Chapter 117 You Must

That bastard Zeus, after hearing Phineas's divination, actually intended to lure the main force of the Rohan army towards Gothmog's location. Aziz said calmly, "I didn't agree with this behavior, so I broke with them. Since I ruined their plan, of course there won't be any reinforcements."

Fang Senyan and Reef both gasped after hearing Aziz's words.

Who was Gothmog? The commander of the entire 200,000 strong Orc army! Although he possessed the passive, monstrous ability of a commander: when a soldier dared to fight within a hundred meters of the commander, even if there was only one soldier, he would not fall. His life would be permanently sustained by the power of Sauron and the Nine Ringwraiths!

However, his unique ability also showed how important he was. Throughout history, there were countless instances of a commander's death leading to the collapse of an entire battle! If Gothmog were to fall, the Orc army might immediately fall apart.

In the original storyline, the Orc army was indeed a formidable force, with casualties exceeding at least 40% in the era of cold weapons, yet they continued to fight fiercely, refusing to retreat. However, with Gothmog's death, the Orc army finally collapsed, proving that Fang Senyan's deduction was not groundless.

Actually, it wasn't necessarily true that Zeus and the others deliberately betrayed Gothmog, as the commander's abilities were quite monstrous.

Their purpose was actually quite simple and easy to understand: to use the powerful guards around Gothmog and the astonishing power of the remaining seven Ringwraiths to hold the enemy back, drawing them into a protracted war. Then, in the chaos, they would lure out the high-ranking generals of Rohan and encircle and kill them. In this way, they would be trading their own strong players for the opponent's pieces, while the Glory team could seek huge benefits from it.

However, Zeus and the others were a bit too confident. To put it bluntly, they were playing with fire, engaging in a huge gamble! When you were scheming against others, you were actually exposing your own most vulnerable points!

You had to know that, according to the storyline, the Witch-king of Angmar, the leader of the Ringwraiths, would fall in this battle - or rather, in a few tens of minutes - at the hands of Princess Éowyn. And Gothmog would also be quickly killed by Gimli and Aragorn, who had summoned the army of mountain spirits!

For Gothmog and the Witch-king of Angmar, this was like a predetermined fate. As their allied contractors, they should have tried their best to prevent this from happening. But the Zeus team, for their own selfish reasons, was instead trying to steer the battlefield in that direction! Once they were taken advantage of by the other contractors, it would be extremely dangerous.

Aziz's motives were also very clear at this point. Since Gimli and Aragorn hadn't appeared, he had been lying in wait, waiting for the best opportunity to recklessly shoot and injure Éowyn, in order to prevent fate from happening and to get Éowyn off the battlefield as much as possible, thus avoiding the Witch-king of Angmar's demise.

However, how much his efforts could achieve was impossible to know, and Aziz was taking his own life as a gamble!

After joining the Ace team, even Aziz, who had seen much, couldn't help but be shocked by the sudden surge in health and mana, and couldn't help but say resentfully:

"…This is too unfair. Sailor, your team bonus is so monstrous! No wonder it's so difficult to kill any of you!"

Zi snorted coldly in the team channel, unconvinced:

"I completely merged the Illuminati into the Ace team, otherwise, how could the team level reach such a high level?"

Fang Senyan smiled but didn't reply, because the battlefield was not a good place to chat and reminisce.

At this time, Éomer, like a roaring golden lion, charged towards them. He raised his steel spear high and swung it down! Reef, however, fearlessly raised his shield to meet it!

Reef would definitely be able to withstand this blow, Fang Senyan had no doubt about that, but how much damage this blow would cause to Reef was directly related to whether Fang Senyan and the others could kill this guy.

Although Fang Senyan and the others were a double-tank configuration, strictly speaking, Reef, who had a shield, was more suitable to rush up and absorb damage against this kind of single-target, high-damage boss. He was the undisputed main tank. If Éomer's ordinary attack made Reef struggle, then there was no need to fight anymore, they should just run away as soon as possible.

With a loud "clang," dark golden light splashed everywhere. Éomer's attack had slammed hard on the side of the shield, and then been deflected to the side, digging deep into the soil.

When Reef blocked, he didn't stupidly hold the shield flat and brace himself, but instead used force to lift the shield diagonally, using the side of the shield to change the direction of the spear's force, somewhat like using four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds in tai chi.

After this blow, Reef immediately said excitedly in the team channel:

"It only deducted one-sixth of my health, we can try to take him down."

Fang Senyan said calmly:

"Okay, then let's retreat first. This guy's legendary sword hasn't been drawn yet, and he hasn't used his cavalry skills, so don't be too optimistic. However, if we want to kill him, we must first get rid of this guy's mount."

Éomer missed his attack and was also a little surprised. This attack of his was a combination of human and horse power. So far, even ogres had difficulty withstanding it. He was about to pursue when a sudden threat struck, and he immediately blocked in front of his face. His palm hurt, and a bullet had hit his gauntlet, then exploded and burned, causing his palm to burn fiercely!

In pain, Éomer looked up, his one eye immediately turning blood red. It was that little bug who had first hurt his sister and then taken his left eye. He immediately roared and spurred his horse to chase after him.

However, Aziz had been fighting alone before, not allowed to make mistakes, and chased so hard that he didn't even have a chance to breathe. But now, with the protection of two incredibly powerful tanks, and knowing that Reef's Holy Grip and Fang Senyan's Awakening skill Survival Mark could give him powerful protection, it was equivalent to having plenty of breathing room, and even if he made a mistake, someone could help clean up the mess. So, of course, the effect of retreating was completely different.

While Fang Senyan was nervously retreating, he said in the team channel:

"Wait for my command, all of you stop, only passively defend. Do not actively attack."

Undoubtedly, Ronnie, with his intense killing intent, was the most surprised, and immediately couldn't help but say:

"Why?"

Fang Senyan sneered:

"Remember the eye demon that Zi killed? I bet that although the battlefield is a mess right now, at least the Blue Light team and the other Maritime Alliance team are paying attention to the overall situation. Éomer is the cavalry commander of Rohan. Killing him would be extremely beneficial. And he has now been accidentally lured out of the main Rohan cavalry by Aziz. How could those two teams sit idly by and watch this big piece of fat?"

A cold light flashed in Zi's danfeng eyes: (translator's note: danfeng eyes refer to a specific eye shape in Chinese aesthetics)

"Do they want to rush in and kill Éomer?"

Fang Senyan said lightly:

"I would do the same if I were them. It's okay, if they want it, let them have it! The big picture is the priority! If they attack Éomer, they will inevitably attract the attention of most of the Rohan cavalry in this area. We can also free up our hands to greet Zeus and the others. Gothmog must not be lost!"

Speaking of this, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Fang Senyan's mouth:

"More importantly, in the original storyline, Éomer survived and was crowned King of Rohan. This guy's legendary sword, Gúthwinë, hasn't been drawn yet, but he's already so fierce… To be able to survive from this meat grinder-like battlefield, hmph, I'm afraid his strength is definitely not as simple as it seems. Those two teams' amateur MTs want to stop him? Dream on, don't even think about it without filling it with dozens of lives!"

Fang Senyan guessed correctly. At this time, the focus of both the Blue Light team and the Maritime Alliance was all on this side.

"These two guys are really powerful. No, it should be that Reef is really powerful. He easily blocked Éomer's attack, and his Holy Grip saved Aziz at just the right time."

The speaker was Bosenwen of the Maritime Alliance. He looked at the scene on the battlefield, his eyes flashing constantly, like the jumping flash of the hard drive light after a computer simultaneously opened three full-effect Crysis 2 games.

"Um, Leader Laxili, do you think you can handle Éomer? This is very important, and I want you to evaluate it conservatively."

Laxili stared at the rampaging Éomer, as well as Reef and Fang Senyan, on the screen, and said disdainfully:

"Of course I can't."

As soon as this sentence was said, the expressions of the people around him changed, but Laxili sneered:

"But with Hibern, it will be too simple. Can't I do what these two clowns can do?"

Laxili was the Beastmaster MT, and he and his pet were originally one. Bosenwen smiled relaxedly after hearing this:

"That's no problem. Since this Ace team has given us such a great gift, of course we can't miss it! I've already noticed that Éomer's mount is very powerful, and he obviously cherishes his mount very much. Several times I've even noticed that Éomer would rather be injured himself than have his mount take the attack. Then, we just need to kill his mount or inflict heavy damage on it, and naturally we won't be afraid of him chasing after us! Although the battlefield is chaotic, isn't this a great opportunity for our rogue group to move out?"

At the same time, Jakes of the Blue Light team ordered even more cleanly:

"Gather all the manpower we can spare. We have a big job to do. Muse, Harry, Dos, and Raymond, you four get ready. All the potions and props in the team warehouse will be prioritized for you. In five minutes, I want you to be in the best condition standing in front of me!"

"I don't expect you to be as strong as Reef and Sailor, but my requirements for you are very simple. When there is really no way to avoid reducing personnel, one person will go to block the attack! The four of you take turns, and we have dozens of brothers assisting you in attacking. Can you do it?"

The four people named by the Blue Light team were the MTs they had specially cultivated.

Among these four people, only Harry had the talent of an MT. The rest of the people could not be considered full-time MTs. This was because excellent MTs were often ambitious and unwilling to be subordinate to others. However, in the Blue Light team, only Jakes was allowed to have a voice, so his method was to use quantity to counter quality. In this way, he wouldn't have to tilt too many team resources, and it would be easy to control. He wouldn't feel bad if they died, ran away, or betrayed him.

"Now there is only one problem left." Rollett said, "That muscle man seems to hate Aziz, because that guy crippled one of his sister Éowyn's hands and blinded one of his eyes. So, he will chase and kill Aziz relentlessly. How do we get Éomer to attack us? We can't just take the initiative to go to them on such a chaotic battlefield."

"Of course, I'll go for this kind of thing." Jakes said proudly. As he spoke, a large mass of darkness had already appeared behind him. Immediately afterward, a ferocious head stretched out from the darkness. It was the mount of the Ringwraiths! A Fellbeast! With the strength of the Blue Light team, they really had the ability to exchange for this powerful and monstrous unit!

Rollett said worriedly:

"Isn't it too dangerous for you to go alone?"

Jakes said proudly:

"If Éomer can break through the power of my legendary equipment, then what if I die in his hands?"

At this time, Fang Senyan and the others had already escaped in a seemingly embarrassed manner, and the location they escaped to was exactly in the center of the Blue Light team's and the Maritime Alliance's defense positions! Although the intention of doing so was already a bit obvious, Fang Senyan was not afraid of the other party seeing through his intentions! Because this was a clear plan, a conspiracy. Even if the other party knew that they were being schemed against, they would definitely do as he calculated!

With another loud "clang," Reef had no way to avoid it and could only take it head-on again. He was smashed seven or eight meters away by the spear, rolled over, and got up, spitting out the dirt in his mouth hatefully.

"Damn it. Boss, why haven't they come to take over yet?"

Fang Senyan grabbed an arrow that was shot towards Aziz, while calmly resisting three arrows, and said with certainty:

"They will definitely come. The big teams probably need to do more preparation work, and didn't I make two preparations? If it really doesn't work, I will go all out and kill this bull, it's not a bad thing."

It is worth mentioning that King Théoden's cavalry were not fools who could only charge. They were a type of soldier between light cavalry and heavy cavalry, and they were also good at mounted archery like Genghis Khan's Kheshig. In the original storyline, several mammoths were also killed by arrow volleys. One arrow was completely tickling the mammoth, but everything has a process from quantitative change to qualitative change. Thousands of arrows and tens of thousands of arrows shot up, even mammoths could not bear it.

Of course, the most important thing was that Fang Senyan was still fighting Éomer at this time. Before, Aziz was focused on escaping and was wandering in the crowd, so most of the ordinary cavalry had no way to lock on and aim at him. But at this time, with the response of Fang Senyan and the others, his speed slowed down, so any skirmishers who had the ability to spare a shot would aim and shoot at him.

Reef had to deal with Éomer, so Fang Senyan naturally acted as a man-made bunker without hesitation. Obviously, for the contractors, the long-range shooting power of arrows was definitely far inferior to the charge and slash of cavalry after accelerating. In addition, Fang Senyan's talent had a natural restraint against this kind of medium-power damage, so the shooters were enjoying it, and the one being shot was also willing to endure it.

Up to now, Fang Senyan's title progress as Hedgehog has once again soared, approaching the 2,500 mark, which is close to half the level.

At this time, Fang Senyan suddenly felt a shadow over his eyes, but his perception did not give a warning. He still turned his head and looked, and immediately saw someone in the sky swooping down on a Fellbeast. Although that person was wearing a spider-man-like tight-fitting jumpsuit, he was holding a dark golden trident in his hand, and was about to swoop down with a roar.

Fang Senyan saw that the trident not only had a dark golden light, but the scattered light was also crystal clear as if it were about to solidify, and immediately understood that this weapon was probably the same as his Judgment, a dark gold weapon with the potential to be promoted to legendary equipment. Although he couldn't see the person's face clearly, at this time, being able to exchange for a Fellbeast mount could only be Jakes, the leader of the Blue Light team.

At the same time, Aziz suddenly glanced at Fang Senyan. His eyes were very deep, and immediately, Fang Senyan naturally noticed three people in the noisy battlefield, in the vast sea of people.

These three people looked quite ordinary, and even wore heavy Orc armor to hide their identities, but their speed of travel was extremely fast. They moved through the crowd as if they wouldn't get any dust, blood, or even air on them. Such stealth skills were amazing. Although these three people were sometimes even leaving in opposite directions, Fang Senyan instinctively felt that their destination must be here!

Definitely!