Bringing the MC system to Middle-earth.

Chapter 12 Defending the City
"Did you hear that?"

"Yes, there are wargs and noisy goblins."

The breeze brought the noise echoing across the wilderness.

However, there was silence within the city walls.

To be honest, even after making a lot of preparations, Levi was still a little nervous.

Unlike the vagrants beside him, Levi had not seen too many scenes. At this moment, he was still a little scared when he thought of a group of orc cavalry rushing towards him.

One hundred orcs and dozens of cavalrymen may not sound like a lot, but forming a circle is enough to block just two people.

Looking at the five sets of iron blocks in his backpack, Levi felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he should have bought some pumpkins when he was in Bree, so that he could try to summon an iron golem.

"Roar--!"

A beast roared, startling Levi and causing him to look up.

"Here it comes." said Farodan.

The two hid behind the bunker on the city wall and stared at the direction where the sound came from.

Crash.

"kill!"

The noise gradually approached, and a small shadow emerged from the bushes, exposed in the moonlight. First, dozens of wolves rushed forward, lined up in a row, with orcs waving weapons on them, heading straight for the city wall with great momentum, and their speed was no slower than that of horses.

Seeing the enemy approaching a certain distance, Farodan picked up the bow he carried with him and drew an arrow.

brush--

With one arrow, he accurately hit the Warg that was rushing in the front. The Warg was killed on the spot, and the orc riding on it fell off and ate a mouthful of mud.

Another arrow pierced through the head of an orc, causing it to fall directly to the ground and become motionless.

Under Farodan's accurate shooting, by the time the cavalry squad rushed to the city wall, three wargs had lost their riders and two wargs died suddenly. However, the remaining cavalry were not afraid. Instead, they were aroused by the smell of blood. When they saw that there were only two people on the city wall, they became even more ferocious. Some orcs even laughed out loud.

Of course, even if there were only two people defending the city, the smooth stone wall that was more than ten meters high could not be crossed in one go. Soon the wolf rider who was in the front was defeated. He tried many times but failed to climb up, so he had to retreat and reorganize his formation.

"Damn it, the intelligence is wrong. Who was so blind as to say that the warg could just jump over there!?"

"The last time I saw this wall, it was only half as high as it is now!"

The orc scout in the team quickly explained.

"You're a piece of trash!"

After being defeated in front of the city wall, this group of Orcs immediately started their traditional skill: infighting.

Farodan tried to continue drawing his bow, but the orcs were already on guard and had been looking up. Several archers aimed at Farodan's position and shot, forcing him to retreat for a while, move inside the wall, and launch a sneak attack using the arrow slits left in advance.

However, after only a few more cavalrymen fell, the arrow holes were discovered and soon became useless.

Levi glanced outside quietly and saw that the entire team had gathered under the city wall.

At this moment, both the offense and defense were in a stalemate. The offense was unable to break through, and the defense's output was not enough, so they couldn't attack at all.

The orcs outside the wall were helpless and could only start to jeer and curse. However, these humiliations could not shake Levi at all. After hearing so much, Levi even felt that these orcs were quite talented and were quite literary in cursing. They spoke dirty words one after another, using all kinds of long and short sentences, rhetorical techniques and metaphors.

However, compared with the Internet brothers in Levi's memory, whose every sentence was as poetic as a critical hit, their words still seemed too poor.

"A bunch of scum!"

As he was cursing, a roar suddenly came from behind.

A strong orc who was more than three meters tall and holding a big axe arrived in front of the city wall with a large army. He pushed away the cavalry who were blocking the way. His strength was so great that he knocked the wolf and its rider to the ground with one hand.

"Ahaha, look what I found, a piece of trash that only knows how to hide behind a wall, little bug!"

However, the first thing the orc leader did after arriving at the scene was to point at the city wall and curse.

"Coward, coward!"

"Coward, coward!" The orcs behind him started to make a noise.

If it were a normal siege, if a counterattack was not organized at this time, it would definitely damage the morale of the army.

But there are only two people on Levi's side. You have a hundred people fighting against the two of us and you say we are cowards...?
Let’s have a one-on-one duel!
Levi couldn't help but complain. However, the orc leader didn't care what they thought. He blocked a sneak arrow with his axe and shouted to the back: "Bring it up!"

Boom!
Amid the noise, several orcs worked together to lift a huge wooden hammer that was thicker than their bodies, but the sturdy orc leader, who was more than three meters tall, picked up the hammer with just one hand.

Then, he smashed towards the city gate.

Boom!
With the first blow, the wooden door cracked.

Boom!
The second blow caused the wooden door to deform and was about to collapse.

People outside the city wall had already started cheering, preparing to rush in to kill, plunder and occupy the castle.

However, Levi remained calm.

Boom!
After only the third blow, the small city gate consisting of the wooden fence and the wooden door was completely broken. However, just as the orcs were about to rush in, they were dumbfounded.

Behind the wooden door, there was a three-meter-thick stone wall.

The orc leader was so angry that smoke came out of his nostrils and he glared at the two people hiding on the city wall.

"Want to come in? No way!" Levi popped his head out and shouted, and immediately seven or eight arrows hit him, scaring him so much that he quickly shrank back.

Seeing that the intelligence was wrong, the siege failed, and several of his own wolf riders were killed, the leader cursed fiercely for a few words, and suddenly waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

Then, he retreated into the woods with a hundred or so orcs.

"Retreat now?" Levi was a little surprised. They gave up too quickly. They ran away when they found they couldn't attack. Levi hadn't even made a move yet.

"No... they didn't leave."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Farodan came over and pointed in a direction, signaling Levi to look over there.

Boom!
There was a loud bang, and a tree fell to the ground and was slowly dragged away.

Not long after, there was another tremor, and several trees fell to the ground one after another.

Even someone as slow-witted as Levi realized at this moment that the group of orcs seemed to be... making something on the spot?
In the woods in the distance, the sound of tinkling hammering could be heard.

"Ladders," Farodan said. "They're making siege ladders."

Levi seemed a little surprised.

Do they still have this skill?
Farodan, on the other hand, looked calm.

Obviously seeing Levi's confusion, he explained: "Don't underestimate those orcs, Levi. Even though they are rude and evil, their armor and weapon craftsmanship is never inferior to that of humans. They can do what ordinary armies can do."

After all, the master behind them is the Dark Lord, Sauron, who is proficient in forging technology and can create things like the Lord of the Rings.

"I see." Levi understood.

"No, I have to stop them."

"Are you planning on leaving town?"

Levi nodded.

"I'm not going to sit back and watch those orcs make something."

"It's too dangerous. I don't really agree with it."

Levi smiled.

You know nothing about MC players.

"Do not worry."

Levi went down the wall and entered the castle, and took out all the sulfur and saltpeter from the mineral box, and placed them on the workbench together with the charcoal.

1 sulfur + 1 saltpeter + 1 charcoal = 3 gunpowder.

5 gunpowder + 4 sand = TNT.

After using up all the gunpowder, Levi had a full twenty TNTs in his backpack.

"Have you ever heard of high-altitude bombing?"

(End of this chapter)