The Collection of The End

—Third Age, 3018, October 8 —

"Well."

Gandalf groaned and slowly opened his eyes.

one eye.

The other is still swollen and cannot be opened.

The gray-robed wizard looked at the blue-black steel in front of him with his barely opened right eye. After thinking for a few seconds, he finally realized that he was lying face down on the floor made of steel.

"This is... Isengard," he said with difficulty.

Eisengarde is translated from the Elvish word "Angrenost (Angrenost, the name means Ironfortress (Ironfortress), and it also means West Guard.

It is the jurisdiction of Saruman, the current speaker of the Holy White Council.

Thinking of this festival, Gandalf's memory finally became smooth.

Saruman... After he came to tell Sauron that Sauron was resurrected and that the Lord of the Rings had been resurrected, instead of contacting other councillors to fend off the enemy together, he announced that he would be loyal to Sauron and build a team capable of conquering the Middle-earth Continent. Army.

Gandalf couldn't convince Saruman, so he started angrily, but was attacked first by the opponent, snatched the staff, and stunned with a heavy blow.

The same as Mai Ya, with mental arithmetic and unintentional, and occupying a favorable position, he did not lose injustice.

Also because both parties are Maya, he dare not kill himself, because that means that the news of his rebellion will be immediately learned by the other Maya and Vera.

Then, there is only one choice.

Gandalf stood up with difficulty and looked around.

He is at the top of a steel spire that is hundreds of meters high. There is no possibility of climbing down the steep steel wall.

And around this steel spire, there are countless green Piokes rushing between blast furnaces, iron canals, forging yards, and material storage places. Farther away, a large number of towering ancient trees are being torn down, felled, Burn it into firewood.

The beautiful and verdant forest fortress that was originally located at the mouth of the Eisin River, full of trees and grassland, has changed beyond recognition. It is now a military fortress that continuously produces armor and weapons to provide equipment for the Mordorok army.

"What the **** are you doing...Saruman?" Gandalf murmured.

As the created **** [Eru Ilúvatar (Eru Ilúvatar)] was sent to Arda to guide the development of various races. He is the immortal Maya himself. Gandalf could not understand the meaning of gaining power and power in this world. Mirko, then Sauron, and now Saruman.

If I have to say something, it's like...a child who deliberately damages his parents' favorite artwork in order to gain attention?

Don't they know that there is still punishment for the same gain?

Sauron had lost his body and wandered for a long time, and Iluvita had no intention of recalling him. Saruman wanted to follow in his footsteps.

So far, Iluvita is still interested in this world, and will assign Ainu (Ainu) around her to become Valar and Maiar to maintain its existence, but this is not a reason for them to behave arrogantly. , If the trouble goes too far, Iluvita decides to abandon this world and them, and take away all the other Vera and Maya, then they can only wander in the ruins they made by themselves forever.

Although it was once again confirmed that Saruman's act of turning to Sauron was unjustified, it did nothing to help Gandalf's current situation.

When Maya enters the world, his own strength will be reduced to an appropriate level that will not have a bad impact on the world, and as the "synchronization" with the world increases, the strength will gradually be unblocked, in other words, if there is Maya entered the world in the form of animals, such as Huan. He will always maintain the posture of a hound and cannot become a human or an elf.

For Gandalf, the restriction on him is...As a "grey-robed wizard", he can't fly.

As for jumping...Although Maya’s soul will be picked up by Iluvita after his death due to various reasons, it will take time. After all, it is impossible for him to pay attention to every Maya at any time, and before that, Saruman must He is happy to seal his soul to prevent his conspiracy from leaking.

Therefore, the only way now is to use "communication animals" to ask certain flying creatures to ask for help from Gwaihir, who is in the form of a giant eagle, so that he can pick himself up from this air prison.

But...Eisengarde is in such a hot environment for building war weapons, and the slightly smarter flying creatures will definitely hide away.

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Squeak!

"Bat..." Gandalf frowned as he looked at the small black animal caught in his hand, "Will it really be eaten by the giant eagles casually? No, it should be said, if there is no vision, how can I get there? The habitat of the giant eagle is the problem, but..."

Gandalf looked under the steel spire.

In just a few days, Saruman's weapon manufacturing workshop has become large-scale, and there is no green at all, only flames and steel, and the larger and larger Ouke army.

Although these blue-faced and fangs monsters have no military discipline at all, their quantitative advantages and thick-skinned bodies are enough to crush the conventional battle groups-such as the regular army of Gondor and Rohan. As for those belonging to Aragon, It's not easy to say.

"If you continue to hesitate, Gondor, who is not prepared for this'rebellion', may be defeated in an instant," Gandalf shook his head: "Let it try first, but you can't put all hopes on it."

Gandalf was holding the bat's hand with bursts of white light, and the originally black bat gradually "dyeed white" in this white light.

"Go, go to the territory of the giant eagle and tell the leader there that Gandalf the Grey needs help." Gandalf raised his hand and threw the "white bat" high.

Chi Chi!

The white bat hovered twice in the air, preparing to fly to the east, but was swallowed by a huge mouth.

Call-call-

A huge shadow appeared on the top of the tower with the sound of the wings flapping with the strong wind, but because it was too far from the ground, the flames of the weapon workshop could not fully illuminate its appearance.

Whoo... Om.

The huge shadow shrank quickly, and then a little hobbit girl with short horns on her head fell to the top of the steel spire.

"Gandalf~" She raised her hand and greeted the gray-robed wizard who hugged the pillar tightly so as not to be blown away: "I'm coming~"

"Ha ha ha..." Gandalf flicked his tunic, covered his unswollen eyes and stood up: "Why are you here?"

"I've eaten up all the war elephants~" the little girl said: "I'm about to go back to the Shire to find Baggins. If you see it is quite lively, come and have a look."

"You are here just right," Gandalf nodded, "Excuse me, please go to Guan He's place and ask him to send a giant eagle to rescue me, and then I will give you a giant eagle to eat."

"Giant eagle!" Sophie's eyes shone, and she nodded repeatedly, then turned and jumped off the steel spire, and then turned into a red dragon and soared into the sky.

"In this case, there is no problem asking for help. After that, just find a way to defeat the Ouke army here..."

Gandalf looked up and watched the dragon disappear into the sky. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly raised his hand to cover his face:

"…I am silly."