One of the Ringwyvern Knights, Dawn Destroyer Ji Yindu, who had already hovered into the sky, could see clearly above the sky that at the highest point of Minas Tirith, around the dead tree, there was a large group of large, thick black iron pipes and the black iron balls that were placed in baskets around them.

When Ji Yindu stared through the sky and saw the human soldiers carrying the black iron balls and trying to stuff them into the big iron pipes, he knew that those things must have attacked their orc legion just now!

Therefore, without thinking about it, he directly shook the reins of the demon beast under his crotch and ordered it to swoop towards the courtyard of the palace of the human race, intending to destroy those enemies who were not too numerous.

He wanted to use the huge young dragon under his crotch and its powerful hind claws to disrupt the formation of those humans, and grab all their big black iron pipes and throw them into the city below, killing their own defenders!

These flying dragon-like mounts under the crotches of the nine of them are not really wyverns, they are actually just hybrid hybrid magical creatures cultivated by the Demon Lord Sauron in the shadows of the Ash Mountains using magic.

That's right, in this magical world of Middle-earth, biotechnology is so advanced!

Perhaps, their magic and physical chemistry may not be too conspicuous, but, when it comes to hybridization technology, it is the first to be the first of the bar! The villains here are embarrassed to say that they are villains if they don't create one or two new species!

Similar to the original white-robed wizard Saruman's technique of cultivating hybrid strong orcs, Sauron, who is also Maia and proficient in magical biotechnology, is certainly not far behind!

It's just that Sauron doesn't think much of those strong orcs, because their production is too low, far less than the production of the orcs under his own command?

Therefore, in Sauron's opinion, those strong orcs produced by Saruman will not be much stronger than humans except for being able to walk in the sun! And, most importantly, the production of strong orcs is too low, so ah, for Chairman Suo, who believes in the tactics of crowds, those strong orcs are actually not his Demon Lord Sauron's dish.

Therefore, the evil eye demon king Sauron-kun did not continue to develop in the direction of strengthening the orcs, but began to develop other large terrifying creatures, such as: those black ogres? Giant ogres? ogres who are not afraid of the sun, etc......

It is precisely because of this that Sauron was in the Lislad Valley region in the north of Mordor, which is now the Valley of the Monsters, where biologist Sauron created this terrifying, dragon-like mass-produced monster - the Monster.

These monsters, they are arguably one of the most terrifying flesh creations ever created entirely by Sauron!

They are the blood of the terrifying vipers in the Mordor Wetlands that Sauron used evil spells to mix with the blood of the dragons created by his master, Morgoth, and then use magic to combine and blend and breed this dragon-blood creature that can be directly controlled by his consciousness!

These dragon-like and snake-like, flight-like creatures, although they look very ugly in appearance, are not only dead gray all over, but also have some bright purple spots on their skin, and on the back of their scaly bodies, there are also a whole row of highly poisonous spines, and when they spread their wings and fly, the huge wing spread is at least more than 120 feet.

The mounts of these Ringwraiths feed on carrion, and of course, sometimes like to devour people, horses, cows, orcs, and so on.

Generally speaking, their personalities are very brutal, and at present, only the powerful ring spirits can control them without being eaten, if they are replaced by a weaker orc to ride it, it is likely that at some point, they will turn their heads and swallow them, right?

So, it's a brilliant idea for the Ringknights to ride them, claim to be dragon knights, and fool and intimidate humans who don't know anything!

Here in Middle-earth, the armies of those countries that have basically never seen an air force and have almost no effective air strike capabilities, when they see these flying dragon knights on the battlefield, it will definitely deal a serious blow to the morale of the other party!

"Hiss~quack~!"

After receiving the order of the Ring Spirit behind it, the Destroyer of Dawn Ji Yindu, the terrifying monster in the form of a flying dragon began to adjust its flight attitude, and when it stretched out its snake-like head and slightly retracted its huge wings, it accelerated downward at a large angle, swept the rapid air current, and flew towards the enemy position next to the white dead tree!

"Don't panic, everyone! Hurry up, the gunners continue to load their shells! ”

After sternly reprimanding the artillerymen who were about to stop their movements and prepare to avoid the attack of the enemy in the air, Renus raised her head coldly, staring at the flying monster that was screaming and flying down.

The Ringspirit Wyvern Knight who swooped down towards them from above, she had actually seen it a long time ago! It's just that Renas didn't take the other party too seriously, and since Her Excellency the Red-robed Witch had said that their weapons could deal with that kind of flying beast, then she just had to command her troops and take them down properly.

"Attention all musketeers!"

"Raise your gun, aim at the enemy in the sky, don't rush, hold steady! It's just a big bird all the time! ”

Although Renas was also a little apprehensive in her heart, she also knew that as a general, she must not panic now!

Therefore, when she gave the order, she also took off the rifle she had been carrying behind her back, and quickly aimed at the body of the demon beast Wyvern that was swooping down and gradually growing in the field of vision.

They had never had ever used muskets to attack large hostile targets in the sky, and after all, they had never spotted a terrifying opponent like the Wyvern Knight of Mordor!

In her usual training, the most she could do was to try her marksmanship by beating birds like eagles that landed on the branches. Of course, here in Middle-earth, there is no talk of protecting endangered animals, just two small birds or a large bird of prey or something, and no one dares to care about them Alicia.

"Prepare ......"

She nodded with a little satisfaction when she saw the entire three hundred 'Wrath' musketeers around her raising their muzzles at the same time, and still not flinching in the face of the piercing and terrifying screams of the enemy.

This recent series of victories has given the group of musketeers under the command of the United Kingdom of Alicia a high morale and self-confidence!

Comparing the Gondor soldiers who were fleeing from their posts and running away from their posts under the screams of the Ring Spirit Beasts, to the Alician musketeers who were still in full formation and could still raise their guns to aim at the enemy, it was already excellent.

"It's now! Fire!! ”

When he saw that the swooping ring spirit and the monster wyvern on the other side were approaching at high speed and were already less than three hundred yards away from him and the others, Renas opened his mouth and shouted loudly, and at the same time, after hitting the chest position of the monster wyvern with his muzzle crosshair, he suddenly pulled the trigger of the weapon in his hand!

Syllable!

A gunshot rang out first!

At the same time, around her, the three hundred 'Wrath of the Goddess' musketeers also fired their weapons at the same time.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Hundreds of gunshots rang out one after another, and while the musketeers' shoulders shook slightly, they also sent three hundred and 0 scorching Minnie cone-shaped projectiles, in bursts of fire and choking smoke that blocked their vision, directly into the air towards the Ringwraithmann who flew down to them!

"What is this?!"

When he saw that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and he was about to manipulate the flying dragon monster to adjust its flight attitude and sweep past and crush the hundreds of strange soldiers holding iron rods of the enemy, he was surprised to find that in front of the enemy's iron rods, there were clouds of flames and thick smoke erupting violently, and then, countless black dots, which were almost invisible to the naked eye, roared past his side and ears!

Then, he heard a burst of explosions from below that he had never heard before, and since he and the Wyvern Demon Beast were diving, the explosion sounded unusually harsh.

Before he could figure out what was going on, the demon beast wyvern under him suddenly let out a miserable and sharp scream, and at the same time, he instantly lost his balance, and the pair of huge wyvern wings twisted weakly with the wind, and then directly rolled in mid-air, and fell headlong towards the white dead tree in the middle of the garden below......

Boom!!!

After the dull sound of flesh hitting the ground and the sound of a branch and trunk breaking, something embarrassing to the embarrassment of the four silver-white spring guards around them, armed with spears and winged helmets, who had been ordered to guard the White Tree of Gondor:

The terrifying flying dragon demon beast ridden by the Ring Spirit, after being shot dozens of times in its body, and its entire chest and neck were beaten to pieces, actually hit the top of the Treasure Pimple Saint White Tree of their Gondor Kingdom with one head!

This sacred tree, which had not bloomed for many years, and even the guards did not know if it had withered or not, and was directly smashed into a pile of sparse broken wood by its huge and heavy body......

“……”

The Ringwraith: Destroyer of Dawn Ji Yindu slowly stood up.

Just now in the sky, he was prostrate on the back of the demon beast flying dragon due to his flying attitude, and he didn't suffer much damage. After all, the Wyvern had blocked almost all of the bullets that came from below, and he wasn't a living creature himself, so the head-to-head impact just now didn't cause him any more damage than to flatten some of his armor.

Choke!

At this time, when the knight of the Ring, who was fully armored and dressed in tattered black robes, got up from his Wyvern Demon Beast's saddle in embarrassment, he saw the surrounding situation clearly, and suddenly drew the black long sword on his waist, and with a direct and random swing, he slashed out a guard of Gondor Springs who was trying to stab him with a spear, along with a gun!

With just a seemingly casual moment, the spring guard screamed and flew upside down, lying face down on the stone floor a few steps away, and after a little convulsion, he stopped moving, and he didn't know if he was dead or not.

"You're not his opponent, get out of here!"

Just as the other three Springspring Guards and more of the Gondor Royal Guards were about to draw their weapons and revolve around the lone Ringwraith, Alicia's female general, Renus, stopped them with a drink.

She knew that an immortal knight like this was not something that ordinary people could deal with! With the backward cold weapons in the hands of these Gondor soldiers, no matter how many people there are, rushing forward is just a waste of death.

So, after repelling the Gondor, Renas pressed the grip of the pistol at her waist with one hand, and slowly stepped forward, staring at the ringwraith vigilantly.

In her opinion, the Ring Knight who has lost the Wyvern mount is just a turtle in the urn, and he will definitely not be able to escape! Therefore, there was no need for these Gondor soldiers to go up and send them to their deaths, and she was going to give them a scorching bullet to try?

"You...... Is it a woman? Are you the leader of these human beings? ”

The Ringwraith asked slowly as he turned his head and looked at the human woman standing about ten paces in front of him, dressed only in a tight ranger leather suit without any armor, after arrogantly holding his sword and forcing the soldiers back from Gondor.

Did she hear it just now, those soldiers, actually obeying this woman's orders? When did it start that here in Middle-earth, women can be generals?

Until now, he still didn't know how his mount had been shot down by an enemy weapon. However, based on the performance of the soldiers around him who were nervously fiddling with the hardcore weapons in their hands, Ji Yindu could probably guess: just now, it must have been that strange weapon that shot down his Wyvern Demon Beast?

"Humph! I am the commander and general of the Second Army of the United Kingdom of Alicia! ”

"Evil Mordor Ringing Spirit, are you filthy and ominous beings ready to go to Hell again?"

Renus took two steps forward, first curiously looking up and down the legendary ring spirit before snorting coldly.

It is said that these immortal rings of Mordor were once the most powerful warriors in Middle-earth? Was it after receiving the temptation of the demon lord Sauron and obtaining the magic ring that he was lured to fall and finally become the immortal existence he is now?

And, months ago, before the United Kingdom of Alicia appeared in the world's sight, these monster rings haunted the Shire? At that time, they were so unscrupulously searching for someone or something in the territory of the northern human beings, and along the way, they also killed and injured many garrison soldiers or unprovoked residents in various human towns, and at that time, basically no one could help their evil existence!

It's just that later, their idea was too bad, and they accidentally provoked the powerful red-robed witch, and then outside the Prancing Horse Hotel, several were killed on the spot! Since then, Renus hasn't heard of them again, and thinks they're all dead!

But who would have thought that now, here in Gondor, she actually saw these evil ring spirits again, and there were a total of nine, no more, no less! They have been successfully resurrected again?

"Excellent! Since you have a way to shoot down my mount, then ......"

After knowing that this woman was the leader of this group of humans, Ji Yindu unceremoniously pointed his long sword at the delicate and delicate face of the other party.

"I'm Ji Yindu, the Destroyer of Dawn, one of the Nine Great Ring Spirits!"

"Now, in the name of the Ringwraith, I issue a fair challenge to you, the general of the human race, and if you have the courage to accept it, I will definitely let you die in a dignified way!"

Knowing that the group could not be beaten or that the party was at a disadvantage, it was already an effective method for the Ringwraiths to issue a fair duel to the enemy's generals.

In fact, there is a precedent for this practice!

Between 2043 and 2050 in the Third Age of Middle-earth, the Witch King of Angmar, who had lost a group fight, twice sent a duel to the last king of the Gondor Kingdom, Eanur, demanding a one-on-one fair challenge of honor between the two sides!

To the great surprise of the Ringwraiths, the last king of Gondor, Eanur, who had been foolish, had forcibly led a group of guards into the Cave of Minas despite the dissuasion, and accepted the challenge from the Witch King of Angmar! After that, the stupid human king never appeared again......

It was also from that time that the southern hereditary line of the Elendil family, the Anarian lineage, was cut off from then on! The winged crown of the Gondor kingdom can only be kept in the tomb of Eanur's father, Eanil II, and no one is qualified to wear it.

"Aha! A one-on-one fair challenge!? ”

Renus glanced up and down at the ringling again, estimating that his strength and melee fighting ability were probably not the opponent's opponents, before nodding and repeating in the affirmative:

"In this way, it seems that you ring spirits have not lost their brains yet, and you are still a little quick to take advantage of loopholes, knowing that you can't beat us, so you want to use this kind of inferior trick?"

"But...... Well, in order to complement your meanness, I have to decide to officially accept your fair challenge! It's now, right here! They won't make a move on you until we decide the winner. ”

"So, you can start now, just let the horses come!"

After taunting the other party to her heart's content, Renas slightly put her right hand on the grip of a short-barreled musket on her belt, and looked at the other party with a cold gaze, vigilant of the opponent's every move, ready to send out her own thunderous blow at any time, and definitely not have any chance for the opponent!

If this stupid ringspirit thinks that he can defeat her one-on-one, then the other party must be thinking of something wrong!

“……”

"Excellent! Show your weapons, woman...... I'll let you strike first! Rest assured, you will die a glorious death! ”

After hearing that the other party's general had really agreed to his challenge request, the Ring Spirit Knight Ji Yin Du's heart couldn't help but snicker.

Then, he didn't care about the sarcasm on the other party's lips, so he pretended to be generous and said that he could let the other party make a move first, and then he would continue to make a move?

In the opinion of Ringing Ji Yindu, as long as the other party did not let their soldiers attack him with strange iron rod weapons, then he had no need to worry about anything at all.

Later, he must use the fastest speed, three or two strokes, to defeat this woman neatly and capture her! Then, coerce the other side and find an opportunity to rush into the phalanx of iron-roded soldiers armed with strange weapons? As long as he eliminated and dispersed the soldiers who were only about three hundred people as soon as possible, and made him feel a little jealous, he was convinced that there would be no one else here who was his opponent!

"Uh......"

"Are you sure you really want me to do it first? You're not kidding?! ”

Originally, Renas also planned to quickly pull out the short musket on his right waist and give the opponent's head a moment when the opponent rushed up.

But who would have thought that now this ring spirit, he really had the courage to let himself do it first? I'm afraid he's really crazy, right? Could it be that after the rings become such immortal beings, their brains are not very good?

As for the long sword on the left side of her waist where the Ring Spirit's gaze lingered the most, she hadn't thought of using it at all from beginning to end!

After all, it was just an ornament now, and she hadn't pulled it out in over a month! Now, maybe even she doesn't know, this sword, has it been rusted in the scabbard?

“……”

After a moment of silence, Jielingji Yin Du didn't say much, just held his long sword horizontally in front of him, ready to defend and block attacks.

"Hurry up, woman! Hmph, soon, you'll know the horrors of my Dawn Destroyer, Ji Yindu, ......"

His meaning is obviously obvious: he just wants to show a little bit of knightly demeanor, and then he will strike preemptively with lightning speed and capture this human female general who seems to be weak in one fell swoop!

Syllable!!!

A crisp gunshot rang out in an instant!

Before the words of the Ringwraith Knight of the Dawn Destroyer had fully fallen, Renas quickly pulled out her beautifully crafted, slightly larger gunpowder pistol, with ivory inlays on the handle and some kind of magic pattern engraved on the barrel, and shot it at the chest of the Ringwraith!

With a distance of less than ten paces like this, there is no reason why Renas, who has superb accuracy, should not be able to hit at all.

Moreover, for the duel drawing technique, Renas said that she is already very proficient! From drawing the gun to aiming and firing, her entire set of movements is done in one go, and it may not even take a second to add up?

Therefore, when everyone heard the gunshots, a demon-breaking bullet with magic patterns also engraved with magic patterns had already penetrated the chest of the Ringing Knight, and once again punched a hideous hole the size of a bowl on the corpse of the dragon-shaped demon beast behind the opponent......

“……”

Among the nine Ringwraiths, the Witch King of Angmar was second only to the Witch King of Angmar in melee strength, and the Destroyer of the Dawn Ji Yindu, who had his own title, trembled and let go of the Black Knight Sword in his hand, allowing it to fall to the floor of this royal courtyard......

"This ...... Base...... No...... Fair ......"

After looking down at the thick transparent hole in his chest, he used the last of his strength to shout such a staccato sentence with difficulty.

This familiar weapon again......

Think that when they were chasing the mother elf and the little hobbit with the ring, they seemed to be packed up by a similar weapon by the river?

So, the question is, what is the connection between this female general and the little girl who killed nine of them once? Why are they using all these strange weapons that make their martial arts unable to play? It's really unfair to them!

It's just that the next thing that happened, this Dawn Destroyer, Ji Yindu, didn't know anything......

Because, after his body was pierced by the demon-breaking bullet and destroyed the armor, in the midst of violent trembling and screams, a large amount of black energy in his body poured out, making his armor, which was originally hideous and thick, quickly collapsed into a pile of dilapidated and useless scrap metal, and after falling to the ground, there was no more sound.

"Humph!"

"I think it's fair, anyway, you insisted on letting me do it first!"

Looking disdainfully at the black iron residue on the ground, Renas blew the smoke from the muzzle of her short-barreled rifle before turning a beautiful flak and quickly inserting the pistol back into the holster at her waist again.

She felt that these ring spirits were actually really stupid, he and his own sharpshooter were single-handed, and he dared to let her do it herself? Then of course she can't be polite!

（…… ）

(My little master, I think that your subordinates are getting more and more of your style!) That's right! It can only be three points, no more......

- When Tibbs saw the knight of the Rings who was knocked down by a single shot, and saw that the other party was killed by the Demon Breaker Musket without making a single move, he couldn't help but sigh with his master in private.

Think about it, a person with a long sword and a combat power of about a hundred, such a powerful spirit dragon knight, to challenge an ordinary human general who is armed with a gunpowder short-barreled rifle and has a personal combat strength of about ten, but in the end, the strength of the individual loses to the weapon? So, sometimes, the supremacy of weapons doesn't mean that there is no market for it entirely. ）

"Huh? Tibbs ......"

"I don't seem to have done anything bad lately, do I? Why are you pulling it on me again? ”

In Anne's opinion, the one named Renas below used a musket to kill her enemies in a heads-up attack, which was indeed very reasonable and fair......

After all, at the beginning, there was no rule that they couldn't use a certain weapon, so didn't that ring spirit deserve to die? That's fair, there's nothing to dig into.

Since that's the case, that Renus, she really didn't use any despicable and shameless methods, it was indeed a fair and honest method, so why did Little Bear mention herself?

Wait a minute......

Something seems to be wrong here?

If according to Anne's own thoughts just now and Tiebs's meaning, then it is clear that Renas used despicable and shameless methods to have something to do with him?

"Little Bear...... You're naughty again?! ”

After grabbing the other's two furry ears and bringing them to her face, Anne began to tear them hard at both sides.

Just now, it was all this bad bear, let her herself go into it, and she must not easily spare it! Therefore, Anne twisted and rotated the opponent's head vigorously at an angle of 360 degrees.

（…… ）

(Lord, Master...... The little one didn't say anything just now...... ）

————

He ...... Is this ring spirit dead? ”

At this time, when Renas knocked down the seemingly powerful Ringwraith-knight with one shot, and everything was settled, the regent of Gondor, who had been on guard in the distance, did not dare to approach casually, and then stepped over.

He took a few steps forward, cautiously looking at the huge wyvern monster and the other party's body full of bullet holes and the neck twisted into a strange large angle, before frowning as the ringed knight turned into a pile of rotten iron asked Alicia's female general.

"I'm sorry, I don't know!"

"These guys called the Ringwraith, it is said that they can be resurrected in the cave of Minas with some kind of evil spell? The power of the demon-destroying bullet I just made is also very limited, so I don't even know if I have completely killed a monster like them! ”

After seeing the bewildered look on Regent Gondor's face, Renas shrugged her shoulders and explained.

Since these Ringwraiths had been killed by their red-robed witch, it is likely that they were not completely dead this time, right? Perhaps, after a while, he will run out again on another Wyvern monster?

"Don't worry, you really don't need to worry too much, in a short time, he won't survive."

No matter what, there must be some harsh conditions to be resurrected, and after thinking about this, Renas didn't take these rings too seriously.

Now that their musket weapons have been proven to take out these wyverns and ringwils, there really isn't anything she needs to care about! If this Ring Spirit reappears, it will only be a matter of one more bullet, which must be much easier than resurrecting a Ring Spirit from the Demon Lord Sauron, right?

"Okay......"

Nodding his head to show some understanding, Dinether turned his head to look at the city below Minas Tirith that had been thrown into chaos by other Ringwraiths.

"I'm sorry, I'd like to ask: can you send some of your 'Wrath of the Goddess' musketeers to reinforce my soldiers?"

"Those Ring Spirit Wyvern Knights are so unscrupulous, I'm really a little worried now......"

Looking at the city below, those who were speeding by, spreading fear and grabbing the giant catapults, letting those huge logs smash and injure the defenders one after another, and even, some daring ringlings controlled the Wyvern Demon Beast to land on the ground of the street, and began to attack the defenders in a big way, grabbing groups of soldiers with their claws and flying them into the air, and then throwing them down like stones, Dinethor finally couldn't look at it.

At present, the enemy's well fences and crashing logs have not yet touched the city walls and gates, but those few Ringwraiths alone have already caused a lot of losses and confusion to the guards!

If this continues, he will not have much confidence in whether he will be able to hold out until Alicia's reinforcements arrive...... Perhaps, before reinforcements arrive, they may be defeated by the enemy first?

"Understood, I know how to do it!"

The destructive power of those Ringwyvern Knights below the city, Renas also frowned.

The bows and arrows or throwing spears in the hands of the defenders of Gondor did not have much deterrent power at all against the wyvern monsters that were flying around quickly, and their bows and arrows were too powerful to effectively penetrate the scale armor of the wyvern monsters; And the range of the throwing gun is too short, if you throw it rashly, when it falls, the probability of nailing your own person may be a little greater?

When it's too late to dodge in a panic, it would be foolish to want them to shoot their guns at the enemy flying in the sky.

"Two of you, divided into four squads of fifty people, go and guard the catapults below that have not yet been attacked, and once the Knights of the Rings fly closer, you will attack or disperse them!"

Holding this artillery position above, Renus thinks that a hundred musketeers will probably be enough!

Now, the wyvern corpse lying crookedly on the stump of the dead tree has proved that these monsters only need to take three or five bullets, and they will be doomed in the same way! And this one just now took dozens of shots, and his chest and neck were all broken!

Therefore, she felt that it was indeed too much waste to put three hundred musketeers in the artillery position.

Of course, Renas herself actually knew that it was obviously impossible for the musketeers to chase down the Wyvern Knight and defend the entire Minas Tirith!

Therefore, they can only take a passive defensive position, waiting by the catapults that have not yet been attacked, and only attacking when the ringwraires rush down and throw themselves into the net.

"Bastard! What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you hurry up and shoot me!? ”

Seeing the musketeers quickly leading the way away, the female general couldn't help but be furious when she turned her head and saw that the artillerymen were still not working, still pointing at the corpses of the wyvern and the ringing spirit.

So, she stepped forward and kicked at the bearded soldier who was pulling out his knife and crouching next to the corpse of the wyvern, intending to pluck off a few dragon scales as a souvenir.

"Hurry up! Man your posts! ”

"Everyone, go back to your posts at once, and aim at those giant wells and open fire!"

Now, the army of orcs is getting closer and closer to the city wall, and they have just destroyed a huge well cart used for siege, and there are still a dozen of them!

If they didn't rush to attack now, with the slow reloading speed of the artillery, after a while, when the opponent was completely close to the wall, they would have to turn to attack the enemy's phalanx infantry.

"Shoot now!"

"Then, keep reloading as fast as you can! You don't have to wait for orders, pick up the target you have set in sight, and keep firing at me! ”