The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 210 The Path of the Dragon Knight

"Communicate with wild dragons? You must think I've lived too long..." Roland was dumbfounded. Didn't Caslo have any idea what kind of temper wild dragons had? To most dragons, humans were ants. Only those sixth-tier professionals and dragon knights could make these proud dragons look at them differently.

"Of course! How can you form a contract with a dragon rider if you don't communicate with wild dragons? You don't think those mounts are as obedient as domesticated Sharmas, letting you form a contract with them, do you?" Caslo was speechless.

Indeed, apart from the Lagrange Empire, which maintained its own dragon horde at its peak, all dragon riders formed contracts with dragons by chance.

"Headache..." Roland's head suddenly felt like it was going to explode. The difficulty of communicating with wild dragons to form a dragon rider contract was no less than risking his life. The irritable dragons could tear Roland's poor little body apart at any time.

“There’s no other way. Otherwise, you’ll have to contract a wyvern and let it evolve into a dragon. But, if I may be frank, the bloodlines of wyverns are generally very mixed. Although they are also members of the true dragon species, they are only at the lowest level. Even if the strongest four-legged wyvern king among the wyverns advances into a dragon, its strength will still be different from that of a native dragon!” Kaldo successfully evolved into a dragon through the essence blood of a wind dragon, and Caslo knew this very well. Don’t be fooled by Kaldo’s invincible presence on the battlefield. If you were to fight a true dragon, such as the Star Dragon Skye or a young Smurf, he would be at a disadvantage. After all, the purity of his bloodline is hard to reach that of a true dragon.

Why are dragons so powerful? Because everything about them is passed down through bloodlines, and the dragons with the purest bloodlines undoubtedly possess the strongest fighting power.

"Well, let's forget about it then..." Roland originally had the idea of ​​raising a four-legged dragon into a giant dragon, but after listening to Caslo's words, he decisively gave up.

"So you can only try to form a contract with a dragon through communication! I will protect you then!" Caslo said solemnly. It is a tradition for dragon knights to stand guard while aspiring dragons communicate and form a contract, as this can prevent many tragedies, most of which refer to humans...

"Thank you so much... The key is that there are no dragons here! We haven't heard a word about dragons along the way. Oh! There's a pseudo-dragon—Smaug!" Roland sighed and took out a knife to trim his nails.

"Maybe... I could ask the system to get me a dragon? After all, the Smurfs were all given to me by the system!" Roland thought to himself. Although the dragons were too big to ride, they were only slightly larger than warhorses when they were adults, and a person sitting on a dragon saddle might be blown off by the wind.

“No matter what, as the future Emperor of Lagrang, you need to know the language of dragons. Even if you can’t become a dragon knight, the language of dragons is the symbol of the royal family! Every legitimate member of the Lagrang royal family must be fluent in the language of dragons! This is our heritage! Because we were once the kingdom of dragons! And now! I am the one who carries on the power of dragons! I hope that in the future we can still consider ourselves the kingdom of dragons!” Caslo said respectfully and humbly.

“You’re right! So… let’s begin!” Roland sighed and unfolded the Dragon Language, revealing the “scribbles” that broke his heart.

……

"Where has Your Highness gone?" As night fell, Nyx, who had gone on an outing, waited anxiously for her lover to return home in her tent. However, she was clearly getting impatient, so she called her maids over to ask.

"Your Highness, His Majesty the King has been out for a long time today and hasn't returned yet." The two maids were also confused, after all, they were only responsible for Roland's daily life, such as food and drink, and they didn't care where their king had gone.

"Hmph~" Nyx curled up on the bed in dissatisfaction, feeling wronged. Since the two of them had been together for so long, Roland had never stayed out this late. Even if there was an emergency, he would have the servants send a message back to Nyx.

"Could he have been attracted by a pretty girl and stayed overnight at someone else's house?" Nyx suddenly thought of this terrible "fact" in shock. You know, although the nobles of Middle-earth have not yet degenerated to the point of being bloodsuckers, the private lives of many nobles are still very chaotic, and the exercise of the right of first night is not unfounded! Although Nyx believed in Roland's love for her, she did not believe that Roland could always be devoted to only her.

"..." As she thought about it, Nyx's beautiful eyes filled with tears, and glistening teardrops swirled around her eyes.

"...How is it, Your Highness? Have you learned these few phrases? These are just the most basic dragon language for communication. If you learn these, at least... you'll be able to greet wild dragons." Caslo thought for a moment before speaking to Roland.

"Thank you for your comfort, Your Excellency the Great Dragon Knight!" Roland rolled his eyes and said irritably.

"Oh! By the Dragon God! It's already so dark! Oh no!" Roland glanced out the window and realized that the sky was already pitch black. As for why Roland didn't feel the change in light while inside the house, it was entirely because Caslo's house was equipped with a magic crystal lamp made by Yunfeng, which could make the room as bright as day, so Roland was completely unaware of the passage of time.

……

"Where have you been?" Sure enough, as soon as Roland entered the inner room of the tent, he saw Nyx staring at him with red eyes and a sob in her voice.

"I...I went to Caslo's place." Roland nervously rubbed the cover of Dragon's Words with his hands.

"Heh! You didn't go to some mistress's house for some fun, did you? Men are all big pigs! What's that in your hand? A token of love? Quite classy!" Nyx mocked coldly.

"Oh no... I misunderstood..." Roland's face immediately fell.

"No, don't listen to my excuses... no! Explanation! I really went to Caslo's house! Yunfeng gave me the royal inheritance of the Dragon Language! I went to Caslo to ask him about the Dragon Language! After all, I also want to become a Dragon Knight!" Roland quickly explained.

"Really?" Nyx, seeing Roland's expression, believed it to some extent. She casually took the Dragon's Word, flipped through it a few times, and nodded thoughtfully.

"How's your studies going?" Nyx questioned Roland like a wife checking up on her husband.

"It's alright, but those scribbles are really hard to read..." Roland shrugged helplessly.

"You really went to learn dragon language? And you didn't go off to cheat on me?" Nyx asked again.

"I swear to the Dragon God, absolutely not! Who in the entire City of Swiftflow is as beautiful, charming, lovely, kind, and gentle as our Nyx?" Roland had already used every word of praise he could think of, having been single for 16 years.

“Hmm! There’s no scent of a strange woman…” Nyx leaned closer and sniffed Roland before nodding in affirmation.

"You passed! Go to sleep! People were worried sick about you not coming back so late!" Nyx complained to Roland as she curled up in the soft bed like a big cat.

(End of this chapter)