grow with you, and by then, besides these mining and building houses, I will also teach you various abilities from other systems.

Experience and walk in different worlds, see more magical things and events, and meet more powerful and interesting people!"

"… Then, can I still return to Middle-earth?"

Arwen lowered her head at this time, her eyes seemed a little erratic, she didn't dare to look at him, and a few blushes had unconsciously appeared on her small face.

"Of course!"

Seeing this, Liang Yue immediately said decisively, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved, and his heart was about to bloom, completely unashamed of opening a blank check.

However, immediately afterward, this guy quickly cleaned himself up, thought for a while, and still told the girl the truth.

"Although, it's temporarily impossible now, but I guarantee that in a few years, you will be able to travel back and forth to Middle-earth at any time, maybe ~ you will even be able to bring your own people to my world.

Hey ~!"

The words had just fallen when Liang Yue was directly pushed aside hard, and Arwen herself stepped out of the passage with crisp steps, without turning her head.

Just as this guy was still a little confused, the girl had already raised her head and shouted to the others who were still climbing the stairs above with her soft voice.

"Thorin ~ Bilbo ~ Oili ~ Bifur ~ come down quickly! We have opened another passage!"

After shouting, Arwen stood in the sunlight, looking back at Liang Yue behind her, with a hint of shyness and anger in her eyes.

A small breeze blew, and her brown hair brushed across her delicate cheeks, and her lake-blue eyes looked particularly crystal clear.