Meanwhile, the goblins had occupied High Pass road blocking the vital connection between east and west. Glorfindel, Gloin, Johnny, Horner, and Selendis led the attack to reclaim the road.
The Protoss and Terrans established their bases near the mineral fields and Vespene geysers. Selendis readied the ground forces including zealots, dragoon ranged striders, immortal assault striders, tall colossus battle striders, and high Templar psionic masters. The robotic colossi could do cliff walks and could attack from long range with their extended thermal lances. The high Templar could cast feedback to drain energy and psionic storm along with the psi blast attack.
Johnny with Horner's guidance prepared a force of infantry: marines, firebats with flamethrowers, heavy assault marauders, and jet-pack-equipped reapers.
"Our forces are ready, we should move out soon," said Selendis.
"The goblins have infested this pass, we must make them safe once more," said an elf.
"We must advance," said Johnny.
The combined forces advanced through the mountainous road and there were goblins everywhere. The firebats roasted hordes of goblin warriors easily catching them on fire causing them to run around then collapsed into the ground motionlessly. Those specialized anti-infantry troopers were more efficient than the Protoss melee warriors. The marines, reapers, dragoons, and high Templar picked off the goblin archers. A colossus caught a horde of goblin archers on fire causing them to run around then collapsed into the ground motionlessly. A single reaper was able to take down two goblins like the zealots with his twin pistols. The elves helped out as the Rivendell lancers trampled the goblins at full speed, the Lorien warriors clashed blades, and the Lorien archers picked off the goblins. The reapers were better scouts as they had the cliff jump ability. Glorfindel slashed the goblins while Gloin hammered them.
"The ice tower is collapsing," said an elf as a mountain giant hurled a boulder at an ice tower so that it could crumble.
"Blast that rubble, men," Johnny commanded as the marauders with the assistance from the immortals demolished the debris. "Men, if you see a boulder coming towards you, get out of the way." The marauders had to dodge the boulders hurled by mountain giants while the hardened shields of the immortals reduced the impact. The heavy assault infantry and the assault striders took down the giants easily.
"Destroy these caves, so they'll never come back," Gloin ordered. The heavy assault infantry and the assault striders also demolished the goblin tunnels and caves. The reapers helped out by throwing explosive charges at the structures. The marines, zealots, dragoons, and colossi also provided assistance on razing the structures.
"Watch for those towers, they have archers," said an elf.
"Never fear, our colossi will make short work of those," Selendis had the colossi outranged the goblins' sentry towers burning them to the ground then caught the goblin archers on fire causing them to run around before collapsing into the ground motionlessly.
"Destroy that fissure before more giants rise from it," Gloin ordered. The marines, zealots, dragoons, marauders, reapers, immortals, and colossi razed all of the huge structures where the giants came from.
"Spider riders," an elf muttered as there were goblins riding giant spiders equipped with either bows or poison-tipped spears.
"They aren't so tough," a marine muttered as they gunned the goblin spider riders easily. A single reaper could take down a goblin spider rider.
Eventually the combined forces cleansed the mountainous road of the goblin structures forcing the goblin army out of the high pass. Therefore it became safe to travel the lands of the Misty Mountains. However the war on the goblins was not over.
Author's Note
The next chapter will be on the Fellowship of the Ring.