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Chapter 218 Departure for the Far East
Dui felt that when that will landed on him, all his secrets were laid bare.

He was like a person who had been stripped naked, exposed completely in front of people.

But he couldn't care less about those things now; instead, he was gripped by a tremendous panic, like the sense of powerlessness and irresistible force that a lower-dimensional being feels when encountering a higher-dimensional being.

But that will seemed to have no ill intentions; it merely cast a glance out of pure curiosity.

"Excellent!" A magnificent voice resounded in Dui's soul, carrying a hint of appreciation.

"You may come to my Hall of Mandos in the future, you wizard from another world..."

Before the words were finished, the will receded, time, which had been frozen, began to turn again, the still wind began to blow again, and the silent world regained its sound.

Dui was deeply shocked and his mind was in turmoil.

That will was the master of the Temple of Mandos—Namu, the ruler of the dead.
I never expected that creating the resurrection stone would attract the attention of this Vera!

Moreover, he revealed his biggest secret in a single sentence.

"Wizard Duir, Wizard Duir?" Kellerbrippon's voice brought Duir back to his senses. He looked at Duir strangely, "Are you alright?"

Dui tried to calm himself down, then shook his head. "I'm fine, I was just a little distracted."

However, he couldn't help but get excited again, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He discovered that his soul had become significantly stronger, an achievement that would have taken him ten years of painstaking meditation to attain!

Along with his soul becoming stronger, his mental power also surged, and even his magic pool grew.

Just being looked at by Mandos has such a huge effect?

Is this the power of Vera?!

Dui was deeply moved.

Suppressing his inner elation, Dui revealed his purpose to Kellerbripon:
“Master Celebrimbor, your craftsmanship is superb, capable of forging powerful rings like the Three Rings of the Elves. I wish to learn your skills from you so that I may forge a ring of my own.”

Kellerbrippon had already guessed Dui's purpose, but he showed his disapproval.

"The craftsmanship of the Ring of Power comes from Sauron, who came to Erigian disguised as Anata and deceived me and other elven craftsmen, using our hands to create the Nine Rings for humans and the Seven Rings for dwarves."

If I hadn't had my doubts and forged the Three Rings of the Elves on my own, they would likely have been corrupted by Sauron's evil power, like the other Rings of Power, and I would have ultimately become Sauron's servant.

"Even so, I could not be sure whether Sauron would use the three Elven Rings I had forged. So I scattered and hid them, entrusting them to other people for safekeeping, and swore that I would never use the Rings as long as Sauron still possessed the One Ring."

"Even so, do you still want to learn how to forge the Ring of Power?"

Dui nodded affirmatively and took out the necklace and ring hanging around his neck.

"Is this yet another Ring of Power?" Kellerbripon looked at the ring with a surprised expression.

However, after observing it closely, I couldn't help but frown.

"But the blacksmith's skill is clearly not high, and the single-minded pursuit of power amplification has resulted in a mediocre product. Whose work is this?"

"It is the white-robed wizard Saruman, a wizard who colluded with Sauron and betrayed the party."

Dui briefly told him about Saruman's situation.

Keller Brypton was also filled with emotion after hearing this, never expecting that so many major events would have occurred so many years after his death.

After learning that the One Ring was no longer in Sauron's possession, and that Duy was close to Galadriel and Elrond, Celebrimbor no longer refused and agreed to teach him the craft of forging rings.

Dui was very pleased to receive Kellerbrippon's agreement.

He had coveted the three Elven rings for a long time, but since they were all in the hands of close relatives, he couldn't very well covet them.

Now that he has received instruction from Celebrimbor, he will eventually forge a ring comparable to the Three Rings of the Elves.

In fact, Dui also wanted to summon another one, Fëanor, who created the Silmarils, who was Celebrimbor's grandfather.

If this genius elven craftsman were to join the effort, they might be able to forge a ring far more powerful than the Three Rings of the Elves.

However, the resurrection stone does not summon any unrestricted souls, nor can it summon whomever it desires.

Instead, a close emotional connection with the summoner is required for the soul of the dead to be summoned by the resurrection stone.

Duy naturally had no emotional connection with Celebrimbor, but he took a different approach and obtained a copy of Celebrimbor's memories from Galadriel, which he then implanted into his own memory.

Galadriel and Celebrimbor were close friends. After Sauron revealed his true nature, Celebrimbor, on Galadriel's advice, scattered and hid the Three Rings of the Elves, and entrusted the Ring of Water, Nanya, to Galadriel for safekeeping.

This shows that the two have a deep friendship.

Therefore, Duy incorporates Galadriel's memories of friendship with Celebrimbor into his own, thus creating an emotional connection with Celebrimbor.

Although this emotional connection is artificial, it is still effective.

The inspiration for this method came from Professor Lockhart, who was Harry Potter's second-year student.

Lockhart was a complete idiot who knew most magic, but because of his superb talent in memory magic, he directly altered the memories of many powerful wizards, turning their adventurous memories into his own, thus packaging himself as an elite wizard.

With the help of the Crown of Wisdom, Dui was naturally no less capable than the incompetent Lockhart. After spending some time practicing and studying, he mastered the Memory Charm quite well. With his current level of memory magic, he could even turn two mortal enemies into loving partners.

Therefore, implanting a little memory is not a problem.

Of course, Dui also knew that memory and brain were very important. If he randomly stuffed other people's memories into his brain, he might accidentally cause a mental breakdown.

Therefore, Dui remained very cautious and only implanted the memory into the Crown of Wisdom.

You gain memories while wearing it, and lose those memories when you take it off, just like a portable USB drive. You don't need to worry about it affecting your brain.

In the days that followed, Dui kept summoning Celebrimbor to learn the art of ring forging from him.

With a foundation in fairy forging techniques and alchemy, and having previously learned some Noldor forging techniques, coupled with the blessing of the Crown of Wisdom, Dui's ring-forging skills improved rapidly.

Keller Brypon, as the mentor, was also very surprised by this, and lamented that if Dui had appeared in his time, he would have taken him on as an apprentice and thus cultivated an even more outstanding master craftsman.

After studying for six months, Dui began to try to perfect the Ring of Power in his hands.

With his current skill level, he is naturally far from being able to forge the Ring of Power on his own.

But he couldn't stay put and slowly work on it. He had spent enough time in the laboratory and needed to go to the Far East as soon as possible to find the "Salt of the Flesh" so that he could create the Philosopher's Stone as quickly as possible.

After all, as time goes by, he is no longer young.

If he doesn't want to become an old man, he still needs to achieve immortality as soon as possible.

The Philosopher's Stone is one way, and another way is to use the Balrog's undying flames to be reborn as a phoenix.

However, it will take nearly a year for the Balrog's inextinguishable flames to completely purify the evil forces.

He couldn't just wait like that during this time.

Under Celebrimbor's guidance, Dui reshaped the Ring of Power forged by Saruman, redesigning it based on its original power.

Dui's ultimate goal is to align with the Three Rings of the Elves and create an "Earth Ring." Just as the Three Rings of the Elves correspond to the three elements of water, fire, and air, the "Earth Ring" corresponds to the earth element and can control the earth element.

However, with Dui's current capabilities, he is not yet able to create such a ring.

But that doesn't stop him from crafting the Ring of Power in that direction.

With Keller Brippen's guidance, Dui successfully improved upon the shortcomings of the Ring of Power forged by Saruman.

Although the power of the Ring of Power has not increased, it no longer puts a strain on the wearer's body. Dui can finally wear it on his hand instead of having to hang it on a necklace.

At the same time, the Ring of Power can store magic power and form a powerful magical barrier when danger is encountered.

The strength of the magical barrier depends on the amount of magic stored in the Ring of Power.

If you have enough magic power, even if you face Sauron head-on, you will have time to catch your breath before your magic power is exhausted.

With this life-saving skill, Dui felt more confident heading to the Far East.

So before setting off for the Far East, Dui poured all his magic into the Ring of Power every day, then quickly restored his magic with the Golden Cup before continuing to pour it in.

This continued for more than a month. Only after ensuring that the magic in the Ring of Power was sufficient to guarantee safety did Dui bid farewell to Alvin and prepare to head to the East.

Dui didn't plan to bring his eye-catching pets, Smaug and Zorondo, on this trip.

The East is Sauron's sphere of influence, so Dui needs to remain hidden and stealthy to avoid attracting Sauron's attention.

So that they wouldn't be surrounded by Sauron and his forces before they found Hildorion, the birthplace of mankind, and collected the "Salt of the Flesh."

Before setting off, Duy contacted Gandalf, trying to get some information about the blue wizard from him.

However, Gandalf stated that when he arrived in Middle-earth, the two blue wizards had already been established in the Far East for many years, while he was in the West, so there was no interaction between the two.

Gandalf suggested that Duy inquire with Darrigaster the Brown, who had arrived in Middle-earth earlier than Gandalf and might know more about the Wizard of the Blue.

Dui then went to Darrigast's cottage to seek his advice.

Although Darrigast enjoys living in the forest, he is good friends with many animals and can learn a lot about the outside world from them.

“A few years ago, a flock of geese flew in from the Far East and stayed here for a while. According to them, there were people wearing blue robes leading a local uprising and fighting near the Rune Sea. You can go there and look for them; you might be able to find them.”

Darrigast racked his brains for a long time, until Dui placed the Crown of Wisdom on his head, at which point he suddenly remembered and said.

"Thank you for the news." Dui had finally gotten some useful information.

The Far East is a vast region, and without a precise location, Dui would not know how to find the two blue-robed wizards.

Now that the search area has been narrowed down to the vicinity of the Rune Inner Sea, it's finally not like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Afterwards, Dui bid farewell to Darigast and officially embarked on his journey to the East.

However, before heading to the Far East, Dui planned to stop by Rohan and make a point of visiting the city.

(End of this chapter)