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

Chapter 647 Earth Dragon Attack
Nothing happened that night. When Ismir opened his eyes in the morning, he could only marvel at his good fortune. After all, powerful magical beasts always have vast territories as hunting grounds to support them. Fortunately, the thing that Ismir feared so much did not visit their camp in the middle of the night.

"What to do?" Ismir was troubled, torn between a lurking threat and the faintly visible Lulong Fortress behind him...

Migration camps offer protection from apex predators, while staying put provides shelter from Lulong Fortress. Even a fool would know which to choose! Just go for it...

The earth dragon might attack in an instant, but the kingdom's fortress definitely couldn't come to their rescue immediately. Faced with the invasion of a high-level magical beast, how could a third-tier druid possibly protect his entire group of followers? He'd be lucky to even escape!
“Guys! We need to pack up and get out of here! This place doesn’t belong to us! It has its own owner!” Ismir sighed as he looked at the busy crowd.

"Huh?" Everyone looked up. After all, it would be crazy to leave so soon after setting up a simple camp.
"I suspect we're in the territory of a high-level magical beast..." Ismir gave a wry smile. The situation wasn't exactly bad, it was exceptionally dire! Even as a fourth-tier druid, he dared to challenge this magical beast, but as a third-tier druid, he was simply powerless. Of all the magical beasts scattered throughout this forest, the one that could exert such pressure on him at a life-level was undoubtedly a powerful one. Unfortunately... the kingdom's reconnaissance report pointed out the fact that earth dragons and flying dragons lurked in the Dark Forest. Although these dragons didn't easily show themselves, that didn't mean they didn't exist, especially the earth dragons, which were far more numerous. If Roland weren't so far away, he would have wanted to form his own earth dragon knight order...

"Uh, sir! A wise decision..." Everyone gave a wry smile, their smiles even more strained than Sima's. They had finally arrived at the settlement, and the environment was quite good, with some plains around. With some effort, they could easily establish a baronial territory. But the sudden news of the magical beasts sent a chill down everyone's spines. Forget everything else, let's get out of here...

Ismir watched the crowd frantically loading the truck and preparing to leave, and couldn't help but twitch his lips. These people really were... Ismir fell into deep doubt. Could his pioneering work really work?

"Let's go!" Ismir could only shake his head and slip away before the unknown monster returned, seeing that everyone had packed their things.

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"Huh? Where are they? Where are they?" The dragon knight in charge of keeping an eye on them arrived late at the camp where Ismir and his men had camped the night before, only to find the camp deserted, which startled the two of them so much that they broke out in a cold sweat.

"You stay here! I'll go check!" one of the dragon knights said through gritted teeth. If there really was something evil, at least one person could go back and report to him so he could get revenge.

"Whoosh!" The dragon folded its wings and landed obediently on the ground, waiting for the knight's command. The dragon knight, who was already impatient, began to check the situation on the ground. He was fine until he saw it, but he got high blood pressure.

"Damn it! The campfire is still warm! There are wooden building materials scattered on the ground... It seems they plan to use this place as a base? What made them abandon this place?" The dragon knight looked around solemnly, his eyes flashing with confusion.

"How is it?" Seeing his companion fly back, the dragon knight who remained in the sky also came up to ask without any politeness.

"They've disappeared! They were here just a short while ago..."

"Damn it! We've lost a nobleman! We should have kept an eye on him day and night!" a dragon knight roared angrily. They could already imagine General Renault's rage. Because these people were located right next to Lulong Fortress, they hadn't chosen to keep a constant watch on them, but instead had been stationed in Lulong Fortress and occasionally checking their whereabouts.

"Let's go back and report to General Renault... We can't delay any longer!" one of the dragon knights who went down to scout said hurriedly. Now they could only try to find them as a last resort!
"Alright!" Another dragon knight nodded and flew back to Lulong Fortress as fast as a shooting star.

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"What? They're missing?" Renault was completely dumbfounded. How could a group of people get lost?

"Did you search thoroughly?" Renault's lips twitched. "We didn't see any trace of them around!" The dragon knights narrowed their eyes and exchanged a glance.

"...Take me to the scene!" Renault shook his head helplessly, he had no choice but to go and investigate himself!
“Alright!” The two dragon knights exchanged a glance and nodded.

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"Roar!" A massive shadow emerged from the dense forest.

"Crack!" Sharp claws stomped deep into the ground, and with its rampaging movements, a large number of bushes were crushed, and a terrifying pressure spread out.

"Roar!" Suddenly, the figure stopped. It raised its head and carefully sniffed the air. It knew that its territory had been invaded by unfamiliar prey and a powerful opponent (a wyvern). It looked warily to the west, its intelligent eyes flashing. In the end, it still took a step and ran westward. It wanted to defend its territory!

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“There are wheel tracks here! They went south! It seems they were forced to migrate. What happened to them?” Renault deduced, kneeling on the ground and looking at the only remaining wheel track.

"Perhaps a powerful magical beast? Or an orc?" The dragon knights behind them exchanged a glance and spoke.

“Uncertain. Powerful magical beasts wouldn’t give them a chance to escape, and the orcs… there are no signs of a battle here.” This gave Reno a real headache. After all, Reno certainly didn’t have the same level of perception as Ismir, who possessed a fragment of the Goddess of Nature’s divine essence. He couldn’t figure out what had happened no matter how hard he tried.

"How can we chase them? They've entered the dense forest!" The dragon knight scratched his head helplessly, after all, searching for people under the dense canopy was too difficult for them.

"Their target is the Romanian Plain!" Reno said firmly after a moment of thought. He thought about it carefully and realized that a smart man like Ismir would not go directly into the dangerous Dark Forest. He must have encountered uncontrollable factors and decided to change the location of the camp. The only other option nearby, besides the open space around the Old Forest Road, is the Romanian Plain to the south!

“Then we…” the dragon knight behind him hesitated.

“We’ll go south ahead of time and wait for them!” Renault said through gritted teeth. Although he was responsible to the kingdom’s nobles, it didn’t mean he would send a large army into the forest to search.

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"Roar!" A dragon's roar that shook the jungle resounded throughout the edge of the dark forest. A yellowish-brown figure charged through the jungle at high speed. It had already caught the scent of the intruders, but unfortunately, they had already left its territory. This pleased it greatly, as it was unwilling to easily start a battle to defend its territory. However, it also caught the scent of some other weak prey near the intruders' location, which immediately ignited its ferocity! It strode straight along its powerful limbs, following the scent in the direction Ismir and his group had retreated.

"Damn it! The aura of an earth dragon!" Ismir's pupils shrank.