On December 28, 3018 in Middle-earth, three days after the departure of the Fellowship of the Ring from Rivendell, our omnipotent little Anne and the twenty-odd dwarven goat knights employed by her soon arrived and lined up outside the closed gates of Bray.

You read that right, it was here, two months ago, that Anne had killed the Black Knights of the Ringwraiths in the town who were making her sleep! And then, until now, in this small town, it seems that her deeds are still circulating?

And now, she has a deep impression of this town she saw for the first time when she came to Middle-earth, and she has once again led her dwarven mercenaries back here!

This is the town of Bray that owns the Prancing Horse Inn!

It's just that the people inside don't seem to be too bad, welcome to the little witch who goes and returns? Looking at the men in the prime of life on the city wall who were armed with various weapons, like facing a great enemy, Anne probably knew what the attitude of the other party was.

But she didn't take it too seriously, because, this time, she planned to forcibly take this town as her base, no matter what, it would be best to talk about it, if not...... Then rob it!!

Anyway, she knew it well after reading the Middle-earth Chronicles in Rivendell: now, the entire northwestern part of Middle-earth was originally the inherent territory of the original Kingdom of Arnor. But now, the kingdom of Arno has been extinct for a long time, and now all that is left is a group of so-called Iliad freedmen and some Dendans or other northern inhabitants!

These people, it is said that all the lords are doing their own thing, and they are just a plate of scattered sand, not a problem! As for those hobbits...... Well, those scumbag-like existences, Anne didn't pay attention to them at all.

So, Anne felt that since this was a borderland, it was necessary for her to bring them all into her own new kingdom in order to resist the evil Mordor Alliance, to maintain world peace, and to bathe the people of Middle-earth under her banner of unity and love!

Only by pooling these human, material, and financial resources can she play happily in this world?

"Let's talk about it first, Lord Anne Witch! We dwarves are only hired to work for you, not to fight for you......"

They dwarves are all the best craftsmen and the best warriors, no one can question that!

And if the target of the battle is against the orcs, the evil Goblins, or other allied forces of Mordor, he will definitely not say a word, and beckon his subordinates to charge up and fight!

But it's different now, here, but the human town of Bray, is the territory of the free people of Illyad, and it is the traditional territory of the human kingdom of Arnor, not those evil Mordor allies!

"So don't complain, today, here in Bray Town, we dwarves will never help you attack this cloth human territory, let alone fight against you and the free people of Illyad! After all, they are all the people of the former Arno Kingdom, and if they fight, it will make the situation of our dwarves embarrassing! ”

Although this matter has been said a long time ago, this time to take the town of Bray, they dwarves are just watching from the sidelines, and will not participate!

But when it came to this, the old dwarf Groyin turned his head again and repeated the emphasis to the little witch who was riding a white pony next to him. No matter how high the pay, they dwarves don't want to be dragged into a battle or other strife with the northern inhabitants of the human race.

"Bearded, you're really annoying! I didn't say I wanted you to help me fight! ”

"You just have to be ready and start producing those weapons for me tomorrow, and you don't have to worry about the rest!"

Looking at the new, thicker and heavier wooden gate that was supposed to have been broken by the Ringwraiths and remade, Anne pouted indifferently.

If she felt the need for it, like that broken wooden door, and this little town, she might just need to throw a few fireballs into it, and she could easily burn this little Bray town to the ground? Once Anne launched a madness, the terrifying magical destructive power would definitely exceed that of more than a hundred ancient dragons, Smaug!

Of course, the human beings in this did not offend Anne, and she would definitely not and disdained to do such a crazy thing.

"And how are you going to take this Bray Town?"

"Don't blame me for not reminding you: this town is still a big town with a population of nearly 4,000 or so, and there are at least hundreds of people in those militias and improvised armed men! Are you going to kill them all? ”

"If you really do that, you won't be able to rule this place in the end......"

Groyin still felt that this little girl wizard whimsically wanted to rule such a large town directly, which was a bit too much to take for granted.

Those nobles or lords inside will definitely not give up their rights easily! And if you use absolute force to force it down, and rely on violence to maintain it, it will obviously not last long! As a lord, if it is too tyrannical, it will not take ten days and half a month for the people of this town to run away!

So he thought it would be more reliable to buy a territory and build a fortress on good terms, or simply pay for it, than to attack a town.

"There was a better and easier way to do it! It's just, hey......"

Anne remembered the other worlds she had been to before, and several times she had solved them directly with contracts, which was simple and convenient! Originally, she also thought that she would go in and directly grab the mayor of this Bray Town and stamp it and be done.

However, after thinking about it carefully, she felt that in the current Middle-earth, she could no longer use that trick......

One reason is that she had already told Gandalf, the bad old man, that she couldn't and wouldn't use magic casually, and it hadn't been long before she could break the contract soon!

Another is: in this world, there are a lot of gods! If she casually uses this kind of contract to control others, when the time comes, people think that she has violated the rules of the game, and when she is angry, she will take a countermeasure, then the shelf she worked so hard to build may collapse in an instant?

So, this time, she needs to change to a more troublesome method, but it won't be very popular, and it won't violate the rules of the game of those indigenous gods?

"Hey! I still won't tell you this! Orfina? Hurry up, come on, the rest is up to you, but don't let me down! ”

After saying a few words to the old dwarf Gloyin beside her, Anne beckoned directly to a standing figure at the bottom of the hillside.

At this time, it should be the agent that she worked so hard to create to come out!

With Anne's beckoning motion, a heroic female knight riding a tall and sturdy white unicorn mount, wearing a golden full-body armor, carrying a delicate knight's sword at his waist, carrying a huge dawn sword shield behind his back, holding a long riding spear in his hand, and a banner tied to the head of the spear, slightly drove the magic mount under her crotch, and ran up directly from the hillside behind her with heavy steps.

This female knight, named Orfina, is Anne who spent almost half of her magic power, borrowed from the mystery of the Sarnagars' creation of life, and also endowed with a magical soul core similar to the Dawning Brain, plus a large number of high-energy crystals, a small bag of starlight white gems from Rivendell, several bottles of Elendil's light, a few leaves of the Double Sacred Tree in Rivendell's secret vault, etc., these miscellaneous things are mixed together and blended, and they are directly and successfully created magical life!

No! It may not be accurate to say that it is a magical life, maybe, so to speak, this Orfina, she is actually a living immortal and a human with super magical abilities? Or is it Maia?!

After all, the other party has too many elements of this world, such as those double sacred tree leaves or something......

Let's hope the elves of Rivendell will check their vault once in a while, right?

In any case, this Orfina, she is the most outstanding, powerful, and perfect magical life that little Anne has ever created! Her own strength is almost equal to that of Maia, the second-level god of Middle-earth, that is, the level before Gandalf's strength was not restricted!

And this is one of the ways Anne has dealt with the rules of the game in Middle-earth!

In Anne's opinion, since those gods are using agents to stir up trouble here in this world, then she herself must not be left behind!

For example, that Gandalf, whose original name was Euin, was a subordinate of Valda, the god of stars, and came to Middle-earth to defeat that Sauron, in addition to guiding mankind not to think about creating gods all day long?

And the rumored white-robed wizard Saruman is a subordinate of the earth god Ori, why he defected to Sauron's side, then Anne is not very clear! Perhaps, that Villaolli has a good relationship with Morgoth? Otherwise, how could there be another mutinous subordinate after Sauron? This must be intentional, right?

Look, all these beings who are stirring up trouble in Middle-earth are the doglegs and minions of those gods, and none of the gods are shirtless!

So, if Anne is going to participate in the war in Middle-earth, she must also learn from those gods and nurture an agent of her own to participate!

And she doesn't want to trust outsiders casually, and she can't give strength to others casually, so she can only choose to create a magical life by herself? And what was created was the Orfina in front of her, the unicorn female knight known as the Crimson Princess!

Due to the reason that she was favored by Annie, this Orfina not only has powerful magic power and all kinds of incredible magical skills, but also the equipment she is equipped with is made and enchanted by Annie herself, which is a complete set of the best dark gold level equipment that is definitely not inferior to the Magic Ring Suit!

Basically, her combat power is an existence that can get close to Sauron without being defeated! So, now that the forces of Middle-earth are basically balanced, look, in the Evil Alliance, there is Chairman Suo, the master of the Lord of the Rings, and Saruman, a white-robed man who is good at pinching people? And in the countries of the Justice Entente, there are also-stirring stick Gandalf and the freshly baked crimson princess Orfina?

It's balanced, it's perfect, isn't it?

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that such a perfect and holy being in front of me could be made of magic?"

"It's really, it's incredible......"

As the beautiful and heroic female knight Orfina rode her unicorn up the hill, the dwarves of Turin, who were riding low, stout hill goats, hurriedly made way for each other.

Then, with a blank look in her eyes, Groyin watched as Orfina rushed from her side towards the little gate of Braytown.

Until now, Groyin is still impressed......

Just last night, they dwarves, right on top of the storm, witnessed each other's birth in person!

On that stormy night...... At the top of the Amensur outpost, in a huge magic array carved out by the little girl, the other party was like an angel descending to the mortal world, and the little girl wizard beside him was created out of thin air......

Groyin never thought that people could be made from objects?

"You're a bearded dwarf!"

"Aren't your entire race of dwarves made by the earth god Ori? Also, the humans of Middle-earth, and the little white-faced elves! ”

"Didn't that Gandalf say that? Even that white-clothed villain named Saruman is not playing with Issinger in a pinching of people? ”

"Their Eiru and Vera can create so many lives, what's so strange about me making one of my own?!"

After glancing at Orfina who was running down on a unicorn, Anne herself felt a little distressed.

After all, this existence created by her consumed almost half of her magic power! Even if there are those rare magic treasures, energy crystals and gems, but the price to pay is indeed a bit high? Therefore, she is not skilled in business, so she can only build such one, and no more will work.

"Uh...... Well, you ...... right."

Now, Groin finally knew why Gandalf had been a little uneasy about the little girl.

Because, this little kid is like a god at all, and he will let his temperament run wild!

Let's see, what kind of existence is she comparing with herself? Or Eru? Vera? These casual beings are the lords of their dwarves who have to kneel down when they see them......

Fortunately, Groyin felt that this little girl didn't seem to want to do anything big, but just playing, wanting to make a kingdom, and she should ...... That's right?

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"Your Lord! What do we do now?! ”

Just as the lord of Bray was watching the enemy outside the town to observe the situation, the militia captain of Bray Town came over.

"There are already a lot of people who recognize it, but outside, do you see it? The little girl riding a little white horse in the distance is the little witch who easily killed four black knights of Mordor at the Prancing Horse Inn two months ago! ”

Finally, when the large group of militiamen standing on the low log-made rammed-earth wall of Bray Town were nervous, in the midst of them, another message came out that made them even more frightened: on the hillside outside the town, the little human girl on a little white horse was the little witch who had been to the Prancing Horse Inn before!

"Your lord, come up with an idea! That little girl, she's going to set fire! ”

If you want to fight against a group of elite dwarven goat knights, they can resist with a militia of hundreds of people, plus the convenience of having a city wall!

However, if they were to fight a witch who seemed to be powerful, who could set fires and summon terrifying flaming great-axe warriors, then they wouldn't dare to......

After all, during this time, the drama of the witch vs. the black knight has become more and more evil throughout Bray Town! Now that they know that the little girl outside is the Witch of Horror two months ago, almost half of them are discussing, and if they see that the situation is not good, they will put down their weapons and run home!

The current human beings in Middle-earth are still very afraid of the strong with extraordinary powers! Especially that night two months ago, after several people witnessed the scene of the witch slaughtering the Black Knight!

"You're in a hurry! What are you yelling about? ”

"Wait and see what they want to do! Perhaps, they were just passing by? ”

The lord of Braytown, Lord Ian Fried, could only snarl in annoyance and speak as if he were comforting himself.

He is actually more anxious than anyone else now!

Because here, this Bray town and the surrounding territory are his family's traditional industries! And in this northern human territory where the kingdom of Arnor is long gone, and only a loose Illyad Free Council exists, he is actually the invisible king here in Bray Town!

And now, the group of menacing dwarves and witches outside obviously came with bad intentions, and now here, the most anxious person should be him, the lord of Thunder!

"Strange! What are they trying to do? ”

Suddenly, Ian Fried, the mayor and lord of the town, who was anxious, discovered a special situation.

The group on the other side seems to be planning to send someone forward to negotiate? Moreover, looking at the other party's figure, it seems that it is still a woman? But what was that thing she was riding under her crotch, which was noticeably taller than a normal horse, and had a horn?

“……”

O gods...... In the world of Middle-earth, there is such an existence?!

When the female knight ran within an arrow's distance of the gate of Braytown, Ian Fried and the other militiamen who were hiding behind the guardrails of the city wall were surprised to find that it was a red-haired woman who was as beautiful as an angel.

With such a delicate face, is she one of those legendary elves? I'm afraid that only those immortal elves will look so unlike mortals, right? It's a pity that the other party is wearing a crown-like helmet protector, so that they can't tell from the shape of their ears.

Tap! Tap!

Under the trampling of the unicorn's mighty four hooves, patches of turf and mud were swept out by the hooves that had sunk deep into the earth, and then, outside the gates of Bray, Orfina glanced at Bray's gates, and slammed her spear deep into the ground beneath her unicorn.

For the first time, the red-bottomed gold-rimmed condor banner that she had tied to the head of her lance began to flutter on the land of Middle-earth for the first time.

"Everyone in Bray Town is listening to me!"

After planting the flag, Orfina directly used magic to amplify her voice, and shouted at the militia at the head of Bray Town.

"I'm the Queen of the United Kingdom of Alicia, the Scarlet Princess, Ophaena! Now, who is your lord? Let him come out and talk to me at once! ”

Turning the unicorn in her crotch slightly, Orfina stood beside the flag of the United Kingdom of Alicia, half-leaning over the low city walls, at the crude human militia in leather armor, iron helmets, or even chain mail.

The shoddy axes, daggers, or dung forks they had in their hands were unsightly to her! With soldiers of this kind of equipment, she doesn't think they will have much combat effectiveness! As for their meagre number of crossbows, she even felt that it was a question of whether they would be able to get the arrows to fly to her feet, let alone penetrate her own armor!

A group of makeshift militias, war scum, and a rabble? It's Orfina's final evaluation of these soldiers in Bray Town, which must not be higher.

"Hey! Your Excellency, Your Excellency! Do you hear that? She's looking for you! ”

At this moment, the militia captain, who had been standing next to the lord just now, quickly touched their lord with his elbow. In his opinion, this seems to be a flying Yanfu? Look, such a beautiful chick riding a unicorn outside is still the queen of a kingdom?

“……”

"Forgive me for being so ignorant, Alicia of the United Kingdom...... Her Majesty? ”

"I'm Ian Fried, lord of Bray, but I've never heard of your country's name, and I've never had any contact with you...... Excuse me, what is the purpose of your coming here now, and using more than a brigade of dwarven cavalry to block the gate of my Bray Town? ”

Lord Ian Fried was not fooled by the other party's beautiful face, he was now more concerned about the safety of his own territory and wanted to know the other party's true purpose.

As long as they're not thinking of attacking his Bray Town, then everything is negotiable!

"You're the lord of Bray? Very good! ”

After frowning and looking at the middle-aged man who was standing on the city wall, only half of his body was exposed, and his clothes were gorgeous, Olfina nodded secretly.

Looking at the other party, it may indeed be the highest status among those people, and since the other party also said so, it should be right.

"By the orders of my lord, we, the Kingdom of Alicia, must take this town of Bray and the surrounding area of yours today! Before tonight's shift, your castles must be planted with the flag of our United Kingdom! ”

"So, in order to avoid unnecessary wars, we intend to buy your territory! Now, please make an offer! ”

Before that, the owner Anne had already explained to Orfina that if she could not fight, it would be better not to fight!

Therefore, Orfina planned to buy this town of three or four thousand people directly with money, and then let her United Kingdom of Alicia, which only existed in name, rule here, and after training a sufficient number of new troops, she would sweep the territory of the former Arno Kingdom in the surrounding northern plains in one fell swoop!

Before that, she was still a little apprehensive about this second-phase target, but after seeing the level of armament in this Bray Town, she no longer had the slightest concern about whether she could sweep the plan to sweep the surrounding area!

Take a peek and see the whole leopard, since the medium-sized Bray town in front of you is only at this level, then the other towns and territories are obviously not enough to see!

"Buy...... Buy my territory?! ”

Ian Fried was directly frightened by the words of the woman who claimed to be the king outside!

Originally, it was already strange for him that a woman could become a king, but now she is still unruly at all, and she wants to blatantly want to buy her own piece of mine territory?

Although, he himself is a little bit of a sell, but he Ian Fried only has such a bray collar, and once he does sell it, where do you let him go? Besides, if you want to buy it, the other party can also secretly send someone to discuss, where can you ask for your own price after the soldiers are in the city?

At this glance, he knew that the other party was obviously insincere! Or maybe they don't want to pay too much at all?

"I'm sorry, but I didn't sell my territory's ......?"

Before Ian Fried could finish his words, his eyes instantly widened!

Because, he saw, the so-called king's woman, actually waved his hand so casually while he was pondering, and let eight dwarven warriors carry up a large box of four from behind? Then, when the dwarves opened the lid of the chest, there were all thick, golden bars inside?

This money, if it's all gold, is more than enough to buy even two Bray towns?!

“……”

Now, Ian Fried thinks that since they are willing to pay so much money, it seems that it is not impossible for them to want to buy Bray Town?

However, can't they find someone to come and negotiate with them privately? Do you have to put so much gold on such a blatant display? Even if he really agrees now, it is estimated that he himself may not be able to leave Bray Town alive with so many gold bars, right?

"Now, speak your mind, Lord Ian Fried of Bray! As long as you're willing to say yes, it's all yours! ”

As she spoke, Orfina pressed one hand on the hilt of her sword at the same time, and she was already a little impatient.

Moreover, her own master, Anne, has also begun to urge herself in private! Therefore, she doesn't plan to waste too much time here, she wants to let the owner who has created herself see her own value! Since the plan was to take Bray before dusk, she wouldn't wait for the sun to set!

"I'm sorry......"

After thinking about it seriously, Ian Fried felt that it seemed that his own life was more important? The gold outside, although he himself also wants it, but he is afraid that he will not spend it......

If he had other territories under his own name, or if there were more troops loyal to him, then this Bray town would be sold and sold, and he could use this part of the windfall to buy better and more land anyway?

"I can't promise you, Your Majesty the Honorable Queen of the United Kingdom of Alicia! I think it's better for you to withdraw as soon as possible, believe me, we have no intention of making you an enemy! ”

While refusing, Ian Fried hurriedly persuaded him at the same time.

"If you don't mind, can I send an envoy for you to Annuminas in the north or to the town of Ystad in the south? I think they must have extra land willing to sell to you! What do you think of my suggestion? ”

Then, after thinking about it, he was afraid of angering these people, so he quickly gave another suggestion that seemed to him to be reliable: let this group of outsiders go to the Evantine Lake woodland in the north or the stad plain basin in the south?

He believes that as long as the other party is willing to give him enough benefits and intermediary fees, he will definitely spare no effort to buy enough land for them at a fair price! Preferably, to be able to give a certain box of gold outside and give it to yourself as a reward?

Choke!!

While Ian Fried was making a good calculation, the sound of a long sword unsheathed suddenly rang out.

"In the name of my lord! In the name of the light! In the name of the flames! ”

Seeing that the negotiations broke down, Orfina didn't even think about it, and directly pulled out the long sword at her waist.

Then, she directly raised the long sword with a glimmer of red light above her head, and shouted three fierce slogans.

In the next instant, two thick pillars of golden light fell from the sky and appeared directly beside her! The intense and stimulating light made even the humans far away on the city wall and the dwarves behind Orfina herself close their eyes.

"Come out! Angel of Doom! Use your light and the power of your fire to cleanse the enemies of our lord! ”

When Orfina's words fell, when the dazzling golden light dissipated, all the humans and dwarves finally saw that beside that Queen Orfina, there were two huge flying creatures suspended out of thin air?

Behind them, there was a pair of white feather wings with a hint of flame power? Moreover, he was also wearing a plate armor battle group, holding a huge cross-shaped giant sword in his right hand, and a shield with the same huge red background and gold-trimmed vulture badge in his left hand? They seem to be the kind of legendary ...... Angel of the Celestials?!

"What the hell! How is this possible?! ”

I never knew that this Orfina, who had only been created by the little witch not long ago, would have such an outrageous ability of Groyin, and was so shocked that she almost fell off the back of the hill goat.

And the other Turin Dwarven Goat Knights were not much better, and their mounts were letting out a low roar of uneasiness, as if they wanted to hurry away from this place?

It turns out that this is one of the ultimate skills that Anne specially formulated for Orfina to fool people: summoning the Angel of Doom!

In fact, those two angels are just embodied energy creatures, and they don't last too long, and their combat effectiveness is actually very average, and their main function is: they can fly! Will fight! And cut people! Of course, the most powerful feature is that it can scare people!

If they landed on the ground for a hard-fought duel, they would be at most, that is, they would be able to single-handedly fight a ring spirit on the ground, right?

But what others don't know!

In the eyes of the current dwarves or the Bray militia on the city walls: those two angels who are one size bigger than the trolls are the messengers of the goddess of fire, the symbol of miracles! It's the mysterious power that Queen Orfina of the United Kingdom of Alicia summoned with her sword! Just by looking at them, you know that they will definitely have unparalleled combat ability!

Moreover, their very existence is a living miracle!

"The Gods are above......

Obviously, after seeing the other party summon two huge angels, Bray's walls were filled with bursts of exclamations.

"Lord Lord, take care, I don't want next month's salary!"

"Also, from today onwards, for the position of militia captain, you can hire another master! I'm a free ranger again! ”

Bang!

The militia captain, who was standing beside Lord Einfried, dropped his iron shield on the spot, and then jumped directly from the low city wall towards the town of Bray.

Not counting the loss of his shield, he ran towards the city as he vigorously removed from his body the heraldic robes that outsiders recognized at a glance as belonging to Braytown, as well as the bulky chain armor.

Bang dang!

"Your Lord! I'm not doing it anymore! ”

"Me too!"

"Lord, lord! I'm going back to work at the hotel! ”

"I ...... There's something going on at home, my wife might be having a baby? ”

"Find a fart interface, let's run for your life!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Come on! Fight against angels, but you will be punished by God! ”

“……”

The power of example is enormous, and the deterrent power of the enemy is even greater!

Therefore, in the next moment, the other militia or the strong men who had been awakened by the action of the militia captain left behind their miscellaneous weapons or bows and arrows, and then turned around and fled for their lives in their respective homes in the city.

Actually, they can't be blamed for this, if they were to fight with those dwarves for defense, they might still hold on. But now you're not just fighting witches, but you're also going to fight a god-loved queen who can summon archangels? Just thinking about it with your ass, you know that there is absolutely no chance of winning!

"Hey! Wait for me! ”

If you don't run now, when do you have to wait?

No one is a fool, and when they know they are going to lose, do they want to wait to be slaughtered? They are just a group of militiamen, and most of them drag their families with their families, no one is easy, right?

“……”

When Lord Ianfried finally reacted, there was only him and a few hardcore knights left on the entire log board rammed earth wall? It's just that, looking at their pale faces and wandering eyes, he also knows that they seem to be going to leave themselves and run away at any time?

"Are you sure, Lady Anne...... Is this what you call not using magic? ”

After the initial shock, the old dwarf Groyin finally withdrew his gaze from the two miraculous angels who were still suspended in the air, and then his lips trembled, and he asked the smug little witch beside him.

"I'm not using magic indiscriminately!"

"Look! That's not what I used in the first place! Didn't you just see it clearly? That's clearly what Orfina used for her, not me! ”

Anne repeated this crucial point, and then glared back mercilessly.

This old dwarf with a messy beard, he looked at himself with that look of contempt on his face, what do you mean?! The magic put by others, does he still want to rely on himself? How unreasonable!