Glory of Infinite Reincarnation

Chapter 368 Saruman, Few Friends
Before dawn.

Today's eve of dawn is darker and longer than every day that has passed.

On the tower of Essinger, the white robe Saruman watched his captive, and issued a final warning to his colleague.

"Do you feel it, Gandalf? The power of light is declining, and the Valar no longer care about this land. The rise of darkness is an inevitable result, and Sauron is the only correct answer."

A wizard in white robes stood at the top of the tower, and trapped in the guardrails lined up like blades was an extremely embarrassed gray robe.The core of the Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf the Gray, is trapped here.And if according to the original timeline, this wise wizard should have already got in touch with the moth sentinel of the brown robe wizard by now, and moved in the Giant Eagle King as a rescuer.

The Eagle King, Gwythir.It is descended from the king of the birds of Maya, and it has great power.In the original book, when it rescued Gandalf, Saruman could only watch it carry his prisoner away, because the white-robed wizard whose strength was specially restricted by the Great Barrier was not completely sure that the two strong men would be rescued at the same time. The enemy stays.

But the King of the Eagles isn't here - it doesn't arrive on time like in the original.This may be due to the changes of the reincarnated people, or the result of the interference of some other unexpected factors.Just like the brown-robed wizard in the Lord of the Rings movie can't find anyone all the way, the combination of world lines will naturally produce unexpected changes.

The gray-robed wizard has no way to escape from here.

But it would not give in, it just looked worriedly at its former colleagues.It doesn't believe that Saruman, who is one of the Maya, can't understand Vera's greatness and Yiru's will. It still can't bear to watch its colleagues and old friends go to perish so stupidly.

It felt that it might be necessary to try one last time to convince the white robe wizard, with the most sincere words it could imagine.However, before it opened its mouth, an inexplicable uneasiness gradually amplified in its heart.

It was not the first time that it felt this uneasiness—as early as when it was knocked down by Saruman and woke up in the cage, its heart was haunted by this inexplicable anxiety.It's as if something precious is inevitably passing away, and it doesn't even know what that precious thing is.

But Saruman didn't seem to feel this strangeness at all... He just felt joy because of it, because he felt the fading of the light that dominated the world.And the fading of light should be accompanied by the rise of darkness.Because besides light and darkness, how could there be a third powerful force in this world?

It's either light or darkness. Since one disappears, then of course it should be accompanied by the other.The mortal things that are separated by the great enchantment may be demoted to the extraordinary.Their cognition, their experience, cannot allow them to discover that the decline of light is accompanied by the disappearance of darkness.Because the weight of light must always be above darkness.

Neither it nor it knows, this is a helpless necessity.But even so...

"Please listen to me one last time, my old friend." The gray wizard in the cage looked at the white robe in front of him with sincere eyes. "Sauron is absolutely impossible to succeed. Morgoth, who is more powerful than him, has already proved the inherent weakness of darkness. As we all know about the favor of mankind, wise Saruman, please think about it carefully. , don’t, go against that truly powerful force.”

It was its last attempt, but it was not really promising.Because it knows Saruman as the most powerful Maier among the wizards, as a learned man with a long lifespan.Before making a decision, you must have thought carefully and carefully considered the success or failure of the past.It is absolutely impossible to make this important decision involving a wide range of things with a slap on the head at will.

However, after it opened its mouth, the subsequent development was somewhat unexpected.

Saruman, who should have flatly refused and even ridiculed its innocence, hesitated inconceivably.It seems that there is an invisible force pushing it, making it abandon the darkness and return to the light——

That force failed.

Saruman's response to Gandalf was a sneer.

"Is this your last words? Always on the right side, wise Mithrandil (elvish language)? It seems that too leisurely days have burned your proud mind. How could you Would it be stupid to think that I would give up everything I have now because of your words, like a fool?"

It clenched the ornate white staff in its hand.

"No, you don't understand anything, Gandalf the Grey. The Valar can't break through the Great Barrier, and Ruin won't violate the iron law set by himself. If they really care about this land, if they really care about Sauron, They have already done it themselves to wipe out the last dark power - but they can't do it, and they won't do that. Because we who were sent here represent the will of the Valar, we don't care Anything done on this land is under the tacit approval of the Valar."

"...Darkness will rise. Darkness will not destroy mortals, but will rule them. Anyway, mortals will always be ruled by something. Since it does not necessarily have to be fragile light, why can't it be powerful darkness? Sauron This piece of land has planned a grand blueprint, and I want to engrave my thoughts on this blueprint before it can grasp everything. I want to carve this piece of land into the appearance I like, Even Sauron must carefully consider my opinion!"

It became more and more excited as it spoke, and even subconsciously waved the staff in its hand.And Gandalf looked at it sadly. In this rare emotional expression of Saruman, it already knew the true inner desire of the old man.

Everything stems from jealousy, and Saruman doesn't really care about light or darkness.All it cares about is its own power, its own status, and its own glory—although it is rare for this kind of utilitarianism to appear in an immortal Maier, it is not incomprehensible.Because Maiers who have everything, it is difficult to find too many hobbies.

But this desire ruined it... because it never got the status and glory it needed.After arriving in Middle-earth, the five wizards separated, and among them, only Saruman was busy with various matters, trying to deal with various problems on this land, and making friends with various ancient races—it was not Not respected, but all things, are afraid of comparison.

Gandalf pursed his lips, swallowing a bitter fruit in his heart.It is very clear that he is not a very hardworking wizard, but he has made many friends on this land, and everything began when he came to Middle Earth and received the Ring of Fire from the Gray Elf King—Sa All Luman's efforts have only brought him a respect that is not too dazzling.But he himself, while being respected, also gained a love that it never had.

This is where jealousy comes from.

What he did unintentionally was the reason why Saruman betrayed the light.

Gandalf exhaled silently, after knowing all this.Guilt buried it.From the beginning to the end, it never thought of fighting for power with its colleagues, and it didn't want everything to become what it is now.

But... now what else?

The Twin Towers Alliance is already indestructible. Could it be that a powerful and unknown force can be expected to descend from the sky?

The gray-robed wizard fell into depression, and it almost wanted to quietly wait for the collapse of its own body.However, at this moment, it suddenly heard a strange sound.

The moth's wings fluttered slightly, making the sound of flapping wings.

........................

Saruman turned his head abruptly, and it sensed a strange and huge force.That force rushed straight towards Isinger's place from a distant place without any concealment, and some kind of terrifying darkness lingered around it.

Is it Gandalf's Saviour?Some powerful force beyond my own calculation?
No, it's not.Although Gandalf is a nuisance who can always find a group of friends, he has always been afraid of the power of darkness and will not make friends with creatures that walk in the dark.What's more, the things that are approaching sharply in my perception are surrounded by incomparable darkness and the power of fire.

That direction... is Moria?
Flame, darkness... Could it be that ancient Balrog in Moria?No, no, there was a dragon in this fire.As for Saruman, who was knowledgeable enough, he just knew that a powerful dragon had disappeared in Moria in the distant years, and there was no news of it for many years.

And the giant dragon is the creation of Melkor. Apart from being powerful, it also has endless lifespan and strong scales. Sixty years ago, Smaug, the last known dragon of Middle-earth, died under the Lonely Mountain.And the knowledgeable Saruman knew that before Smaug died, he had signed a covenant of cooperation with Sauron, and would join Sauron's battlefield when the darkness rose.

So... maybe this is another dragon allied with Sauron?

The white-robed wizard came to such a conclusion easily and reasonably.Because the evil dragon is a member of the power of darkness, it is impossible for it to lean towards the light side anyway.It's just that in the extremely deep darkness before dawn, it couldn't accurately determine the specific appearance of the visitor who came from afar in the first time.

All it knew was that it was big - it saw a pair of vague wingspans, and it even smelled a bit of death in the overflowing dark fire.Undoubtedly, this is undoubtedly a powerful force of darkness and evil, its existence itself is a disaster, it must be one of Sauron's major allies, a powerful colleague that he will definitely deal with frequently in the future!

——What a powerful dragon... This smell, ah... There are several equally terrifying wills on the dragon's back.I saw mountains of bones and the howling of countless wraith fragments.I really don't know how many things have to be killed to breed such a huge despair.

—They must be on my side... perhaps, they need a wise guide?

Nearer, nearer, Saruman saw it.I saw the black-red giant dragon with black flames lingering all over its body.Several dark shadows with extremely strong sense of presence stood on the dragon's spine, and the strongest among them was close to him, and on his body... or next to him, he had the breath and power of the Balrog of Moria.

I really don't know how Sauron recruited such a group of capable helpers.It seems that the next step is to find a way to put them in the same position as myself in the dark camp... A decent welcome is a good start.After all, I don't need to prove my strength.

Saruman was startled suddenly, it felt as if he had overlooked something important—oh, I remembered.A few days ago, the spies from Gondor sneakily revealed to themselves some information that they might be attacked by foreign enemies.And I did strengthen Isinger's vigilance a little because of this, and also took down a nosy brown-robed animal servant.

Redagast, the boring and weak thing.In view of the fact that it has never been a useless piece of trash, I only modified the memory of the moth servant, but did not erase it.This can be regarded as a mercy to the old colleagues, I hope it will not waste it.

"Gandalf the Grey." It glanced at its stunned former colleague, with a subtle pride in its tone. "Now that you have successfully seen it, this is the essence of the power of darkness. It's a pity that you have no chance to embrace it now."

It paused its staff, and instantly moved its prisoner to the bottom of the heavily fortified tower instead of leaving it on the top of the tower.It is impolite and out of style to execute one's former colleagues in front of visiting guests.So that matter will be postponed for a while.

So... where should I start this reception?

The white-robed wizard was thinking, if he was still in the camp of light, or if he had just repented and turned to light.Then it must directly open all the precautionary measures now, blocking this uninvited and powerful guest from outside Isinger's enchantment.But now... as a member of the power of darkness, do I want to show my cowardice in front of my future colleagues... and even subordinates?
No, no.Can't do that.Essinger placed all the defensive barriers that were on standby and were about to be triggered by stress. At this moment, Saruman turned off all of them with one thought.It just watched the ferocious dragon full of pitch-black fire break into Isinger's close defense.It suddenly felt that Gandalf's methods of making friends were not without merit. After all, he was going to use them soon, and he would definitely use them better than Gandalf the Grey, the annoying ghost.

So, what to do next?

To show your majesty?Still friendly?

Thoughts flashed through him, he finally decided to show a little friendliness rather than strength.After all, Sauron must have shown enough strength, so he should change the direction of fighting.

and so……

The white-robed wizard opened his arms, smiled, and made a welcoming gesture.Its voice is especially loud under the night.

"Guests from afar—"

'boom--! ! ! ! ! '

The pitch-black flame swallowed suddenly.The wizard was caught off guard.

But at the moment before being engulfed by the flames, only a short thought appeared in its head.

——I knew Gandalf the Grey's tricks wouldn't work!

(End of this chapter)