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Chapter 359 Morgoth

The enormous fiery eyes that appeared on the altar, separated by countless times and spaces, projected their light onto the surroundings.

Even a single glance from Him plunged the surrounding Ringwraiths, dark sorcerers, orcs into endless fear. Unable to withstand His gaze, they all prostrated themselves, trembling in terror.

The gaze, shrouded in black smoke and flames, ignored these ants and instead focused directly on the fiery demonic eye atop Baladur Tower.

"Sauron, my servant, what brings you here from the Void?"

Morgoth's gaze easily pierced through the Demon Eye, locking onto the spirit of Sauron hidden within Baradur Tower.

Upon seeing his former master, Sauron, the Dark Lord, also showed immense awe.

"Great Lord Morgoth, the Lord of Darkness! Since you were banished to the Void, as your servant, I have inherited your will to conquer the entire world of Arda and bring it under your fold."

But those elves and humans, aided by the emissaries sent by the Valar from the west, fought against me. I was severely wounded, losing my form and power, and am now unable to continue to carry out your will. Therefore, I can only offer sacrifices and pray for your descent to help me regain my strength!

"Once I conquer the entire world of Arda, I will surely free you from your shackles and allow you to return to this land!"

Upon hearing Sauron's words, Morgoth sneered and looked at him with mockery and disdain.

“My most trusted servant, you are always so cunning and eloquent. I can see your ambition to rule the world. You are probably even less willing to let me come back than those hypocritical guys in the West!”
"Now that you've summoned my will, is it because you've reached a dead end and have no choice but to use my power to restore your strength?"

Having his true thoughts exposed, Sauron instantly dropped his respectful demeanor, revealing his boundless ambition and majesty.

"Morgoth, how about we make a deal? You lend me power to help me rule the world. In return, I will help you break free from your bonds and return you from the Void."

"So this is your true face? Not bad! No wonder you became the second Dark Lord after my defeat. I admire you more and more, Sauron." Morgoth was not enraged by Sauron's disrespect; instead, he looked at him with increasing admiration.

After the War of Wrath in the First Age, Morgoth was banished to the Void, beyond the world.

But after a wisp of his will was projected down by the sacrificial array, he instantly gained access to a wealth of information, learning everything that had happened since the Battle of Wrath.

This is why Morgoth also admired Sauron, his former servant, even though Sauron had betrayed him or taken his place.

Because of the vast difference in their power and status, Morgoth swept across the world with his overwhelming strength.

Sauron, despite possessing only Maiar-level power, used his cunning and scheming to sink Númenor Island, and nearly brought Middle-earth to his rule.

Such an achievement surprised and impressed Morgoth.

After all, there were quite a few Maiar-level beings under Morgoth's command, but only Sauron achieved what he did.

So Morgoth agreed, "I can agree to the deal you've proposed."

Upon hearing this, Soren was overjoyed.

Sauron, as one of his most trusted servants, was well aware of Morgoth's strength.

If Morgoth agrees to help him regain his strength, he can regain his physical form and return to his peak power even without the One Ring.

"However... I am currently in the void outside the world of Arda, far away, and my power cannot reach you. So if you want to borrow my power, you will have to sacrifice more lives so that my power can descend more into the world of Arda to help you restore your strength."

“That’s no problem. I can give you as many sacrifices as you want!” Sauron said without hesitation.

He had nearly a million orcs under his command, purely used as cannon fodder. Even if half of them were sacrificed, as long as they could regain their strength, it wouldn't matter at all.

But Morgoth looked at the orcs with disdain and rejected Sauron's idea. "The sacrifice I need is not these flawed creations of mine, but the children of Ilúvatar. Only their blood and souls can be my best nourishment, to break through the barriers of Arda, to allow my power to successfully descend upon the world, and to help you regain your strength."

Upon hearing Morgoth's words, Sauron hesitated and asked, "How many sacrifices do you need?"

If it were hundreds or thousands of people, he could have his orcs capture them.

However, if tens of thousands of people are needed, then a large-scale war would be required to gather offerings from places like Gondor or Rohan.

But Morgoth's demands clearly exceeded Sauron's expectations: "If you wish to restore your power to its peak and regain physical form, you will need at least a million Ilúvatar children as sacrifices."

Even Sauron was taken aback when he heard Morgoth's demand for a certain number of people.

It's worth noting that the combined population of Gondor and Rohan probably doesn't even reach a million.

Even if you wiped out Gondor and Rohan and captured everyone, you still wouldn't be able to gather enough people to make sacrifices for a million.

Unless we add the Dongyi people, Nanman people, and others, it will barely be enough.

The number of people affected is no less than that of the great plagues of the past.

But in order to gain power and thus rule and conquer the entire world, Sauron never considered giving up this option.

Once he obtains immense power, he will be able to sweep away all forces, annihilate all rebellious enemies, and reclaim his One Ring.

With the One Ring, his power will increase even further, making him the most powerful man in Middle-earth.

The only potential problem is that after the sacrifice, while Sauron gains Morgoth's power, Morgoth, far away in the void beyond the world, will also regain his power through the sacrifice.

One day, Morgoth will break free of his chains and return to the world of Arda.

At that time, Sauron would have to face Morgoth, who was many times stronger than him.

Having tasted power, Sauron, who harbored ambitions to rule the world, was naturally unwilling to submit to others, to be a slave, and to relinquish his power.

However, no matter how powerful Sauron was, as a Maiar, he was ultimately no match for Morgoth, a Valar.

However, Sauron couldn't worry about that for the time being. He only wanted to regain his strength as soon as possible, then rule and conquer the world and become its ruler.

Perhaps he can find a way to stop Morgoth from descending upon the world of Arda.

More importantly, Morgoth and Sauron wanted to rule the world not only to gain supreme power, but also because of a secret unknown to others.

That is, after becoming the ruler of the world, the ruler will obtain supreme power and authority.

Morgoth, as the most powerful Valar, desired to possess the authority of Ilúvatar, which is why he attempted to rule the world of Ardar and replace Ilúvatar's position.

As a Maya, Sauron naturally did not have the right to know this secret.

But as one of Morgoth's most trusted servants, he was deeply influenced by him and gradually figured out some secrets when he was at the height of his power and almost ruled the whole of Middle-earth.

That's why they resort to any means necessary and try every possible way to rule the world.

He disguised himself as Anata, the Lord of Gifts, and used the hands of the elves to forge the Ring of Power, intending to control the kings of the three races—elves, humans, and dwarves—through the Ring of Power, and then rule the entire world.

(End of this chapter)