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

Chapter 893 Tracking
"Hey! Bigfoot, the garrison in the city has moved!" Legolas pushed open the door, carrying a paper bag containing pies, and tossed one of the bags to Aragorn.

"Amazing paper!" Legolas exclaimed. Compared to the leaves and ropes commonly used in Middle-earth, this soft, clean yellow paper made food seem much more sophisticated! It instantly elevated the food's status!

"Hmm, it's amazing... Wait, what did you say?" Aragorn was also full of praise for Lagrange's paper, but he quickly realized that Legolas seemed to have just said something...

"The garrison in the city has moved! I saw their cavalry leave the camp!" Legolas gestured with his eyes.

"Cavalry? Those are probably all knights!" Aragorn shook his head. The Kingdom of Lagrange didn't have many cavalry, and most of them were light cavalry used for messengers. Their main cavalry force consisted of knights! After all, the Kingdom of Lagrange's military strategy was to value quality over quantity! Wouldn't it be better to have so many laborers retire to farming and having children?

“The Knights? Possibly!” Legolas recalled for a moment and agreed with Aragorn’s statement, after all, those people did have an impressive aura and were carrying the battle flag of the Holy Knights!

"How so?" Legolas glanced sideways at Aragorn, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Ha! You know perfectly well what I'm talking about!" Aragorn was amused by Legolas's performance. He lightly punched Legolas in the chest, then picked up his sword.

"Let's go! Let's go take a look!" Aragorn quickly slung his bag over his shoulder and rushed outside.

"Sigh! Wait!" Legolas shook his head helplessly and chased after them. As he passed the counter, he casually slapped down a gold coin and ran off with the basket of white bread on it.

"Hey! You two, we haven't given you your change yet!" The shopkeeper rushed out anxiously, holding up a few silver coins and looking helplessly at the two people who were running further and further away.

"Alright! Shopkeeper, take it. If they don't want it, don't bother looking for it!" Soon, the hidden guard who had been watching the two men came out and patted the shopkeeper on the shoulder.

"You..." Looking at the hidden guard who was completely covered by a hood, the shopkeeper reached out his hand to hand him the money, assuming that the hidden guard was with Aragorn and his men.

"Go back and forget what just happened!" The hidden guard shook his head and took out a token bearing the dragon pattern of the Roland family from his pocket.

"Ah! Yes! Sir, we didn't see anything and we don't know anything. Wait, I've never seen you before. Huh! How did I get out here?" The boss walked back to his room, looking puzzled.

"..." The hidden guard's face twisted under his hood, as if this person had some serious illness? Was he some kind of monster? After shaking his head helplessly, the hidden guard took a deep look in the direction Aragorn and the other man had left before running towards the castle.

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"Aragorn moved?" Duke Joelster tapped the table. This guy had been holed up in Rapids for ages, doing nothing but eating all day! Now he's finally decided to move!
"Hiss! They went after the Holy Knights?" Joelster's blood pressure, which had just dropped, rose again.

“Yes, Your Grace! They took their horses and chased after the knights in the direction they left… Or… should we notify Lulong Fortress to intercept them?” the guard whispered.

"Damn it! I should have known better than to bring the Holy Knights back!" Duke Joelster regretted his clumsy order to bring back the knights who had been wandering and training in the wilderness.

"Alright, it's good that they're moving around. Otherwise, it would be more troublesome if they stayed cooped up in our house! It'll be a good opportunity to see what Aragorn is up to!" Yun Feng waved his hand. Compared to the targets they're moving, the hidden darkness is the more worrying thing. Letting Aragorn move around means at least everyone will know what his goal is. "That's true... let the Hidden Guards keep an eye on them! I doubt they can cause any trouble!" Joelster thought about it and agreed with Yun Feng. After all, you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days!

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"Huh? They're so fast!" Aragorn exclaimed in shock, watching the figures getting further and further away. The fully armed knights were actually running faster than the two lightly armed men!

"...They're riding magical beasts!" Legolas said speechlessly. How could their ordinary horses compare to magical beasts?
“Alright! Let’s speed things up!” Aragorn said with great enthusiasm. After all, he was full of curiosity. Through his deliberate inquiries (information Roland wanted him to know), he understood that the Knights were one of the kingdom’s top military forces! They would not move lightly unless there was a war, and the unusual phenomenon of the Knights setting off again so soon after their return clearly aroused his suspicion.

"Could it be that a war has broken out in the east?" Aragorn knew that the Kingdom of Lagrange was expanding eastward. In fact, almost everyone knew that the strategic focus of the Kingdom of Lagrange was in the east. Compared to the west, which had already been fully developed, Lagrange could only point its sword eastward if it wanted to break through!
(Roland: Actually, if I'm shameless, the East isn't out of the question either, since you can't beat me anyway!)

"Who knows! But if the Knights have moved, it must be something big!" Legolas asserted.

"Go! Let's catch up!" Aragorn, seeing the knights almost disappear into a blur, immediately yanked off the reins.

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"Lord Lafitte! We're being followed!" a knight reported to Lafitte Anthony, the commander of the Holy Glory Knights. Normally, Lafitte Anthony wouldn't be in charge of the Holy Glory Knights, as a peak third-tier Grand Knight leading the entire order would be difficult to command respect. However, after Roland's Eastern Expedition, there were very few high-ranking knights left in the entire City of Rapids. Originally, the Holy Glory Knights were commanded by Lavian, but after Lavian left, there were practically no high-ranking knights left in the entire City of Rapids!

“…Ignore them! Military situation is urgent!” Lafitte Anthony said, narrowing his eyes.

“But…” The knight beside him hesitated.

"Do you think a few people can turn the world upside down? If they dare to make a move, we'll crush them!" Lafit Anthony's eyes flashed with a cold light, after all, his knightly order was invincible in this land!

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"It seems we've been discovered!" Legolas keenly realized that the two men's movements had been spotted by the Lagrange Knights, after all, the commotion of the two men galloping behind them was quite significant.

"It's fine, we haven't broken any local laws," Aragon said nonchalantly. After all, he hadn't broken any laws, so he could go wherever he wanted. So-called stalking? Do you have any evidence?

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"Hold on! The kingdom's reinforcements should be on their way!" Lance encouraged his exhausted soldiers.

I've been in Shijiazhuang for a week now, and I have nothing... nothing at all...