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

Chapter 884 We're short of big livestock!
The next morning, Roland, feeling refreshed, suppressed his reluctance to part with Nyx. Before the kingdom was fully connected, it was best for the king and queen to be stationed at the east and west ends respectively.

“I’m leaving… I’ll come pick you up once everything is settled here!” Roland whispered in Nyx’s ear as he held her.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you!" Nyx smiled, as if the world's ice and snow had melted away, instantly warming Roland's heart!
"Alright! Let's go, little ones!" Roland waved to the children, indicating that they could ride on the dragon's back. Unlike when they came, they wouldn't have to be crammed into the cramped "cage" and dragged back by Caslo. Crawling into the wooden cage wasn't their dark history! It was just the way they came!
"Wait!" Nyx suddenly grabbed Roland's hand.

"What... um!" Before Roland could even speak, Nyx suddenly kissed him...

After a long silence, their lips parted. A few tears welled in Nyx's eyes; like a wounded little animal, she timidly waved to Roland before turning and running away, afraid she wouldn't be able to resist following him.

"Stop looking, Your Majesty. The Queen has run off. If you really feel sorry for her, you might as well keep your lower half in Lagrange City. After all, loyalty is the foundation of love!" Yun Feng said leisurely, as if he were an experienced person.

"I'll strangle you! How dare you slander me like this!" Roland, who was still feeling sad, instantly lost her composure upon hearing Yun Feng's words and lunged at Yun Feng with bared teeth and claws.

"Why does this king seem a bit unreliable?" Mogus, a sixth-tier hero from the Swift Hand family, said to the old man Adile beside him with some concern, looking at Roland's unreliable appearance.

"Ahem! His Majesty is naturally lively... that's normal! That's normal!" Adile coughed a few times, after all, in his opinion, Yunfeng and Roland, this pair of bickering lovers, were quite the treasures of the kingdom!

"..." Mogus pouted as he looked at Roland, who was choking Yunfeng.

"Take care, Your Majesty!" Adile, along with Mogus and his entourage, waved goodbye to Roland, who had just finished arguing with Yunfeng. Apart from Yunfeng, who had a dark face and looked very unhappy, everyone else looked reluctant to part. As for whether they were really reluctant or just pretending, Roland didn't know and didn't intend to find out.

"Duke Joelsteria, I entrust this land to Nyx! I am leaving the safety of the western border of the kingdom to you!" Roland encouraged.

"Rest assured, Your Majesty!" Duke Giorstedia bowed respectfully to Roland.

"Hmm, let Yunfeng take on more responsibilities. After two days here, I've found that he's still the most capable person in the kingdom. He can handle almost any job. So, His Majesty Yunfeng, let the capable do more work and help the others!" Roland said, settling a personal score without making a sound.

"..." Yun Feng's fist hardened. He couldn't help but grind his teeth at the thought of that beast who made him work like a slave to govern the town and also exploit his labor for alchemy.

"Huh? Yunfeng, why aren't you smiling? Don't you like smiling?" Roland asked, feigning doubt.

……

"Damn it! This bastard actually dared to lay a hand on me!" Roland said fiercely, covering his eyes.

"The swelling has gone down, Your Majesty! Stop rubbing it!" Caslo said calmly after taking a look. Fortunately, Roland's divine power was specifically designed to heal all kinds of injuries and illnesses, otherwise Roland would have returned to Lagrange City with panda eyes!
"I won't accept this! That old bastard Deng is all about underhanded tactics! If you're so tough, let's set up our carriages and fight head-on!" Roland exclaimed indignantly. Clearly, Roland's habit of thieving was back in full swing after he'd been thwarted himself! He was always the one hitting others; this was the first time he'd been hit...

"Do you have any evidence?" Caslo asked casually. "What need is there for evidence? Doesn't everyone in the entire Swiftflow City know who uses their mental power the best?" Roland retorted angrily, puffing out his cheeks.

"Alright, alright, you can't just say things without evidence. Even if Yun Feng really did it, you'll just have to suffer in silence. After all, you didn't catch him red-handed, so you have no proof!" Caslo smiled. Although everyone knew who did it, without evidence, there was nothing they could do about Yun Feng!
"Fine! Fine! You want to play like this?! Use your mental energy to give me an electric cannon!" Roland said angrily, baring his teeth. The key was that Yun Feng's cunning attack dissipated immediately, and Roland couldn't even intercept a trace of mental energy, so he couldn't prove who did it.

"Hahaha!" Caslo, sitting in front of Roland, could no longer contain himself and burst into laughter. Roland sat withered behind him, looking utterly dejected—the world had isolated him, and he could only be mocked...

"It's alright, you can just hit him back next time!" Caslo quickly offered Roland advice, seeing his gloomy appearance.

"Keep the team intact!" Roland's mental command echoed in the minds of the other dragon riders. After all, everyone was riding dragons back this time (except for Roland), so maintaining the formation became the most important task. If the team broke up while flying, that would be a huge mess. In addition, the quality of this group of dragon riders was among the worst in history (after all, there were two drag dragon riders), so it was really possible that some dragon riders would get lost or run away!
Roland, who was nominally in charge of the operation, naturally didn't want to be remembered as a disgraced figure in history, so he constantly reminded and kept in touch with the other dragon riders. (Dragon riders have a large flight range and require a huge amount of space, so they rarely fly in close formation, as that would affect their maneuverability! After all, these things are over 20 meters long!)

"There's no need for such instructions. We're all dragon knights, so we won't get lost!" Caslo said confidently to Roland. After all, air knights have a better sense of direction, let alone dragon knights!
"..." Roland didn't speak, but turned his head to look to his side and behind him. There, a yellow and white figure was rapidly approaching them. Judging from his flight path, he had obviously gone astray and was rushing back!

"I take back what I just said! There really is someone who can fly? I'd like to see who that talent is!" Caslo muttered, sharing Kaldo's dragon eyes to take a closer look.

"Alright, it's Maple Forest Xilan... then it's alright!" After Caslo saw that the person on the dragon's back with red ears was Maple Forest Xilan, he shrugged helplessly. After all, this was the "legendary knight" who could lead the Twilight Dragon astray!
"So you think I was just doing this for no reason?" Roland's lips twitched. If Dos hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have known that Maple Forest Xilan was already flying at a 90-degree angle to him with the chasing light! If Dos in his arms hadn't been more observant and taken a closer look, he would have already "released" a dragon knight!

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"Your Majesty, you're finally back!" As soon as Roland landed, the first person to excitedly rush over was Adolf Heinrich.

"Um, calm down, where's Youlan?" Roland asked, supporting Adolf Heinrich with one hand.

"That guy probably hasn't gotten up yet!" Adolf Heinrich said confidently after looking at the sky.

"...Isn't he training the soldiers of Gondor?" Roland looked at the sun high in the sky and fell silent.

“They were already sent to train other knights,” Adolf Heinrich shook his head.

“Alright, Maple Forest Orchid’s situation is special, his dragon is like that… Let’s not talk about him for now, there’s an important matter that needs to be resolved!” Adolf Heinrich said.

"?" Roland asked, puzzled.

We're short of large livestock!