——4, 201, the last seed month, 26th, 16:00——
Feilheimer Castle is located at the junction of the territories of Snowrun City and Morningstar City. It firmly guards a narrow mountain trail. It is said that it was a relatively famous pass before the Skyrim Province was unified, and "Filheimer" It is the name of an ancient general who once stationed here. Although it is unknown what he did specifically, there are rumors that he once blocked an attack of 20,000 people with 300 defenders here.
"Repay 20,000 people. If there are 200 people fighting here, the water will probably be seriously blocked, so..." Behind a huge stone outside the castle, Ella was explaining legends to Arthur with great interest, and Arthur looked not far away. The little castle shook his head.
"So what?" Ella, who had two white lines drawn vertically across her eyes on her face today, flashed her claws at Arthur.
"So... being able to withstand 20,000 with three hundred in this situation, Filheimer is indeed a hero among the Nords." Arthur continued.
It's not a good idea to annoy a lady by arguing about the merits and demerits of a general who has been dead for many years and may have turned into a wight, especially now that there are no other shield brothers to follow. If Ayla wants to show her true colors, it will be a bad idea. That's troublesome. She doesn't care about the historical truth. What she cares about is Arthur's attitude towards "she is telling a story".
"Hmph..." Ella retracted her claws and pointed at the castle: "Why don't we go in directly? All the vampires will wake up and move around when night falls."
"Our day is their night." Arthur explained: "The sleepiest time for humans is before dawn, and the time when such nocturnal creatures are least attentive is at dusk. It will be almost impossible to launch a surprise attack at that time. What kind of resistance will there be—you haven’t forgotten that our mission is to quietly control this place, right?”
"Yeah," Ella nodded, and suddenly changed her subject: "Can I understand that you are afraid that I will get hurt?"
"Uh..." Arthur hesitated, what should he say? Isn't the fear of her getting hurt just a lack of trust in her skills? You can turn into a dragon, so you look down on ordinary comrades? As for not being afraid that she will get hurt... after saying this, the one who gets hurt is himself.
"We are shield brothers in this operation," he finally found the right words: "It is necessary to take care of each other."
"It's the Shield Sisters." Ella was noncommittal about Arthur's statement, but she didn't continue to pester him.
"Wait a moment. After the last shift of 'night duty' vampires changes, we can sneak in." Arthur looked at the sky and moved slightly behind the big rock.
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Stab - Before entering the castle, Arthur tore up a magic scroll. A faint blue light enveloped him, and the unavoidable collision of armor when Arthur acted disappeared.
These scrolls were bought by Arthur from the court mage Farenjia when he learned that he was going to conduct an "infiltration" operation. Each scroll alone was worth 200 gold coins.
"Waste." Ella glanced at the scroll that turned into ashes and disappeared, and quietly moved towards the castle first.
The werewolf form stalked silently, which was indeed incomparable. Arthur shook his head and followed.
Fillheimer Castle is not so much a castle as a well-guarded small manor. There are many ladders for passage up and down between the stone walls and the main building. If attacked anywhere, reinforcements can be quickly made. At the same time, since there is no key position in the strict sense, if you want to capture this castle, you may have to kill all the defenders.
"Click" "Pfft" "Uh..." "Uh-huh!"
Since it was close to dusk, the Silver Hand members, or vampires, who were in charge of guarding were a little relaxed. Ella and Arthur quietly killed all the enemies in less than half an hour, using throat cutting and blocking. The mouth pierces the heart directly to ensure they can't sound any alarm.
"I killed four, what about you?" After rejoining, Ella, who had transformed into ears and tail, looked at the silver two-handed sword that Arthur picked up in disgust.
"You moved too fast, I only killed two - and this is nothing to compare with, right?" Arthur hid his two-handed sword behind his back.
Although Ella hates these weapons, she cannot throw them away according to her wishes now. Enemies with weapons that can cause fatal damage to themselves may not appear in the future.
"Hmph... There shouldn't be many vampires left," Ella looked at the low fortress: "Unless it has a huge basement."
That's not necessarily true... Arthur carefully observed the structure of the fortress. It was built against the mountain and tightly embedded in the mountain wall. It would not be surprising if they expanded the space into the mountain, but this is not the case. It is necessary to speak out.
"You guys - uh!" When Ella was walking towards the main entrance of the fortress, a member of the Silver Hand pushed the door open and walked out. Before he could warn him, six cold lights flashed in the air, and he immediately clutched his throat and collapsed to the ground.
"The enemies have begun to wake up, hurry up!" Ella dwarfed and jumped directly in through the open door.
What about the shield brothers who agreed to protect each other's backs? Arthur sighed and caught up.
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The interior of the castle is as small as seen from the outside. After passing the weapons warehouse and the circular meeting hall at the door, it is directly the barracks. However, it is quite scary to have more than ten coffins placed in the barracks that should be equipped with beds.
"Ah!" "Enemy attack!" "It's the dog of the comrades!" "Meet the enemy!"
Even if they can be killed silently, vampires with a keen sense of smell cannot ignore the smell of living people here, so after Ella and Arthur seize the time to kill several vampires who are still sleeping in the coffin, the raid begins It turned into a big melee.
Although Ella's throat-cutting claw and Arthur's silver sword piercing the heart can instantly kill those vampires, doing so means that you will be in a dilemma of being unable to respond to other people's attacks. You can only use weapons to gradually inflict injuries on the enemy, and silver Since the hands are willing to become vampires, it means they are afraid of death. It is impossible for any of them to risk their lives to create opportunities for other companions. What's more, if they may be in danger, they will grab nearby companions to kill them. cylinder.
In the end, due to the ebb and flow of the situation, the vampires who clearly had the advantage in numbers were completely wiped out by Arthur and Ella, who were only two people. Maybe they regretted why they didn't unite to fight when they were dying?
"Uh... no one noticed our infiltration, right?" Ella looked at the vampire corpses everywhere and breathed a sigh of relief: "So this infiltration operation is perfect."
"Ah, you can put it that way." Arthur threw away the third curled-edged silver sword tiredly, not intending to correct Ella's sophistry.
"Everyone, charge!" "Those vampires are in trouble!" "Stand behind you!" "Boom!"
Ella and Arthur were preparing to clean up the battlefield and trap the Silver Hand teams who were delivering goods here as originally planned. When they turned around, they saw the wall of the council chamber exploded, and a group of ragged people wearing brand-new clothes rushed out from the big hole in the back. Men with silver weapons.
"Stop!" "Who are you!" Ella re-arranged herself for battle, and Arthur also drew his two-handed sword.
"Don't move!" "Put down your weapons!" "There are too many of us!" "Kill those vampires!" Humans in ragged clothes also shouted emotionally.
"Put away your weapons. Didn't you see that all the vampires are dead?" When the two sides were scolding each other and almost starting to fight, an old voice came from behind the group of "fugitives". In comparison, he was wearing more clothes. Better white-haired old men were helped out of the cave.
"My name is Camory Stareo, and these people are my guards." The old man walked to the middle of the confrontation and asked Arthur slightly weakly: "Did you kill these vampires?"
"Yes, we are members of the Comrade Corps, and we followed Silver Hand here." Arthur replied, "Why were you locked up?"
"Ah, Silver Hand," the old man sighed and looked at the corpses on the ground around him: "When they said they wanted to eliminate all undead and werewolves, I supported it, but I didn't expect..."
"Staleo? Have you ever been the owner of the 'Staleo Manor' near the Rift Valley?" At this time, Ella had put away her ears and tail, looking like a heroic huntress.
"Yes, little girl," the old man turned to Ella: "I made them silver weapons against undead and werewolves at the manor. I never thought they would become what they are now."
"So, the manor was not occupied by robbers, but you gave it up voluntarily?" Arthur frowned, thinking of the three Wilkas brothers and Cisco Moon who went to investigate the Starleo Manor. If the intelligence was wrong, they would If you decide to attack directly, you may come back defeated.
"Thinking about it now, everything changed after the person named 'Trewa' arrived. Although I evacuated my family in advance as expected, these children who protected me still did not run away and had to stay with me. Mining here, if I hadn't threatened them with my life, these children would have been transformed into vampires." Stareo coughed, and a man behind him immediately pulled a chair over and helped him sit down.
"Is there a silver mine under Wilheimer Castle? No wonder they occupy this place." Ella nodded.
"Haha, a mere vampire insists on using silver weapons, and he can't mine mines, so he captured us." The man who helped the old man sit down hummed: "Good kill."
"Well... what are your plans in the future?" Arthur said: "We can't stay long because some companions have already attacked Stareo Manor. Since you are here, there are not the silver weapons we expected. Build a field' and they are likely to be in danger."
"We will stay here for the time being," the old man waved his hand: "The location of this castle is not bad, the old man's craftsmanship has not fallen behind, and there is no shortage of silver mines. You may not be able to recognize him when you come back after a while. ”
Is he planning to make this castle his new home and start making silverware again to sell?
"Then, let's say goodbye now." Arthur took the reluctant Ella and walked out: "We don't have time to search for loot now. We have to save Cisco Moon and the others. It will be dark soon, so prepare to bite me. .”
"Hey~ This is what you asked for~" Ella licked her lips, revealing her pointed canine teeth.
