——4e, 201, the last seed month, 19th, 18:00——
After calling the passing Xueman guards to deal with the cattle-stealing giant, the soldiers of the Comrade Corps prepared to return to Xueman to resume their lives.
Xueman City is a city built on a huge stone mountain. It looks particularly abrupt on the surrounding plains. The towering walls carved out of the mountain itself keep wild animals and bandits away. As for its defensive gate, it is located in a Z-shaped section. There are three consecutive gates on the gentle winding mountain road, a solid stone wall with a moat, an urn city surrounded by sentries, and a city gate suspension bridge controlled by hinges. Even better, the two latter gates can be opened at any time due to the advantage of the terrain. Support shooting from the front. If there is no cooperation between the inside and outside of such a city, the casualties in a forced attack may be very heavy.
Entering the city with Arthur were the huntress Ella, the shield bearer Wells, the trainee member Riya, and the red guard boxer Satya who had just arrived. They obviously knew each other, and they only exchanged a few pleasantries and started talking. The focus shifted to Arthur.
"I believe you already know what happened in Helgen." Arthur had nothing to hide about his purpose: "When the Imperial Legion was preparing to kill Ulfric Stormcloak, a dragon appeared and destroyed Helgen. .”
"Dragon? Are you sure?" It was Satya who questioned, "Although some refugees have come to Snowrun recently, the Stormcloaks have sent out their army to rescue their lord, and there are no rumors about dragons in the tavern. "
"I also find it a bit strange," Arthur shrugged: "The dragon flew straight towards Xueman, but there was no sign of damage along the way. Could it be that its target is somewhere further north?"
"There are still signs." Ella said, "These two comrade-in-arms groups have received a sudden increase in incidents of ferocious beasts attacking farms. They were probably frightened by that dragon."
"The commission we received this time was also based on the suspicion that a wild beast was attacking the cattle on the farm. We didn't expect it to be a giant." Wells answered.
"Riya beat the giant~" The girl waved her dagger. Although her job was just to cut off the giant's hair to report to work, she seemed very happy.
"Is this all my work in vain? Do I still need to report to the lord as soon as possible?" Arthur looked at it. It was already approaching evening.
"The report still has to be made. After all, the lord is very concerned about the battles taking place near his territory, but it will be unnecessary as soon as possible." Ayla pointed to the sky: "That dragon flies, your information must be out of date. "
"After Dark, the lord returned to his back house. If you climb up to the Yunding District now, you will only see the night guard and the aunt who cleans the Dragon Sky Palace. Why not come to the hotel to rest for a night first?" Satya raised his hand and touched it. Arthur's shoulder armor was dented, "I haven't thanked you for saving me from those Red Guard assassins and giants."
"Tsk, your so-called gratitude is to ask Hulda to bring out the most expensive food and wine and give him the most expensive room, right? That idiot Artis was tricked by you and took away the entire bounty from a mission." Ai He glanced at her, and the scratches and lines on her face looked very scary.
"How can something that you and I agree on be called a trap?" Satya flipped up her hair and winked at Arthur, "What about you?"
"Don't listen to her, come directly to Yuevasca in the Comrades Group. With your bravery in fighting the giant, you are fully qualified," Ella interrupted Satya: "And you will never charge money."
"Well, hehe..." Arthur could only keep smiling.
"Hey, comrades, hello, comrades." When everyone walked into Xueman's huge city gate, the guard recognized Ella and Wells, so he said hello, and then looked at Arthur: "You and comrades Walking together proves that you have chosen the bright path, my friend.”
"Grudge." Satya looked quite dissatisfied because Ella was assisted by the guard inexplicably.
And Arthur was looking up at this huge city under the sunset, a little shocked.
Snowrun City is divided into three areas from low to high, including the plain area where most of the houses, shops and open markets are located, the Yuevaska and Kong Furnace where the comrades are located, and the winding area where most of the noble residences and temples are located. Winding District, and finally the Yunding District with only one Longxiao Palace existing.
They are visible from the city gate, just like a tower, giving people a strong impression. People who come to Xueman for the first time often stay dazed at the door for a while, and the guards are used to it.
Taking advantage of this time, Ella and Satya exchanged glances for a while.
"Excuse me, were there any guards escorting the robbers from Ximu Town yesterday or earlier this day?" Arthur quickly returned to normal, walked a few steps to the side of the road to avoid the main road, and then asked the city gate guard : "They should be named Loki and Thor, and maybe Hadava and Ralof."
"The last two didn't listen." Perhaps because Arthur was walking with his comrades, the Snowman guards had a very friendly attitude towards him: "As for Loki and Thor, they arrived this morning. They were originally going to transport construction supplies. He built the western sentry tower, but he didn’t know that he had captured a group of bandits from there, and he wanted to go to the city to report.”
"Although it is very powerful for two people to capture more than ten bandits, there is no need to alert the lord." Another guard next to him answered: "Our commander happened to be passing by and sent them directly to the Western Post. The tower did its job, after all, there is no need to throw a robber who is not on the wanted list into a dungeon."
This... It seems that Hadava and Larov are still leaning towards their own camp. They all think that there is no need to report to Lord Xueman about dragons. Naturally, those two ordinary soldiers are not qualified to meet the lord. Even Xueman He was sent away without even entering the city gate.
"Okay, thank you." Arthur thanked the guard, and then found that Satya had caused trouble again as soon as he turned around.
The nearest building after entering Snowrun City is the barracks of the guards. At this time, there are three or four Red Guard Scimitarmen arguing with the guards there.
"Why can't we enter the city?" the leader of the Red Guards shouted: "Is it possible that Xueman discriminates against the Red Guards?"
This hat is too big. As far as Arthur knows, the major cities are not entirely Nord residents. They are basically made up of bold Nords, imperial people who are good at financial management, shrewd Bretons and brave and good warriors. The Red Guards and other ethnic groups mix together, and there are even Argonians living in the border cities, but the Tigers are not allowed to enter the city.
Maybe other races can restrain themselves, but if the fiery and irritable Redguards hear these words, they will probably take action directly - well, they did take action directly.
After hearing these words, Satya, who was still quarreling with Ella, immediately walked over with his sleeves rolled up.
Arthur checked carefully and found that there were not the two who had been frightened by the giant and fled in panic. Perhaps they were laughed at and banned from action because they were defeated by a woman.
"We naturally welcome foreigners who abide by the law." The guard who dealt with the Red Guards was naturally not a clumsy person. He maintained a calm tone that was completely emotionless: "But after you entered Xueman, you broke into residents' homes at will. We've had a lot of complaints about rummaging through boxes and stopping any residents with darker skin for questioning."
"So what, we didn't break any laws," the leader of the Red Guards was obviously very skilled at this trick: "We have an arrest warrant and are ordered to capture the Red Guard fugitives, so we can do it easily."
"However, one of you has already violated the law," the guard's tone remained unchanged. "He stole the necklace that was placed on the table by an old lady of the Gray Mane family when he broke in and asked about it. He has been thrown into the dungeon, so We have made a decision to expel all the people who came with you from the city."
"We have nothing to do with that guy. You can't think that we are on the same team just because we dress alike," the Red Guard Scimitar continued: "You can chop him down, but you can't offend us for it."
"..." The Xueman guards didn't know what to do for a moment, but they couldn't take action directly.
"Really? Then I'm going to chop you up now?" A female voice full of anger sounded behind him. Before the scimitar leader turned around, he was kicked on the waist and flew out straight. It hit the shield with a horse head painted on it by the Xueman guard, but the guard thought for a while and still didn't take it back.
With a "boom", the smooth-tongued and unreasonable Scimitar fell to the ground.
"Iman! It's Iman!" Several other Red Guards turned around and saw Satya, and they all picked up their machetes in horror.
"Put it down!" As the guard leader gave the order, the half-suffocated guards beside him drew their swords and disarmed all the scimitars: "Swords are not allowed to be unsheathed in Xueman City!"
"Ha, although there is indeed this rule, no one cares about it for a long time." Ella explained to Arthur.
"Me, I'm not Iman! Are you guys finished?" When Arthur saw her for the first time, Satya was quite patient with the scimitar who questioned her identity, but now she seems to be furious. .
"I am Satya, the waitress of the Mare Banner in Snowrun City. I am not some aristocratic sister from the Hammerfell Province who failed in the political struggle and fled to the Intercontinental Province!" Satya growled and faced the Red Guards. They were beaten severely while Snowman guards formed a circle to prevent their escape and blocked the view of other passers-by.
No, Sister Yiman, you have already admitted it to yourself, okay? Arthur was speechless for a moment, and she didn't seem to need help, so he had to watch the show with Ella who was eager to try.
"Huh..." After punching and kicking the scimitars until they couldn't stand up, Satya straightened up and exhaled, then winked at the surrounding guards: "Everyone, come to the hotel from now on. I will I’ll ask Hurda to give you a discount~”
"Guard, guard!" The fainted scimitar leader woke up and pointed at Satya who Shi Shiran had left and accused: "You don't care?"
"She was not armed," the guard leader said in a calm tone: "This is the most common bar fight in the province. As long as no one is killed, it is not within the jurisdiction. Now, please leave Xueman."
Does fighting with a hotel waiter count as a bar fight? Can.
Arthur looked at Satya who had walked away and the scimitars who were helping each other to walk outside Xueman City, then turned to Ella: "Well, get up, where is Yuvaska?"
