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

Chapter 774 Lagrang! Lagrang!
"Oath Horn: Raise the Holy Sword to proclaim your rule, and summon the spirits of the mountain people to battle!" Roland immediately realized something after looking at the newly appeared entry for Weiss. He looked at Weiss with a strange expression. After all, how did this guy get involved with the mountain people in the White Mountains? The Lagrange Plains are not far from the White Mountains.

"Hmm?" Roland, who had already decided not to investigate further, inadvertently noticed that Weiss actually had a buff applied to him!
"The Oath of the Dead—By the dying wish of Sernar, the King of the Mountain swears allegiance to Vis and will fight for him!"

"..." Roland narrowed his eyes. So that's how it is! No wonder the mountain people and Weiss got in touch. It turns out it's Cernal's legacy. For a moment, Roland was a little jealous of Weiss's good luck. He was able to get to where he is today entirely because of the system, while Weiss relied entirely on luck to reach the top. Cernal had practically paved the way for this guy's entire future. Roland suddenly didn't want to work hard anymore.

"Don't let him down!" Roland patted his shoulder meaningfully, a sentence that probably only Weiss himself could understand.

"Yes, Your Highness..." Weiss replied, blushing slightly with embarrassment.

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"We've arrived!" Roland calmly gazed at the confluence of the turbulent rivers before him, the confluence of the Swift River and the Red River. This place was once the center of a vast empire, home to a magnificent city and two fortified fortresses! Lagrange City, Swift River Fortress, and Eastern Emperor Fortress stood in a triangular formation at the confluence of the three banks!
"Have all traces vanished into the past?" Adolf Heinrich sighed. The once glorious empire was now reduced to a handful of people, and even they were struggling to survive in Middle-earth. The threat of Sauron was like a sharp sword piercing their hearts, making them dare not relax for a moment.

“However, starting today, this place will be brought back under the kingdom’s rule!” Roland smiled happily. His capital city could finally be settled, and the kingdom’s political center was also determined. As long as he gained a foothold, the entire Lagrange Plain would become the kingdom’s farm!
"System, establish a basic city!" Roland silently said to the system while holding the magic alchemy bottle. Instantly, the magic alchemy bottle shone brightly! Chains of runes swirled and coiled around Roland, and the phantom of a city slowly emerged.

"Buzz!" The earth trembled slightly, and the illusory city materialized before the goblin knights' horrified eyes: towering walls, soaring watchtowers, a sturdy castle, and a fluttering dragon banner...

"Lagrand, we're back!" Caslo murmured, tears welling in his eyes. His people, who had wandered for countless years, had returned to their beloved land.

"Yes! We're back!" Even Omske stood solemnly, his eyes filled with joy and excitement.

"We're home!" Roland smiled. He suddenly felt a pang of regret that Nyx wasn't by his side at this moment. He couldn't share this good news with his beloved. He imagined that Nyx would be in tears if she saw this scene.

“Let’s go! Let’s go home!” Adolf Heinrich nodded and gestured for Roland to go first, as was the treatment and etiquette due to him as king.

"Let's go into the city and see the legacy left to us by our ancestors!" Roland, without batting an eye, attributed the system's achievements to the empire's forefathers. What? Roland didn't consider the system's feelings? This damn system doesn't deserve human rights! Although Roland, walking at the front, appeared to be looking up at the city, his eyes were already fixed on the system panel.

Lagrange:

Area: One kilometer in radius.

Building Unit: Royal Palace (Unique)! Intermediate Magic Rune Wall (20 meters high)

Category: Capital City!
Garrison: None!

Characteristics: Imperial Capital! (The capital of the empire, the jewel of the nation! Increases national development by 25%, morale is constantly boosted by 50%, increases harvest by 25%, and greatly reduces the probability of rebellion.)
Abilities: 1. Divine Right of Kings! (Worshiping the Dragon God grants divine protection, increases the stability of rule by 50%, reduces the occurrence of disasters by 25%, increases national faith by 25%, and legitimizes the rule.)
2. Imperial Centralization of Power! (The monarch's efficiency in issuing orders here increases by 10%, and the probability of vassal separatism decreases by 90%.)
3. Heart of the North! (Increases national trade prosperity by 25%, national population growth by 25%, border stability by 25%, and respect among northern tribes by 25%.)
Introduction: The newly born capital! The place where the empire began! Note: No other units can be built within the palace area!
"Damn! This is just a palace?!" Roland's eyelids twitched. You're telling me this city with ten-meter-high magical walls is just the palace of Lagrange City? Okay, although historically the palace of the Lagrange Empire was several times larger than this, Roland needs a capital city that can function as a capital! What are the other people going to do with just a palace? Set up tents outside the city?
"What's wrong, King Roland? You don't seem particularly happy?" With his keen sense of nature, Verway immediately noticed Roland's low spirits and instinctively leaned closer to whisper. He cared deeply about Roland now, as the grassland elves depended on him for survival. If something happened to Roland, the kingdom would surely fall apart. Verway didn't want his people to live that precarious life again, especially since the War Tree was too comfortable for them!

"It's nothing..." Roland waved his hand weakly, trying to hide his emotions. According to the system, the current Lagrange City is only the inner city of the royal palace, and it is impossible to build civilian facilities and residences. This means that the city cannot provide shelter for the people at present and can only be used as a fortress and royal residence... But Roland thought that there are only two people in the entire Lagrange royal family. How can they build enough to fill this area within a radius of one kilometer?
"Send the soldiers into the city first! Those enemies could attack at any time!" Roland ordered. This battle was inevitable sooner or later; it was just a matter of how it would be fought. The expansion of the kingdom directly affected the nerves of the Dongyi people. Let alone losing a city to the west bank now, if they really captured the Donghuang Fortress or the Jiliu Fortress and lost them to the south or east bank, you would see how the Dongyi chariot people would be stung by wasps!
"What a magnificent city!"

"My God! This city wall is so solid, I couldn't even break it if I stood still!"

"Those Eastern barbarians are doomed. How did they have the courage to attack the city?" These were the goblin knights who had never seen the world. After all, although the ten-meter-high city walls of Jiliu City were very impressive, they were far from being as imposing as the profound sense of history that Lagrange City possessed. This city gave people a sense of security no matter how you looked at it.

"By the Dragon God! Lagrange, I'm back!"

"Mother! Can you see? We're home!" These were the kingdom's human soldiers, each one of them shedding tears outside the city gates like wanderers returning home. No one understood the pain of losing their capital better than them. (Great Song: So? You're still cursing?)
"What's going on? System? Something's not right about this city." Roland sensed the city's unique heaviness and quickly asked the system, fearing that it might cause some trouble that would leave him in a difficult situation.

(End of this chapter)