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

Chapter 93 The First Rank Six Professional

"Slurp, slurp!" Roland was as happy as if he had drunk cool water on a hot summer day as he tallied up his harvest.

"500 Battanian archers? Is this the start of my farming and defense strategy?" Roland pondered. After all, archers are mostly defensive units, and their weak defenses make them passive and prone to offense. Even the heavily armored Battanian archers are no exception. Archers' main battlefields are on city walls and fortresses, while knights and swift infantry are purely offensive units. Plains are the best terrain for them to exert their combat power. Surely no one would ask knights to give up charging and stand still to deal damage, and surely no one would ask swift infantry to form a swift formation and hold their ground, right?
“Not bad, at least it fills the gap in my need for ranged professionals…” Roland thought for a moment and immediately felt it was good.

“1000 civilians is good; the population base can finally be increased.” Roland turned his attention to the population reward.

"Dragon-slaying rangers! 30 of them! Not bad, not bad!" Roland was very satisfied. The Elnino rangers were a strategic deterrent in small-scale battles. A 10-man squad was enough to give the enemy a headache. It seemed that he now had a more annoying option, after all, the Elnino rangers had incredibly long reach! How could rangers who could shoot down dragons with longbows have a short attack range!
"Thank God! System, you finally gave me food... I don't have to borrow food anymore..." Roland was moved to tears when he thought about how his organization couldn't even handle basic logistics.

"That's not right! At a rate of one pound of flour per person per day, it can only last for a month at most..." Roland did the math and realized that this amount of food could only solve the immediate problem.

"Never mind, let's see what happens next. Let me see what comes next..."

"50 oxen? Good stuff!" Roland immediately defined them as useful; next spring, the Kingdom of Lagrange's granary would depend on them.

"Chicken farm: Covering 10 acres, capable of raising tens of thousands of high-quality chickens, and can raise chicken-type magical beasts!" Roland's gaze fell upon the chicken farm, and his face immediately darkened... What the hell is all this?! Cows and chickens...

"Magic Plantation: Covering 5 acres, it can cultivate various magical herbs!"

"This is pretty powerful! You know, the difference between someone who has taken a magic potion and someone who hasn't is like night and day. Anything that can grow magic potions is a treasure!" Roland licked his lips, already fantasizing about drinking all sorts of potions like water and the days of punching dragons and trampling chimeras.

"Ten more Elnino Rangers? Now we have a full 50-man squad. If I had Elnino Rangers in this battle... sigh, the casualties would have been at least halved!" Roland sighed. Besides their signature ability, the Meteor Dragon Arrow, Elnino Rangers also possess the special title of "Crazy 3 Seconds." With the enhancement of their skills, an Elnino Ranger unleashing their full potential can empty a 30-quiver quiver in 3 seconds and precisely deliver them to your vitals! It's simply the best choice for striking enemy vanguards or stopping cavalry charges!
"The priests of the Dragon Temple? Those saints?" Roland was completely baffled. Were the priests of the Dragon Temple powerful? Yes! Were they strong? Yes! But were they useful? No! These people were complete pacifists. They were fine fighting orcs, but if it came to a civil war with humans or other allied races... don't even think about them performing well on the battlefield. They would never attack; at most, they could only buff their own people.

Forget it, I'll just have to bear with it. I can keep it at home to heal the sick and save lives. That's practically the specialty of the Dragon God Temple priests. Putting aside their combat awareness and abilities, their healing level is absolutely top-notch! Generally, only high priests of the fifth rank can master the resurrection skill, but many priests in the Dragon God Temple are third-rank temple guard priests who can resurrect... So in the past, most lords would recruit a temple priest who could resurrect to revive themselves in battle.

The resurrection spell has quite a few limitations. Roland's subordinate Ivy knows the resurrection spell, but the deceased cannot have been dead for more than 72 hours when it is cast, and each cast will weaken her for nearly 10 years. Roland reserved this precious resurrection spell slot for his own survival, so that if he died, Ivy could bring him back once.

"The Ring of Compassion?" Roland examined the emerald ring for a moment, then casually slipped it onto his hand and bound it. As the second ring of the ninth tier of knights, it amplifies the knight's skill, Compassion! (Its abilities were described in previous chapters.)
"The last one is an achievement reward? How long has it been since this stingy system has released something like this?" Roland exclaimed in surprise.

"Holy crap! The Sage... this is—a sixth-tier!" Roland's eyes widened in disbelief. What was going on? A sixth-tier professional? Although it was only a support class, this was a genuine sixth-tier professional! With the Sage, Roland's magic plantation could finally open for business. Every alchemist was a qualified manager of magical plant cultivation, and the Sage, as the most elite among them, could concoct almost any potion provided the materials were plentiful!

"System, check the territory of Swiftstream City!" Roland wanted to see his current development status. Swiftstream City:
Area: One kilometer in radius.

Building units: 1 dilapidated lord's castle, 70 crumbling houses, 30 shabby houses, intermediate magic-inlaid city wall, stone well, blacksmith shop, barracks, archer's temple.

Commanders: Caslo (Tier 3), Reno (Tier 4), Radil (Tier 4), Unknown (Tier 6)
Special Personnel: Ivy (Tier 3)
City Defense Officer: Marcus (Tier 4)
Political Officer: Lance (Second Rank)
Troop strength: 2033 people

Holy Knights Order: 100 Tier 2 Knights.

Lagrange City Guards: 100 Tier 2 Warriors

Battanian Shooters: 700 Tier 2 Shooters.

Dovenian Heavy Swordsmen: 100 Tier 2 Swordsmen.

El Niño Ranger: 50 Tier 2 Rangers.

Swiftflow Legion: 683 Swiftflow Infantry

Recruit 200 light infantrymen.

Lagrange Heavy Cavalry: 100 heavy cavalrymen

Priests: 5 (rank unknown)
Population: 2102 (753 civilians who can be trained)
Assessment: The lonely king led his surviving people back to their homeland and built this city with high walls. The city has few inhabitants, but everything is developing in a positive direction. The city's military is strong enough to defend it, but it still cannot withstand the emerging darkness alone. The good news is that the city has finally welcomed its own defense officer and administrator. Note: The war is over! The shattered kingdom needs to recuperate!
Abilities: 1. As the only territory of the Kingdom of Lagrange in Middle-earth, she will attract the remnants of Lagrange. The system will guide a wave of wandering Lagrange civilians to her territory every day, hoping that the lord can properly settle them.

2. Allow the recruitment of local civilians to train swift infantry.

"As expected! The Swift Infantry suffered heavy casualties!" Roland's heart bled; at least 300 Swift Infantry had perished in this battle...

It's time for the second watch!
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(End of this chapter)