CHAPTER – 6
Two Days Later...Field Of Cormallen
Green lush grass grew. It were the fields of Cormallen in North Ithilen of the realm of Gondor. Many tents sprang up there.
Ohtar screamed, "We shall rest here. It is only some leagues to the City Of Minas Tirith."
Elrond and Cirdan now approached Ohtar.
"We come to take our leave. We shall return to Imladris."
"Our lord is inside, my lord. Enter if you wish."
Elrond and Cirdan went inside the tent.
"We come to take our leave, Isildur."
"I purpose to go to Minas Tirith, lord Elrond. There is much to do. Things have to be set in order and the realm brought to peace once more."
"Peace. Yes, Peace. For a while, you shall all dwell in peace. An age shall pass, as I foresee but Gondor shall not be free of evil. As long as the Ring survives, evil shall dwell in Middle Earth."
"For my part, I will risk no hurt to that thing, as I have already spoken. And it is better not to speak about it anymore. The Ring shall not go to Gondor. It shall go to Arnor."
"Arnor or Gondor. Keeping the Ring means rendering the works of your fathers futile. Cannot you see? The Ring has faded your vision, corrupted your thinking. As long as it exists, there will be wars and estrangement shall spread among our two kinds. Never shall an alliance be forged as we had in this age. Our friendship shall endure but men shall come to distrust us, not only between us, but among all the free peoples of this free world. The world was created freely, but should not it be allowed to exist freely, free from evil, free from madness?"
"What would you have done? Would you not have kept it?"
"I would have destroyed it."
"Easier said than done, Lord Elrond. I doubt no longer that you may be true and your counsels were always well heeded by us. You are wise and good hearted, my lord, But my mind fears to listen to this counsel. Nay, I shall not destroy it, I cannot even think of hurting it."
"Then my reasoning has been in vain. But I bless you, may your life be free of evil. We return to Rivendell by the swiftest way." Saying thus, he left the tent.
I was only laughing, laughing to my content. No words of any lord seemed to have any effect on his mind. Good! My work had been rewarded. Only I had to wait for my Master. And then the world shall be covered in a second darkness, which no light could pierce. I laughed again.
Cirdan was still in the tent.
"You are wise, Isildur. Heed the words of Lord Elrond. Do not disappoint the free peoples of Middle Earth. You are the sole heir of Numenor. This act does not justify this fact. The very weapons of Sauron are evil. The Ring was evil, ever since it was forged in the great fires. Atleast heed these last words, if my words fall not on deaf ears. Wear not the Ring!"
Saying thus, he too rushed out of the tent.