Sitting on the stone throne, Alduin, the current regent, received frequent reports. The white thrushes controlled by Yggdrasil became the best watchmen and messengers. They were extremely fast and not easily visible, so just like Sauron, information from the dragon mountain was fast and effective, even more so.
-The forest kingdom promised to help, Rivendell and Lothlorien too, Rohan is wary, but compensation was promised in return, so they agreed, Gondor is still reluctant to participate. - Glamdyr explained as he approached.
"Yes? Send a squad of moon elves and another of giant elves to Mirkwood to aid Thranduil; that old man is closer to the enemy." Alduin spoke softly, and Glamdyr took note.
-Tell Lothlorien and Rivendell to keep an eye on the orcs of the Grey Mountain, Rohan to keep an eye on Mordor, we will attack Dol Guldur. - Alduin concluded.
The queens nearby were a little surprised, but no one contradicted him, Smaug never said they should be defensive.
-Sauron is there, Aunt Aluna and... Aunt Yggdrasil, it will depend on you. - Alduin looked at the two women and spoke.
Aluna nodded with a smile, and Yggdrasil, who had learned to talk and walk some time ago, also patted his chubby chest and nodded. "Leave it to me! I'll purge that idiot!"
Everyone's lips trembled, sensing that Smaug would be in for a surprise when he returned.
It turns out that this tree had a "brat" spirit, curious about everything, a huge ego and did and said whatever it wanted.
But no one underestimated Yggdrasil, after being nurtured for so long, being a type of being very repellent to corruption, she would still lose to Aluna, but she was no weaker than her when dealing with darkness.
--x--
Smaug, who received frequent reports, smiled. He was conservative by nature, but he did not repudiate his son's action. He just liked to crush ants, but using a truck against a car also worked.
Then he sped up, he and Fenrir ran through the darkness, with vampires and other corrupted creatures rushing towards them, Smaug devoured them over and over, feeling their growing energy.
Every day he let Fenrir protect him as he absorbed more Mithril, his strength growing stronger and stronger.
--x--
Rivendell received the letter delivered by the white thrush. "Protect yourself from the dark mountains... Gundabad and the orc king are the biggest problems, send a letter to Celeborn and Galadriel..." Elrond asked the elf next to him.
--x--
Lothlorien also came to the same conclusion and soon communication from both sides made them reach an agreement.
Rohan also received the request, not only that, but an entire battalion of a thousand men came to help, most of them were dwarves, but there were still many giant elves and moon elves, even ten huge gargoyles.
As for Gondor's side, they could do nothing, but with the world in motion, if Gondor stood still it would not be good, either for reputation or connections.
In Mirkwood, the main forces of Dovah Strunmah and the forest kingdom united into an army and marched on Dol Guldur.
Sauron saw the movements long ago and raised his own army to defend himself.
It was half a month later that the war happened in Dol Guldur, the place was fortified, but not much, even so it was a problem with orcs shooting arrows like crazy.
Then the change came, from the sky, the cavalry of thestrals, commanded by Hera attacked, the woman wearing her Mithril armor descended upon them, followed by the battalion of giant elves mounted on their vampire wolves under Tauriel's command.
The archers riding their thestrals came behind and rained arrows with precision, Helena who had recently been breastfeeding smiled excitedly as she shot arrows.
Then the nine appeared, ringwraiths, Nazgul, but two figures in Mithril armor rose into the air with their own thestrals also covered in armor, Yggdrasil and Aluna, the first not knowing how to fight much, but rained light on them, making them burn and scream.
Aluna attacked straight to the heart of the fortress, closely followed by Alduin who, upon seeing the darkness, spat fire like a madman. Aluna helped, her own fire joining his.
Sauron was furious, screaming in pain, he was constantly suppressed, the Nazguls regenerated to help, but Yggdrasil arrived at that time, his energy like poison to Sauron, he screamed furiously and fled like a shadow to Mordor.
The group sighed in relief and began killing the orcs, there were tens of thousands of them, they tried to flee, but blocking their escape route, the wood elves climbed on their Hypogriffs and shot arrows at them.
If Smaug were here he would have heralded the age of battles in the sky.
While victory was coming, on the other side, Gandalf fought to make Isildur's heir rise to power in Gondor, one did not want to go and the other did not want a king, so Gandalf scratched his beard hard, full of exasperation and anger.
Rohan, Rivendell and Lothlorien also heard about the victory and celebrated, the dwarves still silent in their mines, Thorin hoped that the dragon mountain would fall, only this could alleviate his hatred, not only the dragons, but also the elves of the black forest!
He would put a good bounty on Smaug and Thranduil's heads.
Even so, he didn't think about allying himself with Mordor, he wasn't that crazy, it's a good thing he didn't remember what Smaug did to him.
--x--
The next period was covered in small battles, Mordor was very protected and would take the lives of tens of thousands to invade, so they decided to attack the rearguard first, attacking the dark mountains, the wood elves stayed to protect their rearguard, as well as Yggdrasil and Aluna, the rest of the army turned and went to help Lothlorien and Rifeda.
The next war took several months of attrition warfare, the mountains were deep and vast and the orcs were playing at home, the number of orc deaths grew exponentially, but there were still deaths among the army of what came to be called the alliance.
The alliance between the three elven kings, Rohan and Dovah Strunmah.
But then Mordor retaliated, Rohan was attacked with force, Saruman who was in Isengard helped Sauron create thousands of daylight-resistant orcs and launched a surprise attack, Gandalf was taken prisoner in the process and with him were the lineage of Isildur, who died terribly this time, leaving Gandalf devastated.
Rohan took shelter in Helm's Deep and a worried Hera led troops to help, Gandalf, saved by the eagles, joined her, as they fought against Saruman.
In the end it was Aluna who appeared personally and killed the corrupted white wizard, Isengard fell and Mordor lost another arm.
But it was not without cost, Hera was injured and was taken back, this made Smaug who had been underground for months finally become furious and return.
As soon as it appeared, like a giant shining black dragon, the people of Dragon Mountain roared in excitement
-Jun! Jun! Jun! Jun! - The scream echoed through the army stationed in Isengard.
Jun means king in the dragon tongue, even though he is no longer the king, to his people, he was only not king in name, they screamed in excitement as Aluna flew to him with Hera, the woman had recovered quite a bit with the essence of the sun, but there was still a knife scar on her shoulder, corruption leaked from the scar, it was a Morgul sword, this made Smaug furious, but for now, he sucked the corruption from her wound, it was a good amount and it seemed embedded in the flesh, but he succeeded.
Hera finally breathed a sigh of relief and with the essence of the sun and moon, she was healed both in body and soul.
On the ground, Fenrir finally reached him, when the group was scared and shocked, Smaug spoke. - This is my subordinate, Fenrir, do not attack him.
The group stopped and looked curiously at the nearly ten-meter-long dog in surprise.
Aluna noticed something and looked at him, in the end she shook her head and said nothing.
Smaug left Alduin to take charge of the Misty Mountains, and he himself led twenty thousand of his own men out of five thousand from Rohan towards Mordor.
I was about to finish what I had started one day.
At the black gates of Mordor, an orc army of hundreds of thousands stood, roaring and screaming as they watched the smaller army approach.
He didn't care, nor did the army, because a giant dragon appeared above them, a roar shook Mordor, the enemy's morale decreasing while the alliance's increased.
Hera now healed and Aluna also rose, Hera, sitting on Fenrir, commanded the army, neither Rohan nor the dragon mountain cared, having royal lineage on both sides.
Aluna used her thestral to fly alongside the dragon.
-It's now, this world will be clean. - Aluna sighed with firm eyes.
"Yes?" Smaug smiled in his dragon form, then lunged forward, making the Thestral stagger and Aluna snort.
Smaug used his treasure sense and sensed several good things in Sauron's tower. Barad-dûr, he hadn't gone there yet, but he rained fire on his enemies. This time he used his black fire, a fire that not only burned, but corroded to the bone and ingrained itself, very difficult to get rid of.
Black fire fell from the sky like rain and burned everything it touched, thousands died in seconds and others soon after screamed in pain, the air itself was poisoned.
Smaug fell and pushed the gates, breaking them with force and clearing the way for the army.
Smaug accompanied by Aluna ran straight to Barad-dûr, nine Nazgul took to the sky riding the corrupted eagles that now looked like Wyrms, Smaug looked at them and thought, he probably wouldn't be able to take the rings from them, they were between life and death after all, so he swallowed them directly, Sauron thought he could regenerate them indefinitely? He...
As soon as he entered it, the ancient king was decomposed, ring and all, he sighed at losing a new ability, but in exchange, the amount of energy he gained was enough for a month in the abyss of Moria.
Then his eyes grew brighter and he began to swallow them, a scream came from the tower below and the remaining Nazgul began to flee, Sauron seems to have noticed, even the Morgul blades were devoured by him without any injury.
Too bad, he wouldn't let lunch escape, in the sky, the elven knights, whether from the moon or giants, were ordered to stop them from escaping.
They just needed to hold them, so as Sauron screamed he swallowed them one by one, until there were none left.
Descending upon the tower, Smaug felt the last two dwarf rings there, he transformed into a five-meter dragon-scaled humanoid form and entered, there, the darkness rolled furiously.
-Winged worm... - The voice seemed distant and hoarse. - You will pay for this!
"Really?" Smaug smiled and opened his mouth, sucking hard.
Sauron attacked, but soon realized that something was wrong, his energy was being rapidly consumed by Smaug, before he could be happy with this, being able to corrupt the flying lizard, but now he felt that his energy was disappearing into a bottomless pit, never to return.
-No! You cannot kill me! - Sauron shouted furiously, Smaug advanced towards a small black chest, opening it, he saw the last two rings there, throwing them into his mouth, he exchanged them.
[Acquired Skill:...]
[Acquired Skill:...]
Smaug received the description mentally and nodded, but it was not the time for that now.
He traded one last item as soon as the last dwarf ring was lost, he felt that the One Ring had lost its support, it seems that without Sauron's corruption the last three rings cannot serve as support, it is a shame to give them up because they will also be destroyed when the One Ring is lost, but he no longer cared now, Sauron is dangerous, he knows his history, he has been responsible for more death than can be counted, he will not let his guard down now just because he is strong enough.
His philosophy has always been, a good enemy is a dead enemy!
[Acquired Skill: Dimensional Gate]
[Can open a passage between worlds, the passage is random, but can be saved and open gates to the same location again.]
[Warning: This skill uses a lot of energy and may have different effects.]
Smaug's eyes shone with joy, and before him, Sauron cried out, confused, shocked, fearful. "What are you—"
He couldn't finish saying, the tower above him started making noises, the tower itself was also connected to the ring, so he wasn't surprised, he quickly grabbed everything useful and left.
But he would need to dig again later, Sauron had a lot of Mithril that he took from Moria.
Flying out, he swallowed everything inside him and exchanged Sauron's Palantir as well.
[Skill Acquired: Soul Sense]
[Can use magic to sense souls over a wide range, physical matter and energy can decrease the range of the sense.]
The other two abilities of the dwarven rings were Solar Purification which is kind of useless because he can purify by consuming energy, even though it also works on curses, he also believes he can consume them, so... it's more or less, he can pretend to be a divine being in the future or something.
The second is Healing Palm, which as the name suggests, can heal with a touch, this was much better than giving pure vitality, besides having better effect, it could be used with magic, without needing to spend his vitality, so he was happy to accept.
He thought sadly of the nine rings of the human kings and three elven rings and sighed.
He then transformed into a full dragon and helped the humans kill the remaining orcs.
--x--
...
In the year 2872, the king had his third daughter with the topaz queen, Aluna, the king named her Hestia, while in the year 2876 he had his third son with the pearl queen, Yggdrasil, he named him Nidhogg.
In the year 2877, the king hardly appeared anymore, as well as his queens and in the year 2878, the king decided to go on a journey far away for many years, to the sadness of many, some cried, others howled, but Smaug, despite everything, was a beloved king.
His son, Alduin I, the tip of the spear, a title he acquired by always leading the armies from the front, son of Smaug, the Creator, the title most used by his subjects, truly assumed the throne, this time with a formal ceremony.
Queen Wynah had her first child, a girl, whom they named Helene, heir to the throne, born three years after the last sighting of the former king.
Princess Hela went to live in the forest kingdom and also had a son with Prince Legolas, they named him Smaug, in honor of his grandfather, they say that King Thranduil was very unhappy about this.
The king took his two youngest daughters and his youngest son with him when he left, but his second son, Berkas, became a famous adventurer, traveling around while eliminating what was left of the orcs or any corrupted creature, he was called Berkas, the Bloody, because he was covered in blood whenever he fought, he enjoyed the title, although he preferred, Berkas the Invincible, or Berkas the Immortal.
Queen Yggdrasil's thrushes continue to plant white trees throughout Middle-earth. They are said to care for them with affection and attack anyone who damages them. They are also very friendly with eagles, so it's not a good idea to mess with them.
The black dog named Fenrir of the ancient king also turned white and became very docile, he likes to sleep on the new white tree that grew in the upper garden of the mountain, he can talk and is very wise, children also love him and use him as a slide.
The elves also began to leave, as did Gandalf the Grey, the only wizard who left, but the elves of the forest kingdom remained, too attached to this land, Prince Legolas would not leave his princess either, so Thranduil would never leave without his son.
The dwarves still have a great feud with the dragon mountain, perhaps due to descent, the gray dwarves receive most of the hatred and the two groups fought whenever they saw each other, the imps on the other hand were very friendly with the hobbits and vice versa, there were even cases of Hobbits going to live in the new city of Dalle on the dragon mountain and were accepted by King Alduin.
The humans continued their lives, Gondor remained kingless and did not participate in the war, so its alliances became weak, Rohan approached the dragon mountain, it is said that Prince Berkas fell in love with a certain human princess, begging her father to give her a long lifespan.
All that is known is that a blonde woman is traveling with him and his group now.
As for me? I'm just a writer, a bard, the gallant and wonderful Glamdyr.
--x--
Glamdyr lifted his head and looked at the stars, in the fire not far away a sprawled red-haired young man with horns snoring next to a sprawled blonde woman mirroring the man.
-The legend continues... - Glamdyr took his harp and strummed the music written by the king. - Dovahkiin! Dovahkiin!...
(Ps: The lyrics of the song were adapted, otherwise it would be very funny a song that says the king will fall, hehe, not that I'm going to write it, it's just a reminder for those who know the lyrics.)