[Comprehensive British and American] Old popsicle online dating rules

"It's actually a Balrog?!"

The moment he saw the huge figure in the firelight, his expression changed. Garald clenched the silver-white longbow tightly in his hand. Before his brain realized what he had done, his body had already moved spontaneously, shooting from behind. Draw an arrow and set a bow, as if facing a big enemy: "We are going to be in trouble today."

"What is a Balrog?"

From the reaction of the elf, it can be understood that this monster with horns must be very difficult.Steve also raised his shield and took half a step forward, blocking Jarod behind him, staring at the demon covered in flames and white smoke and frowning: "Is it difficult to deal with?"

"I don't know, I haven't dealt with it before." Jarod shook his head, feeling the scorching heat spreading through the air, and his face turned ugly: "But I know that it has always been recorded in the history of various ethnic groups in Middle-earth. One of the most terrible ancient demons in the world, and killed enough high elves."

It is said that the Balrog was originally the fallen Maia, who followed Morgoth, the source of evil, and became his servant.They are huge, with demonic heads, and covered with brimstone and flames. They are the worst nightmares of countless creatures in Middle-earth.Jarod's impression of this kind of demon is really too deep. After all, he was there when Morgoth gathered an army to attack Gondolin, and he saw the leaders of the twelve families with his own eyes, including Jin who was later dragged into the abyss and died together. At least four of the flower lords, Glorfindel, were directly killed by the Balrog.Therefore, even if he didn't fight them directly in that war, it was enough to make him shudder at this terrifying monster.

But under such an extreme impression, now, they have to face such a terrifying opponent.

Although he didn't feel how cowardly he was, Jarod had to admit that when he found out that Balrog was sleeping in this mine, the first thought that came to his mind was to take Captain America and escape together.

However, behind the two of them, the broken stone ladder was a dead end.

Glancing at the distance between Duanyan and the opposite platform, Garald glanced at the captain standing in front of him, and said without hope: "If I block it here, can you jump to the opposite side by yourself?" ?”

"No." Turning his head to stare at him, and then immediately turning his head to warn the Balrog that was getting closer, Steve's voice sounded a little annoyed: "Don't even think about it, let's go together."

"OK then."

Not feeling that he could really do it, Jarod shrugged, and quickly refocused on the monster that smashed countless stone pillars and roared from the depths of the hall.And at this moment, with his extremely keen five senses, Mister Elf quickly discovered that the flames on this Balrog's body seemed not as terrifying as the ones he had seen in Gondolin. A little sluggish, it seems that he suffered some serious injuries not long ago, and has not fully recovered yet.

……what's going on?

A flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, but before he could take a closer look, the Balrog had already rushed out of the hall, holding a sharp blade made of flames and waving at them.Before he had time to think about this abnormality, Jarod suddenly let go of his right hand. The bowstring that was already drawn gave the arrow a powerful impact, and it flew through the air in an instant, shooting directly at the Balrog's eyebrows, blocking its movement. For a moment.

At the same time, Steve also clenched his shield, resisting the first wave of heat that could almost blow them away.

"Bows and arrows shouldn't be of much use to it."

Seeing that the Balrog swung his long arrow effortlessly, it was as easy as chasing away a fly.Looking at the arrow shaft that fell to the ground and was half melted by the flames, Jarod became more and more certain in his heart that even a wounded Balrog was not something they could easily deal with.

"Indeed, melee combat doesn't seem like a good idea either."

Seeing the flames burning on the Balrog, Steve also nodded: "Then do you elves have any other abilities? Like magic or something? I remember this is often done in movies."

...oh, magic.

Are you talking about the magic of the human trafficker wizard who obviously holds a magic wand but uses a sword in close combat and uses a big move to pant for a long time?

"Then I really won't."

Although he knew that the situation was urgent, he still couldn't help but want to complain about Gandalf's urge.Garald thought for a while, shook his head, and realized that he really didn't have the skills in this area: "If it's about summoning natural energy or simply healing something, Glorfindel probably taught me a little bit, but it's about defeating the Balrog , I really can't do it."

Moreover, even if you have magic, you may not be able to beat it.

Otherwise, how did Gandalf level up?

"Then there's no way."

Seeing that the Balrog was blocked for a moment without pain, he was about to swing the fire blade to attack again.Steve quickly observed the surrounding area, stabilized his center of gravity, and whispered to his companion: "Let's go around behind it and try."

"no problem."

Always trusting the captain's judgment, Jarod nodded, advancing instead of retreating, and took the lead in running in the direction of the Balrog.And he pulled out the short knife behind him, and Steve followed closely behind.

At the same time, the Balrog swung a sharp blade made of raging fire, and slashed fiercely at Jarod, who was at the front, but the elf deftly dodged it.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Captain America, who was obviously not so flexible, passed through the area of ​​influence of the Fire Blade before the Balrog could prepare his next attack.Such a tacit cooperation several times allowed them to walk around from the stone ladder to the relatively stable platform of the hall without any injuries, giving them a wider space to display.

However, this does not mean foolproof security.

After several times of hacking, the Balrog was obviously completely enraged by them.The fire blade in his hand exploded several times out of thin air. It roared and turned around. The same burning eyes fixed on the more conspicuous Captain America. While he dodged an attack before he had time to stabilize his center of gravity, he shone at his body. The face was slashed down.

Gee.

Jarod threw out the dagger in his hand, trying to block the Balrog's movements, but he only slightly pierced into its hard skin surface, doing futile work.And knowing that he couldn't avoid this kind of attack unscathed, Steve had no choice but to lower his center of gravity and raise his shield, hoping to block Balrog's menacing blow.

"Peng——!"

The sound of the fire blade meeting the shield echoed in the cave, making people's ears hurt.Apparently, even such a powerful Balrog would not be able to break through the hardest metal on earth.The moment he chopped off the vibrating gold shield, Jarod saw that the blade that seemed to be made of fire in Balrog's hand snapped off in the middle, and the huge reaction force also made the monster take a few steps back involuntarily, staggering and almost falling to the ground.

"..."

Although I knew that Captain America's shield was very hard, I didn't expect it to be so hard.Mr. Elf stared at Steve dumbfounded, but was even more stunned to find that after defending against Balrog's almost all-out blow, the first thing he did was to frown, let go, and watched helplessly. The shield that made the great contribution fell to the ground.

Garrod: ...Wait, why don't you want your body?

Steve: Can't hold it, it's hot.

"……Oh."

Thinking that with the temperature of the Balrog, it would be quite hot, Jarod nodded with a complicated expression.But soon, he felt the scorching heat in the air come back again. It turned out that the Balrog had condensed a more powerful fire whip in such a short period of time, and attacked them again.

"Get out of the way, Captain!!"

Before he had time to yell at Steve, Garald had to lower his body, narrowly avoiding the sweeping fire whip.And Steve was obviously not as lucky as him. Just as he picked up the shield from the ground, before he could hold it firmly, he was whipped on the shield by the Balrog, and his whole body was swept away. Almost in the blink of an eye, he lay sideways. Rolled down the cliff where they stood.

"STEVE!!!"

Never yelled so loudly in my life.Watching Captain America disappear on the edge of the platform, Garald instantly remembered the scene when Glorfindel and Balrog fell into the abyss together a long time ago.Just as he was about to run over, he was turned around and stared at his opponent again to stop him halfway. He even took advantage of the elf's distraction to pull out the short knife he had stuck in his arm with a fire whip and swung it hard, almost killing him. The elf stabbed right through.

...Damn it! !

He reacted extremely quickly to dodge it, but was still cut across his shoulder by the blade, leaving a long and deep wound.Garald stared at the huge monster in front of him, and quickly shot three long arrows from behind, aiming at its eyes, and after being sent flying twice in a row, finally made the opponent unavoidable with the third arrow. red heart.

"Roar--"

The roar of the Balrog's injury resounded throughout the cave, and the flames all over his body burned more and more horribly, obviously completely enraged.But Jialuode was not in the mood to care about this right now. He just took advantage of the opportunity of the demon being traumatized and retreating, and ran away from it to the cliff behind him.And when he heard the faint panting sound coming from the cliff, he let out a breath quietly.

"Are you all right, Captain?!"

Stretching out his head, looking at the crumbling shield on the edge of the cliff and Steve who barely grasped the raised stone, Jarod almost fell to the ground, desperately reaching down:

"Catch me, I'll pull you up!!"

Although he reacted very quickly when he was swept down and hung himself on the rock wall, avoiding the tragedy of falling directly into the abyss, but because his whole body was almost suspended in the air, Steve could not rely on himself alone Climb up.What's more, the rock he was holding on to was not very firm and might be in danger of loosening at any moment. In this almost desperate situation, the captain stretched out his hand towards the elf without any hesitation, not worrying whether he could pull it off. move yourself.

but.

"Be careful--!!"

The moment their fingertips were about to touch, Jarod felt a familiar burning heat approaching from behind.At the same time, Captain America's eyes widened suddenly, as if seeing something extremely terrifying. For a moment, all the blood on his face disappeared, and even his lips turned pale.

The Balrog is coming.

He could clearly see the flames burning behind him from Steve's pupils.The ancient demon from the ground raised his flame whip high, and drew a dazzling arc in the air. In the blink of an eye, it landed heavily on the elf's back!

"……cough."

It was dark in front of his eyes, and Jialuode almost fell directly to the ground.And it took a few seconds for the severe pain and burns to rush straight from the back to the brain, like a sharp knife, smashing every inch of the body along the blood.Immediately, the bloody smell surging up from his chest filled his mouth instantly, and even flowed down the corner of his tightly clenched mouth, dripping on the back of his hand that was still trying to reach out.

"Garrod!"

Seeing that the Balrog was about to raise his long whip and swing it down as soon as he succeeded, Steve's face turned paler.And Garrod obviously hasn't recovered from the almost fatal blow just now, and it is impossible to avoid it anyway. He has no choice but to pick up the shield that the captain dropped on the edge of the cliff, turn around and block it again Falling on his own flame whip.

"Crack-knock-"

There was an ominous cracking sound from the rock wall beneath his feet.Although the vibrating gold shield was not afraid of the flames and power of the Balrog, even so, this blow was too much for the already seriously injured and elf, and the weathered rock under him for many years.I just felt that there was a mountain pressing on him, and Jarod took half a step back. At the same time, his feet were empty. Amidst Steve's heart-piercing shouts, the whole elf, together with the shattered rocks, fell down involuntarily. go down.

Let go without hesitation.Captain America's eyes were firm, and he jumped down together, trying to catch the man in mid-air, but still almost missed it.

Next, everything happened between lightning and flint.

Her green eyes, which were like new leaves, were filled with surprise and bewilderment at the weightlessness.Before Mr. Elf could react, he saw that the rock wall on the east side of the mine was suddenly blasted from the outside by something, and the glare from the outside was cast down.And almost at the same time, his eyes were blocked by the shadow of spreading wings for a moment, and then, Steve, who fell with him, was suddenly pulled away from the unfathomable abyss at the bottom, and brought to a place where he could land safely. go,

"Sam!"

Captain America's voice came from mid-air, almost shouting at Falcon: "Go save Jarod!!"

"Hey, old Popsicle. Jiajia is already in my arms, can you look here?"

He also swooped down to catch the falling Garrod, and Iron Man who finally arrived at the scene with Falcon said, holding the star shield in one hand and the elf's waist in the other, and slowly stopped in mid-air: "My God, who Can you tell me what it is that can beat you together like this?"

"Whatever that thing is, it must die today."

Driving the Quinjet machine and parked in front of the big hole just blown out by a small missile, the Black Widow sat in the cab and looked at the extremely embarrassed Garrod in Tony's arms, as if watching her son being beaten. Very annoyed look: "10 minutes, I don't want to see it alive after 10 minutes."

"Yes, yes, kill it." Crouching beside her, Hawkeye's voice also came from the channel, firmly standing on the same front as the widow: "Who made it dare to do anything to our little cabbage."

"All right, all right, I have no problem with this, but Captain, can you take it easy."

He was yelled at by the captain when he came to save people, Falcon was extremely wronged now.And when he just put the captain down, before he had time to stand still and take a breath, he found that Steve, who had already exploded, began to reach out to Iron Man for his shield, making it clear that he was going to fight the Balrog, his eyes were firm, He tried to reach out but couldn't stop it.

"I believe Natasha's words now, okay? All online dating is just a rumor, you deserve a boyfriend with a cabbage, so can you please wait for us to move forward?!"

Although Falcon said so, his voice was not loud, obviously he didn't have the guts to really speak in front of Captain America.And Steve, who had damaged his communication equipment in the war just now, couldn't hear what he was muttering from the channel.However, Sam never thought that even if Steve couldn't hear it, a certain elf with ten times keener hearing could easily hear it clearly.

"...Wait, you said the captain is also dating online?"

Not knowing where he was poked, Jarod raised his head from Iron Man's arms, his head full of question marks.

The author has something to say: Falcon: I think the use of the word 'also' is of great research value.

Garrod: ...shut up, thank you.

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Owning one elf is like owning the whole world.

Everywhere is full of deep love of "fuck he looks so good-looking, you dare to hit him, does he want to spiral up to heaven" XD