The 280th Chapter Balrog (1)

Isengard, on the towering Orthank tower in the sky, the white-robed wizard Saruman is currently in his mage tower, using the crystal ball of true knowledge and Sauron who is far away in Mordor Barado Tower Evil Eye conducts routine contact and military information sharing.

While Saruman was reporting information such as Isengard's combat readiness and military developments to the Demonic Eye of Sauron, he was also secretly observing the orc forces under Sauron's command in Mordor and silently comparing the gap between the two sides.

"Middle-earth is Fusion"

"Now, who else can stop the army of Essinger and Mordor?!"

Saruman held one hand above the crystal ball of true knowledge, while silently maintaining his magic power output, while closing his eyes to communicate with the evil eye of the demon king Sauron spiritually.

Of course, he did not forget that he secretly observed the combat readiness of Mordor through another crystal ball of true knowledge far away in Barado Tower.

Then, he saw from the crystal ball: groups of heavily armed half-orc phalanxes were walking out of the Balado Fortress shouting slogans, and they were passing the long black bridge of Balado , kept walking towards the distant Mount Doom, presumably, must be preparing to divert to Minas Morgul and go west to participate in the all-out attack on the Kingdom of Gondor.

The number of them seems to be boundless, and one after another has passed through the Barrado Bridge. It looks like a group of black human-eating ants!

Saruman secretly calculated before, if calculated based on the number of nearly one hundred and fifty people in each phalanx, what he saw during the period of contact with Sauron alone was almost more than one year old. How much is it?

This is a big deal!

In this cold weapon era of the Middle Earth, this desperate number of troops, sometimes, is already equivalent to nearly half the number of citizens of a small human country, right?

"Is there any power that can fight against the demon lord Sauron and my white robe Saruman? And our twin tower alliance?"

Seeing this, even though he praised it, Saruman was secretly startled.

Because, he found, it seems that Sauron's military power is far stronger than his own? This is very bad! It is very detrimental to the balance between the two forces, and it is also not conducive to Saruman gaining more say in the new order after the unification of Middle-earth in the future!

"Monarch Sauron, as long as we join forces, I believe we will be able to unify the world of Middle-earth!"

so,

Thinking of this, Saruman had to remind Sauron again that the two of them are actually in a relationship of mutual cooperation and cooperation, and will never become the dominant side just because the strength of the other side's army is more and stronger!

The reason why Saruman betrayed the god of the earth, Aoli, to cooperate with Sauron, was because he was going to get enough benefits, and he was definitely not a clown who came to serve as a servant or shout for the other party!

"Nonsense! I must be the one who can unify Middle-earth. Both of your armies are too backward. If you lag behind, you will be beaten!"

Suddenly, what surprised Saruman and the demon lord Sauron who was chatting with him remotely was that this kind of relatively secret magic conversation using the crystal of truth had a face that looked like a little human girl, and suddenly there was no sign. Inserted into the communication screen of the crystal of true knowledge between the two sides?

Then they found that this little girl, and the faint rows of human soldiers behind her, seemed to be shouting and lining up, as if they were attacking a certain city? !

"Is that you? I know you"

"Little Witch, all of my nine ring spirits were killed once! It cost me a lot of energy to revive them!"

"You will definitely pay the price for this!!"

Seeing that it was this little girl who eavesdropped on the conversation between the two of them, Maia, in the picture, Sauron's evil eye suddenly spewed out more violent flames, and began to emit a strong coercion As well as strong spiritual willpower, it seems that they want to use this method to control or infiltrate this little girl's mind?

However, he soon realized that his means of suppressing the enemy seemed to have failed?

Because, no matter how hard he tried, except that Saruman's expression became more and more tense and sweating profusely, as if he had been greatly affected, that little girl was still the same as before. Still staring at him angrily with that grinning look?

"I recognize you too! Aren't you the pitiful archlich with only one eyeball left?"

Seeing that the other party was staring at her fiercely, Annie also grimaced mercilessly and stared back.

"At that time, it was obviously those of your subordinates who came to provoke me first, so they blamed me when they were beaten to death by me?"

"Also, you don't need to waste your useless spiritual power. Don't think that your big eyeballs can stare at people to death! Just relying on your spiritual will, even if you stare for ten thousand years, it will be impossible for you to die. Surely there is nothing wrong with me”

Little Annie was still laughing heartlessly, how could she be affected by the other party's little mental coercion? That absolutely does not exist!

You know, she is not only a powerful arcane mage, but also an extraordinary existence who has touched the knowledge of the gods, so she is not the kind of mortal with weak will or low soul strength!

So, in Annie's eyes, the other party's tricks are nothing more than a trick that only children can play. It's a waste of magic power?

"Hmph! A little human witch of unknown origin"

"What is the purpose of you spying on the conversation between me and Saruman this time?! Do you have another crystal ball of true knowledge in your hand?"

After discovering that his method was really to do nothing to the opponent, Sauron's evil eye simply stopped, and then let his own evil eye gradually shrink and return to normal. human little girl.

Why this little witch was able to invade their crystal, Sauron couldn't figure it out.

Although their middle-earth world has extraordinary existences like the creation god Eru and a large group of Vilamayas, the magic civilization does not seem to have achieved much development, even if it is as strong as their Maias, it is as good as the sky. Throwing a big fireball or playing lightning, etc., more often, still like to play shirtless and melee?

Otherwise, it would not have happened that the demon king Sauron was holding a big mace, driving Wushuang in the coalition of humans and elves, and then accidentally overturned, and was chopped down alive by the human king with a broken sword. The ring finger thing!

So, when he discovered that the little girl could invade their crystal, Sauron's first thought was: the other party probably also has a crystal ball of true knowledge?

You must know that the Crystal of Knowledge and the Silmarillion were both made by Feanor, the greatest elf in the Double Tree Period. There are only seven of them in total. It can be said that they are one of the unique treasures in Middle-earth!

Sauron only knows that there are four known crystals of true knowledge in existence!

Among them, Sauron's crystal ball was transferred to his Barado Tower in 2002 of the third era, when his ring spirits captured Minas Ithil. Began to be used by Sauron, allowing him to spy on all of Middle-earth!

And the other one was placed on Isengard's Orthank tower, and it has been controlled by Saruman until now.

The third crystal has been kept with Eros Tirian of the high elves of the Noldor tribe. Those elves are very cautious and have rarely used it, and Sauron has never contacted the crystal.

And the fourth one has always been placed in Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor. Sauron has used it to completely destroy Denethor II, the regent of the human Kingdom of Gondor!

Of the remaining three, the largest main spar has rolled into the Anduin River during the war and has not been found. The other two have long been carried by the last emperor of Arnor, Yafan. While fleeing, after sinking in Frochel's Frozen Cove, he was never seen again!

So, Sauron was a little puzzled, how did this little girl suddenly intervene in the conversation between him and Saruman? Could it be that she also has a crystal ball of true knowledge in her hand? Even, possibly the biggest one that tumbled into the Anduin?

"Huh? What kind of messy crystal ball? You guys communicate through that kind of thing?"

"I'm actually on the side of the White Goose River now! I'm not too far away from that Essinger!"

"And you are so blatantly conducting ultra-long-distance communication, and the mana fluctuation is so large, of course I can find it! How is it? Isn't he super powerful?"

Anne was proud of herself, but it was a pity that Saruman, an old man with a white beard, and an archlich with only the evil eyes of the soul were staring at her. They obviously had no time to play with this little girl, so They were just staring at each other coldly.

"Well, you two are so boring!"

Seeing the indifference on their faces, Annie could only curl her lips in boredom.

"I just came here to take a sneak peek at your strength! I found out that you two are really foul! Look, one of them has so much hotter subordinates! And the other one is still playing tricks?! "

Anne just saw the furnace under Saruman Essinger from the two crystals of true knowledge, in which countless orcs are building armor and weapons, and there are countless orcs transformed by magic, which are being mass-produced by the other party Come out, just from what she saw, the combined army of the two of them must be in the tens of thousands, right?

And now, what about her Alicia United Kingdom? It is estimated that all musketeers add up to about a thousand people?

"Oh? Then after seeing our strength, do you also want to join us?"

Sauron seemed to have seen some soldiers from behind the little girl, and then he quickly made up his mind.

"Believe me, little witch, your personal strength has already been recognized by me! If you also join our great cause, I think we will be able to rule the entire Middle-earth world more easily!"

"At that time, I can even set aside a part of the land so that you and your men can enjoy the supreme rights of Middle-earth! Then, even the true gods of Aman will be afraid of the power we have."

"What do you think of my suggestion?"

Sauron's evil eyes began to seduce the little girl, thinking that at the beginning, Saruman joined them only after seeing his incomparable strength in Mordor.

"No! That's not a good idea at all!"

Without even thinking about it, Annie quickly shook her head.

"I think it's better like this: you two, if you all swear to submit to me now, I won't beat you in the future! What do you think of my suggestion?"

How could Annie choose to join them? One of the opponents is an old man with a white beard, and the other is an evil-eyed lich with only a soul left. She is too low-looking, so she won't go with them!

And if it was them who surrendered themselves and became their subordinates or lackeys, then little Annie could make up for it a little bit and reluctantly accept these two ugly guys?

"Hmph! You will regret it!"

Without speculation, after knowing that he was being spied on and played by this little witch, Evil Eye Sauron snorted coldly, and directly closed the crystal of true knowledge on his side, completely cutting off the communication.

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Afterwards, Saruman, who hadn't been able to speak, stared at the little girl in silence for a while, and didn't know what to think, so he cut off his mana output quickly and let Orthank Tower This crystal of true knowledge turned back into a black crystal ball without any image.

"Way? Is there anyone else? I haven't finished talking yet, so boring!"

Outside the city wall of Sabade on the north bank of the Swan River, seeing the magic communication in front of her become gray again, and she could no longer see the slightest scene on the opposite side, little Annie could only whisper and disperse herself spell.

She managed to find two strong guys to chat with and relieve boredom, but they ran away without saying a few words? It's really boring!

"Your Excellency Witch Anne, the evil eye and the guy in the white robe that appeared just now are Saruman and the Demon Lord Sauron, right?"

At this time, Ge Luoyin, who had been watching with trepidation, finally asked this question with a trembling tone.

After capturing the town of Metris in the woodland of the Dortina Mountains a few days ago, they continued to lead a motley army of nearly 800 people to the north bank of the Swan River again, preparing to Besiege the Sabad Walled City, which has at least a thousand defenders and tens of thousands of residents.

Then, when Reinas stepped forward to persuade the other party to surrender as soon as possible, the little wizard girl next to him suddenly opened a magic communication that even Groin thought was very novel, and he was lucky enough to see it from inside. The figure of the demon king Sauron and the white robe Saruman.

"Didn't you see it all? Why don't you ask?!"

Annie gave the dwarf an annoyed look.

The features of the white-robed Saruman and the evil-eyed Sauron are so recognizable, who else but them? Therefore, she now disdains to answer his question.

"Huh? It seems that there is something more interesting!"

"Old man Ge! Later, tell Reinas to let her decide how to fight this small town called Bud! I'm going to do some more important things now!"

"That's it, goodbye!"

After Annie suddenly glanced in the direction of the Misty Mountains to the east, she let out a cry of surprise.

Then, she hastily confessed to Groyin, and after she finished speaking, she didn't wait for the old dwarf's reaction, and it was a teleportation spell, which instantly disappeared into the original place under everyone's astonished eyes. I don't know where it was sent to

"Old man Ge Ge?! That must not be talking about me, right?"

Seeing the little girl who suddenly disappeared, Ge Luoyin turned his head and looked around, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He was obviously called Ge Luoyin, so who was that old man Ge that the little girl was talking about?

Does this little witch like to give others nicknames so much? !

The old world will burn in flames

The forest will disappear, and a new power will rise

I, Saruman!

I will arm my army with the sharp weapons of orcs and clanging iron fists and start my own war

After his routine communication with the Demon Lord Sauron was disrupted by a little girl who inexplicably inserted him, the white-robed wizard Saruman, who was secretly vigilant, couldn't wait to come to his underground of Isinger and began to patrol Leading his huge underground project that also produces orcs, smelts steel, and builds armor and weapons!

This is a military underground fortress and steel furnace for his war!

Just now, he has actually seen that: Demon Lord Sauron, the Maier who lost his body, was just using himself! And he, Saruman, isn't he using the other party?

It's just that Sauron's strength now far exceeds his own, so he can only choose to be patient for the time being!

Therefore, in order to plan for the future, Saruman felt that it was very necessary for him to strengthen his military power as soon as possible! Only a powerful orc army, as well as more steel and weapons, can he gain enough benefits for himself in the new middle-earth world changes in the future?

"I need them fully armed and ready to go within two weeks!"

After inspecting the underground facilities, Saruman directly gave orders to a tall half-orc steward who was in charge of the affairs here.

"But, my lord!"

"The number of their strong orcs is really too many. It is impossible to be fully armed in such a short period of time. Our weapons and armor are far from enough!"

The time it took for the orcs to build this place was too short. In a hurry, the steward felt that it was impossible to create so many weapons and armors for the newborn orcs to use within two weeks.

Although the production of weapons and armor is still going on in an orderly manner, in those quagmire-like magic transformation furnaces, the speed at which they squeeze the strong orcs is really too fast!

Their half-orc artisans produce weapon armor, and they still need to use ore to smelt metal and turn it into molten iron. Finally, they can be shaped and punched into steel knives and plate armor. This takes a lot of time, and the daily output has been fixed.

However, the orcs were dug out one by one from the quagmire furnace transformed by magic. It didn't take long, and the number far exceeded the production speed of weapons and armor. They wanted to kill them within two weeks. If they are all fully armed, according to the current production capacity, the half-orc steward feels that it is absolutely impossible to complete the task!

Those strong orcs now number in the thousands. Where can they find the weapons and armors of the thousands? Unless Saruman is willing to drive a few nails into a piece of wood like the barbarians of Dunland for his military use, or directly tie a piece of iron with a sharp edge as a weapon?

"snort!"

After looking at the river and forest in the distance, Saruman quickly made up his mind.

"Build a dam and stop the river! Then, the furnace is running day and night, and I need more weapons and armor!"

"But we don't have that much fuel! The trees near Essinger are almost cut down by us! You are seriously short of fuel now!"

Iron-making and steel-making all require fuel. Since there is no coal here in Essinger, the half-orcs are now almost cutting the vicinity of Essinger into a piece of white ground.

"Have you seen it? At the gate of our Essinger, there is a whole piece of Fangorn Forest and burned it!"

Although Saruman himself knew that there were some powerful treants in Fangorn Forest, he didn't think that kind of treants who could only sleep, had low intelligence and were disorganized would do anything to his Isengard. threaten!

Even if one or two of them revolt violently at that time, he believes that those half-orcs or strong orcs under him can easily burn each other without his own action?

After finishing speaking, Saruman turned around with a sneer and left!

He now needs to meet the leader of the Dunland barbarians. While accepting his allegiance to him, he has already made plans to let those barbarians serve as vanguard cannon fodder before his army comes out. In the territory of Rohan, consume the opponent's vital strength.

Then, when his own army was armed, he took all of Rohan in one fell swoop! In Saruman's view, this is an easy task! Because, the current Rohan has already been infiltrated by his subordinates. Grema, who is the adviser of Rohan, said that he has already controlled that old king!

So, now, it's about time for his Saruman's army to reap the fruits of victory?

Once Saruman conquers the entire territory of Rohan, he can form a two-sided siege of Gondor, the largest kingdom of mankind, with Mordor.

At that time, it will be just around the corner to eliminate Gondor in one fell swoop and take down the entire Middle-earth!

After all, Haradrin in the south of Mordor and the rune tribes in the east have already reached an offensive and defensive alliance agreement with the demon lord Sauron! Once they completely conquer Gondor, the remaining scattered northern human forces, elves or dwarves, waiting for them, will have only one way to destroy!

Maybe when the time comes, those hateful elves might still be able to escape to Aman Island of the gods by boat in advance?

However, when the time comes, no one in the entire Middle-earth world will be able to change the fact that the world will be ruled by him Saruman and the demon king Sauron!

If it is really possible to get to that point, even Eru and Vera probably can only choose to watch from the sidelines, right? Because, Saruman knew, they would never be able to bear the consequences of another war between man and god. If they didn't want to destroy Middle-earth and Arda, then the Valar could only acquiesce that Middle-earth was destroyed. An established fact that Morgoth is ruled by one side!

As for the little wizard girl who was coming from the north and threatened to attack Isengard, Saruman didn't pay much attention to her. Just before, in the crystal of true knowledge where the three of them were talking, he had already seen that the opponent's army was just a mob of hundreds of people, and even the armor and weapons were very simple!

Therefore, he didn't feel any threat from that little girl.

"Obey, my lord!"

Seeing Saruman leave, and then turned his head to look at the dense Fangorn Forest in the distance, the half-orc steward responded with a grim expression.

In fact, it has long wanted to play Fangorn Forest's idea! The ancient forest that has grown for countless years, the trees grow tall and big, the wood is compact and strong, it must be very resistant to fire! No matter how you look at it, it is much, much stronger than those in the original Essinger!

Cut off one or two casually, and it is estimated that the steelmaking furnaces that can supply them will burn for several days?

If Saruman hadn't spoken before, and he had some concerns about the rumored Fangorn Forest in his heart, he would have sent people to cut down trees a long time ago, and he didn't dare to wait until now. start?

"Evil Balrog! You can never defeat me!"

The gray robe wizard Gandalf has been severely burned by the flames, but he is still fighting the Balrog with a long sword in his hand!

You read that right, Gandalf held a long sword, jumped up and down and fought the Balrog countless times!

The talent of swordsmanship specialization is full, the movement skills are also at the master level, and the eloquence and charm are also at the advanced level. On the contrary, Gandalf, who only chooses a fireball and light technique for his job skills and spells, is actually a deep-seated man. He is a master of swordsmanship, not the gray-robed wizard you have seen and are familiar with!

If it is more accurate, his real occupation should be a magic sword master? !

So, in the mines of Moria, he fell into the endless abyss with the Balrog, and fell into the big pool deep in the ground together. After luckily not being thrown to death, he was able to rely on a sharp sword , fought fiercely against the Balrog in front of him, along the man-made ladder dug out by the greedy dwarves, called the endless ladder, from the depths of the ground, intermittently hitting the peak of Silver Horn Peak, Siraksigil On top of the peak!

Now Gandalf is also constantly rejoicing. Fortunately, when he chose a career and added talent points, he insisted on adding a lot of physique and endurance against the ridicule of others. Otherwise, he would not have Know how many times it has died!

Here, on an artificial stone platform made by the dwarf, on top of a world of blizzard and lightning, Gandalf, the melee mage of Middle-earth, was standing with this flaming, mighty, The Balrog with a pair of huge wings kept moving and fighting fiercely.

In the offensive and defensive battles where you come and go, occasionally, Gandalf can use the elf sword in his hand to cut a few marks of different shades on the body of the Balrog.

Of course, most of the time, he was actually being crushed and beaten by the Balrog, and from time to time, he was knocked over by the opponent's huge force and hit one after another boulder pillars, causing many large rocks to escape from this world. Here at the top, rolling and rolling down below the clouds

"hoo hoo"

How long he had been fighting the Balrog, Gandalf could not remember

Maybe a week, maybe half a month? He didn't know, and he didn't have time to figure it out! Right now, he could only pant heavily, and while fully firing, he no longer cared about hiding his strength, while at the same time vigilantly guarding against the Balrog on the opposite side.

This guy in front of him is really too difficult to deal with! Now Gandalf is a little convinced, maybe this terrible Balrog was really transformed from the Maia who followed Morgoth in ancient times? Otherwise, how could he still be playing so hard when he was going all out?

But fortunately, Gandalf himself is also a very powerful Maier!

That's why he was able to persist until now despite being severely burned all over his body? And if it was an ordinary mortal warrior, no matter in terms of physical fitness or strength, with such a huge gap, he would have been killed by the Balrog many times, right?

Instead of being like now, Gandalf can still use an elf sword to head-to-head with the huge and equally powerful Balrog in constant competition.

Regarding the rumors about the origin of the Balrog, there are generally two arguments: some say that they are evil creatures created out of thin air by Morgoth! Some also say that they are actually the products of those who followed Morgoth after the fall of the Mayan gods and were transformed by him.

But no matter what kind, their power is beyond doubt!

Gandalf has seen related records: According to rumors, some of the Mayan gods became servants of the dark demon Morgoth. They were extremely vicious, cruel and vicious, and later became such devil-like existences! In High Elvish, they are called Valaloka, but in Middle-earth, they are called Bolog, which means "powerful devil"?

Of all the creatures created by Morgoth, the dragon is undoubtedly the most powerful.

But compared to the giant dragon, Borlog's body is slightly larger and cumbersome, and does not have the excellent flying ability of the giant dragon! Although their faces are a bit human-like, they have giant horns with the symbol of a demon, and they also have nostrils that can spray Liu Hang's poisonous gas, and a mouth that can breathe out flames at any time, just like a giant dragon.

Wherever they walked, the ground would be burned, and the thick smoke was like a dark cloud covering the sky, leaving shadows behind it. Moreover, their limbs could also spiral around and climb some dangerous places.

Gandalf had already seen this ability when he was climbing the endless ladder!

And the Balrog's main weapon is a terrifying fire whip! This whip, made up of multiple twisted flames, is the kind of thing that was on the previous Moria Mine Bridge, dragging Gandalf to the bottom of the endless abyss!

Of course, Balrogs can also use the power of flames to condense other weapons, such as scepters, axes, and fire swords, etc., but more often, Balrogs still like to fight with fists and claws, such as now .

Boom!

There was a muffled sound, and when Gandalf swung his sword to resist, he was directly hit by the opponent's claws on the blade. The huge force made him fly again and hit a huge stone pillar hard. It made his internal organs feel bursts of severe pain and shock.

Yet again Gandalf rolled swiftly to the other side, narrowly evading yet another pounce.

"Go back to your abyss, Balrog!"

Gandalf shouted loudly, then jumped, and slashed at the opponent's neck with a sharp sword.

At the end of the final battle of the first era, after the demon king Morgoth was overthrown and imprisoned in the void by the gods, his men, including the dragons, Sauron and the Balrogs, all fled. .

Compared with the bold and daring Demon Lord Sauron who continued to stir up wind and rain in Middle-earth, those cowardly Balrogs, in order to escape the punishment of the gods, simply buried themselves in the mist The deepest part of the mountain has never appeared in Middle-earth for tens of thousands of years, until the greedy dwarves dug out Mithril and dug out the one that was fighting Gandalf in front of them.

"Oh! Damn it!"

It's a pity that the Balrog's body is extremely huge, and the other party just waved his hand, and mercilessly slapped Gandalf flying away with his paw.

"Your end has come! Evil Balrog!"

After seeing the Balrog flapping its wings again and rushing towards him with open arms, Gandalf's eyes lit up, and he saw an excellent opportunity!

He knew that he himself must not continue to fight with the Balrog like this, otherwise, he must be the one who loses in the end!

After all, whether it's physical fitness or the terrifying flames that accompany him, the opponent's advantage is too much stronger than his own. He really can't go on like this. He feels more and more powerless

Now, he had to make a final decision: take a risk and make a final fatal blow to the Balrog whose heart was exposed!

Then, Gandalf suddenly raised the long sword in his hand, and instantly guided a beam of powerful lightning that struck down and bound it to his sword. He planned to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to use the violent The power of lightning combined with his sharp long sword directly inserted into the heart of the Balrog, thus achieving the effect of killing him with one blow!

"Come on, you evil being!"

He breathed silently, and after gripping his lightning-radiating longsword with both hands, Gandalf let out a loud roar. He knew that he only had this last chance to make a move.

"Wow! What a big Balrog! It's big and fierce. People find it really cute!"

Suddenly, just as Gandalf was about to risk his life to fight, the voice of an untimely little girl rang out from the top of the world.

This made Gandalf, who was about to rush forward and issue a fatal sword, staggered and almost fell to the ground. He even thought that this was just an auditory hallucination that he had before he died!

Therefore, he quickly gritted his teeth, calmed down, and rushed towards the Balrog who was also rushing towards him, and let his long sword directly stab at the opponent's heart.

"Wow! Old man Gandalf, stop now! It's mine now, don't kill it anymore!!!"

At this time, the little girl's voice sounded again.

Then, Gandalf suddenly discovered that he himself didn't seem to be hallucinating just now?

Because, at this time, a fiery red transparent shield is like a wall, when he is about to collide with the Balrog, it separates himself from the opposite Balrog in time, and The attacks of both of them can only hit this transparent and strong light curtain in vain, but at the same time, they can't help each other in the slightest.