[The Silmarillion] Romimus

"Miss Antonia!" The next day, Aragorn walked through the corridor and greeted Antonia cheerfully, just like every day in the past many years, "You are finally back, I miss you so much."

However, the other party still looked indifferent as usual, and his voice was low and steady: "How is your homework done, Your Highness? This time you have an extra month, I hope the final result will not disappoint me."

Aragorn pursed his lips slightly, pretending to complain: "You have been away for such a long time, and the first thing you did when you came back was to ask me for homework."

"Your words are like a little baby who can't live without its mother. Is two months long?" Antonia said, raising her head slightly to look at Aragorn's side face, "...well, it's really not short, You have grown taller again, Your Highness."

Aragorn laughed, and walked a few steps to the front to open the door. Antonia tilted her head slightly to express her gratitude and walked into the classroom. Gilleen and Glorfindel were already waiting for her inside.

"I communicated with Lord Glorfindel before I left." Antonia said, looking down at Glorfindel's lesson plan, "But obviously, during the two months I was away, the lessons were completely off track. I I hope you can talk more about the relationship and transformation between humans, elves, and Sauron in the Second Era from the perspective of elves, my lord, I did not ask you to write the biography of Romimos."

"You said that I can play freely." Glorfindel said innocently, "And you left for two months, but only left me with one month's course schedule, so I can only use the extra time I think of what to say. I don’t really want to talk about Romimos, but it is undeniable that because of her always ambiguous position, whether you talk about humans, elves, or Vera, Morgoth and Sauron, Luo Mimus is always a section that cannot be avoided. If I remember correctly, you will start to talk about the history from the end of the Númenor Empire to its demise, can Romimus be ignored in it?"

"Your reason makes me speechless."

"Really? This is a rare experience, and I may have to revisit it every year in the future."

"Okay, that's the end of the gossip." Antonia fake coughed twice, lowered the corners of her mouth and changed to a serious expression, "Lord Glorfindel is right, next we will start from Golden Emperor Farathon Let’s start with the attack on Middle-earth. Regarding Farathon, regardless of his merits or demerits, he is undoubtedly a very famous king among the kings of all dynasties. I also mentioned him emphatically when I talked about the kings of the Númenor Empire. Remember, Aragorn Your Highness?"

"Of course, Miss Antonia."

"It would be too boring to repeat the same content again." Antonia said, "Maybe I will change the angle this time. Since you are all so interested in Romemus, I might as well go along and finish her story." .”

"I have no objection." Aragorn said immediately.

"Admit the objective facts, but stand firm. Let's stop talking nonsense, and now we officially start—"

For a long time since Sauron was driven out of Eriador there was peace in the west of Middle-earth, at least for the Elves, but for the Men of Middle-earth the days of peace were too short.As the national power of Numenor became stronger and stronger, the people there became more and more dissatisfied. They began to pursue more power and wealth. After the star-shaped land under their feet could not satisfy their desires, the people of Numenor finally moved Greedy and eager eyes were cast on Middle-earth.

This is a disaster for the humans along the coast of Middle-earth. The Númenorans not only occupied their land, robbed a large amount of metal and timber resources, but also oppressed these humans, forcing them to collect tribute and taxes.

The Elves may have dissuaded, but it was of little use, for the Númenoreans grew arrogant and believed that their actions were perfectly justified.

"If we hadn't arrived in time, the humans of Middle-earth, and you elves, would have licked the shoes of that devil in Mordor by now." They said arrogantly, "Shouldn't you be a little grateful ?”

However, the Land of Twilight grew rapidly at an unprecedented speed at that time, and many humans who fled the western coast finally came to the territory of Romemos. Orcs hunted, and as time went by, Romimos' illusion continued to extend outwards, including those humans. It was the heyday of the Twilight Land, and it is said that her territory expanded fully within 200 years Nearly one-third, the population also doubled, becoming the largest human paradise in the west of Middle-earth during the Second Era.

This move of Romemos angered the Numenoreans. At that time, they thought that Romemos was the biggest obstacle to their conquest of Middle Continent. They hated her more than Sauron, because they did not send Sauron's army. In their eyes, they were helpless against the illusion of Romimos. For this reason, they even (think) humbly asked the elves for help, hoping to combine the magical power of the elves and their own powerful army to capture the land of dusk in one fell swoop.

But Linton rejected this request, frankly saying that they had nothing to do with the power of Maiya, and they could not help, and once again advised the Númenoreans to restrain their desires and ambitions.

Unsurprisingly, the Númenorians not only did not listen to the advice of the elves, but instead became furious, thinking that the elves were out of envy of their powerful power in Middle Continent, and they even questioned Gilgalad and Romimus in person. The collusion pissed off every Elf, and the rift between the Númenorans and the Elves has since grown worse.

Of course, there are still some people who are happy with all this, that is Sauron. Although he barely escaped in the last battle, he lost miserably and almost wiped out his entire army. The Noel people took revenge, and the Twilight Land, whose population was increasing rapidly, was just a fat and defenseless lamb to him. How could there be any reason not to slaughter it?

Based on the principle of "what's yours is mine", Sauron approached Romemos, and asked for someone without any psychological burden, but was unexpectedly rejected. Romemos believed that the current strength of the Númenor Empire Sheng, gathering an army to provoke a war now is just a meaningless death, and advised Sauron to endure the humiliation at this moment and patiently wait for a better opportunity to counterattack.

Sauron was very dissatisfied. Although Romemos's words were not unreasonable, Sauron keenly felt the contempt and sarcasm hidden under her words. Mimos, however, was proud of himself. This reversal of power and status made Sauron more sensitive. Now he not only suspected the relationship between Romimos and the elves, but also suspected that Romimos was trying to get rid of him and set up his own family. , no matter which point is intolerable to Sauron.

But Sauron calmed down and did not explode immediately. Instead, he negotiated with Romemos in a friendly voice. Conscript troops in the territory of the devil, and provide free support to the devil with a large amount of supplies, but put forward two requirements: first, Sauron can only persuade other humans to support and join him voluntarily, and cannot use coercive means; second, Sauron is not allowed to fight Her banner is deceived.

In the end, Sauron persuaded less than 1000 people to leave with him—most of these people had been oppressed by the Numenorans and longed for revenge—this was far from his original expectations, and he left without saying a word. But he felt insulted and betrayed, and has since held a grudge against Romimos.

However, Romemos at that time ignored Sauron's narrow-mindedness, and the power under her name grew stronger day by day. Because of this connection, her own ability was also improved at that time, and she was almost indistinguishable from Sauron at the peak. They were close friends, and at that time, she thought that even if Sauron regained his vitality in the future, it was unlikely that he would return to the position before the war, and he would no longer pose a threat to her.

At that time, Romimos was satisfied, thinking that her goal of escaping from Aman Continent had finally been achieved, and that there was no longer any power that could restrain her in Central Continent, and the Twilight Land was becoming more and more prosperous and beautiful under her protection and construction. It was her wish when she first came to Arda.

Such carefree days lasted for more than 1000 years, until Farathon, the last king of the Númenor Empire, led his army to land in Middle Continent and declared war on Sauron again.

Romemos' original intention was to hide behind the illusion and continue to watch the fun. War was never something she wanted to get involved in, but Sauron sent her a message, demanding that she go to see him immediately. .

Romemos couldn't figure out Sauron's intentions, but she thought that the other party was probably going to outrageously ask her to provide personnel and material assistance. As for why she was allowed to go over instead of Sauron like before, maybe it was because of the battle ahead. It was tight, and Sauron had no time to withdraw.

After thinking about it for a while, Romimos decided to go there in person. She is still an ally of Mordor on the surface, and she will not save any face for Sauron. Have to do enough, and give reasons that seem to be faultless.

But when she came to the place appointed by Sauron as promised, she didn't even see Sauron's shadow. Only a few servants of Mordor greeted her and told her respectfully that Sauron could not come to see her for the time being. Mimos waited patiently for a few days.

Romimos also expressed his understanding at first, the Númenoreans are not easy to deal with, and Sauron must have fought very hard no matter whether he wins or loses this battle.But after more than a week, Romimos finally couldn't bear it when the opponent's subordinates used the same words to perfuse her over and over again.

Romimos' anxiety is justified. The illusion outside the Twilight Land is supported by her alone. The longer she is away, the less powerful the illusion will become. Of course, it is not a problem to stop elves and humans in a short time Yes, but since Sauron was not at the appointed place, a sense of uneasiness lingered in Romimos' heart.

After nine full days had passed without seeing Sauron, Romemos finally couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, and flew back to the north immediately despite the obstruction of Sauron's servants.

Then in mid-air, a sudden sharp pain hit her, as if the heart had been pierced by the tip of a knife. The pain spread from the heart to the fingertips quickly, and Romimos fell straight from the sky as soon as his eyes went dark. , It took six or seven seconds before he regained control of his body, slid forward for a certain distance and barely landed.

Romemos knelt on the ground, her face was pale, and her whole body was soaked in sweat. The pain receded slowly like a tide, but she still couldn't stop her body from trembling.The pain just now didn’t come out of thin air, and it was a warning——

The illusion of Twilight was forcibly broken.

Romemos didn't know how all this happened, and she couldn't calm down to think carefully. She flew back for two days and one night in a daze without sleep, and what greeted her was a sight that could be seen from hundreds of miles away. The soaring smoke.

"Luo Mi... Luo Mi..." Someone called her weakly. Although Luo Mimos was in a trance, her extraordinary hearing allowed her to catch the voice. She looked down and saw the bell. waved to her from the river below.

Romimos landed next to Bell, who looked as bad as when they first met, or even worse than that, not only mentally weak, but also bloody in several places on his body.

"Why are you here?" Romimos breathed heavily, "Where is Swan Lake?"

"There is no more swan marsh." Ling Ding's tears burst out, she shook Romemos's hand, "Luo Mi, run away, run away! They are coming for you!"

"Who are they? Mordor?" asked Romimus, "and the others?"

Bell cried and shook his head: "Everyone is dead...they—the Númenoreans have come in, you go."

Romemos was silent for a long time, reaching out his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of Bell's eyes.

"You go first, Bell, and find a suitable place to hide first. Linton, Rivendell, or Shire, anywhere is fine." Although Romimos said this, he knew in his heart that this was impossible. The Swan Pond is the source of Bell's power, once the Swan Pond is exhausted, it will be useless no matter where the Bell hides.

"how about you?"

"I will go to you," said Romimos, rising to her feet, and ignoring the bell calling behind her, she walked toward the heart of the Dusklands.

Romimos disappeared, but he didn't see a single person. The village that used to be full of joy and laughter turned into a dead ruin. The houses and fields were burned to the ground. Young and middle-aged people are the most, but there are also old people and women. They have fought, but they are not opponents of Numenor's powerful army after all.

It wasn't until they came under the Tower of Twilight that the world became noisy again. The original flower field was trampled into disrepute, densely packed with Númenorean tents, and the center one was the largest and most luxurious.

Minasvio had been destroyed, the gate that could not be opened from the outside was smashed open with force, the glass of the window was smashed, thick smoke billowed from inside, the once white tower was charred black, no need to look I also know that the collection of ancient books and various works inside must have been burned clean.On the ruined gate, the heads of three priests were beheaded and hung on display.

Romemos's footsteps neither stopped nor slowed down. She passed through countless human beings who could not see her, and went straight to the most magnificent tent in the center - the king's tent, and followed a maid silently slipped in.

Romemos saw Farathon in the tent. The other party was sitting on a golden chair, arrogantly and casually letting the trembling maid serve him. If it wasn't at this moment, Romemos might still be He will admit that this Human Sovereign does have some bearing, even though the other party reveals a supercilious distaste all the time, but he does have this capital.

But at this time, Romemos just quietly stood aside, staring at Farathon's every move, until he sent away all the others and he was the only one in the tent, Romemos remained silent Walking behind him, with a flick of her wrist, the light merged into a dagger in her hand that was sharper than all sharp swords.

Romemos looked at Farazon's back, his eyes were cold, and he raised his hand without hesitation——

But she failed to stab, and in a blink of an eye, someone grabbed her from behind, and with a click, Romemos' right arm was twisted into an angle that could not be formed under normal circumstances.

Romemos had no choice but to show up, she even forgot to cry out in pain, and looked back at the person who stopped him in a daze.

Farazon turned around with a normal expression: "Good job, Mai Rong."

"It is my honor to serve you, Your Majesty." Sauron bowed deeply, speaking respectfully, "Please calm down. As for Romimos, I will teach her well for you."