Dragonborn from Lord of the Rings

Chapter 196 The Return of the King

Let's not mention the gray-robed wizards who left the team. After all, they are always elusive and have their own rules. If they think they should leave, no one can stop them.

On the fifth day after the War of Annihilation, the Middle-Earth Allied Forces left Edoras and headed for Gondor along the North-South Road.

Aragon was the first to set off.He obeyed the wizard's advice, and prepared to lead a group of vagrants and the cavalry under Eomer's command to drive directly to Kyle Andros without stopping.

Before the gate of Edoras, Princess Eowyn stopped Aragorn.In just a few days, the beautiful princess has already deeply rooted in love. She loves Aragorn and doesn't want him to leave.

Aragorn turned and saw her in white, like a gleam of light in the morning light, but her eyes were burning.

She said, "Please take care, because I don't want to hear any more mourning. And, why are you leaving in such a hurry? If you can, can't you go with the army?"

"Because I have no choice," he said. "This is my responsibility. Eowyn, Sauron is poisoning my homeland, and I cannot let them be deceived by the Lord of Darkness, and go down the path of tragedy."

She was silent for a moment, as if thinking about the meaning of his words.Then, suddenly, she put her hand on his arm. "You are a strong leader and strong-willed," she said. "If you must go, let me go with you. I am tired of hiding behind men, and I look forward to facing danger and fighting."

"Your duty is to be with your people," he replied.

"I always hear about responsibility!" she cried, "but am I not from the Eorl family too? I am a warrior woman, not a nanny! I have waited too long. If I struggle brightly, then can I not live the life I yearn for?"

He replied, "Princess, you have done it! You have saved the king, and does it not fall to you to govern the people while we are all gone?"

"Why am I always chosen?" she said bitterly. "Should I be left behind every time the cavalry go out? To take care of the house while they're famous and feed them when they come back." ?”

"A time, perhaps soon, will come when no one will return," he said, "and then there will be a need for heroism without distinction, for no one will live to remember the deeds in the final battle to protect your homeland. .But those heroic deeds are not dimmed by lack of praise."

She replied: "What you really mean by these words is: You are a woman, and it is your duty to stay at home; but when a man is honorably killed in battle, you are free to be burned at home, because Men don't need a home anymore. But I'm of Eorl's family, and I'm not a maid. I can ride a horse, I can wield a sword, and neither pain nor death fear me."

"Then what are you afraid of, princess?" he asked.

"Fear of the cage," she said. "Fear of being behind the fence, taking it for granted, old and feeble, with all chances of greatness being wiped away, never to be called back, or to have the heart to call."

"I don't deny that women can also hold swords." Eomer said: "But Aragorn is right, sister, our uncle still needs your care, and our people also need your care. You should not be willful."

"One can persuade another in this way," she said, "but you cannot! If you remember, remember that it was I who persuaded you to go north, to find new hope! If anyone needs to stay, I hope this This time is you, my brother!"

Eomer was dumbfounded.

"I don't want you to flee from danger." Aragorn sighed: "Maybe you go to the battlefield, swing your sword, and win fame and victory there. But how can there be only cheers but no sorrow in war? I don't want to see A thing of sublime and magnificence was needlessly discarded. So please stay. Your mission is not in the South."

Iowin stared at him intently, with tears streaming down his eyes, almost breaking the hearts of those who saw it.

But in the end, both Aragorn and Éomer turned their heads away.

"And those who follow you do not want to part with you, except in fame and victory—because they love you." And she turned away, and disappeared within the walls of Edoras.

Éomer looked at Aragorn and said, "You bear another responsibility, Aragorn."

Aragorn was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Maybe, but it's not what I want."

"You must not let her down." At that time, many people could see Princess Rohan's affection for the descendants of Isildur. As the elder brother, Éomer did not want his sister to be harmed. He said, "Because This is not an order as a prince, but a request as a brother."

Aragorn was silent.

After that, the army set off.

Aragorn and Éomer led the vanguard, rushing out of Edoras like arrows.

They ran along the North-South Highway.They crossed the River Snow, and passed through Anorien, and entered the land of Gondor.

At that time, the white banner of the King of Gondor fluttered in the wind, and the light of the Star of Elendil shone through the ages.

All the men of Gondor who witnessed the splendor of these two were greatly shocked.

A rumor began to circulate in the land of Gondor.Many people are saying: The descendant of Isildur has returned, and he will take back his title!

Therefore, when the troops led by Aragorn arrived in the first War of Light, the Middle-Earth Allied Forces led by Turka encountered the first checkpoint in the human world when they returned home—Kel Andros, where The lord walked out of his strong fortress, looking at the noble flag and Aragorn's majestic face in surprise.

Aragorn also saw the tense, hopeful and fearful faces of his kin, he stepped out more and more, and shouted to the human beings on the west bank of the Anduin River: "I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, Isildur Descendants, I have promised to come here to take back my power! If you have not forgotten the old oath, you should know that this is the reincarnation of heaven!"

"Isildur's blood is dead! You are just a deceitful person who speaks wild words!" The lord was terrified and uneasy.

At that time, all the Gondor soldiers on the other side saw Aragorn's majestic face and the star of Elendil on his head. Many people thought of the rumors and legends circulating among the Gondor humans, and began to doubt in their hearts.

But the chaos on the city wall was suppressed by the lord's personal guards, because if he recognized Aragorn's identity, it would mean that he would be an enemy of Minas Tirith.But all the lords who dared to disobey Sauron who was called Orandil were killed.Now the new lord knows the power of the one who sits on the vizier's throne.

Therefore, he chose to turn a blind eye. He cursed the people on the other side as usurpers of the country and refused to surrender.

This made the generals extremely angry, and Éomer cursed furiously, saying that when the army arrived, the place would be burned to the ground.

But they were all dissuaded by Aragorn.

He took off the jewels on his forehead, took off his gorgeous clothes, walked to the shore like an ordinary vagrant, and said loudly to the people on the other side: "If my name is not enough to make you feel Surrender, then, I hope, the noble and revered Gondors have not forgotten the name of Thorongil!"

He pulled out Anduriel, stuck it on the wet shore, stepped into a canoe alone, and rowed his oars in an attempt to reach the opposite bank.

Éomer quickly jumped off the horse, took a few quick steps, and jumped onto the boat, holding his shield to protect him.

Aragorn did not stop.

They docked amidst the tension between the two sides, and then Aragorn went to the walls of Kael Andros, and called to his compatriots here to join the side of the light.

"This is a traitor!" The lord was startled and frightened, he yelled sharply, and ordered his subordinates to shoot arrows: "Anyone who listens to such absurd words will be punished by the prime minister!"

But the soldiers did not obey his orders.Because they never forgot the name of Thorongil, many people remembered the hero who saved their lives and their families in the darkest time.

I also saw the dusty atmosphere in the north, the appearance of batches of heroic and high-moralized humans, and the appearance of legendary races one by one, and various standard bearers carrying royal flags and heralds riding horses galloped back and forth.

And so chaos broke out.

Some were unwilling to fight Thorongil, and others felt that the Great King of the North was not like a tyrant who would rob their homeland.

As a result, those who were loyal to the prime minister and those with conscience began to quarrel.

In the chaos, a voice shouted: "If we do not obey the orders of the true king, who shall we obey? Thorongir! Thorongir! The sword of Ithilien, the savior of the common people!"

The voices went from small to loud, and finally converged into a mighty shout.

The lord was so terrified that he and his guards were killed by the rioting soldiers, and those who refused to surrender were either arrested or killed on the spot.

When all the dust settled, the gate of Kael Andros burst open amidst the chaos.The guards here welcomed Aragorn and Éomer into this fortified fortress.

"The Return of the King is nothing more than this!"

Éomer put away the shield, bowed slightly to Aragorn respectfully.

Aragorn was silent.Because although not many people were killed, many people did die.This has to be said to be a tragedy. The power of the human world has been weakened again in this turmoil that should have been avoided.

And Aragorn's first order after taking power was to release all those who refused to surrender.

He said.

"As I said, I came here this time only to kill the black shadow entrenched in Minas Tirith. Many of you have been deceived. The Silver King is not a tyrant who seizes other people's homes. I hope When you go back, you can spread the word to more people."

Therefore, those who chose to believe in Aragorn let out even louder cheers, and the voice resounded through the sky and echoed among the mountains; the cheers gathered into a great noise and filled the entire northern coast. Those who heard it were all full of surprise.

In fact, when the exiled brought news of the fall of Cairandros back to Rammas Echor—the outer wall that encloses the Plains of Pelennor, it was Minas An important fortification of the city of Tirith.It started at the foot of the mountains, stretched for more than ten leagues, and returned to the foot of the mountains, enclosing the Pelennor Plain and protecting it in walls.

The entire plain is a beautiful and fertile city-state, with long gentle slopes and terraces slanting towards the Anduin River in the lower part.

The north-east end of the wall is four leagues away, furthest from the main gate of the White City, where the long, flat beach can be seen from the undulating banks.

This part of the wall was made high and strong, for here the road from the ferry and bridges of Osgiliath passes by a walled causeway and passes through a gate guarded by two towers standing guard.The nearest part of the wall to the city was in the southeast section, about a league away.

In South Ithilien, where the Anduin made a wide circle around the hills of Emyn Alnen, and then turned sharply westward, the outer wall stood on the banks of the river, and below the wall were the wharves and berths of Harlond. Ships traveling upstream from the southern fief stopped here.

——Minas Tirith was indeed shaken.

They couldn't believe that Kyle Andros, an important city in the north, fell so easily.

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"Descendants of Isildur? How is this possible, are you sure you read it right?" Someone asked those guys who were still in shock.

"In fact." A person who was released said: "The king's flag is true, and the star of Elendil cannot be forged. He claims to be Aragorn, the son of Arathorn, and the sword in his hand is the legendary Saint Nasir. sword."

So everyone in Ramas Ehor was in an uproar.

Many people are talking about the news of the return of the king, and they are starting to doubt the orders from the city—Sauron deceived them, saying that the northern kingdom is here to seize their homeland and destroy human orthodoxy, but if the other party is the descendant of Isildur , then do they still need to fight?

After all, as Aragorn said, he had come to take back his power.The prime minister is only a transitional person to keep this authority in the days when there is no king, and he has no power to stop it.

And—"The king is Thorongil!"

This astonishing news spread rapidly in Minas Tirith along with the proclamation of the returned people. Many people never forgot the name of that hero. They talked excitedly and strangely about the old commoner hero. Come back as a king and save this great stone city.

This made Sauron very angry, and he sent a large number of minions who surrendered to him, many of whom were Gondor humans who were deceived by him.They forced everyone not to talk about rumors about the descendants of Isildur, and those who disobeyed the order were all thrown into dark and damp dungeons.

As a result, chaos further broke out in Gondor.

In fact, when Aratu heard the news.He marveled at what Aragorn had done, and thought it a good thing.

He is not a tyrannical king. If the humans of Gondor can find their way back, the resistance faced by the coalition forces will naturally be weakened a lot.

So, he deliberately slowed down, so that Aragorn had more time to 'persuade' the humans south of Kyle Andros.

(End of this chapter)