Chapter 343 Opportunity
"Gollum has been caught."
As soon as he came up, this excellent ranger brought Levi a piece of heavy news.
"Tell me more."
"It was sent by the lame Uruk leader himself. He caught Gollum at the pass near Minas Morgul."
"In addition, he also said that Mordor's spies were following Gollum, and it seemed that they wanted Gollum to take them to find something."
Levi nodded and asked, "Where is Gollum now?"
"In the stronghold at the crossroads, many people are watching him."
"Okay, I know."
The ranger brought all the information, whispered with Levi about other trivial matters for a while, and then left with Levi's new instructions.
"We have new things to do, Gandalf."
Back on the city wall, Levi relayed the many pieces of information brought by the ranger.
"Good, great."
Gandalf nodded repeatedly.
"Let's go find Gollum now. He must know a lot of useful things."
"Besides, I heard from your people that he was released from Mordor, which means that the enemy must have known something. Our intelligence cannot lag behind."
"That makes sense. Let's go."
Levi waved his hand and rode on his horse first.
He told Gandalf: "The crossroads is not a completely safe place. I will go there first to transfer Gollum to other places. Well, let's go to the South River. I will wait for you in the city of South River."
"In a hurry." Gandalf complained and followed Levi to the roadside fort.
Starting from the roadside fort, Levi arrived at the crossroads from the hell passage, while Gandalf took the road to the sky and walked slowly towards the South River.
When Gandalf had not yet completed one-third of the total journey, Levi had already arrived at the crossroads stronghold.
Creaky.
The ranger stationed here opened an iron gate for him.
A little thing curled up in the corner slowly raised its head and made an unpleasant gurgling sound from its throat, which was full of fear.
"Gulu..."
Levi called out his name.
"This is not the first time we met. You must remember it, right?"
"I know you. You were originally a hobbit of the Strong Body Clan. It was only because of some evil thing that you could not control that you became what you are now."
Long-lost memories came to his mind, and Gulu's eyes widened. He didn't know what the man in front of him meant by saying this.
"And I know more than that. I also know that you killed your best friend, then fled for fear of crime, and became a despicable thief and robber, harming people everywhere..."
"No!!!"
Gulu glared and roared, arguing: "You are wrong, we are not thieves, we are obviously the ones whose things were stolen!!"
"Watch your attitude when you speak."
The ranger on the side couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed Gulu's neck and made him quiet down.
"Cough, cough... vomit..."
Gulu struggled weakly and was out of breath.
Levi waved his hand, so the ranger put him down and threw him to the ground.
"Gulu..."
Gulu twisted his body on the ground. At this moment, he finally understood his position and no longer dared to continue yelling.
"Don't argue with me. I said, I know what you did in the past. Even your family can't stand your evil deeds. If your grandmother hadn't driven you out, your only fate would be to lose your life in public anger."
After saying these words sternly, Levi approached Gulu again, squatted slowly, and said in a soft tone under the gaze of Gulu's innocent eyes:
"I know you still have a trace of conscience in your body, and you also regret what you did, right?"
Gulu didn't speak, just lowered his head, and made a gurgling sound in his throat.
Levi could hear a sense of depression from it.
If someone else had said this to Gollum, he might not even bother to pay attention and would just turn around and walk away.
But here, he had to listen and think about these words seriously, otherwise neither Levi nor the ranger beside Levi would be easy to mess with.
Even if one of them looked fierce and the other seemed a little gentler.
All these things, under many restrictions, allowed Gollum to reveal a trace of true feelings.
All were forced.
"You still have a chance to change."
It's hard to say that Gollum didn't contribute to the free camp.
After all, he was a hobbit before, and even if he got the Supreme Ring, at most he would do some bad things and cheat people.
If another race got the Supreme Ring, the harm caused would definitely be much greater than his.
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In a sense, he hid in the cave with the One Ring for more than 500 years without coming out to harm people, which can be regarded as a contribution to peace.
500 years.
The One Ring played "Lord of the Rings: Gollum" for a full 500 years. If it were not just an evil ring without emotions, it would probably go crazy before Gollum.
"Reformed..." Gollum was attracted by Levi's words.
"Yes, reformed - but the premise is that you have to atone for the evil things you did before. When the sins are fully paid off, you can be free."
"We were always free before we were caught!" Gollum suddenly said in a low voice with a ferocious expression.
After saying this, his eyes suddenly became clear, and he said to himself in a frightened manner: "But we have never been truly free..."
"Shut up, shut up..."
"He said to give us a chance..."
Gulu covered his head and struggled, his voice was sometimes fierce and aggressive, and sometimes timid.
Levi stood up, glanced at the ranger next to him, and signaled to him.
"Give him food."
"It's time to set off after eating."
"Set off? Where to?" Gulu was attracted by Levi's words.
He looked up at Levi and said, "Are you looking for treasures too? We can take you there, as long as you don't hurt us..."
"Not interested."
Levi shook his head.
"There are other people who want to see you, wait, be honest, behave better, no one will hurt you."
Gulu subconsciously looked at the ranger next to him.
The ranger said sternly: "Lord Levi will definitely do what he said. You don't need to doubt his promise just now."
"Okay, okay, we won't move, we won't move, we'll stay here honestly..."
The gate closed, and Levi left with the ranger who was responsible for watching Gollum.
Just when Gollum breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly, the ranger came back again.
Gollum immediately tensed up.
He was too familiar with this situation.
In Mordor, every time after being interrogated, the Orcs would come and torture him again, whipping, kicking, and punching...
"I knew we would be tortured again. There is no trust, Gollum..."
"What are you talking about?"
The ranger frowned and asked in Gollum's puzzled eyes: "What do you eat, meat or vegetables, do you like raw or cooked?"
