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

Chapter 1040: I only need to make a slight move to bring it to its limit.

To everyone's astonishment, the wood elemental spirit appeared dozens of meters away in a flash of light. Because Dos made no attempt to conceal its presence, the wood elemental spirit instantly sensed the gaze of a high-ranking dragon, and its survival instincts made it flee! (Although Dos often concealed its presence, the natural dragon's might under the gaze of a dragon's eyes could not be hidden; the elemental spirit's extraordinary perception could instantly detect the gaze of a dragon!)
"Roar!" Dos let out a long howl, and before anyone could react, the wood elemental spirits flying and fleeing in the sky suddenly stopped in front of everyone's astonished gazes.

"Buzz!" The space around the wood elemental spirit trembled as golden dragon rune chains emerged from the void, transforming into cages from all directions and sealing the wood elemental spirit within a few breaths.

"Whoosh!" Space shattered, and a golden dragon claw suddenly emerged from the void, grabbing the wood element spirit in its hand. The next second, it disappeared into the spatial turbulence, leaving only the slowly healing shattered sky.

"Here you go! My knight! I only need to make a slight move, and that's already its limit!" Dos raised his paw and threw a green "sphere" into Roland's hand. It was the wood elemental spirit that had just escaped.

"Spatial blockade? Void claw? You've learned all of these?" Roland didn't look at the wood elemental spirit's situation but stared in shock at the golden dragon floating in front of him.

"What are you saying? What are you saying! What do you mean 'learned'? I already knew it!" Dos rolled his eyes, terrified! Aren't the skills of the Golden Dragon bloodline innate?
"I've never seen you use it before?" Roland was taken aback.

"Even if I use it, it won't trap them!" Doss sighed helplessly. What can you expect a newly hatched dragon to lock down with a spatial lock? It's useless against weak ones and can't trap strong ones. It can be trapped with ancestral power, but wouldn't it be better to just slap them to death in full form? What's the point of a spatial lock?
"Or do you expect me to extend a paw and scratch the other side's itch?" Doss stretched out his paw and gestured.

"Uh……"

"It's just bullying these fast-running, weak creatures!" Dos glanced at the wood elemental spirit in Roland's rune cage. The wood elemental spirit looked listless, and even the light on its body had dimmed.

"Did we go too far?" The crowd, having regained their senses, quickly gathered around. Omsk looked at the dull and lifeless wood elemental spirit with a sense of pity.

"Sigh... let's try to heal it first and see if we can save it..." Caslo shook his head helplessly, and as he finished speaking, the already dull wood elemental spirit became even dimmer.

"This little thing is quite unique!" Ravian was surprised by the appearance of the elemental spirit. Its spherical body was covered with mysterious golden patterns, which seemed to be some kind of magical pattern of natural power. Its whole body emitted a fluorescent green color, and several golden streams of light were wrapped around its two transparent wings. However, at this moment, the golden streams of light were fading rapidly, and the entire wood elemental spirit looked lifeless, as if it was about to die.

"Tsk! What a pity, it felt like it was about to be shipped!" Roland exclaimed regretfully.

"..." Mogus didn't speak, but his face showed a strange expression. Then he looked at the wood elemental spirit carefully and uncertainly. After a few glances, his expression became even stranger. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but when he saw the regretful shaking of the heads of the people around him, he fell silent.

"It's playing dead..." Dos said helplessly. Seeing a group of people discussing the topic of the elemental spirit seemingly dying, Dos's eyes were truly opened!
"...Huh?" Everyone was silent for a second before raising their heads in shock to look at Doss.

"Ahem..." Mogus's expression instantly became quite interesting.

"Don't you know that if an elemental spirit truly reaches the end of its lifespan, it will directly dissipate into elements? Look at this thing, does it show even the slightest sign of dissipating?" Doss pointed helplessly at the wood elemental spirit, which, though dim, remained solid. "..." Caslo pursed his lips, a look of understanding flashing in his eyes. After all, back in the Empire, he was just an ordinary four-legged wyvern knight, only fortunate enough to advance to dragon knight and then dragon knight commander thanks to Roland's favor! His perspective was naturally limited; regarding elemental spirits, treasures that only existed in the hands of high-ranking nobles, he could only say he had heard of them and seen what they looked like...

As for Omske, a member of the Empire's top-tier fighter squad, he naturally wouldn't have much experience with such things. Although Lavian was loyal to the Grand Duchy of Nyx, he rarely came into contact with elemental spirits in his daily life, so it was normal that he didn't know much about them.

"Lord Mogus figured it out long ago?" Roland finally realized what was going on when he saw Mogus's strange expression. No wonder his face was so red; he had noticed something was wrong.

“Yes, Your Majesty… The Vladivostok family has always managed the royal family’s elemental spirit industry… I once served as the manager of the elven ranch,” Mogus said awkwardly.

"I see!" Roland nodded. No wonder. It turns out that the Swift Hand family has been managing the elemental spirits' businesses for the royal family. It's only natural that the Swift Hand family members would have this kind of knowledge.

"Then come and see how this thing is used?" Roland beckoned to him. Back when he played games, he had spent money to buy these elemental spirits, but he just left them on the page to raise them, and the resource bonuses would be generated automatically. Obviously, that's not possible now. His subordinates only need to capture elemental spirits, but the great King Roland has much more to consider!

"I'm afraid we'll have to ask the patriarch, Duke Joelsteria, about that. Wood elemental spirits have so many uses. If we're lucky, Duke Yunfeng's magic plantation could be expanded into a magic farm!" Mogus shook his head.

"You're overthinking it! Two-winged elves aren't capable of causing a qualitative change in the production of potion plants! They can only help with the growth of some crops! Unless you're willing to throw resources at them to get them to six wings or more..." Doss scoffed.

"Crops? That'll do!" Roland was also eager to try his luck, not being picky at all. Grain was the best currency! As the saying goes, "With grain in hand, one has nothing to fear!"
"Don't get your hopes up too high. At most, a two-winged wood elemental spirit will only be a nice bonus to your kingdom. It would be good enough if it could increase the output of the land around Swiftstream City by 20%!" Doss warned.

“That’s quite a lot. The increased production from the land around Swiftstream City will at least allow the kingdom to be self-sufficient.” Roland smiled as he thought of the fertile fields around Swiftstream City.

"Okay, as long as you don't feel too disappointed!" After saying that, Doss crawled back into Roland's armor, and the faint dragon aura that had been there before vanished instantly.

“Joelsteria…” Roland murmured, gazing at the wood elemental spirit in his hand.

"Wait! How come this thing recognizes me as its master?" Roland suddenly realized and tapped the breastplate of the Grand Duke's Dragon Armor to ask.

"Sign any contract you want, as long as it's not the kind of slave contract where you die and it dies too! Elemental spirits have immense power, but they are immature and simply cannot, or rather, do not understand, resist contracts!" Dos's voice echoed in Roland's mind.

"So casual? Anyone can just grab it and form a contract?" Roland was taken aback, but then he thought, how many people can actually grab this thing on their own?