——4e, 201, the last month, 17th, 9:00——
Arthur...King of Dragons?
Hadawa paused with the pen in his hand and looked at the blond young man in front of him, wondering whether he should record it or not.
In Falkreath Territory, the hunter named Arthur is still famous. After all, he can hunt some ferocious beasts that ordinary hunters would not dare to try, such as snow bears and snow tigers. If you give your full name, your reputation will probably be higher.
But with such an exaggerated name on this occasion, it is hard to imagine that those Imperial soldiers who had not slept for several nights trying to catch the Stormcloak would have any spare sense of humor.
"Pfft... Hahaha -" "What is that?" "Talos is on top."
Sure enough, it was all the Stormcloak soldiers who laughed, which only made the bad-tempered female captain regard the name as a deliberate provocation - even if it was his real name.
"What should we do, captain? He is not on the list we have." Hadawa turned to ask the female captain who had just come back.
As the bodyguard and secretary of General Tullius, Hadawa knew very well that the reason why he was able to capture the leader of the Stormcloaks this time was because there was a mole in their team.
Otherwise, no one would have thought that they would abandon the fastest route to the north and choose to return to their sphere of influence by detouring through the mountains in the south.
"Don't worry about it. Stormcloaks don't know how to carve words on their foreheads. Treat it the same way." This female captain who seems to have the blood of the Red Guards has not rested since her departure. According to her, she is the leader of Governor Riggi. Those who are recommended to be promoted strive to be watertight in everything, or be ruthless.
"I'm very sorry, I will send you back -" Halfway through Hadawa, he found that Arthur was staring straight at the female captain next to him. There was no hatred in his eyes that had just been pronounced. If he saw it correctly, there was ……mercy?
"What are you looking at!" The female captain was furious. Maybe she had seen too many hateful looks, but being looked at like a dying person still made her furious: "Get ready for execution! The first one is You! 'Dragon King'!"
"boom!"
Hadawa saw Arthur rushing forward suddenly, knocking the female captain away and then he quickly rolled away from his original position. He subconsciously pulled out his sword, but in the next moment he saw a blazing line of fire coming down from it and swept over him. The ground where the female captain was standing burned into scorched earth, and at the same time, a terrifying roar sounded above her head.
"[yol toor shul——]"
A huge, dark, ferocious, terrifying monster with scales and huge wings that even exceeded the size of the sentry tower was lying on the top of the sentry tower, with the remaining flames still burning in its mouth, and it was staring at the burning thing below with its blood-red eyes. Houses and chaotic crowds.
That's a dragon!
According to ancient legends, giant dragons soared across the world, destroying everywhere. The ancestors of the Nords went through untold hardships and made many sacrifices to finally kill them all. The giant "dragon tombs" everywhere are where their bones are buried. Place.
However, everyone present had only seen them in murals and book illustrations. It was impossible to defeat such giant monsters, at least with the fragile short swords and weak long bows in their hands.
"Kill that monster!" The female captain was the first to react, unsheathing her sword and shouting loudly, but this also revealed that she actually didn't know this former sky overlord at all.
Boom, boom, boom, several arrows flew towards the black dragon, and were blocked by its hard scales without any suspense. It had no effect other than attracting the dragon's attention.
"Idiot!" Hadawa heard Arthur's voice behind him. He waved his arm and cut the rope on the sword he was holding, and then snatched away his sword and shield with the precision of an experienced hunter. and effective.
"[yol——]" The dragon breathed fire at the imperial soldiers who dared to shoot arrows at it. The archers fled in all directions. Two unlucky ones failed to escape. One of them was knocked away by Arthur, and the other He raised his shield to completely protect him.
"Go!" Arthur shouted: "Leave the town! Or find a cellar nearby! Don't attract the dragon's attention!"
He dropped the iron shield that was roasted red by the dragon flames and even began to melt, and raised his sword to point at the huge black dragon that was also watching him.
"[Toor shul!]" The dragon breathed out raging flames again. Arthur rolled to avoid it, and more houses burned.
Hadawa noticed that General Tullius and the Thalmor ambassador had left with some imperial soldiers, while the female captain was leading other soldiers to evacuate the residents. As for the Stormcloaks, they all took advantage of the chaos and escaped with Ulfric... …
"Ralof? Why are you still here?" Hadava frowned and looked at the "fellow countryman" who quietly came over with a long bow on his back. Although he was slightly relieved that he didn't have to chop off his head, he was still worried about him joining the Stormcloaks. Still can't let go of his behavior.
"You're kidding, that's the legendary dragon." Larov took off his long bow, nocked an arrow and aimed at the black dragon on the sentry tower: "If you don't teach it a lesson, destroying a town won't be enough, just fly to Ximu If the town..."
"Larov, you-"
"It doesn't matter if you burn down your blacksmith shop, but it will be troublesome if you burn down my sawmill."
"——You are indeed an asshole."
Boom! Larov's arrow accurately hit the dragon's claws on the sentry tower. The black dragon turned its head and seemed to be planning to breathe at them, but the sentry tower under its feet, which was already fragile due to its constant breathing, collapsed instantly. Not expecting this at all, the dragon, which was tilting and falling due to its own weight, spread its wings in vain and fell into a piece of rubble.
"Well done." Arthur ran over and returned the hot iron sword to Hadawa: "But this can only buy a little time, so it's better to escape quickly. I just discovered there is a cellar over there."
"[Ang——]" The ruins of the sentry tower suddenly exploded. The black dragon, which had not been buried too deeply, flew into the air and spewed out a sea of blazing fire to chase the three of them, but they hid in a building made entirely of stone in time. After landing on the ground, it hit the building with great force and destroyed the entrance of the building. However, it was unable to enter due to its size. In the end, it became angry and began to destroy the remaining buildings of Helgen, which was empty.
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Ralof decided to try to recruit Arthur.
This hunter has strong skills, is not afraid of danger, is very resourceful and has some grudges with the empire. It would be best if he could be brought into his camp.
For example, now, this cellar seems to be a prison that Helgen has not used for a long time. When both he and Hadawa thought it was a dead end, Arthur only used a short sword to knock around the wall for a while, and then started to hammer on the wall. A big hole was opened, revealing an underground passage behind.
It was a shallow underground river that flowed through the naturally formed cave, and the cellar wall opened right beside the river.
"Sometimes hunting will inevitably lead to Nord ruins, and I have some experience with the distribution of passages." He explained: "There should be some kind of escape door here, but the switch is broken, so you can only smash it open."
What exactly do you need to hunt to enter the Nord ruins...
As the earliest inhabitants of the world and even Tamriel, the Nords left behind many ancient ruins. Many well-preserved ruins are used as ordinary houses, but many more ruins are used as shelters by wild animals and bandits. Place.
"So, based on your experience, should it be possible to reach the surface here?" Larov asked while walking upwards along the underground cave.
"It should be possible, but the 'owner' here doesn't seem to want to let us leave easily." Arthur frowned, took two steps forward and raised his sword.
"It's the Frost Spider -" Hadawa, who had replaced a shield in the previous cellar, also raised his head.
Having lost his chance to perform, Larov had no choice but to pick up his longbow again and aim at the five or six eight-legged monsters that descended from the cave roof in front of him.
This kind of spider became huge in order to adapt to the extreme cold in the world, and its body surface was covered with a thick layer of down. At the same time, it was too large to weave, and eventually it became a strange and poisonous spider that attacks frontally. Creatures, basically can only aim at the eyes or hit the torso with blunt objects.
"Hit!" After Larov's arrow killed a spider, he found that the remaining spiders had been completely eliminated by Arthur like chopping melons and vegetables. Hadava, who was holding a shield, had made no achievements at all.
I won, he lip-synced to Hawada, and Hawada turned his head away.
"There should be a lot more to come, I'll take the lead." Arthur nodded to the two of them and moved on first.
He was so good at cutting down spiders, but he didn't know how to cut down people. Larov followed Arthur, who had become the leader of this team for some reason, and began to try to formulate words as he walked.
"Stop, move gently." After killing a few more spiders, the cave tilted upwards, and Ralof could even hear the howling wind, which proved that they were gradually approaching the surface, and when they were about to open their mouths to recruit, Arthur Suddenly he squatted down and signaled the two men who belonged to the Empire and the Stormcloaks to stop.
The front suddenly became wider, and the exit was even closer. However, there was a snow bear lying on the only way. It obviously regarded this cave as its own den. Although it was far away, it was conservatively estimated that its body length was enough. Twice that of ordinary people.
"Give me the bow, you guys stand back." Arthur took the longbow and arrows from Larov's hand and aimed at the bear from a distance.
Boom, boom, boom, Arthur fired three arrows in a row, and then rolled over to where the two of them were hiding without looking at the results.
"Ouch——" The snow bear's fur is very thick and cannot be fatal with one blow. Ralof only heard the bear roaring angrily and banging the stone walls around it, but he couldn't find the attacker at all. .
"It's a pity." Arthur stretched his bow again: "The value of such a bearskin will decrease."
"We don't have time to skin them," Hadawa whispered.
"Indeed, we have to tell the lord about the dragon appearing here." Arthur leaned out of the bunker and shot three arrows at the bear again.
"Roar——" This time, we were not very lucky. The snow bear discovered his position, and he rushed over angrily with the arrows on his body.
"This is the last arrow." Larov: "Get ready to fight, Hadava."
"Don't order me around." Hadawa raised the fur shield with one hand and touched the mace he brought out earlier with the other hand.
"No need." Arthur raised his bow and nocked an arrow, and flew out. The last arrow hit the snow bear's eye, and it collapsed just one step away from Arthur.
"You should join the Stormcloaks/Imperial Legion!" Ralof and Hadava said in unison, then glared at each other.
"Well... I think I probably won't even go." After killing the snow bear, Arthur looked up into the void: "I may have other 'missions'."
