Thunder roared and silver snakes danced wildly.
In Helm's Deep, the shining silver-white light enveloped the entire land. The soldiers fighting on the wall had to turn their heads to avoid being blinded by the dazzling light. The deafening roar echoed in the air, even making people's hearts tremble.
After an unknown amount of time, the roar subsided, and at the same time, the entire canyon was dead silent.
“…”
The soldiers then opened their eyes and turned to look forward.
Before them, the tens of thousands of Orc soldiers that originally filled the entire valley had now turned into piles of smoking black charcoal, with flames and thick smoke everywhere.
Is this the power of a wizard?
Seeing this scene, the prince was stunned and speechless. He had thought that Fang Zheng might come to save the situation. But what the prince didn't expect was that he would use this method to completely wipe out so many orcs! This was beyond his imagination, and the prince had never even heard of anyone who could do such a thing!
Anyway...
Thinking of this, the prince instinctively glanced at the old man standing on the city wall not far away, who was also holding a cane and wearing a white robe.
They are both wizards...but why does the gap seem so big?
But now is not the time to talk about this. Thinking of this, the prince suddenly drew out his sword and shouted.
"attack!!"
"attack!!!"
Along with the prince's roar, the horn sounded again, and soon, the reorganized human and elf coalition forces once again burst out with powerful force and pounced on the orc army.
On the other hand, the Orc army had completely collapsed at this moment. They had no way to escape. Behind them was a strange building that could emit lightning storms, and in front of them was the high-spirited coalition army. In this situation, the remaining Orc army also collapsed directly and was quickly killed.
After that, they naturally collected the bodies and cleaned up the battlefield. At this moment, the strange building turned back into its original huge metal chariot. The prince and Eikenbrand rode through the charred battlefield and came to the bottom of the metal chariot. Then they saw Fang Zheng standing there, looking at the scenery in the distance.
"gentlemen!!"
They came galloping all the way, then the two of them quickly dismounted and came in front of Fang Zheng, who greeted them with a smile.
"I'm sorry, I'm a step late. As you know, my thing is slow on the ground, and the road here is difficult to walk on..."
"No, thanks to you, sir. If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid we really wouldn't be able to hold on!"
The prince excitedly held Fang Zheng's hand, and was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
"I never thought that a wizard would possess such powerful power..."
Eikenbrand also sighed.
"If Saruman has this kind of power, then I'm afraid there is really no hope for us."
"Saruman's idea was actually quite good, but he was on the wrong side."
Hearing Eikenbrand's sigh, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders. No matter why Saruman turned to Sauron, he was the first wizard in the world to start the industrial revolution. If Saruman took the right actions in the right place, there might be a brighter future. Unfortunately, Saruman only learned a little bit and became arrogant, and ended up like this.
What can he do? He is also helpless.
After saying hello to the prince and Eikenbrand, Fang Zheng led the girls to retreat, using the excuse that the Lightning had not been repaired yet. Although the prince invited him to go with him to find Saruman, Fang Zheng, who had seen the movie, knew that Saruman's hometown had been raided by the tree people, and there was nothing to do if he went there, so he politely declined, saying that if they wanted to go, they could go, and it would be nice for him to stay here and enjoy the scenery...
The prince was not surprised by this. After all, he had dealt with Fang Zheng several times and knew that this was his personality. Besides, it was better for him to stay here. After all, this wizard was quite powerful. With him around, the safety of Helm's Deep and those people would be guaranteed.
Fang Zheng and the girls also started a new round of modification work on the Lightning. It must be said that although the problems exposed by the Lightning this time were a bit strange, the girls were not particularly disappointed. Originally, their warship was built in a hurry. If it weren't for the Wild Hunt coming so quickly from Ciri, they wouldn't have been so hasty to pull the Lightning out of the factory and send it directly to the front line.
So it’s not surprising that there are problems, and now these little girls are discussing how to increase the speed of the Lightning in land form... It can be said that they have a lot of different ideas.
Ling said it would be best to go directly to the maglev, while Tida had a soft spot for the five pairs of road wheels, and Tio said running away was too troublesome, so it would be better to teleport directly...
Of course, the design transformation tasks were left to the little girls to study and decide on their own, while Fang Zheng was responsible for eating, drinking and enjoying the scenery.
Then a few days later, someone came to the door again.
The people who came this time were quite prominent. In addition to the King of Rohan and the prince and other familiar faces, there was also a white-bearded old man, a bearded ranger, a bearded dwarf, and an elf...
That’s right, the Fellowship of the Ring is here!
When the two sides met, the King of Rohan first thanked Fang Zheng again, and then explained the purpose of their visit - as Fang Zheng expected, when they went to find Saruman, the old guy's lair had been raided by the tree people, but in addition to this, something else happened that Fang Zheng did not expect.
That means Saruman is dead!
And they died before they came!
According to the tree people, when they invaded, Saruman asked the leader of the orcs to fight hard, and then the two sides quarreled on the high tower, wrestled with each other, and then fell directly from the tower... and died in front of the tree people.
Hearing this, Fang Zheng was also confused.
Damn it, Saruman, you are a wizard after all. You played the Industrial Revolution for too long and don't know how to use magic? You actually fought with an orc like a street shrew, and both of them fell to their deaths from the tower?
Are you so shameless?
Of course, Saruman is dead and he is just a villain in the final analysis. But there is a problem now. They originally planned to learn about Sauron's next battle plan and goals from Saruman. Now, Saruman is dead, and the dead cannot speak, and they did not find any useful clues from Saruman.
So in desperation, the prince suggested that they come and ask Mr. Fang Zheng, maybe he has some ideas?
As soon as this suggestion was made, it was immediately approved by the King of Rohan. Fang Zheng had saved his life, and after the Battle of Helm's Deep, Fang Zheng was already like a god in the eyes of the old king. So he came here in person to thank Fang Zheng and seek his help.
As for the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, they came together mainly out of curiosity. They all wanted to see who the person who could create a lightning storm was. As for Gandalf... he was under more pressure.
The reason is very simple.
When Fang Zheng first met the princes, he didn't say he was a wizard, but just said he knew a little magic. So the princes thought Fang Zheng was a wizard, which was fine, of course, but the problem was that after the Battle of Helm's Deep, everyone looked at Gandalf with a strange look in their eyes.
They are both wizards, but the former could kill tens of thousands of orcs with a lightning storm, while Gandalf the White... although he was famous, he was still willing to stand with them and fight the enemy side by side when Rohan was in trouble. His courage is commendable.
But... isn't this strength a little... that... low?
Of course, Gandalf was also well-known and respected, so although no one said anything, there was no lack of discussion behind his back. Gandalf was also an old and experienced man, so naturally he might not understand. But he was also helpless, and he didn't know why there was a wizard with such terrifying power. Although wizards can indeed do some things that seem magical to others, but this kind of thing of destroying an army of tens of thousands with a wave of their hands... he couldn't do it, Saruman couldn't do it, and I'm afraid Sauron couldn't do it either!
If Sauron could do that, why would he need an army? Why would he need the One Ring? He could just come up and wave his hand, and everyone would kneel down.
So he also wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of person this miraculous "wizard" was.
But after seeing Fang Zheng in person, Gandalf was still quite surprised. Not only him, but the other members of the Fellowship of the Ring also had the same reaction. After all, the wizards they had seen were all very old, had big beards, wore long robes and carried canes, whether it was Gandalf or Saruman.
Fang Zheng was different. He was wearing a suit and a windbreaker, and was dressed more luxuriously than a nobleman. He set up a table on the hillside to drink afternoon tea, more leisurely than the king, and even invited them to eat and drink together.
The dwarf Gimli was not polite at all. He was the first to pick up the biscuits and bread on the table and started to eat them. God knows, there is no good food in this world. It can be said that the food standard is even worse than that of Ciri's witcher world. After all, people there still use tableware to eat, but here people basically eat with their hands... And the taste of those foods...
Well, Fang Zheng wouldn't eat it anyway. He would rather eat modern industrial products with additives than this so-called "original and pollution-free" food.
"So you want to know Soran's target..."
Fang Zheng took a sip of tea and looked at Gandalf and the others who were sitting across the table. He was too lazy to play any tricks and just gave his instructions directly.
"It's actually very simple. Just think of yourself as Sauron and think about what you would do, and the answer will be clear."
"Think of yourself as Sauron?"
Hearing this, Gandalf showed a puzzled expression on his face, while Fang Zheng nodded.
"That's right. Look, for example, if I were Sauron, I have tens of millions of orcs under my command, and now I want to unify Middle-earth, what should I do? First of all, I have to worry about the various races in Middle-earth uniting to fight against me, so the best way is to defeat them one by one. Thank God, the dwarves are now busy with their own affairs, and the elves are planning to leave Middle-earth. As for Rohan... As for Saruman, it would be best if he succeeds, but even if he fails, it doesn't matter, because even if Saruman fails, with his ability, he can still cause Rohan to suffer heavy losses. There is nothing to be afraid of."
After hearing Fang Zheng's casual analysis, everyone's faces became even more solemn, and Gandalf was staring at him, waiting for Fang Zheng to speak next.
"And now, in my opinion, basically all the obstacles to the unification of Middle-earth have disappeared, so the next step is to strike hard, and it would be best if the entire human race in Middle-earth completely loses the confidence to fight against me, and lives in fear all day long. Then, the best way is to completely defeat their spiritual pillars. Once the pillars of humanity are defeated, without faith and spiritual support, they will be nothing more than a group of weak chickens. At that time, the human camp will become a pile of loose sand, and even if there are some small groups of stubborn resistance elements who are determined to resist to the end, it will not be a big deal."
"I can understand what you said."
Hearing this, the ranger spoke in confusion.
"But you still didn't tell me where Sauron would attack."
“This is much simpler.”
Facing the ranger's question, Fang Zheng chuckled.
"Look, if there is a place that everyone thinks will not fall, but it ends up being destroyed, what do you think the consequences will be?"
"You mean Minas Tirith?!"
Hearing this, Gandalf stood up immediately, feeling a chill on his back. Minas Tirith was the capital of Gondor, and it was built on the mountain, making it impregnable and almost impossible to occupy!
"By the way."
Since the spoiler has already been revealed, Fang Zheng doesn't mind spoiling it to the end.
"The regent of Minas Tirith already knows that his son is dead, so you can guess how likely it is that Sauron will not take advantage of this opportunity to attack Minas Tirith."
Hearing this, everyone's expression changed.