1209 Propaganda

South of Middle-earth, Realm of Men, Gondor.

The kingdom has long since lost the glory of the former Númenor Empire, and even the royal blood has been lost, and the regent of the Prime Minister Beren Mardir holds the kingship. Faced with the nearby Mordor and the eastern barbarians and Dunlanders who have repeatedly invaded, they are exhausted, but they are still the most powerful kingdom of mankind.

The Prairie Tavern, a tavern opened by the Allied Rohans, is very famous among the adventurers and rangers in Gondor because it has the strongest unmixed wine at affordable prices.

Sometimes in the prairie tavern, you can see soldiers and officers who just came down from the battlefield, or noble ladies who sneaked out to look for a "turn of fate" after believing the description of the knight's novel, and you can also see some famous heroes. , and even many 'bosses' will come directly to the tavern to recruit people when they have a staff.

Of course, there are also government spies who come here pretending to be ordinary people and secretly spy on some useful information.

All of this has made this tavern so famous that many of the latest news are often not circulated in the letters of the kingdom minister, but in this tavern.

Accompanied by people's hoarse voices.

A man who looked a little fat and looked older was sitting in the corner. He has a full beard and clear blue eyes, and he wears thick clothes and a felt hat made of fox fur on his head. He has a somewhat wide waist and looks like a businessman.

In addition, several men in commoner clothes and leather wristbands were sitting around a wooden table. The wooden cups were filled with ale with thick foam, and the light in the tavern was a little dim.

They talked in low voices while drinking.

Suddenly a younger man said: "Have you heard that the fire dragon Smaug died and was killed by a group of people!"

"Haha, Coron, your news has been outdated for a long time. The kingdom of dwarves that was once destroyed by Smaug has been established!" said a big man with a stubble face, "Smaug was a wandering wizard named Ain. Killed by Bard, the descendant of the royal family of Riverdale City. Can you believe it, there is also a Hobbit, hahahaha, the little one from the Shire!"

"Are you more informed than me?" Keren said with some displeasure. "Those people were with the dwarf prince. Since Smaug was killed, of course the kingdom of dwarves will be rebuilt! Otherwise, do you think the dwarf prince traveled thousands of miles from here? What the Blue Mountain is going to do in Lonely Mountain can be imagined by a fool!"

"The King of River Valley City has also regained the throne."

"Hey, listen, don't be so cautious about talking about this news, Lonely Mountain and River Valley City are not close to us, it's not easy for us to make a fortune with this news, and... don't you hear the whole tavern talking about it? "

"Forehead……"

"Forehead……"

"If we got this news earlier, maybe we could go to Lonely Mountain to do a good business. Those dwarves must be short of food! Damn it! Those merchants are better informed than us!"

"..."

"..."

At this time, a middle-aged man who had been sitting on the side without saying a word took a sip of wine and said, "Actually, I also heard a piece of news, I guess you can hear it in a few days, but now, the news from the Woodland Kingdom. It hasn't come through yet."

"Oh, you son of a bitch, and you're doing it again!"

"Allah, speak quickly."

"Yeah, please don't betray me, and tell me if you have anything! If there is really any new news, you can't make a fortune alone, you don't have to be with us."

"It's not the news of making a fortune, you're going to be disappointed, and it is estimated that many people already know about it." Allah took another sip of ale, and then said, "After Smaug died, probably less than two weeks had passed. Time, the son of Asog the Defiler led an army of orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain, and it is said that he invested at least fifty thousand troops!"

"Fifty thousand!! Poor Lonely Mountain, the poor King of the Mountain, the kingdom that has just been built..."

"Don't guess." Allah sneered, "This will definitely be a war that will be recorded in the history of Middle-earth - the elven army led by King Thranduil of the Woodland is under the lonely mountain, and the current king of Riverdale City, Ba The human army of Riverdale City led by De is also there, as well as the Iron Foot Legion from the Blue Mountains, plus the giant eagle and the skin changer invited by the gray robe wizard Gandalf, and even the wandering wizard summoned Smaug directly from hell. Come back and fight against Bolger's army."

"Summon Smaug back from hell, God, that wandering wizard is a necromancer!" Someone exclaimed in shock.

"Don't worry about this, tell me what's the result?"

"The result? They fought for a whole day. Borg was defeated. It was doomed when Smaug stood up from the Lonely Mountain. The army of Orcs and Worgs was almost wiped out. The trolls and ogres were frightened by the dragon. run away."

Several people were holding wine glasses, and their hearts could not be calm for a long time.

After a while, someone laughed.

"You didn't make it up, Allah, elves and dwarves are feuds, how could they form an alliance! This joke is not funny at all." The man laughed.

"Most of the orcs are in Mordor and Gondaba. They do have a reason to covet the location of Gushan, but how did they hide the fact that they were under the city of Gushan?" Kron frowned while holding a wine glass. According to the analysis, it is reasonable.

"Earth snakes," Ala said, "they used earth snakes to deceive other people's eyes, and Gundaba is not far from the Lonely Mountain. As for the alliance between woodland elves and dwarves? It's not surprising, they have no other choice. "

"Where's Asog? The pale orc."

"Dead, long dead, haven't you heard? He was killed by a wandering wizard in the process of chasing Oakshield, and his head was chopped off."

"It's a wandering wizard again! Who is he?"

"An unknown person." Alla Yuguang caught a glimpse of the people at the next table listening quietly to his table, but he didn't care, and lowered his voice a little before saying: "Listen to the people over there. It was said that the wandering wizard was a god who helped people fight against evil in the lower world. He showed great power at that time, but he did not use the magic of a necromancer to resurrect Smaug, but used the name of God to make Smaug in hell come back to the world, for his past. Atonement for the sins committed."

"This is too nonsense." Someone sneered.

"Yeah, this story is really outrageous. It is said that the guardians of Middle-earth are also Maya of the Nether, but they are not as powerful as you say."

"I have nothing to deceive you. These news have already reached the ears of the ministers of Gondor with the messenger bird of the woodland elves and the night crow of the Lonely Mountain. When the people who go to do business there come back, you will naturally know all about it. I'll know that I didn't lie to you." Allah hesitated, then added, "And I bet that even in this tavern, I'm not the only one who heard about the war and the wandering wizard. Do you believe it or not?"

"Ding……"

A silver coin was bounced onto the table by Keren, slowly spun and made a series of sounds, and fell down with a snap.

"Are you going to ask each one? Allah," Curran said.

"A silver coin? You'll run out of ale."

"I'll bet five more silver coins."

"Ten."

"Dang!" It was Keren's voice when he threw his purse on the table, but in terms of the shriveled level, this seemingly heroic action actually contained little gold.

Ala didn't care, just smiled, then stood up and clapped his hands, saying loudly: "Who knows about the war in Lonely Mountain and the wandering wizard Ain half a month ago? He can let us get this news in advance. If so, I'll treat him to a glass of ale."

"Ale? We're not ass-selling girls!" Someone in the corner teased, causing a burst of laughter.

"How about the most intense Corran?"

"It can be considered, but I only heard a little bit, so I can't drink this glass of wine."

At this moment, the fat businessman in the other corner stood up and walked straight to Ala's side, his voice hoarse: "Please ask the waiter to bring Kerlang up."

Ala was instantly overjoyed and shouted, "A cup of Kerlang. My name is Ala, what's your name."

"Rigong."

"You know about that?"

At this time, the tavern had basically quieted down, and people who were bored to pass the time or came to check on the news were looking here with great interest.

"I'm a businessman, and I came from the Woodland Kingdom. I saw everything that day. You also know that a fire dragon flying into the sky will not be blocked by the woods and mountains, and the horn of an orc can also be heard from The Lonely Mountain has been spread all the way to the Dashan Pass." Li Gong, one of the incarnations of Anyang's gods, said.

"Continue." Allah glanced at his companion proudly.

"This starts with the awakening of the Dark Lord Sauron, because the human emperor Isildur was blinded by the Supreme Lord of the Rings and did not destroy the Lord of the Rings, and Sauron's soul was not destroyed. He has been silently accumulating strength until he makes a comeback. the day when Asog the Defiler was recruited by him..."

"...The fire dragon stood up in the whispers of the gods, it spread its wings and soared again in this wasteland, spewing hot dragon flames at the army of orcs, and its dragon claws tore apart the war monsters of Bolger..."

"At noon, the Bolger army began to show signs of collapse... It was not until dusk that the enemies on the wasteland were killed by dwarves, elves and humans..."

After Li Gong finished saying these words, Ala suddenly laughed and took the silver coins on the table into his arms, and returned the shabby money bag to Kelun.

At the same time, a bubbling glass of Corran was served.

Li Gong picked up the wine and took a sip, as if he couldn't feel the intensity of the wine at all, and a word made the already boiling tavern quiet again.

"This is far from the end," he said.

"The wandering wizard Ion regained his status as a god after the war. He showed a figure taller than the Lonely Mountain, dispelling the blood and all evil spirits from the Smaug Wasteland, and dispelling the haze and magic that shrouded the Black Forest. And the great spider who has been entrenched for a long time, he said that he will take care of Sauron's soul with his own hands."

"Now that wasteland is called... Miraculous Prairie, and the Black Forest is back to its original name..."

"Finally, he also warned the world..."

"It turns out that the darkness he went down to help the world fight against is far more than Sauron and the orcs. His voice could reach hundreds of miles around that day. Sauron and the orcs were just a little trouble in his mouth. Middle-earth is about to usher in a new era. This is an unprecedented catastrophe, and no one anywhere can stay out of it."

"It is said that the news from the Dwarf Kingdom, Woodland Kingdom, and Riverdale City has been delivered to any king in Middle-earth, and they are about to send envoys to talk..."

"About last week, my brother who was doing business in the Woodland Kingdom sent a letter saying that Thranduil had found traces of a giant monster in the Greenleaf Forest. It attacked the Elf patrol, and the monster was exactly what the god Ain said. !"

Hearing this, there was a dead silence in the tavern.

The service girl even exclaimed: "God!"

"Now my brother and I have no longer dared to do business with the Woodland Kingdom. That place is too dangerous, not only us, but other businessmen have basically retreated." Li Gong said, "Ain said that this situation is very dangerous. It's going to spread all over Middle-earth, and I can't imagine what that will be like."

"If those monsters really exist, our army will definitely tear them all to pieces!" Collen said!

"Maybe, anyway, our Prime Minister Regent must have received the news now. As for how the senior management reacts, we can't intervene." Li Gong said, scanning a circle of people, "If you don't believe in these things..."

"The god said that in a few days, the news of the annihilation of Sauron's soul will spread throughout most of Middle-earth. At that time, his name will be remembered by you. His name is... Ian Kofinori."

"Ian Kofinori? Like a northern name," someone said, taking the name to heart.

"Yes." Li Gong nodded, "God's name has magical power. As long as you are devout, God will hear it every time you recite it. Although I don't know if what Ain said is true or not, whether he is true or not. Granting protection and blessings to believers in the future, there is no harm in writing down this name first."

Some people showed disdain, and felt that the truth of this story needs to be considered. There are too many people who have been grandstanding in recent years. But more people nodded their heads confidently, thinking that Li Gong was right, and the name was not difficult to remember, and there was no harm in memorizing it.

Li Gong finished the glass of wine in one gulp, thanked Allah, and walked out of the tavern without blushing.

Similar conversations take place throughout Middle-earth, but the identities of those who spread the news vary. At first, only a dozen incarnations of Anyang were promoting it, but it didn't take long for those who heard the shocking news to spread the word spontaneously.

After dinner, between dinners, or reporting to someone who works for him, or negotiating with important partners... Word of mouth, these news spread extremely fast.

In the large tent of the Kingdom of Rohan, the fire was lit, and the big man eating the roast leg of lamb listened to the distant traveler...

The Shire's Greenpeace welcomes a new fisherman with a load of live fish and shocking news from afar...

Lothlorien's guards report to Lady Galadriel the rumors that are rising in the realm...

The elves of Rivendell cannot avoid gossip as they wash their clothes and leaves in the creek...

Everywhere, the same words are spread.

"The trail of the giant monster..."

"The news of the annihilation of Sauron's soul will spread throughout most of Middle-earth..."

"Ian Kofinori..."

"True God will protect his followers..."

"Remember this name..."

"A devout person will get a response from God, God will give him protection and divine power, and God will help him through difficulties..."

The rulers were even at a loss as to what to do with these rising rumors. Of course, the main reason is that they don't know what kind of impact these rumors will have, positive or negative. These estimates will not be determined until they go to Gushan to discuss.

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