Chapter 28 Good news, bad news (7000 word chapter)
This fierce battle throughout the night was a great test of the will and military strength of both sides, and both sides suffered very heavy losses. However, judging from the number of casualties, although the number of casualties on Sauron's side far exceeded that of the Alliance, it was actually Sauron's side who occupied the upper hand.
Advantages.
Why? Because the strength of the defenders is so different from Sauron's side. Even a battle loss rate of ten to one is not affordable for the Alliance with only 6,000 defenders. When the casualties of an army
When the rate exceeds 40, it will almost be completely destroyed - the current defenders are already very close to this bottom line of collapse. If it weren't for the backbone of the Jazz and others, maybe they would have been defeated.
It's hard to tell if they have all collapsed.
So now both sides are competing for endurance, who consumes more energy and who can endure it more!
The stalemate now is who can break the city first. Once a melee battlefield between the two sides is created, Sauron's advantage will be maximized. The seven-layer city wall sounds awesome, but as long as it is broken through first
If a city wall is engaged in hand-to-hand combat, then the time to break the city will hardly be too far away.
Time passed by, and after barely breathing for less than an hour, the red-eyed Cosmer ordered the battle again, and the target was the city gate of Minas Tirith! Because even though Grond attacked
The city hammer had been damaged, but before it was damaged, it had hit the city gate of Minas Tirith three times!
The power of these three impacts was astonishing, leaving horrific wounds on the city gate of Minas Tirith. Three clear dents appeared in front of people's eyes, as if they were struck by a giant wolf.
The sharp teeth bite more than normal.
At least five or six people could lie down in each dent, and there were two deep cracks on the city gate, twisted in an X shape. The city gate could even be seen at the deepest crack.
The scene behind.
Obviously, the city gate of Minas Tirith that was destroyed like this would not have much defensive power, so the already crazy pig-headed man Cosmer began to target the city gate at all costs.
A furious attack was launched.
However, due to the desperate resistance of the defenders, even an ordinary battering ram could not be transported to the city gate. Because there were too many corpses, at first, the defenders poured kerosene on them to burn the corpses. Later, they discovered
When these corpses forced the orcs to carry the battering ram forward, they simply ignored them and allowed these corpses to become a natural obstacle.
At this time, under Fang Sheyan's instructions, the third boy was forced to drink the Grima Potion with a grimace, and then suggested a very simple act to the pig-headed brother Cosmo:
That is the negative earth fortress city.
Although the city gate of Minas Tirith is majestic, it is only twenty meters long after all. During the battle in the city gate area, there were also thousands of human corpses that fell from the city tower, as well as thousands of orcs who died in the battle.
The corpses and the ruins of Grond's battering ram were placed there, filling the area to a height of more than ten meters at least.
The suggestion Sanzai put forward at this time was based on the cruelty of the corpse.
He asked that the Ringwraiths continue to focus on harassing the densely packed enemy troops around the city gate. In order to prevent the Ringwraiths from being in danger, he asked them to just swoop down and scream, making the people on the wall fearful and confused. At the same time, the orc soldiers and strong orcs were allowed to rest.
Instead, the orc laborers and slaves who lacked combat effectiveness were asked to carry twenty kilograms of soil in rattan baskets to fill the soil under the city gate. If the progress went smoothly, it would take less than an hour for the chasm to turn into a flat river.
After this plan was proposed, although Cosmo did not express his position, he immediately received support from the major orc generals.
Because San Zai's proposal freed their soldiers from the unnecessary bloody charge. Although it also meant that the humble orc slaves and hard workers had to risk their lives, this kind of thing would not be taken seriously.
on.
The next development of events was jaw-dropping. Although only two-thirds of the army's soldiers were left at this time, and the rest were exhausted, the orc slaves and orcs were a new force. Compared to the soldiers,
They are still full of energy, and what they have to do does not have any technical content, that is, rush over, dump the soil, and then run back.
Although the defenders on the city wall have tried their best to snipe, the effect is actually not good. Because of the disadvantage of the number of defenders, they cannot get a rest, so they are already exhausted. In addition, the characters in the plot are shooting with bows and arrows.
Yes, even if the quality of the human warriors in Middle-earth far exceeds that of the people on Earth, after a night of fierce fighting, their energy has been exhausted by repeatedly drawing and firing their bows. By this time, their shooting was already weak and exhausted.
More importantly, the seven Ringwraiths were cunningly swooping down and shouting in fear. This behavior, which had no substantial lethality, would greatly affect the shooting accuracy and morale.
Therefore, at ten o'clock in the morning, as the last basket of soil was sprinkled on, the huge hill-like mound in front of the city wall had taken shape, level with the first city wall of Minas Tirith, and
The gate of Minas Tirith, known as the Iron Wall, is buried deep underneath!
The chasm has become a thoroughfare!!
As the seven ring spirits swooped down, the four selected elite trolls holding huge chains and hammers and wearing plate armor began to rush toward the filled passage, followed by a large group of howls.
The red-eyed beastman screamed wildly and was almost constipated!
The defenders who tried to continue resisting on the city wall were already frightened, but before the elite trolls could rush in, they were directly annihilated by a large number of spears and hand axes thrown violently by the orcs behind them.
Looking down from above, you can see a tidal wave of black troops pouring into the first layer of the city wall of Minas Tirith. Although they can still be killed from above through the six walls above,
But at this distance, it is difficult for the trebuchet to function, the defenders are exhausted, and their morale is also severely depressed. As for the gates of the remaining six city walls, maybe even a troll can break them down alone!
However, the raging fire suddenly started burning!!
The orc army that rushed into the first layer of the city wall of Minas Tirith suddenly found that everything around them seemed to have become a sea of flames in an instant! This turned out to be a tragic act that would destroy both the stone and the stone!
At night, Sir and the others must have expected that the first layer of the city wall would be difficult to defend, so they specially arranged a death trap there, and together with the residential buildings, they became a medium for ignition.
This trick to kill the whole family is really poisonous!
Everyone could only watch helplessly as the monstrous fire raged, and the black smoke billowed out, seemingly pointing straight into the sky! Thanks to Jax's powerful organization, the contractors and the orc vanguard troops that rushed into the city retreated in time.
came back, so the loss was only a small half.
However, they could only wait for the fire to extinguish automatically, and by the time they could go to fight again, it was already close to two o'clock in the afternoon.
A handful of self-inflicted vicious flames bought the opposing alliance nearly three hours!
But Minas Tirith has a total of seven walls. Even if one has been breached at this time, there are still six more waiting for them to break! This means that the opponent can light six fires! Each time
Even setting the fire can buy them at least close to two hours, which is a respectable twelve hours in this case.
What's more important is that the contractors on the opposite side can hold on for at least half an hour on each city wall. Calculating this... If you want to break Minas Tirith before the Rohan cavalry arrives, you can only
It's fantasy!
At this time, two more news came from the Anduin River, one good and one bad.
The mystery that Sheyan had been wondering about before was finally revealed, that is why the skull with which he had a secret agreement seemed to have disappeared from the world. Only then did he realize that it turned out that Noah's C space had also released two special missions.
It was to snipe the two reinforcements coming to attack Minas Tirith.
Among them, the first line of reinforcements was the cavalry of the Rohan Kingdom. However, this line of reinforcements failed. Instead, because of the reinforcements sent by the Alliance, they will speed up and will arrive on the battlefield this afternoon...
However, the skull is in the team that snipers the protagonist Aragorn!
At this time, the protagonist Aragorn received the reforged holy sword Anduril from the hand of the Elf King Elrond, which symbolizes the power of the Human Emperor! He was passing through with the Elf Prince Legolas and the Dwarf Warrior Golden Bolt at this time.
The way of the dead is to go to the dead country where the mountain people live and recruit them to fight for them.
The Skull showed its talents in this sniper team. Although the entire team suffered heavy casualties, even the most pessimistic estimate could delay the arrival of Aragorn and the undead army by at least twelve hours or even twenty-four.
hours.
If we had these twelve extra hours, it might really be the difference between victory and defeat!
After hearing the news, Sheyan pondered for a while, took a deep breath and said:
"It's going to be a bloody battle this afternoon."
At this time, various exchangeable equipment in the Dark Source Hall have been refreshed, and there are as many as three legendary equipment!
The first legendary equipment is the ring.
The origin of this ring is also famous. After Sauron forged the Lord of the Rings, he also forged the Nine Rings for Humans and the Three Rings for Elves. However, these rings were all quietly influenced and tempted by the Lord of the Rings, so Sauron separated them.
Give it to other races.
These rings possess powers that would fascinate even kings and heroes. Very few people can resist this temptation. Human beings who have accepted the Nine Rings of Humanity are, without exception, famous heroes and powerful men and heroic emperors in Middle-earth.
, but these nine humans were corrupted by the Ring while being addicted to the power of the ring. This is the origin of the Ringwraiths.
During the battle in Minas Tirith, two Nazgul fell. Because Gandalf played a decisive role in killing them, the drops of the Nazgul were not good. The two Nazgul he wore were
The human legendary ring was taken back by Sauron.
The legendary ring that can be redeemed at this time was once held by the fallen Nazgul: Atonafel the Quiet!
Its name is: Ring of Valor!
In order to induce the human kings to wear the nine human rings, Sauron not only gave the rings powerful power, but also named the nine rings according to the nine great virtues of mankind, namely humility, honor, sacrifice,
The king who wore the nine rings was initially obsessed with this power, and actually disciplined his behavior according to the name of the ring. But here is the problem. After wearing the nine rings of human beings, what is required is
Executing virtue in an absolute sense!
For example, after wearing the Ring of Honesty, you will be unable to lie under the magic of the ring, and you will not even be able to refuse to answer. This kind of thing sounds like nothing, but as the saying goes, too much is too little, and after excessively harsh requirements, you will often
There is a bottoming out process.
The king was once on the battlefield when his enemy rudely laughed at him and asked him how many women he could fuck every night... The king was already in his fifties and was beyond his capabilities. There was no Viagra at that time. Under the magic of the ring,
But he could only be honest... Well, from then on, he was ridiculed as the impotent king. Since then, his temperament changed drastically, and after accumulating anger, he gradually fell into darkness.
Therefore, the behavior of people who wear the Ring of Valor will tend to be vicious and vicious. If there is a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, it has nothing to do with bravery.
In addition to strengthening all attributes of the wearer.
Its first attribute is darkness.
When the person holding this ring is not exposed to sunlight, he will receive an absolute dodge bonus of 33 (including dodge magic and physical attacks), and all the attacker's hit rate bonuses will be invalidated.
Under sunlight, the absolute dodge bonus disappears, but the dark power that negates all the attacker's hit rate bonus remains.
Its second property is soaking.
When the person holding this ring is not exposed to sunlight, when using a long-range attack weapon, he will obtain the special effect of increasing the range by an additional 100. This effect disappears when exposed to sunlight.
When the person holding this ring is not exposed to sunlight, when using a melee attack weapon, he will gain the special ability of range attack. The dark attack will be included in your attack, and the same will be done to enemies near your attack target.
Also deals damage equal to 50 of your attack damage.
Its third attribute is the active ability: Wrath of Narzgor. The explanation is very simple. After executing this option, you will become a loyal servant of the Dark Lord Sauron and transform into a warrior walking in the world and in the underworld.
Nazhi Gore.
Only the wearer can see its detailed properties.
The second legendary equipment is a weapon.
The origin of this weapon is even more bizarre.
In the plot of the movie, when the powerful Witch-King of Angmar was about to kill Éowyn, Merry stabbed the Witch-King's knee ligament with a sharp legendary sword, causing the Witch-King to fall to the ground. Éowyn
He took the opportunity to stab the Witch King between his crown and cloak, destroying the Witch King and confirming his oath that no man could ever destroy the Witch King of Angmar. However, the blade of the Sword of Merry also melted away.
This weapon that is exchanged for the contractor is the sister weapon of Meri's extremely sharp legendary sword!
Tom Bombadil obtained these swords from the tombs in the Tomb Mound, and then distributed these weapons to the hobbits.
The swords were forged by the Dundain of Arnor. They were made to ward off the Witch-King of Angmar, and were cast with spells against the servants of Sauron. They may also be called long, broad daggers with a red color.
It has a golden snake pattern, a black scabbard and a shining sword body, and is inlaid with shining gems.
This weapon was originally worn by the hobbit Pippin, a member of the Fellowship of the Ring. As a result, the unlucky child was hit by a stone thrown by a giant catapult exchanged by the contractor, and his body was left intact. Because the contractor who killed him
I had bad luck (if I could hit this hobbit gift bag blindly, I would have used up all my luck), so I didn't use Pippin's sidearm.
So this lost and ownerless thing was discovered by an orc by chance, and he immediately offered it to Lord Sauron piously.
Sauron took it out without hesitation to boost morale.
Sword of the Western Royal Family
Its first attribute is to destroy evil. When encountering a creature or environment that is unfavorable to the owner, it will emit a soft light, and when the holder is attacking dark creatures (not necessarily using the sword itself)
Sometimes there is a high chance of being killed in one hit. Even if you encounter a creature that is immune to being killed in one hit, after this special effect is triggered, it will still cause astonishing damage.
Its second attribute is tolerance.
When the owner of the weapon is attacked by a malicious spell, it can absorb 70% of the damage from that spell attack, up to three times, and then it will fall into a saturation state.
Its third attribute is imprisonment.
Whenever this weapon kills an enemy, you can choose whether to imprison his soul into the blade. Then when you use this weapon to let the hungry soul swallow up enough souls, you can use
Its soul temporarily materializes to assist you in combat.
For example, if you kill the Iron-Blooded Elder with this sword, you can imprison his soul. Then, after killing enough enemies and accumulating enough rage, you can summon him. If you like assisting, you can release the Iron-Blooded Elder's soul, and then use Wuge Song.
Kill the girl and imprison her soul... Of course, the stronger the soul, the more stringent the summoning requirements will be.
Only the wearer can see its detailed properties.
The third legendary piece of equipment is the shield.
The origin of this legendary equipment is a bit strange. After Grond's battering ram was destroyed, it lay in ruins under the city gate. After successfully breaking through the first city wall of Minas Tirith, the orc slaves
He and the hard worker dug it out and continued to worship.
Why does this happen? Because the name Grond actually belongs to the special weapon of the ancient demon god Morgoth, the Great Hammer of Grond! And Sauron was once the younger brother of Morgoth. To put it more vividly,
, Suo Lun is Chen Haonan, Ge Longde is Jiang Tiansheng, Suo Lun is Bao Heizi, and Ge Longde is Di Renjie.
More importantly, no one knew that when casting this siege ram, it actually failed many times. In the end, Sauron had no choice but to put the remains of the destroyed Grond Hammer into it.
With the fragment as the core, it was successfully cast. In order to describe its power, Grond's name was added, just like the names of the "Raptor" fighter jet, the "Bismarck" battleship, and the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier.
Way.
At this time, Sauron tried to repair the destroyed Grond's battering ram, but in vain. However, he discovered that the artifact fragment that was put in when the battering ram was cast had mutated.
During the long years at the core of Germany's battering ram, it destroyed countless royal capitals, was stained with the blood of countless people, and imprisoned the resentful spirits of seventeen kings. It finally became a legendary piece of equipment alone.
However, because the fragments of this Grond giant hammer are actually located on the handle of the hammer, which are mostly used for parry and block, the fragments of this indestructible artifact have turned into a strange shield!——
Grond's stubbornness!!
This is an indescribably weird shield. It looks like half-smelted steel and then suddenly thrown into the water. It is twisted and abnormal. The reason for this result is because of the anger at the end of the first era.
During the battle, Morgoth was defeated by the power of the Valar.
Valar punched the Iron Crown into a collar, burned the Great Hammer of Grond with his endless fury, bound Morgoth with the Iron Chain of Unganor, and ruled that his soul should be driven out of the Gate of Night.
, falling into an endless emptiness from which one can never come back.
The burned Grond Hammer exploded violently, but a fragment of the hammer's handle flew out during the explosion, but fell into the magma. The heat of the magma neutralized Vera's anger, causing the original
The Great Hammer of Grond, which would have completely vanished, left behind such a fragment.
Sauron discovered the Ring when he was forging it in Mount Doom.
The first attribute of Grond's stubbornness is rage.
When the holder suffers any damage, he will be affected by Grond's stubborn rage and the damage will be forcibly reduced. The reduced damage value is (the holder's physical strength minus the attacker's physical strength). If the holder's physical strength is less than the attacker's physical strength,
If the attacker's physical strength is low, the damage will be reduced by at least 25 points. (The damage calculation method is equivalent to Sheyan's Lament of Death, but the priority cannot be compared with it).
The second attribute is the source of pain.
Pain degenerates people, but pain can also inspire people!
Whenever the holder suffers damage, Grond's Stubbornness will recall the moment when he was damaged by Vera's anger, so it will give the holder additional protection. Every time the holder suffers damage,
It will provide it with an additional 3 points of defense and an additional point/second of health recovery, which can be stacked up to 15 times! The duration is thirty minutes!
The third attribute is active ability: Grond!!
This shield is a fragment of the ancient artifact Grond's Great Hammer, so it still has the majesty to reproduce the terrifying power of the ancient great hammer! The user summons the illusion of the ancient artifact Grond at the cost of 2,000 points of his own life.
Launch a terrifying bombardment in the area thirty meters ahead.
This blow comes with the terrifying special effects of four extremely powerful destructive spells: "catastrophe", "breaking barrier", "area force field deflection" and "wave of exhaustion", causing a bloody storm among the enemies!
At the same time, the total amount of damage you caused in this blow will form a powerful dark shield on your body to protect yourself. The health value of the dark shield is equal to the damage you caused in this blow. The dark shield
It exists for one minute or until it is destroyed.
If someone's life is lost in this blow, then the health points you spent due to the awakening skill will be replenished.
Only the wearer can see its detailed properties.
There is no denying that legendary equipment also has strengths and weaknesses, just like temperers have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Obviously, none of these three legendary pieces of equipment can compare with the Kungunir that Sheyan had seen before.
But the most powerful one among them is Grond's stubbornness. Let's not talk about the abnormal bonus that is comparable to Sheyan's talent. Just say that it is the first piece of equipment that Sheyan has seen that can restore vitality. That's it.
Dominating the list, not to mention that this thing is a fragment of an ancient artifact after all, and there is a possibility of being promoted to an artifact again. This is like a billionaire who has gone bankrupt, the chance of him becoming a billionaire again is higher than that of ordinary people.
It's mostly the same truth.
In addition, there is the Heroic Ring of the Nine Rings of Humanity. Needless to say, for any long-range attacker, an additional 100 range extension is an absolute artifact attribute. There is almost nothing more important than this. Every inch longer is stronger.
, distance determines life and death! What’s more, there is an active skill that can transform into a ring spirit? It’s not bad if you think about it.
The Sword of the Western Royal Family is the weakest weapon. However, once this weapon imprisons a great soul, it may rise to the top of the list! And it is very targeted against dark creatures.
If you use this miraculous effect well, it shouldn't be too easy to spawn monsters in some specific worlds.
The exchange prices for these three pieces of legendary equipment are expressed in ???. According to the instructions after the inquiry, if you want to see the specific price, you must hold at least half the contribution of the listed price! Such a threshold setting is quite
It's weird, but it also shows that it must be expensive.
At this time, it was only more than an hour before the Rohan cavalry arrived. The contractors also stopped the unnecessary offensive, began to rest, and exchanged the contribution points obtained after the fierce battle in a targeted manner. You know, in
Fighting with cavalry on this plain is inherently a very disadvantageous thing. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to become a registered member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is my biggest motivation.