The Alliance did not know the intentions of Sauron's side. What was the use of using the precious catapults to fill up the mud at such a critical time? So what if they filled up the muddy area? The city walls were still standing. How could the title of the strongest city on the continent be undeserved? Were they trying to fill up the first wall with the corpses of the Orcs?
However, the Alliance knew very well that every second was as precious as gold. The contestants on Sauron's side would never waste their time, so they were still desperately attacking the giant catapults below. These catapults were only aiming to hit the area in front of the city wall, and had already retreated out of Minas Tirith. The Alliance had already retreated out of Minas Tirith, but they were still desperately attacking the giant catapults below.
They were outside the range of the catapults on the city walls.
But at this time, Knight gave the order to snipe at the operators of the giant catapults. Uruk-hai had thick skin and flesh, but if they could not kill them with one shot, two snipers would be sent forward. If two snipers could not kill the Uruk-hai, four snipers would be sent forward.
This kind of attack undoubtedly made the hearts of the contestants on Sauron's side bleed. But what could they do after they killed the Uruk-hai? They could only grit their teeth and spend a lot of contribution points. Finally, on the eve of sunset, the muddy ground outside Minas Tirith was covered with a thick layer of sand and stones from the Anduin River.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of Orc slaves rushed forward, each carrying a wooden plank. Using the boulders thrown outside the city as cover, they paved a path leading to the city gate of Minas Tirith with the planks!!!
As a strong city on the continent, the city gate of Minas Tirith was, of course, extraordinary. It was divided into three layers:
The first layer was made from the body of Grodos, an Oak Dryad who was as famous as Treebeard. It was immune to all fire attacks!
The second layer was forged from fine gold mixed with lead. Almost all long-range attacks would be absorbed by this layer.
The third layer was made from 13-year-old hazelnut planks mixed with mithril threads. Legend had it that 13-year-old hazelnut planks could be used to make the most powerful wands. In addition, the mithril threads, which were highly resistant to magic, could be permanently enchanted with the four major spells: "New Look", "Self-Repair", "Deflection Field" and "Greater Gliding".
Therefore, it was a big mistake for the enemy to attack the city gate, because in terms of defence, the city gate was far superior to the city walls of Minas Tirith.
If a hundred boulders were to fall on a single spot on the walls of Minas Tirith, it was very likely that the walls would not be able to withstand the impact. But if a hundred boulders were to fall on the city gates, everyone could pat themselves on the back and say that they would be fine.
That was why the walls of Minas Tirith were known as the 'Impregnable Wall'. From the point of view of the defenders, if the enemy focused on attacking the city gates, they could concentrate their defensive forces on one point and deal more damage to the enemy below the city walls!
But there were exceptions to everything. There was no city in this world that couldn't be breached. After a few moments, the Orc guards outside the city let out deafening roars. The roars soared into the sky and drowned out all other noises.
They were shouting the same word at the same time. Their voices were devout and filled with faith, as if they were lowly believers shouting for an omnipotent god!!!
Ge, Long, De ….
Grond...
Grond!!!
When the army of Mordor, led by the head of the Ringwraiths, the Witch-King of Angmar, swept across Middle Earth, the greatest enemy they faced was the terrifying city gates of the kingdom's capital.
For this reason, under the personal intervention of Sauron, a huge battering ram was built from black iron mixed with adamantine. It was as long as a hundred-year-old divine tree, and its thick, blood-red iron chain swayed as it swayed.
The blacksmiths of Mordor worked hard for at least 170 years to forge this terrible weapon. The tip of the battering ram was cast in the shape of a roaring wolf's head. It was ferocious, dark, and ferocious. Terrifying flames were always burning in the gaps between the teeth of the wolf's head. That was the high temperature of the lava from Mount Doom.
Sauron personally engraved dark arcane runes on the battering ram, permanently imbuing it with the four powerful destructive spells, "Cataclysm", "Barrier Break", "Area of Effect Deflection", and "Wave of Exhaustion". In memory of the ancient hammer of hell, they named the battering ram Grond. Four unicorns slowly crawled out of the quagmire in the south, dragging the battering ram, surrounded by many Orcs. The elite Trolls from the mountains were in charge of the operation of the entire device.
At this moment of dusk, when darkness was about to fall, the battering ram Grond heavily crushed the fertile land of the Pelennor Fields, appearing in front of everyone like a king of destruction.
The length of this gigantic hammer exceeded 40 metres, and its height definitely wasn't lower than 10 metres. On its dark green torso, there was a glimmer of water that shimmered like a mountain. At least thousands of uruk-hais encircled it, while dragging it along was a dark unicorn. The dark unicorn panted heavily, while releasing a deep roar of rage.
On the torso of Grond's Battering Hammer, there were a total of seventeen names. Without exception, these seventeen names were the names of the last Kings of the King's City that had been destroyed by Grond's Battering Hammer. When darkness descended, the souls of the Kings who had been imprisoned within these names would appear around these names, wailing mournfully. Their pain and fear would add a great deal of power to the battering ram Grond!
Obviously, the attacking side had chosen the right time and opportunity. Relying on the speed of Grond's battering ram, by the time they entered the range of the catapults on the walls of Minas Tirith, the sky would have turned completely dark. No matter what, the darkness had a great impact on the defenders who were good at using long-range weapons.
Relying on the cover of darkness, the Orc arsonists arrived on the battlefield first. Wherever they went, fire and smoke filled the air, greatly interfering with the shooting of the defenders. The darkness, smoke, and flickering light reduced the accuracy of the enemy's attacks by at least 10%. For the defenders of Minas Tirith, who relied entirely on long-range attacks to deal damage, this was already a very significant weakening of their firepower.
At this moment, the nine Nazgûl once again took off from the main camp of Sauron's army, riding on the terrifying Snake-Necked Batdragons. Both the Nazgûl and the Snake-Necked Batdragons were extremely strong creatures of darkness. Since they were creatures of darkness, they naturally would not be affected by the darkness!
However, the giant eagles that could restrain them during the day could not maintain their superb fighting skills at night!
Vision relied on the visual cells in the retina, and the visual system of humans and birds was different. Humans had two types of visual cells: cones and rods. Among humans, there were three types of cones: red, green, and blue. The main function of cones was to sense strong light and colour. In other words, they had a sense of vision and colour during the day.
The main function of rods was to sense weak light, that is, light in the dark. However, most birds only had four types of cones and ignored rods, so they could not see at night. Obviously, the giant eagles were not humans, nor were they related to bats or owls. This was a natural defect of the species, just like how humans could not breathe underwater like fish.
At this point, it was obvious that the Blu-ray team was chosen by the Realm to lead this battle for a reason.
The status of a contestant had a lot to do with their strength. Because Reef and Aziz had both shown great strength, their status had also risen, and it was very convenient for them to inquire about anything.
Sheyan learned from Reef that the Blu-ray Party had formed a special staff group. Today's attack was planned by them, and they were known as a four-pronged attack. The Ringwraiths' strength did not change at night, but the strength of the giant eagles from the Misty Mountains had plummeted, so they could also be the main force of the attack.
"So, the third attack …?" Sheyan muttered, "That's probably what I've deduced!"
At this moment, the Uruk-hai's excited shouts could be heard from afar. It turned out that the Alliance was not the only party with powerful magicians. Zeus was currently in the limelight. His specialty was gravity control. After he joined the battle against Grond, he directly reduced the gravity around the heavy battering ram to the lowest possible level!
It was a well-known fact that the defenders would try their best to interfere with the battering ram when it was close to the city wall, but when it reached the bottom of the city wall, the attack would not be as strong due to the angle of attack. Therefore, the journey from the battering ram into the enemy's firing range to the bottom of the city wall could be said to be the most tragic road of death. The longer the battle was delayed, the more people would die.
Now that Zeus had suddenly reduced the gravity in the area around Grond by half, the movement speed of the giant monster had more than doubled. More importantly, the Ogres, soldiers and so on in the vicinity had become as light as swallows, making it easier for them to dodge the attack!
While most of Minas Tirith's attention was focused on the advance of Grond's battering ram, something huge seemed to be wriggling in the darkness. It was not until it calmed down that it lit up with sparks of flame.
It was a brazier used to ignite the petrol bombs! Moreover, there were countless orcs busy at the side.
Next to the braziers, there were actually twenty-five giant trebuchets!!
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Yesterday's update mistakenly wrote 'Sir' as' Jax ', so I hereby correct it. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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