An Infinite Journey Full of Surprises

Although their lifespan is not as long as that of elves, they are quite long-lived.

But now Middle-earth has slowly turned into an era of mortals, and the entire Middle-earth has been chosen to be sealed by the high-ranking Valar, and the lifespan of the dwarves is also decreasing day by day as the magic power gradually disappears.

Although the elves have no influence now, they are protected by the three elves' rings. If the elves' three rings disappear, the elves will gradually become the same as the current dwarves.

Now Thorin and Dan Ironfoot are both old dwarves who are [-] years old. Although they will not reach the end of their lives, they are still equivalent to [-] or [-] years old of human beings. Half of their feet have already entered the coffin. .

At this moment, Sorin looked at his cousin, with endless emotions in his eyes, thinking that he chose to go to the Lonely Mountain seventy years ago, and only his cousin supported him.

And after he became the Dwarf King again, he was also the first one to pledge allegiance to Dan Ironfoot, and he has been loyally assisting him in governing the country. Half of the credit for the prosperity of the Kingdom under the Mountain now belongs to Dan Ironfoot!

Just as Thorin felt a burst of emotion, another young dwarf walked into the house. This dwarf was Dan Ironfoot's son Thorin Stonehelm.

Now Thorin Stonehelm is more than a hundred years old. It can be said that Thorin Oakenshield grew up watching him, and he and Dan gave him high hopes. After all, Thorin Oakenshield spent his whole life trying to recover Work hard on the lonely mountain!

And after successfully recovering, he has been working hard to review the country. He has no children under his knees, and there are two nephews who can inherit everything from him.

But he also asked Kili and Fili, and the answers of the two were surprisingly consistent. They were not interested in becoming the king of the Lonely Mountain. They were more interested in poetry, song and painting than being a king.

In fact, none of the twelve dwarves who followed Sorin in the expedition took back the Lonely Mountain.

They all have their own pursuits. They can choose to go on an expedition with Sorin for their mission, even if they pay their lives for it, but after completing their mission, they are more willing to return to their previous life, which was plain but full of life.

"Your Majesty, the legion of the Runes has arrived at the Lonely Mountain Plain. It seems that they don't plan to attack the Lonely Mountain first, but plan to attack the River Valley City first. However, now that the River Valley City has our supporting weapons and the protection of the moat, it will take a short time. There will be no risk of being captured!"

After hearing this, Sorin nodded, and then said to Sorin Stonehelm below:

"Well, with King Brand personally guarding the city, those runes shouldn't succeed easily! Little Sorin, you will be responsible for guarding the Lonely Mountain this time. This battle may be the last time your father and I will fight in armor!"

"If we can die on the battlefield, or die to protect our people, this is also an honor for us!"

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"What? No!"

Hearing that the king and his father were going to fight the enemy in person, Thorin Stonehelm's first reaction was to refuse. You must know that Thorin is over two hundred and seventy years old, and Dan Ironfoot is also over two hundred and fifty years old. age!

It's not easy to live at this age. Wouldn't it be courting death if you want to go to the battlefield?

But how could Thorin and Dan, who had already made a decision, change so easily. They had lived enough in this lifetime, not to mention seeing the rise of the Turin dwarves again, which made them die without regret.

The most important thing was that the dwarf in front of them was regarded by them as the heir to Lonely Mountain and Iron Hills.

If they really died on the battlefield, they would have no place to cry if they wanted to. It is not so easy to cultivate a qualified heir.

The Undead Turin lineage is not a thriving ethnic group. There are many dwarves who focus on one thing, and can even forget about the succession of the family.

Its representative is Thorin Oaken Shield~

So in this battle, if you kill him, he won't let Thorin Stonehelm go to the dangerous battlefield.

Even if he is an experienced fighter!

On the other side, in the valley city outside the lonely mountain city

This is King Brand, the grandson of Bard, who is bringing a group of guards to the city wall to supervise the battle.

River Valley City has regained its vigor after being in charge of Bard for three generations. With the support of the dwarves, they have raised an army of tens of thousands in a short period of time.

Although the truly elite army only had [-] royal guards from the royal family of River Valley City, [-] elites plus tens of thousands of recruits were enough to defend the city. At least the dragon army outside the city had nothing to do with it.

The Kingdom of Rune, like Gondor, is a country composed of humans. Rune people are also called Orientals. Because of their black hair and black eyes, they are called people with demon blood by the Western royal family, so they are rejected by the West. Next, this group of axe-wielding Orientals joined Solen.

The rune army is very elite, and the dragon army is the essence of their entire race.

Moreover, the East in this era is not far behind. Their forging technology is not inferior to that of Gondor, and now they have vaguely caught up with the Lonely Mountain. The reason for this is that there are actually dwarf tribes in the Loon area.

Most of these dwarves belong to the Iron Fist clan and the Black Lock clan. The dwarves of these two clans have been coveting the identity of the Turin dwarf royal family for a long time.

For this reason, they have attacked the Turin dwarves several times in history.

But now that they are far away from Middle-earth, they should have guessed the outcome of those battles.

Now with the help of these dwarves, the runes forged golden armor similar to that of the elves.

In the Loon Barracks

At this time, all the generals of the Dragon Legion were kneeling at the feet of the Dragon Khan.

Rune is not a country, but a region~

There are mostly tribal nomads in the Loon area, and their leaders are also called khans.

At this time, the evil dragon Khan was leading a group of generals to discuss how to capture River Valley City. Although they came to attack this time at the invitation of Suo Lun, they also wanted to expand the territory for their tribe.

It's just that the strong attack on the first day didn't seem to have an obvious effect.

Although hundreds of enemies were killed in one day, their own losses were not small. The main thing was that the protection of the moat of River Valley City prevented their army of tens of thousands of dragons from going into battle at once, not to mention that not all of their enemies were there. In the river valley town in front of you.

While attacking, the dwarves in the lonely mountain are also the object of their defense.

After discussing for a while, it was still Khan the dragon who made the decision and said:

"I don't believe that with the strength of the half-blood trolls, the half-blood troll troops will be sent to attack tomorrow. At the same time, we must also guard against the dwarves tomorrow. If River Valley City is in danger, those dwarves will definitely send troops to help their allies! "

"Think of a way, and if the dwarves show up, keep them!"

"Yes, Lord Khan!"

Hearing the order of the evil dragon Khan, all the generals and tribe leaders present were terrified.

Unexpectedly, it was only the first day, and their Lord Khan was already so impatient. The mixed-blood troll army was their killer weapon for the Runes!

Even among the Dragon Legion, the mixed-blood trolls are one of the best elite troops.

A hybrid troll is a hybrid of a troll and a human, although most people don't know how this taboo creature appeared.

But there is no dispute that this brutal hybrid troll is really strong!

It has inherited the mighty power of the troll. Although it is not 100% inherited, it can still easily lift a fully armed adult man with its power, and throw it out like trash.

But the IQ of the half-breed troll...

How should I put it, it's worse than a troll~

They are more like a kind of wild beast, but this makes it easier to recognize the door and domesticate them.

Because of the power of the mixed-blood trolls, the product of this taboo has become a capital for many people to show off. Among them, the dragon Khan is the strongest tribe leader, and the mixed-blood troll troops under his command are also the strongest.

Because the mixed-blood troll has part of human blood, sunlight is no longer its weakness, and he can still fight even in the daytime, but the stronger the creature, the greater the innate restrictions it may suffer.

Even the evil dragon Khan and the others take good care of them, but the number of mixed-blood trolls has never been large.

Under the hands of the evil dragon Khan, there are only about a hundred mixed-blood trolls, and even with other tribal owners, there are only two hundred. Although the number is a little less, it is enough for a pair of sharp knives.

As long as the mixed blood trolls can tear a hole in the defense line of River Valley City, so that their evil dragon army can enter smoothly, it will be fine, and the rest will be left to the evil dragon army!

In the early morning of the next day, when the dragon army launched an attack on River Valley City just like yesterday, the half-breed trolls who had been given high hopes by Dragon Khan and others mixed in with the large army, planning to surprise the defenders of River Valley City.

And the defenders of River Valley City, including King Brand, did not find any difference between today's engineering army and yesterday's.

After the ladder was successfully erected on the city wall, and the half-breed trolls climbed up the city wall at the only few breakthroughs, the defenders of River Valley City discovered the difference in this group of people.

Watching my soldiers being killed by those special dragon soldiers is like chopping melons and vegetables~

After being stunned for a moment, King Brand hurriedly directed his personal guards to meet him. There were many knights among King Brand's personal guards. These knights barely blocked the attack with their solid armor and rich experience.

It's just that this kind of blocking is achieved by the continuous sacrifice of the guards. If the guards are killed and injured, the result will still be the same as before, and those ordinary fighters will become the targets of the hybrid trolls.

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Facing the attack of the half-blood trolls, in addition to King Brand's personal guards, a group of reserve troops also came to support them. With the support of many reinforcements, they barely drove the half-blood trolls off the city wall.

However, the price they paid was several times that of the mixed blood ogre!

The first attack was just a test. Besides the ordinary dragon soldiers, there were only nearly a hundred mixed-blood trolls who attacked, but the price River Valley City paid was the lives of a dozen knights and nearly three hundred soldiers!

And this is only the dead, the number of war wounded is even more.

Among these [-] soldiers, more than [-] were the personal guards of King Brand, who belonged to the elite among the elite, but they still died under the knife of the mixed-blood ogre.

In fact, it's not that the mixed-blood trolls have no losses at all, but relatively few losses~

Two-thirds of the nearly [-] mixed-breed trolls who fought back returned successfully after withdrawing their troops, but the corresponding evil dragon army also paid the price of dozens of soldiers dying.

This loss ratio is very beneficial to the Dragon Legion, but the Dragon Khan and the leaders are still very distressed. After this battle, the mixed-blood troll army does not know when it will return to its current scale.

But after seeing the results just obtained, the Dragon Khan and the others unanimously decided to still use the mixed-blood troll troops as the vanguard to break through River Valley City in one fell swoop.

But at this moment, the scouts suddenly reported:

"Master Khan, the dwarven heavy cavalry in the lonely mountain suddenly dispatched and came straight to our camp. According to the report from the frontline scouts, they saw a pile of bottles and cans behind the dwarf goat heavy cavalry, which seemed to be dwarven gunpowder. !"

Dragon Khan is no stranger to dwarf gunpowder and kerosene.

Immediately said to everyone:

"Send cavalry to stop them immediately! They must not be allowed to approach the camp, especially the granaries in the camp!"

After receiving the order, many generals hurried out of the camp. If the food was burned by the dwarves, the consequences might be unimaginable.

Their dragon army is composed of humans, which is different from those half-orcs who don't need supplies~

If the food was burned by the dwarves, the army of tens of thousands of people would be at risk of collapse, especially now that it was only March, and there was not a single hair in the field, even if they wanted to support them with war, they would not be able to do so.

However, the dwarves' raid was just a small episode for the Dragon Legion.

What they really want to do is to capture the River Valley City in front of them. As long as they capture this city, their dragon army will remain invincible!

Encouraged by the evil dragon Khan, the evil dragon army headed by the mixed blood ogre once again attacked the river valley city in front of him. Faced with such a strong attack, the first reaction of the river valley city was to fight back with bows and arrows.

However, after fighting for a full day, their arrow reserves were greatly reduced, so the arrows shot from River Valley City also became sparse at this time.

Even at this moment, in order to stop the attack of the dragon army, King Brande had already started to demolish the house, using wood and stone bricks to stop the attack of the hybrid troll.

At this time, King Brand regretted it very much. If he had listened to the elf's warning earlier and stocked up strategic materials earlier, he would not have fallen into a disadvantage so early at this moment.