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

Chapter 839 The King of Empty Promises Appears Online

"I offer you my highest respect!" Denessol II said excitedly, bowing to Roland with complete admiration.

"Haha, you're too excited, Your Highness Denesor. Calm down and let's have a good chat!" Roland gestured for Denesor II to calm down, as the agitated Denesor II didn't seem like a well-mannered nobleman at all.

“It was my fault, Your Majesty, please forgive my disrespect…” Denesor II straightened his posture and looked at Roland seriously.

"I have prepared a banquet, please!" Roland extended his hand to Denetor II. As a Chinese from Earth, Roland was quite adept at doing business over a meal. Things that were difficult to resolve at the negotiating table could be settled with a couple of drinks over the dinner table!
"Thank you for your trouble!" Denesor II got up and followed Roland without any pretense. Although he was excited, he kept his mind calm and kept scanning his surroundings to get the information he wanted.

After a round of circling, led by Roland, King Denesor II and the officers including Holfa arrived at the Royal Banquet Hall.

"Click!" The solid wood door inlaid with magic crystals was pushed open, and the group entered under the guidance of the attendants. To Denesor II's surprise, this so-called royal banquet hall was not the kind of unconventional, opulent decoration popular among nobles of the time. On the contrary, the various wooden carvings and exquisite silk decorations made the entire royal banquet hall appear both ancient and grand, yet also exceptionally dignified and imposing!
"Simple and practical decor, but it doesn't look ordinary!" King Denesor II thought to himself. These things seem ordinary, but when combined, they have a kind of charming beauty!

"Try it! It's a specialty of the North. You can't get these in the South!" Roland gestured for Denetor II to try, interrupting his admiring thoughts.

"Huh? You can't get it in the South?" Denethor II was taken aback. When did the wealthy Gondor become unable to get food from the North, which was known as a poor and remote place?
Driven by curiosity, Denesor II refused to believe it. He wanted to see what Roland was up to, what delicacies he had never seen or tasted before.

"I... uh? I've never seen this before..." King Denesor II was about to mock Roland for thinking he couldn't afford cheese, when he glanced at the overturned plate and it crumbled...

"Your Majesty, what is this?" Denesor II struggled to pick at the white, tender dish with his fork, but the more he picked at it, the more the white chunks crumbled into pieces...

The tofu from Earth successfully defeated Denethor II in Middle-earth. After Roland introduced it to him, Denethor II tirelessly tried to pick up the tender tofu with a fork. In the end, in a fit of rage, Denethor II used magic to drag it off the plate, and only then did he get to eat a whole piece of tofu.

As for Horfa and the others, they readily picked up the spoons beside them... leaving only Denetor II watching as Roland used two "sticks" to fling the so-called tofu that he had been trying to pick up for so long into his mouth. At that moment, Denetor II felt like a human machine...

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"Excuse my bluntness, but why would you, as a prince,..." Roland pretended to know nothing and started the conversation.

"The orcs are too rampant! I'd like to learn how you deal with them!" As expected, the young Denetor II was still quite naive. Although learned and wise, his youth and inexperience made him easily tricked into revealing information by Roland. "Oh! I see!" Roland feigned sudden understanding, causing Caslo's face to twitch. Caslo thought this guy was utterly heartless! He'd orchestrated this whole charade and was now pretending nothing was wrong.

"Orcs aren't too hard to deal with, are they?" Roland asked, feigning surprise.

"Ahem! Your Majesty, I'm tired, I'll take my leave now!" Caslo bit his lip, thinking through all the sad things in his life. After trying hard not to laugh out loud, he quickly stood up to say goodbye to Roland. He was afraid that if he sat next to Roland for too long, he would burst out laughing sooner or later. In order to prevent Roland's stage from being smashed, he quickly made an excuse that he was tired from escorting Denetor II and the others and left.

"Thank you for your trouble, Your Majesty! You've had a long and tiring journey! His Majesty Roland is grateful for the escort provided by your dragon knights!" Denethor II politely bid farewell to Caslo, unaware that the people here had already dug a pit for him before he arrived, and he was now thanking the people who dug the pit as he jumped in.

“It’s alright, it’s nothing. Let’s talk about the orcs. Why are you interested in them? It seems like the orcs haven’t launched a large-scale invasion of Gondor, have they?” Roland waved his hand, signaling Denethor II to get down to business.

“But the border is utterly ruined…” Denesor II said bitterly. Those damned wandering orcs had entered Gondor’s borders and burned, killed, and looted, leaving only scorched earth in their wake.

"The border? The mighty Gondor's borders are in trouble?" Roland looked shocked and incredulous, which greatly satisfied Denethor II's vanity. Look! Even the valiant kingdoms of the north acknowledge Gondor's strength!
At this moment, Denetor II was completely captivated by Roland's constant praise of Gondor as a powerful and wise king. This made the young Denetor II feel almost ecstatic and lose control. Adolf Heinrich listened to the two trolls' mutual flattery with a numb expression, only the disgust rising deep in his eyes showing that Adolf Heinrich was not as calm as he appeared.

"No, no, no! You flatter me, Your Majesty! We are the prime ministers and regents, not the kings of Gondor! The royal family has other members!" Denethor II corrected Roland with a wry smile. After all, Denethor II's mind was still relatively simple at this moment. He simply wanted to kill the orcs. What had he done wrong?

"What? What about the royal family? They actually abandoned the country?" Roland suddenly stood up.

"..." Adolf Heinrich closed his eyes wearily. Watching Roland act was truly an eyesore. He knew better than anyone else! He was better at pretending than anyone else!
“Um… it’s like this…” Denesor II shared a not-so-secret secret of the Gondorian royal family with Roland, and said that the prime minister’s family would be loyal to the yet-to-be-revealed prophesied son.

"Bah! What prophetic son? What king of Gondor? Does he deserve it? Your family has devoted countless years to governing Gondor, and now some royal descendant is here to steal the fruits of your labor? Is the king's crown so worthless?" Roland slammed his fist on the table indignantly, looking even angrier than Denethor II.

Adolf Heinrich, standing nearby, closed his eyes and covered his face; he simply couldn't bear to watch Denesol II trying to calm Roland down...

"What makes him worthy? I believe your family is the true king of Gondor!" Roland began to make empty promises; Roland, the king of empty promises in Middle-earth, was officially online!

"Although their lineage is the founding royal family, they have been away from the kingdom for so many years! It is you! Your Hullin family that has brought Gondor back to life! It is you who have given Gondor a new life! In terms of merit, you are no less than the royal family! In terms of loyalty, you have done your utmost! What right does some guy who just appeared out of nowhere have to inherit this kingdom?" Roland began to fan the flames. In his opinion, it was better for Denethor II to be king than for Aragorn to be king!
(End of this chapter)