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

Chapter 776 I am the weightlifting king of the Central Plains!
"Ahem, open the package! Open the package!" Roland pointed, and a dazzling golden light immediately illuminated Roland's eyes.

"Dragon Knight! Tier 6! Imperial Standing Legion! Big Western Horse... cough cough! Remove the last one!" Roland looked at the card effects, which resembled opening a pack in Fallout Shelter, and prayed sincerely.

"Buzz!" As the golden light receded to the four sides of the card, the image inside was finally revealed!

It was a handsome man holding a battle flag high, followed by a group of generals of various ranks, some in full armor and others in long robes. If it were just that, Roland wouldn't have been so shocked, but when he saw the large flag the man was carrying, Roland's pupils shrank!
"I'm the weightlifting king of Middle-earth!" Roland almost launched himself into the air.

The banner was shaped like a hand caressing the flowing water! It belonged to the Vladivostok family, the Hand of the Flow, the original noble family of the Empire, the guardians of the Midgard, the commanders of the Twelve Cities of the Flow, and the court ducal family!

As the trusted family of successive emperors of the empire, and a staunch supporter and defender of the empire, the Vladivostok family once held most of the power in the entire capital and the Twelve Streams (including Stream City, Palembang, and twelve other cities along the Stream River), making them veritable loyal dogs of the royal family and henchmen of the empire! Their influence in the core area of ​​the empire was comparable to that of the kings of vassal states, and it could even be said that this family, together with the Baikal family of the Hand of the North, supported the empire's governing system! With the royal family as the core, the Hand of the Stream and the Hand of the North forming the empire's two fists as branches, and supplemented by the branches of other noble families, the vast political system of the Lagrange Empire was formed.

"This system is really nice, even sending over the weightlifting royal family of the Central Plains! Is it because they see my political system is in disarray?" Roland couldn't help but rub his forehead and think to himself. After all, Roland had managed to survive for a few years by relentlessly exploiting Yun Feng, and only because the kingdom's territory wasn't very large did he avoid any major problems. But given the current size of the kingdom's territory, if Yun Feng continued like this, the foxes in various places would probably start howling in a few days, and notes could be dug out of the fish's bellies.

Roland expressed his trust in the Vladivostok family, stating that even without the system, the family was still reliable. While every family is susceptible to corruption, the Swifthands, having sworn an oath to the late Emperor Lagrange, possessed unparalleled loyalty to the Empire. Otherwise, how could they have earned the title of Weightlifting Kings of Middle-earth?
Bearing half the empire on their shoulders! The Vladivostok family truly gave their all, even unto death. At least when the empire collapsed in the game, besides the Grand Duke of King's Landing in the North, this family was the last to raise the banner of restoring the empire and fight until they spent their last copper coin and their last male member died. What? What happened to the other family, the Baikal family, who also carried half the empire? This loyal family had already given their lives after the Wall fell!

From this perspective, the Empire's two fists have actually done right by Emperor Lagrange I. As noble families holding the original shares of the Empire, no one can criticize them for not doing well. At least they did fulfill their oath.

In the Central Plains, oaths are highly valued, including in the Nine Provinces. The difference is that the Central Plains hasn't yet produced a Sima Yi, while in the Nine Provinces, after Sima Yi pointed at the Luo River and farted, no one believed in oaths anymore. Fortunately, the Central Plains protects oaths far better than the Nine Provinces. Besides being forsaken by the gods, one will also be attacked by the whole world; the price of breaking an oath is very high.

For Roland, the arrival of the Hand of Swiftness was more than enough for his current territory. Even the previously aimless land reclamation and expansion were now handled with remarkable efficiency by the Hand of Swiftness! Thanks to that unfortunate Emperor Lagrange I, who treated the Imperial Fists like beasts of burden, the end result was that the royal family became warmongers… while the Imperial Fists became the beasts of burden, mending and patching up the empire. Therefore, the Imperial Fists' skill tree was developed very healthily and perfectly: martial prowess to accompany the emperor in securing the realm, and scholarly ability to cultivate the land. As the imperial beasts of burden, Lagrange's emperors have given their official certification!
(Yunfeng: I freaking thank you, Swift Hand, for sending me this ox and horse! Thank you, big brother, for freeing me!)
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"The time has come to serve the country!" The void was suddenly torn open, and a middle-aged man wearing the dragon armor of an imperial duke walked out, his long dark golden hair flowing in the cold wind.

"Chief! What's going on?" As more and more people came out from behind him, everyone couldn't help but ask.

“We have been asleep for too long, and now… the Empire is calling!” The man took out an exquisitely crafted crystal ball and murmured as he gazed at the magnificent light within it.

"Chief! I think you should know that once we come out this time, we will never be able to return!" a heavily armored knight said in a deep voice.

"It's alright, let's... go home!" the man suddenly said, his eyes filled with tears. The crystal in his hand shattered violently, and a bright light enveloped everyone.

December 7, 2949, Third Era, Year 7 of the Imperial Restoration Calendar! The Vladivostok family, Hand of the Swift Current, returns!
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"Boom!" A pillar of light reaching the sky appeared outside Lagrange City, and the huge commotion made everyone in the city react.

Roland, who was about to draw his second prize, was nearly scared to death. His initial enthusiasm for the lottery vanished. "Guards! Guards! Alert! Where the hell is everyone?" Roland shouted in terror, unaware that the royal guards below were looking on with obvious displeasure. They had just told no one to disturb him, and now he was complaining about being alone? How despicable!
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"Damn, this forbidden spell is coming at us?" Omske's eyes turned green with envy; the forbidden spell almost hit everyone on the head.

"Buzz~" A pale golden shield of light rose up, clearly indicating that Adolf Heinrich had urgently activated the city's shield; the beam of light from earlier had startled him.

"What's going on?" Adolf Heinrich suddenly appeared.

"How should I know?" Omske looked visibly shaken.

"It looks like a group of people have come out?" Verway squinted at the spot where the beam of light had fallen in the distance.

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"Cough cough! Cough cough! Damn it! Dragon God above! Where is this place?" someone coughed and cursed.

"This is the site of the former teleportation array in the center of Lagrange City!" The middle-aged patriarch shook his head. There were no traces of the former empire here anymore. They were teleported here simply because the coordinates of the teleportation crystal were set here.

"Chief, did we really come to the right place? Could there be a mistake?" a young member of the tribe asked.

"How is that possible? I clearly sensed the teleportation crystal's message! Lagrange City has been activated..." the clan leader rambled on.

“Look…” At this moment, his wife pulled him and tugged at his sleeve a few times.

"What... this is the imperial city? What's going on? The inner city is here? Where is the outer city? Where is the entire capital?" The patriarch of the Swift Hands' brain was completely muddled. Anyone who looked up and saw the imperial city would be pleasantly surprised, but what followed was endless shock. Where the hell did my huge Lagrange City go?

"There's someone up there! Chieftain!" someone exclaimed.

"I'm not blind! They even activated the city's shield. It seems the commotion from the teleportation just now scared them!" the patriarch of the Swift Hands exclaimed.

“Let’s go take a look!” He shook his head and said to his people.

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