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Chapter 5087 5090 [Aragon's Undead Army]

Seeing the Rohan cavalry being defeated by the mammoth war elephants of the Haradrim, the defenders and citizens of Minas Tirith once again fell into deep fear and helplessness.

"It's over, it's the end of the world, we're hopeless~" everyone couldn't help but think.

And at this moment, a hint of green suddenly appeared in the east.

The green spread rapidly, rampaging and unbridled. Wherever it went, whether it was the orc army or the mammoth war elephants, they were all submerged by this green frenzy.

Then, this green frenzy surged into the city.

The defenders and citizens were surprised to find that they were actually tens of thousands of undead souls.

They wore armor and held weapons, and wherever they went, there was bloodshed. All the orcs and ogres were no match for them.

Although they tried to fight back, the swords, axes and hammers in their hands had no effect on these undead, so they could only be killed.

Because of this, the orcs, ogres, and Haradrim were quickly defeated, and the situation was quickly reversed.

"Oh my god, where are these reinforcements coming from?"

"Who can use the power of the dead?"

"Where did this army of the dead come from?"

The defenders and citizens were all amazed and wondered where such a powerful and unstoppable force came from. It was truly incredible.

……

With the addition of the Undead Army, the Orcs, Trolls, and Haradrim were soon wiped out.

The coalition forces of Gondor and Rohan finally achieved a hard-earned victory.

"Victory! We finally won!" everyone cheered together.

Xiangnan, Gandalf, Boromir, Faramir and others also went out of the city to look for the real hero, Aragorn, the convener of the army of the dead.

and Théoden, King of Rohan, who led a large cavalry force to support Gondor.

Only then did they realize that Théoden had died from his wounds.

It turned out that on the battlefield, he was attacked by the Witch-king of Angmar, the Ringwraith.

The Witch-king of Angmar was once the most powerful wizard among humans. After being blessed with the Ring of Power given by Sauron, his spells and power became even more powerful.

He later established the Kingdom of Angmar in the north, which once posed a huge threat to the human world. After becoming a Ringwraith, he was in a state of neither death nor life, and his strength increased instead of decreasing.

Lord Gryffindel of Jinhua even predicted that he "would not die by human hands."

Therefore, when he rode the fallen beast to attack Theoden, Theoden had almost no ability to fight back.

At the critical moment, it was Éowyn, Theoden's niece, who stood up with tenacious courage and stood in front of Théoden, refusing to allow the Witch-king of Angmar to kill him.

But Éowyn was no match for the Witch-king of Angmar. After a few rounds of fighting, she was knocked to the ground by him.

As he stepped forward and grabbed Eowyn's neck, he said disdainfully, "You fool, no one can kill me."

Suddenly, the Hobbit Merry stabbed the Witch-king of Angmar in the calf with the dagger given by Galadriel.

This sword was specially made by the elves, a magical short sword designed to deal with the Ringwraiths. Because of this, Merry severely injured the Witch-king of Angmar with one sword, forcing him to let go of Éowyn and kneel down in pain.

Éowyn also took off her helmet, and then said to him calmly, "I am not a man, but a woman~" Then she stabbed the Witch-king of Angmar with a sword.

"MAN" in English refers to both humans and men. So the Witch-king of Angmar originally thought that no "human" could kill him, but another explanation is that no "man" could kill him, but hobbits and women, or dwarves, elves, and tree people could kill him.

That was why he now died at the hands of the hobbit Merry and the woman Éowyn.

……

Then Boromir, Xiangnan, Faramir and others came to Aragorn again.

The leader of the Undead Army was seen looking towards Aragorn, "We have fulfilled our oath. You should keep your promise and set us free."

It turns out that these undead armies were once mountain dwellers living in the White Mountains. They once swore to be loyal to the King of Gondor and fight for him.

But at the end of the Second Age, when King Elendil of Gondor and his son Isildur, together with the elves and dwarves, fought against the army of Sauron, these mountain people rejected the king's call and betrayed their oath.

It is precisely because of this that they are cursed and cannot be freed after death, but are forced to continue to exist in the world as ghosts.

Today is the year 3019 of the Third Era, which means that they have lived in the state of undead for three thousand years. For three thousand years, they cannot eat, drink or sleep, and live forever in pain and loneliness.

For this reason, when Aragorn entered the White Mountains with the Holy Sword of Elendil reforged by Elrond to recruit them, these armies of the dead chose to accept the call.

The price is that Aragorn will set them free after the war.

So now that the war is over, the Army of the Dead demands that Aragorn fulfill his promise.

"Don't let them go free yet. These dead heads are quite useful. It's better to take them to attack Mordor." Gimli whispered to Aragorn.

When Aragorn heard this, he hesitated for a moment.

This made the undead suddenly nervous, worrying that Aragorn was unwilling to fulfill his promise.

But at this moment, Aragorn nodded to the dead and said, "You have fulfilled your oath, rest in peace~"

He knew how terrifying the army of the dead was. They were invincible on the battlefield because they could attack others while others were unable to attack them.

With such a large army under his command, it is very likely that he will conquer the world.

But in the end he resisted the temptation.

Because he knew that the most important thing for a king was not how much power he possessed, but to have a compassionate and generous heart.

His ancestor Isildur coveted the power of the One Ring and did not throw it into the Mount Doom to burn it in time, which led to the three thousand years of catastrophe in Middle-earth.

If he covets the power of the army of the dead now, he will likely cause endless harm in the future and cause the same disaster as his ancestor Isildur.

So he didn't want to make the same mistake a second time.

The undead army suddenly burst into laughter, and then turned into nothingness along with the wind.

Faced with his choice, Xiang Nan and Gandalf admired and agreed with it very much.

In fact, in the original book, this army of the undead was not as powerful as imagined.

They can't hurt anyone, they just scare people with their scary looks.

Their greatest contribution was to help Aragorn scare off the pirates, allowing Aragorn to use the pirates' ships to transport Gondor's troops outside and the Dunedain from his own tribe to Minas Tirith to join the final decisive battle.

Moreover, the Dark Lord Sauron himself is a necromancer. If this army of undead really arrives in Mordor, who will they listen to?

So Aragorn's decision to let them go was actually the right one.