Chapter 828: Eastward Advance
Chapter 837 Eastward
After leaving the City of Rapids, Denethor II followed the advice of Yun Feng, the Prime Minister of Lagran, and took the unfinished Rapids Road to Lagran. After bidding farewell to the people of the City of Rapids, Denethor II led his entourage south to Lulong Fortress!
During this period, Denethor II was curious about why the Prime Minister, Queen and King of the Kingdom of Lagran lived separately? Did they not like to be together? Denethor II, who had just come of age, did not dare to think about it at all, after all, that idea was a bit too scary...
Denethor II's entourage was very powerful! The Dol Amroth family gathered a whole Swan Knights for him to accompany him! What? Why is Prince Dol Amroth so good to Denethor II? You don't even look at who he is!
Denethor II's fiancée is Finduilas, the daughter of the 21st Prince Dol Amroth! Although the girl was born in 2950... and is still a one-year-old baby, it does not prevent Denethor II, who is more than 20 years older than her, from eating young grass!
Before the king returns, the Regent family is the real king of Gondor! It is reasonable for the Dol Amroth family to have a political marriage with him to consolidate political friendship! When the only male of the Regent family came out to ask him to go north, the Dol Amroth family would be crazy to let a 20-year-old young man commit suicide alone...
Various factors have led to the Dol Amroth family's attention to Denethor II. In addition, the child is now in the stage of passionate and angry youth. In order to let the child go out and gain experience, everyone will satisfy him. Contacting other kingdoms can also be considered as familiarizing with political affairs in advance. From the perspective of cultivating heirs, it is undoubtedly a good deal!
Denethor II thought he had gone perfectly, but in fact, his grandfather Turgon and his father Ecthelion II, who were far away in the White King's City, had received the news before he left Gondor. They did not stop him. As the future helmsman of Gondor, he could not be a flower in a greenhouse. It would be good to go a little further to have a look. In addition, a knight group protected Denethor II and some of his family's self-defense treasures. When the orcs in the north were beaten into a mess by the northern kingdom, the two really didn't think that anything could threaten this knight group!
What, dragon? Are you kidding! How many years has it been since dragons appeared in Middle-earth? There are very few incidents of dragon sightings! Turgon and Ecthelion II saw a dragon for the first time when they met Kaslo! That was the first time they saw the absolute protagonist of the knight novels that you had heard from your mouth since your youth - the dragon knight!
So the grandfather and the father are not panicking! It's stable! It's all stable! A kingdom with powerful dragon knights will not be able to protect a child? The two felt that such a serious diplomatic incident would not be committed as a powerful kingdom! The Kingdom of Raglan would definitely not let Denethor II, the crown prince, be harmed!
In addition, under the instruction of Prince Dol Amroth, Denethor II's itinerary had been planned long ago. Holfa took Denethor II directly north to Rohan, and went straight to the Lion's Ridge of Apophis Breo along the eastern foot of the Misty Mountains. It was at this time that Raglan got the news of Denethor II's visit.
Along the way, the Kingdom of Raglan sent its own dragon knights to escort Denethor II and his party. Just after they left Raglan, Ajax followed them.
"They are so powerful!" Denethor II looked at the dragon with beautiful limbs and full of violent aesthetics in shock. In a short period of time, he saw two different dragons! And they were different from the dragon of Lord Kaslo who came to the White King's City at that time! This means that they have at least three dragon knights!
For Denethor II, he couldn't tell the difference between dragon knights, dragon knight generals and dragon knight commanders, but it didn't stop him from counting numbers. He still knew what one plus one plus one equaled! The number of three dragon knights shocked Denethor II!
He looked at the rule of the Kingdom of Lagran along the way, and he found that the ruling area of this kingdom seemed a bit desolate. It was not that the people's livelihood in the kingdom was declining and the nobles were corrupt, but there were too few people in this kingdom! After leaving the city of Rapids, Denethor II didn't see many villages. After finally seeing a port that looked like a bit, it became more and more desolate... This made Denethor II once doubt whether he was deceived to northern Myanmar. If it weren't for the road under his feet and the dragon knights hovering above his head telling him that there were still people escorting him, Denethor II would have started to back off long ago.
After seeing the majestic Lulong Fortress, Denethor II was shocked. After resting for a night at the invitation of General Renault, the chief officer of the fortress, Denethor II was shocked as soon as he set out! The red water dragon that escorted him yesterday turned into a blue-purple one today!
Then Denethor II continued to set out on the Flowing Road paved with magic pattern stone bricks, and then there was another deserted wasteland, with only the lonely dragon above their heads guiding their direction.
"My God! Is this more desolate than Rohan?" Denethor II said with an ugly face. Can this family really shake out an army that can defeat the orcs in the North? Denethor II had secretly observed what the armies of Flowing City and Lulong Fortress were like in private. Don't forget his wise and knowledgeable evaluation! With excellent education from the nobility, he can easily calculate the war potential of this kingdom. Those soldiers seemed difficult to achieve such results in Denethor II's eyes!
"Maybe their dragons are stronger..." As he spoke, Denethor II sat back on the saddle in frustration. He remembered that there were dragons in this country! No one knows exactly what the damn fighting power of the giant dragon is, but all the books from ancient times to the present have recorded the power of the dragon clan. To sum it up, there is only one sentence - the giant dragon is your father!
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"So Your Majesty Dos Antony, how long do we have?" Denethor II said painfully, rubbing the inner side of his thigh. How could a delicate nobleman withstand the torture of riding a horse all day long? He is a noble mage!
"Soon, soon!" Dos Anthony calmly turned over the barbecue in his hand in the bonfire at night.
"Oh! I'm going crazy!" Denethor II grumbled a few words and then got back into the tent.
"Sorry for making you laugh. Please forgive me for any offense. This is his first time traveling far away, so he is inevitably a bit delicate..." Horfar raised his head and looked at the disappearing figure of Denethor II. He smiled kindly at Dos Anthony.
"It's okay, I understand. Go get some rest! I'll be on night watch!" Dos Anthony waved his hand.
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you!" Horfa thanked him. He didn't argue with Dos Anthony about who should keep vigil. After all, he couldn't survive the Dragon Knight at his own expense. He had verified this with Kaslo. Besides, they had to travel the next day.
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"Wake up, Your Highness!" Denethor II was shaken awake in a daze, and the chaotic sounds outside made him confused.
"What's wrong?" Denethor II, who stumbled up, shouted to the anxious Horfar.
"His Majesty Anthony is missing!" Holfa said in horror.