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Chapter 447 Traveling Against the Current of Time

Chapter 447 Traveling Against the Current of Time

Over time, Dui was filled with joy.

In his Enu form, he received different treatment than before. The once aloof laws of time no longer looked down on him, but instead became very close to him and even took the initiative to accept him.

Every Aenu is born with its own divine authority and power. For example, the powerful Valar have authority over the atmosphere, water, matter, growth, soul, dreams, and so on, while the lesser-ranking Maiar possess corresponding powers.

Dui is not the real Enu. Although he transformed himself into Enu form using the Supreme Transformation, his powers are still blank.

But when he entered the river of time in this form, this vast, ownerless river seemed to find its home, and endless laws of time poured into Dui's body, freely painting on his blank divine power.

The river of time flows ceaselessly, and Dui, in his Enu form, wanders in this endless river, his spiritual body growing stronger and more solid under the constant nourishment of the laws of time.

As his spiritual body grew stronger, he gradually gained the ability to travel backward in time. He walked upstream in the river of time, witnessing many things that had happened in the world of Alda along the way.

He saw himself a thousand years ago, besieging Sauron alongside Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, and Glorfindel.

He gazed at this scene from across the river of time, as if watching an endless movie. But unlike ordinary movies, he could jump into the screen and enter that time and space if he wanted.

Moreover, with his current strength, he could easily crush Sauron.

However, Dui did not do so. Even though he had seen himself narrowly escape death several times in the past, he had no intention of taking action.

Because he knew he would eventually succeed.

Moreover, with his current power, if he were to rashly intervene and change the past, it could very likely trigger a series of unpredictable consequences.

In particular, if a time paradox is created, although he can protect himself from being erased by time, he may still be trapped in a time loop.

So after taking one look, he continued walking upstream in time.

He soon arrived in the year 2940 of the Third Age, the year he was born into this world.

He saw himself appear out of thin air on the hill of Hobbiton in an incomprehensible form, then be encountered by kind hobbits and taken back to Bag End.

Dui looked at his old friends, his heart stirred, and a sigh drifted away into the river of time.

Previously, Dui had visited the tombs of Bilbo and Frodo on the island of Tor-aresia and wanted to go to the Temple of Mandos to see if their souls still lingered there.

But Gandalf said that Bilbo and Frodo had already left the Hall of Mandos and could no longer be seen.

Because hobbits are a branch of humanity, their fate after death is the same as that of humans. Their souls first stay briefly in the temple of Mandos, and then leave the world of Arda to go to the unknown destination that Ilúvatar has given to humanity. Even the Valar have no way of knowing where they will go in the end.

Unlike elves whose souls can await rebirth in Mandos after death, Bilbo and his companions have gone to an unknown land, and that farewell is forever.

Dui took a deep look at Bilbo in the time frame, as if trying to etch him into the depths of his mind, and then continued swimming upstream against the current.

As he traveled, he witnessed the fragmentation and eventual demise of the former Kingdom of Arno.

I witnessed the historic scene of Gil-Gallad and Erendir battling Sauron in the final battle of the Alliance, where Sauron was defeated when Erendir's son, Isildur, severed the finger bearing the One Ring.

He traveled from the Third Age to the Second Age, witnessing the creation of the Three Rings of the Elves and the other Rings of Power—

—Then they traveled backwards again, entering the First Era.

Then he witnessed an epic, world-destroying war.

On the battlefield of the War of Wrath, the armies of the Valar and Morgoth clashed fiercely. Countless meteors fell from the sky, shattering the earth and raising mountains to block the enemy's advance, only to be destroyed the next second.

The earth was shattered into countless pieces, and magma from the ground was smashed to the surface, turning the earth into scorched earth. Huge waves and tsunamis swallowed the continent—it was like the end of the world!

The scene was so terrifying that Dui was deeply shocked; it was far more horrifying than anything Sauron had ever done.

Then he saw Morgoth, the dark sovereign who wore an iron crown and whose body was as majestic as a mountain.

Even across the vast expanse of time, Dui still felt immense intimidation emanating from it, a sense of oppression akin to an ant facing a giant elephant.

Even though this Dark Lord was weakened, he was still not defeated by Tokas, the God of War of the Valar.

In the end, it was Eyarndir who arrived in the divine ship "Vinkirot" with the Silmarils, leading the great birds of the sky under the command of the Eagle King Saurondor. In the fierce battle in the sky, he killed Morgoth's last trump card, Ankaragon, the strongest black dragon in Arda, causing it to crash and destroy the Sangorozem Mountains, thus completely turning the tide of the battle.

Finally, Morgoth's main army was completely wiped out, and his stronghold Angban was also breached. With his morale plummeting, Morgoth was seized by the God of War, Tocharus, who took the opportunity to close in and subdue him, binding him with the chains of Anganor, forged by Aul, the god of craftsmen.

Dui stood on the river of time, quietly watching the entire process unfold.

He witnessed a battle between the Valar for the first time. The fight between the God of War Tokas and Morgoth shocked him. Although they fought in the most primitive close combat style, it was full of world-destroying destructive power.

The earth beneath their feet shattered in the struggle; massive mountains were smashed to dust, magma was squeezed out, and the earth trembled violently with a deafening roar.

The intense collision of their forces caused chaos in the laws of nature, annihilating countless lives and matter in the surrounding area and turning them into pure energy.

Even the river of time was affected by the aftermath of the battle between the two Veras. The calm river became turbulent, stirring up a time storm, and time vortexes and undercurrents appeared in the river.

Even Dui had to be careful in the face of a sudden upheaval in the river of time.

Otherwise, if he were to be accidentally swept into the undercurrent, even if he didn't die, he might be trapped there forever, unable to escape.

Is this the combat power of the Vera-class? Dui was deeply shocked.

The slight sense of pride that had unconsciously arisen from freely traversing the river of time was instantly extinguished.

Compared to the strength of these Vera, the gap between them is not even in the same dimension.

The battle between Tochars, the god of war, and Morgoth caused a riot in the upper reaches of the river of time, halting his progress.

Dui had no choice but to stop and stand there.

However, he has already traveled far enough, from the Fourth Age to the First Age, spanning several ages, which is long enough.

So he stopped trying to travel further into time and instead stayed there to absorb the power of time while also sensing the battle between the two Veras.

Especially the war god Tokas, who embodies courage and bravery, represents war and power, and fighting is his instinct.

As Dui watched Xiu's fight, he felt that he had greatly improved his own combat abilities and skills.