Chapter 609: Playing with Fools

"During the Dark Ages, they lived under the evil shadow of Sauron, and they submitted to him out of fear and worshiped him.,-*' ^ '~*-.,_,.-*~ ~*-.,_,.-*~' ^ '*-,In the year 2350 of the Second Age, the loyal Numenoreans established the port of Pelargir north of the mouth of the Anduin River, and first came into contact with the mountain people living near the Dunlion Temple. At that time, Sauron had been temporarily defeated, and Gil-galad's power was growing. The mountain people gradually broke away from the shadow. At the end of the Second Age, the southern kingdom of Gondor was established. The King of the Mountain and his men swore an oath to Isildur and swore allegiance to the Dunedain."

The mountain people were not Gondor's most reliable allies.

The shadow of that dark past was indelible, and their fear and obedience to their old master could not be dissipated.

Therefore, when Sauron rose again, Isildur gathered his troops and summoned the people of the mountain, but they broke their promise and were unwilling to fight.

So, beside the Black Stone of Erech where the King of the Mountain swore his oath, Isildur cursed them angrily:

"You will never rest until the day you fulfill your oath."

The oathbreakers fled to the mountains to hide. In the following centuries, the tribe gradually weakened, and the tribesmen could not find peace even after death.

In the end, the King of the Mountain became the King of the Dead, leading his people who had become ghosts to wander in their former territory, waiting for Isildur's descendants to free them.

They often haunt the Road of the Dead. Horrible legends about them are circulated among the people in the southern part of Gondor.

During the reign of King Arvedui of Arthedain, the prophet Maubeth predicted that one day, when darkness invades again, the oathbreakers will have the opportunity to fulfill their oath.

"An army of ghosts?"

Aragorn finally understood what was waiting for him.

Chang Wei is very interested in this group of ghost army/grey army. The army of the dead is the name given by the movie, but it is not in the original book.

The most powerful thing about them is that they can only chop others, and others cannot chop them.

The souls of the people in the mountains have been wandering around Mount Erech; whenever the dark age comes, the ghosts will gather around the black stone and whisper, as if holding a gathering.

White Mountains!

Everyone came to a trail, which is the Road of the Dead.

This is a trail that passes through the White Mountains and is haunted by ghosts.

The northern entrance of the Road of the Dead stands in rows of ancient stone statues, leading to Dimholt.

The black forest is spread between Aren Saga, Spiked Mountain and Dvimoberg.

In front of an open depression at the foot of the mountain, a huge stone stands alone in the middle of the road.

Deep in the valley stands a steep stone wall, and the Dark Gate is opened on the wall. •

The next step is truly called the Road of the Dead: the dark tunnel exudes a breath of fear, and in the tunnel you can hear endless whispers, a language that has never been heard before.

Fortunately, none of the Hobbits came, otherwise they would probably be terrified now.

Chang Wei looked at everything around him with interest. After Legolas and Aragorn knew what they were facing, they were cautious and alert.

At this time, everyone felt timid in their hearts, only Legolas of the elf race was not afraid of mortal ghosts.

Legolas: We are not of the same race, there is no fear factor.

"Let's go."

Although Aragorn was afraid, he still took the lead in walking into the Dark Portal with a firm will and stepped into the Road of the Dead without hesitation.

In the center of the cave, they found the remains of Bardo.

But Aragorn did not touch the skeleton, but turned around and summoned the undead to follow him to the Black Stone of Erech.

The undead came out and threatened Chang Wei and others.

"Interesting."

Chang Wei pulled out his steel sword. This steel sword, which had been quenched and tempered many times, remained intact. Chang Wei did not even use the elf-enchanted dagger given to him by the elves, which made Aragorn and the others feel bad. They didn't know what Chang Wei was going to do.

"Undead, fear me!"

Chang Wei's steel sword shone with a pure white and flawless light. After the undead came into contact with the light, they were in agony and screamed. But they couldn't die. The power of the curse maintained their form.

Chang Wei had dealt with these undead many times in the world of Pirates of the Caribbean.

But at this time he found that these undead were not the same species as the undead in Pirates of the Caribbean. Rather than being undead, they were so-called undead with memories of their previous lives.

The undead were originally very arrogant. After being dealt with by Chang Wei, they became honest. The most important thing was that Chang Wei proved that he had the ability to hurt them, but he didn't kill them directly. For them, what they wanted was relief rather than pain.

It was not until Aragorn stepped forward and drew out the holy sword that the undead suddenly understood.

Then, they groped in the darkness, finally got out of the chasm, and then rushed to the Black Stone of Erech.

At midnight, they arrived in front of the Stone of Erech, and Aragorn tore open the royal banner that Arwen had sewed for him and declared his identity as the heir of Isildur.

The undead already knew that the holy sword was the best proof of identity.

"Fulfill your original oath, people of the mountain!"

Aragorn said to them.

When the undead were about to pretend, Chang Wei took out his steel sword.

"This sword is called the Sword of the Dead. The dead killed by it will be imprisoned in this sword forever and obey the orders of the sword's master forever. Who of you wants to try?"

Then the dead knelt down decisively.

Just kidding, they don't want to be treated like this. What's more tragic than being unable to be free forever is being imprisoned in a sword. Just thinking about it is more sad than their current situation.

"Is your sword really the Sword of the Dead?"

Aragorn asked Chang Wei in a low voice.

"I'm just teasing a fool. Do you believe it?"

Chang Wei's words made the others who also pricked up their ears look around awkwardly and pretend to chat with each other.

"Ahem, of course I don't believe it. I just think your sword shouldn't be such an evil weapon."

Aragorn hurriedly wanted to explain. He didn't want to be a fool.

The dead chose to surrender and obey Aragorn's orders, only asking Aragorn to fulfill his oath after completion and let them be free.

Then they followed Aragorn to the end of the Road of the Dead, which was the south of the White Mountains, the southern territory of Gondor!

"My king, your army is gathered here, waiting for the dispatch after thousands of years."

More than 20,000 undead gathered here and said to Aragorn.

"Fight for me, let your souls rest in peace!"

"Let's go, target the Umbar pirates!"

Aragorn pointed his sword at the coastline.

The ghostly undead army immediately followed Aragorn.