The Journey of the Demon Hunter

In the end, before the last roadblock was about to be broken, Zelin ordered the civilians to push down the boulders they had dug down, blocking the road. There were originally some Luen people who tried to turn around from the side of the rock, but under the suppression of the archers, they quickly gave up. The battle ended before dawn. When the Luen retreated beyond the range of their bows and arrows, many Rohan warriors fell to the ground almost exhausted, panting for breath to relieve their tired body.

Fortunately, the elves of Harda took charge of the vigilance work before dawn.

"The Ruen people's losses are more serious than ours. Now we have to consider whether to continue fighting. It is not us." Zelin pointed to the hillside covered with corpses: "They lost hundreds of people, at least 300 of our casualties. In a force of two thousand people, if hundreds of people lose their combat effectiveness, they will not have the ability to continue fighting."

"We kill very few enemies."

"That's right, Her Royal Highness. Did you know? Sometimes the wounded soldiers affect an army far more than the dead." Zelin raised his hand and pointed to the Ruen camp below. Many Ruen people are logging wood to create roadblocks. Last night, they launched an attack after arriving at the Black Man Temple. As a result, they have only now begun to create a camp that can be used for defense: "They need to allocate personnel to take care of the wounded soldiers, and they need to allocate additional materials. In order to meet the needs of the wounded, when they move, the wounded with inconvenient mobility will slow down their speed. If the commander of the Rouen decides to abandon the wounded, the morale of the army will be seriously affected by the defeat. We have caused enough trouble for this army, and now even if the Luen people abandon the black barbarian temple and attack King Xiurton’s army, according to the current state, their odds of winning are too low."

"But what if they continue to attack?" Eowyn asked worriedly: "We don't have enough soldiers to resist. Wait until they pry the rock away..."

"First of all, if they hit the rock, Harda's archers can stand directly at our position." Zelin stepped on the dirt under his feet: "Shooting the enemy's engineers from top to bottom. They will probably send in at that time. Many shield guards protect the engineers to remove the rocks."

The rock got stuck on the roadblock, which was also a problem that Zelin was considering. When the roadblocks were being built, all the roadblocks created a stone wall made of rocks. This can not only be used as a shelter, but can also prevent the rock from rolling down the hillside when the rock is pushed down, forming a natural line of defense.

"This will waste a lot of their time. Therefore, we can take this opportunity to move the wounded along the mountain road behind the Black Man Temple to the White Mountains. But I think they should be able to see it now. There is no Rohan army, just a few militias. Thanks to the elven archers who came to support us, otherwise we will have to pay more and our opponents will lose less."

"I will arrange for people to retreat to the White Mountains. We also have many wounded."

"I trust your judgment, Your Highness."

Having caused such serious casualties to the Ruen people, it is already difficult for them to pose a threat to Hidden's troops. The rest of the people should be safe to stay in the White Mountains. This mountain range is located between Gondor and Rohan, separating the two kingdoms. The orcs inside were wiped out long ago.

Suddenly, Polomo strode over, and the son of the regent of Gondor was confused and suspicious on his face: "The Luen people are starting to move. You must come and take a look, something happened below!"

"The Luen people are ready to attack?" Zelin frowned: "It's fast enough."

Many soldiers who were still standing also stayed on the edge of the hillside, standing together and looking down. Zelin didn't approve of this, it might expose all of his strength. But Polomo felt so good. If the edge of the mountain was full of soldiers, it would make the opponent hesitate to continue the attack, which was a kind of bravado and deterrence. Polomo believes that they have no ability to continue fighting, and it is better to force the Ruen people to give up instead of fleeing into the White Mountains. As a Gondor, he didn't like that mountain, which was too dangerous and could easily cause unnecessary casualties.

"No, it's not an offense." Poromo shook his head: "It's the Luen people who are in trouble. Come and take a look."

Zelin and Eowyn followed Polom to the edge of the cliff and looked down. There are more elven soldiers standing here. These elves seldom express emotions on the battlefield, but their eyes below are also full of surprise. Halda and Altarel stayed here. They were originally wary of the Luen people attacking while the Rohan soldiers were resting, but now, they even put their arrows back in their quiver and put away their bows and arrows.

Noting Zelin's approach, Altarel nodded: "You are finally here."

"What's the matter?" Zelin asked Altariel.

"Look below, look at the forest." The elf ranger raised his hand and stretched out his finger: "What do you see?"

What Altariel said was not a question, and Zelin didn't need to give him an answer.

The demon hunter opened his eyes and watched the scene below

In the forest, the Luen people who were cutting down trees to build camps fled in a panic, like frightening birds scattered all around. Axes and tools were thrown on the ground. Many people fell while escaping and ran away from the woods by crawling. Behind them, the woods shook and the trees moved, like a slowly flowing green liquid, swallowing and submerging any escaped creatures.

The sea of ​​trees shook, as if being blown by a strong wind, like an emerald sea.

"Oh...there is no wind here."

Zelin watched the Luen people escape from the forest and gathered in the clearing at the foot of the mountain. The forest moved at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually squeezing the living space of the Ruen people from three different directions.

"Tree people." Ze Lin took a deep breath: "Why are they here?"

The war is over.

The huge treants waved their sturdy arms, and the Loen soldiers who had not had time to rest after a night of fighting were crushed in front of them. Many soldiers were thrown into the air directly, or were stepped on the ground by a tree man, and every time they waved their arms, they screamed. A small number of Luen people reluctantly launched a counterattack, but their spears were basically unable to cause any effective damage to the Treants, and no matter how hard their shields were, they could not provide protection from Treants’ attacks. Their armors and shields were meaningless. .

When realizing that the counterattack was completely useless, many Loen soldiers collapsed. They ran desperately, but were trapped in the endless sea of ​​forest. They climbed the cliff in vain, trying to escape this predicament, but they only tried in vain. Finally, they were entangled by vines and dragged to the ground, desperately covered by plants. .

Zelin never thought that this battle would end in this way.

The Luen people in brown armors were forced to gather together, and their open space became less and less. Many people wanted to rush through the treant’s encirclement and flee to other places. But they had just rushed into the forest, and more treants appeared in front of them. Under the cover of night last night, the tree man quietly entered the woodland under the Heiman Temple and completed the encirclement of the Luen people.

Screams and wailing sound one after another.

"I saw someone I knew." Alta Rylton paused: "You know."

Hisalie was sitting on the shoulders of a tree man, and her raised right hand exuded the emerald green of life force. Some vines are attached to the treemen, and some Luenmen try to chop with an axe, or besiege those who rush forward, but they soon discovered that a layer of hard tree vines blocked the cutting and they could do it. The only thing that irritates the tree people even more.

"They are running to the east!" Xisali pointed to the open space to the east, and the remaining Luen people gathered together and rushed to the tree people. But instead of attacking, they scattered and fled, seeming to think that some people could escape in this way. A few of the treants in the front were killed, but more of them bypassed it and disappeared into the lush woodland: "Pay attention to the east!"

As soon as the voice fell, the woods became more violent, and the forest seemed to sway violently under the violent storm. The sound of swaying leaves almost concealed the screams of near or far.

"No one of them can escape." The Treant said in a sullen voice: "Saruman and his allies will be truly punished. The fury from the forest will engulf their bodies and ambitions..."

Standing on the hillside, the Luohan people and the elves looked at the clearing where the Ruen people were below, and finally, together with the people standing on it, were swallowed up by the forest and completely disappeared into the dense trees. Soon, there was only a prosperous forest at the foot of the mountain, and there was no trace of the former plain and the Luen people.

The cold wind blew across the mountain, leaving nothing but silence.

Chapter 2460 Parting Ways

After the forest calmed down, Zelin walked down the hillside, over the corpses on the hillside, walked to the foot of the hill, and stood on the edge of the forest.

Trees stand silently on the grassland, with almost no gaps between the entangled branches, their twisted roots dig deep into the soil, and the forest is pitch black. The edge of the woodland is distinct from the foot of the mountain, and a straight line delineates the boundary of the forest.

Ze Lin raised his head, these treants who turned into trees again.

"Elune bless you! Zelin, I thought I would be late." In the woods, Xisali came out with the trunk of her arm. The druid wears a close-fitting leather armor, a brown leather bodice on the upper body is decorated with leaves, a sturdy abdomen is exposed under the bosom, and brown leather shorts are also under the abdomen, down to the top of the knee, and then brown. Long leather boots. The night elf pinched his waist with his right hand, a moon-shaped stone forwards on his chest, and a crown made of willow branches surrounds his forehead: "Are you all right? I have been praying to come over sooner."

This is the leather armor that the druid will wear in battle, which is convenient for action. In normal times, she would wear another more loose and formal black suspender dress.

"I'm okay, Xisali, these enemies can't deal with me. It's nice to meet you, especially you are also safe..." Zelin looked around: "But I really want to know, this What the **** is going on? Why did the tree people come here?"

"The tree-men of the tree-hus decided to join the war." Xisali walked to Zelin, stretched out her arms around the demon hunter's shoulders, and kissed Zelin's cheek lightly: "I remember you told me that the plan was Edoras blocks the enemy and consumes the enemy’s power. So when the tree Hu was about to attack Isengard, I asked it to assign me a team of tree people to come to Edoras to help you fight the enemy. It is learning There are also Saruman's allies here, and when they were about to join forces with Saruman, they readily agreed."

Zelin responded to Xisally, with the night elves' unique fragrance lingering in the tip of his nose, like grass after the rain, with the sweetness of flowers. She clung to him, showing off the beauty of her proud figure without hesitation.

"How did you find the Black Man Temple?"

"Did you forget? I'm a druid, the animals here are very friendly to me, the horses and birds here. I saw a group of horses running from the east, and I felt their panic. In their mouths, I knew you I have given up Edoras and the nearby land, and moved to a place called the Black Barbarian Temple." After hugging for a long time, Xisali let go: "I have long dreamed that one day I can lead the ancients. Trees destroy enemies, just like those archdruids in the past, trees, animals, winds, and nature are all fighting for them. Elune must have heard my wish, but I never thought it would be Experience it here."

After confirming that there is no danger below, Luohan talent completely put down his vigilance, returned to the black man temple, and enjoyed the peace after the war. The remaining physically strong soldiers and civilians came to the battlefield to gather the remains of the dead, and they wanted to prepare a decent funeral for the dead. In addition, the corpses of the Ruen people were thrown into the forest so as not to rot and cause infectious diseases, but no one dared to approach the forest. The elves lined up to rest, even when they were resting, the elven warriors still looked like they could stand up and fight at any time.

"Thanks to you, Harda." Zelin made a fist with his right hand, pressed it on his left chest, and bent over to greet the elf leader: "Are you going to lead the others back to Lothlorien?"

"Queen Galadriel ordered me to reinforce Rohan." Harda bent back and said, "The human beings for Sauron have been defeated, but my mission has not yet ended. I will go to Rohan Pass after recuperating, and talk to Xi King Udon converged until Saruman was defeated."

"If the plan did not go wrong, I think Saruman should have failed by now." Zelin said seriously: "But we can go to Rohan Pass together to meet King Hayden."

"What the **** is going on in the forest below?" Eowyn stepped forward. This time, instead of holding the king flag, she handed it over to a guard of the Golden Temple: "People are very scared, they dare not walk out. Heiman Temple. People worry about whether the forest will kill the remaining humans like the Luen people."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the forests here are not hostile to the Rohan people. They are treants, specially to attack Saruman's allies." Zelin made a reassuring gesture to Eowyn: "They are the Fargon Forest. The treants in here, Saruman cut down and burned their kinsmen, now they come for this, and take revenge on Saruman and his allies."

Xisali told Zelin what had happened in the Fargon Forest, including the tree people's council and the reaction to the discovery of Saruman's deforestation.

"Treant...I have never seen such a strange creature." After hearing their conversation, Poromo frowned and looked at the jungle below. Sunlight can't shine through the dense canopy of the forest to the inside of the forest: "But anyway, they are on our side now? That's a good thing. Fighting Sauron requires all kinds of allies, even if it's just against Saarron. Ruman is the same. Please forgive me, everyone, I’m afraid I can’t go with you to meet with King Xiuton, but I hope I can get a horse of Rohan to drive me away as quickly as possible."

"Why?" Eowyn asked: "We just won a victory. After this big defeat, the Ruen people want to cross the Anduin River again to invade Rohan. They must think carefully about how much they will endure. Loss. We should bury the dead, and then hold a celebration banquet to report the victory to His Majesty the King. Why don’t you stay and enjoy the victory with us? It will be a grand banquet, held in the Golden Palace."