"Heh......"

As if he had exhausted all the strength in his body, Gandalf collapsed on the rocky ground of the platform covered with icy snow after he found himself and the Firedemon with a tough shield between them.

Then, after dropping the sword in his hand and dissipating the power of the lightning above, he let the thunder and lightning of the sky mingle in his ears, and the cold and fierce wind blew his beard and long hair, which were messy and even condensed with a thick layer of white frost.

It took him a moment to catch his breath before he had the strength to look up at Anne, the little girl who was standing on a thick stone pillar with a teddy bear in her arms.

"Are you...... Annie? How the hell did you end up here? ”

Knowing that he might no longer be in danger with reinforcements, Gandalf only felt a wave of tiredness coming in, and if there was a warm bed, he thought he could sleep for at least a few days?

As for the giant flame demon not far away, separated by the little girl's magic, and was frantically slashing at the shield wall with a conjured flame sword, Gandalf didn't want to pay attention to it now......

After fighting fiercely for so many days, from the bottom of the Endless Abyss all the way to here, he no longer has the strength to stand up and continue fighting!

"You came to such a high place to fight, I found out from afar on the other side of the White Goose River! So, I'll teleport over to join you in the fun! ”

Well, that's not really the point, all Anne is concerned about now is: how do she take on this big, murderous, and playful looking fire monster?

Do you want to catch it and beat it up until it's convinced?

Or maybe grab it, dig out its brain, and give it a little makeover? Change to at all times, you must listen to your owner Anne, and be a well-behaved and likable puppy?

"Teleportation, teleportation spells?!"

Hearing this word, Gandalf was slightly stunned.

Middle-earth magic is not so pervasive that even teleportation can be used casually, even as Maia, when they come to Middle-earth, they do so by boat, and rarely use teleportation or other techniques to shorten the journey, because that would mislead mortals and attract prying eyes!

Gandalf himself, for example, prefers to summon a white horse and become a handsome white horse wizard! And if you need to fly, you can also summon the giant eagle? If they do this, even if they are seen by the mortal race, they will only envy them, and they will not cause other unnecessary troubles.

And only a traitor like Sauron, who doesn't follow the rules and doesn't worship the gods, would use the powerful magic of the Evil Eye Portal, similar to teleportation spells, to travel long distances across Middle-earth and force him to where he wants to go?

"Anne...... Why are you messing with magic again......"

With a sigh, Gandalf could only shake his head helplessly.

But, no matter what, now this little girl, she finally saved herself once in time, didn't she? Let him, Maia, whose strength has been limited, not fall into the hands of this ancient fire demon, and luckily did not return to the realm of the gods.

"Roar!!"

At this time, the fire demon who had been violently slashing at the magic shield wall finally discovered that something was wrong.

When it knew that its fire spells or physical attacks could not help this strange magic shield wall for the time being, it turned its head to look at the little girl on the stone pillar, who was talking to the old man in front of him who had been fighting with him for days and nights.

Syllable!

Then, without thinking much about it, it roared angrily, and with a flick of its hand, it pulled out a long whip made of entangled and condensed flames, and after a loud, high-pitched pop in the air, it shook the whip and swept it away like a long, nimble snake towards the little girl above the stone pillar.

"Little ...... Heart...... Well, I still don't care, old man......"

Gandalf, who had wanted to warn Anne to be careful of the whip, had to choke back again when he saw that the little girl had not minded reaching out her little hand and gently grabbing the end of the whip, and that he had not seemed to be burned, let alone pulled off the stone pillar by the other party.

He had almost forgotten just now that this little girl was a powerful being who didn't enter his heyday! And, according to what she said, seems to be particularly good at fire spells?

If she thought like this, she really couldn't have made such a low-level mistake.

"Roar!!

Just now, when his flame whip easily wrapped itself around the little girl's arm, the fire demon was happy at first.

However, what it never expected was that when it roared wildly, began to be fierce and began to pull the whip hard, intending to tear the little girl off and grab her and swallow it, to taste the wonderful delicacy that it had not tried for a long time, it was surprised to find that it had not been able to pull the other party.

How is this possible? It's a powerful firedemon of its own, not an orc like the Moria mines!

“……”

Then, the fire demon was a little confused.

It first looked down at the whip in its hand, then looked up at the little human girl standing on the stone pillar, and then it was a little puzzled: its whip was obviously fine, and the little girl seemed to be weak, why couldn't it pull it?

"Whew......"

The Flame Demon, whose mind was chaotic and couldn't think clearly, was ruthless, and he began to pull hard again!

This time, it used so much force that even the rocky ground was kicked into the pits by its hooves! At the same time, the huge stone pillar that little Anne herself was standing on was also pulled by the other party and shook a little shaky, and it was about to fall in the direction of the fire demon in the next second?

"Huh? Is that what you want? Then I'...... I'll give it back to you now! ”

Anne seemed to be thinking of something interesting for a moment as she looked at the thick, hot, flame-woven-woven whip in her hand, and then at the great flame demon below that was still pulling desperately, and at the stone pillar under her feet, which was already stretched by the tremendous force, and seemed to have made up her mind.

Then, she slyly blinked her beautiful big blue eyes, and when the fire demon continued to exert her strength, she suddenly let go of the flame whip in her hand, causing the fire demon to lose its balance in an instant due to the huge force and roll away in the direction of the cliff behind her!

Thundered......

After knocking over a few small crooked stone pillars and a few rocks, the Fire Demon stumbled and grabbed a few protruding rocks at the edge of the platform and narrowly hung himself from the edge of the cliff!

Now, the flame demon can see that little girl, she is actually playing with herself? I almost made myself play again and fell down?!

"Roar!!

After finally climbing up from the edge of the cliff, and looking at the large rocks that had fallen below the mountain clouds and could no longer see the shadows, the fire demon suddenly roared in rage, threw away the whip in its hand that didn't work, and then opened its mouth towards the little girl on the stone pillar.

In its huge horned head and smoking mouth and nose, countless churning blazing white flames flashed in its chest and throat, and even the muscles of its upper body began to turn red and bright, as if there was something extraordinary that was condensing and brewing in its body.

"Annie! Be careful! It's about to spew flames! ”

Seeing that the little girl was still standing on a high stone pillar, just looking defenselessly at the fire demon who was about to breathe flames, Gandalf, who was sitting on the ground, was a little anxious.

The flame breath of this ancient fire demon was sometimes even more terrifying and furious than the dragon's dragon flame! No matter how strong this little girl is, it is always necessary to resist or avoid it a little, right?

No matter how bad it is, wouldn't it be nice to go up and attack the other party and interrupt its breath? Instead of waiting for the other party's attack in a daze and being indifferent as it is now?

"Spitfire? Of course I knew it was going to breathe fire, wasn't it waiting for it to erupt! ”

After a strange glance at the old Gandalf man, little Anne waved her hand and said without mind.

She is not stupid, how could she not know that the other party is planning to breathe fire on herself?

Besides, the last thing she fears is flames! And this fire demon, the most powerful is the flame attack, right? So, what is she worried about?

As long as the other party doesn't rush up and play hand-to-hand combat with herself, then she can stand here and let the other party burn all day without any problem!

"What?!"

Before Gandalf, who was slumped on the ground, could say anything, the firefiend flapped its wings and stood up straight.

When its pair of wings were completely opened, and the endless flames that were billowing black smoke began to burn all over its body, a fiery red flame that soared into the sky suddenly gushed out from the huge mouth of this fire demon, like a long fire dragon, directly from the peak of Siraksigil, from the top of this world, and swept diagonally upwards in the direction of the little girl!

The long tongue of fire, even after licking where Anne was standing and completely encompassing the huge stone pillar, then swept up the sky, and roughly estimated the length of the huge tongue of fire, which seemed to be at least tens or even hundreds of meters?

Anyway, in the eyes of Gandalf, the gray-robed wizard who lost his strength and collapsed to the ground, those terrifying flames seemed to have almost completely burned the thundercloud above the sky?

Under the ultra-high terrifying flames, the temperature of the air near the peak of Siracsigil gradually increased, except for the snow that gradually melted and turned into rain droplets, the huge stone pillar that had just been mainly attacked by the flames, under the terrifying flame breath of the fire demon, was actually burned into boiling hot magma and began to flow and splash down, so shocked that Gandalf hurriedly climbed backwards and climbed several steps away, before he could avoid the fate of being burned by those hot magma.

Now, in the midst of the flames, Gandalf could no longer distinguish the little girl.

"Annie......?"

Looking at the fire demon who was still breathing frantically, Gandalf could only open his mouth, a little speechless.

He felt that the little girl's behavior just now was still a little too much.

Such a terrifying flame attack, even if it was Gandalf himself with all the strength of Maia, if he dared not dodge or resist, he would definitely be burned to ashes! Without that Maia, she would be stupid enough to be burned directly by the breath of the fire demon!

"Roar......?"

Soon, when the flames that had been burning violently on the fire demon's body finally gradually extinguished, only the handful of mane-like flames on his back were still burning weakly.

The bright red skin on its upper body and the inside of its chest gradually returned to its normal gray-black, and only then did its breath completely cease.

Then, it was so startled that it didn't even remember to close its open mouth, allowing the embers of the flames and a little smoke to emerge from its mouth and nostrils, and stared at the little human girl who was still hovering at the top of the pillar just now, and didn't seem to be hurt at all.

Then, the fire demon's fiery eyes began to flicker violently, and it didn't understand why!

The flame just now has obviously completely included the other party and the pillar together, and he is very sure of this! Because, now the stone pillar under the other party's feet has been burned by it! Moreover, the other party did not use any countermeasures or protective means at that time, and was drowned in flames......

But now, that little human girl, why does she seem to have nothing at all? Is this still human?!

"This ...... How is this possible?! ”

Gandalf, who was on the side, said what the fire demon actually wanted to say the most!

Obviously it had already been burned, but that little girl, why could she still levitate with a hippie smile on top of the stone pillar that had long been burned and cracked?

Look at her appearance, she is still in good shape, when the rocks under her feet are burned, the air around her is even distorted and boiling by the heat, and the light begins to shake violently, not to mention that she is injured, not even the beautiful blonde hair that flutters in the wind has not the slightest trace of burning?!

Moreover, there are still clusters of strange flames burning on her hands and body? Those flames, as if they were alive, were beating on the little girl's body, like a little elf, and they were still cheering and jumping?

"You may not know ......"

"Fire, it's my favorite toy! It's definitely useless for you to burn me like this! ”

Anne grinned as she grabbed a fireball the size of an orc's head from her free right hand, and slammed it into the stunned fire demon's head.

"Although people are not afraid of your flames, but ...... The smell of sulfur on your body stinks! So, this one is back to you! ”

Rumble!!

A shattering fire exploded directly on the fire demon's daze head, and while it staggered back, Anne didn't stop, and her backhand was one fireball after another, as if she didn't want money, and kept smashing it into the other person's head!

"You just blew the stink at me!!"

Rumble! Rumble!

After the two shattering fires exploded in the opponent's back, they directly knocked the fire demon to the ground.

"If you don't learn, you want to play with fire!"

Rumble!

The Fire Demon was just about to stand up, but was hit back again by a fireball that exploded on it......

"Didn't your mother tell you that children will wet the bed at night when they play with fire?!"

"If you wet the bed, you're going to be spanked by your fire demon mother!"

Another shattering fire exploded!

In this way, little Anne continued to throw fireballs at the other party's body while saying all kinds of crazy things that were not boundless.

It didn't take long for countless magical flames that had not had time to disperse to begin to spread at the top of this Siraksigil Peak, and they began to slowly spread downward from the top of the upwind as if a huge volcano was erupting......

If it weren't for the wall-like lava shield that Anne released at the beginning, which continued to play a role, I'm afraid that Gandalf, the gray-robed wizard who was lucky enough not to die at the hands of the Fire Demon, would have been burned alive by the little girl's crazy fireball throwing at this moment, right?

After all, Gandalf doesn't have the ability of Firefiend or Annie to not get burned in the Flame Seed!

“……”

Seeing this, looking at the terrifying flames and the burned rock lava that had completely ravaged the entire Siraksigil Peak, which had completely raged over the entire Siraksigil Peak, and even continued to spread towards the bottom of the mountain, Gandalf actually really wanted to go up and ask the little girl: Who is the real fire demon between her and the fire demon?

The fire demon just now, after spraying flames for a while, still has to rest for a while, but what about this little girl, the fireballs are one after another, just like they don't want money? Seeing that this little girl's face was not red or breathless, she was still throwing fireballs excitedly, and there was a tendency to stop until she burned the entire Misty Mountain Range into a land of flames? Is there really that much magic in her?!

"Incinerate!"

Suddenly, the little girl shouted again, and a flame that was even more terrifying than the fire demon's breath just now, like a cathartic waterfall, rushed down towards the fire demon, pressing it to the ground fiercely, and at the same time, more hot magma began to splash non-stop!

Now, with the exception of where Gandalf stood, the entire peak of Siraksigil has been turned into a sea of fire and magma......

"O great Eru...... Could it be that she is the Demon Lord who came out of the Flame Hell?! ”

Gandalf didn't know what to say anymore, as if he was in the midst of a flaming hell, he felt that the little girl in front of him was definitely more like a fire demon than the fire demon! Perhaps, she is actually a Flame Monarch with a beautiful human skin and a slightly cute appearance?!

Otherwise, how could she do something like this, which was about to burn an entire mountain?

The poor fire demon was just breathing fire and playing with flaming swords and whips, but what about this little girl? If you don't agree with each other, you will directly burn this Xilaxigil Peak into a red piece? Gandalf swears that the pomp and circumstance here would be even brighter than Mordor's Doom Volcano at night, if the rest of Middle-earth looked at it.

After all, this Silaxigir Peak is the highest peak of the Misty Mountains, and no matter the southeast and northwest of Middle-earth, when the weather is clear or at night, people can definitely easily spot the abnormality here!

"Roar~!!"

Suddenly, the fire demon, who had been pressed and beaten by little Annie for a long time, finally couldn't help but erupt.

Ignoring the painful wounds on its body and the flames around it, it just smashed several fireballs that exploded on the little girl's body, and then raised its hand to be a flaming long sword, fanning its wings vigorously, with the flames all over its body and the molten blood gushing out of the wound, it flew directly up, and with all its strength, it swung down towards the figure of the little girl!

The bright red flame sword, under the full force of the fire demon's blow, dragged a long afterimage, like a huge red streamer, with a strange red light, and slashed directly towards little Annie's small waist!

It's a pity that the Fire Demon didn't sense any stagnation from its weapon! It knew that it wasn't that its flaming sword was too sharp, but that it hadn't slashed at any enemies at all.

"Woo......"

Sure enough, when it turned around and roared in a low voice, the figure of the little girl in the sky flashed and soon disappeared......

Then, the other party soon appeared in another higher sky, and she, that little human girl, seemed to have the ability to fly at will?!

It's already obvious: what it just slashed is actually just a mirror-like afterimage! It's the kind of trick that wizards often use!

“……”

In the sky, that little girl seems to have a tendency to continue to throw fireballs?

At this moment, the fire demon finally felt a little timid......

Just now, this little girl's bursting fireball had already caused a lot of injuries to itself, although those flames didn't do much damage to the fire demon himself, but when they exploded on its body, that kind of tearing wound was still inevitable!

In addition, it had been fighting with the white-bearded old man for several days before, and now it was feeling a little tired, and finally it was chilled and planned to retreat! It didn't want to be here anymore, and it continued to fight this little human witch who could fly at will and was not afraid of fire attacks like their fire demons.

However, how to get out of here and escape back to the Moria Mine still needs to be thought through. It had to find a good chance, or the little girl who could fly would not let it go easily!

"Aha! If you can't beat me with spells, you want to play hand-to-hand combat? I'm not afraid of you! ”

After looking at the fire demon below with countless wounds on his body, standing in the flames, looking a little pitiful, Anne felt that it seemed better for her to take it in earlier? Otherwise, if she was accidentally beaten to death by herself, wouldn't she have wasted her time before?!

"Come on, Tibbs! Give me a beating to subdue it! ”

Hey?

What's going on?!

When Anne grabbed her bear and planned to smash it down at the fire demon who was looking around and seemed to be looking for a way to escape, she was surprised to find that her little bear Tiebs still had the face to hold her arm, and seemed to be reluctant to go down to fight?!

(Little master, this fire demon is about to be beaten to death by you, why don't you just put it in and subdue it directly?) Don't you want me to go out and bully it anymore, right? I'm sorry......

- Tibbs feels that his Shadow Bear is completely immune to fire and physical damage, but what about the Fire Demon? The other party only has fire and physical attack abilities, so ah, this life is not challenging at all today, and it is a little reluctant to shoot!

And, the most important thing is: this mountain is too steep, and it can't fly itself, if it falls down, even if it falls, it won't kill itself, but it will be very humiliating, right?

In the end, Tiebs felt that the time was not right, and it was not appropriate to fight! In addition, the battlefield is not ideal, and the opponent is definitely not its own opponent, so why not strike at all? ）

"Either you go down and catch that fire demon for me, or, when you go back, you can soak in that swan river for a month, you can choose one yourself!"

This is really the opposite, this little bear, even has the guts to be fat, dare to bargain with himself?

So, Anne squinted, lifted her hand, and looked at the little bear that was holding her wrist with a dead face, and was still rubbing her palm with its bear head, trying to please her.

(uh...... Don't be angry, little master, we're really just joking with you......

- There was no way, Tiebs, who failed to sell cuteness, had no choice but to let go of his hand and pounce on the poor fire demon below! ）

"Roar!!

Then, something that made the gray-robed wizard Gandalf even more horrified appeared:

On that end, the teddy bear that he had always thought was an ordinary toy and was held in the arms or hands of the little girl suddenly became huge, and even turned into a flame giant bear that was two heads taller than the fire demon and was also covered in dark red flames, and then roared and fell directly from the sky, pressing down on the fire demon who was about to retreat!

At the moment when the fire demon was frightened, the opponent's huge bear claws, after grabbing the fire demon's demon horns and dragging them to the ground and stepping on them with their feet, waved the pair of chubby bear claws, began to open the bow left and right, and beat them with their fists......

————

"Ahh Gandalf !! ”

Suddenly, a scream rang out, and on the way to Mordor, Frodo, who was resting and sleeping under a rock, suddenly woke up from his sleep.

He'd just dreamed of Gandalf, and of course, the fire demon!

They were plunging into the abyss, and then, as they fell, Gandalf was still wrestling with the flame-filled Firefiend, who was still fighting and resisting even though he knew he was going to die......

His long sword kept cutting gaps in the fire demon's body, and at the same time, he was constantly scorched by the fire demon's flames.

"What the hell is going on? Frodo......?! ”

After hearing Frodo's scream, Sam, who had not been sleeping very well, was also awakened in an instant, and then he hurried over and asked worriedly.

He just now, it seems, heard Frodo shout Gandalf's name?

But...... He knew, Gandalf, who had fallen into the abyss for days......

Before that, after leaving the Moriath Mine, the eight of them also went to the Golden Forest, and also met the lord of the Elves of Lothlorin, the most powerful and beautiful elven leader, the Elven Lady Galadriel.

Then they rested for the night, and when they left the next day, having received many gifts from each other, they sailed south along the Anduin River and left the golden forest of the elves, and left that beautiful place.

In the days that followed, Sam didn't even want to reminisce......

They had just come ashore, but they would soon be attacked! The orcs from the Elzinger Saruman who had been following them mercilessly ambushed them......

In the ensuing battle, Boromir, the eldest son of Prime Minister Gondor, was shot several times, and his fate was unknown......

Their friends Pippin and Melly seem to have been captured by the orcs? Then, Frodo, who was scattered, planned to go to Mordor alone in order not to drag down his teammates? And he himself, Sam, after many pleadings, and even jumping into the river regardless of life or death, finally persuaded Frodo and obtained the qualification to accompany him.

Until now, even the two Sams don't know if anything is wrong with the others, those fellows of the Fellowship of the Fellowship of the Ring, except for Gandalf?

"No...... Nothing ......."

"Go to bed early, Sam! We still have a long way to go tomorrow......"

After a pause, Frodo, who knew that he was actually just dreaming, slowly lay back on the cold and hard ground again.

"I just had a dream...... Dreamed of Gandalf......"

Enduring the bone-chilling mountain wind, Frodo tightened his elven cloak, looking at the dark night sky, looking at the doomsday volcano of Mordor in the distance, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Frodo ......"

"Master Gandalf is dead...... Death at the hands of the Fire Demon......"

Sam looked at Frodo's back and was silent for a moment, then suddenly surprised a little when he turned his head to look in the direction they had come.

"And, look! Even here, we can still see the vision of the Misty Mountains, it must be the fire demon's ......"

At this point, at Sam's reminder, Frodo finally sat up again and looked in the direction of the Misty Mountains.

Sure enough, as Sam said, in the dark night, they could still see the strange sight of the distant sky, which was as red as a volcanic eruption—the highest peak of the Misty Mountains, seemed to be on fire?

The fire was so fierce that even the two of them in the Great Wasteland Mountain Range could still see that terrible scene through the fog in the night......

It's like the peak of the Misty Mountains was completely burned red by the flames, and even burned the clouds into a red patch at the same time?

Obviously, in addition to the volcanic eruption, the only thing that can cause this scene is probably the ancient fire demon, right?

If he hadn't known that Mount Doom was in his direction, he would have almost thought that they were going in the wrong direction!

"Gandalf ......"

And now, since the fire demon is still good and can still go to the burning mountains to play, then Gandalf will definitely die!

Also right...... After falling into the bottomless abyss from such a high place above the bridge of the Namoria Pit, there is absolutely no way for anyone other than the mythical creature of the Fire Demon to survive!

“……”