Sword and Magic and Taxi

Melkor destroyed the lamp and launched a series of attacks. Neither the Valar nor the Maia could fight Melkor alone, and the war was retreating steadily. Fortunately, both Vera and Maia are immortal. Even if they are broken, it only takes some time to reorganize. Otherwise, according to Melkor's fighting ability, the Fourteenth Valar would have been wiped out long ago.

Not even Viratochus of War, a strong, tenacious and heroic hunk, the sane, divine version of the Hulk, could defeat Melkor in single combat. Fortunately, Manwë, the god of atmosphere, drove the storm and took many Valar, including Tokas, to patrol around and fight Melkor.

Melkor was very cunning and avoided the patrolling Valar. He traveled east and west to the mountain where the Valar lived and completely destroyed it. As a last resort, all the Valar and Maia had to leave their original places and build new residences, called Valinor. This place is surrounded by the sea, and under the constant protection and supervision of Ulmo, the god of the sea, Melkor cannot come quietly. They raised the mountain as a barrier and hid behind it. They gathered their strength and used Yavanna's hands to plant the twin sacred trees, which provided the energy for Arda's life to survive in place of the twin lamps.

This is not the way to go. Even if Melkor is destroyed, so what? It just delays some time. Moreover, Melkor occupies most of Arda and has an advantage. Who knows what he is doing! Zhao Mai never participates Instead of tracking down and fighting Melkor, be busy learning and building.

Saruman nodded. He also had the same idea, thinking that this kind of time-wasting battle - not even consumption - would never be able to determine the outcome. However, their voices were too weak. When encountering a problem, Maiya and Vera would gather together to discuss, and then decide on an action based on the number of people supporting them. There were so few of them, and Saruman was unwilling to use the power of his voice to forcibly change the minds of others, that their opinions would not be carried out at all. Deciding everything by quantity is the simplest and easiest way to shirk responsibility...

Zhao Mai proposed to establish a centralized decision-making organization and let Maia and Vera, who have corresponding characteristics, be responsible for certain aspects of things, such as combat and construction. But the Villars didn't fully understand Zhao Mai's thoughts, and they were unwilling to make changes.

So things reached a deadlock. The Valar went out to fight Melkor, changing their ways, bruised and swollen. Zhao Mai could guess the battle situation from their faces, and he was tired of watching them. The construction work in Arda has stalled. Auli, the god of earth and forging, who is Zhao Mai's master, is in an extremely depressed situation because he can't leave the house or start work.

Out of extreme boredom, Aulë decided to create a race that could work with him. Although everyone has heard that Ilúvatar created two races, elves and humans, they don't know what characteristics they have, so there is nothing to refer to. Auli held the soil in his hands and didn't know how to start. If the creature had the same characteristics as elves and humans, wouldn't it be challenging Ilúvatar's authority and becoming like Melkor?

Auli couldn't find the answer from the earth and manufacturing, so he thought of Zhao Mai. His apprentice often has strange but reasonable new ideas and is the most active of all Maya. Aulë was not good at words, and he was far different from his other apprentice Saruman. He knew that he could not hide it with words, so he directly asked Zhao Mai to find a way out.

Zhao Mai has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and it is time for the dwarf to be born. Unless we ask Ilúvatar, none of us know what elves and humans are like. He could only make inferences in a persuasive way, using his reasoning ability to cover up his prophetic abilities. It is absolutely impossible to guess, but there is a way to avoid repetition. The environment in Arda at this time is very different from the original environment. If the characteristics of the dwarves are given according to the current environment, wouldn't it definitely not be the same again?

Hearing this sentence, Aoli smiled and suddenly realized. The master and the apprentice worked together - in fact, it was mainly Aoli, while Zhao Mai focused on observation and learning. Shaping objects and shaping life are completely different, and being intelligent and not being intelligent are completely different. Auli's partner is the plant goddess Yavana. Through Zhao Mai's observation and his understanding of the force of nature, the creation of ordinary animals and plants is no longer an unattainable goal. But the ability to think, that is, the secret of wisdom, is still hidden behind layers of fog.

Aoli is also breaking through this fog. With his hands and guidance, Zhao Mai follows him and understands the creation of divine power. The battle of Melkor is very dangerous for living creatures, so this kind of creature must be tough and strong. Aulë pinched a ball of soil, shook his head, put it down, picked up the rock, and nodded with satisfaction.

It's dangerous on the ground. Although the air in Manwe is good, new creatures should be protected by me, so they should live underground. Auli kept saying: They should be like me, loving the earth and loving manufacturing. They should be like me, persevering and strong; they should be like me, able to use the power of earth and fire; they should also be like us, understanding that only by uniting can we win!

He molded a dwarf and stuffed fire and earth into his chest, letting the lava flow through his veins, cooling him and bringing him back to life. Zhao Mai observed the use of divine power and how to use the power of change to change his inner thoughts into rules for the world to accept. He learned and imitated at a much slower pace than Aulli. When Aulë finished the three dwarves, he only made the torsos.

While Aoli was creating, he came up with new ideas again and again, so he kept improving. He made seven dwarves one after another, giving them the same life and different personalities. The seven dwarves all shared his life, obeyed his commands, and were soon busy in his workshop. He watched the dwarves ponder and learn to use hammers, chisels, and axes, and an idea came to his mind, so all dwarves knew the craftsmanship of these tools.

Aulë clapped his hands and made his workshop larger so that these dwarves could have more space to perform. They are miners, jewelers, smelters, mold masters, sculptors, mechanism craftsmen and master designers. They are also strong warriors and passionate friends. Aoli watched their work with satisfaction, then turned around and saw Zhao Mai.

Zhao Mai only created one dwarf, and it didn't look outstanding at all. Ollie was very interested in his apprentice's creation, so he looked closer and found that Zhao Mai's dwarf was imitated from him, but put in many contradictory things. I like eating and enjoying, but I can also endure hardship; I have an infinite pursuit of beauty, but I can also be content with the status quo; I like invention and innovation, but I cherish ancient things very much... Myron, it seems impossible for this creature of yours to gain life. Bar?

It will definitely work. Zhao Mai wiped his sweat. Creating a new intelligent race is a very labor-intensive task. Fortunately, the great god Auli walked in front, splitting the thorns and filling the ravines, while Zhao Mai just followed behind. But even so, Zhao Mai's magical power has been exhausted and cannot keep up with the consumption of work. As a last resort, he used the force of nature, used psychic powers, and also gave the creation the power of ancient spells.

But it seemed that it was still not enough. He could feel that it was just a little bit short, and the four power system still could not become an excellent system.

Suddenly, Zhao Mai had an idea and added a power system that he was already familiar with, so familiar that he usually wouldn't even notice it. That's science and logic.