Basikov arrives at Minas Morgul. The Witch King enters out and says "We have been waiting for you."
"I guess this is about the elves and Mirkwood as you mentioned before." Basikov says.
The Witch King says "Precisely."
They sit down at the throne of Angmar. The Witch King says "It is excellent to see that you have slain your weakness. Your foes from now on, will be much tougher. However, I have confidence in you, as I have trained you to fight elves. The challenges, and your personal training were no coincidences in the way they were set out."
Basikov says "Where shall the attack be commenced?"
The Witch King says "Remember, the outpost at Mirkwood outpost."
Basikov says "Yes, I was predicting that."
The Witch King says "We have been struggling to take that Mirkwood outpost. If we take it, we can cut off all aid to Mirkwood. Orcs are strong in numbers, but their lack of intelligence and elven agility have made them decimated. On top of that, this was a small number of elves. They will remain prepared against our forces, and that is where you come in. Orcs are expected, but Barrow Wight forces will be something new for them. You and a handful of the Madaw will attack the outpost. They won't expect foes with more agility and intelligence."
The Witch King said "A commander of an army at war needs a mount. Thus I present a Fell Beast, unlike Aowyna, he will stay loyal be your side. "
Basikov says "I am going to need some training on how to ride it."
The Witch King explained how it was similar to riding a horse as the bony figure learned to ride a horse. Basikov learned how to ride the winged creature without heathers. after a few days. He had an easier time because the Fell Beast was cooperating with Basikov.
Basikov and his special battalion are now getting ready for battle. They enter the forests, hidden and out of site.
Basikov sees the outpost. "I am pretty sure that over there is the out post that we are looking for," he says.
Basikov notices that the orcs are getting absolutely destroyed by the elves. He tells the plan to his troops. He says "I want all of you to hide in the bushes nearby and when the last orc dies, we ambush them.
The elves finally take out the last orc. One of them cheerily "We have won." They are happy that they have not lost a single elf against the orcs. However, what happens next is much less pleasant to them.
Five of Basikov's men jump out and slaughter the elves right there. The other ten begin circling the perimeter.
The elf scout says "You orcs, will never win."
Basikov reveals himself and say "Perhaps you are fighting a different enemy." He swings his scythe, killing the elven scout instantly. Two guards attack Basikov, but he beats them both with his sword. However, the elves are not convinced that the fight is over.
One of his soldiers says "The door is locked, how will we get in."
Basikov realizes the best way to stop them, is to let their guard down. He tells his men "Attack the out posts with your weapons. " He points a finger at two of his men who have crossbows and tells them "the two of you fire anything you have through those windows."
They began to do so. He knows it won't have much effect on the structure, but it was a perfect distraction.
As they hit the structure, Basikov starts to climb on the outpost with his claw like hands. Basikov eventually find a window and crawls in. The elven captain could hear the screams from down stairs. Fear has never hit elves this hard for a long time.
The elven captain and the last four remaining elves are all what Basikov had left to take care of. The captain said "He is just another orc, let's take him down like the rest."
Basikov pulls out his sword and attacks one of the elves. Another was knocked out of a window. While, he was facing another elf, the captain pulls out a bow and arrow and fires. He hits a target. However, it was not Basikov, but the other elf.
He falls and feels devastated. Basikov comes to him and says "The age of elves have fallen." The Captain is impaled and victory was claimed by Sauron's forces.
Basikov meets the Witch King and says "The outpost has been taken."
The Witch King says "Very good, we will now launch the invasion of Mirkwood." "Your tactics have been proven most useful, and I have no doubt they will prove useful again."
After some careful thinking, Basikov now has the plan. Basikov asks the Witch King "Is it ok to use Orcs for this battle?"
The Witch King asks "Why would you want to use Orcs when your Barrow Wights are much better?"
Basikov responds with "They are only to weaken the elves slightly so the Barrow Wights can come into action and grant victory."
The Witch King says "I like the plan. Your Fell Beast will come into use. When you fight King Thranduil, hold your ground, he is a tough enemy, and is known to make quick work of even high ranking commanders."
Basikov says "I understand. Also may I have some wargs for this battle? I think they will make excellent ambush attackers."
The Witch King says "You may have a group of Wargs, as I know they will be used to help win this battle."
The elves learn the news about the outpost. They know this is no Orc group that they must face.
Basikov could see Mirkwood. He knows that his tactics will be his strongest ally for today.
Basikov says "Orcs, attack."
The Orcs rush to attack. Many of them are getting slaughtered by elves in the towers. Their numbers usually gave them the advantage in battle but elves were known for being swift unlike the men who are normally targeted. The elves have finished the Orcs and very few elves are dead.
The Elven soldiers were heard cheering. They chanted about how victory was won so easily.
Basikov gets on his Fell Beast and says "I want three groups. They will only be prepared for a front group because that is how I sent the Orcs. The front group will go first, and wait until the elves see them, and the right and left groups may go, understood."
The groups understand what he is saying. The first group begins the attack. The elves fire, taking out a few of them. At that moment, the other two groups led by high ranking leaders in the Madaw came out, and start to turn the tide on the battle at ground. The elves could no longer focus on one direction, and their opponent became , the towers are still taking out Barrow Wights fighting down.
Basikov takes off on his Fell Beast and go for the towers. Basikov's Fell Beast's horned claws grabbed a large rock and dropped it on the first tower. The other archers began to panic for it is now dangerous both from up and down. However retaliation was too late as the dragon like creature picked them up and dropped them down to the battle field.
He gets of the Fell Beast and attacks the elven soldiers near him. He makes short work of them and then he is now challenged by an Elven Captain.
She says "I don't know who you are, but prepare for your loss." She pulled out two daggers.
Basikov pulled out his scythe which made a menacing thud sound. The two fight. He disarms one of her daggers, but she was able to knock his scythe out of his hands. However, this did not mean he was disarmed. He knew the best idea, is that her guard will be down, so he lets her knock him down.
She tells him "Ready to surrender. I can't believe that this is what was sent to fight us."
Basikov smirks under his helmet and performs his deadliest attack. He took a jump and slashed her across the chest with his knife finger. She fell to the ground and with the eye not covered by her ginger hair, she saw what the Wights were causing. Death and Destruction. He picks her up, and throws her at his Fell Beast. He tells it "Feast on her flesh."
Basikov gets four of his bodyguards as well the Barrow Wights holding the Wargs back, as they enter the kingdom.
He tells the Barrow Wights with the wargs "Release the Wargs, they will sniff out anyone who hides from us. We can not afford an escapees." The wargs are released and now and his bodyguards now are going after Thranduil.
Thranduil is at his throne, worried that his grip is fading. Basikov and his bodyguards show up.
Thranduil tells Basikov "You will pay for all the blood you have shed today."
Basikov says in a cold voice "One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic."
Thranduil's guards attack Basikov's bodyguards, but were surprised by their agility and were killed in action
Thranduil says "You and me, no bodyguards."
Basikov tells his bodyguards to step back and pulls out his scythe. He swings it at Thranduil, missing each time. The sytche clashes with Thranduil's sword, until Thranduil knocked it out of the skeleton's hands.
The Wight now pulled out his serpent patterned sword. The two exchanged blows. Both Basikov and Thranduil did not feel ready for this fight. Basikov has never fought someone with this much skill. Thranduil feels unprepared for an opponent that was a skilled fighter as he was used to just cutting down Orcs that attack in recent years. Basikov knows that he will not win, by simple hand to hand combat, but he notices that a Warg notices the fight going on and that Thranduil does not know it. Basikov blocks the blade, but leaves himself semi vulnerable. Thranduil kicks him off the ledge.
The bodyguards begin to attack, but were disarmed and clashed down quickly. The Warg charges at Thranduil and stabs it in the mouth. However, it is not just the mouth of the Warg, bleeding. Thranduil looks down and sees his chest bleeding as well. Basikov had just stabbed Thranduil in the chest.
He feels humiliated. Elves have never lost this bad in a battle and now Thranduil is dying.
"You will pay for this." he tells Basikov.
Basikov says "Perhaps, but it is you today."
The king collapsed down, dead. The other Madaw commanders in battle go to Basikov as he picks up Thranduil's intricate weapon and tell him "We have found the survivors, shall we execute them?"
Basikov said "No, we are going to need labor to rebuild our country, and with this new gold we have accumulated, the free peoples can no longer keep us from prospering."