——4e, 201, the last seed month, 19th, 14:00——
About one mile southwest of Dugu City, there is a town called Longqiao. This riverside town is named after the nearby stone bridge across the Kas River with a huge dragon head carved on the bridge arch. If you don’t count the pier, Sea transportation is the only way to get to Dugu City.
Before the Stormcloaks officially rebelled, this was a strategic point that had to be defended. The Imperial Legion's military camp had been established before it could even be called a town. Subsequently, hotels, lumber camps, farms and mills were gradually established. Initially, The purpose is to provide supplies to the legionnaires. Since the legion is stationed, security is naturally not a problem. Many civilians come to settle here, eventually forming a large-scale military town.
And now, due to the continuation of the Stormcloak rebellion, the current emperor of the empire, Ussel Septim II, had the idea of coming to Interprovince to resolve the matter in person, and his personal guard regiment "Sharp-Eyed Eagles" took the lead. To ensure safety, Longqiao Town is their chosen station.
The hotel in the town was named "Four Shields", originally to express the sense of security protected by the Imperial Legion, but at this time, the proprietress Fida was hiding behind the counter and did not dare to show her face.
Compared with other villages that only have one or two symbolic guards, Longqiao Town is indeed much safer in a situation where you can pass by imperial soldiers at any time while walking on the road, but if those imperial soldiers are divided into two groups in their own stores, The confrontation, and the fact that it looked like a fight was about to break out at any moment, was not good.
"Look, who is this?" Tasilius said mockingly: "Is it the ghost of crying and going home to find your father after being bullied?"
Tasilius is the commander of the sharp-eyed eagles in the military camp. He has gray-brown hair, a ferocious appearance, and a strong and tall body. The weight of the Empire's heavy armor is almost not felt on his body.
"I have no time to quarrel with you, Tacilius," replied Palassus, "and I have the right to take away any man from my scouting party."
"Everything you 'have the right to take' is in Dugu City," Tasilius crossed his arms: "Now they are under my control - or do you want to be deserters?"
The commander glared at the lightly armored scouts behind Parathos, who all avoided his gaze.
Hmm...a battle for command? Fida hid behind the counter trying to understand what they were doing.
"The incident happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to call them, and this is the nearest military camp," Parasos retorted: "I think I should have the privilege to ask any military camp to assist in the mission."
"Ha, privilege," Tacilius sneered: "If Her Royal Highness the Princess passes by directly like before, I do have to provide horses and guards to keep up, but now Her Royal Highness has come to my jurisdiction and is ready to clean up a place under my control. In the cave inside, it’s up to me to decide what kind of help I want to provide.”
"You heavy armors will only alert the enemy. What if the opponent runs away?"
"What should we do? Of course that counts as a successful cleanup."
"I have nothing to say to you!"
"I'm not going to listen either."
What? Princess? Fida sneaked up from behind the counter and saw a girl who completely ignored the quarreling parties and sat at a table by the wall, slowly tasting donuts and candied fruits.
The girl was so impressed with her order of desserts at lunchtime that Colin Lavey, the miller's son, and his dog were also attracted and fed.
At this time, due to the dispute between the Sharp-Eyed Eagle Legion, all the guests have run away, so the girl who is still sitting here quietly is naturally the princess they call her. Although her skin is a little darker and her hair color is a bit weird, she is really cute. .
"...You can't run away." Feida heard the girl's voice, which was neither crisp nor hoarse. She had no condescension and no charm at all. She sounded as ordinary as the neighbor's daughter, but she was glaring at each other. The commanders of both sides immediately stopped arguing.
"Then, you are allowed to mobilize this group of scout troops," Tasilius glanced at the light-armored sharp-eyed eagle behind Parathos: "I will arrange for heavy-armored soldiers to surround the cave to prevent any targets from escaping. .”
"That's good-" Parasos was interrupted midway before he could finish his words.
"But, I want to follow you in." Tacilius turned to the girl by the wall and patted his armor vigorously: "The vampire's claws will never be able to tear through this kind of heavy armor. The white-faced light armor is not so strong. .”
"Hey, don't take the opportunity to slander me because the princess talks little." Parasos discovered his private goods very keenly.
vampire? Feida hid behind the counter again. It seemed from their tone that they were still very close? Holy Spirit bless——
"...Okay." Her Royal Highness the Princess replied.
——15:00——
The reason why Longqiao Town has become a strategic location is that it protects not only Dugu City, but also the large forests and mountains to its north. These places contain numerous logging camps, farmland, mines, and even the homes of some special prisoners. A prison, a Thalmor embassy, and a secret military-controlled port are also included.
Therefore, the imperial military camp stationed here has always been well aware of the conditions in this area. For example, the "Wolsong Cave" that Her Royal Highness is going to was originally called "Wolsong Mine" because it produces moonstone and is surrounded by a It is named after the pine forest - in fact there are many more caves and mines without names.
"There are many mines like this in the mountainous areas, but they are all recorded in the Sharp-Eyed Eagle's archives." Tasilius led the heavily armored soldiers to open the way in front, and at the same time asked Princess Emilia who was following closely behind. Explanation: "If there are robbers, evil wizards or even vampires who secretly use them as a stronghold, it will be difficult to detect immediately - provided they have not committed any crime."
"...Hmm." Emilia observed the surroundings as she walked, subconsciously grabbing Tacilius's heavy armor cloak.
Haha, Tacilius looked at Parasos proudly, and the light-armored scout captain snorted and turned away.
Members of the Sharp-Eyed Eagle Legion all know that the emperor’s sister only likes two kinds of people, those with a strong back and a strong back like Tacilius, or a handsome face like Parasos. As for the one with both a strong back and a strong waist and a beautiful face and beautiful eyes... is that a new breed of demon god? ?
It is a tragedy for His Majesty the Emperor, who has neither a strong back nor a handsome face. He wanted to get close to his sister, but the girl turned her back on him. That scene has become the daily entertainment of the sharp-eyed hawks who stayed in the imperial capital. The Commander is a strong competitor for the two of them. If Princess Emilia sees her, she will completely abandon Tasilius and Parasos and run towards her. However, her characteristics cannot be imitated at all. Come - that is a majestic, intellectual, aloof woman with a giant sword and a long sword.
"Disperse the encirclement." Tacilius ordered.
Yuesong Cave is less than an hour's journey from Dragon Bridge, which proves that the vampires inside have just migrated here and are not familiar with the situation, because even the stupidest local bandits would not choose a cave so close to Sharp-Eyed Eagle Camp as their base.
"Then, Your Highness, let me go first - huh?" After the heavily armored soldiers surrounded the cave, Tacilius was about to report to Princess Emilia, but found that she had disappeared.
"You are probably mentally retarded." When he looked up, he saw that Parasos had already rushed into the cave first, and mocked him, "Have you forgotten that the princess is an activist?"
"Afraid." Tasilius didn't have time to reply, so he followed in with big strides.
——15:30——
Mountain walls or underground caves, as long as they are artificially constructed rather than formed naturally, will have a strange ring shape, which means that no matter how deep into the mountain wall or underground, the end will be near the entrance. All you need to do is open some mechanisms. A secret door can easily leave from the entrance. It is obviously designed to enable timely escape. Moreover, such a secret door is almost impossible to find or open from the entrance. The encirclement arranged outside is to prevent those who may Enemies escaping from the secret door.
Tacilius strode into the cave. Before his eyes had time to adapt to the darkness, his feet sank, and a meteor hammer hit his head. He shouted and blocked it, and then he could see with the help of the weak torch light in the cave. Parathos looked pity in the distance.
"You don't have to come," Parassus shook his head, turned around and continued deeper: "It is impossible for the princess, me and any scout troops to trigger such a simple trap."
"Hmph, you can't stop someone who is bound to be triggered." Tacilius looked at the slight dents on the Imperial Steel Arm Armor, then snorted and followed closely.
As Parathos said, no traps along the way were triggered, but all enemies were killed.
The acting style of Princess Emilia is probably very elusive to His Majesty the Emperor. On the one hand, she is keen to save anyone she comes into contact with, and the executioners in the imperial capital will give up the beheading immediately when they see her. But on the other hand, she is keen to save anyone she comes into contact with. On the other hand, she showed no mercy to the "enemy" she defined.
For example, the new vampires in this cave may be just homeless people or farmers or miners nearby. They may have just been transformed and saved, but they all had their necks wiped by the princess.
"Who did it this time?" "Me, after all, your heavy armor can't do such a thing at all."
Tasilius thought for a moment and agreed.
When the princess first arrived in Ji Province, she had already established her reputation by stopping Atta from killing people. As for where all the bandits were killed and no one survived, and which necromancer's stronghold was completely destroyed, it was better to leave it to Rui. Be a hawk.
The two sharp-eyed hawks in heavy armor and light armor cleared traps and vampires that were better hidden and missed by the princess.
"Ah, look who are these? Two 'heroes'? I think you are ready to embrace death." The deepest part of the cave is a simple chapel, because other vampires have died while going out to defend themselves against enemies. , there was only a middle-aged man in black robes who looked like a senior vampire. He turned around and looked at Tacilius and Parasos who entered the chapel with his yellow eyes.
Pfft, sting.
With two soft sounds, the senior vampire was pierced through the heart and his throat was slit. He pointed at the girl standing next to him as if he was thinking something, but in the next moment it turned into a ball of flame.
"Well... the mission is accomplished." Tacilius looked around: "We still need to clean up this place later."
"'Yuesong Cave' is confirmed to be 'empty'." Parasos listened to the arrests and shouts coming from outside the cave and agreed.
And Her Royal Highness the Princess is holding the prepared container to catch the gradually falling vampire ashes.
