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

Chapter 1044 Lavian, you've made something of yourself!

"It's an archer! He's warning us!" the knight beside him whispered. Ordinary archers without battle aura can only shoot about 150 meters at most. This arrow, which spanned a mile, was still embedded in the ground after landing, clearly the work of a professional.

"Okay! Two people, come with me!" Lavian waved his hand to signal everyone to calm down. It was normal for the town of Carlock to be on guard at the front line. He didn't feel provoked by the garrison's actions; it was just a normal act of marking their defensive area.

"Yes!" Although the Knights of the Bauhinia Cross had a somewhat mixed composition, they were all from the Imperial regular warbands, and their basic skills were undoubtedly up to standard. Two knights from the original Nyx family rode out and followed behind Lavian, while the knights behind them silently remained in place. Apart from the snorting of their warhorses, the group of knights stood motionless like ancient statues.

"They're elite, sir!" a druid whispered to Pion. Experienced people can tell how elite an army is just by looking at its marching formations, and this army was clearly quite elite!
“Hmm? The Imperial Army? No…” Leo Breo, who was on the city wall as a guest defender, raised an eyebrow. He had obviously recognized the iconic flag of the Grand Duchy of Nyx at a glance. The Bauhinia Cross Banner fluttered in the wind, but Leo Breo suddenly smiled.

“They’re our men! Lord Pion! There’s no need to be so wary!” Leo Breo smiled at the burly Pion.

"Your kingdom's army? What are they doing here?" Pion paused for a moment, then asked curiously. After all, Pion knew that the Kingdom of Lagrange had been like a dead body ever since it abandoned the King's Landing family in these remote mountains, completely ignoring them and giving people the impression that they were good at living but didn't care about dying.

“Yes! They have a reason to come!” Leo Breo nodded. Pion, of course, was unaware of the advanced imperial magical technology of the Kingdom of Lagrange! It was as awe-inspiring as the technology of the Greenskins and Goblins. The long-distance magical communication array made real-time communication between the two places possible. Leo Breo already knew that King Roland had brought the allied forces, but the fact that the vanguard was the Cross Bauhinia Knights was shocking. The Grand Duchy of Nyx was gone, so where did the Cross Bauhinia Knights come from?

"This wasn't here before I left?" Leo looked at the fluttering Bauhinia cross flag and tapped his head, feeling a bit overwhelmed. He knew that in terms of the size of the imperial nobility in the past, the Nyx family, apart from their superior bloodline, was inferior to the King's Landing family in every way. But now the Nyx family had even assembled a knightly order. How could this not make old Leo, who was still using the King's Landing Warriors' armor as a guide, feel envious and resentful...

"Wait! It could just be a cavalry unit!" Leo Breo reassured himself.

"Hmm! Plate armor for everyone? And they seem to be riding monster mounts..." Leo Breo gritted his teeth, sounding a bit smug. It really makes a difference to cling to a powerful figure! What's missing when you're the king's woman? For the first time, Leo Breo regretted Apophis Breo's male nature. However, if King Roland was interested, for the sake of his family's revival, Leo Breo wouldn't mind if Apophis Breo smoothed himself out and offered himself up. After all, the love story between the Duke of King's Landing and the King is quite promising!

"Lavian! Who are you with?" Leo Breo looked down at Lavian below the city and asked with a hint of annoyance.

“It’s the Knights of the Bauhinia Cross! Isn’t that the Knights’ flag?” Ravian pointed to the flag fluttering in the wind behind him, puzzled. As a descendant of the imperial era, he couldn’t possibly not recognize the flag representing the Knights, could he?
"..." Leo Breo's heart sank completely. This was truly the end of the game. This guy had really been brought up by the Knights!
"Thump!" Leo Breo leaped down from the city wall, causing a commotion among the crowd. Clearly, the old man's time stationed here had left a deep impression on the people. It seemed that the King's Knight's powerful and sweeping flaming slashes had broadened the horizons of these bumpkins.

"Where did you come from, knight?" Leo Breo controlled his battle aura flames, hovering in front of Lavian. The aura of a sixth-tier hero was fully unleashed, and the steaming battle aura flames, combined with his figure rising and falling in the air, were extremely pretentious, instantly leaving the novice professionals and ordinary soldiers on the city wall dumbfounded!

"A true man should be like this!" Ravian thought to himself. When he floated up, he was already the truth of Middle-earth!
"Naturally, it was His Majesty who assigned it!" Ravian slid to his knees incredibly fast! When you didn't replenish even one rider, I looked down on you, but when you replenished me with a hundred riders, it was naturally His Majesty's loyal knight commander Ravian reporting to you! Now, Ravian called out "Your Majesty" with complete willingness.

"? You sold him cleavage..." Leo Breo immediately realized his mistake and shut up. "What?" Lavian didn't hear clearly and looked at Leo Breo in confusion.

"It's alright, His Majesty is an honest man!" Leo Breo shook his head at Lavian, then gently patted his shoulder and sighed. He had just figured it out in an instant. Wasn't this just another kind of slang literature? Although Lavian wouldn't sell, his lord was sharing a bed with Roland every day!

"How many people came?" Leo Breo shook his head.

"The coalition forces probably number in the thousands!" Lavian didn't pay attention to the exact number, but he knew the general number perfectly well.

"King Roland is planning to attack Gombard?" Leo Breo's eyes narrowed upon hearing this. He wasn't surprised by Roland's drive, but what was the state of the allied forces? Did Roland organize them with a sword to their throats? If that scoundrel Thranduil had even a little bit of initiative, would the North be in this state?
“No! It’s about breaking down the barriers between East and West!” Ravian shook his head, clearly Roland had bigger ambitions.

"...By the Dragon God! I'd rather he went to attack Gombada!" Leo Breo said bitterly. Since settling in the Old Pass and gaining control of the passage connecting east and west, the King's Landing family had come to realize how treacherous the outside world was. After leaving the protection of the Valley of the Dead, large numbers of orcs and trolls roamed the Eastern Road like wild horses. The King's Landing family had originally wanted to establish connections with the Western world and strengthen ties, but Apophis Breo, seeing the situation, simply gave up! He adopted a policy of isolationism and defended his territory to the death!

"Is the situation over there bad?" Ravian asked, tilting his head back with a dark expression.

"Let's not stay outside, let's go inside and talk! Let the soldiers come in and warm up!" Leo Breo said to Lavian as snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

"Alright!" Ravian had no doubts. Would the old general really harm me? Should we check who's behind me?

……

"Lavian! You've really made something of yourself!" Just as the knights were settled, Leo Breo appeared before Lavian like a ghost, startling him instantly!

"Hey kid! Congratulations on your fortune!" Leo Breo patted Lavian's shoulder loudly.

“Come on! I’ll take you to meet the lord of this place!” Leo Breo nodded to him; it was only a matter of courtesy that it was time to pay a visit to Pion.