The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth

"System sign-in!" Roland began his daily sign-in routine.

"Give me something useful!" Roland really couldn't complain about the bunch of messy things the system gave him, such as magical enlightenment books, his own golden statue...

"Sign in successfully! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Lagrand City Guards*100."

"Has it been shipped?" Roland said in surprise, but he did not choose to summon an army this time because he was too embarrassed to say it... He didn't have enough food to feed a hundred mouths, so now he relied on his fishing and hunting skills. The life in Flowing City is pretty good, but don’t forget the characteristics of Flowing City that attract refugees. Now the population of Flowing City is growing little by little every day. Roland really doesn’t want to raise more people if it’s not necessary. These hundred mouths...

Speaking of Lagrand City Guards, as the name suggests, they are the guards of Lagrand City. This army is completely composed of trainee soldiers who have been eliminated from various elite units and have no hope of promotion. They are mainly responsible for the defense and security of Lagrand City, but If you despise them because they are only second-line troops, you will definitely regret it... If you give them an evaluation, it is that you can always trust them. As a melee unit, their abilities are comprehensive and terrifying. Professionals have given them Their strong bodies and tenacious load-bearing ability, combined with Lagrange's infantry fine steel plate armor, leather-lined armor and linen armor on the outside, are enough to allow them to withstand various high-intensity blows. The half-length broad shield made of fine steel It can block large-area attacks. The 3-meter steel gun is enough to make their attacks fierce but agile. The stainless steel long sword is a supplement to the melee weapons. The Lagrange hand crossbow slung on the waist allows them to attack Hit the enemy within a range of 100 meters. The five fine steel javelins in the backpack on the back can kill various lightly armored troops within a range of 50 meters.

"Sir, the horses are ready." Kaslo walked in directly, and there was no time to repair the damaged wooden door.

"Okay, let's go!" Roland took a look at the small pile of gems in the system space and didn't know if they could be exchanged for various supplies. If he had known it, he would have gotten more. Roland only focused on collecting gold coins and ignored the gold mountain. Gems, Roland couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this, what a mistake!

"Drive!" Accompanied by ten knights, Roland and Kaslo embarked on their journey north.

In fact, Roland was originally unwilling to take away the knights. After all, there are many people and multiple powers, and Castro can handle it well enough if anything happens. However, he met with strong opposition from everyone, because Roland is now the king of Ragland. How desolate a king must be without even any retinue, not only the face of King Roland, but also the face of the entire kingdom. In the end, after Roland's persuasion, everyone agreed to his idea of ​​only bringing 10 people. Although Roland couldn't show it off, if he traveled like a certain king of the Woodland Kingdom and brought thousands of professionals, Roland would I am also very envious. After all, everyone wants to return home in fine clothes, but not many people love walking in fine clothes at night.

Passing by Long Lake, which had begun to freeze, Roland rubbed his hands. In the distant lake, the ruins of Changhu Town were still clearly visible. Roland clenched his fist and vowed to rebuild this place, but Kasluo was eager to try and seemed to want to go in. Taobao, after all, Kaslo found a lot of dried food and various tools that were easy to store the last time he came here.

…

A towering solitary mountain stood in the distance. Roland and his party arrived at River Valley City at the foot of the mountain. At this time, River Valley City had initially cleared away weeds and dilapidated houses. Bud was leading everyone in the reconstruction work in full swing. There were only a few sentry guards on the city walls.

"Stop, whoever is coming!" The only soldier at the city gate raised his spear and stopped Roland.

"Huh? Are you King Roland?" Apparently the soldier recognized Roland's flag.

"Well, I'll come over and see Bud." Roland smiled.

"Then wait a minute, I have to report." Although this soldier was familiar with Roland, he still remembered his own job.

"Well, I'll trouble you then!" Roland said he didn't care about the soldier's rudeness.

After a while, the soldier trotted out followed by a figure.

"Bud!" Roland smiled and greeted him.

"Hi! Roland! Nice to see you." Bud and Roland hugged.

"Why are you back?" Bard asked curiously. Logically speaking, Roland should be building a territory with his people now. Why did you suddenly come back to Lonely Mountain?

"I'm in big trouble..." Roland complained.

"What's going on? Did you encounter an army of Orcs?" The smile on Bard's face solidified. He glanced at the knights behind Roland and found that there were only 10 knights and the flying dragon that showed great power during the Battle of Lonely Mountain. The knight's heart suddenly went cold. What kind of orcs could engulf a professional army composed of more than a hundred knights and archers? The number of orcs was not even close to that of the Orcs in the Gushan battle. I didn't see even the flying dragon knights fleeing.

"What are you thinking about? It's not an orc!" Roland looked at Bard, whose eyes were getting darker and darker, and immediately understood that the child was scaring him...

"Huh? Not half-orcs? Then what trouble can you get into?" Bard was puzzled.

"Famine and cold..." Roland said word by word.

"..." Bard opened his mouth but was still powerless after all. After the townspeople of Lake Town, who were already squeezed by the mayor, experienced Smaug's destruction of Lake Town, their lives became even worse. If it weren't for the help of the woodland elves, With help coming, Bard is probably having a hard time now.

"So I came to see the dwarves of Irube, hoping to buy some tools and food." Roland slowly expressed his thoughts.

The two equally destitute kings looked at each other for a long time and finally sighed, life is too difficult...

After bidding farewell to Bard, Roland rushed towards Erub without stopping. After a while, a tall dwarf stone statue appeared in front of Roland. A group of dwarves were enthusiastically and skillfully using tools to lift stones of various shapes. It seemed that they should be lifting stones of various shapes. Repair the city gate.

"Hi! Balin!" Roland said with a smile. Balin is indeed the most recognizable dwarf in the expedition team. His snow-white beard and hair make him highly recognizable.

"Oh! King Roland!" Balin bowed in greeting. The dwarves had high respect for this human lord who led the army to fight and saved the entire dwarf kingdom at this critical moment.

"How is it here?" Roland asked cheerfully.

"Awesome! It feels like home... Oh! Hello, Knight Kaslo!" Balin recognized the flying dragon knight who killed everyone that day.

"Hello, Your Excellency Bahrain." Kaslo still maintained his humility.

"Can I help you with anything?" Balin looked at Roland.

"Of course, our people do have food and tools!" Roland anxiously explained that the people who came to seek refuge with him were short of food and clothing.

"Well! This is indeed a big trouble. I will take you to see the king right now." Balin also realized the seriousness of the matter. Roland came to ask for help. Of course he knew that Roland did not have much supplies when he watched Roland and others leave. It is understandable that Roland said that his people would return to Bahrain. After all, many dwarves wandering around have received news that Thorin had regained the Lonely Mountain, and a large number of dwarves moved their families to prepare to return to their homeland.