[The Silmarillion] Romimus

It was not until later that the elves knew that they had been tricked by Romimos again.

At that time, Romimos was quite reluctant. The elves were talking about it, but she reluctantly agreed to open the gate to make way, as if she had betrayed their favor.

But in fact?According to later records, just five days before Linton's army finally crossed the river from the bridge—that is, the day before Romimos released Elrond and others from the tower—Irejan has fallen.

This abacus is so well done, it seems to be a concession to the elves, avoiding a complete tear with Linton at that time, but in fact it did not delay the matter of Mordor. What to do with her.

Of course, Romemos said that everything was just a coincidence of timing, and she was completely unaware of it. The parties concerned should exercise restraint and reflect on themselves.

Whoever believes is a fool.

By now, all the encounters between Glorfindel and Romimos have basically ended, and the number of times they have met after that can be counted on one hand, and each time it is almost only in a hurry, because of various They separated again for various reasons.And those few encounters also took place during the 200 years at the end of the Second Era, until the fleet of Tal-Pharazon landed in Middle-earth, leveled the Dusk and turned it into ruins, where about 500 Neither Glorfindel nor Romimos had seen each other again, nor had any correspondence.

But it doesn't mean that the grievances between Romimos and the elves have come to an end, although in most of the time in the middle and late stages of the second era, they did not interfere with each other, and lived in peace with each other.On the one hand, this is due to the increasingly powerful deterrence of the Númenor Empire. Sauron stopped a lot during that period. The Land of Dusk did not cause any substantial losses to the elves. On the other hand, Romimos did something that surprised all the elves.

Glorfindel also learned about Romemos and the aftermath of Twilight from other people, and completed some details based on his own knowledge of Romemos and others, so the following may not be the whole truth or fact.

With a rough and piercing bird song, a large crow landed between the bars of the iron window of Irejan's cell and screamed loudly.

"Oh? Linton has already figured out a way to get around it?" Sauron raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked after a little thought, "What day is today, Tel Perinqua?"

The man next to him—Tel Pelinka, also known as Celebrimbor, the Lord of Irejan—had his hands dangling from his sides in handcuffs, his head bowed, covered by his blood-stained and dusty hair. He touched his face, but he didn't make a sound, and even his breathing was so weak that it was almost undetectable.

"Look at me, you haven't left the house for more than two months here, it's understandable that you can't remember the days." Sauron said to himself very naturally, "But I remembered, this day last week Just passed the winter solstice."

Still no one paid him any attention.

"I asked Romemus to hold Linton back for half a year, but she really did what she said, and she refused to do it for another week." Sauron sneered, walked towards Celebrimbor, and pushed him away. His pale and slender fingers strangled the scarred neck of the opponent, "You still refuse to tell me anything? Celebrimbor... the former lord."

As the strength in Sauron's hand gradually increased, Sauron finally withdrew his hand until Celebrimbor finally frowned impatiently, and his skinny cheeks that had no trace of blood turned red due to lack of oxygen.

Celebrimbor coughed painfully with his eyes closed, and blood sprayed from the corner of his mouth.

"I still have a lot of patience to continue to fight with you, Celebrimbor." Sauron—Anata—Sauron said cruelly and coldly, making people hear the hairy voice behind him, "but your Hope comes sooner than I expected, I don't have the energy to play games with you anymore. Should I expect to hear about the whereabouts of the Three Rings from you? Or just kill you and hang your body up to be me Can the flag of our country better reflect the final value of our friendship?"

Celebrimbor remained silent, either from weakness or passive resistance, or both.

Sauron narrowed his eyes viciously, picked up a red-hot iron, and pressed it fiercely on Celebrimbor's thigh...

Sauron spent more than half a month with Celebrimbor like this, but as Linton's army got closer, his patience also fell off a cliff, and his temper became more and more irritable. Le Bripon was tortured to death.But after Sauron used almost all the tortures he would use and Celebrimbor still refused to speak, Sauron took a deep breath and finally made up his mind to kill him.

He hit Celebrimbor's head three times with the blunt blunt hair of a forging hammer. Only then did he manage to vent the anger that had been pent up in his heart for the past few months. Blood flowed down the handle of the hammer, Sticky and slippery.Sauron exhaled, turned his wrist, and revealed the other end of the hammer——

However, at this moment, Sauron's men suddenly came in to inform him: Sheloh is coming.

Shelob is a descendant of the fallen Maia Ungolian, gluttonous and tyrannical like her ancestors, and mostly takes the form of a spider, though she can also take the form of a sullen but Enchanting woman.

Shelo's lair is in the mountain barrier west of Mordor, and all pedestrians and birds and beasts passing by there can't escape her greedy belly. If she is really hungry, she will prey on Orcs, but even for her Grams are too bad to eat, so it's just a second choice when you're hungry.In this way, a self-evident alliance was formed between Sheloh and Sauron. Sauron turned a blind eye to the fact that Shelo had eaten a few orcs, and sometimes sent some captives to Come over to feed her, and the existence of Shelo has cleared many obstacles around Mordor. All forces that want to attack Mordor from the west have to consider how to escape Shelo's fangs in the first step.

But other than that, Shelob never explicitly stated her allegiance to Sauron, nor did she actively interfere in the war between Sauron and the Elves.

So Sauron was quite surprised that Shelob had come to Erejan in person.

Before Sorrendo could react, Shelo came in following the subordinate who had notified her. She twitched her nose a few times, as if the smell of blood in the room greatly aroused her appetite.

"I'm hungry." She raised her chin and said haughtily to Sauron, "Where's the food you promised me, Sauron?"

Sauron had a big headache.

"You came here to find me just for this?" He asked, "Didn't I just--"

"Half a year? Not even half a year?! You treat me like a cat!" Sheloh was furious, "Because of your Mordor, there are fewer and fewer people passing by me now. You have to be responsible for this, so please Len!"

Sauron didn't want to fall out with Shelob right now. Although she was not as powerful and terrifying as Angorian, Sauron thought she was still valuable to him.

"Okay, I was negligent. Just bear with me, and I'll send you there as soon as my business is over."

"Okay, but I've been hungry for so long, so it's not too much to ask for a pre-dinner snack first?" Shelob turned his eyes, and suddenly took aim at Celebrimbor, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, "Isn't there an elf here? me."

Sauron really didn't expect Shelob to make such a request, he was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously refused: "This elf can't do it."

"Why?" Sheloh raised his eyebrows and sneered at Sauron. "What did you promise me just now? Your sincerity is really eye-opening, Sauron."

"It's not that I don't keep my word, Shelob." Sauron pursed his lips tightly, "You can eat any other elf you want, but this one—"

"What's the big deal about this one?" Sheloh asked. "If he's of any use to you, that's all right, but when I come in, I see you looking like you're going to kill someone. You're dead anyway, so let me use it." What's wrong with filling your stomach?"

Sauron choked, and Shelob's words seemed to be all right at first glance.

"This is Celebrimbor, kinsman of Gilgalad, and an important figure among the Noldor," said Sauron. "I intended to hang his body before the two armies, so that it would surely enrage and frighten the Elves. , had a huge impact on their morale."

"Irejan has been breached long ago, and it was nothing but a waste of effort for the elves to come all the way. Isn't that enough to affect their morale?" As a result, it was fine if Sauron didn't explain. The more reluctant he was to refuse, he let the corpse Luo decided to eat Celebrimbor. When Sauron realized this, it was too late for him to say anything, "I want this, will you give it or not?"

Sauron hesitated for a moment. From the moment he gave up getting the whereabouts of the Three Rings of the Elf from Celebrimbor, Celebrimbor was really useless to him. The problem now is to fight the elves The spirit is more important?Or is it more important to appease Shelob and let her continue to guard the gates of Mordor with peace of mind?

From a long-term perspective, it seems that the latter is more cost-effective.As Shelob said, Celebrimbor himself is not the key to the next outcome. No matter how much shock his death can bring to the elves, Sauron is sure to win this war. It's a pity for the elf's tragic expression when he learned of Celebrimbor's death...

Shelob did not let go of Sauron's wavering for a moment, so he simply regarded him as acquiescing.She quickly came to the side of Celebrimbor, her eyes burst out with ferocious red light, she twisted her limbs, and quickly turned into a huge eight-legged giant spider, and spit out the spider silk to make the elf, who was dying of breath and fainted, solid After wrapping it up, he left in a hurry, leaving only one sentence: "Don't forget the person you promised to give to me, Sauron."

Sauron watched Shelob go away quickly, and opened his mouth, always feeling that something was wrong.

And Shelob carried Celebrimbor wrapped like a silkworm chrysalis on her back, and first went southeast, as if she wanted to go back to her lair to enjoy a feast in peace, but after leaving the place that Sauron could observe , she circled around the spot a few more times, and after confirming that there were no orcs nearby, she ran all the way west until she stopped at the edge of a swamp shrouded in mist.

The fat teal in the reeds was startled, and fluttered its wings in a panic to escape, but before it could fly, it was caught by a sticky spider thread, and Shelob grabbed it.

"Go and tell Romimus, I brought her the person she wants." Sheloh confessed impatiently, "Let her hurry up, I've been hungry for a long time, maybe I won't be able to bear it anytime soon." Just eat this elf. Also, let her not forget to bring what I want."

The unlucky duckling was so frightened that it froze for a while after being released, and then it came back to its senses and flew away in a hurry. It almost fell into the water when it took off.

Romimos came without a sound, until Shelob began to swallow saliva in great agitation, and she appeared before her without warning out of nowhere-only a head, still hidden in the shadows from the neck down.

"Are you sure no one is following you?" Romemos asked vigilantly.

"I didn't find it, so it doesn't exist." Shelob said casually, "But I don't guarantee that Sauron will not become suspicious in the future."

"We'll talk about it later." Romimos said, walked to the "silkworm chrysalis" beside Shelob's feet, stretched out his hand and tore off the spider silk from the head, and checked the condition of the people inside.

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"Who would recognize this?" Romimos clicked his tongue, and Sauron's attack was too ruthless, which basically amounted to disfigurement.

"That's right, Sauron himself told me that this is the elf lord." Shelob folded her arms indifferently, "I brought the goods, and you have checked them. What about the things I deserve? Don't try to trick me." , Romemus."

"Even among us, we know that it is not wise to break promises senselessly, Shelob," said Romimos, throwing off the cloak she wore with admirable workmanship in the name of Onggo. Weaved by the silks of Lyon, the ancestor of Sheloh, the shadows under which were blacker than darkness, not even the eyes of Manwë could see, and all Arda could no longer discern its function. The second cloak is more amazing than this one.

Romimos took another deep look at the cloak, and handed it to Shelob.

"There are more." Shelob took it, still not satisfied.

Romimos took off the ring on her hand, and it was made of gold with obsidian. It was just a pair with the one she gave to Glorfindel in the past. Strictly speaking, it was the first batch of "Lord of the Rings" in Middle-earth, although Both the power contained in it and its function are far inferior to Sauron's Supreme Ring, but it is really the carrier of Maier's power.

There was a greedy light in Shelo's eyes, and as soon as Romimos took off the ring, she couldn't wait to grab it and put it on her finger.

"You'd better confirm it again," Romimos said coolly, "You did not intentionally disclose this matter to anyone before, even if it was a very vague hint, and you will never in the future, if you don't Assure me, you'd better think twice before putting on this ring."

Shelob paused for a while, smiled contemptuously, and put the ring on her index finger without hesitation.

"I'm not like you and Sauron, who are liars who say what they say and what they say, Romemus. Since I promised you, I won't break my word," she said, "but even if I don't say it, then Sauron is shrewd and suspicious, and you should also be prepared for something to happen one day. Hahaha, I'm really looking forward to Sauron's reaction when he finds out that his little pet is going against him under his nose."

Romimos did not answer Shelob's words.

"Since we have all got what we want, let's say goodbye." She said coldly.

Shelo waved his hand indifferently: "Next time you have something like this, you can continue to come to me. I don't mind eating more of your strength. But you can actually use other rewards. There are so many people in your place, and you can give them a year." I'll give you one or two—"

"That's out of the question." Romimos interrupted her rudely, and lifted Celebrimbor on one shoulder, and soon disappeared in the illusion of the Twilight Land.