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

Chapter 410 Time-Space Skills!
Boom! Boom! Boom! The thunderous roar of iron hooves echoed across the wasteland as Roland and his companions appeared in the eastern part of Lonely Mountain at dawn.

"How is the situation? Have you found anything?" Roland asked.

Everyone shook their heads; the traces disappeared nearby. Time is always the best healer! The original tracks of the large-scale passage of the monster horde had been destroyed by the swift wind…

"Tsk!" Roland frowned. They actually managed to lose that? It was simply unbelievable...

“I need some time!” Omske simply waved his hand, then lowered his head and placed his hand on the ground.

"Buzz..." Then Roland saw a miraculous scene: Omsk's powerful battle aura began to spread, and the land within a radius of a thousand meters began to emit a black and white halo.

Amazingly, rows of clear footprints and various other traces emerged within the halo of light…

"What is this thing?" Roland was shocked. He stared at the vast halo of light, lost in thought, because he noticed all sorts of haphazard footprints on it—animal footprints, human footprints…

"The Realm of Light and Shadow is specifically for exploration! It can reveal the traces of creatures that have passed through this area within the last 24 hours!" Omske shook his head and looked at Roland with an air of ignorance.

"Can you see these messy footprints clearly?" Roland asked, puzzled.

“In my mind are their past images… You must have heard of the advanced version of this thing! The Great Forbidden Spell—Time Reversal!” Omske stared at Roland seriously.

"..." Roland's eyes began to twitch. Was it really something he should have seen?
Any skill involving spacetime is exceptionally terrifying and profound! For ordinary people to peek into the rules of spacetime is suicidal! Anyone who tries to explore the mysteries of spacetime will suffer a powerful backlash from the power of spacetime. Even Roland, with his system, was not confident of escaping unscathed from the backlash of spacetime. The powerful corrective force of spacetime is something even the gods must avoid.

“Don’t worry, it’s not at the level of a forbidden spell yet…” Omsk shook his head, somewhat amused. After all, Roland’s subconscious dodge had somewhat satisfied Omsk’s wicked sense of humor…

"You scared me to death..." Roland rolled his eyes. You're something else! If it really involved time and space, Roland would definitely turn and run. After all, he was well aware of the power of time and space; who knows how he even got here? What if he got sent back...? Roland thought he was enjoying his life as king; there was no need for that...

“It’s confirmed! They’ve headed further north!” Omske suddenly smiled, but Roland clearly saw cruelty in his smile!
"Then let's go! Let's kill them!" Roland laughed too. These mere magical beasts dared to provoke King Roland? The last Balrog to do that was already killed by Roland! (Although it had absolutely nothing to do with him... Roland still chose to glorify himself.)
Roland said that even if he can't be the main damage dealer, he can still cheer on the team!

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"Wait! The smell of blood!" The vanguard knights at the front stopped in unison and reined in their horses. They exchanged glances and slowly raised their lances. The Wind Chaser horses pawed restlessly, their intelligence allowing them to sense the aura of a mid-level magical beast! Especially one that was carnivorous!
"It seems our warhorses spotted these magical beasts ahead of time!" Omske shook his head and smiled. Low-level magical beasts have a strong tendency to avoid high-level magical beasts. They will stay by the side of docile high-level magical beasts to avoid being preyed upon by other magical beasts, or pledge allegiance to the high-level beasts and request their protection.

"Be careful! That thing seems to have area-of-effect attacks!" Roland's eyes were full of caution. After all, although the walls of the Delwin region were not particularly sturdy, they were not so unreliable that they would collapse with a single push. Such a large opening must have been caused by an area-of-effect damage skill!
“It’s not a big problem. That level of attack is far from breaking through the Vanguard Knights’ defenses!” Omske explained to Roland. Those area-of-effect freezing attacks that would cause great damage to ordinary people would only deplete some of the Vanguard Knights’ battle spirit and physical strength. Even their warhorses have some elemental resistance, so the harm to the Knights is equivalent to zero!

The only thing to be careful of is getting caught off guard and ambushed. These magical beasts seem to have the backstab attribute of assassins, and their attack power is very high when they attack blind spots. Even high-level professionals can be caught off guard and lose their lives if they are not careful... "Clop clop clop!" The knights began to increase their horse speed, and they pushed forward in the direction from which the smell of blood came.

"Swoosh!" Ice shards flew from all directions, one of the Ice Leopard's innate skills.

"Raise your shield!" Omske shielded Roland with his body, then used his spear and sword to smash the few ice shards that were flying toward Roland in no time.

"Your Highness! Take care of yourself!" Omsk reminded Roland. Roland, who was in the center, was quite safe, but this was only limited to the area covered by the Knights' collective skill, Glory. Outside of this area, there was a high possibility of accidents, so Omsk reminded Roland.

“Alright!” Roland replied, drawing his Dragon Slayer Sword.

"Kill!" The knights charged at the monsters with their lances raised, and the agile monsters immediately scattered and fled.

"Don't scatter!" Omsk stopped the knights who were about to disperse.

He brandished his lance and killed an Ice Leopard with a single shot, but the remaining magical beasts had already scattered and fled.

Roland was a little bewildered as he watched the monsters scatter and flee. What should he do? If he split up to chase them, he was afraid of getting hurt.

"Knights, go after one! I'll go after another!" Omske made a decisive decision. There were still six magical beasts left; they couldn't be allowed to escape! These felines were extremely vengeful! Letting even one go would pose a serious safety hazard to the kingdom's civilians.

"Screech!" A shrill scream rang out as the massive ice leopard was pinned to the ground by Omske's lance.

Omske spurred his horse forward, slashed with his sword, grabbed the spear shaft, and left, leaving behind only a headless, twitching corpse.

"Kill! Don't let a single one escape!" Omsk roared.

Soon, the Ice Leopard that the Knights had their eyes on was also trampled into the ground by iron hooves, becoming one with the earth. After all, it was impossible for a mere mid-level magical beast to escape the Knights' encirclement and capture in the hilly area!

"I'll go after the ones that have run far away! You guys stay in front!" Omske gritted his teeth as he watched the monsters that had almost run far away. Although he could easily crush these things, these monsters were smart enough not to huddle together, and he had no way to deal with them.

A month of exam preparation is over, and I just finished the exam yesterday. Updates resume now.

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