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Upon hearing Dui's order, the basilisk Herpo swam quickly towards the Balrog.

Herpo is a very vengeful basilisk. Naturally, he remembers that the Balrog threw him down. Now he naturally wants to beat the Balrog who fell into the water.

It dived into the deep water, swam quickly to the bottom of the Balrog who was fighting with Gandalf, then bit the Balrog's leg directly and injected it with highly poisonous venom.

The fire demon felt pain. Although the basilisk's venom could not kill it, it could still make it weaker.

Dui was not idle either. He quickly summoned back all the things that fell after the space bag was burned using the Flying Spell.

"Gandalf, catch your staff!" Dui shouted to Gandalf and threw the staff over.

Gandalf was delighted when he saw his lost staff.

Facing a powerful enemy like the Balrog, the sword is not as useful as the staff.

He caught the staff successfully and instantly released a powerful spell, knocking the fire demon away.

"Avada Kedavra!" Dui's death curse followed closely and instantly hit the sticky-shaped fire demon.

The fire demon roared in pain and became weaker in an instant.

Faced with the siege of Gandalf, Due, Smaug and the basilisk, the Balrog stopped fighting and fled into a dark tunnel.

"Chase it! We can't give it time to recover!"

Gandalf took the lead and chased after him.

Dui saw that the tunnel was narrow and could not accommodate Smaug's body, so he could only let Smaug return the same way with the petrified underwater watcher.

And he rode on Hercule, and caught up with Gandalf and made him ride on him as well.

Herpo had a keen sense of smell and could track the scent of the Balrog without the guidance of Dui and Gandalf.

The dark tunnels at the bottom of the abyss were dug by an unknown object. They were interconnected and densely packed, as if they had dug through the entire underground.

Due noticed that Gandalf was looking at the dark tunnels with a look of unprecedented tension.

"What's wrong with you, Gandalf? Is there something wrong with these tunnels?"

Gandalf's voice was weak, as if he was afraid of disturbing some being in the darkness.

"May the Valar bless us! We won't encounter the creatures that live here! Otherwise, we will face a creature far more dangerous and terrifying than the Balrog!"

When Dewi heard Gandalf's words, his heart tightened.

"What kind of creature is that? It can make you so nervous?"

Gandalf shook his head. "I don't know what they are either. I only know that they are a very mysterious and ancient nameless creature. Not even Sauron knows what they are!"

"But I don't think we'll encounter them. The Balrog seems to know this place very well. If it's not confused, it won't take the initiative to face the nameless creatures underground."

But I don’t know whether to say that Gandalf has a crow’s mouth or that he has the gift of prophecy?

Just when they caught up with the Fire Demon, it seemed as if it encountered something that frightened it.

For the first time, a sound emanated from its inhuman, sulfur-smelling throat—not an angry roar, not a painful wail, but... a short, sharp, almost whimpering whine, filled with the most primitive panic.

The fire demon didn't bother to attack them, and didn't even look at them. He moved hastily and fearfully, running towards the tunnel leading to the ground.

Gandalf seemed to have sensed something and immediately became nervous. "Hurry up! Follow the Balrog and don't look back!"

The basilisk Herpo seemed to have sensed something, and with all his might, he carried Dui and Gandalf on his back and swam quickly in the direction where the Balrog was fleeing, as if there was some terrifying monster behind them.

Dui almost fell off the basilisk. He quickly grabbed the red feathers on its head to avoid being thrown off.

At the same time, the ground was shaking as if an earthquake had occurred, and countless broken lime chips fell from the top of the tunnel.

A strange "silence" suddenly descended - not silence, but all sounds, including the sound of rapid movement, breathing, etc., seemed to be absorbed and swallowed by a thick, invisible curtain.

Then, a deeper darkness spread in the deepest part of the tunnel.

It was not the absence of light, but a sense of "nothingness" brought about by existence itself, a pure darkness that could obliterate all colors and shapes.

An indescribable ancient whisper did not pass through the eardrum, but directly vibrated into Dui's soul.

It was a chaotic mess, filled with incomprehensible malice and pure, cold hunger.

An indescribable fear that came from the instinct of life gripped Dui tightly, like an icy snake coiling around his heart.

Chapter 169 The Death of Flame Demon

Just when Dui thought he was about to be swallowed by this fear.

A force of warmth and courage was injected into him, alleviating the despair in his heart.

It turned out that Gandalf had enveloped him in time with the power of the Ring of Fire, Naya.

Dui did not hesitate. His instinct for survival overwhelmed his fear of the darkness. He used his staff to cast the magic music taught to him by Tom Bombadil, and with the help of the power of the magic music, he summoned the patronus.

Like lighting a faint candle in a filthy swamp, the light of the patron saint slowly lit up around him, dispelling the sticky darkness that clung to his skin and bringing a brief ray of light.

The appearance of the magical music made the darkness behind him pause, but then the whisper suddenly became sharp and dense, like thousands of fine needles piercing into the consciousness.

The basilisk swam with all its might, carrying Dewi and Gandalf, and following closely behind the Balrog, who was no longer the hunter but the hunted.

At this time, the Fire Demon became their only hope.

Its huge figure twisted and struggled in the dim light, carving out a narrow escape route for Dui and the others in the terrifying pursuit of pure darkness.

But the invisible horror in the depths of the abyss, with its icy will, was like a frozen sight, tightly locking onto these fleeing prey.

I don’t know how long it took, it seemed like an eternity, but in the darkness at the end of the tunnel, a faint light finally appeared.

The Balrog in front, the Basilisk behind, and Dewi and Gandalf on its back, like arrows shot from a bow, rushed towards the light with their last strength.

They came out of the dark tunnel and finally arrived at the dwarf secret passage with traces of human excavation.

The gaze of the nameless creature behind them was still following them like a shadow, so they didn't dare to stop and continued to walk up the secret passage.

It was not until they reached the lowest dungeon of Khazad-dûm that the nameless creature finally disappeared from their sight.

Several people escaped and showed a look of relief that they had survived the disaster.

Dui's descendants were even more soaked, and it was impossible to tell whether it was cold sweat or water.

"What on earth is that thing?" Dui asked with lingering fear.

"A creature that lives in the center of the earth and gnaws at the foundations of the earth." Gandalf took a deep breath and did not elaborate.

"Well, forget about it. They won't come to the surface until the end of time. Before that, we don't need to pay too much attention to them, because that will only cause trouble."

Then he turned his gaze back to the fire demon in front of him, with a serious and cold expression.

"The deep waters of Ulmo have temporarily extinguished the Balrog's flames. We must slay it once and for all before it reignites and regains its strength!"

The Balrog on the opposite side also turned around, and his eyes, burning with eternal hatred, locked onto Due and Gandalf again.

The panic in the abyss just now has been replaced by a deeper rage, and its eyes are a mixture of rage for surviving a disaster and deep hatred for them - the initiators of such a horrific experience for it.

It let out a deafening roar, and the entire underground space was shaking, as if it wanted to vent all the fear it had endured in the abyss.

Just when Dui and Gandalf thought the Balrog was going to attack them, it turned around and ran away!

"Chase!" Gandalf and Dewi didn't hesitate and followed closely.

In the lowest dungeon of Khazad-dûm, there is an endless spiral staircase leading all the way to the highest peak.

The Balrog fled up the stairs.

Due and Gandalf rode on the basilisk to give chase.

The flying broom that was originally capable of flying was burned in the flames of the fire demon.

Both of them tried their best to launch the strongest attack.

On the endless stairs, both sides kept climbing, chasing and fighting.

Even though the Fire Demon's strength has been greatly reduced and he has lost his flames, he is still very powerful.

Its sharp claws have become its most deadly weapon, and its sticky body is more dangerous than a venomous snake that can suffocate people.

"Avada Kedavra!" Dui found the right moment and once again gathered his malice to cast the Killing Curse.

The killing curse instantly hit the sticky fire demon.

The fire demon roared in pain, the fire burning in his eyes dimmed, and his breath became weaker.

The basilisk Herpo also took this opportunity to quickly entangle the Balrog, staring directly at the Balrog, and gave it another wave of heavy blows, even biting the Balrog's neck hard and injecting venom.

The fire demon cried out in pain and used his sharp steel claws to tear the basilisk off his body and threw it away.

But the next second, Gandalf's sword, burning with white flames, stabbed directly into the Balrog's waist.

The flames of light were another huge blow to the Fire Demon.

The Fire Demon's strength was constantly weakened. Feeling threatened in life, it dared not fight with the two men and the snake any longer, and fled madly to the end of the endless stairs again.

Dewi and Gandalf were not feeling well either.

Their robes were already tattered, their skin bore marks of burns, and every breath they took carried a burning pain and the smell of blood.

Even with the infusion of the power of the Ring of Fire, the exhaustion of the soul could not be removed.

Especially Dui, after repeatedly releasing the killing curse with his staff, his body and mind were overloaded. If it were not for the support of Naya's power, he would have been unable to fight again.

However, before getting rid of the fire demon, they dared not relax at all.

They climbed tirelessly in pursuit, perhaps climbing tens of thousands of steps.

Finally, a huge, slanted crack appeared in the darkness ahead, as if the earth had been split open by a giant axe.

The cold air rushed in violently, carrying the long-lost, chilling breath of the mountains.

They rushed out almost at the same time.

Everything suddenly becomes clear!

The biting cold wind was like countless icy blades, blowing across Dui's face. There was snow all around, a vast expanse of white.

This is the Silver Tooth Peak above the Misty Mountains!

In front of them was a giant tower carved entirely from huge stones - the Tower of Durin.

Silver Tooth Peak is surrounded by cliffs thousands of feet high on all sides, and one can overlook the land shrouded in clouds and mist.

As soon as the Fire Demon arrived here, new flames began to emerge from his body, his momentum began to surge, and a flaming whip appeared in his hand again.