Chapter Twenty-Six: Landing on the Shore
Chapter Twenty-Six: Landing Ashore
"Damn orcs, if it weren't for being on the river, your dwarven master would have turned you into rust marks on my axe today!" Legolas and Goldbolt's boat was the first to approach the shore - they quickly jumped out of the Anduin River, Goldbolt pulled out his axe, only to find that he couldn't throw the tomahawk that far because it couldn't be recovered, and Legolas took out his bow and arrow, and carefully aimed at the half-orc who was stunned by a blinding light from Zhao Mian, and then- The arrow flashed before everyone's eyes, and an orc stumbled out of the bushes on the east bank and into the Anduin River.
Compared to Kim Li, who is using the power of words to create hatred, Legolas is clearly a man of action. The moment his first arrow was fired, he quickly put the second feathered arrow on the bowstring, and shot it quickly - another orc fell on the riverbank, he struggled in the sun for a while, but death finally came to him. By this time, Legolas had already put a third arrow on the bowstring.
"Get out of the river, get out of the bushes over there!" Aragorn took Frodo and Pippin by the collars and threw them both from the boat directly to the side of the golden bolt, and as he dragged the boat up the river bank as fast as he could, he shouted loudly, "There are too many of them, we can't confront them head-on, we must find a way to get out of their field of sight!" He put one hand on his sword, and the other hand grasped Legolas's bow, and whispered, "Don't waste your arrows, we don't have a lot of them." β
Several hobbits quickly put their belongings on their backs, then turned around and disappeared quickly and silently into the shadows of the trees. It contained everyone's luggage, as well as all kinds of miscellaneous items that Zhao Mian had collected that might be used during the journey, and Boromo had only arrived at the shore in the boat at this time, he grabbed the hem of Sam's clothes, held him under his armpit, and unloaded the round shield on his back with his left hand, blocking the arrows fired from the opposite shore, and at the same time, he was also running quickly towards the trees on the shore.
The crowd quickly disappeared into the empty riverbank, and a loud expletive sound was heard from across the riverbank, and then the voice gradually fell until it disappeared.
"They didn't chase after them. "But only because the Sarn Gebo rapids are really not suitable for crossing, they should go some distance north, and the river is so gentle that they can easily cross the beach even if they don't have boats." β
"This place is not safe right now, and we must move immediately - at least out of a place that can be easily searched. Boromo said, his hand resting on the horn with one hand and the hilt of his sword tightly with the other, leaning against a small tree, looking a little gloomy in the shade.
He's right, it's not a place to stay for long. Merry spoke, holding his pipe, but he did not dare to light it, for a slight flash of fire might reveal their target, "Aragorn, we must get out of here at once - since Zhao Mian said that the king of the Rohan Kingdom is on standby, and the soldiers of the whole country are ready for battle, then we will go directly into the sphere of influence of the Rohanate, and the Orc forces will not be able to run wild on the enemy's land in any way." β
"That's right, pack your bags, we can't wait for the arrival of the enemy in this place. Aragorn nodded, he let go of the sword in his hand, pulled up the luggage on the ground, and carried it on his back, "The Anduin River has become no longer safe, I believe that the orcs will not set up this kind of ambush in one place in Sargebo - we will go to Rohan by land, the vanguard of the other side is only about a hundred people, we will throw away unnecessary supplies, only take the necessary food and equipment, and move forward lightly." As long as we can reach the territory of the Rohan before the other side, then we are safe. β
"And our goal has been achieved, the other party has discovered our whereabouts. Zhao Mian put the backpack containing food on his back at once, and he looked up at the sky - in the distance, a huge dark cloud was approaching, and the powerful dark power emitted from it was informing everyone what kind of monster was there, "The Lord Ring is here with us, the other party must have heard the wind, what we need now is to lead them into this trap that has been set up a long time ago." β
"But there's something else we need to deal with now. Zhao Mian lowered his head, his face was not very good, the few bits of sunlight that came out of the bushes disappeared at this moment, as if they had been swallowed by something, everyone looked up, the sky was obscured by dark clouds, and all the light disappeared on the earth.
A huge black behemoth with a huge body poked out of the dark clouds, flapped its wings, and reached the jungle where everyone was at great speed. Then it opened its bloody jaws and let out a piercing cry of joy - as if a hound had spotted its prey. At that moment, it was as if all the light had been rendered lifeless under its roar, and a boundless fear spread in the darkness - it invaded the courage of all, and even the bravest seemed a little cowardly at this moment.
But at this moment, a little light illuminated everyone's faces, Zhao Mian pulled out his big sword, the holy sword of the knights lived up to everyone's expectations at this moment, it was like the mission given when it was first cast, illuminating everyone in the darkness. Zhao Mian held it tightly in his chest, and the light on the blade shone on his face, and Aragorn seemed to see that his eyes were shining brightly, reflecting the light on the blade.
"The place where I have set is a sanctuary. As if in response to Zhao Mian's words, a little light lit up on the ground, everyone was bathed in the light emanating from the earth, the trees seemed to whisper the sacredness of this place, and the sound of swaying echoed in the air. The light reappeared in front of everyone's eyes at this moment.
"The sword I hold is the holy sword. Little by little, the light gathered on the great sword, and Grosag was like a huge torch, constantly releasing a heart-warming power from above, resisting the evil in the sky.
"What my sword points to is justice!" Zhao Mian shouted, all the light gathered on the tip of the great sword, and that little brilliant light pierced the darkness that covered the sky like the dawn in the night.
The clouds dispersed, taking with them the unknown creature that had vanished into the lightβbut Zhao Mian could feel that the rider on the winged creature had escaped at the last moment.
"We must leave at once, and we must make sure that we march quickly. Zhao Mian turned his head to look at everyone and said, "The members of the other party are beyond our imagination, although this huge creature can definitely not be a regular force, but if it can take back the magic ring, the other party will definitely not be stingy to send them over to delay time!"