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

Chapter 756 Fear
"Shh..." In a meadow on the Lagrange Plain, a short figure moved slowly. He gently pressed down the tall weeds with his hand, trying to minimize the noise he made. He walked quietly among them, a few drops of sweat dripping from his forehead from time to time, and a hint of fear in his eyes.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" He lowered his body and made a raven-like cry.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Soon, a response came from the meadow, and he carefully moved towards the source of the sound.

"Thump!" Before he could react, he felt as if he was being dragged away by something. After a dizzying spin, he finally saw the figure in front of him.

He was currently in a semi-underground cave, only half a person's height, just enough for a person to bend over and move around. Judging from the signs, people had lived here for a long time! He looked at the person who was pulling him and realized that it was his own clansman who was also his contact.

"Why did you come here? Weren't you supposed to be monitoring that Western Kingdom? Where's your eagle?" the person crouching in the cave asked slowly.

"It's gone!" The falconer clutched his head in anguish and squatted down, his eyes filled with fear and terror.

As rare falconers among the Dongyi tribe, they are all noble professionals. As druids, they have a natural advantage in communicating with wild beasts! Although they are not particularly powerful professionals (most are first or second tier), as one of the few Dongyi chariot people who can master aerial power, they are still highly sought after! Because Roland's army has been wreaking havoc on the Lagrange Plains in recent years, causing unease among the dark forces, the Dongyi chariot people, far away in Rune, were forced to send their falconers to set up surveillance points along the middle and lower reaches of the Swift River. They happen to be at the forefront of these surveillance points!

"Gone? What happened? Did their griffins spot your eagle?" the Dongyi man in the cave asked in confusion.

“Not a griffin! It’s a dragon! A real dragon! A legendary dragon! Yes! It’s a dragon knight! It’s a dragon knight! The dragon knights of the human kingdom have returned! And not just one!” The falconer from the Eastern Barbarian tribes exclaimed incoherently, terrified.

"Dragon Knight? The Dragon Knight tore your eagle to pieces?" The Dongyi scout stared in shock at his fellow falconer.

"He was a hunter or a star hunter! He shot down my training eagle from hundreds of meters away with a single arrow!" The Dongyi falconer shook his head in fear.

"How many dragon riders are there? Could they not be wyvern riders?" The Dongyi scout frowned. He suspected that his people had been terrified by the human wyvern riders. After all, some of the huge wyverns did look very much like dragons. Although many remnants of the Dongyi chariot tribes who had moved west claimed that their tribes had been attacked by western human dragon riders in the war, it was clear that the high command of the chariot tribes had never believed their claims, thinking that they had been scared out of their wits by the few wyvern riders they had encountered.

“It’s not a flying dragon! It’s a real dragon! When I was linked with the eagle trainer, I could feel that dragon’s might that looked down on everything! In its eyes, I was smaller than an ant! You don’t understand that kind of pressure!” The Dongyi eagle trainer trembled all over.

"Alright, tell me the details, and I'll pass it back!" The Dongyi falconer who was making contact shook his head and did not continue to comfort his comrade who was already terrified.

"There are about 10,000 Western human allied troops. I saw over a thousand cavalry and several dragon knights! The rest are heavy infantry!" the eagle trainer said with difficulty.

"...God! I hope you're not talking nonsense!" The falconer who was supposed to meet him had a dimmer look in his eyes, but he still wrote down his companion's words verbatim. Then he took out his falcon from the cave, tied the letter to the letter box on the falcon's leg, and quietly went out of the cave to release the falcon.

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"Tsk! These rats are pretty good at hiding?" Caslo chuckled. "Those trained eagles can't fly very far, a few dragon knights can easily cover their hiding places! If you can't find them, it just means you're useless!" Kaldo mercilessly mocked Caslo.

"Fine, fine! If you're so capable, then come and find me!" Caslo was amused by Kaldo's words. After all, he only had one pair of eyes; did he not have any idea how far he could see? How could he possibly see everything within a radius of dozens of miles by himself?

"Alright, trash it is! I've spotted them!" Kaldo's voice was full of surprise. He was lucky; he spotted the training eagles flying out of the meadow at a glance.

"Roar!" Kaldo roared, and a violent dragon's might spread out. The trained eagle stood upright instantly under the dragon's might! The trained eagle, which dared not move, performed a free fall from the sky.

"Bang!" The training eagle used its life to tell all flight units that in the collision between the sky and the earth, it is always the sky that suffers!

"Let me take a look!" Caslo then jumped down and landed next to the eagle's corpse to examine it carefully.

“That’s right, it’s Dongyi Eagle Training! Looks like they’ve infiltrated quite deeply! Let me see what they’ve written.” Caslo curiously unfolded the letter.

"Heh! They've been watching us for a while now! They've got the numbers and troop composition pretty accurate! They're quite capable!" Caslo glanced at them briefly and could only conclude that these Eastern Barbarians were not to be underestimated; they even knew to send out scouts to monitor the Lagrang Kingdom's march! Although it was ultimately useless, Caslo still felt it was a dereliction of duty! Allowing the enemy to see them so clearly was simply unforgivable! What if these falcons were replaced by dragons and giant dragons? Caslo couldn't imagine how heavy the casualties would be!
"Can we find these rats?" Caslo asked Kaldo softly.

“Of course! Dragon Eyes saw through their weakness long ago!” Kaldo’s smile was cold.

"Damn it! My eagle is dead! Dragon Knight!" The falconer who was supposed to be there to help looked utterly devastated, his face pale as he stared at the first falconer.

"You're right! There really are dragon riders! Human dragon riders have returned! We, the Eastern Barbarians, are doomed!" The falconer closed his eyes in anguish.

You have to understand that during the great war, both the southern and eastern humans mostly chose to side with Sauron, which led to long-standing resentment between them! Now, these Eastern barbarians, when they think back to how they treated the western humans, can imagine the miserable life they will have to endure in the future!

"Prepare to retreat!" The falconers knew they had to retreat, or they would never be able to! They weren't stupid; work was work! There was no reason for them to challenge the Western human army for the sake of a lord for a pittance.

"What are you doing, trying to run away! Are you crazy! There are dragon knights roaming outside! Do you want to die? Or do you really think you can escape from a dragon knight? Wake up! You bastard!" Another falconer kicked over his comrade who was about to leave, then pinned him down and covered his mouth, snarling viciously.

"Mmm-hmm-hmm!" The falconer, who was pinned down, quickly nodded with a sob. It seemed that the cold ground had cooled his brain down rapidly, and his rationality returned instantly. He sat weakly in a corner, hugging his knees and remaining silent.

“Wait until dark! That’s our only way out! Going out now will only attract the dragon knights’ attention! And the fact that the dragon knights were able to find this place means we’ve been exposed. Fortunately, only our general location has been determined. The dragon knights are currently lying in wait for us! Going out is suicide!” The falconer inside analyzed to the falconer sitting in the corner, both of them visibly filled with fear.

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