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

Chapter 695 Teaching Skills

"Your Majesty King Roland, welcome! Your glory makes this humble camp shine!" Alistar, the chieftain of the barbarian goblins, bowed respectfully.

Look at this! Who says goblins can't flatter? Isn't this one doing a great job? He's even more skilled at flattery than the people of Lagrange!

"Hmm, are you settling in alright here?" Roland looked around the goblin camp and found that although it was a bit messy, it wasn't chaotic. The items were neatly arranged, with rows of tanned leather hanging on wooden racks in the open space of the camp, and some leftover meat and dried fish being smoked over the campfire.

"This place is great, with abundant supplies and it's safe, without too much danger! We also don't have to worry about the kids being kidnapped by wild beasts lurking in the forest!" Alistar grinned widely, the environment here was far better than when they were wandering in the dark forest.

“We still need to be careful of the wandering orcs here!” Roland shook his head. This wasteland was not as safe as it looked. Although the magical beasts fled when they sensed human presence, the orcs of the wasteland kept visiting the borders of the kingdom. The daily activities of the Sky Knights and the Knights Order were to patrol around the areas where the people lived.

“In fact, we’ve already fought each other!” Alistar explained, shaking his head.

“On our very first day here, we sent out scout knights to explore the surrounding environment, and then we were ambushed by orcs. Their equipment was rudimentary, but they were extremely aggressive. I gathered my people and wiped them out. Their madness terrified me!” Alistar calmly pointed to the orc corpses hanging on the camp fence.

It was only then that Roland realized that the objects encircling the goblin camp fence were actually the mangled remains of orcs. Clearly, these reckless wasteland orcs had chosen to face the lances of the barbaric goblin knights head-on...

“In fact, these are your future adversaries! Their numbers are enormous and their reproductive capacity is astonishing. Moreover, they harbor ill intentions towards the Kingdom of Lagrang. Our soldiers are overwhelmed and unable to completely eradicate them. We can only carry out a cleanup of them every now and then. You will also be doing this job in the future!” Roland took the opportunity to reveal one of their future work goals to Alistar.

"These bastards? They're certainly a tough opponent to deal with!" Alistar nodded seriously, quite satisfied with the opponents Roland had found for them. After all, these unequipped and brainless opponents were the easiest to crush! The only thing to watch out for was their numbers. It wouldn't be fun if the short goblins were surrounded by these burly wasteland orcs.

"For your better survival, my subordinates and I have discussed the matter and decided to allow you to learn human knight skills..." Roland dropped a bombshell, an irresistible temptation for the savage goblins! After all, it's extremely rare for savage goblins to produce high-level professionals, so their skill inheritance relies entirely on their own awakening. This results in a group of goblin knights typically only knowing one or two skills, and they don't even know how to charge... They can only use the charge skill thanks to their inseparable companions, the savage boars! (The savage boars possess three skills: Charge! Stone Skin! Savage Charge!)
"Really? Your Highness!" Alistar's eyes lit up! You see, although the barbarian goblin knights are born professionals, they have very few skills awakened by nature. In addition, there are no professional mentors in the tribe, so they can only learn the skills possessed by their elders and are left to fend for themselves! In fact, most goblin knights only know one basic skill: rider and rider as one.

“Of course, I remember that goblin knights seem to be able to learn most human knight skills!” Roland nodded seriously, after all, these goblins were his wings! They were going to fight for him in the future, so why not strengthen these loyal mercenaries now, or wait until the Ringwraiths attacked before arming them?

“Yes, if possible, we would like to learn the Nine Knight Skills!” The Nine Knight Skills that Alistar mentioned are the most basic skills of human knights! Compared to goblin knights who are born with the ability to ride and be rider as one, human knights are born with these nine basic skills. On the contrary, riding and being rider as one is considered an intermediate skill among human knights, requiring a great knight to master it proficiently…

"You can go learn from General Reno. He's a fifth-tier paladin commander! He knows most knight skills!" Roland pointed to Reno beside him. After all, "Lord Reno's" skill pool was so deep that even Roland, a fourth-tier dragon knight, was amazed! You can imagine how deep Reno's skill pool was! Even if Omske compared skill pool depth with Reno, he'd probably be left weeping. "General Reno..." Alistar looked at Reno with hopeful eyes, a pleading gaze that made Reno's body tremble; he could only say his whole body was covered in goosebumps.

"I'll come and guide you when I have time..." Renault said, forcing himself to be brave. After all, he was the only one with the ability to teach these goblin knights; the other knight commanders were all far away...

"Great!" The goblins cheered upon hearing the news. They had suffered too much. Born as professionals, they had almost no skill pool. This feeling of having battle aura but nowhere to use it was extremely painful for every goblin knight. They had battle aura but could only release and use it in the most crude way. But now they were about to become true knights!
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"Are these goblins crazy?" Renault shrugged helplessly and whispered to Roland.

"You don't understand the thirst for skills these savage goblins have! If you had a thousand knights with a pool of basic skills, you'd understand their suffering!" Roland gave a wry smile. If it weren't for the savage goblins' innate companion beast, the Boar, they would truly go insane! Most goblin knights spend their entire lives riding a single mount, maybe with a thrusting skill learned from their elders... It's a truly miserable existence!
"..." Renault shuddered slightly, unable to imagine that the skill pool was so barren that it contained only one or two skills.

For the rest of the journey, Alistar kept praising Renault, hoping he would spend more time teaching them skills. Although the goblin knights' mana bars were ridiculously short, it didn't stop them from having a strong desire to improve.

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"Alright, I understand the details now. With the new weapons, you should be able to deal with those roaming orcs more easily. Live well!" Roland offered his blessings to the barbaric goblin tribe.

"Thank you for your generosity and shelter! Your protection has allowed our tribe to continue!" Alistar knelt respectfully, watching Roland depart. In truth, even if Roland hadn't accepted them, these tenacious goblins would still have been able to roam Middle-earth and survive! For thousands of years, they had lived this way, without ever changing…

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"Uh, you guys went hunting again?" Ismir opened his sleepy eyes and looked at the energetic goblin knight in front of him.

These goblin knights presented their prey to their master as if offering a treasure, but Ismir was still a little dazed from just waking up. He stared blankly at the goblin knights without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)