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But here, it can be seen everywhere, such as the armor and weapons of the dwarf warriors, and various tableware, all of which are made of mithril.

These are all relics from the former Kingdom of Khazad-dûm, and have now been found by Balin and others, specifically used to entertain a few people.

Arwen, who sat beside Dewi, was equally astonished at the dwarf's extravagance.

As the White Princess of the Noldor, she and her grandmother Galadriel learned the Noldor's forging techniques, and naturally knew the value of mithril.

Like the Water Ring Nanya worn by my grandmother, the main body of the ring is made of mithril.

Even some of the more powerful elven swords were added with mithril to make them sharper, lighter, and even have magical properties.

I didn't expect that people here are so luxurious that they use mithril to make tableware.

But what surprised Dewi even more was that Balin had the dwarf warriors bring over a dozen large iron boxes and placed them in front of him and Gandalf.

"What is this?" Dewi and Gandalf both looked puzzled.

Balin raised his hand and motioned for the dwarves to open the box.

It was filled with finished products such as mithril utensils, accessories, handicrafts, and mithril ore.

"Gandalf, Doir, you defeated the Balrog and helped us recapture Moria. I cannot help but express my gratitude!" Balin said sincerely.

"Of course, I also know that these alone are far from enough to express my gratitude, so I also prepared this."

As he said this, two pieces of animal skin paper were brought to them at his signal.

There are Tengwa and moon characters written on it in mithril.

"To express my gratitude, I have written a contract: I will give one-tenth of the ownership of Moria's mithril ore to Gandalf and Doir respectively. I hope you will accept it!"

They were both surprised when they heard this.

Dui was surprised by Balin's generosity, even though before the expedition, Balin had promised to give him one-tenth of the ownership of the mithril once Moria was recaptured.

But he didn't expect that Balin would fulfill his promise so quickly. Not only did he give Gandalf the same share, but he also didn't drag his feet.

He has none of the greed and possessiveness for treasure that other dwarves have.

Should we say that he is indeed the calmest and wisest elder among the dwarves?

Dui naturally would not refuse this reward. After all, mithril, a precious magical metal, has so many uses that he naturally needs it.

So he readily used the silver pen provided by the dwarf to sign his name on the contract paper.

The silver pen is made of a special ink made of mithril and other materials. It will never fade and the writing will still be clear even after thousands of years.

The animal skin paper is also made of wear-resistant giant lizard skin and is soaked in special potions. It can still resist rotting after thousands of years.

These preparations are enough to demonstrate Bahrain's sincerity.

As for Gandalf, he refused the reward offered by Balin and only picked out a pipe made of mithril from the box.

In his words, he didn't have a large number of subjects and pets to support like Duir, so there was no point in asking for this reward.

Balin was not secretly happy about Gandalf's rejection, but instead looked a little disappointed.

Dui couldn't help but use the soul-reading spell to see what Balin was thinking.

It turns out that Bahrain is not just pretending.

Balin was truly grateful, so he gave Gandalf one-tenth of the mithril ore.

Of course, there is also a little trick, which is to bind the interests of Dui and Gandalf to Moria with mithril.

In this way, if Moria encounters any danger in the future, with the two powerful wizards, Dui and Gandalf, there will be no need to worry about Moria repeating the same mistakes.

Dui naturally didn't mind such little thoughts. Instead, he admired Balin's cleverness even more.

After delivering the mithril, Balin took a few people to the treasury.

Khazad-dûm once relied on the production of mithril to accumulate wealth even greater than that of the Lonely Mountain.

Even the ceiling is paved with gold, which is enough to show how huge their wealth is.

However, after the Balrog was awakened and the kingdom of Khazad-dûm was destroyed, all its wealth was plundered by the orcs and sent to Sauron's Barad-dûr.

Even the gold on the ceiling had been pried away, leaving only the bare black stone walls.

But even so, when Dui and the others arrived at the treasury and looked at the mountains of gold, silver and jewelry, they were still shocked.

This is another treasure that is no less than that of Gushan.

Chapter 173 Flame Demon's Lair

The treasury is located at the lowest level of Moria, with a tunnel dug by the dwarves.

At the end of the tunnel is the treasure house door made of a mixture of mithril and fine iron.

"This is the last intact treasure house left in Moria," Balin explained to Dewi and Gandalf.

"The defenses here are the strongest. The walls of the vault are cast with a mixture of mithril and fine iron. The gate is also set with a code that only Dwarves can decipher. Therefore, the Orcs cannot dig a tunnel to enter the vault. This is why the treasures in the vault are not plundered by the Orcs."

When talking about this, Bahrain was also heartbroken.

The former Kingdom of Khazad-dûm, relying on its rich mithril mines, was a gathering of all the wealth in the world, with so much treasure that even a treasury could not contain it.

However, with the awakening of the Balrog, Khazad-dûm was destroyed. Although the Balrog was not interested in the treasure, the Orcs were very greedy. They not only plundered and occupied the treasure, but also continued to mine mithril ore and transported it to Barad-dûr to provide supplies for Sauron's army.

Only the first vault built by the dwarves survived because of its strong defenses.

"It took me several days to finally crack the code to this treasure house." Balin said happily, his eyes shining. "Perhaps Dulin's ancestors had a premonition and built this sturdy treasure house on purpose, leaving us a huge treasure."

As he said that, he pushed open the door and led a few people in.

As soon as they entered, Dui and Arwen couldn't help but open their mouths slightly and their eyes widened.

Inside the treasure house, illuminated by the fire, it was a magnificent sight.

The treasury is huge, no smaller than the dwarf hall. It is supported by a huge golden pillar in the middle, and the ground, walls and ceiling are all paved with gold. It is very luxurious!

In addition, the treasury is filled with countless gold, jewels, jade, exquisite and luxurious jewelry, handicrafts, etc., piled up into mountains, almost touching the high ceiling.

There are so many treasures, no less than the treasures in Gushan.

More importantly, half of the treasure here belongs to Dui, while he only took one tenth of it when he went to Gushan.

Gandalf still refused Balin's idea of ​​giving him treasure, but only took some gold coins to buy tobacco from the Shire.

Dui did not have the noble moral integrity of Gandalf who treated the treasure mountain as dirt, so he directly used the space bag to collect half of the treasure in the treasury.

After all, he has a lot of people (pets) to support at home, especially a giant dragon who values ​​money like his life and is waiting to use more gold and jewelry to build a nest.

Balin did not feel any pain or reluctance when Dui took away half of the treasure in the treasury.

After all, Moria’s real treasure has never been the gold and jewels in the treasury, but the mithril ore that is far more precious than them.

The mithril ore in Moria is inexhaustible. As long as you own this mine, it is only a matter of time to make endless wealth.

After coming out of the treasury, Balin asked Dui to set up a Floo network on the fireplace in the first hall, and was willing to exchange mithril for Floo powder, with the price being one gram of mithril for one gram of Floo powder.

Dui naturally would not refuse such a lucrative deal.

He was even thinking about how to increase the production of Floo powder without having to do it himself.

"Gandalf, Doir, I actually want to trouble you with one more thing this time."

Balin said hesitantly.

“You may not know that the bottom of the mine where the Fire Demon is entrenched is actually the place with the richest mithril reserves. If we want to continue mining, we can’t get around it.

But the problem is that due to the presence of the Fire Demon, it has turned into a land of magma, and it is constantly spewing out sulfur and other poisonous gases. We can't get close to it with our strength."

"So could you please go there and see if you can resolve the hidden danger there?"

Dewi and Gandalf were both a little surprised to hear Balin's words.

Logically speaking, the fire demon has been destroyed, and the flames and magma at the bottom of the mine should have gradually died out.

Could it be that there is a volcano underneath, and the fire demon has dug through the magma layer deep underground?

Out of curiosity, Due and Gandalf agreed to Balin's request.

They came to the edge of the Moria Mines and flew to the bottom of the mines on their broomsticks.

The mine is very deep. Although it is not as deep as the abyss under the Durin Bridge that goes directly underground, it is still several thousand meters deep.

The two continued to descend, but the temperature was abnormally getting higher and higher.

When we arrived at the bottom of the mine, we saw a river of magma, which continuously gushed out hot magma, and a strong and pungent smell of sulfur filled the air.

Due cast a Bubblehead Charm on himself and Gandalf to block the pungent, noxious smell.

Then use the staff to cast the clear water spring spell towards the magma below.

The spring water gushed out and turned into a flood that submerged the magma below.

The magma and water intertwined and turned into steam, shrouding the bottom of the mine in fog.

The magma quickly cooled and solidified, turning into bright silver mithril lava.

It turns out that these magmas are melted mithril ore, and it is mithril of very high purity. After the surface cools and solidifies, the magma river instantly turns into a silver-white mithril galaxy.

However, the two of them were not paying attention to the priceless Secret Milky Way at this time, but were looking at a lava tunnel. The scorching temperature there could not be extinguished or cooled even with water, and the mithril magma was still spewing out.

Looking at the deep lava passage, they both guessed that this was the cave of the fire demon.

The lava tunnel was extremely hot, as if there were flames surging in it.

To prevent accidents, Dui took out two bottles of fireproof potion. He and Gandalf drank one each, then cast a layer of protective spell before walking towards the lava passage.

The lava tunnel is very deep and seems to lead to the ground. Magma is constantly overflowing from the surrounding cracks, like a volcanic magma channel that may erupt at any time.

The two walked deeper and deeper into the lava tunnel filled with magma. The temperature around them was high enough to melt the hardest metal.

If it weren't for the effect of the fire retardant, they would have been burned to charcoal by now.

Just when they were wondering whether it led to the depths of the earth, the lava tunnel suddenly became clear and became bright and hot.

They finally arrived at the Fire Demon's lair.

The Balrog's lair is a huge circular cave with magma and burning flames below, and a black boulder platform in the middle that has not melted.

What surprised Dui and Gandalf was that the rock wall of the cave was covered with a thick layer of red transparent crystals, making the cave look like a crystal cave.

These red transparent crystals are very similar to the magic crystals of the fire demon, emitting a burning sensation and filled with fire element magic.