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

Chapter 982: Van Erwei Disappears
"But I feel that the number of soldiers may not be enough. Our expedition will definitely require an elite professional corps. There will definitely be gaps in other areas of the kingdom. It is better to train a group of rapid infantry while there is time..." Roland supported his chin and said thoughtfully.

"The Air Knights will be in control of the situation. A small number of garrisons paired with the Air Knights should be able to patrol seamlessly... What do you mean by that look? Are you planning to use the Rapid Infantry to fill the gaps? That will take up so many manpower! Farming will definitely be affected! Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you believe it?" Fenglin Youlan grinned speechlessly.

"A dragon knight did this? Do I have many dragon knights?" Roland was speechless. He used a dragon knight as the security captain? What an abstract thing! It was abstract enough for the extremely abstract nobles of the Lagran Empire!

"Are you too busy to understand? In addition to dragon knights, the kingdom also has flying dragon knights and griffin knights... and air knights are not just a type of dragon knight!" Fenglin Youlan frowned.

"There are so few air knights. Isn't it a bit extravagant to throw them in to fill the lines?" Roland asked tentatively.

"Their role is to investigate! To discover! Not to fight! Of course, we can still slaughter stragglers if we encounter them!" Fenglin Youlan showed a sly smile. How could a noble sky knight be minced? Even if they were to be minced, they would only be worth it if they fought against a Ringwraith of this level!
"Oh! You scared me. I thought you were going to let them go and trade with the Orcs!" Roland breathed a sigh of relief. After all, in Roland's mind, air knights were as valuable as dragon knights. Dragon knights were more scarce than air knights, but they had thicker health bars, and ordinary people couldn't kill them at all! But in comparison, air knights were also valuable, but they were much more fragile than dragon knights! Even flying dragons would have to circumvent the heavy crossbow's armor-piercing arrows with a dark face, not to mention those griffins and Pegasus! Although Roland didn't quite agree that the wandering orcs had such a killer weapon, he had to be on guard! Damn dwarves! No one knew how many black arrows had flowed out!

"Has the kingdom become so rich?" Fenglin Youlan shrugged and asked. You can say Fenglin Youlan is bad, but you can't say Fenglin Youlan is bad! How can the leader of the Dragon Marshal family, the McDougal family, be a military idiot? A real idiot can't reach this position. In other words, even a idiot at the level of Dragon Knight has enough resources for him to practice and pass! The warriors of Lagrande only failed in politics, and there are not many who are unqualified in military affairs!

"Stop bragging. Don't you have an idea of ​​the kingdom's character and how much rice you have at home? By the way, where is Vanerwe?" Roland suddenly realized that he hadn't heard any news about this sixth-level subordinate of his for a long time.

"Oh, they drove three ancient war trees towards here!" Fenglin Youlan scratched his ears casually. It was no wonder that Roland had forgotten about this group of grassland elves. It was just that they were too slow in crossing the Lagrande Plain! The speed of the ancient war trees was impressive enough. If they were carrying a bunch of tickets, making fires and cooking along the way, how fast could they be? It was good enough that they could crawl...

"...Don't die on the road." After a long while, Roland finally managed to utter a word. After all, although the Knights cleaned up the Lagran Plains every quarter, there were no people, and the farmland and houses were not actually occupied, so the plains were still full of wildness! Maybe it was rare to see groups of orcs, but the probability of encountering high-level monsters was definitely not zero!

"..." Fenglin Youlan rolled his eyes at Roland and gave him a look that said "you understand it yourself". After all, as the King of Lagrande, don't you know how disgusting a super-model thing like the War Ancient Tree is? Who can be the opponent of this living father in a positional battle? The ability to stand still and output is maxed out. Once it takes root, it cannot be shaken by thunder!
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"Where are these things from? Why are all these random people trying to scam me?" Vanerwei, who was standing on the branch of the ancient war tree, stood with his hands on his hips and boasted about himself. The ancient war tree under his feet was pulling out roots and branches from the corpse of a giant bear. The corpse was obviously a high-level Warcraft Earth Bear!
"Chief... did you kill him?" The tribesmen next to him covered their heads speechlessly. What does the powerful ancient war tree have to do with you, a "grass-roots king"!

"Wasn't it my order that he was killed? Wasn't it my order?" Van Erwei looked up with contempt in his eyes.

"Yes, yes, yes..." None of the tribesmen beside him spoiled his fun, although the so-called command was just to use mental power to connect with the ancient war tree to tell them the target to attack...

"Chief, the number of these monsters is not right! Why are there so many high-level monsters? What the hell? There is something wrong with the number! I feel like maybe we have something that attracts the monsters?" The adjutant next to him frowned at Vanerwei. After all, they encountered too many high-level monsters and too frequently!
"..." Vanerwei glanced at his adjutant and then looked down at his feet. The silence in his eyes was self-evident.

“Can’t you see it? There is little difference between the Ancient War Tree and the Ancient Life Tree. You can’t tell them apart unless you get close. These high-level magical beasts have powerful perception. There is a large mass of ownerless vitality wandering in the wasteland. It’s hard not to notice it! The source of life contained in the Ancient War Tree is no weaker than that of the Ancient Life Tree!” Van Erwei said as a matter of course. As the same treasures of the elves, they all possess a huge vitality that can amplify the power of the elves!

"That's pitiful..." The adjutant looked at the corpse of the monster under his feet. The huge corpse was not wasted. At this moment, a group of grassland elves jumped down happily to cut up the corpse, peel off the fur, pick out the bones and flesh, and seal the fresh blood. Soon, the huge bear corpse disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood... "Chief, this is the magic crystal!" The tribesmen below offered the taken out magic crystal.

Van Erwei took the magic crystal, played with it for a few times, and threw it into the bag beside him: "This thing is only useful to King Roland and his men! Elves are the darlings of nature, and their huge reserves of magic power do not need the support of magic crystals!" Van Erwei said proudly.

"In fact, it should be because we didn't use the magic crystal..." The adjutant on the side muttered softly and turned around to meet Van Erwei's eye roll. What he said was too revealing! Shut up!
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"Caslo!" Roland suddenly roared with all his strength.

"Here! Your Majesty! I'm here! What are you doing?" Caslo, holding a bowl of rice, quickly opened the door and ran in.

"Hey! Are you eating? Why didn't you call us when it was time?" Fenglin Youlan nodded her hand with an expression that said, "You're great, Kaslo."

"The queen said not to disturb you, so I've been waiting at the door..." Caslo said speechlessly with a dark face. It seemed that he was neither a good person nor a bad person.

"Oh... that's okay!" Fenglin Youlan and Roland nodded in understanding.

"..."Caslo twitched the corner of his mouth. You guys change your face without saying anything?

"Okay, let's get down to business! I need you to run a trip!" Roland put away his smile and said seriously.

"Where to go? To Mordor to be killed by Sauron?" Kaslo joked.

"No, no, no, go look for Vanwer. He's lost on the Lagran Plain! Don't let him be taken away by the wolves! Go and see where they took the Ancient Tree of War!" Roland said helplessly.

"Aren't they walking along the river?" Kaslo asked puzzledly.

"For the sake of convenience and speed, they finally chose to cross the wilderness!" Roland shrugged.