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Chapter 761 Orcs Attack

"We have finally arrived at Shabad. Is this place really immune to invasion by Dunlending people and orcs?"

Someone who had just arrived in Shabad with his family immediately pulled the local residents aside and asked.

Dunlage is a nearby forest where the people living are rather brutal. They are mortal enemies of the Kingdom of Rohan and occasionally come to Shabad to rob.

Orcs are half-orcs.

"That's right." The local residents are used to it and introduced, "Although life here is very restricted, it's true that you don't have to worry about safety issues."

The resident lowered his voice and warned, "But don't break the laws of the Arno Gang, or you will be severely punished!"

The newcomer quickly patted his chest and said, "No problem, as long as it's safe, everything is fine."

After that, he sighed and said, "I don't know what's going on with that group of orcs. They used to only live in Mount Gundabad in the north of the Misty Mountains, but in recent years, orcs have even appeared near Isengard in the south."

The Misty Mountains are the largest mountain range in Middle-earth. Ever since the orcs were defeated in the Battle of Five Armies at the end of The Hobbit, they have been hiding in the Misty Mountains.

"Alas, after all, it is such a desolate place. It is not impossible for the orcs to expand here." The local residents sighed.

Because the Kingdom of Arnor had long been destroyed, the west and east of the Misty Mountains were completely two different worlds.

To the east is the prosperous human kingdom of Gondor, and most of the attention in Middle-earth is focused there.

The west of the Misty Mountains, in the minds of the eastern races, is extremely desolate and remote.

How remote is it?

When Sauron learned that the One Ring was in the Shire and sent the Ringwraiths to find it, the Ringwraiths didn't even know where the Shire was.

Isengard is the magical fortress of the famous white-robed wizard Saruman. It was once a deserted military hub. After Saruman came to Middle-earth, he promised Gondor that he would help Gondor defend against enemies in the west, so Gondor gave Isengard to Saruman.

But this is a bit presumptuous for the people living near Shabad.

Because they lived west of Gondor, and there was nothing in Isengard when it was first established, they could still go east through the ferry to Rohan or Gondor.

But in the past decade or so, the danger level of Isengard has increased several times, and people no longer dare to go there.

Without the nearest road to Isengard, the people in the Shabad area had to take a long detour if they wanted to go east, which was unimaginable for them, so even though their living conditions became increasingly difficult, they did not migrate on a large scale.

Whenever the people of Shabad thought of this, they wanted to grab the white wizard Saruman by the beard and ask, "Who are you defending against? Who are you defending against? You are defending against humans instead of orcs, right?"

But in this city, only Li Ming knew that Saruman had colluded with Sauron and began to breed stronger orcs in Isengard, and would definitely not care about the lives of humans.

Li Ming had no intention of reminding Gondor or the elves. He thought carefully about his mission.

He wanted to sabotage both Loren's and the Bishop's actions.

Although Loren and the Bishop have not appeared yet, it is true that their goal is to fight for the origin of the world, and they are most likely distributed on both sides of the plot.

The Middle-earth coalition and Sauron.

He guessed that the reason he couldn't get any information was probably because he was only interacting with ordinary people.

In this case, he might as well continue to expand his power. At worst, when the Fellowship of the Ring arrived at Rivendell for the meeting, he would join as a local lord, which would allow him to disguise himself and discover problems at the same time.

Before that, just let Saruman develop freely. Gandalf the Grey will deal with him. If Gandalf can't win, he can ask the boss to cheat.

Another two months passed. Li Ming had been in Middle-earth for three months, and the weather was getting colder and winter was about to come.

Shabad is now the most prosperous human gathering point in the surrounding area. The scale of the town has been expanded, and the number of armed members of the Arno Gang has exceeded 500. Considering that there are less than 4,000 people in Shabad, Li Ming is already very aggressive.

And all the Shabad people, without exception, were filled with fear of Li Ming, because he often treated people who broke the law in a bloody way. Arno's gang members often dragged dead and wounded criminals through the streets, silencing people.

Gradually, Li Ming also got a nickname - Bloody Defender.

People knew that he was defending the stability of Shabad, but his methods were truly bloody.

Of course, Li Ming looked at the Supreme Lamp Ring that was being charged more and more, and just let them say whatever they wanted.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Suddenly, there was a hurried knock on the door of his office. Li Ming waved his hand and the door opened automatically. His deputy Akshan hurriedly lowered his head and trotted in.

Li Ming is used to being a hands-off boss, and Akshan is the lucky man in this world who helps him deal with the internal affairs of Shabad.

"Why are you so flustered?" Li Ming asked.

"Sir, there is a group of orcs rushing towards Shabad!"

But now Li Ming knew why Akshan was so panicked.

Among all the races in Middle-earth, orcs can be said to be the mortal enemies of humans.

Ah no, to be precise, they are the mortal enemies of all races.

"How many people are here?" Li Ming asked calmly after taking a sip of tea.

Akshan quickly replied, "Six or seven hundred orcs, and they all seem to be stronger than the orcs we have encountered before, and it is daytime now!"

Orcs are afraid of sunlight, so they basically do not act during the day.

Li Ming immediately grasped the key point. It was normal for orcs to have different strengths, but they were all stronger before and could move during the day. There was only one explanation except that the orcs here had mutated.

The new orcs bred by Saruman!

"Good guy, I didn't go to find him, but he came to find me?" Li Ming frowned.

It didn't take him long to guess that this was probably a version bred by Saruman, who wanted to use the Sabad people as experimental subjects.

After all, Shabad is already the largest human settlement nearby.

The fighting power of ordinary orcs is not high. They are thin and have low intelligence. After being improved by Sauron, strong orcs were bred. Their fighting power is much stronger than that of ordinary orcs and also exceeds that of ordinary human soldiers.

To distinguish them from Saruman's, let's call them Mordor Orcs.

The Orcs of Mordor are currently in Mordor. The Uruks trained by Saruman may not be able to reach the strength of the Orcs of Mordor, but the number of six or seven hundred can still cause huge losses to Shabad.

Of course, the premise is that there are no hero units.

Li Ming stood up and ordered Akshan: "Leave 100 people in the city to maintain law and order, archers go to the city wall, and the others block the city gates."

"And." He waved his hand, "Give me some armor."

(End of this chapter)