Chapter 833: Prying Eyes

Chapter 842 Prying Eyes

"Then why don't you command an army yourself?" Roland suddenly wondered. After all, according to Denethor II's background, he was basically destined to be the future regent. It was not too much to raise a private army from the family in advance to fulfill his dream! On the contrary, such things would generally be supported and praised by the family! Ambitious families would not let their heirs become straw bags!

Giving heirs an army to train is also an old tradition of the nobles. However, Roland here substitutes the powerful nobles of the empire, but the nobles in Middle-earth should be similar to those in the Lagran Empire, right?

"Well, this involves some political reasons..." Denethor II looked at the expressionless Holfa and shrugged helplessly at Roland.

"Politics? Is there another heir to Gondor?" Roland was surprised. After all, he remembered that Ethelion II only had Denethor II as a son. Could it be that there are other sons in this world?

"It has nothing to do with my family, but it is very important to other families..." Denethor II rubbed his eyebrows, sighed helplessly, and gave Roland a look that said you know what I mean.

How smart is Roland, who has been immersed in the history of political struggles for 5,000 years! He only saw Denethor II's tired eyes and instantly understood his situation. According to the virtues of the nobles of Gondor now, there is probably no one who doesn't want to give him a yellow robe and fight for the merit of following the dragon? If Denethor II really pulls out an army before Turgon dies, maybe the Middle-earth version of the yellow robe will come!

"Haha, those termites..." Roland laughed awkwardly. No wonder the little angry young man ran to the North. It is estimated that there is nothing he can control in Gondor. The wise and knowledgeable Denethor II is unwilling to be used by those people. After all, it is Gondor that is hurt in the end!

"It's easy to solve. You need an army loyal to you, but Gondor is too sensitive to arrange it. You can consider it!" Roland said, patting the table and nodding.

"Raglan Kingdom carefully selected! You are trustworthy!" Roland spread his hands.

"???" Denethor II was stunned. What the hell?

"Don't you understand? I can leave you a piece of land to lend you to train soldiers. You can take them away directly when you need them. Of course, if you are willing to pay more, I don't mind letting the kingdom have elites with practical experience to train them. In this way, you will get an army with the most perfect way to deal with orcs in this land!" Roland's words were like poison mixed with honey, making Denethor II want to try it even though he knew it was dangerous.

As for what Denethor II really wanted to do with these soldiers? Roland didn't care. Denethor II, who came to power early, was a salvation for Gondor rather than a harm, and a qualified shelter for Raglan. With him waving the flag and shouting in front, Sauron shouldn't rush to Raglan, right? After all, one threat is far away in the north and the other is right at the door. Roland doesn't believe that So Dayan will go far away!

"Hiss..." Denethor II was stunned at first, and then he was attracted by Roland's words. After all, which passionate young man has not dreamed of turning into a hero to save people from fire and water? The young Denethor II seemed to have seen that in the face of the massive invasion of wandering orcs, Gondor's borders were full of loopholes. At this time, Denethor II suddenly appeared with a powerful army, and beat the orcs in a few seconds, and then chased them all the way to recapture Minas Ithil!

"Besides, I can also provide you with enchanted equipment!" Roland patted his chest loudly. He was still very confident in this regard!

In recent years, Yun Feng has consciously made enchanted equipment in his spare time. Although it is only the simplest primary enchanted equipment, with the huge number of enchanted equipment he has made and the standard enchanted equipment obtained by Roland's system sign-in, the Kingdom of Lagran directly updated the soldiers' equipment as a whole! Those old equipment were sold to Dale, Aqua, Beorn and other places by Rul's caravan, and a small part of them flowed to the south.

However, the interesting point is that although the Gondor nobles don't like to invest in the army, the enchanted equipment shipped to the south has become a hot-selling commodity. At first, Roland was surprised that there were still a group of smart people in the Gondor nobles, but in the end he found out that it was just because this thing can maintain its value and can appreciate in value...

That's right! In this era where armor can be passed down from generation to generation, a piece of intact enchanted equipment can be used for several generations. These things are high-end consumables. For the nobles, they are the same as gold and silver. They are hard currencies that can maintain their value. No matter how much they hoard, it's not too much!

"Enchanted equipment?" Denethor II's heart was moved. He knew that the Kingdom of Raglan had sent caravans to the south to sell enchanted equipment in recent years. He guessed that the Kingdom of Raglan should be a middleman for the dwarves again. However, this trip to the north made Denethor II realize that the Kingdom of Raglan was likely to be able to produce enchanted equipment on its own! Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for them to equip every soldier they saw with enchanted equipment! The price of that set is enough to make an ordinary middle-class civilian vomit blood!

"Of course, all of them!" Roland shook his hand and said casually, as if it was a trivial matter.

"As long as you can recruit a group of farmers, I can let my soldiers train them into regular troops! And equip them with the best weapons! Of course, this requires you to pay!" Roland said calmly, it would be nice to use Gondor's hand to fight a Middle-earth version of the proxy war with Mordor!

Roland knew that Sauron had returned to Mordor and started to assemble troops! However, Sauron did not reveal his identity as in history, which made Roland feel that he had changed part of history. In the original book, Sauron had appeared in Mordor with his public identity, and he also stole the Ithil crystal - the Crystal of True Knowledge!

"..." Roland frowned when he thought of this. Roland knew the function of the Crystal of True Knowledge very well. It was a large map hang... Then wouldn't Raglan be seen naked by Mordor at this moment? Roland felt annoyed when he thought about it. After all, Roland, who inherited the character of "Growing Rabbit" who liked to hide things, certainly didn't want to stand naked under the eyes of Sauron.

"What's wrong, Your Majesty?" Denethor II, who was still daydreaming and swallowing mountains and rivers like a tiger, keenly noticed the change in Roland's expression. Seeing that King Roland seemed to be going back on his word, Denethor II, who was originally wavering, instantly determined to train an army in the North.

"Nothing, I'm worried about the orcs in Mordor." Roland said vaguely. After all, the danger in Mordor is not just the orcs. The real crocodile is Sauron behind the scenes. Roland naturally couldn't tell Denethor II about Sauron's return.

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"It's a mess... Strange!" Sauron looked north in the Black Evil Tower with the Crystal of True Knowledge. In an instant, the movements of Aquavia, Dale and Lonely Mountain were all seen by Sauron. But when Sauron focused his attention on the Kingdom of Raglan, a strange scene appeared. Raglan City, Flood City, Lulong Fortress and other system cities were shrouded in fog. Only Palembang and Dragon Cliff Castle appeared clearly in front of Sauron.

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