Chapter 173: River of Blood

It sounds simple, but it is still difficult to implement.

"I don't know how you are going to do it."

Alatar said: "Can you conjure a giant dragon out of thin air to fight for you?"

"Not yet."

"What?"

"It's okay, I mean, I have some other ways."

Looking at Levi suspiciously, Alatar used a piece of cloth to collect the fragments of his staff and said:

"Although if there is any need for help, my bow and sword can still be used."

Farodan said on the side: "And me, my bow, sword and dagger can also serve you."

Alatar glanced at him.

Do you have to mention the dagger?

"It would be great if you can help me control Khand, especially the 'awake' king."

"That's easy."

Alatar collected the fragments of the staff and said: "I know him well, and when he wakes up, I will have a good talk with him about what happened during this period."

Persuasion and conversation are the strengths of wizards.

"What if he doesn't want to talk to you?"

"You know, I know some swordsmanship."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you."

Levi nodded in conviction.

Besides, this guy has been in Middle-earth for thousands of years. Even if he doesn't use magic, his skills are not to be underestimated, comparable to the most warlike elves.

"Is there a mine here?"

"I have never been here." Farodan shook his head.

"There are some, but not too many."

Alatar said: "After leaving the city, go north, there is a small mine over there, but the metal output is not ideal, and there are always some impurities."

"Impurities?"

"Yes, impurities, but they are not useless. The new weapon of the Dongyi people, 'fire bombs', is made of this kind of impurities. They directly formed a brigade of grenadiers with this."

"I have seen those grenadiers a long time ago. In fact, I was studying this new weapon before going to Dongyi, but the progress has been slow."

"Wait, the impurities you mentioned, are they easy to burn, and the powder will explode?"

"Hey, how do you know?"

Alatar complained: "There are so many things that the temporary warehouse can't hold them. If it weren't for some other uses and it seems to have great development potential, sometimes I really want to throw them all away."

"Don't throw it away, give it to me."

"How much do you want?"

Levi approached and stretched out his hand:

"I want them all."

The north of Khande is a wilderness, and after the wilderness is Dongyi.

To the south, across the river that surrounds Khand, there is a large desert.

Desert means there is a lot of sand, lots of it.

So much that you can never dig it all.

The desert merchants who came to Khand in the past two days brought a terrifying legend: a huge worm seemed to have awakened on the edge of the desert near this land. It lived by swallowing sand and soil. Once it woke up, it dug a huge, wide, bottomless pit.

Every nomad or merchant passing by was terrified and sweated in the hot weather.

"How big a worm must it be!"

"As big as me."

In the storage warehouse near the mine, Levi kept opening and closing boxes, taking out materials from them for synthesis.

"Well, let's not talk about the rumors outside. Are you sure it's appropriate to put this thing here?"

Faloddan looked at the torches on the wall and the dangerous things in Levi's hands, and the memories of a few years ago came to his mind.

The hundreds of wolf cavalry were destroyed by this thing.

This red, strange block that can be ignited by a little flame.

"It's okay, it won't explode."

"Okay. How much of this have you made?"

"A lot, a lot."

Levi rolled out another set of TNT and said, "Who would have thought that there would be so much sulfur and saltpeter in this place? They also regard this thing as impurities. When I was in Roadside Castle, I wished I could dig impurities every day."

With sulfur and saltpeter, you can synthesize gunpowder. Although the principle and proportion are not clear, it doesn't matter. The workbench will solve all of this.

"How is the situation over there in Alatar?"

While busy, Levi asked casually.

"He gets along well with the king - that's what he said, but I didn't see the king."

"...Anyway, the situation is stable."

"Even if it's temporary."

Clang!

There was a metal collision sound in the next room.

Farodan looked in the direction of the sound vigilantly, and Levi waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care.

"What is that?"

"Some small props that may be used in a few days."

Small props?

He walked around curiously to take a look.

I saw a dwarf smelting array arranged in a square space that was obviously opened up temporarily. Stones were melting in the smelting furnace, and iron buckets were placed at the exit to collect the orange-red liquid flowing out.

Magma.

"Okay, that's enough."

At a certain moment, Levi suddenly stood up, rubbed his hands, knocked down the workbench, and took out a lot of TNT from the box until his backpack was full.

"It's time to move on to the next step."

In front of Khan's royal city was a large flat land full of sand and soil-occasionally there were a few cacti.

But that doesn't matter.

On this day, an order was issued from the king's hall: no one was allowed to leave the city for one day.

Countless nobles and relatives and friends of the king came forward to ask for the reason, but they were all rebuffed one by one, and there was still no answer.

This incident did not cause much turmoil. After all, it was only one day. Some traveling merchants speculated that it might be to hunt down some fugitive. Although things like this are uncommon, they have not never happened.

Everyone still lives his own life.

When the city gate was lifted the next day, someone stepped out of the city gate.

"Is it my imagination? Was this land so flat before?"

Looking at the land in front of them that seems to have become much flatter, the residents always feel a little uneasy.

The peaceful days lasted for three more days.

During this period, things continued as usual and residents lived as usual.

"Levi!"

Early in the morning, Alatar hurried over and almost shouted: "They are coming!"

"That army is not far from the royal city and can be seen directly!"

"The city gate has been closed urgently. Khand's soldiers and guard captains are quite agitated. They are seeking the king's opinion - whether to surrender or fight."

"I want to remind you that as of right now, most people are choosing to surrender."

"What does King Khand mean?" Li Wei asked.

"He has no problem with it."

Alatar answered vaguely.

"But I'm afraid it will happen soon. When the army arrives at the city, the magic in my words will fail. By then, he will no longer believe what I say."

Magic sound…

Levi looked at Alatar, half-smiling.

Gandalf once said that there is magic in Saruman's words, which can make people feel convinced unconsciously. This kind of cognitive change can sometimes even affect a person's life, unless that person is stimulated or has an extremely strong will. .

He called this ability 'Magic Sound'.

As for this kind of magic sound, all wizards should be able to use it, but some people like to abuse it and use the magic sound when they speak, but some people don't like to bewitch others like this. At most, they only use it to calm down when a quarrel occurs. .

Now it seems that Lanpao also knows some magic sounds, the kind of magic sounds that can change people's cognition.

"Then let him wake up completely."

Buzz——

When these words were spoken, a trumpet sounded in front of the city.

Alatar and Falodan climbed up the city wall and saw densely packed Orcs and Dongyi's Jinhuang army below.

The behemoth and the steel-armored Olog are the forwards, the Oaks and Uruks are the main offensive units, and there are a large number of Dongyi cavalry and bombardiers in the rear.

Several siege ladders and catapults were parked neatly on the flat land, ready to go.

An Uruk rode a warg and ran out of the formation, all the way to the city wall.

Just as he was preparing to make his last appeal to surrender, suddenly, the city gate opened wide.

A figure walked out of it.

"Bug, are you ready to surrender?"

When Uruk comes up, it smells fragrant.

On the city wall, Farodan drew his long bow from behind and was held down by Alatar.

"surrender?"

Li Wei looked at the dark army in the flat open space in the distance, then looked at the messenger who came out on a warg to persuade him to surrender, and said:

"I have some new insights into what you're talking about."

"Now I'll give you a chance."

He said: "If you surrender and retreat, you may be able to live a little longer - if you choose to go to war, then only destruction awaits you."

Uruk, who came to persuade him to surrender, was silent for a moment.

"Hahahahaha!"

After a while, there was loud laughter.

"Simply stupider than those stinky Oaks!"

He went back.

Shortly after the Uruk envoys who persuaded them to surrender merged into the military formation, the horn sounded again.

"attack!"

So the army moved forward.

Bang!

The city gate is closed.

Li Wei still stood at the city gate, looking at the advancing army, making no move.

Falodan held the ancient sword tightly and couldn't help but ask the wizard beside him: "Are we going to watch like this?"

"Then you think you can help?"

Alatar was also sweating at this moment.

"Hopefully those red cubes he buried underground will do the trick. In order to make those things, the entire mine's storage bin for impurities was emptied."

Snap.

When the army advanced several hundred meters away from the city wall, an Oak suddenly lowered his head in confusion and saw a flat board under his feet. It made a 'click' sound when it was stepped on.

That's exactly what wooden pedals are.

The sole purpose of this pedal is to activate something underneath or nearby.

hiss--

A strange sound came from the ground, but compared to the movements of the army, this sound was so small that it was quickly drowned out by the footsteps.

No one cares.

Until a few seconds later.

Boom!

The first TNT was activated and exploded on the spot. Before the charging Oak had time to look back, there was an explosion under his feet. This momentum could not be stopped from the beginning, as if it was contagious. One after another appeared on the ground. Big craters, white explosions and impacts directly plowed the entire battlefield from left to right, from east to west. Whether it was Oak, Behemoth, Steel Armor Olog or the Dongyi army behind, they were all attacked. Affected, no one was spared.

At the same time, flowing magma emerged from the ground with the explosion, and began to spread around as soon as it appeared, burning the Orcs above and dyeing the entire area red.

The dense explosions continued to sound, and there were screams in the open space outside the city. The commanders and captains in the army shouted at their soldiers to retreat, but most of the sounds were drowned out by the explosions at this moment and could not be heard.

An army that could directly compete with the White City in the Pelennor Plains had lost nearly half of its troops before the battle began, and the losses were still increasing.

In an instant, both the armies of Mordor and the East Yi fell into chaos and no longer had the idea of ​​rushing forward.

Explosions, magma, unpleasant smells, scattered giant beasts and large numbers of Orc corpses lying on the ground, whimpering wargs and horses under the crotch of the cavalry, all of this was like hell.

At this moment, the East Yi army was extremely grateful that their assembly was slowed down by various accidents, so that they could only follow behind the Mordor army that set out first.

Some cavalrymen fell off their horses in great fear and tried their best to climb far away.

When he looked back, he saw a black figure standing quietly in front of the distant city gate.

All this was his masterpiece.

That figure was deeply reflected in everyone's pupils, becoming everyone's lingering nightmare.

"Stand up!"

The sky suddenly darkened, and a sound like crying and a strong wind blew on the battlefield, followed by a heavy shadow covering the hearts, which covered the fear in the soldiers' hearts.

Levi looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw a black horse galloping towards this place. The figure on it was sometimes transparent and sometimes condensed. The explosion and impact could not affect him at all, and the magma flowing on the ground was also lightly passed over.

[Ringwraith Lieutenant·Khamul]

This powerful Ringwraith who had been hiding in the dark from the beginning finally couldn't help it at this moment. If he didn't show up again, even with the will of the Magic Eye as support, I'm afraid this army with heavy losses would collapse, and it might all be defeated here.

Sigh——

The black horse stopped suddenly, and the magic shadow on it dissipated like the wind, and suddenly crossed a hundred meters and condensed directly in front of Levi.

Khamul waved the Morgul Blade in his hand, flashing the afterimage and waving it towards the human in front of him, and Levi was well prepared and fought with him directly.

Ding!

A crisp collision sound sounded, and sparks splashed.

When the stalemate was just about to begin, Kehamul suddenly became a virtual figure, and together with the Morgul Blade, he was about to penetrate the armor and directly damage the flesh and blood inside.

Levi's mouth corners rose, and he didn't retreat or defend, but took advantage of this gap to accumulate armor-breaking.

Amber bright runes condensed on his body, directly blocking the Morgul Blade with a piece of virtuality.

Almost at the same time, when Hamur appeared and swung the Morgul Blade, the nemesis rushed out, pierced through the black cloak, and hit the spirit inside.

Wow!

The flames shot up into the sky, and Hamur screamed and disappeared, even the weapon in his hand was dropped.

Rune shield, flame attachment, one defense and one attack, all are things to restrain the Ringwraiths and dark forces.

Ah——! !

An extremely sharp scream sounded, and everyone who heard it fell into fear. Many soldiers on the city wall directly covered their heads and fell to the ground. Some of them couldn't stop coughing, and breathing became difficult, as if they had a serious illness.

Not only on the city wall, but also the residents in the city were affected. They fled around with their heads in their hands.

In the hall, the king was stunned, and shame and anger broke out at this moment.

This was an indiscriminate large-scale range attack.

[Toxic: 5s]

Swish——

At some point, the Morgul Blade that was thrown on the ground disappeared. When it reappeared, a broken black shadow took it in his hand.

The rune shield lit up, helping Levi to offset the poison on his body. He drank a mouthful of milk and quickly cleared the pollution. If it was two years ago, there might be an extra [Fear] buff on the status bar, but now...

Not afraid, just not afraid.

But although Levi is not afraid, not everyone is afraid.

Faloddan covered his chest, half-knelt on the ground, and took deep breaths.

The fear brought by the Ringwraiths - it was like having a lucid dream, the consciousness was clear, but the body could not react, as if it was just a cage to imprison the consciousness.

"Take courage!"

Alatar helped him up, his voice was deep and powerful.

"I'm fine!"

Faloddan struggled to stand up, staring at the Ringwraiths, with hatred in his eyes that could not be dispersed.

"This time, I was not frightened... I won't be frightened in the future..."

Hu——

Seeing that the spreading of terror failed to work - mainly because it failed to work on the enemy in front of him, Hamur was about to hide and retreat.

Levi chased forward, but no matter how fast he moved, he was still a split second late.

However, he was not the only one fighting here.

Seeing that Hamur was about to disappear, Alatar raised his sword to his head, and a circle of light suddenly appeared around his body.

He shouted:

"Make all shadows appear here!"

Then the demon had no way to retreat.

Boom!

The nemesis hit something firmly, and with one strike of the sword, the fire rose wildly, but Hamul wailed in pain and rolled on the ground. After a while, the armor that was the basis of this world fell to the ground, and the cloak turned into a ball of ashes. .

The attack is high, but the skin is squishy, ​​which is the Nazgul.

Of course, it would be fine if that were all, but the real trouble with the Ringwraiths is that as long as Sauron still exists, they can be resurrected unlimited times.

"He's back in Mordor."

Alatar took a deep breath and put down the sword in his hand.

I'm not used to this kind of staff.

Levi stepped forward to pick up the Morgul Blade dropped by Khamul and held it in his hand to examine it.

But in the eyes of the Oak and Dongyi armies behind them, this action looked like they were picking up the relics of their own general and showing them off as trophies.

"The Phantom of the East, the Deputy Commander of the Ringwraiths, and the Black Dongyi Kohamul" who became famous since the Second Era was defeated by a human for the first time on the battlefield today.

The general was knocked down and the army suffered heavy losses. The soldiers of Mordor and Dongyi had no intention of fighting anymore, even if there was only one person on the other side.

The commander-in-chief of Dongyi took the lead in retreating, not because he was afraid of the man in front of the city gate, but because he was afraid of any ambush if he continued to move forward. At least the front of the royal city was unstoppable for attack. Even if he continued to fight, he would have to take a detour. Go the other way.

The commander-in-chief of Dongyi thinks a lot, but the Oaks think less.

When Khamul, the second most powerful being among the Ringwraiths, was knocked down, the shadow of his dominance also disappeared. At this moment, when the Oaks looked at Levi and the sword in his hand, their eyes felt like It was like being pricked by a needle, the sharpness was too sharp.

The giant beast and Olog didn't know what fear was, but after experiencing a bombing, even if they were not dead, most of them were injured, and they seemed to be a little cowed.

"Trash, a bunch of trash!"

The leader Uruk was furious, but when his eyes came into contact with the man and even saw him taking a step this way, he trembled like the Oaks and quickly took several steps back. .

"Great, we may have avoided a war, and also successfully weakened the enemy."

"Aren't you surprised, Farlow..."

Pfft.

Alatar was talking when suddenly a sharp long sword passed through his back and reached his chest, with bright blood on it.

! !

Farodan, who noticed something strange, quickly turned around and saw a tall Khand wearing gorgeous armor angrily drawing out his sword and kicking Alatar off the high wall.

A heavy falling sound sounded below.

"You damn demagogue!"

The king of Khand had completed his revenge.

?

Levi quickly ran over, first opened Alatar's mouth, took out a bottle of regeneration potion and poured it into it, and then took out a golden apple to stuff it.

This time it was not false, this guy really lost blood.

"You should eat it quickly."

"Uh-huh——"

Alatar rolled his eyes and struggled.

I'm going to choke to death!

"How dare you!"

Farodan whipped out his sword, and his companion was stabbed by the sharp blade right next to him, but he didn't notice it at all.

Anger erupted from the homeless man's eyes, and this anger collided with King Khand's gaze.

"Oh, angry."

The king shook off the blood on his sword and said loudly: "Can your anger compare with mine?"

"I was controlled and manipulated by you like a little insect without any dignity...I didn't even know the army had advanced to the city gate."

"As a king, he lives such a humble life. Even revenge is condemned!"

Falodan was speechless for a moment, and the anger on his face disappeared a lot.

Not because he agreed with what the king said, but because he found that Alatar seemed fine.

Levi is here after all.

"Ahem..."

Under the wall, Alatar wiped his mouth, covered his chest and stood up again.

He shouted: "O king of Khand, if it weren't for me, how could your country be as rich as it is today?"

"Even if we don't mention the development of the country, even you yourself, if I hadn't arrived a few years ago, you would have been killed by your own brothers."

"shut up!"

The king was surprisingly angry.

"You should accept reality, kid."

Alatar said flatly: "Among all your brothers and sisters, you are the worst in terms of willpower, otherwise you would not be where you are today, let alone be supported."

"Shut up!"

No longer caring about Falodan beside him, the king rushed down the city wall, and when he walked out of the gate, he was about to give Alatar another blow.

Boom!

A moment later, the burly king, who was strong on the outside but capable on the inside, was knocked to the ground by Li Wei's car, and he no longer had the strength to pick up the sword.

When Levi raised his sword, Alatar suddenly stood in front of him.

"That's enough, Levi, it's my request."

“…”

"Okay, I won't get too involved in your personal affairs."

"Enough people have fallen by my sword, including this one."

Alatar bowed slightly, and the king behind him clenched his fists and remained silent.

Boom!

"Um?"

Several people suddenly turned their heads and looked in another direction.

Behind the royal city, south of Khand.

Boom!

War drums were beating, horns were blasting, and the earth was shaking.

The three of them looked at each other and ran towards the back of the royal city, ignoring the autistic king on the ground and the two armies that had collapsed in front of the city.

Huge war elephants, various siege equipment, a large number of soldiers, as well as the mysterious ring spirits leading the army in front and the generals behind them...

"Men of Harad!"

Alatar's heart tightened.

"The third army...why?"

"Do you still have those exploding red cubes?"

"No more, all used up."

Levi spread his hands.

"What should we do?"

This is really just out of the frying pan...and into the pit of fire.

"There is no trace of this army in my intelligence. There is no sign. It seems that they suddenly decided to come."

"Probably, maybe it's for me."

Levi pointed at himself.

"you?"

"I've always wanted to ask, I didn't hit you before, right?"

"Yes, it was never me that you fought back, but the shadow of the enemy."

"...He saw you."

"He saw me."

"That's why we had to send more people."

For Li Wei, he was not afraid of having many enemies or having few friends, but he was afraid that the enemies would come suddenly, and he was not in the territory, had no resources at hand, and did not have enough time to prepare.

"So what?"

Under the gaze of the two men, Li Wei walked out of the south city gate, drew his sword, and faced the army.

The three leading Ringwraiths broke away from the team and flew towards them, then suddenly disappeared in the distance.

Alatar raised his sword from behind and shouted again: "Show yourself!"

Then three figures appeared next to Levi, and at the same time, three Morgul blades struck at him.

clang!

The long sword blocked one of them, and Li Wei took out his wooden shield and banged it to block the second one.

And the third attack - an ancient tomb sword blocked it and pushed it back.

The ring spirit screamed, but it did not affect Levi or the people around him at all.

"I said I won't let fear affect me anymore."

"It's time for revenge..."

Falodan raised his head high and stared at the Nazgul fighting with him.

On the other side, Alatar finished releasing the spell, took a deep breath with considerable effort, and raised his sword to face a Nazgul.

boom!

The next second, flames rose, and Levi stepped on the Nazgul's armor and pulled the nemesis out of it.

Then, he grabbed the Morgul Blade that penetrated his chest, stuck the other Nazgul's hand, turned around and chopped off his helmet.

His aura was so fierce that even Alatar was stunned for a moment.

The Ring Spirit can be said to be strong or weak. Its specific strength depends on whether the person fighting it is afraid.

When there is no trace of fear in a person's heart, then the black magic of the Nazgul will be completely ineffective. To that person, they are just stronger warriors.

"Uh-huh!"

Falodan swung his sword vigorously, igniting the ring spirit in front of him, then pressed on it, and finished it with another sword.

All three ring spirits were destroyed.

"It's amazing."

Alatar couldn't help but admire it.

"Any one of these Nazgul sent alone can crush an army of mortals, because mortal weapons cannot pose the slightest threat to them, and they can only wait in fear for the slaughter to occur."

"But..."

He looked at the ancient tomb sword in Farodan's hand - it was a blessed relic of the ancient kingdom.

Without this special weapon, ordinary attacks would not be able to hit the Nazgul.

But while effective weapons were one thing, the Dúnedain's courage was another.

As for the other person.

Still not watching.

The remains of the Nazgul dissipated in the wind.

Without the shadow and protection cast by the Nazgul, Harald's army seemed a little confused. However, this confusion only lasted for a moment, and was dispelled by the general's roar in the blink of an eye.

The morale bonus brought by the Nazgul is only a guarantee. It does not mean that without the Nazgul, the army will collapse immediately.

Those who can kill the Ringwraiths are certainly powerful, but the people present are all warriors who have seen blood. What’s more, they still have a crushing advantage in numbers. What’s so scary?

This mood lasted until the black-armored warrior took the initiative to kill.

Whoosh——

An ender pearl spanned a long distance and accurately landed at the general's feet. The moment it landed and completed the teleportation, Levi immediately raised his head and directly knocked Harald's general and his horse away.

The surrounding soldiers were startled, only to realize that there was an enemy beside them.

It's just too late.

Whether it is a horse or a man, when the flames burn on the body, its fate is already determined.

"How dare you!"

Caught off guard, Harald's general fell down quite suddenly. There was no time to mourn, and his deputy immediately took over the command. At his signal, a circle of soldiers around him immediately dispersed, and a war elephant came galloping across the ground from behind. , lifted up those huge front legs and smashed down into the air.

Boom!

The runic shield shattered, and the emergency mechanism of the belt was triggered. A powerful impact burst out from it, directly knocking the war elephant to the ground, and the people around it were knocked far away.

With a pop, the nemesis broke through the thick skin of the war elephant and cut all the way from beginning to end. The dazzling and powerful flames ignited the war elephant lying on the ground and the collapsed tower full of archers and spearmen. .

Li Wei pulled out his sword. The sword was still smooth and clean, with no trace of blood on it.

He stepped out of the flames.

"Magic Eye..."

"Devil, monster..."

"monster!!"

"Shut up!"

The deputy commander of the Harad army immediately stopped the shouting, but he could not help but retreat.

What was that?

The invincible mammoth war elephant was killed by a sword by a person?

And it was in such an incredible way...

A Ringwraith can fight a large army alone, but the one in front of him can fight several Ringwraiths alone.

Levi took a step forward, and the deputy commander immediately shouted: "Kill! Kill him!!!"

The soldiers rushed towards the existence they could not understand in panic, with a pale and powerless urging behind them.

At the end of the Second Age, when the coalition forces of humans and elves rushed towards Sauron, would they also feel the same?

"No, each of them knows what they are going to do, and they all have the determination and courage to die, and you are just deceived and driven to the battlefield by the despicable man - to achieve his shameful goal."

"Damn it, I will never allow you to insult our God!"

As if they heard what Levi meant, the surrounding Harad soldiers were surprisingly angry, even so angry that the fear caused by the unknown person in front of them disappeared.

They rushed forward.

…

An Eastern historian recorded: An unrecognizable warrior came to the East, he destroyed the armies of Mordor and Dongyi, killed the Eastern Demon Shadow Hamur under the city of King Khand, and killed all the Ringwraiths who came to support him. Harad's giant elephants and army tried to stop him, but obviously, they failed.

Finally, all the armies gathered here withdrew, and no one knew where the warrior went in the end and how he left.

By the way, he also defeated the King of Khand.

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