Chapter 139: The End of Isengar (Part II)
Hu Bin subconsciously grabbed a fragment of wood that swept by his side, which was the remains of a tree man, but now was not the time to think about it, he found that he was being swept towards the city wall by the torrent. After the inevitable impact, Hu Bin completely lost consciousness, and the torrent of vent began to slow down, leading him into the Fagong Forest. He put his head out of the water, the roar in his head that left him at a loss, and as his hearing returned, the cacophony of sounds flooded into his ears, and all sorts of sensations returned to him.
A heart-piercing pain came from his left arm, almost sending Hu Bin into a coma again, and he saw his arm bent at a strange angle, and the wound punctured by the bone stubble was blistered white. He thumped at the surface of the water with his right hand to try to control his body, but the raging waves carried him far away.
The dam was completely destroyed, but it was neither the work of the numberers nor the tree people, but Saruman himself ordered the nearby explosives to be detonated. A huge shock wave swept away the treemen who were destroying the dam, and the rushing flood easily engulfed everything nearby, as the dam collapsed in an instant, and even the tall, tough treemen could not resist the water.
Hu Bin's memory was broken from the moment the dam exploded, and he probably fainted because of the shock wave of the bomb, but he estimated from his distance from the dam that the numberers would definitely lose a lot under such a blow. Hu Bin smiled bitterly, he still had the energy to worry about others at this time, he barely grabbed a thick branch and climbed up out of the water, and saw his left arm helplessly.
Hu Bin broke off a small branch and bit it in his mouth, summoned the holy sword, and cut off his left arm with a sword, rather than letting the bleeding and cripple effect continue to reduce his health. The broken wound on the left arm slowly stopped bleeding under the healing effect of the holy sword, Hu Bin took out a roll of bandages and wrapped it roughly a few times before ignoring it, anyway, there is moonlight well water, and the arm will grow sooner or later. Hu Bin dried his body with the hand of flames, identified his direction, and then released the small boat when he first entered the world from the space ring, but he didn't expect to use it at this time, and then Hu Bin fixed the oar on the stern of the boat, and slowly rowed towards the Fagong camp with one hand.
There was a bleak atmosphere in the Fagon camp, and the numbered people who returned here one after another were less than half of the ones before they set off, almost all of them were wounded, and when they saw Hu Bin walking in from outside, many people looked up with expectant eyes, but then lowered their heads gloomily.
Hu Bin saw Lin in the camp, she leaned on a tree trunk with a dejected look, and when she saw Hu Bin walking this way, she was usually a little indifferent, she actually rushed over and hugged Hu Bin, and then buried her face in Hu Bin's chest and suppressed her crying.
"Joe? It's a pity! Hu Bin grabbed Lin's waist with one hand and looked around, but still found no trace of the dwarf Vicky, although he was not willing to accept this fact, but I am afraid that the guy is also more auspicious.
The Numbers on the Human Side had been a complete failure this morning, and although the purpose of the Faction Mission had been accomplished, the loss of the Treants and Numberers was staggering. According to incomplete statistics, only half of the numbered people who participated in the operation returned to the camp, and the number of missing deaths is rising, and countless people are injured. In total, the Treants lost more than thirty members, most of whom were burned to death by the orcs, which was a devastating experience for them who were already on the verge of extinction.
Saruman sold the numberers on both sides, and on the one hand, he instructed a large number of his numberers with orc miscellaneous soldiers to delay the attack of the treemen as much as possible, but on the other hand, he secretly prepared to detonate the dam, hiding the elite orc troops in the protective wall, and the real orc concoction factory was set up elsewhere, and the potholes in the factory area were abandoned as a flood discharge place. As a result, Saruman's numberers were almost wiped out, and without the help of the Treants, they were powerless to resist the flood, believing that even if they survived, they would never have served Saruman.
"It's a big-hearted, poisonous ploy, and we all underestimate Saruman's determination." Hu Bin gritted his teeth and said hatefully. The tree man that Lin and Joe rode on was relatively far back, but they were also caught off guard by the sudden flood, and Joe was accidentally washed down and never came back.
For the next few days, the surviving numberers all huddled in the camp, allowing Gandalf to issue the mission, but no one paid attention. The tragedy of a few days ago is still vivid, although many numbered people have died in the mission before, but it is still difficult for them to accept that so many people were killed without resistance. As time went on, fewer and fewer people returned to the camps, and the missing people who did not return until the end were estimated to be on the list of the dead.
The army of the Rohan Kingdom had marched on Isengard, and the grieving Treants had come to the front line with all their might, and Saruman still had an army of strong orcs, but everyone knew that his end was near.
Faction quest rewards were distributed, and all surviving numbered ones were rewarded with a large number of quest points that could be exchanged for items from Gandalf. And Hu Bin, who was in a state of interest, went to receive the reward task points at the same time, and took the task points obtained from the previous task to Gandalf to see if there was anything that could be exchanged, after Saruman was defeated, these task points were about to become invalid again.
"Grief is no reason to be depressed, Reed, the enemy is still watching us in the Ozokta!" Gandalf patted Hu Bin's shoulder, which had only a small limb left, and spoke to him in a calm tone.
"I don't care, Gandalf, it's just a little bit of a feeling that things are impermanent, and that bastard Saruman will get the punishment he deserves. Do you have anything for me here? "Hu Bin and Gandalf have a high level of favorability, and the other numberers can only buy some items on the list, but Hu Bin can make some small requests to Gandalf, which is why he saved up until the end to redeem them.
"Well, can you show me your weapon?" Gandalf looked at Hu Bin with blazing eyes.
"This old man is definitely selling cute!" Hu Bin handed the Sacred Sword of Prinz to Gandalf with a black line on his face.
"Hmm, quite a perfect light attribute energy operation system, hey, this sword actually has spiritual wisdom stored on it, although the forging technique is very similar to that of the elves, but it is fundamentally different from their methods." Gandalf restrained his smile as soon as he touched the blade of the sword, stroking the sword over and over again with a very serious demeanor, and then held the hilt of the sword and cast a spell intently.
The spirit of light in the holy sword felt a vast amount of light energy covering the holy sword, and hurriedly rushed out to take a look, and after staring at Gandalf for a while, who had finished casting the spell, he quickly ran to Gandalf's chin and pulled off a mustache, and then the figure flashed and hid behind Hu Bin's head.
"Elf! It's a strange creature, but this little guy is really unfriendly, and it took me a lot of effort to complete this enchantment. Gandalf said indignantly when he saw Hu Bin's smiling expression, and then handed the holy sword back to Hu Bin.
"It doesn't like to be held in someone's hand." Hu Bin said with a smile, he looked embarrassed after looking at the attributes of the holy sword. Gandalf blessed the Holy Sword with a rather expensive permanent blessing magic "Ritual of Light", the effect is to have a certain deterrent effect on evil creatures, which can increase a certain amount of dark element resistance, this magic requires a certain medium to be attached, and Hu Bin's holy sword just meets the requirements of this medium.
But the problem is that Hu Bin wants a protective equipment or magic, and the offensive one is acceptable, but it is this kind of auxiliary enchantment, and it just happens to spend all his mission points. Hu Bin even maliciously speculated whether Gandalf would be fooling himself.
"What kind of expression do you have, will I pit you, this is a spell that took a lot of effort from me to attach, if it weren't for the sake of this light elf, you have three times the credit, I wouldn't have done this, it's easy for me to be so old." Hu Bin looked at Gandalf, whose face was not red and his heart was not beating, and complained there in pieces, he really couldn't see how much effort he had just put into it.
"This spirit of light has not been nourished for a long time, and has been forced to sleep for a long time, the original rank may have been very high and gave birth to spiritual intelligence, but now it has also fallen to the lowest level, if it is not for you, it may dissipate in a few decades. This enchantment of mine can collect the surrounding light energy and nourish it full, much faster than you can slowly nourish it with yourself. Gandalf looked at the Elf of Sight and walked away with a smile on his face.
Hu Bin heard Gandalf's explanation, tilted his head to look at the Spirit of Light, and found that it was bored on his shoulder and tried to straighten Gandalf's beard, but unfortunately it didn't do it after half a day's effort, and finally flew back into the holy sword in anger. Hu Bin caught the hair falling in mid-air and subconsciously glanced at it.
"One of Gandalf's beards
Grade: Rare
Attribute: Unknown
Synopsis: The Elven Queen may love this gift. ”
"Does this old fellow have a leg with the Elven Queen?" Hu Bin complained fiercely, and then received the hair into the space ring and put it away.
Lin exchanged an enchanted dagger from Gandalf that she had liked for a long time, and Hu Bin scolded Gandalf for letting the old guy trap him after seeing the attributes of the dagger, and a lot of his quest points were gone. However, it was changed, and Gandalf's reasons were also very sufficient, and Hu Bin could only endure the pain and admit it.
The whereabouts of Vicky and Joe are still unknown, and Lynn has reverted to her previous indifferent appearance after grief, but whenever Saruman is mentioned, she subconsciously clenches the dagger, after all, she and Joe have been in this world for a year, and there is a friendship between friends even if there is no relationship between men and women.
Many teams have invited Hu Bin and the two, and almost all teams have attrition to varying degrees, and guys like the two of them who have strength at a glance are the ideal partners. Hu Bin was willing to play soy sauce with them, but Lin was reluctant to team up with others, and Joe had agreed to team up with Hu Bin and Vicky before, but now this guy is gone. Hu Bin declined the solicitation of others with some headaches, and finally decided to team up and go it alone.
King Heyodon's army came quickly, and there was a slight feeling of taking advantage of the danger, which made the numbered ones who had suffered heavy losses feel a little resentment, why they didn't come before. However, during the battle against Saruman, the numberers endured the unhappiness in their hearts, but did not join the army of Rohan. They sat down on the top of the treemen as before, looking at the place where they had fought before, remembering the voices of their comrades, and then silently clenched the weapons in their hands.
Hu Bin and Lin sat on the shoulders of a tree man and looked in the direction of the Ozok Tower, a large number of strong orc armies had gathered on the scorched earth below the tower, but they were still a little scarce compared to the combined forces of humans and treants.
"Saruman, your army cannot complete your evil plot, surrender, tell us the news of the Demon Lord Sauron, and we will spare your life." Gandalf shouted to Saruman in the distance.
"Hmph, Gandalf, you are still so naïve, the power of the Dark Monarch is not something you can guess, if you want to defeat me, come yourself." Saruman raised his staff, and the sky of Isengar swelled, and thunder began to brew in the dark clouds, and lightning was about to slash down.
"Don't think!" Gandalf shouted, then raised his staff and spread his hands as well, and a ray of sunlight pierced through the dark clouds and shone on him, bathing him in light. And with his incantation, more and more beams of light cast through the dark clouds, preventing the lightning from gathering enough power.
"Stubborn, I'll give you back what you've given me all these years, Saruman, accept the sanctions, attack." King Heudon reached forward with his sword, and the cavalry behind him blew the horn of the charge.
"Let's start too, this war has dragged on for too long, it's time to end it with Saruman." With a creaky sound, the Treant Elder strode forward, followed by the Treants behind him.
The cavalry soon rushed into the phalanx of the orcs, and after a clash of men on their backs, the army of Rohan and the orcs became entangled.
"Stop those orcs!" A sharp-eyed numbered person spotted a group of orcs running in the direction of the treemen, with familiar incendiary grenades in their hands.
"Die!" Lin roared and shot a crossbow faster than Hu Bin, but it fell into the air because it was too far away.
"Calm down, Lynn." Hu Bin reminded his teammates with some concern, but closed his mouth when he saw her relentlessly string and fire a flying crossbow bolt again.
The incendiary bombs used by the orcs were still developed by the numberers of the Saruman faction, because of the tight time at the time, the numberers did not solve the problem of the stability of this incendiary bomb, so they should be extremely careful when using it, because perhaps the disadvantage of not paying attention to these incendiary bombs will explode in their arms also greatly hinders the orcs' plans to get close to the tree people and throw incendiary bombs.
The treemen, who did not have a clear goal, stopped steadily, took out a clump of gravel tied to the net from the large bag tied to their bodies, and then pulled open the slipknot on it and threw it into the air, this is the move that the numberers came up with before attacking the dam, although the rain of gravel falling from the sky did not cause much damage to the strong orcs, but once it touched the incendiary bombs on their bodies, it would cause an explosion, but because there was no time to make these gravel shells at that time, it did not come in handy until today.
Seeing this, Saruman focused on breaking through Gandalf's hindrance and struck a bolt of lightning in this direction, causing one of the Treants to fall to the ground in a charred black body, and the numbered person on him was choked with electricity. Many of the Treants were a little flustered by the incident, but then Gandalf's chant became louder, and Saruman had to retract his attention to keep the clouds in the sky, but the orcs were able to get closer to the Treants with Saru's slow control.
A group of cavalrymen noticed the embarrassment of the tree people and rushed over quickly, Hu Bin just wanted to warn them to pay attention, but it was too late. Although the cavalry scattered the strong orcs, the incendiary bombs mixed with them dealt a heavy blow to the cavalry, and when the cavalry tried to withdraw with heavy losses, they found that the horses were startled by the explosion and did not listen.
Hu Bin took the bow and arrow for a long time, and finally put it down, the cavalry and the strong orcs have been mixed together, and their own long-range attacks can no longer play a role, although the group of cavalry temporarily relieves the pressure of the tree people, but also abolish the role of the tree people.
"Change to solid bullets!" Hu Bin patted the tree man under him and asked him to replace it with a moderate stone and act as a trebuchet to drop bombs on enemies in the distance. When the others saw that the gravel bullets were no longer effective, some of them asked their partners to replace them with solid bullets to act as trebuchets, while others rushed aggressively and fought the orcs, only to be quickly attacked by incendiary bombs and rockets.
Thanks to these impulsive guys, Hu Bin and the others had to launch a general attack in order to support them, but fortunately, the strong orcs did not have many incendiary bombs, and after most of the damage was consumed, they could only use axes, ropes, and rockets to deal with this group of tree people.
The Terran army on the main battlefield gradually grasped the initiative, and the orc army that could not outflank them had to withstand wave after wave of cavalry charges, and the originally stable and thick front had been torn open a few holes, coupled with the continuous rain of arrows poured by the Terran archers, the orc side was already in danger.
The army of the Kingdom of Lohan also paid a great price, and their behavior of attacking the strong orc gun formation buried many people, and when they came into contact with the orcs, they were accidentally attacked by incendiary bombs, so that many unprepared cavalry were thrown off their horses, and finally died either at the hands of the orcs or under the hooves of their own horses.
The number and the treants also opened up the situation, the orcs who had lost their means of coping were far from being the opponents of the treants, and in the situation of being trampled to death and swept away most of their comrades, the remaining orcs decisively turned around and ran, even Saruman's angry rebuke did not stop such a rout.
"This guy should be castrated and then dismantled!" Lin glanced at the white-robed wizard on the tower and said coldly.
"Don't mess with women!" Hu Bin was aiming at an escaped strong orc, and when he heard Lin's words, his hand shook, and the arrow that was supposed to be shot at the neck exploded the orc's chrysanthemum.
ps: Try a little abuse to leave some foreshadowing, after all, you can't let the plot be too comfortable.