From Hogwarts to Strixhaven

When Dain Ironfoot led the Iron Hill Dwarves to join the battlefield, the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

Ivy destroyed the Orcs' siege camp.

Thranduil led the main force of the coalition to firmly hold back the Orcs' frontal attack.

At this time, the dwarves who joined the battlefield played the role of the tool they were always good at using - the hammer, and smashed the Orc army from Dol Guldur on the anvil of the Elf phalanx.

The goat riders and chariots turned into meat grinders, rushing in front of the gate of the Lonely Mountain, crushing countless timid Orcs, and the heavy armored infantry soldiers who rushed thousands of miles were reduced to the role of cleaning the battlefield.

Seeing that the second attack today was hopeless, the Ringwraiths leading this Orc army blew the horn of retreat again and led the Orcs to hide back in the valley.

It was getting dark, and the night would be the home of the Orcs. Dain Ironfoot, who had been dealing with Orcs all his life, knew this very well. Therefore, even if he had enough confidence in his Ironfoot Army, he would not think of attacking the orcs at night.

"So the guy who led the orcs to station in the valley is Azog the Blasphemer?" Dain had already walked into the tent of the Elf King.

After the victory of the battle, the people of Dale City, who had not helped much in the battle, went out of the city to help clean up the battlefield and assisted the dwarves who came from afar to build a camp in front of the gate of Lonely Mountain. As the leader of the Ironfoot Army, Dain was invited by Thranduil to come to the tent to discuss the next countermeasures.

"I didn't see Azog in the orc army." Ivy answered Dain's first question.

"Who is this person? Thorin? No, should I call you the king now? My good brother?" Dain had never seen Ivy, and he couldn't match him with the dragon-slaying wizard described by Balin.

The word "king" made Thorin smile, and he hugged his cousin: "He is the fifteenth member of the Lonely Mountain Expedition, the dragon-slaying wizard. You must have seen Smaug at the gate of Lonely Mountain, right?"

"That's him? A human with no beard and no belly?" Dain's beard stood up, "How did you kill the dragon alone? I'm sorry I just spoke to you like that! You are the great benefactor of Durin's family! All dwarves know how terrible Smaug is!"

"Oh!" Dain seemed to wake up suddenly, hurriedly tidied his armor, leaned over and performed a traditional dwarf etiquette, "Dain Ironfoot, happy to serve you!"

Ivy had heard from Gandalf a long time ago how typical Dain was a dwarf, but now it seems that he is not so difficult to get along with.

"Ivy Doom, at your service." Ivy performed the same etiquette.

"Haha!" Dain laughed twice, walked over and hugged Ivy, "We have wizards who can slay dragons! And the dwarf brothers who followed the King under the Mountain to recapture the Lonely Mountain! And my Ironfoot Army! Those orcs in the valley are not worth mentioning at all!"

"Ahem!" Balin, who was standing aside, cleared his throat vigorously.

Dain glanced at him, and then reluctantly added: "It's not that I forgot them... Of course, it also includes the help of Pointy Ears and humans. If my king wants to ally with you, then I am willing to obey."

Pointy Ears refers to Thranduil sitting in the middle of the tent, and Legolas standing behind him. The only human who stayed here, besides Ivy, was Bard, the acting lord of the Dale City.

Thranduil was very well-mannered and had no intention of getting angry with the dwarf in front of him, not to mention that he and his troops actually saved the elves this afternoon.

Bard, who had been a fisherman and ferryman for more than ten years, had seen many people who were ruder than Dain, so he didn't feel insulted.

Although Dain was a standard dwarf, he was also a loyal dwarf. Although Thorin had no soldiers except his companions in the expedition, he was not only willing to lead the Ironfoot Army to rush thousands of miles to rescue, but he was even willing to put aside his personal prejudices and stand with the elves he didn't like because of the king's order (maybe there was some help from the orcs).

"Great! This kind of scene is rare!" Gandalf was undoubtedly happy and encouraged. He rarely saw so many people from different races gathered together without fighting. After all, the five Istars were sent to Middle-earth by the Valar, and their mission was to unite all the races in Middle-earth to fight against darkness.

"Let's discuss the strategy soon! Dain, there are many news here that you must know." Gandalf spread out the long scroll map on the map table. This is a map drawn by the elves, which is much more accurate than Thorin's hand-drawn map inherited from his grandfather Thorn.

Gandalf pointed to a city on the map: "This is Dale City, located just south of the Lonely Mountain. The Running River bypasses Dale City, making it surrounded by water on three sides. Autumn and winter are the dry seasons of the Running River. Fortunately, our wizards led humans to clean up the river in advance and widened it a lot. Otherwise, the orcs would not only set up a siege camp on the other side of the river today."

"However, as the temperature drops, Dale City will become more and more difficult to defend. If the river is completely frozen, the orc army will surround us from all sides."

"King Thranduil and his elves are stationed between Dale and Lonely Mountain, connected to Dale by a long bridge. This is to help defend Lonely Mountain. You know, the gate of Lonely Mountain was completely destroyed by Smaug. Although his body was stuck there, it did not block the entire gate. If the orcs' war beasts were driven there, Lonely Mountain would have no defense at all."

"Now I and my Ironfoot Army are here! Lonely Mountain is taken over by the dwarves!" Dain exhaled from his nose.

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what I'm saying." Gandalf's finger continued to move on the map, and drew a circle in front of the Lonely Mountain to indicate Dain's camp. "Then in this direction, the southern branch of the Lonely Mountain close to the east. We have learned that the orc army led by the Nazgul is stationed in the valley of the mountain. The east side of this mountain range is the west side of the Running River that bypasses Dale City, which is the only passage from the Lonely Mountain to the outside world. The purpose of the orcs stationing here is self-evident, in order to cut off the connection between the Lonely Mountain and the outside world. So if Dale City also falls into the hands of the orcs, then We are completely trapped in the valley! Therefore, Dale City must not be lost! "

"When the orcs cross the ridge to attack Dale City, the attack route cannot bypass the elf camp in front of them, so we plan to build this camp into a solid camp that can be abandoned at any time. All defense facilities and pits are arranged in the direction facing the orcs. If the orcs come aggressively, the coalition forces can use these fortifications to consume the orcs' strength. Accumulate advantages for the possible siege battles on all sides. "

"And if the orcs are determined to attack the city, then the coalition forces can also We can retreat into the city and leave this camp with all its defenses facing the outside to the orcs. When they launch an attack on the Valley City next time, they will have to cross the bridge between the camp and the Valley City. At this time, the coalition forces can use the narrow passage of the bridge to kill the orcs again. When they are beaten to a pulp in front of the Valley City, we will open the city gate and retake the camp! "

"Then we will cooperate in the battle and double-team the orcs from the outside?" Dain nodded, and then raised his own doubts, "This is a good plan, but I have only one question, what if the orcs What if they destroyed the bridge instead of attacking Dale after taking the camp? The dwarves stationed in front of the Lonely Mountain will have to face all the orcs alone! The Lonely Mountain is not a fortress now! If we are annihilated, Dale will be completely isolated and helpless! "

"I can rebuild the bridge with magic." Ivy added, "We are at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, so we need to fight more small-scale battles to reduce the number of enemies."

"You already have a complete plan, but let my king say a few words!" Dain nudged Thorin, who was silent, with his elbow.

Thorin looked at everyone in the tent one by one, and finally slammed his fist on the map table: "There are dwarves, humans, elves and wizards here... We are all kind people living in the wilderness of Rhovanion, so we should unite when facing evil! We are united! We will definitely succeed in crushing the dark ambitions of the orcs!"

"Well said! Your Majesty!" Dain cheered immediately, and the others in the tent also clapped and stamped their feet to strengthen their confidence, and even the elves who were always reserved clapped their hands.

"Since the meeting is over! Let's go back to the camp! The dragon blocking the gate of Lonely Mountain is a trouble, we should move it away!" Dain asked, "What are you going to do with that thing, Thorin?"

"That's the wizard's trophy. He plans to make some weapons and equipment with Smaug's body." Thorin and Ivy looked at each other, and it seemed that he had completely gotten rid of the influence of dragon disease, but who knew that he decided to be a wise king under the influence of the Arkenstone?

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According to the plan of the two wizards, the monotonous and bloody siege began.

Orcs seemed to be endless, as if they grew out of the ground. They were shot to death by elves' bows and arrows, crushed to death by boulders pushed down by humans on the bridge, and crushed to death by goat riders and chariots of dwarves, but they still did not give up the attack.

The orcs had organized three attacks in two days, and the bridge outside the valley city was broken twice, but Ivy used magic to repair them. The black blood of the orcs has soaked the river. If there were no clear water flowing down from the mountains, the coalition forces stationed in the valley city would definitely get sick because of the disgusting blood.

If the siege equipment of the orcs had not been exhausted in the previous attack, I am afraid that the coalition forces would suffer more casualties.

In such a tragic defense battle, the people of the valley city also regarded this city as their home from the bottom of their hearts. Ivy unknowingly completed the last ancient ritual of the Hufflepuff gold cup.

The gold cup unlocked two new ancient abilities, and both played an unimaginable role in the battle.

On the evening of the third day, the shouts and screams outside the city shook the sky. This was the fourth time that the Orc army entered the elves' camp. The battle started at noon and lasted until nightfall, when the elves abandoned their camp and entered the city.

But after seeing the elves enter the valley city, the orcs did not immediately launch an attack on the valley city, but instead began to rest on the spot. This was a scene that the coalition had never seen before.

Now the shouts and screams outside the city sounded again. It must be that the dwarves and the orcs fought again.

"We have to go out of the city to help the dwarves!" said Gandalf, who was standing on the top of the city and staring at the fire in front of the Lonely Mountain.

"My warriors have been fighting for a whole day, and the dwarves just sent goat riders to harass the orcs. They can still hold on for a while." Thranduil shook his head and rejected Gandalf's proposal. Although the elves are immortal and have extraordinary endurance, this intensity of battle still makes every elf exhausted.

"It's night now! The strength of the orcs will be strengthened! If we don't attack from behind the orcs now, all we can see at dawn is the taken Lonely Mountain!" Gandalf reminded again.

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Thranduil just shook his head: "Where is the other wizard? Without his magic, we have no advantage at all."

Ivy's spellcasting resources must be restored after a long rest. The orcs launched a sudden attack last night, and Ivy's long rest was interrupted, so he did not participate in the battle today and was still resting in his room.

Without the support of magic, the battle that started at noon today became extremely difficult. The elves could no longer easily repel the attack of the orcs. The mixed formation of ogres and orcs brought them great trouble, but even so, they still stubbornly held on until the evening.

However, this time the commander of the orcs decided to fight on two fronts. After pushing the elves and humans back to the city, he immediately launched a full-scale attack on the dwarves. And this is exactly what Gandalf was worried about.

"We really have to attack outside the city." Ivy fell from the air. This is the flying ability of [Invocation of Wind Element]. As the saying goes, high hit low, hit stupid. The 60-foot flying mobility is still very useful against these orc infantry.

Thranduil, who saw Ivy, breathed a sigh of relief: "What magic do you have to help us, wizard?"

"A new one." Ivy took out the Hufflepuff gold cup from his arms, flew over the Running River and poured it down.

As soon as the golden liquid entered the river, it lit up a faint golden light. The orc corpses that were not salvaged in the river turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared in the golden light.

Soon, the river surrounding the valley city was all lit up with golden light, and the golden liquid surface reflected the night sky, adding a touch of sacredness to the extremely dangerous battlefield.

This gold coin is a 14th-level ancient ability called [Blessed Water]. When the blessed water in the golden cup is not drunk for more than 12 hours, it will automatically turn into blessed water.

And pouring all the blessed water in the golden cup on any liquid surface can turn all the weapons soaked in it into +1 holy weapons, and the effect lasts for one hour. At the same time, the diluted blessed water has the ability to harm evil creatures, and splashing them will cause 2d4 radiant damage to evil creatures.

Of course, the blessed water can also be drunk, which is regarded as using one of the advanced restoration, righteousness or advanced heroism on the drinker. It can be drunk three times in total.

Ivy is already familiar with the higher restoration spell, which is a practical spell to end abnormal effects. The effect of the rainbow of righteousness is similar to the giant change spell, which can change a person's body size, but the rainbow of righteousness can provide more attribute bonuses, and can also provide natural armor and damage reduction against evil. The higher heroism can provide morale bonuses and a certain amount of temporary health points for attacks and exemptions, and can also provide a buff effect of fear immunity.

Ivy has the Ravenclaw crown, but the last one is not very useful.

"Now the water in the river can hurt the orcs. Soaking the weapons in it can gain the power of justice, but it only lasts for an hour. We have to fight quickly!" Ivy said to the two people on the top of the city, and then turned around to prepare the next spell.

Since the consecrated water from the golden cup has turned the moat into holy water that can hurt evil, Ivy must use it.

Under the magic of the fourth ring spell to manipulate the water body, the golden running river roared violently.

The golden waves passed over the river bank, surged onto the bridge, and rushed towards the orcs who were resting in the elf camp.

The holy water that can bless the people of the good camp is undoubtedly a killer weapon comparable to sulfuric acid for these evil creatures.

After the first wave of waves covered the elf camp, the orcs staying inside immediately let out a deafening scream.

Although the damage of the blessed water was not much, only 2d4, it was unbearable that Ivy brought all the water in the river to the shore.

The golden waves came one after another, and the orcs resting in the camp also experienced waves of brilliant damage. Although the waves created by Ivy would flow to other places when encountering obstacles, water is a fluid after all, and it will drill through any gaps in the tent, so soon these orcs had no place to stay.

One by one, they practiced the Golden Rooster Stand on the golden water. This holy water was hot.

Thranduil and Gandalf, who knew that the river water emitting golden light would strengthen weapons, had begun to organize the coalition to enchant their weapons in the river water. Every weapon put into the river turned into a golden appearance. Thranduil, who reorganized his troops, once again mounted his elk and led the coalition forces to launch the next counterattack.

The orcs in the elven camp had been scalded to pieces by the river. If they met the elves with high morale at this time, they would certainly not have a good ending.

The golden light emitted by the sacred weapons in the hands of the elves in the night sky also inspired the dwarves who were fighting under the lonely mountain.

An hour later, when the effect of the consecrated water wore off, the orcs' two-front attack was thwarted once again.