"System sign-in..." Roland said weakly while hanging on the hammock.
"Successful sign-in! Congratulations to the host for obtaining El Nino Ranger*10."
"Oh my god, you finally didn't give me any iron ingots, desks, or anything like that today..." Roland lay in his hammock with a look of helplessness on his face, not wanting to get up. This awful system only knew how to give out useless junk all day long. No, I shouldn't say useless, it's just that it's not what Roland needs right now. Roland is short of food now! He was almost graying with worry. The supplies he bought from the dwarves were running low as the population grew. Last night, Raynor went to take inventory and found that even if they lived frugally, with the current daily population growth in Streamwind, they wouldn't make it through spring. Within three months, the number of civilians in Streamwind would have to exceed at least one thousand.
Thinking of this, Roland couldn't help but envy Bai Yi. He inherited a well-established power. Although he was forced to migrate south, most of his supplies were preserved. There were hundreds of carts alone, and together with the supplies brought by the civilians themselves, excluding the orcs, their lives were definitely much better than Roland's.
"Let the civilians cut down more trees and build their own wooden boats for fishing. The output of the soldiers alone is not enough, and it is not a good idea to waste precious manpower here." Roland thought to himself.
"Caslo, what are the people from the Cardan tribe over there doing?" Roland lifted up the tent and walked out, just in time to meet Caslo who was coming towards him. Because Caslo would ride his dragon out for reconnaissance every day, he was relatively familiar with the movements around him.
"They are cutting down trees to build the city walls. I just discovered that they have a few earth-type mages. Unfortunately, their levels are so low that they can't make magic-patterned stone bricks. They can only release ground spikes to break them up and use them to build the city." Caslo thought for a while and said.
"Then they should be making fast progress. After all, there are so many of them, and the wooden and stone walls are the easiest." Roland shrugged.
"As long as there are city walls, they shouldn't be afraid of the orcs' attacks. After all, they still have more than 500 soldiers left, and there are at least 100 professionals. The population base of nearly 4,000 can provide them with great war potential." Kaslo placed great expectations on the human allies on the other side.
"That's right." Roland nodded.
He didn't know if there was a group of northerners migrating southwards in Middle-earth history. Roland had never seen any trace of them. If there really was such a group of northerners migrating southwards, their fate could only be one of two: one was to merge with the River Valley City led by Bard, or they were wiped out in the war with the Dongyi people in the wilderness.
However, the northern humans of White Wing's group do not seem to be particularly proficient in riding. They are more like a tribe that is good at infantry combat. The cavalry kingdom next to Gondor - Rohan, is also composed of northern humans. I have to sigh that the combat effectiveness of the northern humans is really much stronger than that of the humans in Middle-earth.
"King, a group of El Nino Rangers have come to join you." Renault found Roland.
"Well, bring them to see me." Roland said calmly. The system's sign-in reward had finally arrived.
"Your Highness, may the El Nino Forest protect you and me." The rangers bowed.
Only then did Roland have the chance to take a look at the game's most mysterious El Nino Rangers. This ranger team was born in the El Nino Forest beside the Inner Sea of Rune. God knows what they experienced in the past, but their dragon-slaying record has indeed made them one of the most legendary of all military units. During the Human-Dragon War, the only human army to reach Dragon Island was the El Nino Rangers. They were extremely strong, combined with superb archery and special professional skills. During the Human-Dragon War, they killed many flying dragons. The subsequent scarcity of human flying dragon knights was closely related to the El Nino Rangers' achievements. After all, three-quarters of the flying dragons on Dragon Island were killed by the El Nino Rangers. Of course, that battle also directly turned the El Nino Rangers, who had previously had a normal number of people, into an endangered species...
(Note: In the Lord of the Rings world, because there are no such beings as the Valamaea, Aman, the land of immortality in the west, no longer exists. Instead, there is a huge Dragon Island, where countless dragons and various magical beasts live.)
"Oh, if only it had been given to me earlier, maybe Changhu Town could have been preserved..." Roland sighed in his heart.
As a dragon killer, Ranger Elnino has a special skill - the Arrow of Falling Dragon. The magic arrows equipped with this skill can almost ignore the high defense of the dragon skin, so basically every arrow can hit the flesh.
Roland nodded in satisfaction. The Elnino Rangers were indeed a regular ranger team. Their high attack, high agility, and low defense were fully demonstrated in them. Their well-made mithril longbows were hung with bowstrings made of dragon tendons, and their close-fitting leather armor made of dragon skin barely protected their torsos. To maintain their flexibility, they were only equipped with greaves and arm armor polished with dragon scales. The rune blades they carried on their backs showed that they had good close combat capabilities. Being close to nature, they did not wear helmets, only head rings polished with dragon scales as decoration.
"So not everyone is like a Badanian archer," Roland nodded in agreement. After all, the heavy armor and nimble movements of the Badanian archers made them completely unlike a backline class like archers. The Elnino Rangers had successfully helped Roland find his archery roots. Sure enough! Archers in heavy armor were considered heretics, but Roland was deeply intrigued by the Avalon Rangers, who lived in the Avalon Elf Tribe at the northern end of the Eastern Mountains. As one of the few professionals who practiced both martial arts and magic, the Avalon Rangers were arguably at the top of the entire continent. This small kingdom of night elves had given birth to the strongest rangers in Middle-earth. If the opportunity arose, Roland wouldn't mind acquiring a few teams of Avalon Rangers. These Rangers, who transformed the fragile physiques of lightly armored classes, were nothing short of can openers and harvesters. Roland was filled with anticipation.
"You guys just stay here and serve as my personal guards." After thinking for a while, Roland finally decided to treat these El Nino Rangers as his personal guards. After all, these rangers were few in number, and forming a separate force would be a drop in the bucket for any battle situation. It would be better to keep them by his side to guard against attacks from the sky.
Roland didn't know whether the orcs had sky knights, but Sauron held a group of abyssal behemoths in his hands. Rather than calling them abyssal behemoths, it would be better to call them demon dragons. Their appearance, which was the same as that of wyverns, and the huge demonic energy fluctuations all indicated that they had an undeniable relationship with the dragon clan. Even if they were not true dragons, they were at least top-notch sub-dragons.
Roland will definitely have to fight with Soran in the later stage. This small team of Elnino Rangers is the guarantee to protect Roland from the decapitation tactics of the Sky Knights. An army without anti-Sky Knights will have a hard time facing an army with Sky Knights. For details, please refer to the Azog brothers, whose military strength is superior to that of the three-tribe coalition. If this friend had not received the assistance of the Gunbada War Bats, the unrestrained Kaslo would definitely tell them what the Dragon Knights mean to them. Even the restrained Kaslo caused unimaginable casualties and blows to the Orc army. The Orcs who invaded the Valley City said they have the most say in this. After all, not everyone can be patronized by the Dragon Language Magic.