Along with the imperceptible sound, four cracks with faint red light appeared on the cave wall illuminated by the fire. Soon these cracks expanded into four passages, and these four passages were the orcs.
The main entrance of the town.
This kind of mechanism, which in Allen's view is considered a sophisticated one, was created by the orcs, who are very good at these techniques that can facilitate their killing.
In other words, the orcs have their own unique insights into forging and mechanisms. The things they make are ugly, but they are also exquisite. If you want to make them seriously, even if you compare them with the dwarves, they are only a little bit worse.
That’s all.
The biggest problem faced by the orcs is that due to their violent personalities, it is impossible for them to calm down and do such extremely tedious work. They prefer to tell others their understanding and let them complete this part of the work.
And these other people usually refer to the slaves imprisoned by the orcs. They must work non-stop according to the orders of the orcs until they can't see the sun, or are hungry and tired, or even because they can't see fresh breath.
death from the air.
These slaves include elves, humans and dwarves of the Durin clan. Why do we single out the dwarves of the Durin clan?
It may be due to the war that took place in ancient times. At that time, the dwarves of the Durin clan were still living in Moria. At that time, Moria was not called this name, but was called Khazad-dûm, which means the city-state of the dwarves.
In the second era, during the Battle of Eregion, Durin III, who ruled Khazad-dûm at the time, sent an army of dwarves to assist the elves. After they attacked Sauron's orc army, they withdrew to the mountains.
, and also closed Khazad-dûm, leaving the orcs with nothing to do.
From then on, Sauron ordered all orcs to be enemies of the dwarves, and he especially hated the Durin family. This hatred has lasted for thousands of years, until now.
Now, as time has fermented, the hatred between the two parties has reached the point where they will never stop fighting each other.
Of course, it's not just dwarves, either elves or humans, who also have old and new grudges with orcs that have to be settled.
Just like this, countless orcs, led by Fimbre, jumped out of these four passages. They did not attack humans for any noble reasons, they just wanted to have more slaves and food.
That’s all.
As soon as these orcs came out, they put out several bonfires around them. Although they were not afraid of flames, they did not want to be exposed to the light.
Fimbre, who led the team to rush out, was stunned when he saw Allen and others who were already waiting in front of them.
In his expectation, the enemies in the cave should be fighting fiercely with the wargs outside. At the worst, these humans should be panicked by his sudden appearance.
This situation surprised Fimbull, and he vaguely felt that something was not right.
Now the two armies were confronting each other, and Fimbull couldn't help but think about the call of the Supreme Lord of the Rings. He quickly signaled to the well-equipped guards around him and shouted "Let them come in".
Fimbre's guards clearly knew what they should do. They swung the whips in their hands and drove the half-orcs who had become slaves to attack the people standing in the fire.
The human troops rushed away.
These half-orc slaves with relatively simple thinking, stimulated by the dual stimulation of pain and desire to kill, shouted and rushed towards Allen and his party. If they performed well in the battle, they would get rid of the slaves immediately.
identity and become a member of Fimbre's bodyguard.
Fimbre, who issued the order, had a very simple idea. If humans had a very big flaw at this time, he would immediately lead his well-equipped guards to give the human team a big surprise.
Now, these heavily guarded humans have caused Fimbull to have a lot of doubts. Even though he was eager to obtain the unknown treasure at this time, he still maintained a certain calmness.
"Let the slaves go in first, the wargs blocked the door, don't be in a hurry."
Fimbre can still clearly understand the basis for his ability to become a leader.
Following Fimbul's orders and being whipped by whips, a large number of orc slaves waved their scimitars and sticks, jumped out of the darkness into the light, and rushed towards the humans.
Facing a large number of orcs who stepped into the fire range, the first one to launch an attack was Gandalf, who had been preparing for a long time.
At this time, the figure of the gray-robed wizard suddenly became taller under the light of the fire, and his usually kind expression became very majestic at this time.
"Evil creatures, I command you to retreat."
Following Gandalf's loud shout, a bolt of white lightning, enough to illuminate the entire cave, shot out of the air on the long staff raised by Gandalf, followed by a "boom", and the lightning directly killed him.
They caught twenty or thirty orcs who rushed to the front.
The huge power produced by this magic directly caused most of the orcs to freeze in place, but Fimbull quickly reacted, and he kept shouting and cursing, "You scum, get out of here.
Rush, rush quickly."
The whip in his hand kept lashing, falling on the heads of the stunned orcs, causing them to quickly recover and roar towards the humans again.
"Free Fire."
Allen shouted loudly, grabbed five cone-headed arrows in one hand, quickly pulled the bow string and launched an attack on the charging enemy.
"Whoosh" "Whoosh" "Whoosh"
The first few orcs who rushed into the scope of the fire fell directly under Allen's precise shooting skills, but closely behind them were more orcs wielding scimitars or wooden clubs.
They rushed toward humans in a crazy manner, opening their big mouths and roaring, with cruel and ferocious expressions on their faces.
The more than forty mounted archers who were standing behind the Swadia knight before had already taken two steps forward and stood in front of the Swadia knight after the orcs appeared.
They all opened the Kujit bows in their hands, and with the help of firelight, they accurately struck the Orc slaves who were rushing over.
The orcs who roared loudly and ran wildly died one after another under the intensive arrow attacks. The simple and broken wooden shields in their hands could not help them much under such intensive and precise shooting.
For a time, a large number of orcs rushed into the fire and suffered heavy casualties under the attack of arrows. Those orcs who were barely able to survive the rain of arrows and rushed towards the human troops were also killed by Ai who raised his giant sword.
Lun, and a dozen Swadia knights holding two-handed swords were easily killed.
The lives of these half-orc slaves cannot even last a round in front of these elite human soldiers.
The two-handed sword that was being swung carried a power that was far beyond that of an ordinary person, snapping the orc slave in front of him in half with his shield.
At this time, their bodies were already spattered with blood, and the ground in front of them was also full of enemy fragments. Allen felt that as long as the orcs didn't rush into his face in a swarm, he could take Si
The Knights of Wadia have been standing here.
Gradually, the half-orc slaves who were still in the darkness began to stop moving. They looked at hundreds of their own kind lying on the ground, as well as the fierce and bloody humans in the firelight, and they began to feel fear in their hearts.
When the signs of fear appear, they will uncontrollably control their thoughts. Now, even under the whip, they are no longer willing to take a step into the light.
At this time, Allen, who had shot more than a dozen arrows in a row and raised his giant sword to kill several enemies in a row, breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he was as strong as him, his arms had begun to feel sore and numb, let alone
His physical fitness is far inferior to that of his mounted archers.
Even if the Kujit bow they use is a short bow with a low weight for the convenience of riding on horseback, firing the bow more than ten times in a short period of time has brought them to their limit, and their arms have begun to appear.
Trembling slightly.
Now that the enemies are no longer attacking, they can just recover their physical strength a little.
On the side of the orcs, Fimbull saw that his slaves no longer dared to move forward, and he was extremely angry. For this reason, he severely beat the orcs who ran back several times.
But Fimbull also knew that in this situation, even forcing these slaves to charge again would not have much effect.
He has realized that although the enemies in front of him are few, their fighting power is very strong. In such a narrow terrain, a large number of orcs must approach the enemies in order to take full advantage of their large numbers.
But to accomplish this goal, we must restrain the enemy's continuous arrow losses.
Among the half-orcs, Fimbre is quite smart. Although he is not as good as the best half-orcs like Azog or Bolg, he has been recognized by Azog in his original trajectory.
, served as the commander of the Wolf Cavalry.
After thinking for a moment, he whispered a few words to the guards around him, and dozens of well-equipped orcs turned around and returned to the dark tunnel.
The battle in the cave, after the orcs killed and injured hundreds of people, returned to a confrontation again.
Allen, whose purpose was to delay time, seized this precious time and began to recover his strength. His eyesight, which was better than that of ordinary people, could vaguely see the numerous black shadows deep in the cave.
Allen knew that the battle here was far from over.
At this time, the battle at the entrance of the cave became intense from the beginning.
While Hermione led the soldiers back, the wargs, under the order of the alpha wolf, sprang out from all over the forest and rushed towards the cave quickly.
Horimion led the Twilight Knights to quickly shoot at the wargs in the distance. They relied on the powerful penetrating power and extremely fast shooting speed of the Noldor Sigil Bow to kill most of the enemies who wanted to get close to the cave.
He died on the grass at the entrance of the cave.
Rodok's marksman, with the help of the moonlight, relied on the excellent accuracy of the siege crossbow at close range to continuously snipe and kill those wargs who were about to rush into the cave.
Their thirteen archers and fifteen crossbowmen were able to suppress the wargs who wanted to rush into the cave.
However, the discipline of wargs is far from comparable to that of orcs. When the treacherous and cunning alpha wolf saw that his men's attack was blocked, he immediately howled and changed his offensive strategy.
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Amid the "howling" cry of the alpha wolf, the densely packed wargs formed an extremely dense formation in the forest.
After a little preparation, a steady stream of them sprang out of the forest. Even when facing the bows and arrows of elves and humans, they would step on the corpses of their companions and continue to move forward!
Faced with this suicidal charge, even if the Twilight Knight and Rhodok Marksman tried their best to block the enemy's charge, they could not completely stop such a large number of wargs from gradually approaching the cave entrance.
In such a critical situation, the Rhodok marksmen dropped their siege crossbows and quickly rallied.
They held heavy broad shields in their left hands and a long sword in their right hands. They set up a shield wall nearly 1.5 meters high in the cave passage, preparing to welcome the impact from the wargs.
Horimion also led the Twilight Knights, consciously shooting the wargs to create a certain gap in their charging ranks to reduce the defensive pressure on Rhodok's sharpshooters.
Soon, the charging warg ran into the shield wall of Rhodok's sharpshooter. After all, these soldiers were not professional defensive infantry. They were not that proficient in the skills of shield unloading. When encountering such a huge attack,
When force strikes, mistakes inevitably occur.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Arnold is one of them. The shield he raised was hit by two wargs one after another. Although the two wargs immediately fell into the air after the collision.
He entered a dizzy state, but Arnold could not withstand the huge force that followed. He took a few steps back from the impact and fell to the ground.
The evil wolf that followed quickly pounced on Arnold before he could react. Then, he opened his mouth full of stinky breath, and quickly moved towards Arnold with his sharp fangs.
bit off the neck.
At this time, all the Rhodok marksmen started a close-quarters fight with the wargs who followed. These human soldiers were equipped with chain armor, and the helmets they wore also had some protection for their necks.
Only their legs and hands for firing siege crossbows were less protected. They relied on the equipment on their bodies and the sharp swords in their hands to compete with the Wargs.
For a time, the entire battle scene fell into chaos.
Arnold, who was hit, was very lucky. Apart from some chest tightness and pain, the warg's attack did not cause him much substantial damage.
Arnold, who was pinned under the warg, was not dominated by fear. The moment he was hit, he grabbed the long sword in his right hand and stabbed the long sword towards the warg's abdomen with all his strength.
And his left hand accurately grasped the warg's upper jaw, fighting with all his strength against the enemy pressing on him.
Then, the long sword in his right hand penetrated into the Warg's abdomen and tore apart the enemy's internal organs.
After suffering such a severe injury, the warg's strength disappeared in an instant, and then he lay softly on Arnold's body.
Arnold took a life from the wolf's mouth, took a deep breath, and then moved the body away from his body with force. As soon as he sat up without restraints, he immediately saw another one heading towards him.
A warg who charges on his own.
Knowing that he was being targeted, Arnold had no time to stand up. He turned around and took out his long sword from the corpse next to him, preparing to sit there and fight the charging wolf.
And with a quick arrow, Hermione killed the warg who was about to pounce on Arnold, freeing the sitting Arnold from his predicament.
At this time, the Rhodok marksmen who were fighting in close combat, while struggling to kill the wargs, also suffered a lot of casualties. As the commander, Horimion naturally could not just watch these companions.
Died by the warg's fangs and claws.
The captain of the personal guard immediately dropped the bow and arrow in his hand, drew out his talisman sword and enchanted shield, led the Twilight Knights who also took out their melee weapons, and pounced on the already fighting Rhodok marksman.
Together wargs.
The talisman swords in their hands, which emitted a faint light, could easily cut through the flexible fur and hard bones of the wargs. The shields engraved with exquisite sigils could repel the wargs with a casual swing.
Even if it is knocked away, a companion will step forward and kill the unbalanced enemy with one sword.
In a short period of time, the Twilight Knights relied on their superb combat skills and skillful cooperation to kill all the wolves that rushed into the passage, and were at the forefront of the battle.
When they killed the wargs, they consciously maintained a certain position, allowing the corpses of the wargs to gradually pile up together.
Even though Horrimion decisively rushed forward with the Noldor elves, more than half of the Rhodok marksmen were caught, killed or bitten by the wargs. They were equipped with chain mail made of iron rings, which provided good protection.
to their vital points.
However, there is no decent protection on the hands and calves, and they are easily scratched by the warg's claws.
Moreover, the chain armor on their arms could hardly withstand the powerful bite of the warg. Even if the fangs did not break through the armor's protection, the force of the upper and lower jaw bites was enough to fracture their forearms.
These eight injured Rodok marksmen were quickly carried deep into the passage by their teammates, allowing them to perform simple battlefield bandages without being harassed by the enemy. After all, when Allen came out this time,
But there was no professional doctor with me.
The remaining seven Rhodok marksmen picked up the siege crossbows on the ground. After a brief inspection, they continued to shoot at the wargs in the distance, but their killing efficiency was far inferior to that of the Twilight Knights.
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Not long after, under the massacre of Hermione and the Twilight Knight, the corpses of the wargs were piled into a small mountain of corpses at the entrance of the cave.
These corpses blocked the shooting range of Rhodok's sharpshooter and became the first obstacle to block the charge of the wargs. Now they can only continue to rush towards the interior of the cave by crossing the hill formed by the corpses.
However, every time a warg jumps onto such a one-meter-high hill, it will be sniped by Rhodok's marksman. If there is a chance to jump down, it will be immediately killed by the tired Twilight Knight.
Such a situation was extremely unfavorable for the warg attack. Under the command of the leader, the wargs stopped their attack and began to clean up the corpses piled at the entrance of the cave.
For Hermione, the situation had improved a lot at this time. After the wargs completely stopped attacking, they could finally take some time to rest.
Although the fighting power of these dozen Twilight Knights is extremely powerful, there are very few enemies in Middle-earth that can confront them head-on.
But they are not perpetual motion machines that never tire. Even with a small number of them, they will get tired after a fierce battle.
Because of this, Allen arranged for Rhodok marksmen to help them, and tried to let Rhodok marksmen fight on the front line of the battle, but it was obvious that his plan failed. These crossbowmen who are proficient in shooting,
It is really impossible to compete with the cunning and cunning wargs in close combat.
However, Allen had no time to think about this issue now. The orcs who were confronting him directly rushed towards them with a large number of wooden planks, perfectly restraining Allen's archers.
And those wooden boards looked extremely familiar to Allen. Aren't they the same wooden roads in Orc Town?