"Ah……"
As if all the strength in his body had been exhausted, after Gandalf discovered that there was a tough shield between him and the Balrog, making each of them unable to do anything to the other, he suddenly collapsed in this place full of coldness. Snowy platform above rocky ground.
Then, he dropped the long sword in his hand and dispersed the power of the lightning above, letting the roar of thunder and lightning from the sky interweave in his ears, and the cold and sharp wind blowing him into a mess, even condensation. His beard and long hair were covered with a thick layer of white frost.
After breathing for a while, he had the strength to look up at the little girl Annie who was standing on a thick stone pillar with a toy bear in her arms. The other person didn't look at him at this time, just minding her own business. , and stared with interest at the crazed Balrog on the other side of the shield wall.
"Are you...Anne? How on earth did you appear here?"
After knowing that he had strong reinforcements and that he might no longer be in danger, Gandalf felt a wave of fatigue coming over him. If there was a big warm bed here, he felt that he could sleep for at least several days. God?
As for the huge Balrog not far away who was separated by the little girl's magic and was slashing the shield wall with an imaginary flaming sword frantically, Gandalf no longer wanted to pay attention to it...
After fighting fiercely for so many days, from the bottom of the endless abyss to here, he no longer has the strength to stand up and continue fighting!
"You came to fight at such a high place, but I discovered it all the way over the Baie River! So, I teleported here to join in the fun with you!"
Well, these are actually not the point. Now all Anne cares about is: how can she subdue this big, ferocious, and fun-looking fire monster?
Should I catch him and beat him severely until he is convinced?
Or, capture it, dig out its brain, and then slightly modify it? Change it to a situation where you must obey your owner Annie's words at all times and be a well-behaved and lovable little dog?
"Teleportation spell?!"
Hearing this word, Gandalf was slightly stunned.
The magic in Middle-earth is not so widespread that even teleportation can be used casually. Even as Maia, when they came to Middle-earth, they always took a boat and rarely used teleportation or other methods to shorten the journey. Such techniques, because they will mislead mortals and arouse suspicion!
Just like Gandalf himself, he prefers to summon a white horse and be a handsome white horse wizard! And if you need to fly, you can also summon the giant eagle? If you do this, even if it is seen by mortal races, they will only be envious and will not cause other unnecessary trouble.
Only Maia, a traitor like Sauron who neither follows the rules nor respects the gods, would use a powerful magic similar to the teleportation spell of the Evil Eye Portal to travel across Middle-earth. distance and force his way to where he wants to go?
"Annie...why are you using magic again..."
Sighing, Gandalf could only shake his head helplessly.
But no matter what, this little girl finally saved herself in time, didn't she? Maiya, whose strength was limited, at least did not fall into the hands of this ancient flame demon, and luckily did not return to the kingdom of the gods.
"Roar!!"
At this time, the Balrog that was slashing the magic shield wall violently finally discovered something was wrong.
When it knew that its fire spells or physical attacks were temporarily unable to deal with this strange magic shield wall, it turned its head and looked at the stone pillar, where the man was talking to the old man in front of him who had been fighting with him for several days and nights. little girl.
Snapped!
Then, without thinking much, it roared angrily, pulled out a long whip made of entangled flames, and fiercely pulled out a huge and sharp explosion in the air. , then flicked the whip, letting it sweep straight towards the little girl above the stone pillar like a flexible snake.
"Small...heart...Okay, old man, I still don't care..."
Gandalf, who originally wanted to remind Anne to be careful about the whip, saw that the little girl reached out her little hand and gently grabbed the end of the whip without hesitation, but he did not seem to be burned, let alone pulled by the other party. After descending the stone pillar, he was about to speak out the reminder when he had to choke back again.
He almost forgot just now that this little girl is a powerful being who did not enter his heyday! And, according to what she said, she seems to be particularly good at fire spells?
If she thought about it this way, it was indeed impossible for her to make such a stupid mistake.
"Roar!!!"
Just now, when his flame whip easily wrapped around the little girl's arm, the Balrog was very happy at first.
However, what he never expected was that when he roared wildly, he started to pull the whip violently, intending to tear the little girl off, grab her and swallow her, to taste the kind of thing that she had not tried for a long time. When it was having a wonderful and delicious time, it suddenly discovered that it couldn't pull the other party?
How can this be? It itself is a powerful Balrog, not the orcs in the mines of Moria!
"..."
Then, the Balrog became a little confused.
It first looked down at the whip in its hand, then looked up at the little human girl standing on the stone pillar, and then it couldn't figure it out: there was obviously nothing wrong with its own whip, but the little girl also looked weak. Yes, why can’t it be pulled?
"Ouch..."
Balrog's mind was confused and he couldn't think clearly. His heart became fierce and he started to pull harder and harder again!
This time, it used so much force that even the rocky ground was dug into dents by its hooves! At the same time, the huge stone pillar that little Annie was standing on was also pulled precariously by the opponent. It was about to fall in the direction of the Balrog in the next second?
"Huh? Do you want it that much? Then I...will give it back to you now!"
Looking at the thick and hot whip made of entangled flames in her hand for a while, Annie seemed to be thinking about something interesting. Then, she looked at the whip below that was still pulling desperately. After taking a look at the standing fire demon and the stone pillar under his feet that was about to lose its hold due to the huge force, he seemed to have made some kind of determination.
Then, she blinked her beautiful big green eyes slyly, and when the Balrog continued to use his strength, she suddenly let go of the flame whip in her hand, causing the Balrog to succumb to its huge strength. Under the influence of the force, he instantly lost his balance and rolled violently towards the cliff behind!
Rumble...
After knocking over several small crooked stone pillars and rocks, Balrog staggered and finally managed to grab a few protruding rocks on the edge of the platform, narrowly hanging himself from the edge of the cliff. Living!
Now, Yan Mo finally saw that the little girl was playing tricks on him? Did you almost make yourself slip and fall again? !
"Roar!!!"
After finally climbing up from the edge of the cliff and looking at the large rocks that had fallen below the mountain clouds and no longer saw their shadows, Balrog suddenly roared in anger and threw them away. He opened the ineffective whip in his hand, and then opened his mouth towards the little girl on the stone pillar.
In its huge horned head and smoke-belching mouth and nose, countless roiling white flames were flashing in its chest and throat, and even the muscles of its upper body began to gradually turn red. , seems to have something extraordinary condensing and brewing in its body?
"Annie! Be careful! It's about to spit out flames!"
Seeing that the little girl was still standing on the tall stone pillar, looking at the Balrog who was about to breathe fire so defenselessly, Gandalf, who was slumped on the ground, became a little anxious.
The flame breath of this ancient flame demon is sometimes even more terrifying and violent than the dragon flame of the giant dragon! No matter how powerful this little girl is, it is always necessary to resist or avoid her a little bit, right?
No matter how bad it is, wouldn't it be good to step forward and attack the opponent to interrupt its breath? Instead of just waiting for the opponent's attack like now and doing nothing?
"Spit fire? Of course I know it's going to spit fire. Aren't I just waiting for it to spit fire?"
After giving the old man Gandalf a strange look, little Annie waved her hand and said without any concern.
She is not stupid, how could she not know that the other party is planning to burn her with fire?
Besides, the last thing she is afraid of is fire! And the most powerful thing about this Balrog is its fire attack, right? So, what does she have to worry about?
As long as the other party doesn't rush up to fight with her, she can stand here and let the other party burn all day long, no problem!
"What?!"
Before Gandalf, who was slumped on the ground, could say anything, the Balrog suddenly flapped its demonic wings and stood up straight.
When its pair of wings fully opened and its entire body began to burn with endless flames with billowing black smoke, a fiery red flame soaring into the sky suddenly spurted out from the giant mouth of the Balrog. Like a long fire dragon, it roared upwards diagonally upwards from Siraksi Gil Peak, from the top of the world, in the direction of the little girl!
The long tongue of fire, even after licking the position where Anne was standing and completely enveloping the huge stone pillar, continued to sweep up the sky. A rough estimate of the length of the huge tongue of fire seemed to be at least Tens or even hundreds of meters?
Anyway, from the perspective of Gandalf, the gray robe wizard who lost all his strength and collapsed on the ground, those terrifying flames seemed to have almost completely burned the thundercloud above the sky red?
Under the extremely high and terrifying flames, the temperature of the air near Siraksi Gil Peak gradually increased. In addition to the falling snow gradually melting and turning into raindrops, the huge tree that was mainly attacked by the flames just now The stone pillars, under the terrifying flame breath of the Balrog, were actually burned into rolling hot magma and began to drip and splash. Gandalf was so horrified that he quickly backed up and crawled several steps away before he could stand it. Avoiding the fate of being burned by the high-temperature magma.
Now, among the flames rising to the sky, Gandalf could no longer distinguish the figure of the little girl.
"Annie...?"
Looking blankly at the Balrog who was still breathing madly, Gandalf could only open his mouth, a little speechless.
He felt that the little girl's behavior just now was a bit too much.
Such a terrifying fire attack, even if it were Gandalf himself who had all the strength of Maia, if he dared not to dodge or resist, he would definitely be burned to ashes! Without that Maia, she would be stupid enough to be directly burned by the Balrog's breath!
"Roar……?"
Soon, when the originally burning flames on Balrog's body finally gradually extinguished, only a small handful of mane-like flames on his back were still burning feebly.
The bright red skin on its upper body and chest gradually returned to its normal gray-black color, and only then did its breathing stop completely.
Then, it was so shocked that it didn't even remember to close its open mouth, and allowed the embers of the fire and some thick smoke to come out of its mouth and nostrils. It stared blankly at the one who was still suspended on the top of the pillar just now. Location, a little human girl who seems to have no injuries at all?
Next, the flaming eyes of the Balrog began to flash violently, and it didn't understand why!
His fierce flames just now had clearly completely encompassed both the opponent and the pillars. He was very sure of this! Because now the stone pillar under the opponent's feet has been burned by it! Moreover, the other party did not use any countermeasures or protective measures at that time, and was just submerged in the flames...
But now, that little human girl, why does she seem to be fine? Is this still human? !
"This...how is this possible?!"
Gandalf on the side said what the Balrog wanted to say the most!
It was obviously burned, but why was that little girl still floating above the stone pillar that had been burned and cracked with a playful smile?
Look at her appearance, she is still in good condition, but when the rocks under her feet were burned, the air around her was even distorted and boiling by the high temperature, and the light began to shake violently, not to mention she was injured. Not even the slightest trace of scorching on that beautiful blond hair blowing in the wind? !
Moreover, her hands and body were actually burning with clusters of strange flames? Those flames actually seemed to be alive, beating on the little girl's body like an elf, still cheering and jumping for joy?
"You may not know..."
"Fire is my favorite toy! It's definitely useless if you burn me like this!"
While smiling, Annie grabbed a fireball as big as an orc's head in her free right hand, then threw her hand and hit the Balrog's head in a daze.
"Although people are not afraid of your flames, but... the smell of sulfur on your body is too bad! So, I give this back to you!"
boom! !
A blast of shattering fire exploded directly on Balrog's dazed head. While blasting him to stagger back, Annie did not stop. She fired fireballs one after another with her backhand, as if she was free of charge. He kept hitting the opponent's head!
"You just blew your stinky breath at me!!"
boom! boom!
After two bursts of shattering fire exploded on the opponent's back, they directly knocked the Balrog to the ground.
"It makes you not learn, but makes you play with fire!"
boom!
The Balrog just wanted to stand up, but was hit by a fireball that exploded on it and fell back down again...
"Didn't your mother tell you that children who play with fire will wet the bed at night?!"
"If you wet the bed, you will be spanked by your Enma mother!"
Another shattering fire exploded!
In this way, little Annie continued to throw fireballs at the opponent while talking all kinds of nonsense.
Not long after, countless magical flames that had no time to dissipate began to spread on the top of the Siraksi Gil Peak. They were like a huge volcano erupting, starting from the top of the upwind and slowly spreading downward...
If the wall-like lava shield that Anne had released at the beginning had not continued to work, I am afraid that the gray-robed wizard Gandalf, who was lucky enough not to die at the hands of the Balrog, would have been betrayed by the little girl at this moment. Will the crazy behavior of throwing fireballs be burned to ashes?
After all, Gandalf doesn't have the ability of the Balrog or Anne to avoid being burned by the Fire Seed!
"..."
Seeing this, looking at the terrifying flames and the burned rock lava that have completely ravaged the entire Siraksi Gil Peak, the burning flames are more than ten meters high, and are even continuing to spread towards the bottom of the mountain. Gandalf actually really wanted to go up to the little girl and ask: Who is the real Balrog, she or the Balrog?
The Balrog just now, after breathing flames for a while, still had to rest for a while, but what about this little girl, throwing fireballs one after another, as if she was free of charge? Seeing that this little girl is not blushing and out of breath, but is still throwing fireballs excitedly, is there a tendency to not stop until the entire Misty Mountains are burned into a land of flames? Does she really have that much magic power? !
"Burn!"
Suddenly, the little girl screamed again, and a flame that was more terrifying than the breath of the Balrog just now was like a cathartic waterfall, rushing down towards the Balrog and suppressing him fiercely. While on the ground, more hot magma began to splash!
Now, except for the place where Gandalf is standing, which is still intact, the entire Siraxigir Peak has turned into a sea of flames and magma...
"Great Eru... Is she the demon king who came out of the flaming hell?!"
Gandalf no longer knew what to say. As if he was in a flaming hell, he felt that the little girl in front of him was definitely more like a Balrog than that Balrog! Perhaps, she is actually a Flame Lord wearing a beautiful human skin and looking a little cute? !
Otherwise, how could she do such a thing that was about to burn down an entire mountain?
That poor Balrog could only breathe fire and play with flaming swords and whips, but what about this little girl? Just because they didn't agree with each other, they directly burned the Siraksi Gil Peak into a red piece? Gandalf swore that if other people in Middle-earth looked at the grand scene here now at night, it would definitely be more dazzling than the Mount Doom in Mordor, right?
After all, Siraksi Gil Peak is the highest peak in the Misty Mountains. Regardless of the southeast, northwest, or northwest directions of Middle-earth, when the weather is clear or at night, people will definitely be able to easily detect the abnormality here!
"Ouch~!!!"
Suddenly, Balrog, who had been suppressed and beaten by little Annie for a long time, finally couldn't help but explode.
Ignoring the painful wounds on its body and the surrounding flames, it resisted the little girl's several fireballs that hit it and exploded. Then it raised its hand and saw a flaming sword. It flapped its wings vigorously, carrying all the fireballs all over its body. The fierce flames and the molten-like blood gushing out from the wounds flew directly upwards, using all their strength, to swipe down at the little girl's figure!
The bright red flame sword, under the full swing of the Balrog, dragged a long afterimage, like a huge red ribbon, with a strange red light, directly towards little Annie That tiny waist was slashed through!
It's a pity that the Balrog didn't feel any stagnation from its weapon! It knew that it wasn't that its flame sword was too sharp, but that it didn't hit any enemies at all.
"Woo..."
Sure enough, when it turned around and roared low, the figure of the little girl in the sky flashed and quickly disappeared...
Then, the other party soon appeared in another place higher in the sky. She, that little human girl, seemed to have the ability to fly at will? !
This is already obvious: what it just cut was actually just a mirror-like afterimage! This is the kind of trick wizards often use!
"..."
In the sky, the little girl seems to have a tendency to continue throwing fireballs?
Now, Balrog finally felt a little timid...
Just now, the little girl's exploding fireball had caused quite a lot of damage to herself. Although those flames did not do much harm to the Balrog itself, when they exploded on its body, the tearing wounds were still It’s inevitable!
In addition, it had been fighting with the old man with a white beard for several days, and now it was feeling a little tired. It finally got cold and planned to retreat! It didn't want to be here anymore, continuing to fight with this little human witch who could fly at will and was not afraid of fire attacks like the Balrogs.
However, how to leave here and escape back to the mines of Moria still needs to be carefully thought about. It must find a good opportunity, otherwise, this flying little girl will definitely not let it go easily!
"Aha! You can't beat me with magic, so you want to fight melee? I'm not afraid of you!"
Looking at the Fire Demon Queen below with numerous wounds on her body and standing in the flames, looking a little pitiful, Anne felt that it would be better for her to conquer it as soon as possible? Otherwise, if she was accidentally beaten to death by herself, wouldn't she have wasted her time before? !
"Come on, Tibbers! Knock it down for me!"
Huh?
what happened? !
When Annie grabbed her little bear and planned to smash it down at the Balrog that was looking around and seemed to be trying to find a way to escape, she was surprised to find that her little bear Tibbers actually had the nerve to hug him tightly. Holding his arm, he seems reluctant to fight? !
(Little master, this Balrog is almost half-dead from your beating. Can you just work harder and subdue it? You don’t want me to go out and bully it anymore? I’m sorry... …
——Tibbers felt that his shadow bear was completely immune to fire and physical damage, but what about the Balrog? The opponent only has fire and physical attack abilities, so today's job is not challenging at all, so it is a little reluctant to take action!
Moreover, the most important thing is: this mountain peak is too steep, and it can't fly. If it slips and falls, even if it falls, it won't kill itself, but it will be very embarrassing. ,Right?
After all the above, Tibbers felt that today was not the right time for a fight! In addition, the battlefield is not ideal, and the opponent is definitely not its own opponent, so why not just stop striking? )
"Either you go down and catch the Balrog for me, or when you go back later, you soak in the Swan River for a month. Choose one!"
This is really outrageous. This little bear is so brave that he dares to bargain with me?
So, Annie squinted her eyes, raised her hand, and looked at the little bear that was clinging to her wrist shamelessly and rubbing its head against the palm of her hand, trying to please her. threatened.
(Uh... little master, please don't be angry, we are really just joking with you...
——There was no other way. Tibbers, who had failed in his cuteness, had no choice but to let go of his hand as if resigned to his fate, and pounced on the poor Balrog below! )
"Roar!!!"
Then, something happened that frightened Gandalf the Gray Robe even more:
On the other end, the teddy bear that he had always thought was an ordinary toy and was held in the arms or hands of the little girl suddenly became huge, and even turned into a figure that was taller than the Balrog. Two giant flame bears with heads and bodies covered in dark red flames roared and fell directly from the sky, pressing down on the Balrog that was about to retreat!
The moment Balrog was frightened, the opponent's pair of huge bear claws grabbed Balrog's demon horns and dragged them to the ground and stepped on them with their feet. Then he waved the pair of chubby bear claws and began to shoot left and right. I started beating him with fists and fists...
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"Ah! Gandalf!!!"
Suddenly, a scream sounded, and on the way to Mordor, Frodo, who was resting and sleeping under a rock under a rock, suddenly woke up from his sleep.
He had just dreamed of Gandalf, and of course, the Balrog!
They were falling into the bottomless abyss, and during the fall, Gandalf was still fighting desperately against the flaming Balrog. Even though he knew that he must die, he was still fighting. Fighting and resisting non-stop...
His long sword kept making gaps in the body of the Balrog, and at the same time, he was constantly being burned by the flames of the Balrog.
"What happened? Frodo...?!"
After hearing Frodo's scream, Sam, who had not been sleeping peacefully, was instantly awakened. Then, he quickly came over and asked worriedly.
Just now, he seemed to have heard Frodo calling Gandalf's name?
But...he knew that Gandalf had obviously fallen into the abyss for many days...
Before that, after the eight of them left the mines of Moria, they went to the Golden Forest, and also met the lord of the elves in Lothlórien, the most powerful and beautiful elven leader - Galadriel. Lady Elf.
Then, they rested for a night, and when they left the next day, after accepting many gifts from each other, they took a boat south along the Anduin River and left the elves' golden forest and that beautiful place.
In the days that followed, Sam didn't even want to remember...
They had just landed, but they didn't expect that they would be attacked soon! The orcs from Saruman Isengard who had been following them ruthlessly ambushed them...
In the subsequent battle, Boromir, the eldest son of the Prime Minister of Gondor, was shot several times, and his life and death are unknown...
It seems that their friends Pippin and Merry were also captured by those strong orcs? Then, Frodo, who was scattered, actually planned to go to Mordor alone in order not to drag down his teammates? And Sam himself, after many pleas and even jumping into the river regardless of life and death, finally convinced Frodo and gained the qualification to travel with him.
Until now, even Sam didn't know if anything happened to other people except Gandalf, those partners in the Lord of the Rings Expedition.
"No...nothing..."
"Go to bed early, Sam! We still have a long way to go tomorrow..."
After calming down for a while, Frodo, knowing that he was just dreaming, fell down again and slowly lay back on the cold, hard ground.
"I just had a dream... I dreamed of Gandalf..."
Enduring the bone-chilling mountain wind, Frodo tightened his elf cloak tightly and looked at the dark night sky and the Doomsday Mountains of Mordor in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking about.
"Frodo..."
"Lord Gandalf is dead...at the hands of the Balrog..."
Sam looked at Frodo's back in silence for a while. When he turned his head to look in the direction they came from, he was suddenly a little surprised.
"And, look! Even here, we can still see the vision over the Misty Mountains. That must be the work of the Balrog..."
At this time, under Sam's reminder, Frodo finally sat up again and looked in the direction of the Misty Mountains.
Sure enough, just as Sam said, in the dark night, they could still see the strange red sight like a volcanic eruption in the distant sky - the highest peak of the Misty Mountains. Seems to be on fire?
The fire was so fierce that even the two of them in the Great Wilderness Mountains could still see the terrifying scene vaguely through the fog in the night...
Is it like the peak of the Misty Mountains was completely ignited and turned red by the flames, and even burned the clouds into a bright red at the same time?
Obviously, apart from volcanic eruptions, the only thing that can cause such a scene is the ancient Balrog, right?
If he hadn't known that Mount Doom was in his direction, he would have almost thought that they were going in the wrong direction!
"Gandalf..."
And now, since the Balrog is still fine and can still play in the Burning Mountain, Gandalf must be dead!
That's right... After falling from such a high place on the bridge of the Namoria Mine into the bottomless abyss, except for mythical creatures like the Balrog, there is absolutely no way for anyone else to survive!
"..."
