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

Chapter 827 Old Friends in the Spatial Rift
After their mission in the Dark Forest came to an end, Roland returned to the kingdom with his dragon horde. Because the area around Lagrange City was too dangerous, Roland settled the dragons on the vast plains near Swiftstream City. With the dragon knights and Joel keeping them in check, the dragons wouldn't run away!
At the same time, Lord Ismir received a reward from Roland, officially becoming a baron, a hereditary baron! He also gained the right to prioritize the training of dragon knights within the kingdom! Simply put, Ismir has fully entered the aristocratic class; he now holds the title of baron, and his descendants can inherit it! Essentially, he has created the Ismir family!
Ismir was already quite satisfied with this. He had successfully elevated the Ismir family into the ranks of the nobility. The next step was to manage the territory well and leave a sustainable land for the family.

After spending a night with Nyx, Roland returned to Lagrange City with the others the next day. After all, as the capital of the kingdom, it was still under threat from the border and needed someone to be stationed there at all times. Although Roland did not believe that the orcs and Dongyi people he had defeated were capable of launching a second counterattack, in order to prevent the orcs, who reproduced faster than cockroaches, from swarming and flooding the border, Roland decided to go back as soon as possible.

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"Your Majesty, a letter from Ironhill Ridge has arrived requesting assistance!" Adolf Heinrich walked over with a frown, his movements startling Roland and Maple Forest Orchid, who were fiddling with a huge sand table.

"What's going on? Iron Hill? Orcs would go to attack that kind of crappy place?" Roland exclaimed in shock. Unless the orcs had lost their minds, they wouldn't do something like this! A tunnel war against the dwarves? Dwarves are their ancestors! In the tunnels, the orcs' greatest strength—their numerical advantage—becomes a disadvantage, while the dwarves' powerful individual combat abilities naturally become even more prominent!

“No, a mysterious spatial rift has appeared there!” Adolf Heinrich shook his head.

"A spatial rift? They can heal themselves! Why are they asking us? Do you expect me to mend the sky for them?" Roland was a bit overwhelmed.

“But instead of healing itself, this spatial rift created a barrier that sealed it off!” Adolf Heinrich said meaningfully, staring at Roland.

"Barrier seal?" Roland was taken aback, then remembered that the special event he received from today's check-in was "The Last Baikal!"

"..." Roland paused for a moment.

"Which of you, Caslo or Maple Forest Orchid, is free right now? Come with me!" Roland asked.

"I'll contact Lady Maple Forest Orchid for you!" Adolf Heinrich nodded. Caslo had gone out to patrol the Dragon Cliff Fortress area. Only the Swift Hand family of Vladivostok was leading the ordinary people in building the city. There were no high-ranking officials stationed there permanently, so patrols were needed frequently. However, Roland had already planned to send Maple Forest Ice Orchid to be stationed there permanently. As long as there were no other high-ranking officials available for rotation, Roland intended to have Maple Forest Ice Orchid temporarily stationed there. It was just that he had only been back for a short time and the arrangements had not yet been finalized.

"Do you need me to come along?" Adolf Heinrich pointed to himself.

"..." Roland pursed his lips. What? You think you can run away?

"If you don't go, who will? You don't expect two paladins to handle the spatial seal, do you?" Roland's lips twitched, and he was speechless. Did he really think that two knights could solve the spatial seal?
“Okay!” Adolf Heinrich nodded. It seemed that Yun Feng was right; they were all born to be exceptional and had bright futures ahead of them!
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"Hey you two, can you hurry up?" Roland asked, riding on Doss's back and looking at Adolf Heinrich and Maple Forest Orchid hanging behind him.

"..." Adolf Heinrich and Maple Forest Orchid exchanged a glance. How could they be so insensitive? Could they, flying on their own, compare to a dragon flying?

"I'm not trying to be mean, Your Majesty, but using Doss's limited time in the air to travel is quite a feat even for a dragon knight!" Maple Forest Orchid gave a wry smile.

"Stop! Stop! Take a break! Magic! Magic will be gone in a minute!" Adolf Heinrich hurriedly called out to Roland. The two of them were actually using dragon power and magic to fly, so the consumption was naturally not as high as that of Dos, who could fly by flapping his wings.

...After traveling and stopping frequently, and making a ruckus for most of the day, we finally arrived at Tieqiu Ridge before dark.

"Welcome, Your Majesty Roland! You have made this place shine!" Dain warmly greeted Roland. After receiving Adolf Heinrich's magical message, Dain had been eagerly awaiting Roland's arrival. After all, a spatial rift right outside his door was no small matter! It could easily lead to major trouble!
"Hello, Your Highness Dain! I often hear Thorin mention you!" Roland patted Dain on the shoulder.

"Tell me what's going on?" After exchanging pleasantries, Roland didn't bother with formalities and asked directly.

"Come with me and you'll see!" Dain looked at Roland as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to describe it, so he could only wave his hand and ask Roland to come and see for himself.

Climbing along winding mountain paths, traversing spiraling stone staircases, and passing through the magnificent dwarven hall, you'll encounter Ironhill dwarves everywhere, their warm smiles a welcome sight. This is one of the few havens of peace for the dwarves in the original story! Under Dain's rule, Ironhill has always prospered and grown powerful!

Finally, Dain led the three of them through winding paths to the top of the Iron Hill Ridge. After emerging from a stone gate, the entire Iron Hill Ridge came into view, and then they saw the hundred-meter-long spatial rift suspended above the Iron Hill Ridge.

"We really need to ask the Goddess Nuwa for help..." Roland murmured. He had seen spatial rifts that were hundreds of meters long before. When he was playing with the Ringwraiths, Uvasa's Spatial Rift Slash was more than a hundred meters long. However, due to the rules of dimensional space, those spatial rifts would heal quickly. But a spatial rift that was a hundred meters long and remained stable like this was truly the first time Roland had ever seen such a long spatial rift in his life!

"Adolf, what do you think?" Roland asked for advice.

“It’s certain that something is blocking his self-healing, probably a seal or something like that…” Adolf Heinrich said calmly.

"When did this appear?" Adolf Heinrich turned to Dain and asked.

“I don’t know, our sentries on patrol only discovered it this morning…” Dain said after thinking for a moment.

"Let's go take a look!" Adolf Heinrich took off first, and then the others followed suit.

“…emmm!” Roland stood below, completely dumbfounded. Did they think I couldn’t fly?

"Don't come, it's dangerous!" Adolf Heinrich glanced at Roland and waved his hand.

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“It’s a spatial seal! A rather powerful sage! I just don’t know why he did this? Cut open a space and sealed it? Did he have nothing better to do?” Adolf Heinrich rubbed his chin and said to Dain beside him.

"What do you think, Lady Youlan..." Adolf Heinrich turned his head and saw Maple Forest Youlan with slightly red eyes. At this moment, he trembled as he brushed his hand across the surface of the sealed spatial rift, and a burst of spatial elemental light immediately scattered and splashed up.

"Is there any way to open it? The person inside... I think I know him!" When she looked up again, Fenglin Youlan was already in tears.