[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Although Romimos was not completely invulnerable during the time she lurked in Gondolin, it is clear that Idril and Exilion had gradually discovered that there was something queer about her, but even these two found There is no conclusive evidence to prove that Romemos must be a traitor. When they met on weekdays, they always remained friendly to Romemos and tried not to prejudice her because of inner doubts.

"If our judgment is wrong, it will hurt Lan Wen so much." Idril said.

But Romimos didn't care at all.

She is entangled with a lot of calculations and structure diagrams every day, experimenting and overturning one possibility after another, leaving early and returning late, sometimes even Glorfindel will not see her for several days in a row, let alone Yi Drell and Exilion are gone.What's more, whether those elves trust or doubt her, everything is a foregone conclusion.

Sure enough, as the "Gate of Summer" approached, Idril felt more and more uneasy, but as Princess Gondolin, she was busy all day preparing for the festival ceremony. , I have no time to think about where this feeling comes from.

"Princess, have you seen Lan Wen?" Glorfindel asked her.

Idriel was finally checking some lists for the Gate of Summer Ceremony, and was too busy to lift her head: "I've been here all this time, and I haven't seen her. Didn't she go to the east wall with you at this time before and wait for the ceremony to start?" ?"

"In previous years...it was indeed like this, but it doesn't mean it has to be like this every year, right?" Glorfindel was a little embarrassed, "I searched everywhere but couldn't find her."

"Have you been to the Mole's family? Maybe Lan Wen went to find Maeglin."

This was indeed the most likely scenario, and this realization made Glorfindel's lips purse into a straight line.

"It's also possible that Lan Wen has already gone to the ceremony one step ahead of us, and the sun is about to set." Idril said, looking up at Ana who had fallen from the hill outside the window, "Go and see first, if I Seeing Lan Wen will tell her that you are looking for her."

Glorfindel felt that this was true. No matter how busy Lan Wen was, he would never miss the festival ceremony. Even if it was a little later, he should be able to wait for her.

Glorfindel walked up the city wall alone, the sun's light had completely disappeared, and the city was full of elves eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the festival. Even with the eyesight of the elves, it was too difficult to find someone at a glance , not to mention that Lan Wen's size is really not outstanding...

Glorfindel looked around, and he saw Exilion, Penrod, Galdor, and even Maeglin who were waving at him, but Lan Wen was nowhere to be seen.

Glorfindel became inexplicably agitated. Just as he regained his composure and wanted to search carefully again, the originally quiet crowd suddenly became agitated, and a shout full of fear came from one person's mouth, and then spread rapidly. After a few minutes, everyone started crying and howling.

All Glorfindel's mind was looking for Lan Wen, and it took him half a beat to realize what happened. He raised his head and looked into the distance. For a moment, he seemed to be fixed in place by magic, and his narrowed pupils reflected the darkness. A flaming fire, like a fiery serpent, came all the way to Gondolin--that was from the direction of Angband!

"Glorfindel! Don't just stay there!" Exilion yelled at him, "Evacuate the crowd first! Then gather your family members!"

Glorfindel came back to his senses, and began to direct the others to leave the city as Exilion said, and hide in a (seemingly) safer city. His appearance calmed many panicked elves, but only Glorfindel knew that he was far from being as calm as he appeared on the surface. On the contrary, he was going crazy with anxiety now. With his help, all the elves on the city wall left safely, but he still didn't see Lan Wen, even if it was just A distant shadow, let him know that she is fine now!

Vera, where has she gone? !

Just when Glorfindel was burning with anxiety, he felt something faintly warm in his chest.

Glorfindel froze for a moment. At first he thought he was too nervous to have an illusion, but after a few seconds of pause, the heat not only didn't disappear, but gradually got higher and higher, although it wasn't hot enough. However, there is no way to ignore or deceive myself that it is an illusion.

Glorfindel took out the source of the heat - it was the ring that Lan Wen gave him before the Battle of Tears, at first glance there was nothing special about it, Glorfindel was only because it was Lan Wen The one given to him was hung around his neck and he carried it with him. Although Lan Wen once told him that the ring had magical powers, Glorfindel only thought that she was teasing him. All along, this ring was indeed It seems to be just an ordinary ring.

But at this moment, not only is it heating up, but there is also a hazy halo around it.

Before Glorfindel could be surprised, he was shocked by something even more unbelievable - he suddenly knew where Lan Wen was, it felt very strange, there was no picture in front of his eyes, and no one in his ear He didn't talk to the side, but he just "knew", just like a person who was born knew how to breathe, eat and drink, he suddenly knew where Lan Wen was now for granted.

But...that can't be true, Glorfindel looked into the distance again hesitantly, Angband's flame army had almost crossed the plain in front of Gondolin, but he still wanted to reach the foot of Gondolin. It takes several hours, how could Lan Wen be there?With the men of Angband?

Meglin passed by him, glanced at Glorfindel, and walked away quickly without saying anything.

"Maeglin!" Glorfindel called to him.

Meglin's footsteps paused, but she still stopped: "Lord Glorfindel? Now is not the time for small talk."

"I just have one question." Glorfindel said eagerly, "Do you know where Lan Wen went?"

Meglin's expression was very subtle for a moment, but soon he recovered his normal expression, and replied calmly, "She's with me."

Glorfindel breathed a sigh of relief.Sure enough, the strange feeling just now should just be his random thoughts that popped up suddenly for some reason.

"Protect her and let her meet Princess Idriel as soon as possible." Glorfindel said, "I can't take care of her now, please forgive me."

"Of course." Meglin raised her eyebrows, "I assure you, even if you and I die, she will be fine."

"Gothmog." Romimos, wearing a spider web cloak, suddenly appeared next to Gothmog silently, and disappeared as a phantom when Gothmog swung his palm, and then reappeared in another Of course, it is still hard to say whether this figure is real or not.

Gothmog exhaled bitterly. He hated Romimos and Sauron the most, villains like Romimos and Sauron who only played tricks but had no real skills.

"What are you doing here?" He asked in a rough voice, the disdain in his tone was undisguised.

"I just came to report that Gondolin is in chaos now. Turgon is having a meeting with his men to discuss how to deal with us. Maeglin will try to hold them back from attacking, in case any elf escapes. , but I advise you to hurry up."

"You don't need to tell me what to do here!" Gothmog growled, and the foul heat blowing against his face made Romimos frown, "Now you can go back!"

"Don't worry, no one cares where I am now." Romimos didn't care, and jumped on Gothmog's shoulder lightly. Of course, when Gothmog was furious and reached out to grab her It disappeared in an instant and reappeared on the other side, "In case you don't understand the map and make detours, I will kindly show you the way."

Gothmog was so angry that his whole body was smoking—literally, but he couldn't win against Romimos in the verbal dispute, so he held back for a long time before mocking: "I don't think you dare to stay in the city Right? Even though you can’t even kill a single elf, I won’t be able to control your life and death after a fight, you’d better find a place to hide yourself, and save those elves from tearing you to pieces.”

Romimos glanced at Gothmog and sneered, "Don't worry, I won't die even if you die."

"We must break out at once!" said Tull. "The Angband attack is swifter than I thought! If we don't act, we will all be trapped in the city."

But Meglin disagreed with Tour's opinion (as he always does): "If we break out now, who will protect the women and children? Where should we break out? How to keep the same direction? It all requires planning, but we don't have time. What's more, my lord, if we abandon the city now, all the hard work of our people for a hundred years will be burned, or fall into the hands of the devil of Morgoth. Gondolin is easy to defend, and we think we should stick and defend her, and Angband will not wear us out."

Sargante approved of Maeglin's proposal, lest he should meet the dreadful foes of Angband, and Turgon, with his love for Gondolin and Maeglin's blind trust, accepted him, Although all the rest of the lords were against him.

Before parting, Tour and Exilion looked at each other, tacit understanding.

"Angband's army attacked us almost in a straight line. They already knew the location and entrance of Gondolin, and they made careful deployment." Exilion sighed.

Tur gritted his teeth: "The traitor is among us."

Now almost all the lords are in a tense state of preparation for battle, Angband's army is coming menacingly, the ground of Gondolin has begun to tremble, and the air is filled with smoke and a smell of burning.Gothmog had already begun to attack the north gate of Gondolin, and it seemed only a matter of time before that gate was breached.

Among all the lords, only Meglin and Sargant were not preparing for the battle. Sargant was terrified and could only hide at home praying and wailing, while Meglin went straight to Tour's house and captured Idris El and Elendil.

Meglin tugged Idril's hair roughly and dragged her away, but little Elendil rushed up and tried to protect his mother, although Maglin didn't care about the petty fights at all. In his eyes, but he was also extremely annoyed, and he didn't want to let Elendil go.So Meglin cast a vicious look on Elendil, and drew out a dagger amidst Idril's terrified cry.

At the very moment, Idril's slender body suddenly burst out with powerful strength. She dragged Maeglin tightly, and shouted to Elendil: "Elan, run!"

Elendil was still hesitating.

"Go find you Ada, let him save me! Hurry up!" Idril shouted anxiously, she couldn't hold on any longer, and in terms of strength and physique, Meglin was much stronger than her.

"None of you should try to run away." Maeglin said viciously. He wanted to catch Elendil, but Idril pulled him with all his strength, and he couldn't move for a while.Elendil came back to his senses, with tears in his eyes, but he also realized that his strength was too weak and would only drag his mother down. Although he was extremely reluctant, he still stood up and turned around to run.

Idril secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but before she was completely relieved, a figure suddenly blocked Elendil's way of escaping.

"Lan Wen?!" Idril opened her eyes wide, not knowing whether she was happy or worried for a moment, she was in urgent need of help now, but if it was Lan Wen who came, even if they were two weak girls, they would not be Maeglin's opponent. It would be great if it was a warrior from the Baiyu family.

"Sister Lanwen, run!" Elendil yelled at Romimos, while running towards her, trying to pull her away together.

Wait a minute, Lan Wen's appearance... is not right!Idril's heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment.There was chaos inside and outside the city, but there was no panic on Lan Wen's face, and there was not even a speck of dust on the long white dress.

"Elan, stop!" Idril yelled.

But it was too late, and Meglin cried overjoyedly: "Romimos, catch him!"

In the next moment, Elendil was pinched around the neck with three fingers by Romimos, and he was lifted up in the air.

"Does it take you so much effort to deal with a woman and a child, Meglin?" Romimos raised her eyebrows, and a deep female voice came out of her mouth.

"Kill him, Romimos!" cried Meglin eagerly, "throw him under the wall!"

"Lan... Romimos..." Idril's face turned extremely pale, and a desperate whimper came from his throat, "Lan Wen... don't do this, please..."

Romimos glanced at the two of them expressionlessly, and then looked back at Elendil. This little child's face was already flushed, and his lips began to faintly turn purple, even though he was still struggling desperately. , but his strength is obviously getting weaker and weaker. As long as he doesn't let go, it will only take a few minutes at most, and he will be completely finished. Or as long as Romimos' fingers exert a little more force, it will be just enough to break the child's slender neck directly. It's a matter of a split second.

"Kill him, Romimos!" Meglin urged her.

Romimos could feel Elendil's pulse beating rapidly under her hand, one beat, another beat.

"Do it!" growled Meglin.

Romemos recalled the time when Elendil was just born, when Idril tenderly asked her to hold the child, and Romemos took him carefully, thank God, she was a bit of a child hugger at that time Experience, I think that when she hugged Meglin for the first time full of curiosity, she directly hugged Meglin and cried - you must know that it was Meglin, and Meglin was one of the few who cried a lot since she was a child. Ya Ruishi didn't mind at all, just laughed and took the child back.

But Elendil is much cuter in comparison. The baby who was still in the swaddling baby looked back at Romimos with big eyes as blue as the sky, and giggled, as if there was a light shining on his face. shine.

"Romimus!" Meglin called to her.

Romemos came back to his senses, narrowed his eyes and looked at Elendil again. The child's face had turned gray now, and his small head was drooping on his chest.

"Kill him!" Meglin yelled again.

Romimos waved his hand suddenly, Elendil's body was thrown out by her softly like a rag doll, hit the city wall with a bang, twitched a few times and then stopped moving.

"No!" Idriel cried out heartbreakingly.

"I'll leave the rest to you, Meglin." Romimos didn't look at them anymore, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.