Chapter 673 Don’t Be Fooled Strategically

All elves have infinite lifespan, and all dead elves will return to Valinor and reshape their bodies under the care of the gods. They can enjoy eternal peace in Valinor.

Eternal life and resurrection after death may seem like good things, but the combination makes them something else. When Zhao Mai was still Maiya, he also received the same preferential treatment, but he soon lost the concept of time and became more of a manifestation of certain rules than an independent individual. Long-term repetition will form a habit, and in eternity, a person will only have a habit, which becomes a habit. Ilúvatar gave immortality and resurrection to the elves, but did not consider them to be good things. He once said, "The gift given to the elves is the pursuit of beauty, and the gift given to humans is the changing fate and death."

Sooner or later, the elves in Middle-earth will go through the stage that Zhao Mai once went through: gradually becoming the carrier of rules and losing the motivation for life. After all, life is not a machine, nor can it be a machine. As time passes, the elves gradually feel empty. At this time, they will choose to leave Middle-earth, take a boat to Valinor, return to the territory of God, and enjoy peace.

Therefore, sooner or later, all the immortal elves will go to Valinor. But there are indeed some elves who did not appear in Valinor after their death. Some of them gave up their identities as elves and became humans, while others chose to stay and take care of their descendants or become spirits in the forest. But there was an elf who did not fall into any of the above situations, and did not return to Valinor even after his death was confirmed. He is Celebrimbor, the Forger of the Ring of Power.

This was what Thranduil said after the combination of light power and Zhao Mai's dark power, so Zhao Mai paid special attention to it. Celebrimbor was an elf whose grandfather Feanor was the second High King of the Noldor elves. In the battle between the elves and Sauron, the Noldor elves were killed, captured or expelled. Celebrimbor resisted until the end and was the last member of the royal family to die. Although there was no coronation ceremony, he was also known as Elven King.

There are nineteen rings of power under the Lord of the Rings, three for elves, seven for dwarves, and nine for humans, and these nineteen rings were all made by Celebrimbor himself. Three of the Elf Rings were completed by him alone without Sauron's company. Sauron was the mentor in this matter, teaching Celebrimbor the technique of forging the Ring of Power, and he was the source of everything. Sauron only forged one Ring of Power. Although it was the Supreme Lord of the Rings, in terms of quantity alone, Sauron was completely at a disadvantage.

After Sauron put on the Supreme Lord of the Rings, he immediately learned of the existence of the Elven Ring of Power. Because Sauron did not intervene when these three rings were forged, Sauron could not affect the three rings. Only the Supreme Lord of the Rings could bind them. He was eager to get his hands on these three rings, so he personally led an army to fight the elves, captured Celebrimbor, and tortured him for questioning. Celebrimbor's spirit was severely traumatized, but even as his soul collapsed, he did not reveal the whereabouts of the Three Elven Rings.

Furious, Sauron killed him and hung his body as a banner on a spear point, which he fastened with arrows.

Celebrimbor's spirit was not present in Valinor, leading to much speculation. Some people say that Sauron's torture was so terrible and deep that Celebrimbor could never regain his soul; some said that the evil dark power caused Celebrimbor to lose his elf memory and become corrupted; some said that the excessive torture made Celebrimbor unable to regain his soul. He became an orc and had no power to return to Valinor.

But one thing is for sure. If anyone in this world knew how to forge the Ring of Power, apart from Sauron, it was only Celebrimbor.

"This is a very tempting task." Zhao Mai said bluntly to Xiaohua. "Look for Celebrimbor and ask him to reveal the secret of the Supreme Lord of the Rings. I may even forge a ring myself. I will use my full power to win. The ring I forge will definitely be stronger than Sauron's, and may even rule the world." His Ring of Power becomes the new Supreme Lord of the Rings, then wouldn’t I win the competition?”

"But there are too many assumptions in your plan and the prerequisites are very demanding."

"Yes, this is the key to the problem." Zhao Mai said: "I must first contact the star elves, show my identity, and get their help to get clues, find Celebrimbor, and then find a way to convince him... But consider When it comes to the final possible harvest, the effort is worth it.”

"Zhao Mai, don't forget one more important point. You said that this information was generated by the connection of two world wills, so there is another risk here: are you under the influence of the world's will? Down."

Zhao Mai's enthusiasm and excitement quickly diminished. He sat down heavily and began to examine the matter from beginning to end.

The will of the world is equivalent to the general trend of the world. The war between justice and evil, the confrontation between light and darkness, these are the general trends of the world. To put it simply, this is like a task given by the system in a game, like a theme in novels and movies.

When you get used to completing tasks, the game becomes a task, but the purpose of playing the game in the first place is not to complete the task! Zhao Mai abandons the consideration of success and failure, and does not use "what you pay and what you get" as the criterion. He only thinks about finding Celebrimbor from the perspective of his willingness to participate in the world of Alda and his feelings for Alda. this matter.

"Xiaohua, I understand. I still want to do this, but not now." Zhao Mai said: "Just now, I suddenly felt scared, and a doubt came to my mind. As the casting of the Supreme Lord of the Rings Or, in the process of forging, didn't Sauron do his best? Once the Supreme Ring is destroyed, Sauron will die. If I forge the Ring of Power, can I do what he did? Even if it's mine, My power is higher than his, but I don’t have the spirit of fighting for my life. How can I ensure that my status of the Ring is higher than his? If I really do this, all my arrogance will produce is another Ring of Power, and unknowingly I will Possibly controlled by the One Ring."

Xiaohua breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's okay, okay, Duojian and I both believe that as long as you can think carefully, you are still very smart."

"You can use tricks when you need to, but you can't use them to affect the fundamental plan. Qi and Zheng need to be combined, and righteousness should be the basis and Qi as a supplement." Zhao Mai began to use other aspects of knowledge to help him think: "Dig a deep hole. , accumulate food widely, and do not seek hegemony. The Supreme Lord of the Rings is a good thing, but no matter how good it is, it cannot match your own needs at this stage. Don’t be too ambitious and aim too high. First, put your limited energy into down-to-earth work and lay a solid foundation to strengthen yourself. .When it reaches a certain stage, there will naturally be results corresponding to that stage.”

Xiaohua looked at Zhao Mai with admiring eyes, "Why can you say so reasonable?!" Reserve Liang yawned greatly, with an expression of "I have understood it a long time ago, you are so slow". Zhao Mai blushed and took the question away with a haha.