The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

"The enemy hasn't caught up! Captain!" Several knights who had been covering the rear caught up. In fact, the orc wolf riders had already seen them, and they had also spotted the wolf riders chasing after them. However, both sides maintained restraint. The wolf riders were intimidated by the "iron cans," while the swan knights were wary of the number of wolf riders.

"Let's go!" The lead swan knight raised his lance and called out. He just wanted to get away from this dangerous place as soon as possible. Although they were not afraid of the orcs' ambush, there was a burden in the group... and moreover, because they were not a complete hundred-man knightly order, they could not use their honor to protect each other, so there were still hidden risks.

"Your Highness, please keep a close eye on your little gadget... We can't spare any men to scout the surrounding area!" The leading Swan Knight frowned at Jessiava. The cost of diverting manpower for reconnaissance was too high. Although they were willing to escort Jessiava back, it didn't mean they were willing to risk the lives of their knights! Every Swan Knight was a precious asset! There was only one hundred-man Swan Knight order in the entire Gondor kingdom! That was Doranros! The birthplace of the Swan Knights!
“Okay!” Jessie Ava nodded and hurriedly pulled out his alchemical disc, which he had inscribed with a detection array.

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At night, the group lit a campfire on the riverbank of the swift-flowing river and rested. To prevent being murdered in the middle of the night, the Swan Knights assigned half of their men to keep watch.

"Damn it! These orcs are like mosquitoes in a sewer, they just won't go away!" A swan knight on watch chased away the mosquitoes that were buzzing at him while feeding their warhorses hay mixed with soybeans.

"Hey! Keep it down, don't disturb everyone's rest! Can't you use your battle aura? Just a little release and you'll wipe out all the mosquitoes around you!" At this moment, another knight on night watch looked over and said helplessly in a tone of concern for someone with intellectual disabilities.

"Thank you for the reminder!" The knight, who was being harassed by mosquitoes, quickly did as instructed and instantly felt much better.

"Awesome!" he exclaimed with delight. Heaven knows how disgusting those buzzing mosquitoes were; now the whole world was quiet. The night air was filled with the dampness of the mist, and the only sounds were the rustling of treetops against the wind, the gurgling of water, and the snapping of branches...

Wait! That's the sound of a branch breaking?

The swan knight sensed something was wrong and quickly grabbed his shield: "Enemy attack!"

A piercing scream echoed across the entire riverbank, and everyone instinctively sprang to their feet. Because they had slept alongside armor, they were able to quickly enter battle mode, and the horses, placed in the very center, were well protected...

"Bang!" The Swan Knight who had just sounded the alarm was already spinning through the air. Fortunately, the lord of Doranros wasn't a heartless boss and hadn't dressed them in paper armor and iron shields, allowing the attacked Swan Knight to "wriggle" to his feet, still dizzy and confused. The child was completely bewildered when another blurry figure flashed by...

"Bang!" Splinters flew everywhere! The swan knight, struck without a word, "fell asleep immediately," making everyone sigh at the advantages of youth...

"Save them!" the captain roared, furious. If they lost men because of the orc attack, he felt he would have no face to go back to his lord.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Several afterimages flying at high speed were swatted away by the surrounding knights, and then a knight used his large shield to protect the fallen knight who had been hit...

"He's alright! The kid was just stunned! Those crappy weapons couldn't penetrate our faceplates!" After checking his teammate's injuries and finding nothing serious, he quickly said. "Damn it! Protect the warhorses! If you don't want to run thousands of kilometers on foot!"

"Get moving! Mount up! Don't just stand there like targets! Lift him onto the horse!" The captain directed everyone to mount their horses, even helping the unlucky guy who had been knocked unconscious onto the horse.

"What happened!" Jessie Ava raised a magical shield and walked over, frowning as he watched the attacks constantly hitting his shield.

"I don't know! Maybe it's a monkey? Maybe it's something else?" the knight captain said angrily while blocking the attack. The enemy, hiding in the darkness, kept throwing wooden javelins, and all the swan knights were scrambling to defend themselves.

If Roland and his group were here, they would definitely feel a sense of familiarity... That's right! It's that troll who almost killed Roland with a single shot! Clearly, this group of knights has been targeted by the trolls, or perhaps they've been made scapegoats for Roland.

However, compared to the utterly unlucky King Roland, these people were quite fortunate. Firstly, there weren't many trolls, and secondly, these knights were terrifyingly heavily armored, their hoofprints leaving deep craters with every step! Crucially, even Jessie, who was essentially a burden, had ample ability to protect herself; the kid even had the time to criticize the troll throwers' javelins from within his magical shield…

"Kill them! Kill them! Fire arrows! Fire arrows! Slaughter these scum!" The enraged knight captain roared as he felt the vibrations from his shield and heard the mournful cries of his warhorse. He didn't know if they could hold out any longer, but his horse definitely couldn't!

"Thud! Thud!" As the powerful bow was drawn, blood blossoms bloomed in the darkness.

"Agh!" The troll's shrill scream echoed through the night sky...

"Trolls?" Jessie Ava raised an eyebrow. How strange! To still see a race like trolls now, who knows how these things have survived to this day...

If Roland knew what Jessie was thinking, he would definitely scoff. The Dark Forest is a vast place with all sorts of creatures: dragons, elves, wizards, trolls, orcs... you name it! The entire Dark Forest is a veritable melting pot of Middle-earth's races, so Roland wouldn't be surprised to encounter anything there now.

"Trolls?" The knights exchanged glances, seeing the surprise and disbelief in each other's eyes. In their minds, weren't trolls supposed to be deadly killers, capable of inflicting bloodshed with every move? How could they be so... pathetic?
"Who cares what they are! Slaughter them!" the Swan Knight captain roared angrily, smashing two javelins away with his shield.

"..." The knights remained silent, and could only speed up their "passionate exchange of fire" with the trolls. However, compared to the Lagrange Knights' abysmal archery skills, the Swan Knights were quite aristocratic! They even managed to hit the target once in ten shots in the dark! Although the hit rate was not high, it was already quite remarkable to have such a hit rate in the dark! Soon the trolls' counterattacks became sparse.

"Gather together! Advance slowly!" the knight captain said, looking at the sky that was already turning a pale white.

The group exchanged glances and huddled together. Although the previous exchange of fire had killed many trolls, the Swan Knights still did not intend to get entangled with them.