244. Abandonment of emotion and reason
The Graton Plains disaster has happened, and no amount of self-blame can bring the dead Dandon back to life, but it may crush the self-confidence of a good king and make him timid. Can a timid king protect his people and his country www.biquge.info of course not? Of course, the people of Danden have something to be sympathized with, but the immortality of every elf in the woodland is equally precious. Only a powerful king can protect his people, and the arrogant and confident Thranduil is the best support for tens of thousands of woodland elves.
If it is not a terrifyingly strong self-confidence, how can the elven king beautifully complete the expulsion battle of the Black Gate with "one against ten", and how can he always maintain an invincible position in the country's diplomacy? We must not watch an excellent king become lose self-confidence and lose the strength of protecting his people and the kingdom in his timid behavior. Therefore, no matter how shameless and dirty the words that come out later, they must be taken for granted for Lin. Vernorr knew he had no choice.
Fortunately, the dead Danden people are pitiful, but they are not innocent, and their deaths really cannot be counted on the head of the elf king.
Holding the Elven King's hand tightly, Vernor didn't know whether he was using this action to transmit strength to him, or to use this action to add courage to himself. However, she was finally able to speak calmly to the slightly surprised Elven King.
She looked directly into the Elven King's eyes and said firmly: "Whether it is out of selfish desires or the needs of military exercises, all the humans who died in the disaster of the Graton Plains have nothing to do with the Elven King. The three pure-blooded Prince Arnoel, as well as the more than 400 Dandens, all died on their own decisions. ”
In order to stop the Elf King's eyes from becoming trance-like, she simply half-squatted beside the other party, looked directly into the other party's eyes and said slowly: "In the final battle, Essidor left the battlefield with the Lord of the Rings under their follow. Even if they didn't know the dangers of the Ring and didn't know that they were supporting evil, they saw with their own eyes the allies who were still fighting the remnants of Sauron. Knowing that the war was not over and that the Allies were still not out of danger, they still chose to accept the fate issued by Essidor and unreasonably and completely abandon the righteous evacuation plan. Even if he chooses to obey unreasonable orders, and chooses to succumb to the human emperor who preserves the root of evil, he naturally accepts all the consequences. Although they are innocent, they are not dead from your own desires, but from their own decisions, from the masters they follow. ”
Is that really the case? Thranduil couldn't fully agree with this statement for a while, but he finally got some strength. He drove his heavy body and sat cross-legged across from Vernor. "Even if more than 400 Dandons died by their own decisions, as you said, but the three human princes are all sons and daughters of Essidor, do they have any other choice but to support their father?"
"From the perspective of human complex family affection, the three princes really have no choice. But I remember, they seem to know all of the Golden Flower Lord's prophecy about the Lord of the Rings?" After receiving Thrandil's confirmation, Vernorr gently helped the Elven King brush the messy hair that fell on his face behind his ears. "All three princes are adults, and they are all fathers. They should be well aware that the father-son relationship can never be a reason to follow evil deeds. They should use their abilities to persuade or stop Essidor instead of using family and blood as an excuse to convince them to support Essidor in preserving his evil deeds. In terms of human affection, the three princes are all good children. From the point of view of justice, they are the enablers of evil. Since they have supported evil with their actions, they will naturally be devoured by evil together with their father. Their deaths have nothing to do with you, let alone joint military exercises. ”
The gentle movements and words of admonition did not make Thranduil come out completely, and seeing that his face was still full of confusion, Vernoll asked solemnly: "Thrandil, what would you do if King Aurifel issued an order to take the precepts and withdraw from the war? Can you leave all your allies behind and follow your father out of battle at once?"
Absolutely not!
As soon as King Aurifel led the Woodland King to join the "Last Alliance", the High King invited the Elven King and his son over. After the Golden Flower Lord, who had been sitting in a dark corner, finished his prophecy, all the leaders involved in the war reached a consensus in a short time - the Lord of the Rings must be destroyed. A small ceremony was held a few days later. In the presence of the Lord of the Golden Flower, they swore a joint oath that whoever obtained the Ring would destroy it. As soon as the ritual was complete, King Aurel eagerly pulled Thranduil aside.
"Do you know what I should do if I do get the Ring by chance?" said Aurifel, with a solemn expression that Thranduil had never seen before, "whatever I say or do to you, I must destroy the Ring as I have just sworn it." Kill me, stun me, no matter what method is used, you must not let me become a creature that retains the root of evil. ”
At the time, Thranduil did not think that the allure of the Ring could be so powerful that even King Aurifel could resist it. It was only now, after witnessing the tragic death of the human royal family, that he suddenly realized the terrifying allure of the Lord of the Rings. You must know that even in the "Final Battle", you are almost tempted by it when you have never touched the Ring, and you are ready to take the Ring in one fell swoop to purify the body and soul of your beloved elf. If it wasn't for the fact that Vernore had delayed the time with the need for rectification of the armor at that time, the fate of the Human Royal Family would also be the fate of me and the Woodland Kingdom?
Shocked by the hypothetical, Thranduil hugged Vernor, the female elf who had been severely scolded for delaying her time to pass by the Lord of the Rings at the last moment of the seven-year battle. In the short time that the other party had no time to react, he remembered what his father had taught.
Aurifel told him many times: "Blood and class must not be a reason for obedience and obedience." As elves endowed with eternal life by Iluvita, we should submit to justice and reason. Even if I am your father, you have the right to correct any instructions I have given that are contrary to justice and reason. Instructions to correct mistakes are not disrespectful, but another way of loving. Because, when you choose to obey the instructions when you know that they are wrong, you are not supporting me, but helping me to walk into a bigger mistake, or even to the opposite side of justice. ”
Completely abandoning justice and reason, and blindly obeying the wrong instructions of Essidor is indeed the biggest cause of the death of the three Arnoel princes!