Falsifying history is good business

In a dark place full of evil, suddenly encountering a strange but powerful mysterious man, the brown-robed wizard's nervous reaction is normal; as he staggered, the old wizard's hat was also lifted up, and three little birds flew out of it, also chirping in fear.

Lin You had to spend some time explaining his origins; fortunately, overlooking his way from the hill, he could still see the space-time gap that had completed a new round of opening and then closing again in mid-air, as well as the charred corpses of orcs all over the ground.

The direction from which Radagast came was just opposite to the direction from which Lin You first appeared, separated by a hill. Under the dark clouds, if one did not climb to the highest point of the hill, even the huge space-time gap could not be clearly seen. With the space-time gap and the orc corpse as evidence, the brown-robed wizard finally half-believed and half-doubted Lin You's words.

"Visitors from another world, celestial conjunction? These words are really rare. They have not been heard of for several epochs. Are there so many worlds outside the void? Are the creatures there the same as ours? You look like a human. What about the animals there? Are they the same as those in Middle-earth?"

Radagast, speaking these words, soothed the frightened birds and replaced them in their nests in his hat; his actions gave the impression of being a little mad.

Lin You agreed casually, but he already understood in his heart; the existence of "Mia" was probably equivalent to the lower gods or servants of gods in other pantheons, and was not yet at the level to see through the truth of the dimension.

"By the way, why did you want to come to this place shrouded in darkness and evil?"

Lin You's question seemed to suddenly wake up Radagast, and drew his attention away from the visitors and animals from another world.

"Ah, yes, I'm here... Oh, of course I'm here to investigate the anomaly in Dol Guldur."

"Dol Guldur, you mean the castle before us? If so, isn't it obvious that it's abnormal? I've never seen a place that's always as dark as night in broad daylight; and these dark clouds don't look like they're going to rain."

"No, no, if it's just that, it's actually not a big deal; this place has been like this for hundreds of years..." Radagast's words forced Lin You to re-understand the criteria for judging the word "abnormal" in the world of The Lord of the Rings.

The writer secretly complained in his heart: "Fortunately, whether in the original novel or the adapted movie, these characters all speak English. Except for a few words like 'abnormal', I can still understand most of the other words."

Radagast had no idea what the visitor from another world was thinking. When he spoke, he always gave people the illusion that he was talking to himself and enjoying himself. He didn't know if it was because he had been with animals for too long.

Lin You had to try to draw the brown-robed wizard's attention again: "If this castle has always been like this, then what new things are you planning to find on this trip?"

"Who knows? I won't know what I can find until I've searched for it." Radagast began to mutter to himself again, "But meeting you and that gap in time and space means that my trip was not in vain. Something has indeed happened in this place. Sauron... that great dark enemy is actually planning to invade another world. Isn't Middle-earth alone enough to accommodate its ambitions and cause harm?"

"I want to correct one thing. Sauron is not only planning it, but has already put it into practice. In the past period of time, tens of thousands of orcs have invaded another world through the gap in time and space; I just cleaned them up before I came. And the reason why I appeared here is to solve the problem fundamentally."

"I understand, I understand. By the way, when you came up just now, did you see anything dangerous? I mean, besides those orc armies." Radagast changed the subject very quickly.

"Dangerous things?" Lin You was puzzled. "What are you talking about? When I came, the castle was very quiet inside and outside, without any sound at all."

Radagast's eyes widened in surprise and frowned. "Have you never seen creatures born in the dark? I mean giant spiders and vampire bats; they are bigger than men, and I dare say you will never forget them once you have seen them."

"No, I really haven't seen it." Lin You said firmly. He really had never seen this kind of thing that he would never forget after seeing it once.

"This shouldn't be the case..." Unconsciously, the brown-robed wizard began to talk to himself out of habit again, "These creatures often run around in the Dark Forest. When I came from the north, I saw traces of their hunting all along the way. How come they disappeared when I arrived in Dol Guldur?"

"So, are you ready to go in and take a look?" Lin You interrupted the brown-robed wizard's mumbling for the third time and pointed to the deep darkness inside the city wall.

"Well... of course, since I'm here, I mean, I came here for..." When he turned his eyes to the castle, Radagast's spirit became visibly tense; the motivation that supported him to overcome the tension and continue to complete his goal was probably a kind of "I'm here now" mentality. At this time, it can be seen that Earl Goff's family has a tradition of respecting the elderly; "I have come from a long way and am not familiar with this place. I can only rely on you to lead the way."

With the keen perception of the Gold Saint as his testimony, Lin You was certain that the brown-robed wizard's breathing had stagnated for at least one minute; and on the way to the castle gate, Count Goff also observed that Radagast's hands and feet were shaking in synchronized frequency.

If you insist on moving forward even though you are clearly afraid, you are either really stupid or really brave.

Although they were said to be at the base of the city wall, in fact, the position where Lin You and Radagast were before was separated from the city wall by a bottomless abyss; this abyss was obviously used as the moat of the castle, and a stone bridge was built across the abyss, leading to the castle gate.

The stone bridge is solid and heavy, having been able to survive thousands of years of wind and rain erosion; however, there are no guardrails on the bridge deck, and it can only accommodate two people walking side by side at the same time.

For safety reasons, Lin You did not choose to walk side by side with the brown-robed wizard, but took a step back and fell behind him.

The eerie cold wind blew from different directions, such as the abyss and the castle, making Radagast's brown robe rustle. The further he went inside, the more Lin You could feel the strong hostility of this castle towards outsiders. It was just like the evil of this world, almost materializing into some kind of substance and rushing towards him.

I walked into the castle gate against the cold wind and looked up, only to see that the roof and floors of the main building had collapsed on a large scale, leaving only the stone steps crisscrossing each other, allowing people to vaguely distinguish the functional divisions of different locations when the castle was intact.

The remaining corners of the building still show the steel spikes that were originally used as fortifications, and the vines that climbed the walls have "evolved" into thorns; in this way, every corner of the castle is covered with artificial or naturally generated barbs. If you walk in the castle without armor, even if you accidentally rub against them, you may scrape off a large piece of flesh.

This is a castle that has "bad intentions" towards intruders. Even though it itself is gradually decaying like a candle in the wind, it still "can't wait" to try to hurt every intellectual life that breaks in.

Radagast gently waved the long staff in his hand, and the crystal on the top of the staff glowed with a pale white light, illuminating the way ahead.

It is quite dangerous to place yourself under the light when it is dark all around; if there is an enemy lurking in the darkness, the appearance of the light is equivalent to pointing the enemy in the direction of attack.

However, when the broken walls of the castle blocked the only ray of light coming from afar, the brown-robed wizard had to take the initiative to add lighting for himself in order to distinguish the complex environment in the castle ruins.

"Did you hear that?" Lin You reminded softly, while pulling Radagast's robe to stop him from going any deeper.

"What?" The brown-robed wizard's voice trembled a little, and when he calmed down and listened carefully, he immediately heard a slight "rustling" sound all around him.

"What's that sound?" Radagast wondered secretly.

"It sounds like the flapping of wings, with some lighter 'tapping' sounds in between, like something light and sharp hitting the ground. It's more frequent than the flapping of wings." Lin You distinguished carefully and shared what he heard with the brown-robed wizard.

Radagast's eyes were instantly filled with fear.

"It's vampire bats and man-eating spiders; we've broken into their lair!"

The brown-robed wizard's shout was like a command, and the noise around him instantly increased tenfold; it was like a person who was originally walking on tiptoe suddenly ran without any scruples, and the sound of his footsteps shook the earth. (End of this chapter)