The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth

"Kaslo! How is the situation in the north?" Roland asked, looking at Kaslo who had just returned from the investigation.

"The orcs have set up camp a hundred miles north of Erub City. It seems to be a semi-permanent camp." Kaslo said.

"Set up camp?" Roland asked in surprise.

"That's right! I don't know the exact number, but it's definitely over 10,000, and the orcs this time are well equipped. Compared with them, the wasteland orcs are like beggars. Oh! Sir, we should get some wine. "Caslow grabbed the cup and took a sip of water, then smashed it into his mouth, disgusted with the bland taste of the water.

"Hahaha! After we finish dealing with these orcs, I'll treat you to a drink." Roland was amused by Kaslo and laughed heartily.

"Okay, let's get down to business. I think this group of orcs should be the orcs from the northern wasteland..." Roland carefully speculated on the sand table for a long time before finally speaking.

"Why?" Kaslo held a grilled fish and began to eat it.

"You're so rude!" Roland said helplessly as he looked at the hand reaching for his plate.

"I haven't eaten for half a day."

"Okay, let's talk about this group of orcs. Their stationing behavior is so strange." Roland said.

"What's so strange about this? They naturally have to set up camp to rest when they are tired," Kaslo said.

"No, no, no, you said their camp is semi-permanent, so why do they want to build a semi-permanent camp?" Roland asked.

"Sir, you mean... they are waiting for reinforcements?" Kaslo's eyes widened.

"Of course, this time the Orcs plan to catch us all in one fell swoop. The city of Los Sanil has been discovered by Azog, and the Flowing City is hidden until now because it is separated by a rushing river. The failure of the Wasteland Orcs must be They have already learned about it, so they will not attack without complete assurance." Roland analyzed.

"So this group of orcs should come from the northern wilderness area. They are waiting for the orcs from Dol Guldur and Gambada Fortress to attack together." Roland sneered.

"What should we do? Should we tell them the news?" Kaslo also became anxious.

"What's the use of telling them?" Roland asked.

"..." Kaslo was suddenly speechless.

"The orcs are playing dirty tricks, and we can only accept them passively. Instead of caring about this, we should train the soldiers well." Roland said calmly.

"Okay, you eat slowly, I'll go see how Lance's work is going." Roland stood up and walked out of the tent.

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"Is this the finished product?" Roland curiously looked left and right at the heavy crossbow machine in front of him.

"Yes, how about your highness? This is a heavy-duty city defense crossbow!" Lance proudly introduced the killer weapon in front of him.

"Heavy city defense crossbow! The crossbow arm is 5 meters long, and it fires a 3-meter standard crossbow gun with an effective range of 2,000 meters. Of course, if the crossbow gun runs out, you can also use a standard Lagland spear to shoot." Lance looked in front of him with satisfaction. The finished product said to Roland.

"Lagrand spear? Use this thing?" Roland asked in surprise.

"Yes, its crossbow arrows are designed according to the standard Lagrang spear." Lance said matter-of-factly. When this thing was originally designed, it was considered to be compatible with soldiers' weapons.

This great weapon was born because Roland signed in and got twelve dragon tendon crossbow strings. This thing is made of dragon tendon. The whole production process takes several years. Smaug's dragon tendon will also be secretly made in this way in the future. Crafted into crossbow strings.

"How many can be built?" Roland patted the heavy crossbow and turned to ask.

"Twelve! Your Highness, you know that we only have 12 qualified crossbow strings, and the other untreated dragon tendons cannot be used at all." Lance said regretfully.

"Yes, I am greedy... Sigh~" Roland still fantasized about filling the head of Swift Current City with these things, but now it seems that only three pairs can be placed on a city wall at most.

"Do it all as soon as possible and set up three officers on one city wall. The war is not far away from us." Roland ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness." Lance nodded. The situation is urgent now, and Rapid City urgently needs these defense facilities to strengthen its defenses.

"Eh? Isn't this a heavy-duty city defense crossbow? When did we get such a good thing?" Renault had just returned from patrol when he saw the heavy crossbow with claws and claws.

"Lance just led someone to make it today." Roland said.

"Not bad, not bad! With this thing, we have more tactics. However, forgive me for being disrespectful, Your Highness, how many Taicheng crossbows do we have?" Marcus emerged from behind Renault, who had just finished today's training.

"Up to 12 units, and we need the orcs to give us time to make them." Lance stroked his collar and stood up.

"Well, for large equipment, just slow down." Marcus expressed understanding.

"Hehehe, with this thing, high-level half-orc professionals are in danger." A strange smile appeared on Marcus's lips.

"What did you think of?" Roland asked curiously.

"Hehehe~" Marcus turned his attention to Radiel's residence.

"Let me go...are you going to play with the enchanted crossbow?" Lang suddenly understood his plan.

"Tell me about it." Roland's interest was aroused.

"Your Highness, it seems you have to contribute some dragon blood." Lance covered his face, not wanting to look at Marcus's useless look.

"Oh?" Roland asked confused.

"Use dragon's blood to temper steel? Create an enchanted crossbow?" Renault, who was well-informed, quickly responded.

"Isn't this too wasteful?" Kaslow's eyes widened. Although Smaug had a lot of dragon blood, it would be too wasteful to use it to temper steel. The best use of dragon blood is to use the alchemist's alchemy to Dragon blood is fused into various rare metals or materials to create magical materials containing dragon magic. The direct quenching method is too wasteful.

"But we don't have an alchemist, so we can only use the quenching method to make magic materials and let Lord Radil carve magic patterns to make enchanted crossbows." Marcus spread his hands in grievance. Although it was wasteful, There was no way, otherwise Radil, who had no magic materials, would not be able to conjure enchanted equipment out of thin air.

"Don't we have a lava forging furnace?" Roland said in surprise. You must know that the lava forging furnace is specialized in manufacturing magic equipment.

"Your Highness, we are not dwarves. We don't have rare metals unless we melt our weapons." Renault poured a basin of cold water over.

"..." Roland.

"Now that the war is imminent, we urgently need to improve our strength. I think this sacrifice is acceptable. After all, only by keeping Rapid City can we claim to have restored the glory of the empire!" Marcus said slowly.

Everyone was speechless for a moment. Although the simple and crude use of dragon blood made people feel distressed, if they could not protect their only territory, then no matter how much wealth they had, it would be useless.

"You are right!" Roland affirmed. Compared with the gain or loss of wealth, Roland was more concerned about whether the crown on his head was secure.

"Just go ahead and do it, I will fully support you." Roland encouraged Marcus.