Chapter 1 The Sky is Darkened

Although Sauron's powerful magic obscured the sky, preventing sunlight from penetrating and harming orcs and trolls, the entire world seemed to be shrouded in a gloomy darkness.

However, in this tidal wave of Rohan cavalry's charge, the riders forming the vanguard of the cone-shaped formation were enveloped in a layer of faint golden light, as if bathed in the sunlight that had broken through the darkness. It was as if their morale and fighting spirit could rival the sun, ready to break through any shackles in their path and change the color of this great land!

Witnessing this indescribable power, the contractors closely following the orc regulars suddenly felt uneasy, even harboring a desire to retreat. Zi and Reef's expressions turned grave, and they all looked at Fang Senyan, feeling that his placement of the team's battlefield position was truly prescient. Sanzi even asked in astonishment:

"Brother Yan, how did you know in advance that the enemy knights would be so powerful?"

Normally, there were quite a few contractors skilled in close combat. In the previous city defense battles, melee fighters had been unable to display their talents, so they naturally harbored a lot of pent-up frustration. Once they had the chance to fight King Théoden's cavalry up close, they would inevitably rush to vent it. This was only natural, but Fang Senyan could suppress his own feelings and calmly stay at the back. If there wasn't a reason for this, it would be hard to believe.

Faced with the expectant gazes of the group, Fang Senyan could only smile wryly and shrug:

"If I told you that I didn't expect King Théoden's knights to be so strong, you probably wouldn't believe me, right?"

"Tch..."

"Middle finger..."

"Don't believe it."

"Despise."

Faced with the collective backlash, Fang Senyan sighed helplessly:

"I really didn't know King Théoden's strength. I just felt that there was no need to put energy and spirit into this level of battle, because there are battles ten times more tragic waiting for us behind..."

"More tragic battles? When breaking the city?" Aladar couldn't help but ask.

Fang Senyan sighed, smiling without saying a word, because he was currently just pushing the overall situation towards his own intentions. Whether he could truly achieve what he envisioned in his heart still depended on the most crucial step, which hadn't been taken yet, so he didn't dare to guarantee it. Doing it first was always ten thousand times better than saying it first.

However, just as the Ace Team was still talking and laughing, King Théoden's cavalry had already begun to enter the trap zone. It could be seen that the bodies of the cavalry at the very front were flashing with a faint blue light, which was the Divine Art Wind's Grace being cast. Under the effect of this divine art, the warhorses could actually jump and gallop nimbly between the traps, although horses were occasionally injured and fell to the ground with shrill whinnies, the damage was far less than expected.

The impact on the orc slaves and laborers was even more unstoppable!

Moreover, the retreat of those defeated slaves and laborers further impacted the main formation of the orc regulars! Disrupting the formation that was supposed to be in a state of readiness. The so-called first and second lines of defense could be said to be almost as fragile as paper!

Only the third line of defense, composed of orc regulars, gave King Théoden's cavalry great pressure. Their offensive could be said to have been contained only now, but it was merely containment. This meant that, for the contractors, their previous plan of facing scattered and exhausted cavalry was simply too naive!

What they had to face now was still the fierce impact of organized cavalry with unstoppable momentum!

At this time, looking down from a high altitude in the sky, it was a huge torrent of cavalry, fearlessly plunging into the sea of orcs in front!! Logically, it should have been a pattern of hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, but this torrent was marching forward with determination, fearlessly piercing through the ocean of orcs! What a sharp momentum this was!

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As early as when passing through the trap zone, Fang Senyan had gasped in cold air. Even though he had sufficiently estimated the severity of the situation, he never expected that the strength of King Théoden's cavalry would be so powerful!

When the cavalry were cutting through the orc slaves and laborers with unstoppable momentum, Fang Senyan said clearly and slowly:

"Sanzi, I guess we have to reveal another trump card today."

Sanzi was stunned and said:

"Could it be? Is it time for Kurutgo to appear?"

At this time, Kurutgo was still appearing as a masked, mysterious earth-type mage. Although others knew that he was a creature controlled by Sanzi, they all thought he was a powerful earth-type mage, and one who focused on support.

Faced with Sanzi's question, Fang Senyan nodded decisively:

"Yes, and I'm very suspicious that even if Kurutgo goes all out, we might not be able to hold on. It's possible that I'll have to go all out too."

Zi heard this and asked in surprise:

"Are these cavalry really that powerful?"

Fang Senyan narrowed his eyes:

"The strength of these cavalry isn't beyond our expectations, it's just... it seems that our people have overlooked one thing. Since our people can set off to intercept Aragorn and the others, then the other side is also likely to send people to intercept our reinforcements!"

After hearing Fang Senyan's analysis, Ronnie immediately gasped in cold air and said:

"Are you saying... our reinforcements, the Haradrim who can control the incredibly powerful mammoth war elephants, are likely to be late?"

Fang Senyan nodded:

"Yes. This means that King Théoden's powerful cavalry may inflict a devastating blow on the orc army, and then the Haradrim's war elephant corps will arrive late. At that time, King Théoden may even be able to join forces with the defenders in Minas Tirith! The supplies in Minas Tirith are enough to replenish them, and the wounded and archers among King Théoden's forces can also be added to Minas Tirith!"

Just as Fang Senyan was speaking, Kurutgo had already begun to use his innate ability. The ground in front of Fang Senyan and the others began to slowly rise, eventually forming several thick stone walls that intertwined. These stone walls weren't high, about three meters or so, but their thickness also exceeded three meters, and their length was about ten meters or so.

The appearance of these stone walls certainly couldn't be like a dam, stopping the tide of cavalry, but cavalry weren't armored units after all. Horses were also intelligent creatures. Under training and the encouragement of their masters, they could fearlessly and fiercely trample over enemies, but they wouldn't be foolish enough to crash into stone when it was right in front of them.

Therefore, these crooked and seemingly chaotic stone walls could act like reefs in a rapid current, allowing the tide to bypass them from the left and right sides, and at the very least, reduce the speed of the enemy's charge.

After Kurutgo exhausted his psionic energy, he roared in a low voice, and his whole body inflated like a balloon. From the image of a tall, thin man wrapped in a khaki robe, he rapidly transformed into a burly monster. After the transformation stopped, he had become a terrifying two-headed monster over four meters tall, with a dark brown skin, bulging muscles, and vortex-shaped battle scars on every muscle!

An unparalleled majesty emanated from Kurutgo's body. This was the natural oppression of higher-level creatures on lower-level creatures. Immediately afterward, Kurutgo bent down and plunged his left hand deeply into the soil, almost reaching shoulder level.

This posture looked very much like a fisherman groping for fish in the water. When he pulled his hand out again, the earth was shaking violently. In Kurutgo's muscular left hand, he had pulled out a terrifying rock giant club, and the end of the giant club was red-hot, with red-hot magma dripping from it from time to time!

At this time, almost all the contractors who hadn't been attacked were looking this way. When they sensed Kurutgo's powerful strength, they gasped in cold air. No one expected that the Ace Team would still be hiding such an amazing trump card at this time!

Some people even felt a surge of vigilance in their hearts. Such a powerful primordial legendary creature, its combat power almost reached the peak of the hammerers. The strength it could display in siege warfare would definitely not be inferior to a giant catapult. The leader of the Ace Team could endure this temptation and not play this card to seize greater benefits. How could his deep city not be amazing!

At this time, King Théoden's cavalry had already broken through the orc army's main formation in front, and even the contractor's team, and were charging over madly like a tide. Fortunately, Fang Senyan's chosen position was also very good, cleverly avoiding the arrowhead area of King Théoden's cavalry, and was located on the side, almost on the left edge of the arrowhead. In this position, the chance of encountering elites was very small, and of course, the pressure should be the lightest.

Even so, when Fang Senyan stood on the thick stone wall and witnessed the organized cavalry charging, he could still feel the sharp impact coming head-on. As long as the entire cavalry corps was still charging in an organized manner, the feeling it gave was that of a vast ocean, and the pressure was overwhelming! It was as if the person witnessing it had to withstand the fierce impact of these eight thousand terrifying war riders alone!

However, just as these cavalry galloped to within fifty meters of Kurutgo, the horses stood up on their hind legs, whinnied in terror, and slowed down, obviously sensing the pressure of this terrifying creature. The warhorses had also been blessed with various divine arts, but at this time, after entering Kurutgo's powerful domain, they also had strong sensations and influences.

At this time, Fang Senyan and the others certainly wouldn't be polite. Zi's Force Barrier. Charge, Aldar's Mind Storm, etc., were all unleashed, and suddenly a scene of chaos ensued. The front was obstructed, but the cavalry behind were still charging at full speed, and the riders in front would immediately become obstacles for the rear, suffering trampling. Cavalry relied on this terrifying and ruthless impact force to move forward fearlessly on the battlefield!

Under the inertial impact of the cavalry, Kurutgo's coercion wasn't omnipotent. No matter how panicked the horses were, they could only be swept forward with the tide. At this time, the few extremely solid stone walls that had been painstakingly built before, or more accurately, the stone ramparts, played a great role.

The granite stone ramparts, which were more than three meters high but nearly four meters wide, were almost impossible for the cavalry to break through, so they played a good role in curbing the cavalry. Fang Senyan and the others could then wait at their leisure in the open space between these stone ramparts.

Of course, the contractors on the dark side weren't fools either. This method wasn't difficult, and if Fang Senyan could think of it, others could too. Building a few similar stone walls wouldn't take too much earth-type magic ability.

It wasn't difficult to build a few similar stone walls, but the key was that after King Théoden's cavalry spread out, the impact surface reached several kilometers. In the face of the overall situation, building a few similar stone walls actually had very little use. More importantly, there were also big shots among King Théoden's knights. These stone walls could stop horses, but for those high-level cavalry generals, it was estimated that they could use their battle aura or release an impact skill, and it would only take a few seconds.

In an instant, this small battlefield area was covered with a dense pale green mist. Fang Senyan was still faithfully playing the role of supporter, throwing out potions first. Ronnie was like a fish in water at this time, taking advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters, flashing a hint of scarlet light from time to time, and reaping the lives of Théoden's knights.

Suddenly, a knight of Théoden slowed his horse and went around the stone wall next to him.

Even ordinary knights of Théoden had a very strong personal style. The body of the horse was covered with leather armor, which could play a good role in defending against arrows. Of course, high-level generals would use slightly heavier scale armor to make horse skirts. A wooden shield inlaid with iron would be hung on the left side of the knight's saddle. The center of the shield was the royal emblem of Théoden, and the weapons they used were mainly ranged javelins, and close-range axes and swords.

In order to avoid adding extra weight to the horses, the knights' upper body protection was often very tight. Iron helmets and hard leather armor inlaid with iron on important parts such as the chest were standard, but the protection of the lower body was not so strong.

After this knight of Théoden saw people, he instinctively wanted to speed up his horse, but he was hit hard in the face by an invisible giant wall, and immediately tears and snot flowed, and even the mount let out a shrill scream and stood upright.

Immediately afterwards, although he couldn't see, he could smell a troll's stench coming towards him. The knight instinctively raised his shield, just in time to block a chain hammer that Big Nose smashed over, but the solid shield shattered into pieces because of this! The mount was constantly staggering back.

At this time, the knight's whole body was sore and numb, but he felt a pain in his ribs, and he was horrified to find that the strength of his whole body seemed to be flowing out from under his ribs. His eyes only saw a ghostly figure retreating rapidly with a dark red light. The knight, who was on the verge of death, was preparing to gather the last courage of his life to launch an attack, when a pale blue lightning bolt fell from the sky and completely killed him!

This was the assembly line-like killing method of Fang Senyan's entire team. First, Zi's ranged bombardment was used to remove the opponent's impact, and then the brutal trolls were used to break through the opponent's defense. When the enemy was most vulnerable, Ronnie fully exerted his high-attack mode, going straight to the vital point, and delivering a fatal blow. Finally, in order to avoid the enemy's dying counterattack, Aldar used a ranged attack to harvest.

Because the trolls had to bear the most laborious blow, they would be replaced by the next troll after each swing of the heavy chain hammer.

This arrangement can only be described in three words:

Efficiency, ruthless, mechanical.

This was the killing plan formulated by Fang Senyan. He also left Reef, Fang Senyan, Kurutgo, Reef's servant No. 7, Ramtas, and two rotating trolls as backup trump cards, enough to cope with any unknown situation, even including the betrayal of his own people. Therefore, under his command, the Ace Team was like a meat grinder, rapidly reaping the lives of Théoden's knights. The contribution points of these guys were not low. Fang Senyan was surprised when he first started hunting. An ordinary knight could earn a full ten to fifteen contribution points!

This ratio sounded very terrifying. The combat power of an ordinary knight could actually be worth more than ten ordinary soldiers. In fact, after conversion, it was about the same. Considering the current amazing battle situation, even in a state of preparedness, Théoden's eight thousand cavalry had already stirred up at least 150,000 orc legions, and had even become a mess. Even if the combat power of these eight thousand cavalry was not as good as 150,000 orc legions, it was not far off.

However, if 80,000 ordinary human soldiers fought against 150,000 orc legions in a state of readiness, it was absolutely impossible to achieve the current results. There would only be one result, and that would be annihilation!

So, after this conversion, it was definitely not an extra high price to get ten to fifteen contribution points for killing an ordinary knight. Under this rolling torrent of flesh and blood steel, how great was the risk of rushing up to bite off a piece of meat?

In less than ten minutes, thirty-four knight corpses had fallen near Fang Senyan and the others. Smelling the strong bloody smell, Big Nose and the others, who were filled with steel armor, went berserk, roaring excitedly, dragging the corpses of the horses and opening their mouths to chew, drinking blood and eating meat, very ferocious and happy.

Fang Senyan noticed that as they ate, some wounds on their bodies were rapidly recovering. It could be seen that these monsters were indeed born warriors, typically sustaining war with war. With this ability, as long as they didn't die on the spot and had sufficient food, they could quickly recover their combat power.

Probably noticing that the offensive here was blocked, a cavalry general wearing chain mail woven with armor pieces rushed over. This guy was a size bigger, had a gray cloak symbolizing his identity behind him, and more importantly, he had a bugle at his waist, and was followed by more than ten obviously much more elite knights.

Fang Senyan's eyes moved when he saw the bugle. After investigation, Théoden should have at least two legendary equipment.

The first was his sword Herugrim, which was a simple sword. Its scabbard was inlaid with gold and decorated with emeralds. Because it was tempered in dragon blood, it had a huge deterrent effect on all kinds of creatures.

The second, of course, was the big bugle that had just appeared.

After the big bugle was blown, there were also more than a hundred small bugles echoing, covering the entire army with the power of the big bugle. This guy could master a small bugle, so he must be a figure in the army.

After this cavalry general rushed over, he was very cautious. From a distance, he led his subordinates to draw their bows and set arrows, and shot arrow clusters like raindrops in a parabolic manner. This attack can be said to have hit Fang Senyan and the others' weaknesses---after Blackie's death, the ranged attack aspect has always been a weak link.

Moreover, the parabolic way came from the sky, which could avoid the obstruction of the stone wall. Kurutgo was hit by a dozen arrows in a row. These arrow clusters were specially made, and could even penetrate the skin of mammoth beasts, and he roared in pain.

Fang Senyan immediately looked at Reef. The two had shared life and death and had been working together for a long time, so naturally there was no need for words, nodding in understanding!

At this time, just after Kurutgo was hurt, he roared angrily, and a huge stone appeared out of thin air in his hand, with a raging flame on it. He threw it at the group of cavalry.

This throw was very fierce, and the flame rock shattered into several pieces after flying out, and several elite cavalrymen were knocked over, screaming shrilly. Their faces couldn't help showing horror.

However, the cavalry general's reaction was extremely fast. As soon as he realized that the boulder was being thrown, he immediately made the most correct response---he was on horseback. Obviously, the horse's retreat could only be called turtle speed, so he could only move forward---he immediately lay on the horse's back, and then clamped the horse's belly with his feet, and the whole person jumped out at once.

This jump was to save his life, so he must have gone all out for fear of running too slowly. However, this guy was very cautious, and had always kept a distance from Fang Senyan and the others. This all-out forward rush was only thirty or forty meters. Seeing that there were still thirty meters away from the enemy, he felt a little inappropriate, so he was about to turn his horse's head to escape, but suddenly saw the burly man holding the shield look over, and then stretch out his right hand at him………….