[The Silmarillion] Romimus

This sudden scene was beyond everyone's expectations, and everyone was dumbfounded for a few seconds before Sires was the first to recover, exclaimed, and quickly ran over to check on Romimos The situation, and the faces of the others were full of horror and astonishment, and they became a mess.

Elrond was also stunned for a moment at first, but he quickly realized that this was an opportunity to escape, so he didn't hesitate immediately, and after quickly gesturing to the others with his eyes, he slowly walked towards the periphery of the crowd while taking advantage of the surrounding chaos. recede.

"Hey, you guys! What do you want to do?" However, there were sharp-eyed people who suddenly caught sight of the small movements of the elves and immediately shouted.

Don't run away if you are found out?What are you kidding?Now that Romemos is alive or dead, it may be their only chance to escape successfully.Elrond was silent for less than half a second, and this time he didn't even bother to pretend, and turned around and ran.

"Catch them!" cried Sirius angrily. "It must be the work of the elves!"

However, the elves are healthier and stronger than most of the humans here. While most of them were still in a daze, they ran tens of meters away in the blink of an eye. With the explosive power of the elves, it is really hard for ordinary humans to catch up with them with their legs. It is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

"Archery! Archery!" cried Sirius.

But Romemos, who was pale and closed his eyes, frowned and said something softly.

"What did you say?" Sirius quickly lowered her head and asked closer.

"I want to live."

"But..." Sires watched in embarrassment as the distance between elves and humans was getting bigger and bigger. If they ran to the place where the horses were tethered and escaped on horseback, then there was really no hope of catching up with them. "Forgive me for my incompetence, those elves will probably just escape like this."

"Don't worry." Romemos said, "No."

After the words fell, Romimos opened his eyes, and the original amber pupils were golden red like molten gold.

And Elrond and the others had almost fled to the edge of the forest, seeing that they were only one step away from freedom, but in an instant, Elrond found himself floating in the air!

No, it is not so much that he is floating upward, it is better to say that everything other than him is rapidly collapsing and falling. In an instant, his toes are already higher than the top of the Tower of Twilight, and everything in sight Everything that can be seen is shrinking, and the others soon become smaller than ants until they disappear, and the flower fields of Romemos are like white gems inlaid on a piece of dark green satin, and the streams in the forest It is the silver thread on the silk.

Elrond felt a physical dizziness and nausea, he took several deep breaths, raised his head and dared not look down again.It was too high, he had never stood at such a high place before, and he was still in such a situation where he was completely suspended in the air without any support, and he might fall down at any time.

A flock of birds flapped their wings and flew past him, and he felt that he was still rising and rising, as if there was no end to it, and soon even the highest flying birds were far behind by him, and His ascent speed remained unabated, and even faintly felt faster.

What is Romemos trying to do?How high do they have to go before they can stop?world borders?Romemos probably doesn't have that ability, does he?Having said that, if he continues like this, will he have a chance to meet his father?Or did Romemos want to throw him into Arian's solar ship and burn him to death?

Elrond was thinking wildly, he had been flying in the sky for 5 minutes, and after getting used to this feeling, he was no longer so afraid. At dusk, the orange-red sunset shone obliquely from behind him, casting his two The shadow is reflected on the thick clouds.

...wait, why does he have two shadows?

Elrond turned slowly in the air, holding his breath.

That's not the sun, there's no sun.

The huge shadow of Romemos stood behind him. Her body was incredibly tall, her boundless black hair was like the endless night of Arda, her left eye was like the sun, and her right eye was like the moon. Her breath turned into The colorful clouds in the sky and the blush on the cheeks are like the rose-like sunset in the sky.

She watched Elrond quietly, her golden pupils never blinking.

She spoke slowly, but there was no sound, and Elrond could only recognize what she said from the shape of her mouth: "None of you can escape."

This is hallucination!Elrond woke up suddenly, all this was an illusion created by Romimos, they should still be in place now!He has to run!

But where to go?His feet seemed to be stepping on cotton, so soft that he could not find any point of support. Although he hypnotized over and over in his heart that everything he saw was false, his instincts could not deceive anyone. His body honestly believed that he was floating. In mid-air, every move was extremely stiff.

Romimos smiled slightly, and slowly closed her eyes. As her eyes gradually closed, the night slowly fell, and the orange-red light like the setting sun disappeared, replaced by billions of stars that illuminated the surroundings. They not only shone above Elrond's head, but also flickered under his feet, on his chest, and behind him. In the vast starry sky, Middle-earth had been completely shrunk to nothing, and Elrond was completely lost. Direction, even at this moment he barely determined up, down, left, and right, the stars did not stop their footsteps for a moment, they flickered, burned, rotated, flowed, embraced and danced, and then suddenly dispersed, sometimes exploded and disappeared like fireworks, sometimes disappeared from them More stars are regenerated from the embers of the night sky; they sway their hot or cold brilliance around without hesitation, and those brilliant fluorescent lights melt into the lake in the night sky like ink and smoke, and will go out without warning Formed into a bottomless mass of darkness, unceremoniously seeking and engulfing more light around it.

This is not real, this is a dream... a nightmare that is extremely romantic and charming.

Suddenly, as if a switch was turned off, all the stars went out at the same time in an instant, and the black curtain in front of him was lifted, and Elrond found himself finally back on the ground of Middle-earth. And the real sunset is back, the tower of twilight stands on the edge of the cliff, and people still need to bend their necks back to see the top of the tower.

Elrond heaved a sigh of relief, his feet went limp, and he almost fell to his knees on the ground. Looking around, the other elves were also pale and unsteady, obviously also being tortured severely by Romimos.

Anyway, it's nice to be able to keep your feet on the ground... right?

When he saw the humans in the Twilight Land chasing after them with weapons in their hands, Elrond knew that they would never be able to escape this time.

After all, they still underestimated Romemos.Although they also expected that the other party would not be a fuel-efficient lamp, the elves always believed that Romemos's prosperity in Angband was mainly due to her insidious cunning and cold nature, not her innocence. How capable is she herself, or in other words, the other party is actually just a third-rate guy in Mai Yali.But if a third-rate Maier is so difficult to deal with, then how strong is Sauron?

"Lord Romemos, those elves have been captured." Sirius said respectfully, her eyes full of admiration and admiration.

"One more." Romimos raised his eyelids and said.

"Yes, that elf..." Sires suddenly remembered something, her body trembled suddenly, and her face turned pale instantly.

"what happened?"

"Herudil...my son, he is with that elf!" Sires cried. "It must have been that elf who hurt you in the dark! He must have killed my son!"

"Calm down first." Romimos frowned and ordered the emotional Sires, "Things may not be what you think."

"No, no, if Hrudir is still alive, he will not allow others to hurt a hair of yours just like me," Celeste's eyes became frantic with sadness and anger, "he must have suffered Unexpected!"

As if to confirm Sires' words, from the direction where the arrow was shot just now, a blond elf finally appeared, probably after seeing Elrond and the other elves, he knew that running away was hopeless , his face was expected to be very ugly, and there was a human youth who appeared with him, which was Sires' son Herudil.He walked in front of the elf, but his hands were forced behind his back, so he was dragged by Glorfindel reluctantly before Romimus.

Romimos's face and lips were still white and bloodless, her left chest and the clothes between her collarbone were completely stained red with blood, but she seemed to be in good spirits, even though she was unable to stand up again, Her posture was also very upright and graceful, as if the ground beneath her was not the grass, but the supreme throne, and her eyes looking straight at Glorfindel were also shining brightly.

Glorfindel hated the look in her eyes.

"Should I say, 'We'll meet again after a long time'?" Romimos licked his lips.

"Let them go." Glorfindel didn't seem to want to chat with her at all, and said bluntly.

Romemos tilted his head: "Otherwise?"

"You know what will happen." Glorfindel said, Herudir was still held in his hand like a chicken. Although Sires had seven or eight people surrounding him, they were still worried. Glorfindel did not dare to act rashly if he did something drastic in a hurry.

"Are you trying to threaten me?" Romimos widened his eyes in surprise.

"It's really presumptuous!" Sires squeezed out a word between her teeth, her fingers holding the sword turned white with force, but she had no choice but to look at Romimos with pleading eyes from time to time.

At this moment when the surrounding atmosphere is like a tense string, only Romimos's face does not show too much tension. She looks at Glorfindel thoughtfully, as if she thinks this is very interesting. .After a moment of silence, there was even a burst of laughter, which obviously touched the wound, and Romemos gasped in pain, but even so, she still couldn't help the smile on her face.

"After so many years, it seems that you have also learned to use some unconventional methods to solve problems? It's a remarkable progress." Romemos wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, whether it was pain or laughter, "But this is not your strong point, Darling. Or, shall I teach you?"

Romemos winked at the people on the side, and the people next to him immediately pushed up the tightly bound Elrond and forced him to kneel beside Romimos.

"Our dear little friend, the only surviving son of Elendil, now falls into my hands." Romimos arrogantly lifted Elrond's chin with a finger, looked around, Slightly frowned, "He really looks like his mother, that's okay, it will save me feeling uncomfortable for a while. In this way, I will count from now on, and every tens of counts, I will cut off one of his fingers, When will you let go of the person in your hand, and when will I stop, how?"

"you--!"

"Shh!" Romimos quickly made a silent gesture, turning his hand twice in front of his face, "Control your expression, this is a game, balance is very important, the more panic you look, the more I will Knowing that the more effective I intimidate you, the more valuable the hostages in my hands will be, and I will be more unscrupulous, understand? No matter how anxious you are in your heart, you must pretend to be calm and composed."

"Like you? But I think your indifference isn't just an act?" Glorfindel sarcastically said.

"Haha, you're right." Romimos was not annoyed at all, but clapped his hands and laughed, "You know it too well. Whether the hostages in your hands are dead or alive has nothing to do with me, and I have nothing to do with them." Don't care. If you want to kill, just do it."

"Master Romimos?" Sirius looked at Romimos in surprise and confusion, and everyone else, including the elves, also looked surprised. Although the elves always regarded Romimos as a cruel and cold-blooded person, but the As the supreme leader of a place, even in order to maintain his status, he should pretend to care about his own people, right?People like Romemos who don't even bother to put on an appearance are probably rare in the world.

"You are so outspoken, aren't you afraid that your people will rebel?" Glorfindel frowned.

"What have I to worry about? I sheltered them from outside wars; I predicted the weather for them and ensured the harvest; I taught them weaving, smelting, and astrology; because of me, many of their civilizations have survived to this day, Do you know how many skills and stories can be lost at the rate of human change for more than 1000 years? I made them the most intelligent group of humans in Middle-earth except the Numenorans, because I have everything they have now , It’s too late for them to be grateful to Dade. Besides, being with me is much better than being Sauron’s slaves. I neither force them to work as coolies, nor charge them more rent, nor ask them to build any temples. A small festival every day, and a big festival every five days, at most, they are indifferent to the life and death of a few people. If it were in Mordor, the vast majority of human beings would not even survive the age of 40." Romimos spread his hands, "So a What do you care about human sacrifice? What do you think, Sirius?"

"My lord..." The hope in Sires' eyes turned into fear, her lips trembled a few times, and she suddenly knelt down, "Please! Please, find a way to save Hrudir! He It's my son!"

"Mortals are doomed to die, and you will have other children in the future." Romimos was unmoved.

Sires knelt for a long time, knowing that Romimos would not change her mind, and Herudil was afraid that she would die, so she couldn't help crying.

"Mother..." Hrudir felt guilty and distressed, and his eyes were filled with tears.

"How can you be so cruel?" Glorfindel couldn't stand it anymore, and accused Romimos.

"I'm cruel? Aren't you the one who hurt the mother and child forever?" Romimos retorted.

"I don't want to hurt anyone," said Glorfindel. "If you let Elrond and them go now, I promise not to touch a hair of this boy."

"I also said, I don't accept your conditions."

Glorfindel took a deep breath. "You must be so unreasonable?" He said, "With your current strength, what if you let them go? Can we still be your threat?"

"You shot me with an arrow just now... But forget it, I forgive you for this matter. It is not surprising that you want to kill me. As for your negotiation, I will not discount it if you can charge double interest. You are in no position to bargain with me now, Glorfindel."

"...Why didn't I kill you with one arrow." Glorfindel sighed.

"Because you have never been so cruel." Romemos casually wiped the blood stains on his hands with the corner of his clothes, "So what are you worried about, Sires? Do you think he can really kill your son? He can't do it." This hand."

Sirius looked back and forth between Romimos and Glorfindel in amazement: "But..."

"No but." Romimos looked at Glorfindel provocatively, "Is there something I said wrong? Then do it."

"Please stop talking..." Sirius covered her eyes.

Glorfindel's eyes darkened, and the strength in his hand holding Hrudir unconsciously increased a little. To be honest, it was no harder for him to break the neck of this human boy than to break the neck of a chicken. Well, Romemos will not be clear about this, but it is obviously as she said, she doesn't care about the boy's life or death at all.

Hrudir coughed twice in discomfort.

Romimos had a mocking smile in his eyes and mouth, as if waiting for a good show.

Glorfindel looked at Elrond, who looked back silently for two or three seconds, pursed his lips, and closed his eyes.

Finally, Glorfindel let out a long sigh, and let go of the restraint on Hrudir.

"I'm sorry," he said, "you go."

Hrudir gasped in shock, as if he didn't react for a while, he was stunned for two or three seconds, and then hurriedly ran to Sires, who was overjoyed, and hugged his mother tightly.

Still, he couldn't help but look back at Glorfindel again.

"It's been 500 years, Glorfindel, and the same scene has happened to you and me again." Romimos was not surprised at this, "You are still the same, others can always become your weakness, even if Someone who actually has nothing to do with you."

"Because he has nothing to do with me, I can't implicate him," said Glorfindel.

"That's your choice. If you choose to make your conscience feel good, then your companion will have to suffer a little because of your noble choice." Romimos snorted disapprovingly, "You can go if you want Come on, I won't stop you, I owe you this. But others, sorry, as I said at the beginning, none of you can get out of here until the news of the fall of Erejan. Put They take it away!"

Glorfindel just watched Elrond and the others being taken down by Sires' men. After most of them left, he turned and left without looking at Romimos again.

Romimos watched him leave silently, the front was already stained with blood, but the back was still straight, until Glorfindel's back was completely invisible, her eyes suddenly went dark, and she fainted suddenly past.