Chapter 1 The Gloomy Weather

Although Sauron's powerful magic obscured the sky, preventing sunlight from penetrating and harming orcs and trolls, the entire world seemed to be shrouded in gloomy colors.

However, in this tidal wave of Rohan cavalry, the front ranks of the wedge formation were surrounded by a layer of faint golden light, as if bathed in sunlight that had already pierced through the darkness. It was as if their morale and fighting spirit could rival the sun, breaking through all the obstacles in front of them, and changing the colors of this beautiful land!

Seeing this indescribable power, the Contractors closely following the orc regulars suddenly felt uneasy, even with a desire to retreat. Zi and Reef's expressions turned grave as they looked at Fang Senyan, feeling that his placement of the team's battlefield position was truly prescient. Sanzai wondered:

"Brother Yan, how did you judge beforehand that the opposing knights would be so powerful?"

Under normal circumstances, there were quite a few Contractors skilled in melee combat. In the previous city defense battles, melee fighters had been largely useless, so they had been holding back. Once they got a chance to fight alongside King Théoden's cavalry in close combat, they would naturally rush to vent their frustration. This was only human nature, but Fang Senyan was able to restrain himself and calmly retreat to the rear. It was hard to believe there wasn't a reason for it.

Facing the expectant gazes of the group, Fang Senyan could only smile wryly and shrug his shoulders:

"You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you I didn't expect King Théoden's knights to be so strong?"

"Tch..."

"Middle finger..."

"Don't believe it."

"Despise."

Faced with this collective backlash, Fang Senyan sighed helplessly:

"I really didn't know King Théoden's strength. I just felt that there was no need to put energy and spirit into this level of battle, because battles ten times more tragic are waiting for us..."

"More tragic battles? When we break the city?" Aldaris finally couldn't help but ask.

Fang Senyan sighed, smiling without saying a word, because he was currently only pushing the overall situation towards his own intentions. Whether he could truly achieve his vision was still uncertain because the most crucial step had not yet been taken, so he dared not make promises. Doing it was always ten thousand times better than talking about it.

However, just as the Ace Team was still talking and laughing, King Théoden's cavalry had already entered the trap area. It could be seen that the knights in the front ranks were glowing with a faint blue light, which was the divine spell Wind Grace. Under the effect of this spell, the warhorses could jump and run lightly between the traps. Although horses were occasionally injured, fell, and neighed miserably, the damage was far less than expected.

Next, the impact on the orc slaves and laborers could only be described as unstoppable!

Furthermore, the rout of those defeated slaves and laborers impacted the main formation of the orc regulars! The carefully prepared formation was disrupted, and the so-called first and second lines of defense were as fragile as paper!

Only the third line of defense, composed of orc regulars, exerted great pressure on King Théoden's cavalry. Their offensive could be said to have been contained at this point, but only contained. This meant that the Contractors' previous plan to face scattered, exhausted cavalry was extremely naive!

Now they had to face the fierce impact of well-organized cavalry with undiminished momentum!

Looking down from the sky at this moment, it was a huge torrent of cavalry, charging fiercely into the orc sea in front! Logically, it should have been a convergence of rivers into the sea, but this torrent was unstoppable, bravely piercing through the orc ocean! What a sharp momentum this was!

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As early as when they passed through the trap area, Fang Senyan had gasped. Even though he had a sufficient estimate of the grim situation, he had never expected King Théoden's cavalry to be so powerful!

When the cavalry were sweeping through the orc slaves and laborers, Fang Senyan had said clearly and slowly:

"Sanzai, I guess we'll have to reveal another trump card today."

Sanzai was stunned:

"Could it be? Is it time for Krulgg to appear?"

At this time, Krulgg was still appearing as a masked, mysterious earth-type mage. Although others knew that he was a creature controlled by Sanzai, they all thought he was a powerful earth-type mage, with a focus on support.

Faced with Sanzai's question, Fang Senyan nodded decisively:

"Yes, and I now strongly suspect that even if Krulgg goes all out, we might not be able to hold on. It's possible that I'll have to go all out as well."

Zi was surprised to hear this:

"Are these cavalry really that powerful?"

Fang Senyan narrowed his eyes:

"The strength of these cavalry is not beyond our expectations, but... it seems that our people have overlooked one thing. Since our people can set off to intercept Aragorn and the others, then the opposite side can also send people to intercept our reinforcements!"

After hearing Fang Senyan's analysis, Ronnie immediately gasped:

"You mean... our reinforcements, the Haradrim who can control the incomparably powerful Mumakil, might be late?"

Fang Senyan nodded:

"Yes. This means that after King Théoden's powerful cavalry may cause a devastating blow to the orc army, the Haradrim's Mumakil army will then arrive late. At this time, King Théoden might even have a chance to meet up with the defenders in Minas Tirith! The supplies in Minas Tirith are enough to replenish them, and the wounded and archers among King Théoden's men can also be added to Minas Tirith!"

Just as Fang Senyan was speaking, Krulgg had already begun to cast his innate ability. The ground in front of Fang Senyan and the others began to slowly rise, eventually forming several intersecting thick stone walls. These stone walls were not high, only about three meters, but their thickness also exceeded three meters, and their length was about ten meters.

The appearance of these stone walls would certainly not be able to stop the tide of cavalry like a dam, but cavalry was not an armored corps after all. Horses were also intelligent creatures. Under training and the encouragement of their masters, they could bravely and unhesitatingly trample over enemies, but they would not be stupid enough to crash into stone walls.

Therefore, these crooked, seemingly chaotic stone walls could act like reefs in a turbulent current, allowing the tide to bypass them from both sides, and at the very least, they could reduce the speed of the enemy's charge.

After Krulgg exhausted his alien energy value, he roared in a low voice, and his entire body swelled up like it was being inflated. From a tall, thin man wrapped in an earth-yellow robe, he rapidly transformed into a hulking monster, and after the transformation stopped, he had become a terrifying two-headed monster with a height of over four meters, brown-black skin, knotted muscles, and vortex-shaped battle scars on the skin of each muscle!

An supreme majesty emanated from Krulgg's body. This was the innate oppression of higher creatures over lower creatures. Then, Krulgg bent down and plunged his left hand deeply into the soil, almost reaching shoulder level.

This posture looked like a fisherman feeling for fish in the water. When he pulled his hand out again, the earth shook violently. In Krulgg's muscular left hand, he had pulled out a terrifying rock club, and the end of the club was red-hot, even dripping red-hot lava from time to time!

At this time, almost all the Contractors who had not been attacked were looking at this side. When they felt Krulgg's powerful strength, they also gasped. No one expected that the Ace Team would be hiding such an amazing trump card at this time!

Some people even felt a sense of vigilance in their hearts. Such a powerful primeval legendary creature, whose combat power was almost reaching the extreme of the Forgemaster, and the power displayed in the siege would definitely not be inferior to a giant trebuchet. The leader of the Ace Team could actually resist this temptation and not play this card to gain greater benefits. How could such a deep city not be amazing!

At this time, King Théoden's cavalry had already broken through the orc army's main formation in front, and even the Contractors' teams, and were charging crazily. Fortunately, Fang Senyan's chosen position was also very good, cleverly avoiding King Théoden's vanguard arrow area, and was located on the side, almost on the left edge of the arrow. In this position, the chance of encountering elites was very small, and of course, the pressure would also be the lightest.

Even so, when Fang Senyan stood on the thick stone wall and witnessed the charge of the well-organized cavalry, he could still feel the sharp momentum coming at him. As long as the entire cavalry corps was still charging in an organized manner, it felt like a vast whole, and the pressure was overwhelming! It was as if the person witnessing it had to resist the fierce impact of these eight thousand terrifying war riders with their own strength!

However, just as these cavalry rushed to within fifty meters of Krulgg, the horses stood up one after another, neighing miserably in shock, and slowed down. Obviously, they sensed the pressure of this terrifying creature. Although the warhorses had also been blessed with various divine spells, at this time, after entering Krulgg's tyrannical realm, they also had strong sensations and influences.

At this time, Fang Senyan and the others would certainly not be polite. Zi's Force Barrier - Ram, Aldaris's Mind Storm, etc., were all unleashed, and suddenly, people and horses fell on their backs. The front was blocked, but the rear cavalry did not reduce their speed. The riders in front would immediately become obstacles in the rear, and were trampled miserably. The cavalry relied on this terrifying and ruthless impact force on the battlefield to move forward bravely!

Under the inertial impact of the cavalry, Krulgg's pressure was not omnipotent. No matter how panicked the horses were, they could only be swept forward by the current. At this time, those extremely solid stone walls that had been painstakingly built before, or more precisely, the stone barriers, played a great role.

Granite stone barriers that were more than three meters high but nearly four meters wide were almost impossible for the cavalry to break through, so they played a good role in curbing the cavalry. Fang Senyan and the others could then wait for the enemy in the open space between these stone barriers.

Of course, the Contractors on the dark side were not fools either. This method was not difficult, and what Fang Senyan could think of, others could also think of. It did not take too much earth-type magic power to make a few similar stone walls.

It was not difficult to make a few similar stone walls, but the key was that after King Théoden's cavalry spread out, the impact surface reached several kilometers. In the face of the general trend, making a few similar stone walls was actually of little use. More importantly, there were also great people among King Théoden's knights.

This kind of stone wall could intercept horses, but for those high-level cavalry generals, it was estimated that using Dou Qi or something, or releasing an impact skill, it would only take a few minutes.

In an instant, this small battlefield area was covered by a dense light green mist. Fang Senyan was still faithfully playing the role of support, throwing out potions first. At this time, Ronnie was like a fish in water, fishing in this chaos, occasionally flashing a trace of scarlet light, harvesting the lives of Théoden's knights.

Suddenly, a Théoden knight slowed down his horse and bypassed the stone wall next to him.

Even ordinary knights of Théoden had a very strong personal style. The horse's body was covered with leather armor, which could play a good role in defending against arrows. Of course, senior generals would use slightly heavier scale armor to make horse skirts. A wooden iron-clad shield would hang on the left side of the knight's saddle. The center of the shield was the royal symbol of Théoden, and the weapons they used were mainly ranged javelins, and close-range axes and swords.

To avoid adding extra weight to the horse, the knight's upper body protection was often very tight. Iron helmets and iron-studded leather armor on important parts such as the heart were standard, but the protection of the lower body was not so strong.

After seeing people, this Théoden knight instinctively wanted to speed up his horse, but he was hit hard in the face by an invisible giant wall, and immediately burst into tears. Even the mount let out a miserable scream and stood up.

Then, although he could not see, he could smell a troll's stench. The knight instinctively raised his shield, just in time to block a chain hammer that the Big Nose slammed over, but the solid shield shattered into pieces! The mount kept staggering backwards.

At this time, the knight's whole body was numb, but he felt a pain in his ribs, and he was terrified to find that the strength of his whole body seemed to be flowing out from under his ribs. He only saw a ghostly figure with a dark red light retreating quickly, and the knight, who was on the verge of death, was preparing to muster the last courage of his life to launch an attack. A pale blue lightning bolt fell from the sky, completely killing him!

This was the way Fang Senyan's entire team worked like an assembly line to kill people. First, Zi's ranged bombardment was used to unload the opponent's impact force, then the barbaric trolls were used to break through the opponent's defense. When the enemy was at their weakest, Ronnie completely exerted his high-attack mode, going straight to the point and delivering a fatal blow. Finally, to avoid the enemy's dying counterattack, Aldaris used a ranged attack to harvest.

Because the troll had to bear the most strenuous blow, each time it swung the heavy chain hammer, it would be replaced by the next troll.

Such an arrangement can only be described with three words:

Efficiency, ruthless, mechanical.

This was the killing plan Fang Senyan had formulated. At the same time, he also left Reef, Fang Senyan, Krulgg, Reef's servant No. 7, Ramtas, and two rotating trolls as backup trump cards, enough to cope with any unknown situation, even including the betrayal from his own people. Therefore, under his command, the Ace Team was like a meat grinder, quickly harvesting the lives of Théoden's knights. The contribution of these guys was not low. Fang Senyan was surprised when he first hunted them. An ordinary knight could actually earn ten to fifteen points of contribution!

This ratio sounded very terrifying. The combat power of an ordinary knight could actually be equal to more than ten ordinary soldiers. In fact, if you converted it, it was almost the same. Considering the current amazing battle situation, even with precautions, Théoden's eight thousand cavalry had already messed up at least one hundred and fifty thousand orc legions, and even become a mess. Even if the combat power of these eight thousand cavalry was not comparable to one hundred and fifty thousand orc legions, it was not far off.

However, if eighty thousand ordinary human soldiers fought against one hundred and fifty thousand well-prepared orc legions, it would be absolutely impossible to achieve the current results. There was only one result, and that was annihilation!

So, if you convert it like this, the contribution value obtained for killing an ordinary knight is ten to fifteen points, which is definitely not an extra high price. In this rolling torrent of flesh and steel, what is the risk of rushing up to bite a piece of meat?

In less than ten minutes, thirty-four knight corpses had fallen near Fang Senyan and the others. Smelling the strong bloody smell, the Big Noses, whose whole bodies were filled in steel armor, went wild and roared excitedly, dragging the horse's corpse over and chewing on it, drinking blood and eating meat, very cruel and happy.

Fang Senyan noticed that with their feeding, some wounds on their bodies were rapidly recovering, indicating that these monsters were indeed natural warriors, typically using war to support war. With this ability, as long as they did not die on the spot and had plenty of food, they could quickly recover their combat power.

Probably noticing that the offensive here was blocked, a cavalry general who was wearing chain mail woven with armor pieces rushed over. This guy was a size larger, and had a gray cloak behind him, symbolizing his status. More importantly, he had a horn on his waist, and was followed by more than ten knights who were obviously much more elite.

Fang Senyan's eyes moved when he saw the horn. After investigation, Théoden should have at least two legendary equipment in his hands.

The first is his sword Herugrim, which is a simple sword. Its scabbard is inlaid with gold and decorated with emeralds. Because it was quenched in dragon blood, it has a huge deterrent to various creatures.

The second, of course, is the big horn that has just appeared.

After the big horn is blown, there are hundreds of small horns echoing, covering the power of the big horn to the entire army. This guy can control a small horn, so he must be a prominent figure in the army.

After this cavalry general rushed over, he was very cautious. He led his men to draw bows and set arrows from a distance, and shot the arrows like raindrops in a parabolic manner. This attack can be said to have just hit Fang Senyan and the others' weakness - after Black Brothers's accident, in terms of ranged attacks, it has always been a weak link.

Moreover, the parabolic way comes from the sky, which can avoid the obstruction of the stone wall. Krulgg was hit by more than a dozen arrows in a row. These arrows were specially made, and could even penetrate the skin of mammoths, and immediately screamed in pain.

Fang Senyan immediately looked at Reef. The two had shared life and death, and had cooperated for a long time, so there was no need for words. They nodded to each other!

At this time, after Krulgg felt the pain, he roared and a huge stone suddenly appeared in his hand, with a raging fire on it, and he threw it at the group of cavalry.

This throw was very fierce, and after the flame rock flew out, it shattered into several pieces, and suddenly several elite cavalry were knocked over, screaming miserably. Their faces could not help but show a look of horror.

The reaction of this cavalry general was extremely fast. As soon as he realized that the boulder was thrown, he immediately made the most correct response - he was on the horse, and obviously, the horse's retreat can only be described as snail speed, so he could only move forward - he immediately lay on the horse's back, and then clamped the horse's belly with both feet, and the whole person窜ed out.

This was to save his life, so he must go all out, fearing that he would run too slowly. However, this guy was very cautious and had been keeping a distance from Fang Senyan and the others, and this exerted forward rush only ran thirty or forty meters. Seeing that he was still thirty meters away from the enemy, he felt something was wrong and was about to turn his horse's head and run away, but he suddenly saw the burly man holding a shield looking over and reaching out his right hand at him............