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Chapter 382 Leak
Chapter 382 Leak
After the meeting, the delegates returned to their respective territories via the fireplace.
The newly formed Fellowship of the Ring remained in the Valley for the time being, where Gandalf reiterated the true plan.
"So, we're not going west to escort the Ring, but secretly heading east to Mordor?" Boromir asked.
The other members of the Fellowship were also very surprised when they heard the real plan.
Gandalf nodded: "We released the mist to mislead Sauron, so the fewer people who know about it, the better. Moreover, the connection between the Ring and Sauron is growing stronger, and the closer the Ring is to Sauron, the more likely he is to sense its presence."
Only by luring Sauron away from Mordor, and as far away from Mordor as possible, can you seize the opportunity to infiltrate Mordor and ultimately successfully throw the One Ring into Mount Doom.
Dui also said, "At that time, I will set up a portal key to teleport you to the Chillish-Ugo Pass, the closest pass to Mordor, from where you can sneak into Mordor."
As for going any further, sending you to the heart of Mordor wouldn't work, because that's within Sauron's range. He could easily detect you, and if that alerts him, things would get complicated.
Frodo and the other members of the Fellowship of the Ring were quite satisfied with the outcome.
After all, with Dui's help, they had saved themselves most of the journey; otherwise, the distance from the Valley of the Dead to Mordor would have been thousands of miles.
Hiking involves not only long and tiring journeys, but also the possibility of facing numerous hardships and obstacles.
In the palace of Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor.
The elderly Regent Denesther II, seated on his black throne, received a letter from his eldest son Boromir in the Valley.
The letter was written by Boromir after the meeting, so it did not contain any real plans. It only mentioned the appearance of the One Ring and the meeting's decision to send the Ring to the Blessed Lands in the west.
The news of the One Ring's appearance surprised Denethor, and at the same time, he couldn't help but harbor a whimsical thought.
Gondor is now weak and has lost much of its territory. It is threatened by Mordor to the east and frequently raided by the Harads and the islands to the south.
This left Denethor, who had been dedicated to restoring Gondor's power, frustrated by his inability to realize his ambitions.
He thought that if he possessed the One Ring, he might be able to fight Sauron.
Since inheriting the throne as regent, Denesee II, who was once young and full of ambition, has witnessed the decline of the country's power under his leadership, and his dignified demeanor has become somewhat gloomy.
The deep furrows on his brow only relaxed slightly when he was facing his beloved wife and eldest son.
But after his wife gave birth to their second son, Faramir, her health deteriorated, and she eventually died of a long illness. Dyneth II then completely closed himself off and took his anger out on Faramir.
The current Denesse II has become increasingly stubborn and harsh, resembling a lonely and indifferent monarch.
When Denethor II saw in the letter that Boromir had joined the Fellowship of the Ring and decided to escort the Ring across the sea to Valinor, his already furrowed brows furrowed even more.
In Denethor II's view, although Valinor in the west was a sacred land of fairyland, that legendary place was too far removed from reality and of no help to Gondor.
Denesee even harbored deep distrust and resentment towards the legendary Vera.
When his beloved wife passed away from weakness, when the country was in decline and disasters were frequent, he had already prayed for God's mercy countless times.
But in the end, the miracle he prayed for never came.
So he stopped trusting gods and outsiders, and only trusted himself.
As his most beloved eldest son and his most favored successor, Boromir would be someone he absolutely could not accept if anything happened to him at sea.
So when Denethor II saw Boromir join the Fellowship of the Ring in the letter, he was dissatisfied with his eldest son's decision for the first time.
But when Dineseer II saw in the letter that Boromir said that a descendant of the Queen had appeared at the meeting, his face turned extremely gloomy, and his eyes were filled with a dark and sharp look.
This reminded him of the time before he had just inherited the position of Chancellor of Gondor.
"Is that you, Zoro Zel?" Denethor murmured, his tone very complicated.
Back when his father, Exelian II, was in power, a young man named Sauron Zel came from the north and joined the Gondor navy, successfully leading the Gondor navy in a surprise attack on the Umbal pirates.
In this battle, he burned a large number of enemy ships and personally killed the port marshal, greatly weakening the southern threat to Gondor and earning him extremely high prestige in the Gondor navy.
Sauron Zel thus gained the trust of Exelian II and became his important advisor, offering many useful suggestions and helping Gondor avoid many potential dangers.
Denether II naturally noticed this man as well. He was knowledgeable about history and had a keen mind. In addition, Sauron-Zerr's appearance and temperament were very similar to those of the ancient Gondor kings, which made him wary and suspicious of Sauron-Zerr.
After much clandestine investigation, Denethor II had most likely determined that this Saurongel was a descendant of the Gondorian royal family. He even suspected that Saurongel and Gandalf were conspiring to seize power in Gondor after discovering their close relationship.
Sauron-Zerr may have sensed Denethor II's suspicion and distrust of him, which is why he left Gondor before Denethor II succeeded to the position of vizier.
Nevertheless, Denethor II never let his guard down and was very unwelcoming to Gandalf.
In Denethor II's view, since the extinction of the Gondorian royal bloodline, it was their line of viziers who saved Gondor from near destruction and took on the heavy responsibility of governing Gondor, never letting up for nearly a thousand years.
Therefore, he absolutely refused to acknowledge that a royal descendant from the north could so brazenly attempt to seize the state power painstakingly built up by the twenty-sixth regent.
Even though the first regent had sworn to wait for the return of the royal bloodline, Denesee II would never acknowledge the identity of that Soron Zel.
If that day ever comes, Denethor would rather destroy Gondor than simply relinquish his rule over Gondor and force him to grovel at the other's feet and submit!
Thinking of this, Denesser II gripped the letter tightly in his hand, then got up angrily and went alone to the White Tower, where he uncovered the black cloth covering it, revealing the True Knowledge Crystal inside.
He pressed his hands firmly against the surface of the crystal, staring inside, observing the situation within the Gondorian territory through the crystal.
This is something he often does, to facilitate the long-distance deployment of troops in various locations, and to investigate whether there are any disasters or enemy situations within the country's territory.
Although Gandalf warned him to use the Crystal of Knowledge with caution, because Sauron also possessed a Crystal of Knowledge and might use it to bewitch and influence him.
But ever since he suspected Gandalf and that royal descendant of plotting to seize the throne of Gondor, Denethor had completely lost trust in Gandalf and naturally no longer believed his words.
Or perhaps Denethor had no other choice; feeling threatened by his rule, he only wanted to use the Wisdom Crystal to observe all of Gondor's territories.
Only when he saw that Gondor was still under his control on the Crystal of Knowledge could he breathe a slight sigh of relief.
But he was unaware that with each use of the True Knowledge Crystal to explore the Gondorian territory, an invisible spiritual force within the crystal was constantly influencing and eroding him.
Under the influence of this spiritual force, Denesee II became even more stubborn, and a madness flashed deep in his eyes.
He was like a lonely king guarding his power, filled with distrust and vigilance towards the outside world.
Mordor, Baladurtar.
Through a millstone-sized crystal of true knowledge, Sauron gazed at Denethor II, who was emerging from within the crystal, and at the same time, silently read the other's memories through the crystal.
"The One Ring, we've finally found you! You wanted to send it to Valinor? Ha! Not a chance! This time, the Dark Lords will triumph!"