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

Chapter 937 Ice Bridge

"You mean a human force of tens of thousands from the north has moved south?" The chieftain of the chariot tribe in front of him had a bright look in his eyes.

"Yes! It's the army from that southern kingdom! They've led an army of tens of thousands to sweep through the north!" Clearly, to Han Xuxuyang, the chieftain of the Barbarian Stone tribe, this human army was the northern expeditionary force of that terrifying kingdom...

"How is that possible? The Southern Kingdoms haven't had the resources to organize an army of tens of thousands for a northern expedition for a long time!" the chieftain of the Chariot People said incredulously. After all, the mighty Gondor had long since declined, and the era of the Gondorian king's eastern expedition was over. The weapons of the Eastern Barbarians had been soaked in the blood of Gondorian soldiers and kings, and they didn't believe a word of what their orc allies said.

"..." The chieftain of the Barbarian Stone Tribe gave the arrogant chieftain of the Eastern Barbarian Chariot Tribe a deep look. He knew that this frog in a well from the far east had no idea what a world-destroying forbidden spell war was. They had never witnessed the horrific scene of dragon knights slaughtering infantry. After all, the Ringwraiths had initially recruited tribes from the western Eastern Barbarians. The other chariot tribes in the Eastern Barbarian region had never fought against Roland. Barbarians who had not experienced King Lagrange's Ironfist deal were indeed more arrogant in their words...

“I think you’re overthinking it. How could Western humans possibly penetrate deep into the North? Ever since the Northern Knights went south, the Northern humans have almost lost their fighting spirit…” The Eastern Yi charioteer shook his head, his contempt and disdain evident in his eyes.

"What if they really come back?" The chief of the Manshi tribe gave this ignorant and fearless Dongyi man a deep look, and a bitter smile that was more painful than crying appeared on his ferocious face.

"Then crush them! Just like back then!" The chieftain of the Dongyi chariot people grinned, showing off his big yellow teeth.

"Defeat them?" The chieftain of the Barbarian Stone Tribe's face stiffened. Did he even know what he was talking about, kid? Back then, those ragtag troops from the Lagrang Kingdom were routed by the Orcish Alliance. Now, tens of thousands of them are coming to sweep through our territory, and you're telling me to defeat them? Do you think you're some kind of treacherous monster, and we're some kind of catfish demon? Anyone who'd ever fought the Lagrang Kingdom wouldn't be so brainless as to say something like this…

"Perhaps your tribes should exchange information about the Kingdom of Lagrang! That kingdom is not as simple as it seems. Perhaps your western tribes can tell you the answer..." Although the Barbarian Stone Tribe fled north, their intelligence network remained intact. The constant stream of wandering orcs was the best source of information. Through these wandering orcs, King Han clearly knew that Lagrang had wiped out the orc forces across the entire plain, compressing their power back to the area north of the Iron Hills!

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"So, is this even possible?" A different emotion finally appeared on Maple Forest Ice Orchid's usually icy calm face. When Duke Joelster and the others led her to the edge of the Red River, pointing to this narrowest point of water and telling her they wanted to freeze it off? What a joke! This is simply a dream!

“Of course!” Duke Giorstedya nodded at Adolf Heinrich, while pointing to the Maple Forest and Orchid couple following behind him.

"My brother's light attribute seems more suited to melting ice..." Maple Forest Ice Orchid's face twisted slightly. Could it be that the sage Adolf Heinrich had found a way to convert light to ice? Dream on! Even attribute conversion can't change such an abstract attribute!

“No… it’s Ms. Lilith!” Joelster and Adolf Heinrich bowed slightly and gestured for Lilith to enter.

“Dragon God… By Your Majesty! This is murder! His Majesty knows that you are doing this…” Fenglin Binglan had just finished speaking when she saw Roland next to Fenglin Youlan, so she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

"Brother, aren't you going to refuse?" Fenglin Binglan stared at Fenglin Youlan in disbelief. You should know that her clan leader brother was the type who loved his wife more than his country! How could he possibly let Lilith do something so risky?

“Give it a try, seventy thousand lives…” Unexpectedly, Maple Forest Orchid didn’t refuse this time, but nodded to Ice Orchid. Although he loved his wife, he understood even more what these people meant to Lagrang. “Don’t worry, I’ll stop if anything seems amiss!” Lilith gave Maple Forest Ice Orchid a kind smile, and the aura of a sixth-tier Holy Sage began to emanate. Ancient magic runes surrounded her body, and icy blue rings danced around her.

“Take my place!” Lilith nodded to Maple Forest Ice Orchid, then strolled towards the riverbank.

"Crack!" As her foot stepped onto the river, her wide robes instantly billowed without wind, revealing glimpses of her graceful curves hidden beneath. Pure magic surrounded her, draping her in a radiant, feathery garment. Chills seeped from her white leather boots, and thin ice spread from her feet.

"Click! Click!" With Lilith's elegant steps, as she moved lightly with each step, a solid strip of ice slowly and steadily stretched towards the opposite bank.

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"Brilliant!" Roland exclaimed, squinting. Only someone with peak mastery of magic could achieve such a feat amidst the surging ice tides. After all, countless ice floes of all sizes were constantly colliding with the ice bridge she had constructed, yet the bridge beneath her feet remained sturdy and stubbornly stretched into the distance!

“She’s not going to make it…” Nyx suddenly said to Roland. In less than 500 meters, Lilith’s forehead was covered in a layer of sweat. As a fellow mage, Nyx could sense that her strength was about to run out.

"I did my best..." Lilith appeared beside everyone in a flash, nodding apologetically to Roland and the others to show that she had done her best.

"Let me do it!" Looking at Lilith being embraced by Maple Forest Orchid, a solemn expression appeared on Maple Forest Ice Orchid's pretty yet heroic face.

With a "whoosh," she plunged her longsword into the ice. As the icy blue battle aura emanating from her body surged, the ice bridge rapidly extended towards the other side once more, this time at a speed several degrees faster than Lilith's.

"Crack!" Fenglin Binglan knelt on one knee, placed her hands on the hilt of her sword, and poured her battle qi into the sword to freeze and extend the ice layer. Soon, as the ice bridge grew longer and longer, Fenglin Binglan's face turned pale. She was sweating and her body was swaying. However, she still persevered with her willpower.

"Alright, step back, let me handle this!" A soft, white hand gently supported her swaying shoulder.