Infinity: Our Zhongzhou team is really amazing!

Chapter 298 Orcs Guarding the National Gate

Rohan "Grasslands".

The once fertile grassland, the birthplace of countless Rohan herdsmen, is now only a barren and withered land.

The withered yellow weeds fell in clumps on the dry ground, like rotten human heads.

Even in spring, life never returned to this land.

The foul-smelling muddy water filled with impurities flowed down from the mountains, accumulating here into black swamps emitting a foul smell, taking away the few vitality of this land.

"quack--"

Several shrill screams came from far away, and a strange black bird landed on a dead tree. Its black eyes emitted a strange light as it stared at the two living figures in the wilderness.

Zheng Zha and Cheng Xiao have traveled back and forth on this death grassland several times.

"This place is so weird." Zheng Zha said solemnly.

"There is no life at all. I think it would be more appropriate to call this Rohan grassland the Death Wasteland." Cheng Xiao frowned and covered his nose.

"The smell is so disgusting, I feel like I stink."

Since Aragorn sat on the Iron Throne, he turned into a corpse king and led an army of ghosts and wights to fight everywhere. He soon conquered the grasslands of Rohan and transformed tens of thousands of Rohan knights into bone knights.

In the following decades, there were fewer and fewer living beings on this land, the souls of the dead became the dominant force, and the breath of death, like a layer of haze, hung heavily over this land.

The fields were littered with piles of bones, the empty eye sockets of the skulls facing the sky, and ribs scattered on the ground, like cracks in the earth.

The dark green mud in the swamp whirlpool was shining with oil, and from time to time it emitted a few bubbles, making a gurgling sound.

A strangely colored gas lingered on the land, emitting a foul smell. Every time I took a breath, I could feel the stench going straight through my nose and into my heart and lungs.

The entire Death Wasteland is like a huge, silent tomb.

Cheng Xiao turned to Zheng Zha and said, "Guess what I just saw. There are still a group of orcs living here."

"Not those corrupted orcs, but the group of orcs we encountered when we entered the Hobbits decades ago."

“Very authentic.”

"Orcs?" Zheng Zha asked in surprise, "There are actually orcs here. Could it be that they were sent by Sauron to fight for territory with the Corpse King?"

"That's right. They are still fighting with the Bone Knight." Cheng Xiao's face looked very strange.

After he and Zheng Zha had dealt with a group of bone cavalrymen respectively, he patrolled to the north and discovered that there was an army marching on this grassland full of monsters and weirdness.

This team was actually composed of orcs, and they were purebred half-orcs, which surprised Cheng Xiao.

"That's unreasonable." After leaving Chu Xuan, Zheng Zha began to think with his brain.

After all, according to the plot, orcs are Sauron's most loyal minions. How could they not have been transformed into higher-level monsters by Sauron using evil technology?

You have to know that in today's world, there are almost no pure humans and elves left.

This group of orcs appeared in the western part of the Rohan grasslands, far away from Mordor, more like exiles.

"Yes, there are no less than a thousand orc troops with tattered equipment. Among them, there is also an elf and a human!" Cheng Xiao's face looked even weirder.

After seeing the scene, he did not chase after him immediately, but contacted Zheng Zha to be on the safe side.

But the two were too far apart, and by the time they met up, the team of orcs had already run far away.

"No way!" Zheng Zha scratched the back of his head, a little confused.

Not to mention the thousand-year blood feud between orcs, elves and humans.

Take the Rohan Grasslands for example, it has been occupied by corrupt forces for so many years.

It’s okay to have orcs, after all they are not picky about food and can dig holes, but why are there also elves and humans!
Zheng Zha suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up as he guessed, "Could it be someone from Team Dongmei?!"

Cheng Xiao also reacted immediately: "It's very likely!"

This is also a case of the darkest part being the darkest part. Cheng Xiao did not expect that the Dongmei team, which was said to have a level 4 combat capability, could actually mix with a group of orcs.

Cheng Xiao immediately transformed into his armor, but during the transformation, Zheng Zha had already shot out like an arrow.

"Wait for me!" Cheng Xiao hurriedly ran after him.

After controlling the wind, his speed finally caught up with Zheng Zha.

This surprised him very much, because in Resident Evil 2, his speed was enough to suppress the clone Zheng Zha.

But now he has to give his all to barely keep up with Zheng Zha's speed.

Zheng Zha’s strength improvement is quite terrifying.

Just as Zheng Zha and Cheng Xiao turned into two blurry figures, broke the sound barrier and rushed towards the west.

Dozens of kilometers away from them, an orc army of nearly a thousand people was already fighting with more than a thousand bone knights.

Although this group of orcs were experienced in battle and proficient in battle formations, they used spear formations to block the attacks of the bone cavalry and cooperated with archers to consume the enemy's strength, and fought very reasonably.

But their equipment was too tattered, and most of them were already exhausted, while the Bone Riders were transformed from the elite knights of Rohan.

A layer of hard bones grew on the strong knight's body, and together with the horse under him, the two merged into one, turning into a terrifying centaur-like monster.

However, because it was forcibly fused with the mount, as long as they ran quickly, both would be pierced by each other's bones, and black blood would continuously flow out, causing pain to both the man and the horse, but they could not separate.

Originally, the knight and the mount were the closest comrades, but they became objects of mutual torture. This is undoubtedly a monster created by the evil god's evil taste.

In the orcs' battle formation, an elf and a human were cooperating with the orcs' battle formation to continuously harvest the bone knights.

"Zhang Heng, seven o'clock direction, explosive arrow!"

Xiao Honglu used a freezing spell to freeze the three bone knights who were wielding long swords, and then used a disintegration ray to smash them into pieces.

Zhang Heng had already drawn the bowstring, and three arrows shot out at high speed.

The immense power of the three explosive arrows directly plowed a long path of flesh and blood in the Skeleton Knights' formation.

"Too many! I can only shoot three more explosive arrows!" Zhang Heng's fingers were bloody, and he overclocked the explosive arrows to clear the enemies.

But the enemies before them were not only more numerous, but also showed no fear of death.

"Prophet, we need to evacuate as soon as possible!" Xiao Honglu quickly turned around and shouted, "These guys are already dead, we can't outlast them!"

Beside him, a pale old orc with one arm and one eye clenched the long sword in his hand, with hatred flashing in his eyes.

He shouted, "We can't retreat!"

"There are no dangerous places on the grasslands. Rohan's cavalry come and go like the wind. We can't outrun them at all!"

"If you want to survive, you can only wear them down in battle!"

The old orc staggered forward, waving his sword, and stabbed down a bone knight with one sword.

He shook the sticky black blood off his sword and said, "All Orcs, if you don't want to die, pull these dead men down!"

"For Morgoth!"

"For Ilúvatar!"

"For the World of Arda!"

Roar!
When the orcs saw the old prophet leading the charge, their morale immediately soared. They skillfully used battle formations to separate and surround the bone knights one by one, and used shield walls to slow down their attack speed.

The short orcs used special weapons to trip them and then stabbed them to death with spears.

The movements were skillful and precise, clearly a very mature tactic. Xiao Honglu's eyes lit up: "What kind of tactic is this?"

He didn't expect that this mysterious orc prophet would have such tactical skills, which was far beyond his expectations.

Compared with the old orc's command ability, his own command was like a child playing house.

"Human child, I started fighting when your grandfather's grandfather was born!" The old orc chuckled.

"Use your magic to block the second column of cavalry and disrupt them!"

He stood on the corpse of a skeleton knight and continued to command the army to slow down the skeleton knight's speed.

Xiao Honglu said excitedly, "I've already seen your tactical plan. It's a genius idea. You really have been fighting these dead men for many years!"

Under the command of the old orc, the orcs displayed tactical skills beyond imagination. They used the few to fight the many, and used infantry to fight cavalry. They actually managed to continuously divide and surround the bone cavalry who had the numerical advantage.

It seemed that the orcs were about to slowly wear down the bone cavalry.

Rumble!
But at this moment, a series of earth-shaking horse hoof sounds came from afar.

The old orc placed his hands on the ground, his face becoming even more ferocious: "Their reinforcements are here!"

"Damn it!"

"At least two thousand people!"

Xiao Honglu also realized something, grabbed the old orc, and whispered, "We must retreat now!"

"Prophet, I have a way to take you away directly!"

The old orc shook off Xiao Honglu's arm and said, "Human child, I have fought bloody battles on this land for decades. I have persevered to this day for my people, for Morgoth, and for Ilúvatar."

"My people are getting fewer and fewer, and now these orcs are our last remaining strength!"

"I will not give up on them, just as they will not give up the name of Oak!"

"If we are doomed, if the world is doomed, let this be the glorious death of the Orcs!"

"Alda will record this day!"

The old orc roared loudly, drawing his longsword and pointing it forward: "Occitans, form a formation! Meet the enemy!"

The old orc's inspiring battle cry once again inspired the fighting spirit of the remaining orcs.

They all roared in unison, their cloudy eyes fixed on the approaching smoke and dust ahead.

The heavy bone armor, the tall bone warhorse, and the sharp bone spear became clearer and clearer.

Xiao Honglu and Zhang Heng looked at each other, and could only helplessly squeeze out the last of their energy and prepare to fight the enemy.

Suddenly, a blinding light flashed across the sky, and a huge firefly meteor, carrying the power to destroy the world, crashed into the earth, right in front of the cavalry charging like a torrent.

"boom!"

The sound of the collision was like a landslide, and the entire Rohan grassland trembled.

The ground seemed to have been struck by a fist from an enraged god, and instantly wrinkled like a piece of crumpled cloth.

Huge cracks spread wildly in all directions with the meteor impact point as the center.

Immediately afterwards, a raging wind and waves like a tidal wave roared over. Wherever the wind and waves passed, sand and gravel flew, covering the sky and the sun.

The orcs' originally neat, rigorous and well-prepared battle formation was blown to pieces in an instant like a fragile house of cards by the sudden impact of the wind wave and earthquake, and the scene was in chaos.

"what is that?!"

The old orc was caught off guard and knocked to the ground by the huge earthquake. The strong shaking and bumps made his head feel as if it was hit by countless heavy hammers. Stars appeared in front of his eyes and his mind went blank.

Before he could recover from the shock and dizziness, an even more terrifying "natural disaster" ensued.

The Skeleton Cavalry, which was originally charging like a raging tsunami, was gaining momentum, but in an instant, it seemed to be firmly clamped by an invisible force from the sky.

The originally unstoppable momentum was instantly curbed, like a turbulent river hitting an indestructible dam.

In an instant, the earth shook and countless skeleton cavalrymen were ruthlessly thrown into the sky like fragile dolls.

They rolled and struggled helplessly in the air, and then fell heavily to the ground with a dull crash, their bodies instantly shattered.

The old orc stared at the scene with wide eyes and shock.

After dozens of breaths, the Skeleton Cavalry completely returned to their original state.

The two humans walked out from the pile of bones and came to the front of the orc army.

One of them had lava armor and wings on his back, and the other one was wearing a strange armor that Xiao Honglu was very familiar with.

Just as Zhang Heng was about to walk out, Xiao Honglu quickly grabbed his hand and shook his head. Zhang Heng understood, and the two of them immediately hid behind the orcs.

The old orc looked at the human in front of him and felt that he looked very familiar. A memory suddenly emerged in his mind.

It was a very distant and profound memory.

The old orc leaned on his sword and shouted, "How is it possible that you are still alive?!"

"Dragon slayer!"

Dragon slayer?
Zheng Zha was stunned. When did he get this nickname?

So he looked carefully at the one-armed, one-eyed orc in front of him.

He was much taller than the average orc, and his skin was extremely pale, as if painted with wall paint.

As for that face that still looks fierce even when old.

"Azog?" A face flashed through Zheng Zha's mind.

He said in surprise: "You are the pale orc Azog?!"

The old orc was silent for a while, then started laughing. He hadn't heard anyone call him that for a long time.

"Azog, I didn't expect that there are still people in this world who remember this name."

"I didn't expect you to remember me, the Dragon Slayer of the Lonely Mountain."

"I never thought that we would meet here in this hellish world."

Azog's figure is no longer as straight as it was decades ago, and even his strong body has become much more hunched.

Since the Cataclysm, he has called himself the Prophet of the Orcs, rebelled against Sauron, and fled with most of the orcs from the Misty Mountains to the Blue Mountains to survive.

Even the orcs are unwilling to be contaminated by Chaos.

After all, they are servants of Morgoth and the living in the world of Arda.

Seeing that the two strong men wiped out the army of bone cavalry in a short period of time, Xiao Honglu knew that the heavenly soldiers of the Zhongzhou team had arrived.

He was thinking about how to communicate with the strong players of the Zhongzhou team when he felt a pair of eyes on them.

"By the way, who are you two?" Cheng Xiao pointed at Xiao Honglu.

Xiao Honglu raised his head and said sincerely, "I'm Xiao Honglu from the Dongmei team, a strong man from the Zhongzhou team. The archer next to me is my teammate Zhang Heng."

"We represent the East American team and are willing to submit to the Central State team."

　Chapter 2 Ten O'clock
　　
　
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