"Tsk! Dreaming again?" Roland grinned. How could cowards like the Nazgûl, more timid than rats, possibly wander off alone for no reason?
"Instead of hoping a Nazgûl will come running out to get beaten up, why not hope we can storm Fortress of Gundabad and drag them out ourselves?" Roland shrugged helplessly. Sauron had yet to reveal himself. According to the original history, Thorin was supposed to openly appear in Mordor and begin gathering strength in the year 2951 of the Third Age. Yet because of Roland's rise, Sauron had become unusually well-behaved. Most likely, the Nazgûl had been taught a harsh lesson by the Dragon Knights. Sauron had not dared to confront them head-on? In a sense, Sauron and Roland maintained a strange tacit understanding.
While the Southern Twin Stars were still lost in their drunken dreams, Roland had already begun an invisible duel with Sauron! What shocked Sauron was how terrifying the colossal power rising in the north had become. Even the Nazgûl could not suppress them and had instead been brutally beaten by Dragon Knights who had seemingly emerged from nowhere—Dragon Knights thought to have gone extinct. Not only had they failed to suppress those North Kingdoms, but several northern kingdoms had joined forces and severed the connection to Mirkwood!
Thus, Sauron had not grandly declared his existence as he had in history. Instead, he stayed obediently in Mordor, quietly building up his strength. Roland was more than happy to see Sauron lie low. If an enemy at the level of a demigod appeared too early, he might scare those parasites into submission. It would be quite the joke if, before the people of the War of the One Ring came to power, the "Twin Stars" surrendered first. By then, the Southern Twin Stars and the north