The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth

"Welcome home! Your Excellency the Baron and all the brave and fearless soldiers of Lagrand!" Roland stood outside the city gate to greet his expedition soldiers.

"Thank you for welcoming Your Highness, please allow me to introduce our new member - Nina Bonn before reporting to you!" Lance smiled and pushed out the magical girl they saved.

"Natural Awakening Mage?" Yun Feng suddenly stepped out.

"God! How did you show up? You scared me!" Lance was so frightened that even Roland's eyelids couldn't help but twitch a few times.

"The qualifications are good! You are still young. There is a chance to aspire to the sixth level. Although the hope is slim, it is a pity that it has been delayed! If you start training from a young age, you should have a half chance of achieving the sixth level..." Yun Feng said with some regret, okay? It's easy to see a good talent as a spell caster, but in the end, it turns out that he has no foundation at all from a wild background.

"Where did you find her?" Roland expressed his admiration for Lance's ability to lure back a mage just out of bed.

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"Oh! Those stupid people really deserve to be killed!" After listening to Lance's story, before Roland could speak, Yun Feng jumped up. When had the noble mage been slaughtered like a pig or sheep? Yun Feng was furious at the behavior of these stupid people.

"It's indeed too much, but you can't blame them. Uninformed people are naturally in awe of these supernatural abilities." Roland said with relief.

"Who is this?" Lance looked at Nyx who was behaving intimately next to Roland in confusion. Although he didn't want to stop some of his king's hobbies, Lance, who was loyal to Roland, didn't want Roland to be seduced by those promiscuous women. Toyed with.

"This is the Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Nyx! My fiancée!" Roland hugged Nyx and said happily.

"There is no longer the Grand Duchy of Nyx, only the Kingdom of Raglan." Nyx chuckled and held Roland's arm, but there was a bit of sadness in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I didn't mean to offend." Lance, who was good at observing words and emotions, immediately understood that he had said the wrong thing and apologized quickly.

"Hello! Baron Lance! I am the heir of the King's Lion family - Apophis Breo. I am still white." Apophis Breo also nodded in a friendly manner.

"Hello! Heir to the noble Lion family! May you hold the sword and guard Lagrand's plow like your ancestors! I believe you will regain the glory of the Lion family!" Lance complimented, good guy! There is actually a direct descendant of the Junlin Lion family! This shocked Lance. You must know that the royal family was completely wiped out, and only the direct royal family and dukes who were enfeoffed were left. Some of the bloodlines were passed down. As the royal guardians, the Lions of King's Landing did not follow the royal family. Death in battle was indeed something Lance didn't expect.

"Well, the current kingdom cannot give him the title of Duke. Our strength is too weak to give him another Duke." Roland explained to Lance with an apology.

Lang suddenly understood what Roland meant. He had just been wondering why the heir to the King's Landing Lion family was still white. But after hearing Roland's explanation, Lance immediately understood the embarrassing situation. It stands to reason that the King's Landing family has been loyal and loyal for generations. He is a hereditary duke, but the poor national power of the kingdom now... is probably not as good as a count in its heyday.

"By the way, let's talk about the results of your trip. Did you deliver Jesse Ava safely? Have you met the regent of Gondor?" Roland thought of the mission of Lance and his party.

"Sorry, Your Highness, I didn't complete the task." Lance sighed.

"His Royal Highness Jesse Ava is gone?" Roland said in shock. Did he kill the Goblin King?

"No, no, no! We successfully escorted him to the border of Gondor and Rohan, but we were attacked by a large number of wandering orcs. We were separated from him when we were blocking a group of orcs. For the safety of the soldiers, I chose We came back, but fortunately we did not reduce our staff along the way." Lance explained.

"The orcs are restless! The black knights have also come out to stretch their muscles! It seems that Sauron is coming back." Roland sighed. Even Gondor and Rohan were infiltrated by orcs. No wonder Sauron's death 60 years later An army enters the territory of Gondor as easily as entering uninhabited territory.

"Darkness is coming! Your Highness, we must prepare early!" Yun Feng glanced at Mordor in the south sadly. He could only hope that the darkness would not send its main force to the north. Those Nazgul are not what the current Northland can do. Resistant.

"Well, in the summer I will work with the dwarves to get through Moria, so that we can at least contact reinforcements from the Shire region and Rivendell." Roland rubbed his eyebrows.

"Well, it's always good to have more allies! At least the Elf Rangers in Rivendell are very reliable." Ormsk said. After all, the reputation of Elf Rangers is well-known, and there are many Elf Rangers in Rivendell. After the last alliance battle, everyone started as a third-level professional. Roland would be sorry for himself if he didn't have to have such a powerful support.

"The humans in the Shire area...should be able to rely on..." Kaslow rubbed his nose. Regarding that piece of paradise, one of the few pure lands in Middle-earth, Kaslow expressed concern about the combat effectiveness there.

"But we can choose to believe in Hobbits!" Roland blinked and smiled at Caslo. The strong and honest Hobbit Bilbo Baggins left a good impression on them.

"Come on! Can halflings fight when they are cooks? Don't be kidding me!" Yun Feng said disdainfully. He didn't look down on those little halflings who didn't have physical advantages and spell casting talents. It's amazing that halflings can survive in Middle-earth. God has mercy.

"Inform the kitchen that I will hold a banquet today to welcome our soldiers home!" Roland loudly ordered the attendants behind him.

"Oh! Your merciful Highness, I am very grateful for this! We almost vomited after eating the dry bread! In the most difficult time, we could only eat some fried flour to pad our stomachs! People throughout the eastern part of Rohan migrated in large numbers! It seems that the orcs The forces of the army have spread to the border of Rohan. Our supplies are very difficult! We really have money and can't buy food!" Lance almost burst into tears. Who can understand the pain of holding up gold coins and not being able to buy food?

"Thank you for your hard work! Let's treat your stomach well today!" Roland patted Lance on the shoulder and sighed as he looked at the dusty appearance of this dedicated nobleman.

Roland looked at the soldiers entering the city who were all ragged and disheveled. He could only sigh that luckily Lance didn't bring many people out. If he had brought more people, most of them would have starved to death on the way... This also allowed Roland to see the entire city. The situation in Turkey is grim. This is just after the Battle of the Five Armies and the orcs are so active! It seems that the foreshadowing of the War of the Ring sixty years later has already been laid!

"Inform Lulongsai to keep them on the highest alert! I don't want the orcs to get to the bottom of Swift River City before I know the news!" Roland ordered.

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