Chapter 282 Saruman's Visit

In 2962, the roadside fort received an uninvited guest.

It was a dignified old man wearing a white robe. He held a black cane, his face was serious, his head was raised proudly, and he looked down at everything here with sharp eyes.

"Hmph, is this the city built by the so-called 'Lord of the North, Legend Levi'?"

When he spoke, his words were full of meanness and sourness.

I'm still a little out of breath and sweating.

People stayed away from this strange old man.

The 'arrogant old man in white robes' that people remember is naturally Saruman.

At this moment, he was walking on the smooth and clean road of Roadside Fort, looking left and right, all eyes wide.

This move attracted the attention of many people.

"He doesn't look like the gray-robed wizard who has a good relationship with the lord."

Someone was talking.

"Nonsense, isn't that a white robe?"

"White robe, gray robe, what's the difference?"

The citizens do not understand the knowledge of wizards. In fact, this is also the norm for the people of Middle-earth. Only people at the level of lords and even kings have sufficient understanding of this kind of knowledge.

Regarding the undisguised comments of nearby residents, Saruman chose to pretend not to hear them.

After all, this is someone else's territory, it's not a big deal and it's not easy to get into trouble.

Of course, the residents didn't say anything bad, and although the residents of the roadside fort had a lot of free time, not everyone was interested in wizards.

Most people just take a glance at it when passing by, get a sense of novelty, and then continue to do their own thing.

After all, this is a roadside fort, and there are a lot of novel things.

Now there is a dragon lying under the turtle tree. As for this matter, who will believe it if I tell it?

And... he's just a wizard, so there's nothing surprising about him.

To be honest, a certain lord is much rarer than a wizard.

"I'll just admit that this city does have merit."

After entering the city gate and walking for a while, Saruman commented on the roadside fort.

"But it's just an ordinary city after all, and it's not as good as Orthanc in some aspects..."

As he was talking, he suddenly looked up and saw the nameless tower by the lake.

So he shut up.

That tower doesn't look like it's any lower than Orthanc, and the craftsmanship doesn't seem to be bad either.

“I just don’t know what’s inside…”

Saruman muttered and changed his route to walk around the tower first.

Then I was confused by the endless stairs of the big library that were just like the ones outside.

The cane made a slight sound as it struck the steps, and Saruman's eyes swept over a book, as if he was trying to carve them into his mind.

"interesting."

He silently wandered up and down the stairs one after another, as if he wanted to see everything here.

Occasionally, when passing by some bookshelves or desks, I can see people reading. They look very focused.

Saruman did not disturb these people who were thirsty for knowledge. His movements were silent and steady, and many people did not even notice that someone was passing by.

Although he had a lot of dissatisfaction with the tower owner, and his temperament was not very harmonious, as a rather proud wizard and a high-ranking leader, he still had to have the most basic demeanor.

This has nothing to do with the quality of one's nature, nor is it any deliberate disguise, it is just the way one behaves.

When Saruman returned to the starting point of the tower's library, suddenly a book displayed alone attracted his attention.

That’s the history book for Roadside Fort.

Saruman picked up the book and started reading it, but it didn't take long for him to reach the end.

"A short history."

Shaking his head, he put the book down.

Then I found a book next to it.

"A General History of the Free Cities"

This book has its origins.

For the purpose of investigation, Saruman opened this book.

After a while, he found a place to sit down and read for a long time. It took a while before he finished reading the entire book.

Obviously, this book records much more than the history of Roadside Fort.

It records the development of all the territories of the Free City State, and even records the predecessors of the territories and how the territories came to be under the control of Li Wei.

"interesting."

"What an enviable... divine power."

However, it is not unattainable.

Research on the beacon has been fruitful, but the most critical issue now is the lack of understanding of its origin and fundamental nature.

When he thought of this, Saruman couldn't help but shake his head.

He didn't visit this large library for nothing. One of the main purposes of coming here was to search for the 'Beacon' and the information about the 'Nether Star' in it.

Check out the 16-9 book bar to see the correct version!

But after reading through an entire library of books - at least the titles - he couldn't find any record of this item.

It was as if Levi had pulled them out of thin air.

"Huh, it seems that you also have an ungenerous side. You are not even willing to show out any information. You have no reservations about the knowledge of Orthanc Tower."

As above, Saruman has already thought of the greeting for his next meeting with Levi.

Yes, if you choke him like this, he will definitely have nothing to say.

Putting down the general history of the Free Cities, Saruman walked out of the unknown tower and returned to the city.

Go straight to the lord's residence, which is somewhat inconspicuous among the many bustling buildings - the 'Roadside Fort'.

When he reached the roadside castle, he stopped again.

"Mauron tree?"

"I didn't expect to see it here. It seems that he is trusted by the elves of Lothlórien."

Saruman was slightly surprised, but only for a moment, and then he returned to normal.

This thing is plentiful in Valinor, and the mauron trees in Valinor are more majestic than those in Middle-earth, and contain more magic.

Nothing special.

Thinking so, Saruman turned around and walked away without looking at it.

In this way, he walked through the many landscapes of the roadside castle, through the crowd in the square, passed by the mauron tree, and crossed a crouching fire dragon...

Wait?

Saruman widened his eyes and turned his head sharply.

What the hell! ?

"Dragon?"

Those blurred and almost forgotten ancient memories revived in his mind, and subconsciously, Saruman frowned.

"That guy actually raised a dragon?"

"You'd better stay away from me, evil thing."

Due to the stereotype of creatures like dragons, the first thing he showed was disgust.

He even used his cane to poke twice, trying to drive away the dragon that blocked the road.

Crunch.

Finally, Xiaofen was impatient with being poke, turned around and bit Saruman's cane, pretending to throw the hard stick aside.

However, Saruman was not a vegetarian - let me reiterate that the wizard only looked old, but his strength was not inferior to those experienced warriors.

He grabbed the cane with both hands and pulled it back hard.

"Let go, evil dragon, don't touch my cane!"

Xiaofen also competed with him, and got up on the spot, biting the cane and refusing to let go.