Chapter 42 Aragon's Demise

After Aragorn's death, his flesh, blood, and soul were immediately sacrificed to Sauron. Only his head, severed with a single stroke, was left to intimidate the surrounding soldiers and plot characters. Soon after, even his head was greedily taken by Sauron.

However, though he had completely perished from the world, four pieces of equipment shimmering with gentle light remained in the Dark Source Hall. The light emanating from this equipment was soft and bright, possessing an indescribably noble aura that naturally caught the eye.

Without a doubt, only legendary equipment could possess such radiant colors!

Aragorn had been influenced by Sauron's dark divine power, and the Dark Source Hall had severed all external interference, causing all of his legendary equipment to drop.

These four pieces of legendary equipment had been converted into equipment suitable for Contractor attributes. They floated there with their unique shapes and warm light. Even Skull and his two subordinates watched with envy, showing no intention of competing for them.

They knew full well that even if they tried to fight for them, they might not have the right of ownership over the spoils, and more importantly, they simply couldn't win!

In fact, any greedy individuals wouldn't have survived until now; they would have jumped out like their previous companions and been killed by Aragorn long ago.

The four pieces of legendary equipment were:

The Sword of the King of Gondor: Andúril. Has a chance to inflict instant death on attack (for Contractors, it forcibly reduces maximum health by 50%, which can only be removed after returning to the Space).

Summons twelve powerful spectral guardians.

Can be transformed into the Shards of Narsil, the broken blade of the Holy Sword, when conditions are met.

A symbol of kingly status.

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The Ring of Barahir, a relic of the Gondorian kings. In times of crisis, it can use the residual power of past kings to create a powerful divine shield, blocking one attack and reflecting it back. Cooldown time: thirty seconds.

Its royal majesty increases your attack power against humanoid creatures by 10%, and reduces the attack power of humanoid creatures against you by 10% (humanoid creatures include, but are not limited to, Contractors, trolls, giants, and other human-like beings).

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Amulet Elessar, a exquisite equipment crafted by the Queen of Light of Rivendell. It will automatically release a 1v7 light blade technique every hour, changing the wearer's weapon attack attribute to holy damage (only holy resistance can negate holy damage) for 60 minutes.

The wearer's attack power is increased by an additional 25% when fighting in sunlight.

Creates a 5x5x5 mobile light domain that freezes all negative statuses (including duration) when the wearer fights within it. The wearer also gains a 10% temporary boost to all attributes, which disappears upon leaving the light domain.

The light domain can be attacked and destroyed, its defense is inherited from the wearer's defense, and its health is ten times that of the wearer (it cannot protect the wearer like a protective shield).

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Evenstar Necklace. This is the Horcrux of Aragorn's lover, the elf Arwen, possessing mysterious elven power. The wearer can perform a divination every forty-eight hours, praying for the next day's (twenty-four hours) fortune.

When the divination result is ominous, the wearer's chance of being critically hit is increased by an additional 5%, but movement speed is increased by an additional 15%. When the divination result is mixed, the wearer gains a 10% bonus to both movement speed and attack speed. When the divination result is auspicious, the wearer gains a +3% increase to both critical hit rate and hit rate. When the divination result is very auspicious, the wearer gains the Arwen's Anthem buff, increasing the wearer's movement and attack speed by 25%, and may add an Arwen's Anthem bonus to the attack, instantly dealing triple damage to the enemy. This damage is true damage, and the damage value will be converted to heal the wearer.

This necklace contains a wisp of Arwen's soul, so you will be watched by her during battle. When you suffer damage, the kind Arwen will feel compassion and generate a Fragment of Compassion. Every six Fragments of Compassion, Arwen will step forward to heal your pain, restoring x points of health to the wearer, where x = 50% of the damage previously taken. This effect is triggered every 15 seconds.

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Of course, like the other legendary equipment, others can only see the general characteristics and attributes of these four pieces of legendary equipment. Only the owner can understand its specific detailed attributes. However, it is easy to imagine that the increase in basic attributes of legendary equipment will definitely not be too low.

At this time, Fang Senyan, who had just taken a breath, had time to browse the series of prompts:

"You killed the plot protagonist Aragorn."

"Your actions will have a series of far-reaching impacts on the entire Middle-earth continent."

"Aragorn's curtain call has cut off the line of Isildur in Gondor. A series of twists, obligations, and protagonist fortune in this world will be transferred to Boromir, the eldest son of the steward."

"Your behavior has won Sauron's praise, so your contribution is increased by an additional two thousand points, and you will receive a Sauron Silver Plot Badge. This badge can completely replace the Sauron Badge and give you a 70% discount on your purchase target."

"The morale of all plot character soldiers outside Minas Tirith decreases by two points (attack and defense decrease by 20%)."

"Upon hearing this bad news, Gandalf used divine magic to restore his wounds, which are expected to be fully recovered in three hours, lasting for a week, but this behavior of overdrafting health will leave him in a state of weakness for the next forty-eight months."

"If you can continue to hold out for a week, an elite Uruk-hai legion from Isengard will arrive on the battlefield."

At this time, the angry human side launched another attack, because all four pieces of legendary equipment were soul-bound upon equipping, so Fang Senyan did not dare to mess around, but wore the Ring of Barahir that he wanted. Including the effect of all attributes +15 on the ring, his health reached a new high at this time. Moreover, the divine shield once every thirty seconds was also surprisingly useful.

The one rushing to the front was the dwarf Gimli, but, he never expected that Aragorn's last King's Wrath would backfire, causing Fang Senyan's health to be fully restored at this time. In addition, Gimli's thigh had been stabbed severely by Ronnie's Bloody Blade several times, and his center of gravity and movement speed were greatly affected. For a time, Fang Senyan blocked him at the door and he could not move forward.

At this time, Fang Senyan's perverted hedgehog attribute showed amazing resilience. Although the Elf Prince was powerful, his damage to Fang Senyan was negligible after the remote damage was reduced by a terrifying 90%.

Fortunately, Legolas was not only good at archery, his bow dance could easily strangle trolls! It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a top assassin.

However, just when Legolas drew his dagger and prepared to rush forward for close combat, Gimli roared and raised his battle axe to unleash the powerful dwarven combat skill of splitting the heavens and the earth. He slashed upwards with a fierce axe.

However, at this time, Fang Senyan wiped the Twin Serpent Ring on his finger, and a shield of light appeared in front of him. The shield was impressively patterned with the Gondor royal family's crest. After Gimli's axe struck, it seemed to have hit something extremely elastic and immediately bounced back! It struck his chest!

Shield of the Gods!

Fang Senyan used the newly acquired equipment to immediately make the most critical counterattack against Gimli! After Gimli was slashed and staggered back, spitting blood, he still wanted to break through, but suddenly felt that the blood all over his body was about to boil. It was the AIDS virus that had broken through his immune system and began to attack. Seeing that the situation was not good, Legolas was afraid of following in Aragorn's footsteps, and immediately pulled the dwarf back.

With the loss of the arrowhead figure rushing to the front, the scene suddenly cooled down.

The angry plot characters wanted to rush but were unable to do so. The Contractors, led by Jazz, were directly waiting for the six-hour deadline to arrive. Their thoughts were consistent: after all, individual strength was limited. When the Dark Source Hall's tortoise shell was broken, everyone would swarm up, and the soldiers exchanged would drown you.

So Fang Senyan instead gained a buffer period. Soon, Reef, Zi, Aziz, Ronnie, and Sanzi all recovered to max status, and revived from the lava (ice version) of Mount Doom. The attributes of the four legendary equipment had already been posted in the team. As soon as Aziz recovered, he said decisively:

"Sailor, I want the Amulet Elessar. The attached light blade technique is very useful to me."

This guy was eccentric, so he spoke very directly. Others knew his character, so they didn't care.

The Elessar was not very useful to Fang Senyan, because the Apophis's Demon Sword released amazing destructive power, and switching to holy damage was slightly at a loss. However, for Aziz, if his legendary weapon became a holy attribute, every bullet's power would be like a Holy Light Ball! It was indeed a very amazing increase, and the light domain created was even more precious for a gunman with relatively weak survivability.

However, Fang Senyan was the team leader, and the team's top attackers were not just Aziz alone. Even if Aldaris and Zi were inclined to the magic system, Sanzi was a summoner, and there was also a powerful physical attacker, Ronnie.

Fang Senyan thought for a while and said:

"Ronnie can also use this ring………."

Aziz said very simply:

"All of my available assets and contribution points are not far from purchasing the legendary weapon: Western Royal Sword, in the hall. That weapon can absorb amazing magic damage. Before the end of the world, I should be able to successfully exchange it. Ronnie can hold a bloody weapon in his left hand and the Western Royal Sword in his right hand. Its power will definitely not be inferior to wearing the Amulet Elessar."

Fang Senyan glanced at Ronnie, and Ronnie nodded in agreement with the plan. Obviously, a legendary weapon was still quite tempting to him. Since this was the case, Fang Senyan helped Aziz with four hundred contribution points and let him buy the Western Royal Sword.

In an instant, as these two legendary quality weapons/amulets were equipped, the strength of the ace team rose again, and the equipment requirement of the Evenstar Necklace required intelligence. Because the mental power consumed for a divination was huge, it was impossible for Aldaris to compete with Zi, so this necklace was assigned to Zi.

On the other hand, the Sword of the King of Gondor: Andúril seemed difficult to deal with. The high strength requirement of this weapon directly passed Aldaris and Ronnie. These two people probably would not be able to use it even after five or six more worlds, and Fang Senyan was the only one in the entire team who had the conditions to equip it in the short term. However, if this weapon was devoured by the G-spot, it would be too wasteful.

Without a doubt, although Andúril was powerful, in Fang Senyan's heart, it was still not comparable to the status of the Apophis's Demon Sword, that demonic, evil, and domineering weapon! In terms of strength, it was indeed much stronger than Andúril.

A large part of Andúril's value was reflected in the fact that it was a symbol of kingship. For a team that aspired to focus on the Lord of the Rings world, it was more important than a divine artifact! But for Fang Senyan's team, this value was wasted.

For Fang Senyan, only weapons with special properties such as the Miner's Gloves had the value of being devoured. If the simulated weapons could not be used as independent weapons, then Fang Senyan was unwilling to devour them in principle, because the trading value of a legendary equipment was difficult to describe. Although dark gold equipment was only one level different from legendary equipment, it was like the huge boundary between a colonel and a major general!

After thinking about it, Fang Senyan suddenly said to Skull:

"Do you have a way to contact the Sea Alliance or those guys from the Blue Light Team?"

Skull and Fang Senyan entered the Dark Source Hall together, and he still gained a lot of benefits. When Fang Senyan and the others ate meat, they also left him some soup. Among the people who attacked the hall, those who followed the Fellowship of the Ring were elite guards. The drop rate was very high, and Skull and the others were also lucky enough to get three pieces of dark gold equipment in one breath. Hearing Fang Senyan say this, Skull looked at the surviving deputy next to him, with a questioning look in his eyes.

That deputy was also a very distinctive guy, half mechanical body and half human body. His weapons were wrenches, screwdrivers, nuts, etc. He carried a large backpack, which rattled with unknown parts. He immediately used electronic synthesized sound to say:

"There is a way. The Sea Alliance team has eye demons for reconnaissance. I can make a gadget that can connect to it by releasing the same frequency as the eye demon. It's even simpler to use Blue Light Team. They launched two satellites to monitor the environment. You can directly enter their call channel and apply for a call."

"Well, thanks to the dark gold necklace I just got, I can even assemble a temporary video call system for you, although the service life will not exceed thirty minutes. This damn place's interference is indeed very large."

So, soon, Bessiwen and Jaks saw the same person through different channels: Reef. At the moment of the connection, the expressions of the two people on the opposite side were undoubtedly very shocking. Reef said very simply:

"Two, didn't expect that I can still survive?"

Bessiwen and Jaks could only laugh dryly, because the last information they received was that the ace team ran into the Dark Source Hall, which seemed safe, but was actually a dead end. From that moment on, they believed that this team was destined to be removed. However, now it seemed that those guys were still living very well, how could this not surprise the two of them?

Reef looked at their expressions and said very sincerely:

"But I guess there is one more thing you didn't expect, that is, Aragorn has been taken down by us."

This sentence was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, setting off an uproar!!

"……….How is this possible!!"

"Don't talk nonsense."

"I will never believe it."

"Check the line immediately, oh, and my nervous system, I may be misled by the enemy's illusion, be ready to return at any time!"

"……."

Reef looked at the two people's performance with a look of looking at a clown, sighed, and then took out the legendary sword: Andúril, so that the soft light of the legendary equipment spread out, and finally showed the attributes of Andúril one by one.

The noisy sound on the opposite side immediately quieted down, as if the two people were choked at the same time and closed their mouths!

It was very simple to use illusions to disguise a Reef, but it was almost impossible to disguise a legendary equipment. Especially such an amazing weapon with special significance! That was not only a weapon to kill people, but also a symbol of kingship!

Bessiwen suddenly gasped and asked with difficulty:

"I, I believe you, but, you……….what do you mean by taking this thing out? I think the famous Reef is not a superficial person who will take out the spoils to show off everywhere, right?"

Jaks's mind flickered, and he immediately captured the meaning of Reef:

"Are you going to use it to exchange for something? No problem!! Is it the legendary shield of Grund's Stubbornness?"

Reef said lightly:

"This weapon is not just a tool for combat, but also a symbol of kingship! If you bring it with you, the benefits you get next time you enter the Lord of the Rings world will be very amazing. If Aragorn has not obtained this weapon in your world, then you can even use it to plot the throne of Gondor! You want to exchange this sword for a shield? Please don't insult my IQ!."

Jaks smiled bitterly:

"Reef, do you know how much contribution points it takes to exchange for this shield? We have gathered the strength of the entire team and only managed to get so many contribution points, and we still lack a Sauron badge to exchange it!"

Reef wondered:

"There are crowds of people around the Dark Source Hall at this time, although they are all enemies and they are about to collapse when the time comes. How do you exchange it?"

There was a sly light flashing in Jaks's eyes:

"Gothmog left four quartermasters, all hidden in secret places, you can find them to exchange."

Reef smiled and said:

"In this case, then I'm not in a hurry, I can tell you clearly. This battle is still going to be fought, in short, it is estimated that this weapon in my hand will be difficult to appear again in the future, firstly, not everyone can kill Aragorn, secondly, even if Aragorn is killed, this sword was recast by the Elf King Elrond. Once Aragorn dies, it will fly back to Elrond's side. If Aragorn had not entered the Dark Source Hall this time and suffered Sauron's curse, it would be impossible to drop! Bid for it if you want it. The highest bidder wins."

Bessiwen suddenly said:

"You have already exchanged the Western Royal Sword?"

Reef said:

"That's right. Killing Aragorn, Sauron is still a very generous leader. To be honest, if I take this sword to the auction, it will definitely be more expensive, but considering that although we are fighting each other, we still belong to the Noah C Space! Selling it to you will never be dangerous to deal with us. Otherwise, I would not have revealed this news."

At this time, the Beast King MT Lak Siri was directly crippled, and his prestige in the team could be said to have plummeted. Therefore, the Sea Alliance was vaguely led by Bessiwen, and the powerful weapon that Reef took out really moved Bessiwen's heart.

Even if he knew very well that the other party was asking for a sky-high price, he could only grit his teeth and bear it, because as Reef said, this weapon would only drop in extremely rare cases! If it was taken back to the space for trading, it would definitely sell for a sky-high price.

At this time, it was time to judge the leader's decisiveness. Bessiwen gritted his teeth and said:

"Two for one! When Éomer died, he dropped a legendary quality War Cloak! I only need contribution points to exchange Grund's Stubbornness, while Jaks and the others still lack a Sauron badge! This thing must be dropped by killing the other party's hero characters, so I must be the first to buy the shield! Grund's Stubbornness plus the War Cloak, two legendary equipment in exchange for your legendary sword Andúril, this is also my bottom line!"

Reef glanced at Fang Senyan, and the latter nodded slightly. Reef said two words that almost made Jaks feel like a bolt from the blue:

"Deal!!"

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There are many things in this world that are relative, for example, Jaks's disappointment is destined for Bessiwen's triumph, and for example, Fang Senyan's triumph presages Jazz's and their disappointment!

Without a doubt, Aragorn's death was a huge blow to the opposite side.

Time passed by every minute and every second. Although no one tried to attack the Dark Source Hall again, and because Aziz's attack power soared, under Fang Senyan's cover, he continuously killed several people. So the area within hundreds of meters around the Dark Source Hall became a forbidden zone. However, outside that hundreds of meters, it was surrounded by Contractors and plot characters, just waiting for the time to come to launch a fierce attack.

However, as time passed, the ominous feeling in Jazz's heart became stronger and stronger, and it was not just him alone, the others also had this feeling. The reason for this was very simple, and it could be figured out with your toes:

How could a king team that could design such a complex and exquisite layout and also have such repressive strength be willing to be trapped to death in this Jedi, quietly waiting for the time to come, and then be killed to scum by tens of thousands of people?

Their fierce momentum and the indomitable spirit as strong as a rock were definitely not something that people who had fallen into a desperate situation could explode!

Although the other party seemed to be in a desperate situation, the feeling it gave people was completely unlike people who had fallen into a desperate situation. Then there could only be two inferences, first, the other party was not in a desperate situation, and second, the other party's will was extremely tenacious, to the point that it seemed unlike people who had fallen into a desperate situation.

Originally, Jazz and the others believed the second inference more, but now. With one plot character being repelled after another, with the death of the protagonist Aragorn, their belief was also rapidly weakening.

More and more people began to examine one thing, that is, whether there were any omissions in the encirclement they had laid down. In order to avoid the team's return props, space turbulence and whirlpools were frantically created, almost at any cost. Several Contractors with earth-based abilities were almost exhausted to the point of vomiting blood, just to confirm that there was no escape channel below the Dark Source Hall, and every possible loophole was found out. Then it was sealed tightly.

Until Jazz remembered something.

Something that almost made him feel cold all over.

He grabbed the chest of his subordinate next to him and said hoarsely:

"When Aragorn and the others appeared, did they come on horseback?"

The subordinate said bewildered and shocked:

"It seems to be………?"

"Don't seem to be!! I want a definite and certain answer!" Jazz roared frantically: "Leaven!! Isn't your relationship with the dwarf Gimli friendly? Go ask him how he came to the battlefield."

Leaven immediately went to carry out the order in fear and trepidation. Soon he reported back:

"Boss, he arrived at the battlefield on foot."

Jazz obviously breathed a sigh of relief, but a sentence from the person next to him immediately made him almost mad again:

"Boss, it seems that dwarves will never ride horses at any time, because their legs are too short to maintain balance on horseback, so if dwarves have mounts, they ride giant anteaters, giant pangolins, etc."

"Then go and ask Legolas immediately! Also, wait, be sure to remember to ask clearly if they came by boat." Jazz paced back and forth like an ant on a hot pot, and said anxiously loudly.

The following reply made him seem to have fallen into an ice cellar all over his body:

"Legolas said that the three of them rode on steeds, leading the undead army to rush over. They really wanted to take a boat down the river, but unfortunately, no one was willing to provide them with a boat."

"I know………” Jazz muttered to himself, with great fear already in his eyes! "Those guys' foreshadowing is actually in this place!! The most inconspicuous and the weakest force has become their trump card! Inertia thinking, inertia thinking is killing people!"

"We're leaving immediately, go and notify the team backbone, and Bear Man Bill and Lafayette Ryan! This is a complete trap!" Jazz roared heartbreakingly: "Everyone retreat back to Minas Tirith. In this way, we still have a chance!"

Just when everyone looked at Jazz with a surprised/questioning/uncomprehending look, a white line suddenly appeared in the distant sky.

At first glance, that white line was like the cavalry of the Rohan Kingdom lined up and charged down, but both the momentum and the energy contained in it were even ten times, or even a hundred times, that of the Rohan cavalry!

That was a flood, that was an amazing flood formed after the Andes River, which had been dammed and intercepted for several hours, burst!

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Why could Gondor rise on the Middle-earth continent?

Why spend so much effort building the steep city of Minas Tirith on the mountain?

In the final analysis, it was all to occupy the fertile land of the Pelennor Fields!

There were no fertilizers at this time, and in other places, the land would gradually become barren as the number of crops planted increased, and eventually it would be completely unable to supply enough nutrients. However, the Pelennor Fields could maintain a bumper harvest every year without worrying about the lack of land fertility. Why was this so?

That was because the Andes River would flood regularly every year from June to October for thousands of years. When the river water rose highest in August, it would submerge most of the Pelennor Fields, and people would move to higher places to live temporarily.

After October, the flood receded, and the silt and stranded objects brought by it were like nature fertilizing the Pelennor Fields for free once. This would certainly lead to the Pelennor Fields becoming a well-known granary, and it also represented another thing: the terrain here was naturally suitable for being flooded!

None of the people who Fang Senyan left on the Dingyuan were not proficient in swimming. During the time that Fang Senyan delayed, they continuously sank five warships at a key point to serve as the basis for blocking the water flow, and then nearly ten thousand pirates joined hands to help, temporarily clogging the Andes River, so that the downstream water level would not drop too significantly.

Moreover, precisely because the Andes River had the habit of flooding the Pelennor Fields every year, so once the upstream water level reached a fixed high level, then everything would fall into place. More importantly, Fang Senyan's requirements were very simple. He did not intend to let the river wash away all the troubles. He only wanted to create a temporary swamp in the Pelennor Fields, so that the other party would definitely be extremely uncomfortable, and the pirates would exert their greatest combat power in this place!