"What? The Dragonhawk Knight! Where is he? I'll go and invite him myself!" Thorin Oakenshield stood up immediately and said excitedly after hearing the report from his nephews Kili and Fili. His look was no less than when he first obtained the Arkenstone.
"Uncle, he is waiting on the top of Iluber City. He said he needs your help with something important." Qili said quickly.
"I'll go see him!" Thorin rushed out in a hurry, leaving the two brothers, who were still a little dazed, eating dust behind him.
It's no wonder Thorin was so excited. When he first formed the Lonely Mountain Fellowship, what kind of eccentrics did he have under his command? Dwarves with nothing but loyalty and tenacity. If Thorin had had a dragonhawk rider under his command, even if he couldn't severely injure Smaug, he could have fought him for a while and waited for Roland and his men's army to arrive for reinforcements. In this way, Lake-town might not have been destroyed.
"Hello, Your Highness!" When Yade saw Thorin wearing a crown, he quickly bowed.
"Welcome, brother! I thought the Dwarven Dragonhawk Knights had vanished into history! Seeing one again is truly a blessing..." Thorin's eyes welled with tears. The Dwarves were seriously lacking in high-end combat prowess. If you were to calculate, Roland's River Rapids could easily hold its own against the entire Dwarven race! This was because the Dwarves had almost no warriors above the fourth rank, let alone peak-level professionals at the sixth rank.
I have to say that Thorin's luck is really good. He met King Bard who is capable of slaying dragons and Roland who leads the Knights. Otherwise, it would be a miracle for the old man "Gan Doufu", a third-level melee mage, to defeat Erebor.
"Your Highness, please go and rescue the other brothers as soon as possible..." Yade said anxiously.
"Others?" Thorin was stunned.
"We have 14 dragon hawk knights... but because we accidentally invaded the airspace of a kingdom called Raglan... their dragon knights forced us down and detained the others... He asked you to give them an explanation..." Yade, the burly dwarf, actually felt embarrassed.
"...Lagran...River Rapids...Dragon Knight? It should be Kaslo...You flew over their city?" Thorin said in disbelief with his eyes wide open.
"In fact, we haven't flown over that city yet. We just flew over another city..." Yade said embarrassedly.
"Oh! Descendants of Turin! Oh my God! You actually invaded the airspace of the Kingdom of Akvia and the Kingdom of Lagran at the same time... Thank God those human archers in the City of Swiftstream didn't shoot you into sieves!" Thorin covered his face and doubted his life.
"Don't you know that you can't cross the sky of other city-states at will?" Thorin was really shocked at this moment. He was really conquered by these stubborn dwarves.
"Forget it, Thorin, let's go meet King Roland and King White Wing. Not all dwarves have the political talent like you, so it's understandable that they don't pay attention to these things." Balin stood up.
"Alas, this is the only way..." The proud Thorin finally bowed to reality again. If he wanted to maintain the dwarves' few allies, bowing down at the right time was the only option. Thorin had already suffered from being enemies everywhere. The dwarves, who already had a gap with the elves, could no longer bear the loss of their human allies.
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"Hello, King Roland. It's a pleasure to see you again. May you be in good health." Thorin appeared at the gate of Riverstorm.
"Welcome! Thorin, King Under the Mountain, welcome to Riverstorm." Roland also went out of the city to greet him with a smile.
"Your Highness, I would like to discuss with you the compensation for the disrespect of these Dragonhawk Knights." Thorin said humbly.
"Although we have signed an alliance, this incident is indeed your fault! Do you think it is reasonable for you to ride a dragon through the city and fly through other people's airspace?" Roland put away his smile when he mentioned the serious matter. The dragon's roar almost broke his defense.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness Roland. The dwarf will do his best to compensate you." Thorin sighed and said apologetically.
"Is there anything you need? If it's something we can do, we'll definitely do it." Thorin said sincerely.
"Your Highness, equipment..." Yun Feng suddenly flashed behind Roland and transmitted his voice using magic.
"Fuck! Juejuezi! They're taking the blame for this!" Roland's eyes widened. He had been worried that this batch of equipment had been deployed too late, leaving the soldiers with no time to familiarize themselves with it. Unexpectedly, the dwarves showed up to offer their support so soon...
"Ahem, that's the case, Thorin. We have nearly 500 soldiers here who don't have proper equipment..." Roland said with a strange look on his face.
"No problem! A full set of equipment made of dwarven fine steel! Just don't tell me that it's for 500 knights, I'll take care of the equipment for other types of soldiers!" Thorin patted his chest, his eyes full of pride. Apart from the equipment for 500 knights, the dwarves could easily equip thousands of heavy infantry.
"Knight?" Roland instantly understood what he meant. Indeed, a knight's full set of equipment included a lance, sword, full body armor, shield, and most importantly, horse armor! The armor covering the entire body of a warhorse consumed a terrifying amount of energy. Even if a dwarf were to arm 500 human knights, it would be a headache for a long time.
"Just 20 knights, 30 cavalrymen, and some infantrymen." Roland reported the number of people to Thorin calmly.
"That's good! No problem, I will definitely use the best steel for you!" Thorin's beard twitched.
"I wonder if you can forgive me for this, Your Highness King Roland." Thorin said a little embarrassedly. It was true that these iron equipments were insignificant to the dwarves. They could be armed to the teeth by clearing out some of the inventory.
"Of course, I forgive them, and you can take them back. But I suggest you educate them. They cannot fly freely over any city. If there were giant dragon-hunting crossbows here, they would have been shot down." Roland said seriously, and then ordered his subordinates to release the dwarves detained in the city.
"You're right! I think they will remember this lesson!" Thorin nodded in agreement. As a dwarf, he certainly knew how lethal the dragon-hunting crossbows built in Middle-earth specifically to defend against dragons could be to dragons, let alone the Dragonborn.
"By the way, Thorin, you'd better go check on the city of Losenniel on the other side... Their situation is not good. They are still gathering the separated residents. Your people almost scared away the entire city." Roland turned around and reminded.
"..." Thorin suddenly became withdrawn. How could he compensate this guy? Thorin could already imagine the people of Losenniel scrambling to escape. If he said there were no losses in this process, I guess even the goblins wouldn't believe it.
"Thank you for letting us know. We'll go to the other side right away..." Thorin had a sad face and his eyes showed an extremely distressed look.
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"Alas, the poor King at the foot of the mountain still has to take the blame for his little brother, tut tut tut!" Roland exclaimed in amazement.
"There's nothing we can do. It's normal for a dwarf to do such a thing!" Yun Feng shook his head helplessly.
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