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

Chapter 816 Roland's Longing
“How inexplicable…” Caslo shook his head and chuckled wryly.

Where Caslo couldn't see, Weiss smiled with relief, a confident smile returning to his face. After the King of the Mountain's advice and Caslo's concern, Weiss had successfully resolved his inner conflict.

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"Is everything alright at home?" Roland opened the magical envelope that Nyx had sent him under the magic lamp.

“My dearest Roland. All is well at home, the lands are in good order, we have reunited with the Vladivostok family, and now Duke Joelster and His Majesty Yunfeng have begun to rule together. The borders are also secure, and both fiefdoms are still peaceful. I heard that the old hero of King's Landing has returned, which puts my mind at ease about Apophis Breo... It's just that I miss you a little. When will you... return? Your wife, Nyx.”

Roland silently read the letter his wife had written to him over and over again, stroking the smooth paper in his hands. A bitter feeling welled up inside him, but he couldn't go back, and she couldn't come to him. This was the most frustrating thing for the Kingdom of Lagrange right now. The kingdom's economic center was in the vicinity of Swiftstream City, while the political center was undoubtedly Lagrange City itself. This meant that both places needed sufficiently influential members of the royal family to be stationed there… Thus, Roland and Nyx were forced to live apart.

"Damn it! No way! I have to go ask Adolf Heinrich when he can fix the teleportation array!" Roland stood up, feeling a bit annoyed. The long night was lonely and unbearable. What kind of life was it for a young man full of vigor to spend every day with a bunch of rough men?
"Hiss... It's so late? Never mind... Tomorrow." Roland looked up and glanced out the window. Good heavens, the moon was high in the sky! It wasn't appropriate to disturb Adolf Heinrich so late, after all, he might already be asleep.

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"Good morning, Your Majesty... Ah!" Adolf Heinrich, who had just pushed open the door, instinctively greeted Roland, who was squatting at the door, and then suddenly exclaimed.

"Why are you squatting at my door?" Adolf Heinrich felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at Roland, who had a black eye, with some confusion.

"It's nothing, I just couldn't sleep, so I was waiting for you by the door." Roland waved his hand.

"..." Adolf Heinrich raised an eyelid. What the heck? Can't sleep so it's squatting at my door? What, is there a cat toy at my door?

"What's wrong with you? Why are you squatting at my door?" Adolf Heinrich squatted down and looked at Roland, waving his hand in front of Roland's eyes.

“I miss Nyx, but I can’t see her,” Roland said, a bachelor.

“…” Adolf Heinrich’s lips twitched. Case closed! So it turned out Roland was just in heat… no, he was having spring fever!
“Well, we need to see the situation in Swiftstream City. The magic hub in Lagrange City is intact! It can be activated at any time!” Adolf Heinrich affirmed.

"Complete?" Roland was surprised. He had no idea that the city's magic center was intact! Both the magic centers of Swiftstream City and Lulong Fortress were damaged to some extent!

“Yes! It’s perfectly intact and fully functional! There are no other problems except for the slightly low power.” Adolf Heinrich nodded.

"What about Swiftstream City?" Roland pressed. Once Swiftstream City's magical hub was also complete, it meant the kingdom's entire strategy would have to change! After all, there was a fundamental difference between being able to freely deploy troops to both borders and being unable to! Even if teleportation was more costly, it could be a lifesaver! Teleportation arrays were invaluable for creating local strategic advantages! This meant that Roland could instantly consolidate his forces and unleash them if he was willing to pay the price!

"...That will probably take a while. I haven't received any news about suitable space stones yet, which means the teleportation arrays in Swiftstream City and Lulong Fortress are still unusable," Adolf Heinrich said apologetically, shrugging.

“Yunfeng and I specifically instructed the dwarves to pay attention to this matter. The Kingdom of Lonely Mountain, the Kingdom of Moria, and the Kingdom of Ironhill Ridge are all keeping an eye out for news about space stones in their mines, but so far there seems to be no progress…” Adolf Heinrich touched his nose somewhat awkwardly.

"..." Roland slumped down like a deflated balloon. "If you really miss Queen Nyx, you can go and come back quickly. Caslow can also go back to see Lady Ajax, after all, Caslow is quite fast!" Adolf Heinrich suggested.

“No, we can’t leave this place unattended. Caslo is a crucial link! You can’t just hand over such a heavy responsibility to Weiss, can you?” Roland countered.

"..." Adolf Heinrich was speechless. After all, he couldn't bring himself to entrust the capital to a third-tier dragon knight. Although his subconscious told him that it was okay to do so and that the orcs and ringwraiths wouldn't come, how could he dare to gamble?

"Should we use a teleportation scroll?" Adolf Heinrich pulled out a leather scroll from his spatial bracelet and waved it around.

"I'm so rich I'm burning money!" Roland exclaimed, his eyes wide with disbelief. What kind of family uses teleportation scrolls as disposable transportation? Do you really think we live in the Lagrange Empire?

“Well, there’s nothing I can do about it. You’ll just have to bear with it…” Adolf Heinrich shrugged helplessly.

"Sigh..." Roland sighed helplessly and staggered toward his bedroom, leaving Adolf Heinrich deep in thought, rubbing his chin.

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"Yunfeng, can you try to repair the teleportation array? Just one person will do!" Adolf Heinrich sent a message to Yunfeng through the magic hub.

"I'm afraid that won't work... The gap in the space stone is too large, and the magic hub here can only be built from scratch." Yun Feng returned the message after a while.

"Is there anything that can replace it?" Adolf Heinrich thought for a moment.

"Yes! But we don't have it! Silver dragon blood is fine, but silver dragon crystal is even better!" Yun Feng's words were not without a hint of sarcasm.

"Forget it, it's more realistic to say you killed Doss and stripped him of his materials..." Adolf Heinrich said helplessly, rubbing his temples.

"Let His Majesty bear with it. Once the Swift Stream Avenue is repaired, Prince Nyx will be able to go! Alright, I have something to attend to, I'll go now!" Yun Feng sent the last message.

“Then he’ll have to wait a while…” Adolf Heinrich shook his head with a wry smile. He could only say that King Roland was unlucky. If the one in Lagrange City had also been damaged, he wouldn’t have thought about it. But unfortunately, the magic center in Lagrange City was intact, while the one in Swiftstream City was destroyed… Adolf Heinrich silently mourned for Roland for two seconds.

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"Goodness, you've worked hard! Lord Yunfeng!" Joelster wiped the sweat from his brow and said with some emotion.

"I'm used to it." Yun Feng waved his hand casually, but in Joelsteria's eyes, it looked so pretentious!
Before, when Roland talked about it, I didn't think much of it. I wondered how amazing Yun Feng could be? He's just one person governing the entire kingdom's central government, right? But after Joelster took over some of Yun Feng's work today, I realized Yun Feng is truly amazing! This damn kingdom is in complete chaos! Yet Yun Feng has miraculously pulled it all together, like finding gold in the dung! He's even managed to mobilize the kingdom's full potential! It's unbelievable!