"Welcome home Ajax!" Roland hugged Ajax gently and smiled at her.
"We live here now? In the Catacombs of Moria?" Ajax asked in surprise. She never expected that the Kingdom of Lagran had fallen to the point of having to dig holes in the ground.
"What are you thinking? Of course not! Didn't you go to Lonely Mountain when you came from the north? We live in River Rapids now! Yes, it's the River Rapids you remember! But it's nowhere near as grand as it was in its heyday!" Roland said angrily. Even if he died of poverty, starvation, or was beaten to death by orcs, he would never dig a hole in the ground!
"Huh? I really don't seem to have seen Lonely Mountain?" Ajax tilted his head and thought for a while before saying naively.
"..." Roland looked at this silly and cute girl. If it weren't for the scorching-winged fire dragon next to her, Roland really couldn't believe that this was his own dragon rider?
"Are you really a dragon rider?" Roland looked at Ajax with suspicion.
"Of course! It's the real thing! I'm from the Anthony family! Look!" Ajax summoned his fighting spirit, and the blazing fighting spirit flame rose more than several meters!
"The Anthony family? You are from the Dragon Rider family!" Roland's eyes widened.
"Here!" Ajax took out a badge and waved it at Roland. The thorny rose emblem of the Anthony family on the badge pricked Roland's eyes so much that they hurt.
"Awesome!" Roland managed to say this after holding it in for a long time.
When discussing the Dragon Riders of the Lagran Empire, one cannot help but mention the Dragon Rider families. Like most nations, resources are always held solely by the nobility, and the Dragon Rider families are the aristocrats among the aristocrats! This type of family is more likely to produce descendants with a connection to dragons, making them far more likely to become Dragon Riders than the Empire's ordinary reserve Dragon Riders. Every Dragon Rider family must have a Dragon Rider patron! The Anthony family is a prime example. At its peak, the Anthony family once supplied half of the Empire's Dragon Riders! The thorny rose thrived throughout the Empire! Even during the Empire's final decline, the Anthony family still had Dragon Riders! They even had their own space portal to Dragon Island!
"Hehehe! Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Ajax asked Roland, who looked a little dazed.
"Are you the only one left in your Anthony family?" Roland looked at her with a strange expression.
"Of course not!" Ajax raised her head proudly.
"Huh?" Now it was Roland's turn to be shocked.
"I have a younger brother named Dos, but he has gone to Dragon Island to find his own dragon. I don't know when he will be back..." Ajax's face was twisted, and she was obviously very worried.
"Don't worry, he will be safe!" Roland patted her shoulder and comforted her.
"I hope so. This is the fate of the Dragon Rider family!" Ajax's face darkened. After all, the road to Dragon Island is very dangerous! You have to take a boat all the way across the ocean.
"Okay, let's go. Put away your dragon!" Roland said to Ajax.
"What?" Ajax stared at Roland curiously.
"Go witness the birth of a king!" Roland smiled mysteriously.
"Huh?" Ajax was confused. What was this about witnessing the birth of a king? What a mess!
"A great dwarf king! Let's go! Let's go and see the magnificent dungeon of the dwarves of Moria!" Roland walked towards the east gate of Moria.
The soldiers and two dragon riders behind him hurriedly followed.
"Interesting! The kingdom doesn't have a single dragon knight right now, but it has two dragon knight generals..." Roland thought to himself, then smiled and shook his head. If the successive Lagrang emperors knew about this, they would definitely find it outrageous! After all, the Lagrang Empire once had a complete system for training dragon knights, forming a reserve group of dragon knights, mainly composed of dragon knight families, supplemented by civilians. With a large number of dragon knights as the foundation, a small number of dragon knight generals as the commanders, and one or two dragon knight generals to control the country's destiny, this complete dragon knight system. At its peak, it can't be said that Middle-earth was slaughtered indiscriminately, but it can only be said that even gods would be kicked in the face...
However, with the current size of the Lagrande Kingdom, Roland was already very lucky to have two dragon knights. If it weren't for the system's grace, Roland might not be able to get a dragon knight in his entire life. After all, it was difficult for the proud dragons to be willing to make a contract with humans.
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"Your Highness, are you okay? Who is this..." Omsk asked doubtfully, looking at the unfamiliar Ajax. Then, upon seeing Ajax's identical golden dragon armor, his eyes suddenly shrank to the size of a needle tip...
"Dragon Rider General Ajax! Greetings! Your Majesty, the Respected Hero!" Ajax touched his chest and saluted. Through the Dragon Rider's perception, Ajax could clearly discern the immense energy within Omsk's body and the unique pressure of a sixth-level hero! Even though he had restrained his pressure, it was useless to the Dragon Rider's keen perception.
"Light and Shadow Hero Omsk! Greetings! Respected Dragon Rider!" Omsk nodded in a friendly manner. His Tong Kong was in a state of shock. Where did his king kidnap a Dragon Rider from? How could he pick up a Dragon Rider just by going out?
"Okay, Ajax is from the Anthony family! From now on, you all will be colleagues. Caslo, you will introduce our current situation to Ajax later!" Roland said casually.
"Fuck! The Anthony family? There's actually someone in this family who still has a legacy?" Omsk was shocked by the cockroach-like vitality of this dragon rider family. The empire was gone, but this family hadn't perished yet... Truly worthy of being called the Anthony family, where one dragon has been passed down for three generations, even if the country was destroyed and the clan still survived! They could really resist!
"Hmm?" Ajax gave him an unfriendly look.
"Ahem, sorry! It was a slip of the tongue. I was too excited just now!" Omsk, realizing that he had spoken out of turn, apologized immediately.
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"King Roland! What do you think of this suit? Is it suitable for tomorrow's ceremony?" Balin, wearing a brand new light armor, came to Roland's side. Knowing nothing about the coronation process, Balin could only ask for help from Roland, who was already king.
"Ahem! Don't you have any other clothes? Why are you wearing armor?" Roland widened his eyes.
"Hey! You are talking without any concern! Where can I go to get new clothes when time is so tight? You can't expect these dwarf men to be my tailors, right? Do I dare to wear them if they dare to make them?" Balin said unhappily, pointing at the busy dwarves.
"Huh? Why is there a woman here? King Roland, you brought a woman with you on your march to war? Why didn't I see her a few days ago?" Balin suddenly saw Ajax and immediately asked questions like a curious baby. He wanted to know if Roland was the human king who was declared dead in the novel.
"Get out of here! How disrespectful of your elders! That's our kingdom's dragon rider!" Roland nearly cursed at the gossip burning in Balin's eyes. Aren't dwarves said to be stubborn and honest? Why are they so gossipy? Their imaginations are as good as humans'!
"Dragon Rider? There are two of you?" This time it was Balin's turn to jump up and down, scaring the old dwarf so much that he jumped three feet high!