A moment later, a hot current flowed through the passage ahead.

This temperature is actually close to the normal temperature in Storm Bay in summer. It seems that Smaug should have launched the breath from a certain distance.

But this finally made Carl breathe a sigh of relief.

Because it means that everyone finally has a place to go out.

Since Smaug can release his breath into the building, there must be a way out.

After waiting quietly for a while, Ying and Xie used stealth to move towards the source of the roar.

After a while, the two drow returned.

"The dragon beast left. It seemed that it had found the exit by accident. The entrance of the cave was burned through by its breath and was severely damaged.

But the dragon beast seemed to be afraid to come in, probably because it was afraid that it would not be able to move its body freely after entering the building and would be restrained. "

After telling his guess, Scorpion waved to everyone and led them to the exit.

It was in the middle of a corridor, and from the outline of the collapsed building, it could be seen that there should have been a window here before.

The entire corridor was burned by the dragon's breath, and the ground looked like cooled magma. It seemed that Smaug had caused a lot of damage here.

Carl looked out the window and found that the height from here was about several floors above the ground, and it was completely possible to reach the ground with a climbing rope.

The only problem is that it doesn't look like they can leave Lonely Mountain directly after going down from here. If Carl and the others want to leave from here, they may have to continue trekking in the mountains for a while.

Bain, who was experienced in adventure, obviously realized the disadvantages of leaving directly from here. Considering that the dragon beast might not have flown far, he said, "Let's go forward. Maybe there are other ways to leave. This ruins is really strange. How come there is not even a clear gate!"

After saying that, he walked towards the other end of the corridor.

The ordinary area of ​​this giant ruins is more gorgeously decorated than the hidden area, but this splendor is mainly reflected in the artistry of the stone carvings.

Occasionally, people can see some utensils made of precious metals.

Naturally, everyone accepted this kind of thing with a smile.

Walking up the corridor, everyone soon discovered that the precious metals in the ordinary area seemed to have been looted by someone.

Only those items that did not seem to be of great value were kept.

Thinking of the two skeletons that looked like senior adventurers, everyone couldn't help but feel confused.

If it had indeed been looted, where did all the gold they found go?

With such confusion, finally, everyone came to a place of great value to Carl - a giant's study.

Tens of thousands of years have passed, and those ordinary books that were not cast with magic have been reduced to ashes.

All that remain now are rare copies protected by magic.

But I don’t know if it’s because magic books are too rare or for some other reason, but this room only has some books that record theoretical knowledge of magic.

Carl carefully put away the books, feeling even more satisfied with the adventure.

After wandering around, everyone actually found a place that looked suitable for leaving.

It was a place that looked like a restaurant. Behind the huge stone door, sunlight could be seen shining in through the gaps.

Relying on his knowledge of various mechanisms, Carl quickly found the mechanism to open the stone door.

Then, the stone door slowly opened, revealing a somewhat dazzling metallic reflection.

Gold, endless gold.

On the ground outside the door, countless gold was spread out on the ground like ordinary sand and gravel.

Even Carl, who was well-informed, was stunned when he saw such a large amount of gold.

But soon, Carl realized something was wrong.

"Wait! Aren't we a little too close to the top of Lonely Mountain?"

Trying hard to recall the 3D map of the ruins that he had forgotten before, Carl suddenly discovered that their current location was very close to Smaug's lair that he had observed before.

And at this moment, as if to prove Murphy's Law that "good things don't work, but bad things do", the roar of the dragon beast sounded from the sky.

Smaug is back!

"grass!"

Carl didn't expect that even though he was so careful, he would still encounter such a thing. He didn't plan to indulge Smaug anymore.

What's more, with so much gold right in front of him, if Carl doesn't fight him, he feels that even if he escapes in the end, his thoughts will be meaningless!

"Cover me!"

After saying this to everyone, Carl activated his flying technique and jumped up.

The Skyfire Optimus Prime mecha appeared in mid-air, and a magical halo lit up between the silent body.

The mecha reflecting the metallic luster sparkled in Smaug's eyes. The dragon beast swooped down directly from mid-air, and it looked like it was fighting for its life from the beginning.

Carl didn't dare let it pass him, so he controlled the mecha's right hand and prepared to launch a rising dragon punch.

As Smaug's claws grabbed towards Carl, he controlled the mecha and fired out the Rising Dragon Fist.

However, the lack of a standing point reduced the damage of this move a lot. Smaug simply rolled a few times in the air and then rushed forward again like a dragon.

"Boom~"

The effect of the flying technique could not be maintained, and the mecha fell onto the platform outside the stone gate.

Carl stepped directly under the weathered gold, and the huge weight crushed part of the gold into a ball.

With a roar, a bright fire began to light up in Smaug's mouth.

Carl immediately controlled the mecha to rush forward quickly, and seduced Smaug to breathe towards himself.

Before Carl could stand firm, the breath of fire that was powerful enough to melt gold and split rock had already sprayed all over his head.

Baine and others in the distance began to interfere with Smaug with their weapons, but with dragon scales protecting their bodies, the effectiveness of their attacks was very limited.

Withstanding the exhalation, the mecha's left hand quickly stretched out and grabbed Smaug's big mouth.

The powerful grip forced the breath outlet closed, and some flames spewed out of Smaug's nostrils, but the power was far less than before.

"Who hired you to be this troll? You have a foul mouth!"

With a single hand, Carl swung the arm of the mecha, trying to give the opponent a Hulk-like shock.

But Carl thought too simply.

Although the dragon beast is a beast, it also has dragon blood after all.

Accompanied by a flash of magical light, Smaug spread his wings and flapped them, and actually escaped from Carl's hands with his powerful air-staying force.

“Ouch!”

A shrill cry was heard, and the powerful sound waves even caused the surrounding metal and rocks to tremble slightly.

At this time, the two large floating cannons behind the mecha flew up, and white mist spewed out from the muzzles.

White frost quickly covered Smaug's body, but was quickly dispelled by his extremely high body temperature.

The rising water vapor and the white mist intertwined, and a series of snowflakes floated around.

"bass!"

A sword-shaped axe that was magnified proportionally pierced through the white mist and stabbed towards Smaug's chest.

There was a flash of lightning on its blade, and it was vibrating faintly.

Smaug, who was used to his own invulnerability, did not dodge at the first moment, but just slightly tilted his body to allow Carl's attack to pierce a less important part of his body.

But as the saying goes, "acne won't worry you unless it grows on someone else's face." Even if it's on an unimportant part of your body, you'll still feel pain if you get scratched.

With a "puff", the hot dragon blood spurted out immediately after the sharp blade cut through the scales.

From Carl's current mecha perspective, this was not a serious injury, but to others on the ground, it was like a heavy rain.

The tail swung rapidly in the air like a steel whip, and the tail containing Smaug's rage hit the chest of the mecha, knocking Carl directly to the ground among the gold.

Smaug tried to bite Carl again, but just as he opened his mouth to bite, Carl raised his axe and stopped the beast.

After all, this is not a game, and the cutting axe can be used for defense.

As the two sides were in a stalemate, a figure quickly grew larger behind Smaug.

Dazzling lightning shot out in all directions. Red-skinned Hope went berserk and added lightning damage to his chainsaw.

Without transforming into a giant bear, she simply swung two chainsaws and chopped at Smaug in a cross shape.

Along with the roar of the chainsaw, dragon scales and dragon blood splattered everywhere.

Feeling the pain, Smaug quickly gave up his plan to continue biting the Kal mecha and instead flew high into the sky again.

Countless amounts of dragon blood fell from the air, and Carl felt pain in his heart when he saw it.

Suddenly, Smaug turned around in mid-air and flew towards a higher place on the Lonely Mountain.

It kept accelerating, and then it crashed into an inconspicuous mountain.

"Is it losing too much blood and going insane?"

Just as he was about to catch up, the place where it was hit shook a little, and then lava flowed out.

Hanging on the rock wall with the two small claws on his wings, Smaug roared towards the sky, and then suddenly let out a dragon's breath towards the exit where the magma was flowing out.

With a loud bang, the hill-like location suddenly exploded.

Smaug did a somersault and jumped directly into the lava.

"It's bad! Never mind the gold! Let's go!"

Although he said that, Carl still grabbed a handful of gold from the ground, then placed Hope, who had been freed from his frenzy, on his head, and used his other hand to grab the rest of the people.

The floating gun behind him changed direction, and the stored solid nitrogen was decompressed. The mecha barely remained suspended in the constantly spewing white mist and flew forward.

But because the weight of the mecha was too great, when Carl controlled the mecha to jump out, the mecha as a whole was still falling.

"boom!"

Behind me, a volcano erupted.

Carl also figured out why the giant ruins were built so strangely.

It was actually connected to an active volcano! The winding passages were to avoid the passage of magma in the mountain!

The ground shook slightly, and some of the soil rolled around like liquid.

Carl wasn't sure what magnitude of earthquake this situation was equivalent to, but as these changes occurred, the ground near Lonely Mountain began to crack.

Then, under the horrified gaze of Carl and others, the ground began to sink.

(End of this chapter)