——4e, Year 201, Last Seed Moon, 22nd, 10:00——
"Bang bang!" "Boom!" "Hit him!" "Hard!"
In the Mare Banner Tavern, a Nord-style fight was taking place.
Although there are many residents' houses in the Snowman City Plain area, there are only two taverns. Apart from the "Drunken Hunter" who sells wine part-time, there is only the "Mare Banner" which is located near the market and also provides accommodation.
After all, most residents go home to cook after buying ingredients at the market, and they go to the tavern. They are either adventurers or out-of-town traders, or guards and mercenaries on their rotation. At this time, these idlers are cheering loudly at the brawl in the tavern lobby. .
The two sides were "Unyielding" Uthgard and "Dragonborn" Arthur. One of them could kill a bear with his bare hands, and the other could even kill a dragon. However, weapons were not allowed to be used in traditional Nordic brawls, so it was clear that The two are evenly matched.
"Are you the new member of the comrades group? You don't look strong enough. Have they lowered their selection standards?" Usged said while punching Arthur.
"Maybe, after all, you are also a bodyguard for the bard, right?" Arthur responded and continued to parry.
This mission was originally very simple. Carlotta Valencia, who sells vegetables in the market, is a single mother with a daughter. Because of her outstanding appearance, she has been pursued by many people. She rejected them all in order to take care of her daughter, but the bard Mi Kyle was unwilling to give up, so he took his lute and went to Carlotta's stall to sing. Naturally, no one came to buy food during the performance.
Carlotta couldn't bear it and went to the Comrades to issue a commission and wanted to teach him a lesson. But when Arthur took over the task to negotiate with Mikael, the other party directly asked Usgard, a former member of the Comrades and now a mercenary, to take action. Deciding the outcome by force, and declaring that as long as Arthur wins, he will not disturb Carlotta in the future - in this regard, Arthur can only say that he really cannot understand the logic of a bard.
"Since the comrades have expelled me, then when they encounter me when carrying out the commission, they will not be able to successfully complete it -" Usged punched him again.
"Bang!" Arthur stepped out of the way and stumbled, making him unsteady. Then he punched the back of the armor, knocking Uthgard directly to the ground, causing a burst of cheers from the surrounding spectators.
Perhaps due to absorbing the dragon soul, Arthur felt that he could judge the opponent's actions more accurately during the battle. The previous stalemates were just to consume the opponent's strength. Although he could not effectively dodge every attack in close combat with bare hands, he could The posture can be fine-tuned so that each punch of Usged hits the part of the armor that requires more energy or even causes damage in turn. In the end, the person who knocks him down is Usged himself who used too much force.
One of the rules of a Nord-style fight is that if you fall to the ground, you lose. There is no room for denial in front of everyone.
"Tch." Usgard climbed up with difficulty, glared at Arthur, turned and left the Mare Banner Tavern, and after the real person involved, Mikael, said "I will not go to Carlotta in the future", He also followed him holding his Qin.
After a fight ended, the drinkers who had nothing to watch returned to their seats. Only a few Nords looked at Arthur who was resting by the firepit from time to time. After all, this was a rare and legendary "Dragonborn" .
Arthur also felt powerless at this time. Although Lord Balgruuf allowed himself to be recognized by the residents of Snowrun, it seemed completely impossible to rely on completing the tasks they issued in the comrades group. If it was limited to the city, it would be trivial matters. And it was difficult to deal with the finishing touches. From yesterday to now, in the whole day, including what happened to Camille just now, only three commissions were completed.
If it is a mission that requires going out, the content is not detailed enough. For example, Amulun, who is drinking not far away, entrusts his comrades to find the family heirloom sword he lost during the mission. However, the target range is in Xuemanbei. The entire mountainous area - because he didn't know where he had thrown it.
The real goals are clear, easy to complete, the journey is short, and it is easy to win the favor of the residents. They are those asking for help when being attacked by wild beasts, but these kinds of requests have already been taken away by Ella and Wilkas.
As for the very minor commissions of clearing out bandits and escorting caravans, they were divided between Farkas and Wells.
Cisco Moon is a loner, and although he seems to be performing a mission, the specific content is unknown.
Although there are still some commissions from the Graymane family and the Zhanmane family, Krako Whitemane does not allow Arthur to take them, because it is easy to fall into the trap of the fight between the two families - some seemingly normal things. entrustment, its follow-up is likely to damage the interests of another company. If there is not enough vision, it is best not to look at those entrustments.
As for the specific current situation of Xueman, Arthur also learned something about it when he had an in-depth conversation with the old man Baimane. The Zhan Kuang family has been running a farm for generations, while Graymane has produced farm tools and weapons. The two families can be said to be the biggest contributors to the establishment of Xueman. However, due to In the current Stormcloak rebellion, the two sides have deep conflicts due to different political opinions.
War Mad supports the Imperial Legion, while Gray Mane supports the Stormcloaks. If Lord Balgruuf and the Comrades had not remained neutral and suppressed them, they would have fought each other long ago.
"Good fight." Satya, who was wearing a maid's uniform and had red skin, sat down next to Arthur and handed him a large glass of mead: "I invited him."
"Hmm." Because they were comrades-in-arms, Arthur was not too polite. He took the glass and took a sip before asking: "If you want to gain the approval of the residents of Xueman, you can't rely on fighting like this, right?"
"Want to be a full-time baron?" It seems that Satya was once a nobleman and was very clear about Arthur's current situation: "There are half the Nords in Snowman, and you just kill the dragon and become a 'Dragonborn'. It's enough to gain their approval, but to the remaining residents, you are just a warrior who kills giant lizards."
"The Empire values interests, and the Bretons are very cunning. It is not easy at all to gain their approval by doing practical things," Satya said, and suddenly smiled: "But all the Red Guards approve of you."
Yes, you are the only red guard in Xueman. All the others were beaten away. Arthur rolled his eyes and continued drinking.
In fact, Arthur doesn't necessarily want to be a baron. After all, the legendary dragons have awakened one after another. Judging from their ferocity, he has no idea what the Skyrim Province will look like in the future. If he becomes a "Dragonborn" If you have to run for it due to your identity, it will definitely be much more convenient if there is a city behind you.
Another reason is that after becoming a full-time baron, you will be assigned a house. Although I am not dissatisfied with Yuvaska, it is not a private place. People come and go, and there is only a bed for personal belongings. Locking the cabinet feels more like a military camp?
"So, do you want to listen to my advice?" Satya said, not looking at Arthur, but staring at a bottle of "Black Thorn Mead" on the counter that was three times more expensive than ordinary mead.
"You really don't want to suffer -" Arthur shrugged, stood up and asked the proprietress Hulda for a bottle. Seeing the dissuasion on the face of the elderly lady, he really wanted to yell that he didn't mesmerized.
"Haha, do you know how those residents learn about current events?" Picking up a glass of black thorn mead, Satya smiled, and many of the drinkers who had been peeking at her looked dull.
"What? An announcement from the lord?" Arthur answered slightly uncomfortably as a group of people stared at him with jealousy mixed with pity.
"Word of mouth," Satya pointed to her lips and then to Arthur's ears, "in recent days, some refugees who experienced the Helgen incident came to Snowrun, and then the legend about the awakening of the dragon began. When you brought back the dragon bones, most people were still half-convinced, saying that you would be punished by the ancient Nords if you dug the dragon's tomb without permission."
"Indeed." Arthur thought for a moment about the menacing corpses crawling out of the tombs. They were originally ancient Nords.
"It will basically be ineffective if you complete the tasks issued by the comrades or the lords, because they are over before they spread, and no one is willing to spread the news that is no longer timely," Satya pointed back to himself: "So, you need to ask the people in the tavern what the recent rumors are and address them so that although the rumor will disappear quickly, before it disappears it will end with the sentence 'This matter has been reported by the man called Ya It's solved'."
"So, what are the recent rumors?" Arthur asked calmly.
"What rumors are there..." Satya turned his attention to the black thorn mead on the counter.
"Hey, you're not done yet? That bottle of wine costs 25 gold coins, and the reward for a fight between me and Camille's follower is only 50 gold coins." Arthur paused mid-sentence: "...You were already fighting What about the 50 gold coins idea? Okay, okay."
Obviously, as the tavern with the fastest rumors, Satya is very aware of Camille's entanglement with Carlotta. As long as someone succeeds in teaching him a lesson, there will definitely be a bounty in his hand. The tavern owner Hulda bought a house in Arthur. By the time they were two bottles of wine, his eyes were no longer pitiful but sad, but Arthur still couldn't defend himself.
"Is this interesting? Are you short of so much money?" Arthur, who had become the villain in the hearts of everyone in the tavern, sat back next to Satya and whispered while pouring her wine. She could kill a group of Red Guard scimitars with her bare hands. How could she really care about the wages of the tavern maid and the profit sharing from selling wine when the customers are running away?
"It's fun to talk like you care," Satya picked up the wine glass and rolled Arthur's eyes, although it seemed like a wink to others, and then quietly took out a piece of paper with many words written on it and handed it to him. To Arthur: "These are incidents that have been widely circulated recently and have not yet been resolved. You can take a look at them."
"Um……"
