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

"This must be Swiftstream City, right?" The man rubbed his chin as he gazed at the distant city. He shook his head, his staff flashed, and the next second he appeared not far from the city.

"Halt! Who are you?" The Lagrange city guards standing watch at the city gate immediately became alarmed upon seeing the unfamiliar figure.

"..." The man in the mage's robe stopped in his tracks, seemingly speechless, and carefully examined his attire as if he had discovered something incredible.

"Who are you?" The soldiers gripped their weapons tightly as they stared at the unfamiliar spellcaster before them.

"Is it hard to recognize me in this sage's robe?" The man took off his hood and looked down again to examine his mage's robe.

"A sage?" Everyone was stunned and immediately tensed up, after all, their small bodies couldn't withstand the attack of a sage.

“Um… I am a sage belonging to the Empire! From the Heinrich family…” the man shook his head helplessly.

"Wait a moment! We need to ask for instructions!" The soldiers exchanged glances, all seeing the seriousness in each other's eyes.

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"Your Highness! A sage requests an audience! He claims to be a remnant of the Empire!" After numerous reports, the soldier finally arrived before Roland, who was at that moment discussing the marriage of Caslo and Ajax with Yunfeng.

"Hmm? Which family?" Yun Feng asked subconsciously, since among the remnants of the empire, those who could cultivate sages were probably from large families.

"The Heinrich family!" the soldier said respectfully.

"Let's go! Let's take a look!" Roland said excitedly. When he played the Lord of the Rings games before, he didn't know much about the Sages. He didn't know much about the Sage family. After all, Sages are not as popular as Dragon Riders!
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As soon as Roland arrived at the city gate, he saw the sage who stood out from the crowd, after all, his otherworldly temperament and simple yet elegant robes made him stand out at a glance.

"I am Roland, the King of the Kingdom of Lagrange, and Your Excellency is..." Roland greeted him and introduced himself first.

"Adolf Heinrich of the Heinrich family! A sage with dual attributes of light and fire! Greetings, Your Highness!" The man bowed his head and greeted the prince.

"..." Roland frowned and suddenly sensed that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

“Yun Feng! A sage of the mental realm,” Yun Feng nodded in acknowledgment.

After the group introduced themselves, Roland quickly invited Adolf Heinrich into the castle, intending to build a relationship with him and also get to know this newly joined "henchman" through conversation!
"There are still members in the Heinrich family?" Yun Feng narrowed his eyes.

"To be honest, I'm the only son left in the family." Adolf Heinrich smiled bitterly.

“No wonder. In my memory, the Heinrich family should have perished along with the Sword and Shield family…” Yun Feng frowned as if recalling some unpleasant memories.

"Well, the family did make a lot of mistakes back then, but we have paid the price and tried our best to make amends," Adolf Heinrich said with a wry smile.

"If you hadn't given the Sword and Shield family such unwarranted ambitions, how could a marquis family have dared to harbor such enormous ambitions?" Yun Feng said disdainfully. "???" Roland immediately became interested; it sounded like he was about to hear more imperial secrets and noble gossip.

"Shut up! Shut up!" Roland nodded in agreement.

“…” Adolf Heinrich.

"..." Yun Feng.

"You know that the cause of the war that led to the collapse of the Empire was the Sword and Shield family. As for why the Sword and Shield family was so confident... cough cough, you'll have to ask Lord Adolf Heinrich." Yun Feng covered his face and didn't continue.

"Well, it's a long story. The main thing is that our Heinrich family's ancestor back then stood up for the Sword and Shield family. The two families hoped to join forces to further enhance the family's status." Adolf Heinrich nodded somewhat awkwardly.

"So, what exactly did your Heinrich family have back then? What gave the Sword and Shield family such confidence?" Roland asked curiously.

“Cough cough cough! Not many, just this many sages…” Yun Feng raised his hand and made a six gesture before Adolf Heinrich could reply.

"6!" Roland exclaimed in admiration. Six sages... that's enough to make a dog fly. No wonder the Sword and Shield family got cocky.

"No? Is your Heinrich family that powerful? I've never heard of them before," Roland asked curiously. Logically speaking, he should at least have some impression of those old-established dragon rider families, sage families, and other sixth-tier families.

"The Heinrich family is a classic example of a family that reached its peak right from the start." Yun Feng sighed and shook his head with a wry smile.

"Otherwise, with the accumulated experience of the six sages, would they need to join forces with the Sword and Shield family?"

"Yes! The family rose to prominence too quickly, and its strength and status were seriously mismatched. At that time, the head of the family, Heinrich, was just the son of a baron. After being rejected by the Imperial Royal Academy of Mage, he joined the Temple of Mages and became a sage through self-study!"

"In the years that followed, five sages emerged from the Heinrich family. The patriarch felt the time was ripe and wanted to advance his status further, but he never expected to be targeted by other families... Alas..."

"Finally, there was the famous civil war among the powerful nobles! After that, a full-scale war broke out among the imperial nobles, with several powerful nobles and border noble groups fighting each other to the death..." Yun Feng shook his head helplessly. If it weren't for this civil war, the empire would definitely have been able to continue.

Roland's face had changed color. This was the Heinrich family, not the San-Tokuko family! Roland had also realized what was wrong with the name Adolf Heinrich. Adolf was already quite convincing enough!
"Your ancestor didn't intend to overthrow the empire, did he?" Roland asked belatedly, feeling a sense of dread.

“No, but the family is dissatisfied with the way the high-ranking nobles of the empire control the promotion channels, and has considered purging some of the nobles,” Adolf Heinrich said, shaking his head.

"Pfft!" Roland spat out a mouthful of tea. This is really something else! Roland thought to himself, even back in the day, the Empire didn't have a loaf of bread worth 500,000 gold dragon coins. How did the Heinrich family manage to incite a war that would destroy the Empire?
"The special forbidden spells of the Heinrich family are still quite terrifying. In the early stages of the civil war, their special forbidden spells caught other nobles in the empire off guard and accelerated the empire's collapse! You must have also inherited and learned your family's forbidden spells, right?" Yun Feng glanced at Adolf Heinrich and said calmly.

“Yes! I’ve learned the family’s forbidden spell – Rhine Storm! It was only by learning this forbidden spell that I was able to successfully break through to the sixth rank!” Adolf Heinrich nodded. He wasn’t surprised at all that Yun Feng knew about his family’s secret technique. After all, they were all high-level spellcasters, and everyone knew what each other was carrying, not to mention that he also had his family’s inheritance.

"Rhine Storm..." Roland's lips twitched. The Führer's golden age is exactly as you wished! The Imperial branch has even opened in Middle-earth? Quite a wide range of business, huh? However, while Middle-earth doesn't have the "Yo-tou" to be eliminated, it certainly doesn't lack the greasy hair of the orcs! A sage who has mastered a powerful forbidden spell is enough to suppress most of the orc army, after all, how many orcs can have their own sixth-tier combat power?