"Dawn? Mingchen flower? This is another out-of-season plant." Renault said helplessly after hearing Roland's muttering. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. What kind of place is this? There are only strange out-of-season plants growing here.
"Well, the approximate range is just this area, but the location of the entrance to the barrier needs Mingchenhua to tell us." Roland rubbed his chin.
Mingchen flowers are plants that live in symbiosis with trees. Normally, they look exactly like the branches of trees, and they grow the same branches and leaves as the symbiotic trees. They can only be found in autumn. They will bloom their buds at dawn, absorbing the last starlight of each day in autumn. They are also a kind of magical plant and can be used to make many magic potions, but their flowering period is very short. Although they will bloom at dawn every day in autumn, they will only bloom for a maximum of half an hour each time.
"Let's wait. We don't have much time. I hope we can find them this time, otherwise we'll have to wait until the day after tomorrow." Roland rubbed his brow and said tiredly.
"Ah~ Your Highness, please forgive me for being disrespectful." Renault yawned and touched his nose embarrassedly.
"It's okay, I'm sleepy too... These star elves are really idle." Roland complained.
"System sign-in!" Roland said secretly in his heart. It was already past the second half of the night, and it was time to sign in.
"Successful sign-in. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Dorwinian Heavy Armored Swordsman*100."
Roland, who had originally had no idea, was stunned. "Sold out?" And it was a swordsman? Roland laughed heartlessly. After all, no matter how many foreign aids he had, they were no match for the people he had at hand.
Speaking of this Dorwinion Heavy Swordsman, it's quite interesting. Dorwinion is located on the west coast of the Inner Sea of Rhûn. It should be inhabited by the Wainriders now. The people there are allies of Mordor and are constantly fighting with Gondor. This situation was only stopped after the Lagrang Empire successfully occupied the Rhûn region. But it's only the Third Age now, and the Lagrang Empire is nowhere to be seen... But this doesn't prevent Roland from praising the Dorwinion Heavy Swordsman.
Swordsmen are divided into the following ranks: Apprentice Swordsman, Swordsman, Elite Swordsman, Ranger Swordsman, Guard Swordsman, and Brave Swordsman. Most of them fight with sword and shield, renowned for their powerful positional warfare abilities. Their mobility is relatively poor, but this changes after advancing to the Ranger Swordsman rank, giving them mobility comparable to that of a Ranger.
Dorwinion Heavy Swordsmen are also known as Rune Swordsmen. They are the most cost-effective soldiers that can be recruited in the Rune region. They are loyal, brave, well-equipped, and can be called all-rounders except for their lack of long-range attack capabilities. Of course, the Dorwinion Heavy Swordsmen produced in Dorwinion City can be regarded as the best among them. They are one of the few armies in the entire Middle-earth that can head-on block the charge of the Knights (they are also the only professional soldiers that most players can obtain in the game that can restrain the Knights).
Dorwinion heavy swordsmen wore Warcraft leather armor underneath, mithril mail outside, and then fine steel infantry plate armor. Even more outrageous, they also wore linen foot armor, and a wide cloak at the back... It could be said that they were wearing five layers of armor. The fine steel tower shield in their hands made their frontal defense even more outrageous, and the magic patterns attached to it gave it excellent magic resistance. The five-meter-long star silver steel greatsword was their most trusted weapon, and the mithril short sword stabbed in their thigh was their last line of defense. Apart from this, they had no other weapons. Forgoing ranged attacks and mobility made their melee defense capabilities ridiculously exaggerated.
A century of Dorwinian heavy swordsmen could form a Dorwinian circle, a circular shield wall formed by a single tower shield. The remaining tower shields were placed overhead to ward off rain of arrows and spells from the sky. The gaps between the two shields allowed them to easily deliver their swords. When they pounded their tower shields into the ground, even knights of the same level would be unable to break through their defensive position, barring attacks of a significantly different level.
"What's this? Are you planning to form a shield formation with the Dorwinion Heavy Swordsmen and sell them out when the war with the Orcs comes? It seems that this is the way to do it..." Roland thought silently. After all, judging from the offensive and defensive characteristics of the Dorwinion Heavy Swordsmen, it seems that Azog really can't do anything to them.
"Forget it. What if Azog takes action himself? It will be a waste." Roland shook his head to drive these stupid thoughts out of his mind. He should think about how to fight the orcs properly. This is too unrealistic.
"Your Highness! Is this a Mingchen flower?" Renault suddenly called out to Roland.
Roland looked up. Unconsciously, a ray of rosy clouds had appeared in the sky. Dawn was approaching...
An ice-blue flower blooms quietly on the branch, and the light from the stars in the sky falls among the flowers like flowing water.
"That's right! It's this!" Roland quickly climbed up the tree and began to carefully examine the Mingchen flower.
"Have you found anything, Your Highness?" Renault stared at it for a long time but didn't find anything wrong.
"It really is. Look at which direction the pistil of this flower is facing?" Roland asked.
"West?" Renault was uncertain.
"I think it's west too. Let's go west and see if there are any other Mingchen flowers." Roland jumped down from the treetop.
…
"Here's one!"
"Go up and take a look!"
"The west."
"Then continue west."
…
"Wait! There's one here!" Roland called out to Renault.
"Sir! The pistil is facing east!" Renault said excitedly. He finally found the pistil facing a different direction.
"Hurry! Look around to see if there's anything with a hexagram pattern on it." Roland also became excited. Having not slept all night, he was now extremely energetic.
"good!"
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"There is no way here!" Renault asked in confusion. The forest in front of him suddenly became dense, and the thorny bushes filled the gaps between the tree trunks. Renault drew out the dragon-patterned sword that could cut dragon scales and chopped it heavily on the trees in front.
"Bang!" A huge force bounced back from the sword in Renault's hand, almost making Renault unable to hold the hilt.
"Are you kidding? My dragon-patterned sword can't cut down trees? Wait! This is a barrier!" Renault originally thought that he couldn't wield the knife, but he didn't expect that he was actually tricked by a hidden barrier.
"Your Highness! There is a barrier here!" Renault shouted without caring about attracting anyone's attention.
"Where?" Roland came over after hearing the news.
"That's right! It should be here! Let's look around the barrier to see if there is a hexagram formation." Roland touched the transparent barrier in front of him to confirm.
"good."
Roland drew his sword and cut down a nearby tree to mark the area, then he and Reno began to circle around the barrier.
After walking for nearly half an hour, the two finally found the hexagram array half-buried in the ground in an overgrown area.
The entire hexagram array was carved from a huge stone slab. Roland had the impression that the star elves had many exits to their enchantment, and this should be one of them. He didn't know if it would still be effective. If not, he would have to look for other stone slabs.
"Do you know Elvish?" Roland suddenly looked up and asked.
"Um... yes." After all, how could the famous Master Lei not speak Elvish? He had commanded many elves after all. (In-game)
"Okay, that's good!" Roland then realized that this thing can only be activated in Elvish.
"The forest cries in the flames, and the people tremble in the darkness. The king who controls the power of the stars will come in the shadows. Dispel the fog of the night and leave the wandering loneliness. Carrying the holy heart of salvation, the place where the stars shine forever!" Roland hummed softly.
"Say it again in Elvish." Roland said.
"What?" Renault was confused. Was his king going crazy?
"Speed! This is the activation code!" Roland rolled his eyes helplessly, ignoring Renault's idiotic look.
"Oh, okay!" Renault responded quickly, and then translated Roland's words into Elvish with great emotion.
The originally dark hexagram suddenly shone with soft starlight, as charming as the starry sky, and the land of shining stars opened its arms to the world...