Chapter 50: Attack of the Orcs
Aragorn led everyone to the fork on the right side of the river. In the shadow of Mount Torbranda, there was a large grassland that extended from the water to the foot of Mount Amonhan, followed by a gentle slope of Mount Amonhan, which was covered with trees, and these trees grew all the way to the lake.
A trickle of spring water fell from the mountain to nourish the grassland. The expedition team dragged the boat to the green river bank and camped beside the boat.
“We’ll rest here tonight,” said Aragorn. “This is the Pasgarland Prairie, one of the ancient beauty, and hopefully no evil has invaded this place.”
"I think you should pull your sword out before that, and the needle will show whether the orcs are hiding near us." Canaan suddenly said, "I feel a threat and shadow lurking around us."
After hearing Canaan's words, Frodo immediately panicked and pulled the elf's sword out of the scabbard, and he was surprised to find that the edge of the sword body was flashing with dazzling light in the darkness. This only shows that there were half-orcs or strong orcs nearby.
"It seems that I am unfortunate enough to say... Everyone, pick up the weapons and prepare for the battle. The enemy is about to attack us."
As if to prove Canaan's words, the next moment, a large number of strong orcs suddenly appeared from the woods in the distance. With the naked eye, it was roughly estimated that the number of strong orcs was at least one thousand, and these were strong orcs armed to their teeth. They not only had intact armor, helmets, shields, and long swords, but some of the strong orcs also used wooden longbows that only elves could use.
This is also the first time that everyone in the Arctic team has officially seen a strong orc. This is a tall creature about two meters tall. They look similar to humans. They are just hideous and terrifying, with bulging muscles on their bodies, and are much taller. No wonder they are called strong orcs. Compared with the orcs living underground in the Moria tunnel, they are simply the difference between an ordinary middle-aged man and a strong boxer.
Of course, Canaan's words just now were not groundless. In fact, the mental controller of the Arctic Team had scanned the number of powerful orcs and their positions, and then used spiritual chains to transmit these images to the minds of team members. This is the real reason.
When he saw these strong orcs, Aragorn's throat felt a pang. When he was called a Ranger and God Walker by people on Middle-earth, he had fought with the orcs ten or hundreds of times, but he had only seen these strong orcs who had equipment and weapons in front of him, and they were obviously organized to operate. His combat power was deeply engraved in his mind by Aragorn.
A few times that Aragorn had seen, the number of strong orcs was not too large, and they were fighting each other. But the number of strong orcs in front of him was obviously beyond his expectations, especially many strong orcs had bows and arrows in their hands... Can they defeat so many strong orcs with more than ten people here alone? Especially when they were carrying four oil bottles around them, they should know that their mission was not to kill all the strong orcs, but to protect Frodo and the Lord of the Rings.
"Frodo, stay by my side with your Habi friends later. The next battle is very dangerous, and I cannot fully protect you..." Aragorn said seriously to Frodo.
Before Frodo could answer, Aragorn continued to say to Canaan: "Miss Canaan, can you lead your teammates to rush for a while? I have fought with these strong orcs several times before. Although their single strength is not particularly strong, if you use bows and arrows to volley, it is probably difficult for us to protect these Habis, so please disperse their formation. It is best not to let them shoot at us... Can it be?"
"No problem, let's leave it to Charlotte and Gonneil, and the Dwarf warrior Jinli. Legolas and I stay here to support the ranged attacks, and help you protect the Habi people by the way." Looking at the powerful orcs that kept gushing out of the woods, Canaan's right hand took out a hand of blood-red small one-handed**, which looked like a burning flame from a distance: "With their strength, there should be no problem."
After saying that, Canaan said in the chain of mind: "Gonneil, Charlotte, the next battle will not be easy. If one of the parties fighting near Roslorien came here that day, then now is their best time to appear."
"I feel that there is an extremely dangerous feeling behind it, just like a sharp blade is behind you, be careful."
"Hmph, it seems that this will be a rare massacre." Gonnier smiled, not caring about Canaan's last words, but responded in the chain of his heart. A cold aura suddenly emanated from his body, causing the dwarf Jinli, who was nearby to fight a cold war with the elf prince Legolas.
"...Don't be careless, these are strong orcs, not the orcs we killed in the Moria tunnel. Not only are they stronger in physical fitness than orcs, they have good equipment and weapons, but they can also use fighting spirit." Charlotte snorted coldly, pulled out the two-handed big sword on his back, and saw that the big sword emitted a blue light, which looked really majestic: "Also, be careful of other reincarnation teams."
As soon as the words were finished, the group of strong orcs rushed over, and Yaragorn drew out the holy sword Andurir and guarded the four others tightly. The others also pulled out their weapons and began to prepare for the battle...
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"It's so good... kindness and courage, innocence and dreams. Although the reality is quite cruel, without these beautiful sentiments, it's really unpleasant to destroy it, so it's still the best to destroy it with beautiful things..."
On a stone pillar not far away, Zhao Zhuikong looked at the army of strong orcs and the Lord of the Ring Expedition Team that was about to fight, and said to himself with a smile. His expression was so kind that it was impossible to see any threat. Just after looking carefully, although his face was smiling, his eyes were full of coldness.
What is most surprising is that the mental power controller of the Beibing Continental team has already included this area in his mental power scanning map, but he did not find Zhao Zhuikong who was close to him. He was like air and was not scanned by mental power...
"Interestingly, such a weak team dares to wander around so swagger. Without the protection of the Zhongzhou team, are they tired of living? The only one below is that woman and Aragorn, who have some interest..."
"Although I'm not very interested in the Lord of the Rings, it should be very interesting if I get it here..."
In the end, the corners of Zhao Zhuikong's mouth had turned into an extremely strange arc...
Chapter completed!