The Bard of Hogwarts

Chapter 260 The Sword That Slays the Enemy After a Hundred Years

The first rays of sunlight in the morning shine down.

The entire Morin Creek camp was noisy, but the noise was limited to the neighing of the horses.

All the Knights of Rohan were silently donning their chainmail at that moment.

……

Saint White City.

The once glorious capital of Gondor is now engulfed in war.

Countless orcs from Mordor, towering trolls, siege engines encased in iron, catapults, and even the Witch-King of Angmar, the leader of the Ringwraiths, soaring through the sky on a corrupted beast.

Despite facing a massive number of orcs, Gondor displayed remarkable resilience. Even after the city gates were breached, the unique structure of Minas Tirith allowed the defending soldiers to retreat layer by layer in their defense.

Outer city, third level.

Gandalf, wielding his sword in one hand and spinning his staff, killed several orcs in succession before glancing around.

Everywhere you look is carnage: exhausted Gondor soldiers, countless frenzied orcs. Despite the disparity in numbers, these soldiers still relentlessly wield their swords and slaughter each other.

It was as if they were using their flesh and blood to build a solid defensive line.

……

Just as the fierce battle raged in Saint White City.

At the edge of the sky, the first Rohan cavalryman appeared.

Moments later, dust billowed and the earth trembled as five thousand well-equipped Rohan cavalrymen appeared in everyone's sight.

The flag representing Rohan fluttered in the wind.

King Theodon of Rohan grasped the situation on the battlefield with a single glance and immediately drew his sword.

As if it were a signal, all the Rohan cavalrymen simultaneously prepared for their charge. Their sharp lances were tilted slightly, the angle from their horses precisely aimed at the orc's throat, not his hard skull.

Under the cover of dark clouds, Minas Tirith possessed a desolate beauty.

Faced with an orc army several times their size, none of the Rohan showed the slightest fear. A silent emotion was spreading—Rohan's loyalty to their ancient oath.

At the height of this emotion, Ino also drew his wand.

"The sun shines again!"

The light of dawn shone from the tip of the wand, warm and holy.

Ino, riding a broomstick and holding his wand in one hand, charged ahead of the orc army.

From their vantage point above, the Gondorians, who were guarding the city, witnessed a breathtaking scene.

A faint ray of dawn light, like an oil lamp teetering precariously in a stormy, dark night. Yet, this meager glimmer bravely flew towards the orc army shrouded in dark clouds.

At the same time, Rohan's charge horn sounded, and five thousand elite cavalrymen began their first acceleration.

The deafening sound of hooves as the galloping cavalry surged forward like a torrent, a sharp sword aimed directly at the orcish positions.

At the forefront, Ino suddenly seemed to sense something. The dark clouds in the sky, which were shrouded by Sauron's spell, suddenly tore open, and a ray of real sunlight shone on his wand.

What was originally the dawn before sunrise has now transformed into a vast sunrise.

Unlike Saluman's orcs, who are born with a fear of sunlight, the orcs now seemed to have a small sun rising above them, instantly shattering their newly formed defensive position.

This discovery led Ino to change his strategy; he had originally planned to head straight for the Witch-King of Angmar.

But now... with the attention of the heavens above, he hovered above the orc army, using his wand to draw in the sunlight, creating conditions for the Rohan to charge.

As for offensive magic, he roughly understood Gandalf's feelings: magic can be used, but using it under someone's watchful eye is like playing a death rock song at a classical music concert.

The era of humankind is destined to be ushered in by humankind.

Although she couldn't directly intervene, Ino decided to take advantage of the attention and do more, since Fied had eaten someone else's food because he was greedy.

"Protect the Gods!"

In the holy sunlight, a dazzling silver shimmer appeared.

moment.

A blue whale, over twenty feet in size, slowly emerged, swimming as if it were in the ocean even though it was in the sky.

Blue Whale Guardian.

They reappeared in Middle-earth after the Battle of Helm's Deep.

Fish and birds are special. They represent freedom of movement, because whether it is a human or any other land animal, the only possible routes are forward, backward, left, and right.

But only fish and birds have the option of going up or down.

It is precisely for this reason that they are regarded as symbols of freedom in Eastern philosophy, and there is also the story of a big fish turning into a bird.

Similarly, after seeing the shape of the guardian deity for the first time, Ino accepted it with ease. Perhaps, whales and swans, different species, share the same connection.

At that moment, a twenty-foot-tall blue whale swam behind the orcs. The guardian's innate resistance to darkness rendered the orc archers behind it powerless to fire back.

Unlike the original story, without the suppression of orcish arrows, the cavalry torrent of Rohan was even more powerful.

"Bang!"

Once the first charging knight broke into the orcs' ranks, everything was already destined.

In the era of cold weapons, the suppression of infantry by cavalry was too obvious. Even when facing an infantry force that outnumbered their own, they could easily wipe them out with just a few stabs.

It seemed the situation was settled. Ino felt the sunlight in the sky was no longer confined to his wand, but was shining down on the Rohan soldiers below and on the ruined White City of Minas Tirith not far away.

But what he didn't notice was that the blue whale guardian under the sunlight was also faintly emitting a different kind of light.

……

The battle on the ground was raging.

The battle for Minas Tirith was exceptionally fierce, and the arrival of reinforcements was like a shot in the arm for all the Gondorian defenders.

In the sky, Ino, riding a broom, could see a flying figure from a great distance.

"The Divine Blade is Without a Shadow!"

The half-blood prince's signature magic, the Invisible Cutting Curse, was aimed directly at the Witch King of Angmar, but its true target was the fallen beast beneath him.

Compared to aerial dogfights, air-to-ground combat is more advantageous.

As the leader of the Ringwraiths, the Witch-king of Angmar was very familiar with the power of darkness. Although he could not see the attack, the aura of the curse made him swing his longsword by instinct.

"Ding~ Sizzle..."

The invincible Divine Strike Without Shadow was easily blocked.

But Ino was not disappointed by the result; he had never imagined that a single spell could defeat his opponent.

"Avada!"

The distinctive green color of the Killing Curse shot out from the wand.

There was no other way; the ground was teeming with Rohan cavalry, making it difficult for him to use many wide-range spells. Otherwise, while the Witch-King of Angmar would be alright, the Rohan people below would be wiped out.

Meanwhile, facing the infamous Killing Curse in the magical world, the Witch King of Angmar seemed to sense something. Instead of swinging his sword as he would against the Divine Sword, he used the Fallen Beast to nimbly dodge.

A very interesting scene unfolded in the sky.

Ino kept casting spells while riding his broom, while the Witch King of Angmar either swung his sword to slash or had his fallen beasts nimbly dodge, and the scene quickly became a stalemate.

But this stalemate did not last long.

On the ground, Gandalf had long since spotted the battle between the two.

Seeing that neither could defeat the other, the white-robed Maia glanced down at the sword in his hand, and without any hesitation, threw it forcefully into the sky.

The longsword was thrown in the direction that Ino was riding his broom.

Sorry everyone, Xiao Di originally planned to finish Middle-earth today.

But as everyone has seen, it may not be over until tomorrow.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

(End of this chapter)