Wu Chen was still thinking that as the last High King of Skyrim in the Isgramor Dynasty, the ancient tomb of Bogas of Winterhold should be full of institutions and filled with corpses. As a result, it was as clean as if a dog had licked it along the way.
When he walked to the bonfire, Wu Chen immediately smelled the strong smell of grease. Only then did the Lord realize that the neatly stacked tree trunks from a distance were actually ancient mummies. It is true that the Nords have had the custom of burning the corpses of their enemies since ancient times. But those buried in the tomb are all ancient Nord warriors. It seems that the Dark Brotherhood also sprinkled a special alchemical potion on the "corpse firewood", which can neutralize the corpse odor produced by burning and has a certain blessing (?) effect. Of course, for the Dark Brotherhood, this is a good way to get the best of both worlds by using local materials and never having future troubles. According to a common understanding, all Nord warriors who "die with a sword" will go to Sognard. The corpse will also be well protected by the magic ice. And those who bear the dragon's curse and cannot rest in peace will eventually become wights. It doesn't matter if you burn it.
What's more, slightly stimulated by the mysterious power in the flames, Wu Chen saw a more realistic scene from the perspective of his spiritual body.
Another important function of burning corpses is as a sacrifice to Sithis, the Father of Fear. This is also the essence of "corpse fire sacrifice".
By the way, the housekeeper had previously traded a dragon's eye diamond with the Night Mother. It is said that after obtaining the powerful Demus stone, the Dark Brotherhood immediately secretly performed a forbidden ritual of the demon god. Let the Night Mother in the coffin "give birth" to a "Daughter of Sithis" for the Dark Brotherhood, ushering in the "Dark Age" for Stalkers.
According to Wu Chen's understanding, Sithis worshiped by the Dark Brotherhood is actually an illusion created by the Whispering Lady Mephala, one of the Sixteen Demon Gods. Mephala secretly controls the entire Dark Brotherhood through the Night Mother. Therefore, this dead girl born by the Night Mother is most likely the daughter of the demon god Mephala. Or the "will container" of the demon god Mephala.
It is also very possible that the so-called "Dark Ages" actually refer to the arrival of Mephala, the Whispering Lady, in Mundus. The reason why the listener asked the lord in person to take back Mephala's artifact, the ebony stone blade, to perform a caesarean section for the Night Mother was because what was being "cut open" was not the Night Mother's shriveled belly, but the barrier of the plane, connecting Tamriel and the Whispering Lady Mephala's realm of annihilation: the Spiral Skein, also known as the "Vortex of Chaos."
It is said that there is another evil aspect of the Ebony Stone Blade, that is, it corrupts the wielder and makes them indulge in the madness of killing. Eventually, the holder's soul will be swallowed by Mephala's plane of annihilation and become a part of it. It can be seen that this magic knife can indeed cut through the plane. Otherwise, how could he devour the soul of the sword wielder?
However, in history, in order to save the holder of the magic knife, an unnamed mage put a magic seal on the knife so that the weapon would not be held by one person for a long time and could protect the souls of those who held it from being possessed by this weapon. The knife is overly confusing. You need to kill 10 close relatives to lift the seal.
"Could it be that..." Thinking of this, Wu Chen suddenly stopped.
Mephala, the Whispering Lady, seduces Holongna into killing her close relatives in Dragon's Landing Keep. Is the purpose actually for the upcoming caesarean section of Night Mother? It was not to fool Hollongana and satisfy the god's selfish desires.
"In the hearts of Westerners, Mephala is a demon god who controls killing, sex and secrets. These have their secret and subtle parts (such as assassination/massacre, love/debauchery); and Mephala is the master of all these Fusion." - "Vivec and Mephala".
"He/she has been weaving an airtight web - full of lies, desires and murders." He/she also stopped immediately, and there was obvious meaning in Astrid's smile: "Ah, I Lord Ximu. You must have discovered it, right?"
"So, the 'Daughter of Sithis' born by the Night Mother is actually the 'divine body of Mephala', right?" Wu Chen simply asked directly.
"Yes, my lord." In the underground hall where corpses were burning with no one prying or listening, Astrid finally revealed the biggest secret in his heart: "Then my lord, I learned that Mephala is coming. Tamriel, what would you do?"
"Obviously, like most people in Skyrim, I don't want to experience another crisis of plane fusion." This is the responsibility of the lord and the challenge of the brave.
"Have you read the book "Rumors of the Spiral Skein"?" Astrid asked again.
"Not yet." Wu Chen seemed to have this ancient book in his lord's study, but he hadn't had time to read it yet.
Astrid read out the important contents of the book softly: "'The Spiral Twist is the domain of Mephala', 'Like Nirn, it has a tower in its center: 'Mephala's Pillar Palace (The Pillar)" Palace of Mephala", 'Rotating around the columns like spokes of a wheel are the Eight Strands of the Skein. Each strand has its own space, each space its own sin': lies, jealousy, corruption, fear, evil, murder, greed, anger. "
"This is Mephala's law." Wu Chen understood: "So she wanted to take advantage of the collapse of the snow tower and throw her tower (law) into the sky."
"Yes, that's it." No wonder Astrid chose to meet the lord here and now. Obviously, the biggest reason behind it was that the lord did not hesitate to be hostile to Mephala, the Whispering Lady, and killed the holder of the ebony blade, Hollongna. Even based on the simplest principle of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", Astrid would decide that Wu Chen was the person who could join forces to deal with this crisis.
"How to block Mephala's plane fusion?" Wu Chen asked directly.
"The Night Mother without 'clown' is just a dead person lying in a coffin." Astrid already has a plan: "Kill Cicero the Clown before the last rites."
"Huh?" The memory of the previous adventure suddenly emerged.
It is said that when he and his housekeeper were out on an adventure, Wu Chen encountered a broken carriage on the road leading to the northeast of Xueman City, near Loreius Farm. Talking to the man dressed as a clown next to the carriage, Wu Chen learned that he was transporting his mother's body and did not want the carriage to break down midway. This clown is Cicero, and the person in the carriage is obviously the Night Mother.
The clown Cicero begged Wu Chen to go to the nearby Loreius farm and ask the farmer to help repair the carriage. When talking to the farmer, Loreius said that he suspected that the clown's coffin contained contraband, and quietly suggested that Wu Chen report it to the patrolling guards. These are also the two choices given by the original plot. Choose the first option, convince the farmer to repair the carriage, and get 400 gold coins from the clown Cicero. Another option is to report the clown to a patrolling guard, who is then arrested but quickly released. Because the coffin contained indeed a corpse. Cicero, who was later released, would go on a bloodbath on the farm one night, killing everyone on Loreius's farm.
Wu Chen clearly remembered that he chose to believe the clown and persuaded Loriius to help repair the carriage transporting the Night Mother. So everyone at Loreius Farm survived.
"Why?" Astrid was puzzled by the Lord's choice.
"He is really sad, not pretending at all." Wu Chen gave his own answer: "If there were only contraband in the coffin, he would only be anxious but not sad. So I chose to believe him."
"Ah..." Astrid sighed: "The clown Cicero is the most devout guardian of the Night Mother. He really treats the Night Mother as his own mother."
