The 281st Chapter Balrog (2)
"Ah……"
As if all the strength in his body had been exhausted, after Gandalf found a tough shield between himself and the Balrog, making each other helpless, he suddenly collapsed in this place full of coldness. Snow-covered platform above rocky ground.
Then, he threw down the long sword in his hand and dissipated the power of the lightning above, allowing the roar of thunder and lightning in the sky to intertwine in his ears, and the cold and fierce winds blowing him in a mess, and even condensed A thick hoarfrost beard and long hair.
After panting for a while, he finally had the strength to look up at the little girl Annie who was standing on a thick stone pillar with a teddy bear in her arms. , and stared at the crazy Balrog on the other side of the shield wall with great interest.
"You are... Anne? How did you appear here?"
After knowing that he has come for reinforcements and may no longer be in danger, Gandalf only feels that waves of fatigue are coming. If there is a big warm bed here, he feels that he can sleep for several days at least. God?
As for the huge Balrog who was separated by the little girl's magic not far away, and who was slashing at the shield wall with a transformed flaming sword, Gandalf didn't want to pay attention to it now...
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 guys came to such a high place to fight, I found it all the way over the White Goose River! So, I'll teleport over to join you in the fun!"
Well, these are actually not the main point. All Anne cares about now is: how can she subdue this big, ferocious, and playful flame monster?
Is it necessary to catch it and beat it until it is convinced?
Or, grab it and dig out its brain, and then make a little modification? Change it to obey the master Anne's words no matter what time, to be a well-behaved and lovable puppy?
"Pass, teleport spells?!"
Hearing this word, Gandalf was slightly taken aback.
The magic of Middle-earth is not so rampant that even teleportation can be used casually. Even as Maia, when they came to Middle-earth, they all came by boat, and rarely used teleportation or other methods to shorten the journey. Such spells, because that will mislead ordinary people and cause peeping!
Like Gandalf himself,
What he prefers is to summon a white horse, to 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 they are seen by the mortal race, they will only be envious, and will not cause other unnecessary troubles.
Only Maia, a traitor like Sauron, who doesn't follow the rules and doesn't respect the gods, will use the evil eye portal, a powerful magic similar to teleportation spells, to carry out a long-distance journey across Middle-earth. Distance and force to get where he wants to go?
"Annie...why are you using magic again..."
Sighing, Gandalf could only shake his head helplessly.
But, no matter what, now this little girl, she finally saved herself in time, didn't she? Let him, Mai Ya whose strength was limited, at least not fall in the hands of this ancient Balrog, and fortunately he did not return to the kingdom of the gods.
"Roar!!"
At this time, the Balrog who was slashing at the magic shield wall furiously finally realized something was wrong.
When it knew that its fire spells or physical attacks could not help this strange magic shield wall for the time being, it turned its head and looked at the stone pillar, the one who was talking to the old man who had been fighting with him for several days and nights. little girl.
Snapped!
Then, without thinking much, after roaring angrily, it pulled out a long whip made of entangled and condensed flames, and slammed the air with a loud and sharp crackling sound. , just flicked the whip, making it sweep straight towards the little girl above the stone pillar like a flexible long snake.
"Little...heart...well, I don't care about the old man..."
Gandalf, who originally wanted to remind Annie to be careful of the whip, saw the little girl stretch out her little hand and gently grabbed the end of the whip without hesitation, but she didn't seem to be burned, let alone pulled by the other party. After going down the stone pillar, he had to choke back on the reminder sound just as he was about to say it.
He almost forgot just now, this little girl is a powerful existence that does not enter his heyday! Moreover, according to what she said, she seems to be particularly good at fire spells?
If she thinks this way, it is indeed impossible for her to make such a low-level 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 it never expected was that when it roared wildly, it started to ruthlessly pull the whip, intending to tear the little girl off and grab her and swallow it in one gulp. 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 was a mighty Balrog himself, not a half-orc 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: its own whip was obviously fine, but that little girl looked too weak Yes, why can't it be pulled?
"Aw..."
With a chaotic mind and unclear thinking, the Balrog's heart became ruthless, and he continued to pull with all his might!
This time, the force it used was so great that even the rocky ground was kicked into pits by its hooves! At the same time, the huge stone pillar that Little Annie herself was standing on was also pulled precariously by the opponent, and it seemed that it was going to fall in the direction of the Balrog in the next second?
"Huh? Is that what you want? Then I... I'll give it back to you now!"
Looking at the thick and fiery whip in her hand for a while, Annie seemed to be thinking about something interesting. Then, she looked at the whip that was still pulling desperately. After glancing at the great Balrog that was holding him, and the stone pillars under his feet that seemed to be unable to hold on due to the huge force, he seemed to have made up his mind.
Afterwards, she blinked her beautiful big blue eyes cunningly, and when the Balrog continued to exert force, she suddenly let go of the long flame whip in her hand, causing the Balrog to succumb to the huge Under the action of force, he lost his balance in an instant and rolled towards the direction of the cliff behind!
rumbling...
After knocking over a few crooked small stone pillars and a few rocks, the Balrog staggered, and managed to grab a few protruding rocks on the edge of the platform, dangerously hanging himself from the edge of the cliff Living!
Now, the Balrog could see that that little girl was playing tricks on him? Almost made myself fall again? !
"Roar!!!"
After finally climbing up from the edge of the cliff, and looking at the large rocks that have fallen below the high mountain clouds, and seeing the shadows again, the Balrog suddenly roared furiously, and threw it directly. It opened the whip that didn't work, and then opened its mouth towards the little girl on the stone pillar.
In its huge horned head and smoky mouth and nose, countless churning white flames are flashing in its chest and throat, and even the muscles of its upper body are gradually turning red and bright , it seems that there is something extraordinary, condensing and brewing in its body?
"Annie! Watch out! It's about to breathe fire!"
Seeing that the little girl was still standing on the tall stone pillar, looking at the Balrog who was about to breathe out the flames so defenselessly, Gandalf, who was sitting on the ground, was a little anxious.
The flaming breath of this ancient Balrog 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 it 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 but being indifferent like now?
"Fire? Of course I know it's going to breathe fire, isn't it just waiting for it to breathe!"
After looking at the old man Gandalf with a strange face, little Anne waved her hand without hesitation, and said without hesitation.
She is not stupid, how could she not know that the other party is planning to burn herself?
Besides, what she fears the most is flames! And the most powerful thing about this Balrog is the flame attack, right? So, what did she have to worry about?
As long as the opponent doesn't rush up to fight with her, then she can stand here and let the opponent burn for a whole day without any problem!
"What?!"
Before Gandalf, who was slumped on the ground, had time to say anything, the Balrog flapped its pair of demon wings and stood up straight.
When its pair of wings were fully spread, and the endless flames with billowing black smoke began to burn all over its body, a fiery red flame soaring to the sky burst out from the huge mouth of this Balrog Coming out, like a long fire dragon, directly from Siraksigil Peak, from the top of this world, it roared and swept away obliquely upward towards the direction of the little girl!
The long tongue of flame, even after licking the position where Annie was standing and completely engulfing the huge stone pillar, then swept up to the sky. Roughly estimating the length of the huge tongue of flame, it seems that at least Dozens or even hundreds of meters?
Anyway, from the perspective of the gray-robed wizard Gandalf, who lost his strength and collapsed on the ground, those terrifying flames seemed to have almost completely burned the thundercloud above the sky?
Scorched by the super-high and terrifying flames, the temperature of the air near Siraksigil Peak also gradually increased. Except for the snow that was gradually melting and turning into raindrops, the huge tree that was mainly attacked by the flames just now Under the terrifying flame breath of the Balrog, the stone pillars were actually burnt into billowing hot magma and began to splash and splash down. Gandalf was so startled that he hurried back and crawled several steps away before he could pass. Avoided the fate of being scalded by those high-temperature magma.
Gandalf could not make out the little girl now, amidst the rising flames.
"Annie...?"
Staring blankly at the Balrog who was still breathing crazily, Gandalf could only open his mouth, a little speechless.
He felt that the little girl's behavior just now was a bit too exaggerated.
Such a terrifying flame attack, even if it is Gandalf himself who has all the strength of Maya, if he dares not to hide, defend or resist, he will definitely be burned to ashes! Without that Maiya, he would be so stupid that he would be directly burned by the Balrog's breath!
"Roar……?"
Soon, when the fiercely burning flames on Balrog's body finally gradually extinguished, only a handful of mane-like flames on his back were still burning feebly.
And its upper body and the bright red skin inside its chest also gradually returned to the normal gray-black color, and only then did its breathing stop completely.
Then, it was so startled that it didn't even remember to close its opened mouth, allowing the embers of the flames and a little thick smoke to emerge from its mouth and nostrils, staring blankly at the creature that was still floating on the top of the pillar just now. The location, the little human girl who didn't seem to be hurt at all?
Next, the flaming eyes of the Balrog began to flicker violently. It didn't understand why!
Lie Yan (raging flames) he had just now completely included the other party and the pillar, and he was very sure of this! Because, now the stone pillar under the opponent's feet has been burned by it! Moreover, at that time, the other party did not use any countermeasures or protective measures, 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, who was on the side, said what the Balrog wanted to say the most!
It was already burned, but that little girl, why was she still floating above the stone pillar that had already been burned and cracked with a playful smile?
Look at her appearance, her whole body is still in good shape, when the rocks under her feet were burned, the surrounding air was even twisted and boiled by the high temperature, and the light began to shake violently, not to mention she was injured, Not even the slightest sign of burnt on that beautiful blonde hair blowing in the wind? !
Moreover, clusters of strange flames were still burning on her hands and body? Those flames still seem to have life, beating on the little girl's body like an elf, still cheering non-stop?
"You may not know..."
"Flame, but my favorite toy! It's definitely useless for you to burn me like this!"
While smiling, Annie grabbed a fireball the size of a half-orc's head on her free right hand, and then threw her hand at the dazed Balrog's head.
"Although people are not afraid of your flames, but... the sulfur smell on your body is too stinky! So, I will return this to you!"
boom! !
A shattering fire directly exploded on the Balrog's dazed head. While blowing it back, Annie didn't stop. Her backhand was one fireball after another, as if she didn't want money. He kept hitting the opponent's head!
"Let you just blow the stench at me!!"
boom! boom!
After the two shattering fires exploded in the opponent's back, the Balrog was directly beaten to the ground.
"If you don't learn, you want to play with fire!"
boom!
The Balrog, who was about to stand up, was hit again by a fireball that exploded on him and fell back on his stomach again...
"Didn't your mother tell you that children who play with fire at home will wet the bed at night?!"
"If you wet the bed, you will be spanked by your Balrog mother!"
Another Fragmentation Fire exploded!
Just like that, little Annie continued to ruthlessly throw fireballs at the opponent's body while talking all kinds of crazy things.
It didn't take long before countless magical flames that could not dissipate began to spread on the top of the Siraksigil Peak. They were like a huge volcano erupting, slowly spreading downward from the top of the wind...
If it weren't for the wall-like lava shield that Anne released at the beginning, and it was still working, I am afraid that the gray-robed wizard Gandalf, who was lucky enough not to die under the hands of the Balrog, would also be raped by the little girl at this moment. The act of throwing a fireball like crazy will be burned alive to ashes, right?
After all, Gandalf doesn't have the ability of the Balrog or Annie to not be burned in the Seed of Fire!
"..."
Seeing this, looking at the horrific flames that have completely ravaged the entire Siraksigil Peak, the burning flames are more than ten meters high, and even continue to spread down the mountain, and the burnt rock lava, In fact, Gandalf really wanted to go up to the little girl and ask the little girl: Who is the real Balrog, she or the Balrog?
The Balrog just now, after spraying flames for a while, at least had to rest for a while, but what about this little girl, the fireballs kept hitting one after another, as if they didn't want money? Seeing that the little girl was not blushing or out of breath, she was still throwing fireballs excitedly. There was a tendency not to give up until the entire Misty Mountain Range was burned into a place of flames? Is there really that much magic power in her? !
"Burn!"
Suddenly, the little girl yelled again, a flame that was more terrifying than the Balrog's breath just now, like a catharsis, rushed down towards the Balrog, crushing it hard At the same time as it hit the ground, more hot magma began to splash non-stop!
Now, except for the place where Gandalf was standing, the entire Siraksigil Peak has been turned into a sea of flames and magma...
"Great Eru... Could it be that she is a demon king who came out of the flame hell?!"
Gandalf didn't know what to say anymore, as if he was in a burning hell, he felt that the little girl in front of him was definitely more like a Balrog than that Balrog! Maybe, she is actually a flame monarch with a beautiful human skin, and looks a little bit cute? !
Otherwise, how could she do such a thing that was about to burn an entire mountain?
That poor Balrog, after all, just breathes fire and plays with flaming swords and whips, but what about this little girl? A disagreement, and directly burned this Xilaxigir Peak into a red piece? Gandalf swears, it is estimated that the current grand occasion here, at night, if other people in Middle-earth look at it, it will definitely be more dazzling than the Doomsday Volcano in Mordor, right?
After all, this Siraksigil Peak is the highest peak of the Misty Mountains. Regardless of the direction of Middle-earth, people can easily find the abnormalities here when the weather is clear or at night!
"Aww!!!"
Suddenly, the Balrog, who had been suppressed and beaten by little Annie for a long time, finally couldn't help it and exploded.
Regardless of the painful wounds on its body and the surrounding flames, it insisted on resisting several fireballs that the little girl hit on it and exploded. Lie Yan (raging flames) and the molten blood gushing out of the wound directly flew up, and with all their strength, they swung down towards the figure of the little girl!
The bright red flaming long sword, under the full swing of the Balrog, dragged a long afterimage, like a huge red streamer, with a strange red light, directly towards little Annie That tiny waist was cut off!
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 cut any enemies at all.
"Woo..."
Sure enough, when it turned around and roared in a low voice, the figure of the little girl in the sky flickered, and soon disappeared...
Afterwards, the other party soon appeared in another higher sky. She, that little human girl seemed to have the ability to fly at will? !
This is already obvious: what it cut just now is actually just an afterimage like a mirror image! This is the kind of trick wizards use all the time!
"..."
In the sky, that little girl seems to have a tendency to continue throwing fireballs?
Now, the Balrog finally felt a little timid...
Just now, the little girl's exploding fireball had already caused a lot of damage to the Balrog. Although those flames didn't do much damage to the Balrog, when they exploded on its body, the tearing wound was still there. Inevitable!
In addition, it fought with the white-bearded old man for several days before, and now it was a little tired, and finally it was timid and planned to retreat! It doesn't want to be here anymore, and continue to fight with this little human witch who can fly at will and is as unafraid of fire attacks as they are Balrogs.
However, it still needs to think carefully about how to leave here and escape back to the Moria mine. It must find a good opportunity, otherwise, this little girl who can fly will definitely not let it go easily!
"Aha! You can't beat me with spells, so you want to fight me? I'm not afraid of you!"
Seeing the pitiful looking Balrog standing in the flames with numerous wounds below, Annie felt that it would be better for her to subdue it earlier? Otherwise, if she was accidentally beaten to death by herself, wouldn't she have wasted her time before? !
"Come on, Tibbers! Let me beat it!"
Huh?
what happened? !
When Annie grabbed her little bear and was about to look around at the one below, which seemed to be the Balrog who was trying to find a way to escape, she was surprised to find that her little bear Tibbers had the face to hug him tightly. Holding his arm, it seems that he is not willing to go down to fight? !
(Little master, this Balrog is about to be beaten half to death by you, you can just work harder and subdue it, right? Don’t let me go out to bully it again? I’m sorry... …
Tibbers felt that his shadow bear was completely immune to fire and physical damage, but what about the Balrog? The other party happened to be only capable of fire and physical attack, so ah, today's job is not challenging at all, so it is a little bit reluctant to make a move!
Moreover, the most important thing is: this mountain is a bit too steep, and it can't fly by itself. If you stumble and fall, although you won't be able to fall to your death, it will be very embarrassing. ,Right?
In the end, Tibbers felt that today's time was wrong and it was not appropriate to fight! In addition, the battlefield is not ideal, and the opponent is definitely not its own opponent, so why not simply strike? )
"Either, you go down and catch that Balrog yourself, or, when you go back later, you soak in that Swan River for a month, you choose one yourself!"
This is really against the sky, this little bear is so courageous that he dares to bargain with him?
So, Annie squinted her eyes, raised her hand, and looked at the little bear who was hugging her wrist with a stern face, and was still rubbing her palm with its bear head, trying to please her. threatened.
(Uh... little master, please don't be angry, we are really just joking with you...
No way, Tibbers, who failed to be cute, had no choice but to let go of his hand as if resigned to his fate, and threw himself at the poor Balrog below! )
"Roar!!!"
Then, something happened that made the gray robe wizard Gandalf even more horrified:
At 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 toy that was taller than the Balrog. After the giant flame bear with two heads and the same dark red flames all over its body, it roared and fell directly from the sky, pressing down on the Balrog who was about to retreat!
At the moment when the Balrog was frightened, the opponent's pair of huge bear claws grabbed the demon horns of the Balrog and dragged them to the ground and stomped them hard with their feet. I beat him to the flesh...
"Ah! Gandalf!!!"
Suddenly, a scream sounded, and on the way to Mordor, Frodo, who was resting and sleeping under a rock under the wind, suddenly woke up from his sleep.
He had just dreamed of Gandalf, and of course, the Balrog!
They are constantly falling into the bottomless abyss, and then, in the process of falling, Gandalf is still fighting desperately with the Balrog full of flames. Keep fighting and fighting...
His long sword kept making gaps in the Balrog's body, and at the same time, he was constantly being scorched by the flames of the Balrog.
"What's the matter? Frodo . . . ?!"
After hearing Frodo's exclamation, Sam, who was not sleeping well, was awakened instantly, and then he hurriedly asked carefully.
He seemed to have heard Frodo calling Gandalf's name just now?
But... he knows, Gandalf, he has fallen into the bottomless abyss for many days...
Before that, after the eight of them left the mines of Moria, they went to the Golden Forest. At the same time, they also met the lord of the elves, the most powerful and most beautiful elf leader, Ms. Galadriel. .
Then, they rested for one night, and when they left the next day, after receiving many gifts from each other, they took a boat along the Anduin River and left the elf's golden forest and left that beautiful place.
In the days that followed, Sam didn't even want to remember
They had just landed, but who would have thought that they would be attacked soon! Those strong beasts from Isengard Saruman who had been following them, ambushed them mercilessly...
In the ensuing battle, Boromir, the eldest son of the prime minister of Gondor, was shot with arrows, and his life and death were unknown...
It seems that their friends Pippin and Merry were also captured by those strong beasts? Then, Frodo, who was scattered, planned to go to Mordor alone in order not to drag his teammates down? And he, Sam himself, after many pleadings and even jumping into the river desperately, finally persuaded Frodo and obtained the qualification to go with him.
Up to now, even the two Sams don't know, except for Gandalf, are there any other people, the partners of the Lord of the Rings expedition?
"No... nothing..."
"Go to bed early, Sam! We have a long way to go tomorrow..."
After a while, Frodo, who realized that he was just dreaming, fell back down and slowly lay back on the cold and hard ground.
"I just had a dream... I dreamed of Gandalf..."
Enduring the bone-chilling mountain wind, Frodo tightened the elven cloak on his body, looked at the dark night sky, and looked at the Doomsday Volcano of Mordor in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Frodo..."
"Lord Gandalf is dead... by the hand of the Balrog..."
Sam watched Frodo's back in silence for a while, and when he turned his head to look in the direction they had come from, he was suddenly a little surprised.
"And, look! Even here, we can still see the vision on the Misty Mountain Range, it must be made by the Balrog..."
At this time, under Sam's reminder, Frodo finally sat up again, and looked towards the direction of the Misty Mountains.
Sure enough, just as Sam said, in the dark night, they could still see the strange sight of the red, volcanic eruption in the distant sky. The highest peak of the Misty Mountains seemed to be on fire?
The intensity of the fire, even for the two of them located in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range, they could still vaguely see that terrifying scene through the fog in the night...
It would be like the peak of the Misty Mountain Range was completely burned red by the flames, and even burned the clouds into a bright red at the same time?
Obviously, apart from the volcanic eruption, the only thing that can cause this scene is the ancient Balrog, right?
If he hadn't known that Doomsday Volcano was in his direction, he almost thought that they were going in the wrong direction!
"Gandalf..."
And now, since the Balrog is still alive and well, and can go to burn the mountain to play, then Gandalf must be dead!
That's right... After falling into the bottomless abyss from such a high place above the Moria Mine Bridge, there is absolutely no way for anyone else to survive except for mythical creatures like the Balrog!
"..."