The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 247 Reunion with the Underwater Monitor

“You dwarves are really… Where the hell is this damn door hidden?” Roland exclaimed in frustration.

"Well, we'll have to wait until the moon comes out to see it. It's the Moonlight Secret Gate..." Balin shrugged.

"Very well, Caslo orders everyone to take a break against the wall!" Roland reluctantly took off his helmet to get some fresh air.

“Understood.” Caslo nodded.

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"Splash!" A few dwarves, having nothing better to do, sat by the lake, casually tossing pebbles into the water. Roland happened to see this and instantly felt his blood pressure rise. These dwarves were acting so clumsy, like hobbits from Lord of the Rings! Did they have ADHD?
"Stop!" Roland quickly shouted to stop the dwarves' indiscriminate actions, but he knew in the next moment that it was too late...

"Something's approaching! Get away from the shore!" Caslo suddenly drew his longsword and rushed over, shielding Roland behind him as they retreated.

"Get away from the lake! There's something in the water!" Omske's voice was incredibly loud, and the next second all the Lagrange soldiers retreated in unison, on guard.

"What happened?" Balin asked Roland anxiously, gripping his battle axe.

"Nothing, your men did a great job. There's a big guy in the water that's been alerted! Caslo! Don't hold back! Ride the dragon!" Roland instinctively sensed danger. This underwater watcher hidden in Mirror Lake had been growing for countless years, and its strength was probably not much less than that of a super magical beast...

"Splash, splash, splash~" A strange sound came from the lake, and ripples began to spread across the water.

"It's here!" Caslo said coldly, then blew the dragon flute. Amidst the high-pitched dragon roar, Caslo sat steadily on the dragon saddle, the dragon spear in his hand pointing diagonally at the water.

“This is bad! This thing should be an underwater watcher. Judging by its size, I would believe you if you said it was a super monster! How did you dwarves raise this thing to be like this?” The last sentence was what Caslo said to Balin.

"Who knows? It can't be that the dwarves are keeping it as a gatekeeper, can it? Be careful!" Roland gripped the Dragon Slayer Sword with both hands and gave a wry smile.

"I'll go check from a higher vantage point! This guy is too intimidated by Kaldor's dragon might to make a move right now, I have to go and drag him out!" Caslo said solemnly, he didn't have time to play hide-and-seek with this thing.

"Yes, be careful!" Roland said with some concern.

"Your Highness, rest assured, this thing poses no threat to dragon knights! It's just a bit too much damage to infantry!" Caslo shook his head.

"Let's go! Let's go find it!" Caslo roared, pulling on the dragon's reins.

"Roar!" With a clear and stirring dragon roar, the giant dragon flapped its wings and soared into the sky, making Bahrain, who was watching from the side, feel envious.

“Envious? What do you have to envy? Don’t you dwarves have dragonhawk knights? Compared to my few dragon knights, your dragonhawk knights can be trained in large numbers,” Roland said.

"Hehe, King Roland, you're joking... Keeping a dragon eagle is very expensive..." Even the wealthy dwarves frowned, which shows just how expensive the sub-dragon species is.

"Boom!" As Balin and Roland were talking, Caslo had already arrived above Mirror Lake and unleashed a burst of dragon breath, stirring up countless splashes of water. At the same time, the corpses of many fish also floated to the surface as Kaldor vented his energy... Roland's lips twitched. This scene looked a lot like a dog being walked to release its pet's energy.
"Bang!" Suddenly, a thick tentacle shot into the sky and struck the dragon rider in the air, and the underwater watcher finally revealed itself.

"Grilled squid?" Roland suddenly had this thought as he looked at the appetizing tentacles...

The tentacles, tens of meters long, only shocked the infantrymen present for a moment before becoming useless. A single flap of the dragon's wings was enough to escape its attack range, not to mention that the wind dragon could hold its own against it. A dazzling blade of wind sliced ​​off its most active tentacle, leaving only the terrifying roar of the underwater watcher. "He's charging!" a dwarf exclaimed, pointing to the approaching ripples on the water's surface. Clearly, the underwater watcher had also spotted these "little cuties" on the shore!
"Shield Wall! Prepare for assault! Watch out for the water!"

"Arms and feet!"

"Sever the tendons and legs! Dodge!"

Almost everyone was scrambling to deal with the attacks from the underwater watchers. Many Lagrang soldiers and dwarf warriors who lost their footing were knocked away by the watchers' tentacles. The entire defensive line was in complete chaos. Everyone was huddled together, desperately hacking at the giant tentacles. Every now and then, a few poor souls would be dragged out of the formation, and only when they were being dragged into the water could the crowd cut off the tentacles to save them...

"It's...too chaotic..." Roland helplessly held up the Dragon Slayer Sword, unsure how to give orders.

"Oh! By Turin! Good heavens! I've caught you, child! Oh no! Quick, save him!" Balin strode quickly across the battlefield on his short legs.

"Caslo! Find a way to deal with it!" Roland yelled at Caslo.

"They're too close! I can't attack!" Caslo looked at the underwater observer tangled up with the soldiers. Not only were there allied soldiers all around him, but there were also many soldiers he had pulled into the water.

"Where's the ranger?! Shoot him dead!" Roland shouted angrily.

“We’re already doing that! His skin is too thick! It’s useless unless you hit his eye!” the rangers said as they drew their bows with all their might.

"..." Roland glanced at the monitor in the water, whose eyes were like mung beans compared to its size, and fell silent. This guy was much bigger than the one in the Swift River, but his eyes seemed smaller.

"Omske! Get him!" Roland continued to call for reinforcements.

When he turned around, he saw Omske desperately severing his arms and legs to save the drowning soldier...

"Roland! This can't go on! The soldiers will be exhausted fighting in the water! We have to find a way to get this guy away from the water!" Balin said anxiously.

"Retreat! Rescue the soldiers who have fallen into the water! We must retreat first!" Roland said, forcing himself to be grateful for the location of this damned dwarven secret portal. Not only were the activation conditions disgusting, but it was also so close to the shore. Or rather, the lake water had risen, so there wasn't much land for the soldiers to land on. Everyone was crammed together, making them easy targets for the underwater watchers. Roland had no choice but to order the troops to retreat first. If they continued to fight this thing, there would be casualties.

"Wait until dark! Rescue the soldiers who have fallen into the water! Get out of here!" Roland roared.

Everyone immediately reached out or threw ropes, some restrained the watchers in the water, while the rangers shot ropes into the vicinity of the soldiers who had fallen into the deep water.

"Omske! Reorganize the ranks! Balin! Take stock of the dwarves! Caslo, take that thing back! Let me leave with my men in peace!" Roland roared angrily, severing a tendril from his dragon-slaying sword.

"Move out, soldiers!"

"Oli! Oyin! Children, get out of here! We'll fight back tonight!" Balin led the dwarves away quickly.

"Retreat! Caslo!" Roland shouted to Caslo, who was entangled with the monitors in the water, as the army retreated into the safe zone.

Aha! I'm alive today! I've been coughing up blood non-stop for the past few days, and I felt like my days were numbered.
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(End of this chapter)