[The Silmarillion] Romimus

The next day, the three of Glorfindel wandered and searched in this hateful valley for a long time. They walked back and forth dozens of times within a length of less than ten miles, but they were still at a loss and could not find any breakthrough.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark again, Agamos was worried: "It's not a solution to spend it here all the time. We can't even find drinkable water in this valley, and we don't have any fuel to start a fire. I’m afraid we’ll be swallowed by those spiders until there’s no bone left, I think we might as well go back the same way tonight, go out and talk, and try again tomorrow.”

"You put it lightly." Exilion sighed, "Since Angorian has set up such a complicated illusion, how could he give you a way to escape, and now the entrance of the canyon is probably also set up with an illusion like this one. "

Agamos also felt that what Exilion said was reasonable, but now he had nothing else to do, he gritted his teeth: "How will you know if you don't try? You wait here, I will go and have a look."

"We'll go with you," said Glorfindel. "At this time, the three of us must not be separated."

Exilion sighed inwardly, and walked towards the direction they came in together with the two men.

The result greatly exceeded the expectations of the three people, and they walked out of the canyon smoothly.

"How could it be?" Even Exilion was stunned for a moment, and confirmed several times that they really came out of that damn canyon instead of entering another illusion.

After finally confirming that this was reality, several people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Of course, no one wanted to die, and they were still buried in the spider's belly in such pain and aggrieved.

But after a few minutes of brief relaxation, the three of them became worried and tense again, and their opinions on what to do next were completely different.

Agamose was unwilling to enter that valley again.

"It's not because I'm cowardly," he said, "but if we went in again, we still wouldn't get anything."

"What do you think?" Glorfindel asked him.

"Princess Yarisil and the others won't be able to wait for us after they go out, so they will definitely continue to look for the sons of Fei Nuo. We just need to find her in another way."

Glorfindel frowned disapprovingly: "But how can you be sure that Lan Wen and the princess must have escaped? Even if they are temporarily safe now, Middle Continent is not peaceful now, if they fall into Enemy traps, or accidentally drinking the poisonous stream nearby? Besides, how do you know that the princess will definitely take Lanwen to Fenorian? If they change their minds, go back to Gondolin or go to Fenorian What about His Royal Highness Gong? Then we will completely miss them."

"But we can't go through this canyon, and we can't be sure where the princess will go next. What else can we do except go to Himlad to try our luck? Do you mean that we are going to fight this illusion here? Glorfindel, that would be a waste of time."

"Of course I don't mean that, but we can't give up so easily." Glorfindel said, "Since Lan Wen and Princess Arishil can go out, and we are not trapped inside, it means that this illusion It's not completely incomprehensible, we may still go out to catch up with them from there, maybe Lan Wen is still waiting for us there now."

"We've been trying all day." Agamous said dissatisfied.

"If you take a detour to find Fenorian as you said, we will not be short of days. The road from here to Himrad is too far except for this one. If something happens, wait for us to catch up. It’s too late to get there.”

"What if you can't get out after entering? The descendants of Angorian are not easy to deal with."

"So what? Isn't our duty to protect the princess and Lan Wen? It's our duty to separate from them now."

Neither of them could convince the other, and they looked at Exilion at the same time: "Eke, what do you think?"

When the two were arguing just now, Exilion didn't say a word, he was still thinking. At this time, Glorfindel called him, and then he raised his head to look at the two people, and said slowly: "What you said makes sense. ..."

"..." The two of them stared at him, apparently dissatisfied with his peaceful solution.

"Agamoth is right, even if we go into the canyon again, the possibility of finding an exit is very slim." Glorfindel was about to speak, but Exilion said again, "But Glorfindel also It's not unreasonable, since we can all come out of there, it means that the intention of this illusion may not be to trap us in it."

"I thought the spell here was cast by the giant spider Angorian, but if so, she would never be so kind as to leave us a way out." Exilion frowned, "Can you design such a curse?" The ones in the illusion can only be Maia or Valar, the water source here is so polluted, it cannot be done by Ulmo, then the one who did this is Queen Melian of Doriath, or..."

Glorfindel and Agamose glanced at each other, each seeing the surprise in each other's eyes: "... Morgoth and Sauron."

"This is a very serious matter," Exilion said. "The Siege of Angband has lasted for 100 years. I did not expect that the power of Morgoth would spread here in such a short time... I am going to Check with the men of Doriath, and if it is not Melianne's doing, I think it necessary to report back to Gondolin as soon as possible."

The guards of the borders of Doriath assured me that the enchantment in that valley was not the work of their queen.

"When such visions arose there we know not at all," they said, "but Her Royal Highness has never left Doriath since the establishment of the Girdle of Melian."

Such an answer made Exilion and the others even more uneasy.

"We have to hurry back and tell His Majesty Turgon and Thorondor about this," Exilion said.

"What about Lan Wen and Princess Arisil?" Glorfindel asked.

"..." Exilion also hesitated.

Obviously, it was impossible for them to ask the people of Dorias to deliver the letter for them, but they couldn't just leave Arisil and Lan Wen alone.

"Can we see Queen Melian?" Exilion asked the guards of Doriath, "Or can I ask the queen to help us break the spell in that valley?"

But this time the Elves of Doriath rejected him, for they were indifferent to what lay beyond the Girdle of Melian, and Elu Thingol their king had commanded that no Noldor be admitted but the one of Fenarfin. Doriath.

Things got trickier.

"In this way, we will divide into two groups." Exilion finally said, "Agamos, you immediately return to Gondolin to report what happened to His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to send a letter to His Majesty Fingolfin and Fingolfin immediately." Your Highness Gong, Fenorians, as soon as possible to determine the whereabouts of the princess and Lan Wen, Glorfindel and I will go to that valley tomorrow to have a look."

"You..." Agamos opened his mouth to speak, but in the end he just sighed, "I wish you good luck."

It is now the third day that Glorfindel and the others have been separated from Lanwen and Princess Arisil.

Glorfindel and Exilion thought of various methods in the past two days, trying to find even the slightest flaw in that illusion, but it was all in vain.

On the evening of the third day, Exilion called Glorfindel to stop him.

"We cannot waste here any longer," said he, "and if we cannot find our way out before dark to-day, we shall return to Gondolin."

"But……"

"I know you're worried about Lan Wen and Princess Yarisil, so why am I not?" Exilion interrupted him seemingly tactfully, "But you also know very well that we have been wasting here for the past three days Kung fu, even if I stay for another three hundred days, I still can't break this illusion."

Glorfindel was reluctant, but he knew Exilion was right.

"...I understand." Finally, he reluctantly agreed.

Exilion sighed inwardly, and said to Glorfindel as gently as possible: "It's still a while before the sun goes down, let's go and have a look."

Of course, until at last the full twilight fell, they found nothing.

In the dark, a pair of eyes with faint green light lit up, staring at the two men maliciously, and the rustling sounds of those terrifying reptiles became louder and louder.

Glorfindel fixed his eyes on the big rock blocking them, as if he wanted to carve a hole in it with his eyes.

"Glorfindel," Exilion called at last, "let us go."

Glorfindel didn't respond for a while, until Exilion urged him to leave for the second time, then he turned around silently, and then left together, his back tired and lost.

After the figures of the two people gradually disappeared into the night, the figure of Romemos finally slowly appeared. She was sitting high on the huge rock, only the silhouette of her figure was faintly visible in the darkness, two amber-colored Her eyes shone brightly like a cat's, and she watched Glorfindel thoughtfully as they drifted away.

The descendants of Angorian thought it was another unlucky prey, crawled out of the dark cave, and approached silently.

Romemos glanced at the spider casually, frowned, and the spider's body froze suddenly, as if it had been scalded by a red-hot iron, and ran away rolling and crawling.

Romimos sneered, and turned his gaze to the distance again, and the two elves could no longer even see their shadows.

They finally made the right choice, she thought sarcastically, they should have done this three days ago, even if the life of the elves is close to infinite, it is not as wasteful as they are.

However, it's not completely incomprehensible. After all, the person they lost was the king's sister, the White Princess of Gondolin, a first-class and important person. I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to Turgon when they go back this time?

But what does that matter to her?

Romimos shrugged and jumped off the rock lightly and deftly.

It's almost time to go back. Her plan has finally been carried out to this point, but there must be no mistakes.

Yarisil was afraid that Lanwen would be unable to cope with any danger alone, so she left the horse to her, so that at least there was hope of escape, and she herself walked through a large forest to the border of Doriath, where The elf guards in the village were very sympathetic when they heard about her experience. Although they still couldn't let Yarisil enter Dorias, they gave her a lot of dry food, enough for her and Lanwen to eat for several days.

Ya Ruixie walked back with the heavy food on her back. She couldn't close her eyes for the past few days, and now she was tired and sleepy, but because she was worried about Lan Wen, she kept rushing back. Fortunately, Ya Ruixie It's not some delicate lady who can't hold back her shoulders. When she crossed the ice gorge with her father and brother back then, there were many worse things than this.

Lan Wen was waiting for her obediently and quietly. There was always a faint blush in the corners of her eyes. These days, she cried a lot, and the redness became more obvious. Ya Ruixier was stunned when she saw it from a distance.

Of course, she has always known that Lan Wen is a very beautiful child, but she is just a child. She is usually innocent, cute and cute. Looking at it, the bright red and slender eye ends, the eyes that seem to be affectionate even if they are absent-minded, and the charming little mole on the corner of the lips, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as charming.

What a beauty, Ya Ruishi couldn't help sighing again in her heart.

Lan Wen saw her, her eyes lit up, and she ran over to help her get things.

"Tomorrow we will go to my cousin's place." Yarisil patted her head affectionately, "If Gondolin has not heard from us, he will definitely send someone to look for us there."

Makes sense, Romemus thought.

Even if she got rid of Exilion and the others now, if Gondolin's people came to Himlad to pick them up in the future, her previous efforts would still be in vain.

Is there any way to completely separate Arisil from the Noldor?