Turka had visited Minas Tirith once many years ago. At that time, the person in front of me was still a heroic but full of faith human hero.
But when we meet again, this man has already ascended the throne with a sharp weapon.
The golden crown on Ecthelian's head was so conspicuous, coupled with the waves of nobles and royal guards around him, and the celebratory atmosphere in the city, Turka thought about it for a moment and understood what was happening.
This shocked Turka greatly. The royal power of Gondor actually fell into the hands of the Prime Minister's family. Can Aragorn still be the human king in the future?
Turka always felt that the king's role was unfortunately robbed of a lot.
Especially, the Elesa gem is in his hand.
Thinking like this, under everyone's frightened and shocked eyes, wearing the iconic silver-white heavy armor, blue cloak, and a diamond forehead crown made of mithril, with black hair draped behind her like satin The tall figure got off Smaug's back and stood in front of Ecthelion.
"Ecthelion."
Under the towering white tower, one tall and one short, the two kings were imposing, their sharp eyes and tenacious wills constantly competing in the air. But in the end, Ecthelion was no match for the Dragonborn's majestic golden vertical eyes, and took the lead in stroking his chest and bending down.
"I haven't seen you for several years, but Lord Turka's brilliance is still the same." He said: "Under the magic farm, your reputation is still spread to this day! Now, even the northern dragon has surrendered to you, which is really jaw-dropping! But I still I can’t help but ask: My lord, why are you here?”
Smaug was not happy with the contempt in this mortal's mouth, and he snorted angrily. As a result, burning heat came out of his thick nostrils, and a dangerous red light lit up from Smaug's belly.
For a moment, there was chaos in Fountain Square.
"The self-righteous son of Turgon II, the usurper Ecthelion!" Old Smaug spread his wings with astonishing power: "Yes, human beings, don't think that you can use the crown of Gondor to dominate others. Talk to me! No, human, watch your words. I've eaten more human warriors and dwarf heroes than you've ever seen in your pitiful, short life! (We know it's bragging)! I slay kings like pigs and sheep! The mountains tremble with my wrath! The forests are razed to the ground! The rivers dry up with my wrath! I am death, I am killing, I am the dragon Smao grid!"
"Human, if I let it, your ridiculous kingdom will burn to ashes under my fire!"
I have to say that at this moment, the sense of oppression Smaug gave to the mortals was really amazing. Its huge body almost filled the fountain square. The head is spiked with towering horns, the teeth in the mouth are like swords, the feet are like hooks and claws, and the tail is like a battering ram! Palm-sized dragon scales covered the whole body, which were indestructible and glowed with a faint red light.
The royal guards of the royal city were all so shocked that they clenched their spears and swords in their hands, but did not dare to step forward.
Among the nobles, only Prince Doamroth, Baron Berigand of Pelargir, and the Lord of Cair Andros dared to stand behind Ecthelion and confront the legendary King of the North. Erka Aracano and his companions are facing off against the dragon Smaug.
But they all looked nervous and their limbs were stiff.
That's the dragon.
In the Third Age, when the supernatural was weakening, an adult dragon represented destruction and death. On this point, Smaug was not wrong either.
Regarding this chatty dragon, Turka could only turn around and scold it.
Only then did Old Smaug angrily stop his anger, but he still flapped his huge wings in a demonstrative manner, blowing the humans in front of him staggering around.
Ecthelion's pride was deeply shaken.
But there was nothing he could do about it. Because they felt the arrival of the Silver King, even Sauron hid secretly, not daring to face Turka Aracano and the power of the dragon.
"Please forgive me, I didn't mean to be a bad guest!" Turka concealed some uneasiness in his heart, apologized to the Gondor generals, and said: "I heard that Gondor was involved in a conspiracy, so I came here. Let's see if the master of this place needs help. But apparently Gondor has a new king, much to my surprise and joy."
At that time, Ecthelion did not completely regard Turka Aracano as an enemy. The attitude of the Silver King also seems to indicate that he has a neutral and open attitude towards the Prime Minister's family replacing Isildur's lineage and ascending the throne of Lord of Gondor.
Therefore, Ecthelion also suppressed his inner fear and said: "Gondor is deeply grateful for Lord Turka's concern. But the shadow of this place has gone. The people of White City are tenacious and glorious, the warriors are brave, and the soldiers are sharp. Any No one can beat us.”
When he said this, the ambitious and proud Ecthelion, son of Turgon II, could not help but feel a strong emotion in his heart.
Ecthelion had seen the scene where the major races of elves, dwarves, and humans surrendered under the banner of the Silver King and conquered the Eastern Shadow;
I have also seen the servants of the great enemy of Middle-earth running away in confusion in front of the Silver King.
Mo Lan Nongxia;
Baradur;
Olojuin.
All left behind the legend of the Silver King.
It was he who single-handedly defeated the enemy that had plagued Middle-earth for thousands of years and achieved the name "Turka Aracano"! As we have said, this is a very venerable name, and there can be few noble titles.
This made Ecthelion both jealous and unwilling. Sitting in front of the Iron Throne of Barad-dur gave the son of Turgon II a lust for power that he shouldn't have. He thinks he is not inferior to the Silver King and does not want to be under the Silver King forever.
This is the weakness of second-born children. Human beings have become twisted and evil more than once since ancient times due to various depraved behaviors such as arrogance, jealousy, rage, laziness, greed, gluttony, and lust. This is a flaw that Ilúvatar planted when he created mankind, and no one can change it.
Sauron saw through the weaknesses of human beings and successfully used the nine human precepts and his cunning snake-like words to capture the hearts of the heirs of the two major kingdoms of the human world, in order to implement his insidious and vicious plan.
Many people don't know this.
The gray robe wizard Gandalf only came into contact with the outermost secrets, and Sauron used the rules of the human world to successfully expel Minas Tirith.
And as the fallen Ecthelian tragically killed his father and used violent means to successfully ascend the throne that did not belong to him, Ecthelion's heart gradually became more twisted.
He plucked up the courage and said forcefully: "As for the King's Seat, my lord, please forgive me, isn't this an internal matter within Gondor?"
This made Turka silent.
He stared majestically into the eyes of the stranger in front of him, only to find Ecthelion looking at him stubbornly, with blazing jealousy and unwillingness in his eyes. In addition, there may be arrogance and lust for power.
As a result, Turka knew that the once enthusiastic young man had disappeared and was replaced by a cold king. At that time, Turka did not know that Turgon II was Ekko who was bewitched by Sauron. The person who ordered the assassination did not know that the demonic shadow had completely lurked in the human world.
He looked away and glanced at the guards and trembling nobles around him as if they were facing an enemy. Among them were seen many tall human beings with distinct complexions.
"So."
Turka became serious and said: "O Ecthelion of House Hurin, I hope you make the right choice."
He was indeed surprised by Ecthelian's changes, but Ecthelian's reason was very strong: even he could not arbitrarily interfere with the changes in human kingship.
Maybe this is the change brought about by his Amazon butterfly?
Turka thought.
At first, Turka did not associate Ecthelion's changes with the Dark Lord. He just thought it was the normal human desire for power.
But when he asked: Where is the gray wizard? I heard that he had arrived in Minas Tirith a long time ago, but why was he missing from such an important event? The expressions of Ecthelion and some of the nobles present changed.
"Dear Silver King." A tall human whose skin color was slightly darker than the humans of Gondor, but much lighter than the dark Umbar pirates, stood up.
"The gray robe wizard is suspected of murdering the great Turgon II and has been expelled by my king."
Turka was astonished.
He said sternly: "Who are you? How dare you randomly place unproven charges on the head of a distinguished Istar!"
This man could not resist the majesty in the silver-white king's eyes and almost collapsed to the ground.
"Lord Turka!"
This incident was almost the evil deed that Ecthelian wanted to avoid in his heart. He showed great anger to cover up his uneasiness: "If he was really innocent, why would he run away? Don't you know that in this way, the wizard Will the suspicion be greater?"
But Turka was not fooled by him. He stared at everyone present sternly, not letting go of the treacherous villains among them: "Mislandir is a noble and important man, how could he do such a thing?" Waiting for something evil? There must be a conspiracy!"
Ecthelion and his minions became even more uneasy. "If he is really wronged, I hope he can stand up and take the initiative to explain!" He said loudly and forcefully without mercy.
Seeing that the situation was getting more and more turbulent, many people present became nervous again.
Only Prince Doamroth looked moved, as if he wanted to say something. But no matter what he was worried about, the old prince finally closed his lips and waited quietly.
At this moment, a huge voice suddenly sounded.
"If this is the request of Ecthelion of House Hurin, then so be it!" It was the gray-robed wizard who magically appeared behind the crowd.
The wizard lifted the cloak on his head, like a returning king, holding a staff, his eyes were clear, and the majesty of the ancient king shone on his old face. The crowd made a noise. No one expected that the wizard wanted by the king was still in the city and showed up at this time.
The large group of Royal Guards separated involuntarily to let him pass.
"Mithrandil!" Turka shouted in surprise.
Seeing the familiar face of the silver-white king and the terrifying behemoth next to him, the gray-robed wizard who hadn't seen him for some time couldn't help but smile.
"Lord Turka, the earth's legend about you has been added. Salute to you, dragon of the north, may the light of Ilúvatar always shine on you." The wizard's words were still so sharp, and one sentence successfully made Smaug Hate and hate it.
"wizard!"
The dragon narrowed his eyes and approached him threateningly, showing off his sharp teeth.
But the wizard looked directly into its cold vertical pupils without blinking, so Old Smaug closed his mouth with an angry click, "Disgusting wizard!" it said. Smaug gets angry almost every time he thinks about the fact that Eru ended up bullying him personally.
At the same time, Smaug also felt the powerful inner power of the wizard.
It shook its huge head angrily and said impatiently: "Do we have to waste time here? Ah, although I am very interested in the drama of human beings killing each other, the humans here are too ungrateful. , Don’t you prepare some delicious snacks when guests come to your door? Look, human flesh is very good!”
Old Smaug deliberately opened his chilling mouth, leaned in front of those hateful human nobles, and took a bite.
"Help...help!"
Many people were scared to shit by the dragon's pranks. Only a few people dared to stand in front of Old Smaug.
Turka got angry and directly used some kind of majestic power. "Shut up! Sit down!"
Smaug was stunned for a moment, then angrily threw away these hateful guys, lying on the ground like a big lizard, and stopped talking.
This is just a small episode. Soon, everyone's attention returned to the wizard and Ecthelion.
"Now, I stand before you, Ecthelion of House Hurin, let us tell who is the murderer of the regent Turgon II!" Gandalf said: "Let's say , let the mysterious man behind you show up and let us confront you?"
The silver-white king and the dragon were in front and behind, and the gray-robed wizard was pressing behind him step by step. Ecthelian's expression became gloomy.
"Other than the wizard, who else could allow the assassin to sneak into the royal court without anyone noticing? That night, there were obviously traces of magic left in the royal court. Isn't this evidence?" The human who was frightened by Turka before started again. Jumped out and said sinisterly.
He is the pirate king Angameti II, a cunning and cunning guy.
"If you wish to speak, please state your name first." Gandalf said, "Or are you also part of this conspiracy?"
"I am the king's advisor..."
"Name!" Turka interrupted. He could not resist the majesty of the silver-white king, but the fear of the master behind him prevented him from speaking, so the majestic pirate king stood like a clown, almost speechless.
Many people witnessed all this, which made Angameti II ashamed and hateful.
He retreated obediently, not daring to show up again.
This shameful history has been long remembered in the hearts of the Númenóreans who were loyal to the king of Umbar. They hated and feared Turka Aracano, but they did not dare to openly oppose this great king.
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