"Nine Sixth Tiers!" Roland's heart sank. He had even sent one Sixth Tier Hero to guard against the Orc Shamans at the southern wall!
"Engage!" Adolf Heinrich roared, raising the longsword in his hand. In that moment, Roland seemed to see the image of a white-bearded old man overlapping with him. Sure enough, the end of Middle-earth was Gandalf!
"I hope Duke Joelster can hold out!" Roland said grimly to Haishenwei beside him. Most of the Hand of the Swift Current had stayed in the south with Duke Joelster to fight the Orcs. Roland had only left him all the Royal Guard and three thousand Swift River Infantry, while he had brought one thousand Lagrange City Guards, two thousand Bannaria Archers, and the remaining mages, Priests, Knights, and others. Alistair's Savage Goblin cavalry had remained in the city as reserves. After all, Goblins were all skin and bones; on the battlefield, they were cannon fodder. Aside from charging, they were useless in close-quarters slaughter.
"Damn it! Where did all these bastards come from?" Maple Forest Youlan was no longer relaxed. Instead, he grimly began suppressing two Nazgûl. Although the Seventh and Eighth Nazgûl were not particularly formidable, they were still competent Nazgûl. Maple Forest Youlan did not dare let them loose. Against the other Sixth Tiers, those two Nazgûl would be an overwhelming advantage!
"How should I know? Can someone help hold back this mad dog?" Darian Nightblade dodged and countered Uwasa's occasional sneak attacks. They said rivals in the same trade were bitter enemies. Uwasa's assassination-style fighting happened to overlap with Darian Nightblade's specialty, so Uwasa had automatically made Darian Nightblade his first target. As for the troublesome Maple Forest Youlan and Charlie Pross, he left them to the other Nazgûl and Sixth Tiers...
"Get lost!" Although Caslo had