The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"Oh, Zelin, I really shouldn't have left the Black Gate at the time." Virginia rubbed her sore shoulders, grinning bitterly. "Mrs. Yauris and I went to Minas Tirith without any trouble, nor did I see any Gondor. In some villages, only empty houses were left. After seeing the flames of the Black Gate, Everyone fled. There was no danger on the road, I should have stayed."

"No, we are all doing what we should do."

Zelin turned his head, and he thought of the illusion he had seen in the Tower of Sauron.

No, he must not lose her.

After experiencing it, he realized how much he had neglected the people around him because of fighting and adventurous, or because he was unwilling to face some choices.

He never wanted to make the situation in the illusion come true, no matter how he lost it.

"Zelin?"

"I'm listening."

"What are you going to do next?" Virginia asked. "During this time, other people have been asking me what to do, oh my god, if it weren’t for the orcs I had learned magic and can solve the offensive with spells, burn the catapult, otherwise I really don’t know what to do. , Here you are, you must have a way to help the people here."

"Maybe, I can't think of a good way."

Virginia laughed, as if to hear some funny joke: "Oh, stop kidding, I have never seen it, when you can't think of a countermeasure. I feel that compared with commanding and helping these soldiers, managing winter Fort College is not worth mentioning."

"But before thinking of a way, why are you here?" Zelin said his doubts: "I thought you should be in Minas Tirith now. Although the names of the two cities are similar, I think I can't make a mistake."

"I escorted Madam Yorice to White City." Virginia coughed and cleared her throat: "The injured rangers go to see the commander of that city. Oh, the Holy Spirit is on top. That's a magnificent city. Minas Ihir in peacetime cannot be compared with it. Mrs. Youris’ father is a decent gentleman or a good man. After Mrs. Youris explains the situation, he is willing to give me gold and provide A residence. The rangers are going to meet the Regent Dinese and tell him what happened in the Black Gate, but I don’t want to stay. I, I am very worried about you, but when I return to the Black Gate, they find that there are orc patrols everywhere. , And I’m not like Miss Gnaya, who can sneak in without attracting anyone’s attention, so I came to this city of Gondor, the closest city to Mordor, and wanted to hear from you. As a result. , Less than three days after I arrived in the city, the orc army appeared outside the city."

"Thanks to you, Virginia." Zelin said, "Otherwise, when Talion and I arrive, we may see a city occupied by orcs."

"I didn't help much." Virginia said embarrassedly, but her eyes were full of smiles: "I just burned a few catapults with fireballs, then burned a siege hammer, and then used ice storms. Destroy the three siege towers. As a result, people think that I am a sage, a saint, and the wizard in their mouth. For the rest, I just walked around the wall during the battle to let the soldiers know that I was here. , Accidentally used healing spells to heal the seriously wounded."

"You have done enough, Virginia." Zelin said seriously. "Really, as the first person to participate in a war of this scale, you did better than most people."

"Don't praise me any more. Professor Toldiv used to say when we were in class, the mage can never be proud, because there will always be an archmage stronger than you in this world." Virginia smiled and said The tip of the hair on the forehead is pushed behind the ear. "What do we do next? Shall we kill back in the dark? I still have a bottle of potion on me, which should allow me to release several destruction magics."

"Don't worry." Zelin touched his chin, thinking about feasible solutions in his mind: "We need to find opportunities, but before that, we must first figure out what the orcs are going to do..."

Suddenly, the soldier guarding the door ran in and shouted at the others.

"Look outside! The orcs are on the move!"

Zelin looked at the entrance of the cave, and the others who were still recuperating stood up one after another, grabbed the weapons around them, and ran outside.

"Let's go." Zelin said to Virginia.

"Let's fight side by side." The mage girl hugged her staff tightly: "With you, we will definitely succeed."

"Of course." Zelin didn't say much, he took a deep breath, pressed the shoulder of the ebony blade, and walked out of the cave with the mage girl.

"The orcs are gathering!" The sentry pointed to the distant city wall: "They are going to launch a general attack on the city!"

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"They are gathering, ready to attack."

Idri closed his eyes and held his forehead. "Maybe we can attack the orcs from behind while they focus on the front. Wizard, what do you think?"

Virginia looked at the orcs in front of the city wall: "If you lead the soldiers to attack, I will cover you with magic. But our number is too small. If we attack, we will soon be surrounded by orcs. The valley behind is very open, and my spells cannot cover every corner."

"We just need to kill back to the city." Izhul shook the sword in his hand. "Barano will meet me at the gate of the city. Before leaving, I discussed with him. Once he sees my signal, he will prepare an archer at the gate of the city to take us into the city. But... He may think that it is a large number of reinforcements that will return to the city."

"Don't be disappointed, Idri." Virginia patted the captain of the guard on the shoulder. "Trust me, you got a soldier who is more valuable than a support army."

"You trust him, wizard, are you close friends with him?"

"Yes." Virginia nodded. "Very good."

Idrior and Talion stood on the hillside, looking at the moving orc phalanx. The orcs seemed to be discussing which direction of the city wall to attack from or continue to hit the bridge. The armored ogre came to the front of the phalanx and stood on the bridge. Two huge beasts with trebuchets on their backs appeared behind the phalanx. There were many active black spots on them. They were orc slaves who were carrying stones.

"Since I killed two giant beasts that were too close to the city wall by magic." Virginia stood beside Zelin and said in a low voice, "Then they never dared to send the siege beasts anymore. I almost thought those two behemoths The behemoth is their only siege weapon."

"After you killed the two, they haven't sent a new siege beast to appear in the past half a month?" Zelin asked suddenly.

"Yeah, otherwise, what kind of city wall can withstand the bombardment for half a month? Their trebuchets are very good and can attack outside the range of archers. This time, Idri said he would attack the rest of them. The city’s weapons are all destroyed."

Zelin stared at the orc phalanx in the distance and thought for a while. Idri and Talion discussed the next plan.

"Wait, Idri." Suddenly, the demon hunter stopped the captain of the guard who was about to lead the soldiers to ambush at the planned attack position. "Before, when the orcs attacked the last time, how many people were there?"

"Many."

"How many squares?"

"Probably, there are more than two thousand people, at least twenty squares, more or less." Idri asked strangely: "Why are you asking this?"

"Look at the number of squares in front of the city wall." Zelin stretched out his hand and pointed to the orc's position. "It looks like a lot, 13 phalanxes, one phalanx has about 120 people. But compared to the number of the last attack, it's a lot less. Virginia just told me that there is war among the orcs. Behemoths, the Shadow Mountains are so steep, it is no easier to lead the war beasts across the mountains than to ride across the mountains, unless they have a passage."

"This is not surprising, most of the Shadow Mountains are under the control of the orcs." Idri's eyes fixed on the orcs outside the city: "We used to sometimes see the orcs alone in the mountains, the orcs. The number is so large that it can overflow from Mordor."

"So the orcs must have found a mountain road that can go straight through the steep cliffs and come here." Zelin made a crossing gesture. "Don't you think that the orcs attacked too hastily this time?"

"It may be because we burned their food." Talion said: "If the orcs are insufficient in food, it will be difficult for their chiefs to continue to order others to continue fighting instead of fleeing. As far as I know, orcs never mind eating their kind. Fill your stomach."

"But if the orcs know a way, they can let the war beasts pass through." Zelin stretched out two fingers: "Will they feel uneasy because the food is burned?"

Talion frowned, and he immediately realized what was wrong.

"You mean, this is a trap?"

"Perhaps." Zelin nodded: "Perhaps the orcs always seemed stupid in the past, but with so many things that have happened recently, I think maybe we should change our views. Some of Sauron's subordinates may not be like the orcs, just like us. The black-armored knights encountered in Norn and the Black Gate. You see, the orcs have been besieging the city for nearly a month. They have not been able to break through the city wall so far. The corpses under the corner are piled up like a mountain, but not only do they show no signs of retreating. After the loss of two war behemoths, a new war behemoth will be sent to attack. For an orc tribe, it is already everything it can get."

When Azog attacked River Valley City and Lone Mountain Fortress, there were only four war beasts in the army.

"If I were a tribal chief, I would not choose to waste my energy under a solid human wall. It is very likely that not only would I not be able to conquer the city, but I would also be swallowed by other eye-catching tribes because of a severe loss of strength, unless... ...."

"Unless this orc has a stronger leader." Talion continued: "You mean, like Black Gate and Norn, the one who led the attack on Minas Isil was also a black knight. ?"

"We can't be sure, but I have to suspect that the commander of this orc is not a chief at all."

Zelin thought of what Shiluo had said, that Minas Isil was attacked, and he would see an unexpected acquaintance here. Now, she has already said two, and the third one, Sauron wants to get Palant in Minas Ihir City, the true-knowing spar.

"So, what are your plans?" Idri asked. "It doesn't matter who the commander of the orcs is, we must keep this city. Even if it is led by a so-called black armored knight, we cannot just stay here because we are afraid of it and sit back and watch the city be attacked. "

"Relax, Idri, we certainly wouldn't be like this. How much food and supplies are there in Minas Ihir?"

"A lot." Idri's tone was very convinced: "If we have enough soldiers and the means to destroy the trebuchet and siege hammer, we can continue to hold on for a few months."

"That's good." Zelin looked at the orcs who began to advance towards the city wall in the distance: "You know, when I encounter a group of evil spirits, I never rush in directly to fight with them just because they are approaching the village. Because it’s meaningless, and it’s easy for you to become one of the victims of evil spirits."

Idri looked at Zelin, then at Virginia: "What is he talking about?"