I reforged the glory of the magic ring in Middle-earth

Chapter 128 Raven Ridge

Thorin saw Latarn giving the order so decisively, and Oga and Freya also went directly to the Red Lion Knights' station decisively. He asked in surprise, "Are we leaving so soon?"

Latan looked at the dwarf and asked in confusion, "I've already arrived, and the enemy is already occupying a key position. If we don't set out now, do we have to wait until their general, Azog, reinforces their defenses?"

Thorin shook his head quickly. "That's not what I meant. It's just that my father, Thrain, and his army haven't arrived yet. We originally planned to wait for you two to lead your armies to arrive before launching an attack on Azog."

Latarn said calmly, "That's how it should be, but the original plan shouldn't have included goblins. Plans can never keep up with changes. Furthermore, if Raven Hill truly overlooks the battlefield as you claim, we can't allow it to be occupied by the enemy. Imagine if Thráin's army passed through the Misty Mountains and was directly exposed to the enemy at Raven Hill. What would that enemy, 'Azog', do?"

Thorin fell silent. Dain laughed to ease the tension and patted Thorin on the back. "He's right, Thorin. And speed is of the essence. We must seize that place before those goblins completely fill every sewer in Riverdale."

Thorin nodded: "Okay, you have convinced me, then..."

At that moment, there was another commotion outside Lake-town. Gloin, breathlessly running over to Tanes and the others, looked up, marveling at how Thorin and his men had soared into the air. Then he shouted, "Thorin! Another group of War Sheep Riders has arrived outside Lake-town. We recognize the dwarf leading them. He's the dwarven lord who previously rejected you. He says he's leading the War Sheep Riders to support Dain on your father's orders."

Thorin and Dain exchanged a glance, then shouted to Gloin, "He's here just in time. Give him an hour to rest, and then we'll join us in attacking Riverdale."

……

Latan rode his beloved horse on the cold ground of the wilderness, and every hoof print spread out dark purple gravity ripples.

A century of the Red Lion Legion lined up behind him, and the soldiers' armor made a neat and low sound as they moved.

When Latan arrived at Raven Hill with Oga, Freya and the Hundred, the cliffs of Raven Hill were looming in the mist.

As they approached Raven Ridge, the mountain path became steeper and the surrounding scenery became more desolate.

Goblins are occupying the abandoned fortress on Raven Hill, turning the fortress into a filthy goblin lair.

Watchtowers carved into the cliffs were festooned with hides and bones of unknown species, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of urine. The narrow mountain path was barricaded with beast skulls, its cracks stuffed with rotting fish entrails, and the buzzing of flies was like the din of war drums.

So many goblins have completely destroyed the ecological environment near Raven Ridge due to their food, drink, defecation and urination problems in just a few days.

Goblins were moving through the corridors of Raven Hill Fortress, and they also discovered the army led by Latan.

Raven Ridge is now full of caves and tunnels dug by goblins, and a wave of green goblins is crawling across the mountain roads. If they are given a few more days, the terrain inside Raven Ridge will probably become even more complex.

Of course, the goblins need to consider how they will find food after they have eaten all the living creatures nearby.

It was obvious that Azog had no intention of providing any help to the goblins in terms of food and drink, after all, he was using them as cannon fodder.

Latan stopped, hovered in the air, and looked down at the land.

His voice was short and powerful: "Oga, Freya, prepare to fight."

The two people named by Latarn responded at the same time, and then Freya looked at Oga and said in a relaxed tone: "The first arrow will be shot by you."

Oga nodded silently, and the Red Lion Knight's heavy boots crushed the snow on the ground.

When Oga took off the long bow on his back, which was taller than the dwarf, three goblins poked their heads out from the cracks in the rocks.

Then Ogar drew his bow to its full length and let out a roar.

The sound of the bowstring vibrating was like a lion's roar, and the gravity vortex carried by the arrow twisted the air into a spiral channel. The gravity arrow rain spread towards the mountain road of Raven Ridge like a waterfall.

The first arrow collapsed into a black hole the moment it hit the rock wall. The goblins near the arrow were pulled off the ground, and their green bodies exploded into fireworks of flesh and blood in the air.

The second arrow pierced through several layers of crudely made wooden fences and lodged itself into a cave. Gravity ripples spread along the arrow shaft, causing the surrounding cliff walls to peel off like crispy biscuits, and the cave collapsed, burying the goblins hidden inside alive.

When the survivors crawled out of the flank rat tunnel, Oga's last arrow arrived as promised. Gravity magic bound these survivors tightly to the dirty ground, and then they were turned into flesh and blood reliefs amid screams.

The mountain path leading to Raven Ridge was cleared by Oga. Freya held the big sword, which was smaller than Latan's but of the same shape. The sword was decorated with lion's mane to imitate her master, General Latan.

She raised her right hand, pointed at Raven Hill, and shouted to the Latan soldiers behind her: "Blood of the Red Lion! Crush their spines with your boots! Wash away their stench with flames! Let these maggots in the burrows know who is the true master of Raven Hill!"

One hundred pairs of combat boots stomped the ground simultaneously, responding to Freya's shout.

The Latan soldiers, armed with long swords, raised their brass shields and charged behind Freya.

Freya stepped on the corpse of the goblin killed by Oga, almost using herself as a weapon, and crashed into Raven Hill.

The goblins around them made a shrill chirping sound, pouring out from the tunnels in front of them and from the protruding rocks above their heads, some waving rusty short blades in their hands, some drawing their short bows and aiming poisonous arrows at the joints of Freya's armor.

"For the General's glory!"

Freya, a woman, roared with a roar no weaker than Oga's before. She suddenly smashed the lion-like sword into the mountain path, creating a gash in it. Then, using her own sword as a fulcrum, Freya swung her body and the sword in a circle, cleaving the goblins charging at her in two. The sword then landed on the mountain path, creating a new slash.

The goblins behind were still rushing towards Freya. They wanted to take advantage of the moment when the female warrior's strength was exhausted in mid-air and had not yet recovered, so as to submerge her under their bodies and those of their compatriots, and stab her with the daggers in the places not protected by armor.

But what the goblins didn't expect was that Freya got the strength from the greatsword in her hand. This time, she even circled in the air and slashed twice, cutting off all the goblins that rushed towards her.

【Combat Skill: Brave Lion Slash】

This is a combat skill used by particularly brave warriors among the Red Lions, who can perform two consecutive Lion Slashes forward.

Freya was able to become the Royal Guard Knight of Latarn, so such combat skills were naturally no problem for her.

"call out--!"

Oga's arrows came again with the sound of breaking through the air. Although he did not use the gravity rain of arrows this time, the arrows were still attached with purple gravity magic, which made the goblins who wanted to shoot poison arrows at Freya stagger.

Finally, the gravity-defying arrow pierced a goblin's head, pinning it to the rock face. Freya, a single-handed warrior, navigated the narrow mountain path, breaking through the goblin defenses and reaching the more spacious fortress platform.

There are more goblins here than on the mountain road. Their bodies, which are covered with measles and pox, emit a pungent smell and stench that is so strong that it is suffocating.

Freya raised her hand and chopped down all five goblins who rushed to block the entrance of the mountain path. The Latan soldiers took advantage of this opportunity and filed out from behind Freya.

The Latan soldiers in the front row held the King's Army straight swords in their hands, and with their other hands they raised brass shields in front of them to form a shield wall, moving from time to time to block the goblin arrows flying from the front or side.

Then they formed groups of three and three in a triangle formation and attacked the goblins' flanks on the platform, making room for the Latan soldiers with spears in the rear.

Oga led a small number of Latan who were still on the mountain road in the rear, using bows and crossbows to continuously shoot with precise archery to support their comrades in the front.

On this fortress platform, the gray-green goblins were gradually forced back by the fiery red Latan soldiers, and their numbers were constantly decreasing.

When all the sword and shield soldiers and spearmen joined together on the fortress platform, the front row of soldiers were replaced by shield soldiers holding one-person tower shields. Then they began to push forward, aiming the spiked side at the goblins, forcing them back.

At the same time, the spearmen in the second row rushed out from the gaps between the shields, and the cold and sharp spearheads smashed the goblins into pieces.

"—!"

The goblins began to grow impatient and angry, uttering sharp cries to call for more of their compatriots to come over and help, trying to overwhelm Freya, Oga and their formation with numbers.

At the end of the team, Oga coldly looked at the goblins crawling over from the fortress wall above or the rock face below. Without any emotion, he gave the order to the Latan soldiers he led: "Prepare the flame pots."

"Red Lion Flame Pot, ready!"

A Latan soldier behind Oga let out a loud shout, alerting Freya and her soldiers in front.

"Stop!"

Freya immediately gave orders to the shield soldiers and spearmen in the front row, and the soldiers stopped immediately.

The goblins thought that the Latan soldiers were afraid of them because of their large numbers, so they made those sharp and piercing sounds again and rushed towards the Latan soldiers with mockery.

Then they saw porcelain pots burning with red flames being thrown from the sky behind the shield one after another, drawing sulfur-colored trails in the air and falling accurately towards their location.

The Latan soldiers in the rear swung their arms and threw the flame pots. The moment they touched the ground, the fiery red shell burst and the red flame column exploded like an angry spider web.

The sticky magma splashed onto the goblin's body, instantly corroding through the cloth and biting out sizzling bloody holes in its gray-green skin.

A goblin frantically slapped the flame on his shoulder, but the flames spread all over his palm, and his entire arm was carbonized into a charred dead branch within three heartbeats.

A small mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke rose from the center of the Red Lion Flame Pot's fire wave, and the shock wave knocked over all the goblins within five steps. However, the Latan soldiers who had prepared in advance easily withstood the impact.

The goblins that were not directly hit by the Red Lion Flame Pot were in an even worse situation. The flying flames attached to the rock wall like gel and continued to burn, turning this fortress platform into a furnace corridor.

The fleeing goblin stepped on the flowing flames, and green smoke instantly rose from his ankles. His skin and flesh peeled off as he ran, revealing his greasy bones.

When the last scream was swallowed by the flames, the charred bodies of the goblins were almost indistinguishable from the rocks.

Their bodies curled up together in the flames. The high temperature of the flame pot even carbonized some of the goblins' limbs. The air was filled with a pungent burnt smell, and the surrounding temperature became scorching hot.

The number of goblins killed by the Red Lion Flame Pot was not too many for the entire Raven Ridge, but the miserable condition of their companions made the goblins who were deceived by Azog begin to feel frightened.

"Keep pushing!"

The fire only gradually died down, and the voice of Freya giving orders rang in the goblins' ears like a sharp blade hanging over their heads.

The shield soldiers in the front row held up their tower shields and pushed the charred corpses to the sides, clearing a passage for the soldiers in the rear to continue advancing to the top of Raven Ridge.

The goblins screamed and climbed towards the fortress platform above, where there were many passages leading to all directions, and many traps had been set there in the past few days.

They subconsciously wanted to use these passages to ambush Freya, Oga and the others, because these humans in the passages would not easily use the kind of projectiles that could emit flames.

When Freya and Oga led the Latan soldiers to the platform above, two forks in the road appeared in front of them.

"I choose this one." Freya pointed to the fork in the road on the right, and then led the soldiers into the fork in the road.

Oga didn't say much, and silently led the remaining soldiers to the left fork in the road. At the end was an arrow tower with some bricks and tiles collapsed.

In the face of the absolute gap in strength, the goblins' ambush was completely ineffective, and even forced Oga and Freya to lead their respective soldiers in a stranglehold competition on the mountainside.

When the last three hundred goblins retreated into the ruins of the fortress at the top of Raven Hill, Latan, who had been watching the battle, finally drew his Starbreaker sword.

The tip of the Star-Breaking Sword lightly touched the void, and the direction of gravity of the entire Raven Ridge suddenly flipped 180 degrees.

Freya, Oga and the others were protected by the general's delicate gravity magic and were not affected, but the goblins screamed and fell from the vertical rock wall. The moment they touched the ground, they were crushed into blood by the restored gravity field.

The metallic friction sound as General Latan sheathed his sword just put an end to the massacre.

At noon, Oga planted the golden tree flag in the dilapidated watchtower of Raven Hill Fortress, and Freya planted the red lion battle flag symbolizing General Latan next to the golden tree flag.

Olga looked at Freya and said briefly, "Tell the dwarves that every stone in Raven Hill is soaked in the fire of the Red Lion."

Freya looked at Latan, who was using gravity magic to reshape the terrain of Raven Hill, which had been altered during the battle, and said, "More than that, the whole world should remember today: General Latan's first battle with the Red Lions."

(End of this chapter)