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So everyone followed him and went up a staircase corridor.

Along the way, you can see countless bottomless mines, which are the remains left by the dwarves of Khazad-dûm who once mined mithril mines.

Even on the stone walls beside the corridor, there are ores containing mithril, which emit a bright silver luster when illuminated by light.

This kind of mithril ore, which is worth a fortune outside, was once ubiquitous to the dwarves, but they had no interest in mining it because they thought the mithril content was too low.

But now the dwarves are looking at the mithril ore around them with burning eyes. If they didn't know the seriousness of the matter, they would have wanted to pry the ore off with the weapons in their hands.

Walk to the end of the stair corridor and you will reach the 21st Hall on the seventh floor of Moria.

There are a total of twenty-one halls in Moria. The first hall is closest to the east gate, followed by the second hall, the third hall... all the way west to the twenty-first hall closest to the west gate.

The dwarves of Khazad-dûm once mined mithril mines from the east and built halls, eventually digging through the Misty Mountains to form a passage that went straight through the mountains.

According to Gandalf, it would take four full days to walk straight from the west gate of Moria to the east gate.

The fact that they were able to dig through the Misty Mountains, which Morgoth once used to block the armies of the Valar, shows the dwarves' digging ability.

The 21st Hall is a spacious space supported by huge stone pillars and has doors on all sides, leading to different places.

In Hall 21, there is also the Mazarbul Room, which is used to store dwarven records and books.

This is the tomb of Balin and the place where the last dozen or so dwarves were killed by orcs in another fateful storyline.

"The Axe of Durin!" Balin suddenly found an axe on the stone table. He ran over quickly, picked up the axe and looked at it carefully, with a look of surprise as if he had found a treasure.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Axe of Durin is a treasure to Durin's clan. It is the weapon of Durin I. As a family heirloom of Durin's family, it has always been a symbol of Moria's rule.

Balin was ecstatic about obtaining the Axe of Durin.

Dui looked around, sizing up the dwarf's library.

It's a pity that due to the long erosion of time and the destruction of the orcs, the precious records and books once stored by the dwarves have turned into dust.

Even the repair spell can't fix it.

Suddenly, a hidden arrow attacked.

The target was Balin holding the Axe of Durin.

Balin was completely unprepared. Seeing the hidden arrow about to hit his neck, Dui immediately raised his hand and cast the Iron Armor Spell to block the arrow.

Balin looked at the arrow that was only a dozen centimeters away from him, and took a deep breath with lingering fear.

"Duil, you saved my life!"

Gandalf immediately drew his sword and shouted solemnly, "Prepare for battle, it's Orcs!"

The dwarf warriors became alert and quickly pointed their weapons outside the gate.

In the empty Moria cave, bursts of drumbeats were heard. The drumbeats echoed in the Moria mines, accompanied by the roars of orcs.

Dui chanted a spell and shot a dazzling ball of light into the air, illuminating the entire mine outside the 21st Hall.

Outside, I saw a dense crowd of Oaks rushing in frantically from the four doors of the hall.

The Dwarf warriors were well-trained and quickly divided into four groups, blocking the four gates to fight against the attacking Orcs.

There were thousands of Orcs, many times more numerous than the Dwarves, and among them were hundreds of trolls several meters tall.

War is imminent.

As the first Orcs rushed into the gate, the Dwarf warriors rushed forward and quickly killed the Orcs by closing the door to fight the dog.

Although the number of orcs was large, the dwarves had the advantage of terrain. The orcs could only enter through four gates and were killed by the dwarves in batches, which was like one man blocking a thousand men.

After the Orcs were beaten back, they quickly sent up their huge and defensive ogres to serve as meat shields and siege weapons to clear the way for the Orcs.

The ogre used a huge hammer to smash open the stone wall of the gate in an instant, preparing to get in and attack.

"To pieces!" Dui cast a spell, knocking the ogre away.

Then he called to Balin, "Let Gandalf and I deal with the trolls, and you concentrate on the Orcs!"

Balin nodded and handed the most dangerous troll over to Duir and Gandalf, so the dwarves no longer had to worry.

He immediately took the newly acquired Axe of Durin and worked with the Dwarf warriors to kill the Orcs that rushed into the hall.

Dewi and Gandalf focused their efforts on dealing with the trolls.

The ogre was not only huge in size but also had strong magic resistance. Even Dui's full-strength crushing spell could not kill it completely.

But Dui was not in a hurry. With a wave of his wand, he brought to life a long row of statues carved on the north and south walls of the hall.

These statues were made by the Dwarf kings or outstanding craftsmen of Khazad-dûm. They were several meters tall and about the same size as trolls.

The statues broke free from the wall and came down, kicking away the orcs that blocked their way, and then fighting with the trolls.

Several statues surrounded a ogre. Even though the ogre was strong, he was entangled by the statues and fell to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Dui immediately drew out his divine spear, Aegros, and nimbly jumped onto the statue's shoulder in a few steps. He instantly pierced the ogre's head, shaking its brain into a pulp.

Seeing that the number of orcs was increasing, Dui simply released the basilisk Herpo from the box and asked it to guard the west gate.

He and the statues guarded the north gate.

Gandalf and the dwarves were responsible for guarding the south gate and the east gate respectively.

The power of Herpo the Basilisk was immediately apparent. He stood guard at the west gate, his yellow eyes staring out. All the Orcs and Trolls who came in through the west gate died instantly without exception.

Oak, who luckily didn't see the basilisk's eyes, also retreated in fear.

For a moment, the Oaks of West Gate did not dare to attack again.

And on the south gate, Gandalf was guarding it.

Besides him, there were five hundred Dwarf warriors fighting against the Orcs.

He took the lead, holding a staff in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, dodging the ogre's attacks flexibly, then using the staff to release a shock wave to repel the ogre, and then immediately using the sword to finish off the ogre, quickly killing him.

At the east gate, Balin and the remaining 500 dwarf warriors also successfully resisted wave after wave of attacks from Boak.

The Dwarves were well-armed, covered in armour carefully crafted by Dwarven craftsmen, and the weapons of the Orcs could do no harm to them.

Not to mention the north gate on Dui's side. There are animated statues fighting for him in the front, and he is only responsible for finishing off the enemy from behind.

The battle lasted for a long time.

The attack did not stop until most of the Oaks were killed or wounded.

At a rapid beat of drums the Orcs retreated into darkness again.

Seeing this, the dwarves cheered in victory.

This time they killed twice as many Orcs as they had!

And Dui also put the basilisk Herpo back into the suitcase and put it away.

The basilisk is useful, but its eyes can kill anyone who looks at it.

It's like a sharp double-edged sword. If the dwarves accidentally see it, it will be a disaster.

So when there are many people around, he tries his best to prevent the basilisk from coming out.

After the battle, everyone was a little tired.

The dwarves pushed the piles of orc and troll corpses deep into the mine, and then took another short break.

After they had rested enough, they set out again.

Led by Gandalf, the group walked eastward, passing through the 20th Hall, the 19th Hall, the 18th Hall... Each time they were attacked and blocked by a small group of Orcs.

The dwarf warriors dealt with all the orcs without Dui and Gandalf having to take action.

Due and Gandalf were both gathering their strength, and the closer they got to the center of Moria, the more serious their expressions became.

When they arrived at the second hall, they encountered an unprecedented attack from the Orcs.

Thousands of orcs swarmed towards the second hall.

The Orcs became extremely crazy and aggressive, and attacked everyone fearlessly.

There were also countless cave ogres, some holding weapons like large iron clubs, some carrying slingshots, etc., trying to keep them all here.

Seeing so many orcs and ogres, everyone was very solemn.

Even these Orcs were very cunning. In order to guard against the eyes of Dui's basilisk, they directly blinded the eyes of the trolls, and then let the Orcs ride on the trolls to control the attacks.

The Orcs also closed their eyes. They had lived in dark caves for a long time. Even without eyes, they could still rely on hearing and smell to perceive their surroundings.

Faced with so many orcs and ogres, they attacked frantically and fearlessly.

Even Dewi and Gandalf dared not underestimate him.

"Collapse quickly!"

Dui cast a spell directly at the stone wall above the mine, and the stone wall collapsed instantly. Countless huge rock fragments fell down and smashed countless orcs into meat paste.

They also destroyed the stair corridors and other passages to prevent the Oaks from having any way to attack.

"In the name of the Valar, evil be gone!"

Gandalf also struck the ground hard with his staff, releasing a dazzling shock wave that knocked the orcs and trolls away.

After briefly repelling the Orcs, neither of them had any intention of getting entangled with Octo.

Gandalf looked as if he was facing a great enemy, and said to Dewi in a deep voice:

"Duil, do you feel the temperature around you getting higher?"

Dui nodded and looked at him seriously.

"Our real enemy is coming!"

Chapter 166 Fire Demon

The rising temperature around them could only mean that the Fire Demon was coming.

Due and Gandalf both knew how powerful the Balrog was, so they were unwilling to waste too much energy on the Orcs to avoid being powerless when facing the Balrog.

"Don't bother with Octo here. Cross Durin's Bridge and go to the First Hall first!" Gandalf shouted to the dwarves.

"There's an older, more powerful evil being behind these orcs, controlling them. That thing is about to come out!"

After hearing Gandalf's words, Balin did not hesitate at all and immediately ordered the dwarf warriors to break out to the east with all their strength.