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Chapter 170 After the War
"Oh, Doyle, you look so miserable now!"

Gandalf sat down on a rock, leaning on his cane, and joked to Dewi.

"If Arwen saw you like this, she would probably abandon you!"

After relaxing, Dewi rarely teased Gandalf.

"You are no better, Gandalf."

"You don't even have a beard or eyebrows anymore, and your gray robe is tattered. If anyone saw you, they would think you were a homeless old man!"

Hearing Dewi's words, Gandalf touched his chin.

"Oh, my poor beard, I spent so much time taking care of it, and now it's all gone!"

Then he touched all over his body, and then withdrew with regret.

"What a pity! I've run out of both my pipe and tobacco. Otherwise, I'd really like to have a smoke to calm down."

Now Dui was helpless. The pipe and tobacco had been burned in the fight with the fire demon. He could transform the pipe, but he couldn't produce tobacco out of thin air.

After finally recovering a little, the two of them came to the body of the fire demon together.

The dead fire demon looked like the remains of cooled lava, hideous and ugly, still emitting a burning sensation.

Dui pulled out the divine spear Aegros that was stuck in the chest of the fire demon with force.

But seeing that there was no trace of flame on the Balrog, he asked with some concern: "Gandalf, the Balrog is dead now, and the flames on it are extinguished. Could the eternal fire I want also be extinguished?"

Gandalf smiled and shook his head.

"Since it is said to be an eternal fire, there is naturally no possibility of it being extinguished. The eternal fire you are thinking of is in the heart of the Flame Demon."

Hearing Gandalf's words, Dewi quickly picked up the flaming sword and began to cut open the Balrog's chest with force.

I saw that the inside of the fire demon's body did not have various organs and tissues like an animal, but was more like a furnace.

The core of it is the heart of the fire demon.

When Dui cut open the heart of the Fire Demon, what was exposed was a red crystal emitting a scorching temperature.

The crystal is as big as a football and has a crack on it, which is the mark left by the divine spear Aegros.

And in the center of the red crystal, a small cluster of black flames appeared.

Although it is wrapped in red crystals outside, blocking the temperature inside, it still feels very dangerous.

Even looking directly at it would cause a stinging sensation, as if it could burn the spirit and soul.

"This is the Fire Demon's magic crystal, and also its core. As long as the magic crystal is not destroyed, the Fire Demon is not truly dead. As long as it is thrown into a volcano, the Fire Demon can still be reborn after thousands of years."

Gandalf explained.

"Then I will use it as the fire of Nirvana. It shouldn't have any impact, right?" Dui said worriedly after hearing this.

Gandalf shook his head: "Don't worry, once the flame inside the magic crystal is purified, there will be no hidden dangers."

Dui immediately felt relieved.

"Okay, we should go down. Balin and the others must be waiting anxiously." said Gandalf.

Dui agreed very much. It was too high and too cold here, and their injuries needed to be healed.

So he asked Smaug to take the body of the Balrog, and then he and Gandalf sat on the dragon's back and flew down the mountain together.

As for the basilisk Herpo, he also took a ride, wrapped around Smaug's feet, and acted like a flying snake in the air.

Smaug landed on the east side of the Misty Mountains carrying two men, a snake, and the body of a Balrog.

After passing through the thick clouds, we quickly arrived at the Dark Valley at the east gate of Moria.

While Gandalf and Due were fighting the Balrog in the abyss, Balin and a thousand dwarf warriors were not idle either.

Orcs live at the East Gate of Moria and in the First Hall.

Balin and the Dwarf warriors fought with the Orcs here and successfully chased the Orcs into the Darkbrook Valley outside the East Gate.

At the same time, the Elves of Lórien also guarded outside the Darkbrook Vale, forming a pincer attack with the Dwarves, and continuously encircled and annihilated the Orcs.

By the time Dewi rode down on Smaug, the battle of Darkbrook was long over.

The dwarves and elves were waiting to clean up the battlefield.

When the dragon descended from the sky, the elves below were the first to discover Smaug.

"It's a dragon!"

"Don't panic, it's Gandalf, Doir and the others!" Balin was excited when he saw the dragon appear.

Ten full days had passed since they encountered the Balrog at Durin's Bridge and Duir and Gandalf chose to break off their journey.

Bahrain has been very nervous during this period.

He personally returned to Durin's Bridge, but found it severely damaged, with all the bridge structures crumbling and destroyed.

Duell, Gandalf, the dragon, and the Balrog are all gone, presumably having fallen into the abyss.

It was not until two days ago when the dragon Smaug flew out of the abyss that he learned about the battle experience under the abyss from Smaug.

But as long as they did not return safely, Balin remained uneasy. After all, the Balrog was far more terrifying than the dragon Smaug he had faced on Lonely Mountain.

And today, Smaug seemed to sense something and suddenly flew towards Silver Tooth Peak.

Then there was a huge commotion on the Silver Tooth Peak, with rumbling thunder, dazzling lightning, and tongues of fire constantly swallowing and spitting out on the mountain.

The Silver Tooth Peak was covered in clouds and mist, and they had no idea what was happening.

But Balin had guessed that it was Gandalf and his men fighting the Balrog.

Now that the dragon has returned safely, Balin is extremely happy.

He knew it must be Gandalf and Doir who had returned!

Sure enough, the next second, as the dragon landed in the Dark Valley, Due and Gandalf on the dragon's back appeared in everyone's sight.

"Gandalf! Doile!" Balin ran over excitedly. "I almost had a heart attack when I heard you fell into the abyss. I'm so happy that you can return safely!"

"Oh, Balin, it's so good to see you again! It's only been a few days, but it feels like a lifetime!" Gandalf greeted happily.

But Dui didn't have time to greet Balin at this time.

Looking at the elf that appeared before him, Dui's eyes widened with surprise: "Arwen, why are you here?"

Arwen was dressed in elven armor, holding a wand and a sword, like a beautiful Valkyrie.

She walked up to Dui with tenderness in her eyes.

"The Orcs have escaped from the East Gate of Moria and threaten the safety of Lórien, so I have come to destroy them."

"And I'm worried about you!"

Arwen did not ask about the battle, but stretched out her delicate hand, trying to gently touch the scars on Dui's face and hands, but she did not dare to touch them.

She frowned slightly, and a trace of heartache flashed in her eyes.

"Why is it hurt so badly?"

Dui grinned, shook his head with a relaxed and nonchalant look, and comforted him, "Don't worry about me, it's just a superficial wound. It will be healed when you drink some magic potion when you get back."

"And we successfully killed the Fire Demon this time!" Seeing that she was still worried, Dui pointed at the Fire Demon's body to divert her attention.

"Look at that black thing under Smaug's feet. It's the Balrog's true form. He looks mighty when he's on fire, but I didn't expect his true form to be so ugly."

Arwen glanced at the body of the Balrog and then stopped paying attention to it, instead continuing to focus her attention on him.

She took out a bottle of Ent drink from the spider silk space bag that Dui gave her and handed it to him.

"Drink this drink quickly, it will heal your wound!"

Looking at the bottle of Ent drink in his hand, Dui asked in surprise: "Isn't this the bottle I gave you before? Why didn't you drink it?"

Arwen smiled warmly and shook her head. "The Ent drink didn't do much for me, so I put it away for later use. Now is the perfect time to use it, isn't it?"

"Alright, drink up now. The fire of the Balrog is not so pleasant to bear."

Dewi was not polite to Arwen either.

In the cold environment on Silver Tooth Peak, the burning pain on the body was bearable, but after coming to the warm environment at the foot of the mountain, the wounds continued to feel a burning and stinging pain, which was really uncomfortable.

However, he still waved his hand and transformed another bottle, poured half of the Ent drink into it, and then gave it to Gandalf.

"Oh, thank you!" Gandalf didn't bother to be polite with them and drank half a bottle of Ent drink immediately.

As the two drank the drink, their originally exhausted bodies and spirits recovered instantly, the places on their bodies that were burned by the flames also healed quickly, and even their magic power recovered a lot.

Gandalf's only regret was that his eyebrows and beard never grew back.

Then everyone's eyes were focused on the body of the Flame Demon.

"Is this the legendary Balrog?" The elves and dwarves all widened their eyes, looking at it with awe and curiosity.

Even though the Fire Demon is dead, its remaining aura still fills everyone with fear. They can’t imagine how terrifying it was when it was alive.
Everyone looked at Gandalf and Due with admiration and worship for being able to kill the Balrog.

This is the place that destroyed the Kingdom of Khazad-dûm and occupied it for a thousand years, making Moria a forbidden zone for humans, dwarves, and elves!
In addition to his admiration for Gandalf and Dewi, Balin was also filled with excitement and joy.

Now that the most dangerous existence, the Balrog, has been eliminated, as long as the remaining Orcs are eliminated or driven away, they can retake Moria and take possession of the birthplace of the Durin Dwarves, which is rich in mithril mines.

Dewi and Gandalf did not need to be involved in cleaning up the remaining Orcs. Balin assured them that they could handle it themselves.

Dui and Gandalf also believed in the fighting power of the dwarf warriors. Although there should be thousands of orcs left in Moria, it would not be a problem for the dwarves to deal with them.

So Dewi and Gandalf did not force it any further.

Moreover, after the battle with the Fire Demon, their souls were exhausted and needed some time to recover.

However, to prevent the Orcs from escaping, Dewi sent Smaug to guard the west gate of Moria and assist the Dwarves in destroying the remaining Orcs.

As for him and Gandalf, they first went to nearby Lórien to visit Lady Galadriel and others.

When leaving, Dui borrowed the dwarves' space box and put the body of the Balrog, the "Water Watcher" brought back by Smaug from the abyss, and the basilisk into it.

Then he went to Lórien with Arwen and other elves.

As for Balin and the dwarves, they began their mission to retake Moria.

(End of this chapter)