Under the liberation of Flora's furious real name, the demonized water monster inhabiting the black lake became history in an instant, but this unnecessary all-out attack directly caused an A-class soul stone to turn into ashes along with the monster, and I don't know if the blow that changed the entire surrounding landscape led to any other consequences.

-- But no matter what, the road still has to go on.

The road to Moriah is clear, of course...... It's just to get to the entrance.

After walking along the evaporated black lake like a forest, Xiao Lan and Flora saw two tall holly trees that were still thriving near the edge of the cliff. Their massive roots stretched from the cliffs to the lake, and from the distant staircase they looked like little more than low bushes compared to the towering cliffs; But when you look closer, they're tall and big, like two fearless stout guards on either side of the road.

"Phew, I think we're finally here." Xiao Lan recalled Tolkien's description in the Lord of the Rings, and nodded after comparing it with the surrounding situation a few times: "This is the end of the elven road from the west. The holly tree is a symbol of the local people, who planted these two holly trees here to symbolize the end of the territory. The main purpose of this Simon was to facilitate their communication with the king of Moria. In a time of relative peace, when the various races were still closely connected, dwarves and elves used to be quite familiar friends......"

"But they've been separated for thousands of years." Directly interrupted Xiao Lan's continued recollection, Flora said a little angrily. "And instead of being there reminiscing about history, have you figured out how to get in here?"

In fact, she is the authority more than she knows about the Lord of the Rings novels. After all, there was no movie about The Lord of the Rings in 1994, and Western fantasy novels were basically dominated by Tolkien. As a mid-level fanatic, Caroline can basically memorize every detail of the trilogy, so she also knows the information about Moria's Gate very well.

"The doors made by the dwarves have no trace after they are closed, and even the original owners cannot open them if they forget their secrets, but the secrets of this door are not only known to the dwarves, unless too many things have changed, those who know the inside can still find something to see......"

At the same time, he was talking to himself. She walked past Xiao Lan's side to the mountain wall, and reached out her hand to touch the smooth area between the shadows of the two trees, "According to the description, the door should be in this location." Crafted from Isildine metal, which reflects only starlight and moonlight, it only wakes up when people touch them in a language long forgotten in Middle-earth. It should be written: This is the gate to the throne of Turin, King of Moria, friends, open your mouth to enter. But I don't think any of us knew the ancient Western Elf. Starlight or moonlight is also required to make the door visible. ”

“…… We're going to wait until the evening and the Elvish-speaking people. Or are you going to violently bang the door open? ”

"If necessary, I would indeed choose this direct approach." Xiao Lan nodded solemnly, and said very terrible words with normal expectations, "It's not that I don't believe in the construction craftsmanship of the dwarves, but this place has been abandoned for more than a hundred years, and if it is hard, it is likely to lead to the trouble of the overall collapse, which is the worst case, but maybe it is compensation for the bad luck just now." Luck seems to be on our side......"

As soon as the last word came out, his tone suddenly changed to lightheartedness.

Then he and Flora turned their heads together. In the foggy and somewhat blurred sky, they saw exactly a dark shadow flying from afar-

The giant eagle, and the ...... on its back Gandalf!

Wearing a high, pointed blue hat, a long gray robe and a silver scarf, a white beard and long eyebrows that stretched out of the brim, a sword that shimmered with strange brilliance at his waist, and a staff of the powerful spar in his hand, all of which declared his status as a gray-robed wizard.

But at this time, he must have just escaped from Isenger and was recuperating in Rivendell, how could he suddenly run to the Moriah Mine where birds don't?

Xiao Lan didn't know, and when the giant eagle flapped its wings through the mist formed by the evaporation of the lake, raising a burst of hazy water vapor and falling lightly in front of the two of them, the gray old man jumped down from above with a skill that did not match his appearance, and the first sentence he said made him feel that the world was a little unreal.

"Aloin salutes you, the new Vera emissary to Middle-earth." In a gesture he had not expected at all, Gandalf saluted almost humbly, "The Elven Queen Galadriel has prophesied your coming, and I will answer any doubts you may have in this strange land, and help you in any way I can." ”

Hearing Gandalf call himself Oroin and call them Vera's messengers, Xiao Lan was directly stunned for a moment, and then realized a shocking fact in a trance: he and Flora seemed to be mistaken for Maia.

The location where the main god teleported them was the Prancing Horse Inn, and in fact assigned them the same identity as "Ranger" like Aragorn, and this usually refers to an identity of unknown origin which is itself a mystery.

Xiao Lan had thought about what this meant, but the current situation was ...... He really didn't think of it.

The first time he met Maia, who belonged to the sub-gods, it was really unbelievable that it happened, but after looking back at the history of Middle-earth, he suddenly realized that this was actually expected.

In the world view of the Lord of the Rings, Maia is the same as Vera as the main god, but her power and rank are second to Vera. The name means "Vera's subordinates", their servants and assistants, which correspond to the mythological system on Earth, that is, "angels", which happens to be the characteristics shared by Xiao Lan and Flora.

- And Maia, who appeared in Middle-earth, was actually the messenger of the Lord God.

During the First Age, Vera ignored Middle-earth, nearly destroying all the humans and elves of Middle-earth.

In the Second Age, Vera showed her ability and authority over humanity and tried to regulate and guide them, but as a result, humanity was attracted by "divine power" and the desire for immortality, which caused jealousy to challenge the gods and want to occupy the land of immortality.

In the Third Age, when Sauron, who created the Supreme Ring, was defeated by the combined forces of elves and humans, the Ring was not destroyed and its whereabouts were unknown, Vera decided to send an envoy back to Middle-earth, but after several attempts and failures, the Vera decided to use a soft way of earnest admonition: the ability of the messenger must be at least equal to that of Sauron, but in Middle-earth it can only appear in physical form, and it is not allowed to use its own divine power, and it must win the trust of the elves and humans with an equal and just heart, Then use guidance and assistance to make them recognize the real enemy, so as to confront them.

- These are the five wizards who came to be, including Saruman and Gandalf.

Confined to the physical condition, the knowledge and wisdom of the gods are diminished, and the mind is confused by worry, fear, and exhaustion, and slowly aged and weakened by staying in Middle-earth for too long. Like elves, they do not die from old age or disease, but they can still feel hunger, thirst, fear, pain, doubt, and even be killed. Even though they remembered that they were from the Immortal Lands, the memories were blurred, phantom of beautiful longing. In the agony of exile, if deceived by Sauron, he may forget his mission, or be tempted to defect to the dark Ones.

In the original plot, only Gandalf won the trust of the elves and the Númenoreans with a gentle attitude, and finally led his allies to defeat Sauron to complete the mission, and at the end of the Third Age, the ship that set off from Grey Harbor to the undying lands only brought back him, a wizard.

And now that the War of the Ring has just begun, the threat of the Dark Lord has made the whole of Middle-earth uneasy, in Gandalf's opinion, it is completely understandable for the Lord God to send a new Maia into Middle-earth, and since a new colleague has suddenly appeared here without a sound, he, as the forerunner, must complete the meeting before Sauron anyway, otherwise once the dark forces get new help, Middle-earth will not be able to get rid of Sauron's control-

So even if he was still recuperating from his injuries, he rode directly on the giant eagle and rushed over?

Coming to such a very mysterious conclusion, Xiao Lan suddenly realized that the world was so wonderful.

However, since Maiya in Middle-earth can't get in touch with Vera, and Vera, who is the main god, can't enter Middle-earth from outside the world, he did come to Middle-earth because of the mission issued by the "Lord God" to destroy Sauron, and this unexpected and reasonable identity is within the scope of application.

So after coming back to his senses, he directly and unceremoniously pulled the gray-robed wizard to his side, pointed to the entrance of Moria's mine and made the first request very simply, "I want to go inside, can you open this door?" ”

Gandalf couldn't help but froze for a moment, and then the old man frowned as if he realized something, "Yes, of course, but didn't you just come to Middle-earth?" How?"

"How do you seem to know a lot of things?" Xiao Lan simply picked out the words on the bright side, and then directly gave the most favorable evidence, "It's too complicated to say, you can experience it yourself......

As he said this, a round mirror with strange glyphs appeared in his hand, and when Gandalf subconsciously squinted his eyes and saw his reflection in it, he suddenly realized that his soul or spirit was actually pulled into a strange space.

And when the gray-robed wizard found that he did not feel hostility, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and a scene that was both familiar and unfamiliar appeared in front of his eyes.

-- It's not a delusion, because that's the real thing.

What you see with your own mind is the past, present, and ...... of this world Future. (To be continued......)

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