From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 276 Orc Attack
"Oakshield! Oakshield is here!" On a building near the armory, an ugly orc pointed at Thorin below and shouted, "Oakshield! Your doom is coming!"

A sharp arrow flying from a distance hit the orc who was shouting on the roof. The arrow head entered his back of the head and came out from his mouth full of black teeth.

The orc waved his scimitar unwillingly and fell headfirst from the roof, smashing the wooden racks that the residents of Changhu Town had built to dry their fishing nets.

His ugly appearance immediately caused panic among the guards, because they all discovered a fact: "What the wizard said is true! The orcs have arrived in Long Lake Town!"

The leader of the Orc vanguard was Borg, the son of the pale orc Azog and the Orc Warlord. He was covered in black iron pieces as armor, and his flesh had merged with the steel, making him look particularly terrifying. He sent a team into Lake Town to search for Thorin and the dwarves. Now that he had heard the voices coming from the town, he immediately waved his hand and asked the wargs and riders to enter Lake Town together: "Kill everyone! Leave the oak shield to me! Without wizards and elves around, they will not be able to escape this time!"

Although Avi severely wounded Azog, the pale orc who had a deep hatred for Durin's clan was not ready to let Thorin and his companions go. He asked his son to lead the men to chase the scent of the dwarves, but required them to act only when the wizard was separated from the expedition.

So when the dwarves were floating downstream in the wine barrels, the orc team led by Bolger successfully found an opportunity, ambushed them at the gate that the dwarves had to pass through, and successfully hit Kili who came ashore to open the gate with a poison arrow.

If the elven patrol led by Legolas had not run into the orcs, these dwarves might have been wiped out in the river.

After the Forest River flowed into the Long Lake, the dwarves boarded Bard's ship. The orcs, whose progress had been severely delayed by the elves, could only chase on foot along the shore, and thus arrived at Long Lake Town two days later than the dwarves.

Legolas and the elven captain Tauriel, who set out from the Woodland Kingdom territory almost at the same time as the orcs, followed the tracks left by the orcs. With their familiarity with the woodlands and the elves' unique agility, the two elves arrived at Lake Town almost at the same time as the orcs.

The archer who shot the orc who discovered Thorin to death with one arrow was the elf who also came from afar.

Ivy, who set out after everyone else, chose the same route as the dwarves, walking along the river and the lake all the way to Long Lake Town, and actually arrived at the center of the town before the two groups of people. Thanks to Ivy's persuasion, the guards of Long Lake Town were not killed silently by the orcs.

But the orcs had already discovered their most important target, Thorin, so the poor guards had no other choice but to take up arms and resist.

"Go to the town gate! There are Orc troops gathering outside the town! They have wargs!" The Elf Prince Legolas appeared from the roof of a residential building and shouted at the still panicked crowd below.

The captain of the guard in the red cloak had disappeared, and the human guards, having lost their leader's command, were running around like headless flies, not knowing what they should do.

"Archers, follow me!" Bard stepped forward, "Let's head to the commanding heights! Use bows and arrows to shoot the orcs on the bridge! Two wargs cannot cross the bridge side by side! Oaken shield!"

"The dwarves will fight on their own!" Thorin remained stubborn as a rock. "Take care of your own people!"

"No! Let those with spears and axes follow you! The task of clearing the orcs in the town is left to you!" Bard didn't care about Thorin's reaction. He grabbed a longbow from a guard and started climbing the stairs while shouting.

Legolas, standing on a high place, fired several arrows and killed several orcs who approached through the roof. Then he looked at Ivy in the crowd and shouted, "When did you come here, wizard? Is there any magic that can help?"

A burst of silver mist lit up around Ivy, and she disappeared instantly. Then she reappeared beside Legolas: "We need someone with good eyesight to give orders here. You stay here, I'll go to the long bridge to take a look."

Legolas didn't say anything more, he drew his longbow and shot down another orc.

With Ivy's current 20 points of agility, the speed of moving on the roof is almost the same as that of an elf. Moreover, the ancient ability of the Beast Bite Sword that originally increased agility by 10 points has now become an effect of increasing walking speed by feet.

Ivy held the Beast Bite Sword in his hand and headed towards the long bridge.

At some point, thick fog suddenly rose over the lake. The human archers were unable to see through the fog, and their hit rate was greatly reduced. Many orcs took advantage of the fog to silently jump onto the roof.

Two orcs suddenly jumped out in front of Ivy, waving their weapons at him. These two guys had some experience in coordination. One attacked Ivy's head and face, while the other swung his sword at Ivy's legs. The length of the orc sword could not take into account both the head and the tail, and the two poisoned weapons were about to hit Ivy.

But Ivy was not only a swordsman, but also a wizard who used magic. He had no intention of swinging his sword to block, but simply thrust the staff in his left hand forward. The thunderous explosion threw the two orcs heavily into the air, turning them into two pools of minced meat in the air.

The noise Ivy made also alerted Bard standing on the watchtower. He shouted in the direction of the thunder coming from the thick fog: "Wizard! We need a strong wind to blow away the fog! The archers' vision is severely limited and they can't see anything!"

Creates a gust of wind strong enough to disperse the fog.

This requirement may not sound high, but it is actually not easy for Ive to do it now.

If his spells as a Hogwarts wizard were any good, a weather spell would do the trick.

But now that 90% of wizard spells have been abolished, Ivy has very few spells to choose from.

The wind speed of the wind-making spell is sufficient, but the affected range is too small. The 10-foot-wide area is equivalent to nothing for the archers, and Ivy herself can only be the starting point of the gust of wind.

Therefore, Ivy can only use the fifth ring wind control spell. This spell lasts long enough, and the range of influence is also sufficient under the effect of [Wild Elemental Surge], and the intensity and type of wind can be switched freely, which is really a very suitable spell for the current environment.

However, the strong wind brought by manipulating the wind phase will affect the accuracy of long-range weapons, and Ivy must choose the best angle.

Ivy raised his staff and waved it in the air for a while. The buildings in Changhu Town that were shrouded in thick fog suddenly became clear. The oil lamps made a creaking sound, and various house numbers and dried fish hanging out to dry swayed back and forth in the wind. Moreover, the intensity of this sudden strong wind was gradually increasing, and people who were walking against the wind were already beginning to feel tired.

"The fog has cleared!" Bard shouted to the archers around him, "Over there, those wargs! Shoot them! The wizard has brought us a favorable wind, we can shoot farther!"

"Swoosh!" It was Legolas who launched the first attack. The elves' archery skills were unparalleled in the world, and the woodland elves were particularly outstanding among their kind.

"Dwarves! There is a warg on your left! It's on the bridge!" While Legolas was distracted attacking the enemies in the distance, he still found the time to give directions to the dwarves below so that these newly arrived expedition members would not get lost in the chaotic passages of Long Lake Town.

Thorin looked up and couldn't see where the elf's voice came from, but he still cursed inwardly and moved forward in the direction indicated by Legolas. Two human soldiers with spears followed behind him to provide cover for him.

More and more people in Long Lake Town took up arms. Even though many of these dwarves were not warriors before they set out on the journey, the hardships along the way have honed their abilities well, and the fact that no one was left behind is the best proof of this. Therefore, Thorin asked the thirteen dwarves to each bring a few human guards to gradually clear the orcs on the road from the armory and the nearby town square. At the same time, humans were responsible for finding the young and strong residents nearby and asking them to go to the armory to arm themselves. In this battle, no resident of Long Lake Town could escape.

Fortunately, Changhu Town is not big, everyone knows each other well, and these guards know where to find people capable of fighting.

As more and more townspeople were armed, fewer and fewer orcs invaded Changhu Town. The only thing that was in trouble was the sentry tower connected to the long bridge. The sentinels inside had been killed and the oil lamps used for lighting had been extinguished.

Ivy was rushing to the long bridge. His spells could undoubtedly destroy the only part of Long Lake Town that was connected to the land. As long as the orcs were blocked from entering the town, the rest would be nothing more than targets.

The road to the long bridge is always full of obstacles, but Ivy's means of completing the breakthrough seem to be unremarkable.

After the Swordmaster reached level 11, he could no longer deal with these orcs with ease; the new adjective was "effortless".

The ridiculous armor of the orcs was nothing but rotten paper in front of the beast-biting sword, and the thick wooden shield fastened with iron hoops and nails was not much stronger than a piece of butter. Every time Ivy swung the sword, it would always cause damage to weapons and armor, and cut off some limbs or necks. While maintaining the concentration of the fifth-ring spell to control the wind, Ivy could not use other spells, otherwise his efficiency in killing enemies could be improved.

The closer they got to the long bridge, the more bodies fell to the ground. Some were orcs and wargs killed by arrows shot by elves from a distance, but most were innocent townspeople who failed to receive the warning in time and fled.

Ivy threw the beast-biting sword in his hand, pinning a half-orc who was about to swing his knife to the wall. His target was a pair of girls hugging each other. The older one looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the younger one was only six or seven years old.

After pulling out the beast-biting sword stuck in the orc's chest and stabbing him again, Ivy gently comforted the two little girls: "Go to the town square, there are people organizing resistance there, go in the direction I came from, it will be safe."

The two girls nodded desperately, having lost the strength to speak, as if they were not the ones who had just screamed. Ivy heard the movements of other orcs and the howling of wolves coming from the long bridge, so she used telekinesis to lift the two girls up and put them in a safe corner farther away: "Run!"

The orcs spoke in a crude and difficult language, full of guttural and nasal sounds, and they always sounded like they were arguing. Ivy heard an orc say, "Set a fire! Set a fire! Burn all the guys in this town to death! And burn the ships on the dock as well! Even if we can't burn Oakenshield to death, we must never let them reach Lonely Mountain!"

Ivy jumped onto the roof and looked in the direction of the dock. All the large and small ships docked there were already on fire, and the houses near the dock were also all on fire. If Ivy hadn't controlled the strong wind to go in the opposite direction of the fire, the entire Changhu Town would have turned into a sea of fire.

A sharp arrow shot from the darkness towards the leader of the orcs. The latter raised his weapon that looked like a hammer and a knife to block, and then pointed to a building not far away: "The elf bitch is there! Kill her!"

The five orcs who set the fire left the team and rushed towards the building marked by the leader, howling.

Before they could get close, a female elf with long reddish-brown hair jumped out of the house and fired several arrows from her longbow, pinning the orcs to the spot.

Seeing that the female elf was not in any danger for the time being, Ivy silently ended his concentration on controlling the wind and instead cast another spell - the fourth ring of water control.

Ivy had used this spell to separate the dark lake beneath the Opera Garnier, and now it was time to show its other effects.

Following Ivy's gestures and voice, the calm lake surface suddenly began to ripple, and before the orcs gathered on the dock could react, a huge wave over forty feet high hit the orcs on the head.

Not only were all the ships that the orcs had just set on fire extinguished, but even the houses that were burning nearby were completely submerged by the violent waves.

Almost all the orcs on the dock were thrown under the water. The wargs pawed at the water with their limbs in fear, scratching many of the orcs who fell in with them.

The orcs and wargs were in a mess, trying desperately to grab the things at hand to get out of the water, but they felt a stronger force emerging from under the water, pulling their hind legs and dragging them deeper.

The condition for the water control spell to form a wave is very demanding, it must be in an area with a large body of water. The lake where Long Lake Town is located happens to be a body of water that meets the conditions. The professional ability of the Dazzling Warlock [Wild Elemental Surge] increases the height of the wave, which originally only reached 20 feet, by 6d6 feet. This caused Ivy's spell to roll up more water, and all the orcs near the dock were sent to the lake to feed the fish at once.

Seeing that there were not many orcs left on the dock, Ivy changed the effect of the spell in a timely manner, changing the wave creation into a vortex. This vortex would be formed from the bottom of the water, with a width of 50+6d6 feet above the water surface, and would be able to pull all objects caught in it towards the center of the vortex.

If the creature caught in the vortex is not good at swimming, it will continue to suffer 2d8 bludgeoning damage each round and continue to approach the center of the vortex. Once entering the center of the vortex, the creature inside will be dragged under the water and begin a countdown to suffocation.

Under the influence of Ivy's [Wild Elemental Surge], the area of the vortex was terribly large. Even for someone who was proficient in water, it would be impossible for them to react within a few seconds and swim dozens of feet to leave the range of the vortex.

Therefore, the orcs who fell into the water were almost wiped out by Ivy's spell, and the remaining few could only resist a few more rounds by virtue of their strong physique. Once they were dragged underwater, these poor orcs would surely die.

The female elf with strong eyesight also saw the strange phenomenon on the water, jumped out from her hiding place, and attacked the few orcs on the dock who were not hit by the huge waves. She had used up all her arrows in the previous battle, and was now wielding two daggers.

The orcs on the dock were dizzy from the heavy impact of the water, so the elf easily dealt with most of them. Only the Borg, whose body was covered with iron pieces, was able to hold on to his weapon and fight the elf for a few rounds.

Ivy maintained her concentration on the spell, passed through the smoke produced by the extinguishing of the fire at the dock, and attacked the last orc. Last time, she had to let the pale orc Azog escape, and this time Ivy would not make the same mistake again.

The elf's dagger was at a disadvantage compared to Borg's hammer blade. She couldn't take the opponent's attack head-on and could only rely on her flexible body movements to continuously inflict new wounds on the thick-skinned orc.

Borg used his arms to protect his head and face, and with his other hand he swung the hammer blade tightly, completely smashing the lamp stand that was still standing after being hit by the huge waves.

The elf stepped on a slippery cable and had to use her dagger to collide with Bolger's hammer blade, and the dagger flew out of her hand. Bolger, who had a huge advantage, put down his arms that were protecting his face, swung the hammer blade with both hands, and smashed it at the elf.

Just at this moment, Ivy arrived and cut off the orc's arms at the elbows with his Beast Bite Sword. Even the iron armor that Borg had specially inlaid on his arms could not stop the sword of the Orc knight at all.

The hammer blade, which had lost its accuracy, fell into the water with a plop. Ivy stepped forward and swung his sword to chop off the orc's ugly head.

"Wizard!" The elf lying on the ground looked at Ivy in surprise, "Thank you for your help."

"Captain of the guard of King Thranduil?" Ivy looked at the female elf in front of her and felt that she looked familiar. "Tauriel, right? I have reached an agreement with your king. After I kill Smaug in the Lonely Mountain, he will send people to help humans organize defense in Dale City. There is an army of orcs on the way here, and humans, dwarves and elves all need to unite. I hope you can go there and tell him that people here are short of fuel and food."

　Completed!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)