Chapter 142: Monsters from Westeros return to Khazad-dûm (3k)

"Get up, my old friend."

"Grand Duke, please allow me to kneel before you. You are the master who has finally returned home, and I am just a servant who has failed to fulfill my duty."

Hadley fell to the ground in deep shame.

After hearing this, Mo En looked down at him and said:
"For the past twenty years, you have been performing your duties in the South Territory. How can you come up with such a stupid statement?"

"But Master, we were not by your side at the last moment."

"But you are by my side now!"

Without waiting for Hadley to continue, Moon interrupted him loudly.

This powerful sentence completely shook Hadley's mind.

Yes, this is the master he has always followed!
Moon had also helped Hadley up.

He patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Okay, come with me and take a look at this place I haven't seen for twenty years."

It’s been twenty years.

Hadley felt dazed.

And with the appearance of Moon.

The people of Khazad-dum also slowly gathered around in surprise and disbelief.

Morn is not Morn Cromwell now, he is now Trajan Westeros.

This is a small application of the Lord of the Rings.

Be able to transform yourself into what you once were.

After hesitating for a moment before returning, Morn decided to return to the South in the image of Trajan.

Anyway, Tura is him, and Morn is also him.

But the South is waiting for Trajan!
Seeing the gathering crowd, the knights from the southern border subconsciously wanted to step forward to separate the road and maintain order.

But Moon raised his hand to stop them:

"They just wanted to see me."

"But, Archduke, you need to return to the fortress."

Moon smiled and looked at the young knight and said:

"There's no rush."

Looking at the astonished crowd in front of him, Moon took off his hat so that people could see his face better.

Then the whole crowd took off their hats and saluted.

At the same time, they all gathered around after paying tribute.

The old man closest to Morn put his hat to his heart with eyes full of longing and said:

"Sir, you are really back?"

"I'm back, sir."

"Those damn guys have been making up rumors about you. We and the entire South Territory are extremely angry about this, so sir."

The old man called two men from behind him, one very young and the other middle-aged:
"Sir, I am old and can hardly walk, so please take my son and my grandson with you. They are still young and strong, and they can definitely do something!"

Behind the old man, his son and grandson all puffed out their chests.

Just as the old man said, they are still young and strong, and they can definitely do something for the Grand Duke.

As the old man spoke, the others spoke directly:
"I have another gun in my room, sir, I'll go get it right away!"

"Me too. I still have a set of armor at home. It was left to me by my father, your former guardsman!"

"Sir, I have no armor and no gun, but I grew up eating your food, so I still have this life!"

The crowd was growing more and more excited.

Grand Duke Trajan treated them not as subjects but as equals with respect.

The Duke gave them land, exempted them from agricultural taxes, established public hospitals, free schools for children, and much more besides.

As long as any lord does something like this, he will have many people willing to work for him.

But the Archduke did all he could think of.

Gave them everything they desired.

In fact, the Grand Duke did not treat them as private property to be carefully protected, but respected them as equals to himself!

So, they did not believe any rumors, and even after twenty years, they were still willing to shed blood for Trajan.

To be honest, even Moon was a little surprised by such an excited crowd.

He knew that for what he had done, he should be well-liked in the South Territory, but he didn't expect to be so well-liked.

It's like
Moon couldn't help but look back at the iris flag fluttering on the city wall.

During the Napoleonic era, iris was considered the national flower of the French dynasty.

It’s really the right choice to use irises as the flag.

After a knowing smile, Moon turned around and said seriously to the excited people:
"Everyone, be quiet, please be quiet!"

The crowd, which was extremely chaotic just now, almost calmed down instantly when faced with Moon's not-so-loud voice.

"I am honored to be loved by you, but I must also say that the South Territory has not yet reached the point where ordinary people need to step forward."

Just as Moon finished speaking, the crowd shouted again:

"We came forward voluntarily!"

Then someone suddenly shouted:

"You are the emperor!"

This sentence directly blew up the whole audience:
"You are the emperor! The real emperor!!!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

The excited crowd immediately rushed forward and lifted Morn high on their shoulders:
"Send His Majesty the Emperor back to his palace!"

"Make way for His Majesty the Emperor!!!"

The crowd immediately made way for him amid cheers.

They were so fast that Hadley was pushed to the back before he could even grab a spot. In the end, he could only watch in amazement as Moon was lifted high up and carried to the castle through the crowd like a relay.

"My Lord, what shall we do?"

The knights of the southern border looked at the miraculous scene in amazement and asked Hadley what they should do.

Hadley hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Send the message immediately."

"The Grand Duke is back, no, the Emperor is back!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The excitement outside the castle naturally attracted the attention of those inside the castle.

But it happened so suddenly and so intensely.

So the people in the castle never understood what was happening outside.

They just looked in surprise at the people outside the city frantically gathering in one direction.

Then came the cry that echoed throughout Khazad-dûm:
"Long live the Emperor!"

"what happened?"

Claude subconsciously drew his sword and protected El, who was also confused.

All the knights and nobles were equally puzzled.

"No news?"

"They just said the emperor is back, long live the emperor."

"Then didn't you send someone out to ask?"

"We sent them, but none of them came back."

Weird answers, weird things.

But immediately, all the nobles and knights suddenly came to their senses and looked outside the city.

At this time, Moon was being carried all the way out of the city by the crowd.

"Oh my God! Oh my God!! The Archduke, no, the Emperor, the Emperor is back!"

"Open the doors, open all the doors, the emperor is back!!!"

Just like the people before them, they also found themselves in this situation after realizing what had happened.

In almost a moment, Al was the only one in the entire hall who was still a little confused about the situation.

So what happened?
Is Morn back?
Such a big event???
"Miss, your father, the Grand Duke, no, His Majesty, His Majesty is back, you must hurry and go down with us!"

Surrounded by the nobles of the southern border, Ai'er was taken to the castle gate in a daze.

Here, all five gates have been opened.

Countless soldiers, servants, knights, and nobles rushed out of the castle.

"The emperor is back, long live the emperor!"

When Ai'er and the nobles finally squeezed through the crowd and arrived.

Moon was also sent to the city by the people.

Looking at Claude and others in front of them, the people consciously let Moon go.

"We've arrived. Quickly put the Emperor down!"

Moon, who had hardly touched the ground since entering the city, finally felt the stability of being down to earth.

To El and Claude and the others in front of them.

Moon clearly sensed their great surprise and Ai'er's cautiousness.

After smiling and blinking at Ai'er, the other party knew that he was indeed Moon.

As Ai'er felt relieved, Moon slowly turned around and looked around.

As Moon's eyes swept over, everyone knelt on one knee subconsciously.

After a quick scan, Morn was the only one still standing in the entire Khazad-dum.

Looking at such a crowd, such Khazad-dum.

Moen said loudly:
"Head north!"

He re-declared sovereignty, met with vassal states, and held a coronation ceremony.

No, no need at all.

As long as Moon returns to the South, all power will naturally return to him.

Emperor Neumann wanted to use himself as insurance.

Then let him see if he has the qualifications!

This is my time, this is the time of Trajan! —
And on the outskirts of Khazad-dum, in a carriage escorted by eight pure white knights.

Prince Adela, who was planning to leave for the imperial capital, suddenly stopped.

Because he received replies from two people.

One was his mother, and just as he had expected, she rejected him.

The other one belonged to his father, which was why he stopped.

For the first time, my father expressed his will in opposition to my mother's.

This unexpected event even made Adela subconsciously suspect that someone had the audacity to tamper with her father's letter.

But after confirming everything.

Prince Adela finally felt relieved.

"Return to Khazad-dûm!"
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It was almost not long since Morn returned to Khazad-dûm.

The imperial capital, the entire Baratheon territory, and all the surrounding forces, big and small, knew this terrible news.

All major newspapers immediately rushed to print out additional copies of the latest newspapers.

At the urging of them or the financial backers behind them, countless newsboys, big and small, immediately filled their bags with the latest newspapers and headed to every place in the streets and alleys.

At the same time, they would throw large pieces of newspapers in their hands every time they ran past a place, and constantly shouted the words that made the nobles cover their ears in fear amid the confusion and curiosity of passers-by:

"A monster from Westeros has returned to Khazad-dûm!"

(End of this chapter)