Chapter 208

At this most critical juncture, the Darkness Springs Hall served as a pillar of strength. Once the ghost legion entered within a hundred meters of it, they would completely lose control, or rather, they would frantically scurry around like headless flies, or even turn against their own allies. Of course, if they didn't enter that range, they would still be invincible!

Not only that, but the Darkness Springs Hall also had a very powerful bonus effect:

As long as there were still warriors inside the Darkness Springs Hall, it would be indestructible, and the warriors fighting in the Darkness Springs Hall would be protected by the power of Sauron, increasing their health points by 200%, attack power and defense by 30%, and reducing all ranged damage taken by 40%.

Moreover, once damaged inside the Darkness Springs Hall, it would trigger an additional recovery effect. The heavier the damage taken, the stronger the triggered recovery effect of the dark wind. After testing and calculation, a dying warrior placed in the Darkness Springs Hall would leave the dying state within ten minutes, even without taking any medicine, and be in full condition after one hour. (This only applies to the recovery rate of contractors; plot creatures are calculated separately.) However, the Darkness Springs Hall could only accommodate a hundred people at most, and although there was only one gate, the width of the gate was not small. Even if one did not enter the interior of the Darkness Springs Hall and used ranged weapons to shoot from the outside, most areas of the Darkness Springs Hall could be covered from various angles. In the end, only about a quarter of the area could be considered a blind spot, and there was absolutely no way to attack it unless the enemy charged into the gate.

In the face of the overwhelming offensive of the ghost legion, the dark side was truly defeated like a landslide, falling apart. In the face of such a terrifying defeat, it was really difficult to figure out the direction and goal in the chaotic army. The only thing many people could do was to be involuntarily swept away to escape.

Therefore, the situation that Fang Senyan was worried about, where the dark hall was overcrowded and the trump card team could not squeeze in, did not happen. On the contrary, under the deliberate obstruction and guidance of the opposing contractors, until most of the killing on the battlefield had subsided, the entire Darkness Springs Hall, which could accommodate hundreds of people, actually only contained the trump card team plus half of Skull's team, and scattered contractors, definitely no more than thirty people!

It seemed that teams like Blue Light, the Sea Alliance, and Zeus's Radiance did not enter the Darkness Springs Hall. Why? The answer was also obvious. Once trapped inside, although they would receive additional bonuses, it would be like catching a turtle in a jar with no way out. Without reinforcements, it might seem like they could defend temporarily by relying on the terrain, but could they defend forever?

It should be known that although shrinking in the Darkness Springs Hall would provide certain bonuses, if the enemy blocked the only entrance, one could forget about charging out.

More importantly, the ghost legion feared Sauron's magic, but that did not mean that other plot characters feared it! The protagonists Aragorn, Gimli the dwarf, and Legolas the elf prince could also act as arrowheads to break through! As long as the entrance was breached, they could use the purchased plot creatures to pile up and kill you alive!

Although it had been mentioned before that once the main mission was upgraded, failure meant death, the three teams above must have possessed powerful team-type props that could exempt them from the punishment for failing the mission. Therefore, as soon as they saw the ghost legion appear, they immediately began to watch and prepare to escape. And as soon as they saw that the situation was not good, with the southerners of Harad acting as cannon fodder in front, they escaped faster than anyone else!

At this time, facing the group of guys who were blocked in the Darkness Springs Hall and stubbornly defending, the opposing contractors tried to attack twice and found that Skull and Reef were defending very tightly. They simply sent some people to keep an eye on them, blocking them inside, and instead followed the ghost legion to wantonly kill and earn contribution points to their heart's content.

The contractors on the human side were not fools either. There was no reason to actively run to gnaw on the hard bone in the Darkness Springs Hall when there was fat meat everywhere! This kind of hard bone could not run away, and it was best to leave it to the end for everyone to divide up.

Time passed quickly, and the shouts of killing on the battlefield gradually became lower, replaced by moans, weeping, and the occasional short scream. This was the most common situation when cleaning up the battlefield. Moans meant that another wounded soldier had been found, weeping meant that the corpses of comrades had been found, and short screams naturally meant that undead guys from the dark side had been discovered and were gritting their teeth to deliver the finishing blow.

At this time, seeing that the shockingly large ghost legion had completely defeated the enemies on the battlefield, they began to gather from all directions. Although adhering to the hundred-meter boundary, tens of thousands of ghost legions surrounded the Darkness Springs Hall impenetrably. These dark green terrifying spirits bared their teeth and roared loudly. That sound, coupled with the bloody battlefield background, was truly ferocious and terrifying, making one's hair stand on end.

Seeing this situation, everyone in the trump card team's expression changed drastically, and they looked at each other in dismay.

Because according to Fang Senyan's deduction, the ghost legion was not loyal, because they were not Aragorn's private soldiers at all!

Tracing the origins of the ghost army, they were a giant mountain tribe from three thousand years ago, obeying the King Isildur of Gondor, who was Aragorn's ancestor. The leaders of this tribe promised the King of Gondor that they would participate in the war against Sauron, but they broke their promise and did not go, leading to the failure and death of the King of Gondor.

In anger, the King of Gondor cursed them, so that they would be tormented and troubled by this oath for all eternity, unless they completed their oath and were forgiven by the King of Gondor! From then on, this group of mountain people was entangled by this curse for thousands of years, and even death could not free them. Therefore, all they owed was an oath,

And then they were bound by the curse of Gondor for thousands of years, becoming undead monsters.

In other words, they only fought for Aragorn because of the oath. If there was no oath, these guys would raise their swords against anyone.

Therefore, hoping that they would display any subjective initiative or enthusiasm was absolutely impossible. Their oath was just a battle.

Therefore, Fang Senyan deduced that as long as the Battle of the Pelennor Fields established a victory, after enduring for three thousand years, they would definitely ask Aragorn to fulfill the oath and release them!!

Fang Senyan's analysis was well-founded and completely in line with the original plot. Now it was clear that the Battle of the Pelennor Fields had established a victorious situation. The 200,000 beast army and the 30,000 Haradrim army were almost completely wiped out, but why hadn't the ghost legion disbanded yet?

However, just as everyone was looking at each other in dismay, a calm voice sounded in the team channel:

"Immediately check the Darkness Springs Hall to see if there are any special figures."

This voice suddenly injected new vitality into the entire bewildered trump card team. Everyone excitedly shouted out in surprise:

"Boss!"

"Yan-ge!"

"Old Boss!"

"..."

Fang Senyan smiled and said:

"The matter on my side has been settled. I just took advantage of the chaos to lurk near here. Unfortunately, they are watching too closely, but it's not that I can't rush over, but rushing over would inevitably cost too much, so I lurked first. By the way, go check!"

The results of the investigation came out quickly. As mentioned earlier, the back of the Darkness Springs Hall was where Gothmog lived. There, they found the seriously injured and unconscious - to be precise, Gothmog, whose half of his head had been flattened, and a dead elite orc guard. Obviously, this loyal guard risked his own life to save his master and brought Gothmog back, and then died directly from his injuries.

Although Gothmog suffered heavy injuries, his situation seemed stable and he was estimated to be able to recover.

After Fang Senyan heard about this situation, he immediately and decisively said coldly:

"Throw Gothmog out."

"What!!!" Fang Senyan's decision obviously exceeded the expectations of most people. Zi couldn't help but say:

"But this will directly lead to the collapse of the orc army."

Fang Senyan said coldly:

"The orc army has already collapsed."

Zi was stunned and opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't say anything. On the other hand, Aziz's eyes revealed an appreciative look. Obviously, Fang Senyan's order was very much to his liking.

"If we can save Gothmog, the contribution points should be very surprising..." Sanzai said hesitantly.

Fang Senyan said coldly:

"Which is more important, contribution points or life?"

In the end, Zi used a Force Barrier to ram and push the seriously injured Gothmog out. Facing this "gift", even the human side felt unbelievable for a while! So Legolas the elf prince got a bargain. He drew his bow and arrow and fully demonstrated the great advantages of ranged attacks, and shot him in the head!

Immediately, with Gothmog's death, the small groups of orcs who were still resisting on the edge of the battlefield scattered in a panic! Even Fang Senyan and the others received an urgent warning:

The Allied Commander Gothmog is dead! The morale of the orc army has collapsed and they will no longer be able to fight!! The morale of the Dark Alliance's army has decreased, and their attack power has been reduced by 20%. (This weakening will not be applied to the creatures purchased by contractors using contribution points.) However, with Gothmog's death, the ghost legion also dispersed, and under the leadership of their king, walked towards Aragorn, who was holding the holy sword.

At this time, there was no more fighting on the entire Pelennor Fields. The ghost legion could not interfere near the Darkness Springs Hall, and the enemy commander had died. The ghost legion had also achieved great feats, completely annihilating the enemy's Haradrim army and at least a quarter of the remaining strength of the orc army.

Logically speaking, the ghost legion had already tried their best and fulfilled their promise!

In the skull eye sockets of the Ghost King, there were two clusters of emerald green flames burning. He stared fixedly at Aragorn, and the tens of thousands of vengeful spirits behind him also looked at this powerful king with the same cold and scorching eyes.

"Fulfill your promise! King of Gondor, wielder of the Holy Sword Andúril! Descendant of Isildur!"

Of course, Aragorn was unwilling to release this army from the bottom of his heart - terrifying combat power, fearless of death and injury, and no logistical burden! However, under the watchful eyes of everyone at this time, he could not refuse! If he broke his promise, it was even difficult to say that the angry ghost legion would turn against him! He could only reluctantly smile and say:

"Go, since you have completed the oath from three thousand years ago, then I, King of Gondor, wielder of the Holy Sword Andúril, will remove the curse from your bodies and let you be free!"

After Aragorn finished speaking, the Holy Sword Andúril in his hand released a gentle light, shining on the ghost legion. Under the light of this light, these ferocious and terrifying soldiers threw away the weapons in their hands, looked up to the sky and smiled silently. It could be seen that the flesh on their souls was being quickly repaired, and finally they turned into the appearance of mountain people in festive costumes, appearing peaceful, happy, and serene, and were finally blown away by the wind!

Fang Senyan felt that the most difficult enemy, the terrifying opponent that could not be resisted, had vanished into thin air!!

However, what must be faced squarely is that the strength of the human alliance is still not to be underestimated. Their main force is undoubtedly the garrison in Minas Tirith. There were a total of seven thousand people in this garrison. A large part of them died in the extremely cruel siege attrition warfare, but there were still three thousand people in size. The only legendary figure who could fight was Faramir, the son of the Regent, and Gandalf was still continuing to recover.

The Rohan cavalry who came to aid also numbered seven or eight thousand. The casualties were very tragic, and it was estimated that only two or three hundred were left. The legendary figure who could fight... was none!

Yes, history has turned here. King Théoden of Rohan was originally killed by the Witch-king of Angmar, but he survived, at the cost of his legs being crippled. On the contrary, Éomer, who should have survived, was ambushed and killed by contractors. Only Princess Éowyn survived, but according to modern medicine, it was called intracranial hematoma and severe concussion, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to wake up and recover combat ability for a while.

Of course, the most star-studded was the combination of Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas the elf prince. If we also count the remaining hundreds of contractors, and the various soldiers they exchanged with contribution points, then they will still have tens of thousands of troops.

Not to mention those powerful legendary figures, just the tens of thousands of troops have already reached the point where quantitative change leads to qualitative change, enough to easily crush any powerful team! Therefore, witnessing the ghost legion disappear, the one thousand people in the human alliance still felt confident of victory.

And they also knew that there was a saying that "the night is long and dreams are many", so after a little respite, the contractors launched the most violent attack on the Darkness Springs Hall! In their eyes, there were only thirty or so people inside at most, and even with the powerful bonuses, at most they would double their strength, which would be like sixty people! With sixty people, they would still be dragged to death by a war of attrition, after all, the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great!