Khazad-Dûm - arc rise of the light kingdom
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-Third POV-
As the world prepares for war, armies march ever closer, and the threat to the kingdom of light grows, Talion immediately contacts Idril.
"Idril, do you receive me?" he asks impatiently.
"Yes Talion, what's going on, you look panicked" she asks worried.
"I don't have time to explain it to you now, but give up everything you're doing, change of plan, get everyone together except Ugor who has returned to Seregost, in an hour in the meeting room, crisis meeting" he said before ending the communication very quickly.
Teleporting at full speed in the forge, he immediately puts three plans on the workbench.
On the first one we can distinguish a kind of sword with runes engraved on the side.
The second is a heavy armor from head to toe, again many runes are written along the armor.
The third is a ring of a singular shape, with two snakes biting their tails forming the sign of infinity.
Without wasting any time, Talion grabs the metal he has retrieved and begins his work.
He starts with the sword, he forges it very quickly taking all the care to produce it correctly. He then uses a technique never seen before, he multiplies himself and creates three specters of himself that forge the blade together to speed up the process.
Then when the crucial moment comes to incorporate several metals inside the blade to solidify it, two specters start to inject a huge amount of magic inside while a third starts to create runes on the side of the blade.
The process is quickly completed and while two specters continue to inject magic and intensify the process Talion and the other specter inscribe the runes. Thus, runes of power, lightness, sharpness and many others are inscribed at a prodigious speed.
Only a few minutes later, the sword is finally finished, and Talion injects his energy directly into it to make it spectral and connect it to his soul.
This blade has a sharp edge and can cut through metal as if it were paper, it has a fantastic magical power and increases the physical abilities of its user, but its greatest asset is its special ability, resulting from the mutation of a rune under Talion's intense magic, this sword allows the user to increase the power of a combo after each hit by 1.3 times the previous power, which can be accumulated up to 20 times.
Without respite Talion takes no time to inspect his new weapon and forges his new armor. Using the same process as his sword, it is quickly finished.
The runes inscribed on it apply a lightness effect that makes the wearer feel no discomfort or weight. Another rune makes it extremely strong while another has the ability to absorb large amounts of mana from the air to either give it back to the user, or to apply a healing effect to heal their wounds.
Again, Talion binds this armor with his power and continues on to create the ring. The process is no different, and though this way of forging is extremely hard for Talion to take, he continues on.
Once the ring is complete, it has the power to improve Talion's casting speed by taking part of the chant, it also increases the quality of the magic used and enhances the user's senses.
Talion uses his magic again to bind this ring and puts it on one of his fingers before going directly to the big conference room.
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It took Talion an hour and 20 minutes to forge all of the required items.
Pushing open the doors to the rooms, he entered directly under the worried gaze of the members present.
As he sat down, Baranor ask worried, "Talion, what's going on, why did you call us here?"
"I'll be frank" he answers looking at everyone before resuming, "Sauron will unleash all of his armies against us, we will be attacked everywhere and at the same time, and this within 5 days at most".
"WHAT!? how many of them are there? where are they and what should we prepare?" asks Fram while the others, relatively worried, discuss the situation among themselves. Amongst all the commotion, only one person remains calm, and that is Idril, confident in Talion, she does not doubt his abilities.
"In Mordor there are at least 30,000 orcs, most of which are Uruk-hai, more evolved and more powerful orcs, a mix between orcs and men, Ologs, war beasts, and especially the dreaded Nazguls, on the side of the men from the east, About 20,000 men arrive in Mordor, and will be on Seregost in 5 days, outside of Mordor, about 50,000 men and orcs combined, including fearsome beasts such as the numakills of the haradrims, and the war chariots of the Rhûn "
Hearing the news, Fram sits down, wipes his forehead and says "We'll have to be tactically strong, we have to set up as many ambushes as possible on the road, set traps with bombs, I can take care of it if you wish, lend me 300 orcs, and I'll set traps for the men from the east on the road" confident in himself, he knows that it's a tough war that's about to happen, and that they don't have any right to make mistakes.
"I trust you, use the troops well, Baranor, train the troops and finish the project I entrusted to you as soon as possible, in two days I will forge the necessary equipment" he says looking Baranor in the eyes, then he looks in the direction of Gwendoline and continues
"Gwendoline and Ilbar, go to Bregor and increase the production as quickly as possible, I want all the earpieces to be ready for use in two days, on each soldier, work days and nights if necessary, but it is very important, and plan a stock, then, I have already communicated it to Bregor on the way, but I have entered on the machines new equipment, swords, spears and rune armor will be available for creation, power rings for the captains are also present in the machines, you just have to use the plan and start creating these weapons and equip as many soldiers as possible, as for the other cities, within two days I will find a way to transport equipment very quickly, trust me "
" Very well my dear " answers Gwendoline with a sulphurous smile.
"You can count on me " answers gently the young Ilbar
Looking towards Idril, Talion continues to give instructions " Idril, take care of the defense, you should now be able to teleport like I do between our different cities, install war beasts, send scouts and plan some patrols, I want us to be ready to defend ourselves at any time "
"I'll take care of it, my love" she answers, her face red to the ears after her answer.
Before Talion can give any more orders, Aldamir interjects " Talion, you told us that the orcs and men are going to cross the border of Mordor, so they are going to pass through the black gate or Minas Ithil, we should call upon Gondor, moreover, you have rings of power in your possession, you should distribute them so that we can be as strong as you, after all you draw your power from those rings "
"We will not call on Gondor, nor on anyone else, they are not reliable and will be able after the war to force their opinion on us, and I do not have rings to give as you say, firstly I decide on their bearers, and secondly we will equip the warriors with advanced weapons, so you have nothing to fear on this subject" he replied somewhat irritated.
Not satisfied with Talion's answer, Aldamir tries once again to speak but he is interrupted by Talion who gives orders again.
"Dura, I wish that you guarantee the supply of food and that you accelerate the production of the fishing industry".
" At your orders my lord, kekeke " answers the orc
"Calil, ensure the safety of the people, use orcs to build shelters for the entire population, and build walls around them so that they can act as a last line of defence.
"Well my lord, I will do as you wish" replied the experienced Calil.
A few minutes later, the meeting is finally over, everyone runs off to prepare for the war, while Talion, without wasting time, puts on his new armor and teleports to the main hall of Khazad-dûm.
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Once there, he directly sends several waves of magic to attract the Balrog.
A few minutes later, he hears distant noises, then, drums, the noise accelerates, the earth rumbles, the sound of whip slapping can be heard in the distance.
Talion, ready to fight, waits for his next victim, he is coming, he is close, Talion perceives his dark magical power.
He is much more powerful than the previous Balrog he faced. Time passes and the sounds get closer, the drumming gets faster, the wind blows against the pillars that hold the ceiling, the sound of footsteps breaking on the floor rumbles.
Then, in the distance, a glow is approaching, a blazing fire, it is there, it is coming, Durin's bane is now only fifty meters away from Talion.
Arriving in the main hall, the latter finally sees Talion who observes him, seeing the source of these magic waves disturbing his sleep, he shout before launching himself to crush his opponent.
Talion seeing him approaching, he puts himself on guard and waits, he looks him in the eyes, ready to fight and to submit this overpowered creature.
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