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Chapter 178 The Battle of the Black Gate (Part 3)

Against the leaden sky, Millison's figure resembled a budding crimson flower, and the Seishir curved sword in her hand seemed to be an extension of her arm, transforming into a torrent of golden light.

The flashes of blades were continuous, like a dense and deadly spider web, aimed directly at the Ringwraith closest to her.

The Ringwraith under attack immediately let out a piercing shriek, and its cursed blade, wreathed in ominous black smoke and icy coldness, hastily parried in an attempt to defend against Millison's fierce attack.

"Clang! Clang! Clang-clang—!"

Within seconds, a piercing clang of metal on metal suddenly erupted, sparks flew wildly at the point of impact, and crimson and black light tore fiercely through the air.

The ferocious beast ridden by the Ringwraith was driven mad by the fierce battle. Its head, covered with scales and bone spikes, suddenly rose up, opened its blood-red maw dripping with corrosive saliva, and let out a deafening roar. The stench of hot air almost hit Millison's face, while its sharp forepaws slammed down.

Millison watched the scene calmly with her golden eyes. Her dance-like movements suddenly changed. Using the force of the collision between the Seishir Curved Sword and the Ringwraith Blade, she spun in mid-air at an incredible angle, precisely avoiding the ferocious beast's bites and claw strikes.

Then the golden blade light suddenly contracted and condensed, as if it had been suddenly gripped by an invisible hand, and the next moment it slashed at the neck of the ferocious beast, which was exposed by its raised head and roar, and covered with thick keratin and scales.

"Sizzle—snap!!!"

The chilling sounds of flesh tearing and bones being cleaved were clearly audible as Millison effortlessly and swiftly sliced ​​into the ferocious beast's tough neck bone and muscles. A hideous, monstrous head with exposed fangs was tossed high into the air, spraying corrosive, foul blood.

The massive body, now headless, stiffened instantly, all roars and power ceasing abruptly. The headless behemoth's remains, splattering black blood, along with its fallen head, slammed down like two filthy mountains of flesh against the sturdy walls of the Black Gate below.

Talion had been observing the entire battle between Millison and the Ringwraiths in the sky. Upon seeing this, he immediately shouted to the rangers on the city walls below, "Get out of the way!"

"Boom——!!!"

"Pfft!"

A dull, heart-pounding crash and the sticky sound of flesh and bones shattering erupted simultaneously. The carcass of the ferocious beast was splattered with blood and flesh fragments, leaving behind large patches of sticky, foul-smelling, and sizzling filth. Yet, the sturdy walls of the Black Gate only swayed slightly.

The nearby rangers of Dunedan, who had just received the blessing of the Golden Prayer, all gasped and looked up at the valiant crimson swordsman in the sky.

After Millison beheaded the ferocious beast, the Ringwraith riding on its back was violently thrown upwards by its dying convulsions, letting out a howl filled with pain and rage. The black mist surrounding its body churned violently, clearly indicating that it had been severely injured.

The Ringwraith had no idea that Millison's swordsmanship was even better than that of the silver-armored swordsman who had fought against multiple opponents in Lake-town. The only saving grace was that the Ringwraith was not as strong as the silver-armored swordsman, otherwise it would have already returned to its master's side to await resurrection.

Its breastplate was cleaved open by the Seshcher sword, revealing the faint outline of the Ringwraith's spirit within. It lost its stable control for a moment and tumbled in the air like a black kite with a broken string.

Millison, having lost her footing, was unable to continue with the Ringwraith and could only watch as it used the properties of its spirit form to fall away from her.

The other two Ringwraiths, who were originally diving down to attack Millison or Tanes, witnessed this sudden turn of events and immediately ordered their ferocious beasts to flap their wings violently, forcibly changing their dive trajectory.

One of the Ringwraiths, billowing with thick black smoke, shot towards its thrown companion like an arrow, catching it before it hit the ground and settling back onto the ferocious beast's back. The other Ringwraith, seeing its companion rescued, immediately joined them in increasing the distance between them.

The Ringwraiths noticed that after casting his previous "spell," Thaneus no longer focused his attention on the siege towers and catapults outside the Black Gate, but instead pointed his staff at them.

Since the last time the Ringwraiths clashed with the warriors of the Golden Tree in Lake-town and lost two of them, they all knew that the other side could use "witchcraft" that could kill them directly. Therefore, when the three Ringwraiths saw that Thaneth was preparing to deal with them, they immediately fled into the dark clouds in the sky.

Tanes watched as the Ringwraiths quickly disappeared back into the clouds high in the sky, and ignoring the fact that they couldn't hear him at all, he taunted, "You're quick to run away."

At the same time, Millison fell from the air. Just like when she climbed the watchtower, she once again used the familiar protruding bricks on the rough outer wall of the watchtower as a buffer and leverage point. Her movements were clean and neat, without any hesitation. After a few clever turns to dissipate the impact, she landed steadily back on the ground.

Her chest heaved slightly as she quickly approached Tanes, gripped her knife tightly again, and whispered to him, "I have severely wounded one of the Ringwraiths, and he will likely be unable to fight for the time being."

Tanes nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work, Millison."

At this moment, Melina also finished the last team of Dunedan Rangers' prayer blessing and returned to Tanes' side.

After concluding his Golden Prayer blessing, Bernal immediately went to the direction of the Rodel Legion's forces to take command and lead them into battle.

Tanes looked down at the Black Gate. Just now, while Millison was fighting the Ringwraiths, he had also used his magic to destroy the catapults that posed the greatest threat to the Black Gate.

He still has some magic power left, but Tanes is unsure whether Sauron is watching the battlefield, so he dares not use up all his magic power rashly.

Even if he had the Blue Dewdrop Holy Grail Bottle to replenish his magic, it would still take a few seconds. Given the threat Tanes felt from Sauron, he dared not gamble with those few seconds.

Therefore, Tanes not only did not use all his magic power to cast spells, but also immediately took out the Blue Dewdrop Holy Grail Bottle to replenish his magic power after talking to Millison, just in case.

After Thaneth finished doing all this, and looking down at the noisy Orc army, Talion spoke with a heavy heart: "I have sent out scouts in batches to inform Gondor of the situation here, and I hope that they can send troops to support us as soon as possible after receiving the news."

Tanes recalled the face of the Regent of Gondor and shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid the chances are slim. It would be good if Gondor could send more supplies."

Talion asked, puzzled, "Even including the reinforcements you brought, the Black Gate's supplies are enough to last for three months. Why do you sound like they'll be running out soon?"

Tanes shrugged. The Regent of Gondor had indeed kept his word and sent enough supplies that even if the Dúnedan Rangers of the Blackgate sold some of them off in private, there would still be plenty left.

He cleared his throat and said to Talion, "I brought more than just these reinforcements, but how many we can provide depends on how many Orks Sauron sends."

After all, the more Orks who die, the more souls he can collect, and he can use the portal to go back and summon more troops from the borderlands.

But Tarion was unaware of these things, simply interpreting Tanes's words as meaning to provide appropriate support based on the number of enemies.

(End of this chapter)