Chapter 559: Frustration
Since the half-elf Elos Tar Minyatur gave up the fate of the elves, chose to become a human, and led the Eden humans who migrated westward across the sea, and finally settled on a large island in the middle of the Belegel Sea to survive and reproduce, so as to create a kingdom. Thousands of years have passed, and what was once a wild place has now become incomparably prosperous and beautiful. Númenor, alone in the sea, has no natural predators and does not have to face the threat of orcs and all kinds of beasts. This allowed Númenóres to develop and multiply with peace of mind, and after a long millennium, the country had already become extremely prosperous and highly civilized.
The Númenóreans created a highly developed civilization, a variety of crafts, and many objects of wonderful power. This part comes from the knowledge of the elves brought by their founding monarch, Elros, and various manufacturing techniques. Humans absorb the knowledge of the elves, create on it, and eventually, they absorb and perfect this profound knowledge of the elves. And on its basis, it has created a civilization inheritance that is completely its own.
And when two letters for help from Middle-earth were delivered to Númenor through Sorondo, the King of the Eagles. After deliberation, they decided to send an expeditionary fleet across the sea to return to Middle-earth to help their royal friends and relatives defend against the Dark Lord Sauron. Dark Lord, that's right. Sauron now received the title unanimously given to him by the people of Middle-earth. His terrifying and powerful power destroyed Eregian in one fell swoop, and gave Middle-earth no less shock than dropping a bombshell on the surface of a lake that had been calm for a long time. When the letter for help arrived in Númenor, the Crown Prince of Númenor, Minastir, personally led a large expeditionary fleet back to Middle-earth. When this large expeditionary fleet landed in Gray Harbor, reinforcements from the middle of the sea were warmly welcomed by the people of Gray Harbor. The lord of the kingdom of Linton, Jill Galad, also went to Grey Harbor to welcome the reinforcements of Númenor, and held a grand welcome banquet for their arrival. Immediately, they began to discuss how to deal with Sauron.
By the time Númenor's reinforcements arrived, Sauron's forces had already swept through Middle-earth. That endless black torrent swept everything! Hideous and terrifying orcs, wreaking havoc everywhere, killing. Dwarves were driven deeper underground, elves were driven into the forest, and humans were driven away. They followed behind the elves, constantly fleeing, mostly to the kingdom of Linton.
"Sauron's strength now is several times stronger than when he was under Morgoth." Jill Garrard pointed to the map on the table, "Today, most of these areas are occupied by Sauron. His army, in Middle-earth, is constantly killing and destroying. His expression was very solemn, "Whether it's elves, humans, or dwarves, our losses are very heavy. Sauron didn't have the Firedemons and Dragons to help him, but his current army seemed to be endless. No matter how brave we are, we can't kill these locust-like orcs. ”
"But now, we have allies." Jill Garrard laughed.
Minastir smiled and proposed, "The most important thing for us now is to thwart Sauron's next attack, if we fail again, then we will have no way back!" He pointed to the shadowed areas of the map that were almost covered with Sauron's markers. And the kingdom of Linton, completely besieged by Sauron, they really have no way to retreat, because behind them is an endless sea.
"Banish Sauron from Eriador!" Elrond said with a fist.
The elves, humans, and dwarves in the audience also roared. As a result, the coalition forces were reorganized again, and the reorganization was quickly completed. With all the supplies available, the elves challenged Sauron once more.
And Sauron, who was in Mordor, once again responded to the challenge from the elves. The Doomsday Volcano once again spewed out endless black smoke and thick fog, and the orcs and trolls began to assemble. Sauron was confident in this war, and he would defeat the multi-ethnic coalition as easily as he had done before. This gave him endless confidence, but before leaving, he still asked Jiang Ning again that he wanted to lead the alien into battle. However, Jiang Ning bluntly refused, "The aliens are not yet exposed, their number is still small, and they don't have the strength to attack Valinor in one go." ”
"Hundreds of thousands of aliens, don't they have such strength?"
Jiang Ning glanced at him slightly, naturally knowing what he was thinking, but he didn't care at all. "In my opinion, hundreds of thousands of aliens do not have the strength to attack Valinor at all, and this number will be more certain if it has doubled several times." Hundreds of thousands of aliens can indeed attack Valinor, but they can't sweep the entire Arda in an instant. Vera's power should not be underestimated, plus there is also a mysterious Iluvita.
"It should have begun!"
Sauron gave him a deep look, turned and walked out without saying a word.
Subsequently, Sauron himself led his army forward, and he led his army to the final battle in high spirits. Most of the entire Middle-earth has long since fallen to his blade, and the elves, humans, and dwarves have long since been crushed. Therefore, he didn't care about this battle at all. In his opinion, even if there is a coalition of reinforcements, what can it be?
His army traveled directly to the Kingdom of Linton, preparing to be the first to take out the most powerful Kingdom of Linton. Then, in sweeping away the remnants of the three forces in Middle-earth.
A huge army of orcs traveled through Eriador, killing and plundering constantly. Creating a reign of terror, Sauron gathered his scattered armies as he marched on. By the time he arrived at the crossing of Sarn, the number of troops under his command had reached a terrifying level.
Even so, the elves had no way to retreat, and their army was assembled at the Sarn crossing. Looking at the endless army of orcs on the opposite side, the elves and the army of Númenóres began to charge. The two sides engaged in a fierce fight, which lasted for a day and night. The coalition forces had no choice but to keep fighting, and the orcs under Sauron's command did not dare to retreat under his strong orders. And at this time, a sudden army appeared, it was the army led by Olophil. His territory, the Great Woods, was besieged by orcs, struggling to support. In the end, it was Weslier who was close at hand to rescue them and take them to Weslier for refuge. Now, Olophil can't say that the Isvel elves will go to war, so he can only lead his people back to the west. Their arrival was undoubtedly a living force, and even more so at a time when the battlefield was in a stalemate and exhaustion stage, their arrival repelled Sauron. Subsequently, the morale-boosting coalition pursuers Sauron's army pursued them and drove them out of Eriador.