Chapter 291: As always
The heat wave blew the half-black and half-white hair.
On the high tower behind Levi, Bard put down the longbow that was almost as tall as him, took a deep breath, and calmed his accelerating heartbeat.
He looked proud under Levi's double thumbs-up.
At this moment, the son of Girion, the former Lord of Riverdale, the Archer Bard, seemed to have returned to his youth. He was still the archer whose skills the elves praised, and he had not regressed at all.
But while he was proud, Bud also breathed a sigh of relief.
"My friend, I can finally help you this time, even if it's just a small thing..."
He whispered, then turned to look at another sentry tower and shouted louder:
"How many points do you think I can get with this arrow, Bain?"
After being recognized, the old father immediately went to show off to his unyielding son.
And Bain was obviously also shocked by this.
Is this possible?
"Well, never mind how many points you get, you win!"
This time he was completely convinced, so much so that he couldn't help but use honorifics when addressing his old father.
"Son, you still need to practice."
"Okay, okay, you're right."
Bain looked helpless.
Looking at the old man who was still his role model as before, he suddenly smiled.
Yes, it is worth learning.
A true warrior dares to face the blood and cruel reality.
Even if he is facing an almost invincible terrifying enemy like a natural disaster, as long as its target is something he wants to protect, he will dare to risk his life and have the idea that it is either you or me.
That's why he's like a true leader.
No matter if it was a dragon or a balrog, or even if one day he had to face Sauron in his prime... or a darkened being more powerful than Sauron, he would stand up without hesitation to fight against it, even if it was just a heroic death.
But fortunately, the probability of this happening is not high.
Under the city wall, Levi's eyes swept over the clues one by one, and then looked at the body of the Flame Demon.
This guy revealed a lot of stuff.
Levi squatted down and first grabbed the ball of dark red flame that was still jumping on the fire demon's body.
【Flame of Udon】
This is the tool that Sauron used to lure the Balrog.
Udun means hell, so it is not wrong to say it is the flame of hell.
The flame was unsupported and burned in the air, like a solid and granular flame. Its temperature was slightly higher than that of the flame produced by burning wood. Normal direct contact would definitely cause burns, but fortunately it could be stuffed into a backpack.
No matter how hot it is, you have to be careful when putting it into your backpack.
Apart from a pile of Udun's Flame, the Fire Demon didn't drop anything useful. Its body - skin, claws, wings, tail, and bones - were not made of very strong materials and were not very useful.
Only the head looks more intimidating, so it can be taken as a specimen.
However, although the drops are few, there are many things you can do.
The Flame of Udun has some other uses. According to the synthesis table, it can be smelted with iron to form a new alloy - Tengyan Ingot.
This is dropped directly by another creature that does not exist in this world, the "Flame Demon", and cannot be crafted directly.
But it seems that the dark fire of the Balrog, the Unquenchable Flame of Udun, has some similar properties to this metal, and its formula was created directly.
One ball of Udun's Flame can be used to make one Tengyan Ingot, and this fire demon just dropped a total of five balls.
This is the charm of the 'looting' enchantment.
No matter how many you have originally, you can grab more by force.
Five balls of Udunfire, enough to upgrade the netherite armor with one left.
In addition to making Tengyan Ingots, this flame can also be attached to weapons, allowing the weapons to gain new attributes similar to "flame attachment".
But there is no need, absolutely no need. It would be better to keep it as a souvenir.
After collecting the spoils, Levi dragged the body of the fire demon away to avoid causing too much fright to the residents.
So it was just thrown on the side of the road and died like an uncared-for insect.
"Hey, Thorin!"
When he came back, Levi waved at the city wall.
"Glad to see it worked out well, Levi."
Thorin came over and hugged Levi.
"Great! I saw it all. That Fire Demon is no match for you."
"You don't know, when it came over, I felt the sky was dark, and my vision was full of fiery red fog. I couldn't even see your figure clearly. I really don't know how the father and son aimed..."
"This incident also reminded me that if we had made the gate of Erebor thicker before, it would have no chance to escape, nor would it have had the chance to rush under the city wall."
"Hahaha." Levi laughed meaninglessly, and there was both embarrassment and helplessness in that laugh.
Thorin suddenly had a bad feeling.
Levi then said, "Regarding this matter, I believe you will have enough time to do it. Well, including the entire Erebor, from top to bottom - don't you think the original decoration is a bit too old? Those hotels, markets, forges, halls... have been used for thousands of years. It's good to change them, right?"
"What you said makes some sense, but the fact that they can be used for thousands of years doesn't mean they are very durable, etc..."
Halfway through his speech, Thorin suddenly realized something.
He looked at Levi.
Levi looked away.
At this moment, the dwarves did not know that Erebor had been renovated into a battle-damaged style by two hardworking masters.
Not to mention the inside, the outside is a mess.
The nearby rivers evaporated, the trees were burned to a crisp, and black smoke was billowing from the gates of Erebor.
Boom!
The big clock above fell down, making Thorin's head buzz.
When the Balrog was confirmed dead, the dwarves rejoiced and jumped to celebrate this great feat.
Some of them bravely approached and observed the horrifying monster corpse up close, some gathered near Levi and cheered, and some ran to the tavern to drink on the spot.
A cheerful and enthusiastic look.
Only Thorin and a group of senior officials rushed back to Erebor as soon as possible. They looked at their home, which had no intact place from top to bottom, in silence.
“They must have fought hard.”
Groin commented.
Balin shrugged and agreed, "Yeah, maybe Moria is more complete than here."
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought that the Balrog had fought with a dragon..."
Fili scratched his head and looked at Thorin who was rubbing his temple with his eyes closed. "What should we do now?"
"What else can I do?"
Thorin's voice trembled slightly.
He took a deep breath and suddenly spread his hands.
"Let's go have a drink."
"What about here?"
"We'll talk about it tomorrow!"
"All right."
(End of this chapter)
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