242. Guilty heart
On top of that, even the successors of the Human Emperor admit that the Lord of the Rings is the main reason for the destruction of the royal family, and that the record of the "Glandon Plains Disaster" in human history has not been revised when evil may return at any time and there must be no more civil strife in the righteous camp. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Of course, that's all for later. At this time, although the elf king had begun to have turmoil in his heart, he still maintained his usual indifference on the surface and issued a series of orders.
He divided the soldiers into four teams. One team escorted the remains of Istemo and the Dandon royal family back to the country first, one team sent a letter to Ringu to dissuade Elrond from unnecessary reinforcements, one sent the letter to the forest and asked Madame Galadriel to find a way to send the letter to King Serdan, and the last team stayed on the plains of Graton for the time being until the Elven King returned to the woodland and sent enough soldiers to send all the Dandens back to their homeland.
The reason why the soldiers were directly dispatched without launching the battle perception was because the Elven King could no longer squeeze out the extra soldiers in his hands. He could only return to the city in person and ask Hardir to send the soldiers of the forest who were temporarily stationed in the woodland.
As the largest country in Middle-earth, it can't even draw nearly a thousand soldiers, which has to be said to be an unspeakable helplessness. Originally, I thought that after pouring all the strength of the whole country into the battle of the "Last Alliance", even King Aurifel got in, I could finally exchange for eternal peace, but the final result was that the evil was temporarily stopped!
The cruel truth shattered the Elven King's self-esteem hard heart. But he still has to continue to maintain his apparent calmness and strength. Before leaving the plains of Gratun, he pointed to Ziljan's squire. The human, who had been sent by Ziljan to the woodland for help and thus escaped, became the only companion of the Elven King on his return to the woodland.
Preventing him from returning to China with the remains of the Danden royal family, the Elven King's explanation was: "All the creatures of the Woodland Kingdom also have the right to know all the contents of this disaster. It looks like you're going to have to go back to Woodland King City with me once and state the facts to my officials. ā
Also, it is more convincing for the matter to be presented by humans. Anyway, the body wrapped in the armor of the third prince is not his real owner, so what does it matter if he misses the prince's funeral in the woodland kingdom and can't see "him" buried with the prince's ceremony?
The squire rode his horse obediently, and numbly followed the horned deer into the Woodland King's City. After seeing Haldir anxiously waiting at the gate of the royal city, the elven king pointed to his attendant without saying a word, motioned for him to inform Hardir of everything, and rushed into the inner palace without looking back. He was so fast that he didn't stop long as he walked past Vernor. If it weren't for the worried eyes of Vernor, the Elven King would not have been able to utter a word.
Ever since it was confirmed that Danden's pure royal bloodline had been completely severed, Thranduil had been disguised with unimaginable self-control!
Knowing that Qi Eryan didn't even have a corpse left, he wanted to go to the Misty Mountains to catch a few orcs to vent his anger. But he could only use the disguise of indifference to keep his mind calm enough. He knew that he couldn't panic, let alone be rash, because he had to find a way to help the third prince of Arnoel save his face. After finding a body similar to Ziljan's in a pile of corpses, he thought he could get a moment of silence, at least without pretending to be there. But as soon as he returned to the tent, the broken bodies of Elandur and Aretan were brought to him......
I can only continue to grit my teeth and pretend! Even if the tip of my nose has a sour feeling, even if my eyes begin to redden. In order to make the two princes who had already died beautiful, he found a way to complete their bodies. Thranduil was not going to tell any living creature the secret that Elandur had borrowed another man's arm, and that Aritan had borrowed the left limb of another. Anyway, when the other creatures found out, they couldn't change the situation.
After confirming that more than 400 Dandens had died at the hands of the Ring, Thranduil could not hold back any longer. He could only stand up forcefully, and with his back to all the living beings, the two clear tears that had been trapped in his eyes fell out. In a trance, he also heard the sound of heartbreak......
Thranduil was not sure whether his tears were for guilt or regret, for each of his comrades who had died in the Seven Years, or for the Dandons who had vanished on the Plains of Gratton, but he was certain that they were definitely not for Essidor. If it weren't for a greedy desire of the Human Emperor, why would the Danden people be like this? At this moment, a terrible thought suddenly appeared in the mind of the Elf King.
If the joint military exercise with the Lonely Mountain had not ended early, and the nearly 10,000 troops composed of dwarves and elves were still in Graton, this disaster would not have happened, and every Dendan's soldier and prince who had fought side by side with me for seven years would not have ended up like this?
The thought that had arisen on his way home completely overwhelmed Thrandil, and he could not utter a word. Fortunately, the Elven King was sure that Hardir who had offered to reinforce the Danden would go to Graton to complete the follow-up after learning everything. Because the situation of the soldiers in the woodland has never been hidden from Haldir, he knows very well that the woodland can no longer draw troops to escort the Danden people back to their roots, unless they abandon the internal defense of the woodland kingdom.
Filled with the assumption that "if the exercise had not ended early", Thranduil forced himself back to his dormitory. Even when he met Vernor, he didn't immediately communicate with him as usual. Instead, he stopped for a while, looked at the other party for a few seconds, dropped the sentence "I'm tired, go rest first", and hurried away.
Thrandil's anomaly left Vernor stunned. In front of countless attendants, she watched the Elf King leave as usual. It wasn't until the elven king's back disappeared from sight that she resolutely turned around and walked to the exit of the inner palace.
Ten minutes later, one of the guards at the exit of the Inner Palace's palace saw the advisor with a fierce look comparable to that of the Elf King. She said coldly to the guards, "Go find Lord Devon immediately." Ask what really happened in Gladon Plains. ā
For three whole days, except for the attendants who delivered wine, not a single creature in the woodland had ever seen the Elven King.
All official letters that needed to be reviewed were sent to the advisor's dormitory. In order not to affect the approval of government affairs, the elven king issued an order that advisors could enter and leave the palace at will. However, after learning of the "Gladon Plains Disaster", Vernor, who was able to enter and leave the palace freely, immediately rushed to see the Elven King, but was refused.
In the past three days, no matter what excuses Funorr found, they were only rejected by the Elf King. Although the Elven King's words through the door were soft and tactful, it still couldn't change the fact that he refused to receive him.