——4e, 201, the last month, 29th, 8:00——
"Baron, wake up, Baron?"
A soft call sounded in my ears, and at the same time my arm was pushed a few times. Because I vaguely remembered something important in the morning, I had to wake up no matter how sleepy I was now.
"Hmm..." Arthur raised his head and looked at the long table and fire pit in front of him with a dull look. It seemed that... it was different from the shape of Yuvaska Hall?
"Well, are you awake? Do you remember who I am?" The soft female voice heard before came from the left.
Arthur, who initially judged that he had somehow fallen asleep in the kitchen of Longxiao Palace, turned his head unconsciously, and then froze.
Standing there was a Nord girl with a soft face. Her round eyes were like flawless amethysts. One of them was slightly covered by short pale golden hair that was almost white. She was not tall and was wearing a close-fitting suit. The ebony skirt and armor seem to be for ease of movement. The shoulders are not armored, and there is an ebony thin sword at the waist that looks like a decoration. The most eye-catching thing is the one she holds in her hand, which is almost as tall as herself. Huge ebony shield.
"Matthew?" Arthur said subconsciously.
"I guess this name must be very important to you, after all, you admitted it wrong twice," the girl blinked: "But I'm not her."
"Sorry... Lydia," Arthur shook his head, and memories of last night began to come back: "I think I'm too tired."
Krako Whitemane was assassinated by the Silverhand Assassin and failed, but that was only part of the opponent's overall operation.
At nightfall last night, the "Rings" exhausted their two horses until they were foaming at the mouth, and finally arrived in Xueman City in time. Unexpectedly, they saw the city gate wide open, and the guards were fighting with the silver-handed vampires, and there were More vampires are rushing towards the meandering area, and civilians, businessmen and even some guys who usually look powerful with swords and armor are fleeing.
In full view of the public, the members of the comrades-in-arms were naturally unable to transform. After throwing the carriage to the handle of the Sable Sword, they each picked up their weapons and used ordinary actions to chase the vampires. Fortunately, their purpose was very clearly directed at Moon Gas. Ka, Xueman's guards came from all directions to intercept them after hearing the alarm, and pedestrians along the way just had to avoid it. As for a guy who wanted to show off his noble pedigree but was kicked into the ditch, he could only admit that he was unlucky. .
In the end, these vampires were stopped by the remaining members of the comrade group outside the Yuehuaska gate, and they cooperated with the arriving guards and rings to kill them all. However, the weakness of the attackers made both parties puzzled. According to subsequent analysis, Look, these vampires are low-level vampires that can only be called blood slaves. The purpose of their actions is to cover the two vampire assassins who took advantage of the chaos to sneak into Yuevaska, assassinate Krako Whitemane and seize the Wuslade Orb.
Although no one was left alive, the orders found on them showed that these vampires received the instructions after the attack on the "Dustmann Cairn" and were not the previous instructions from Gallows Rock, Wilhelm Castle and Cui According to the layout of the leaky fish in the tower, it was obvious that the raid by the comrades had ruined the plan of the other party's planners, so they simply followed the original plan and showed them, that is, "if they did not intercept Silver Hand's weapons, reduce What will happen to the executors of the operation?" Although it is meaningless to discuss this hypothesis, if it had not interfered with this plan, Krako would have been really in danger.
The other party carried out the plan as usual, and it wasn't like he was mad. Think about it, after Xueman knew about this kind of surprise attack, would he want to defend himself? What if after defending against this plan, the other party adopts another way of surprise attack that just bypasses this "targeting"?
For this reason, "The Great One" Balgruuf asked Arthur to go to Longxiao Palace to ask about the comrades' dealings with those Silver Hands. After discussion, "The Circle" simply let Arthur stay in Longxiao Palace for one night. And by the way, I want to protect the safety of the lord. After all, the leaky fish who escaped from Cuiwa Tower and transformed two groups of bandits along the way has not yet been found.
Arthur couldn't remember exactly how the discussion with the lord shifted from "how to deal with Silverhand in the future" to "officially conferring a baron tomorrow", but after that, he met Lydia, and then "Mar The name "Xiu" blurted out, and then... well, he felt extremely hungry, as if the act of calling out this name consumed more energy than transforming into a dragon and fighting the vampire king for three hundred rounds. In the end, not only did he The food in the lord's hall was completely wiped out, and he simply stayed in the kitchen of Longxiao Palace.
"I don't think Lord Lord has anything to eat today." Arthur looked at the empty kitchen with a slight twitch in his mouth. Fortunately, calling that name didn't consume his energy every time. After all, he just called it again...
"Lord Balgruuf can dine at the banquet after your canonization ceremony," Lydia smiled: "Now you should go to make preparations near the canonization ceremony, Lord Baron."
"Well, you don't have to say 'you' or 'sir' every time. I'm not used to it." Arthur straightened his appearance and stood up, only to realize that he was half a head taller than Lydia.
Her identity is that of a guard given by the lord when he was canonized as a baron. This kind of guard usually has some blood relationship with the lord and is completely trustworthy. Therefore, his attitude can represent the lord himself to a certain extent. Although their duty is to protect him at all costs. The baron is safe, but if the baron wants to rebel or assassinate the lord, the guard will immediately turn against him - not necessarily if he assassinates other lords.
"As you wish, my Baron." Lydia nodded lightly, her amethyst-like eyes narrowed, and she smiled.
——10:00——
In front of the Gina Leskin Tree in the Meandering District is a temporary high platform erected for the canonization ceremony of the "actual baron". Lord "The Great" Balgruuf is giving a speech to nearly a thousand residents gathered under the platform. , originally there would not have been so many people coming to watch the ceremony, but because the Silver Hand raid last night made everyone uneasy, they came here specifically to see what the heroes who had defeated those people looked like.
"——So, I will grant this warrior who has helped you many times and actively defended Snowrun the title of 'Baron of Snowrun'! Let us honor the 'Legendary Dragonborn' Arthur Pendragon Cheers!" Balgruuf ended his speech, took a sword from the hand of Ileris next to him, and handed it to Arthur with a sword with a cold edge and extremely exquisite decoration.
Although the investiture ceremonies for lords are different in different places, there is no final conclusion on whether to kneel on one knee and whether to put the territorial weapon on the shoulder. Only the tradition of gifting a weapon is the same. Obviously, Xueman is the simplest place. .
"Uh-oh——"
Arthur took the "Blade of Snowman" from Balgruuf and raised it high to the crowd in the audience, causing another burst of cheers.
Of course, Arthur couldn't know all of the thousands of residents in Snowrun City, but occasionally he could see a few familiar faces he saw when carrying out his commission, such as... well, Satya who was ogling him.
"They are not cheering for you," Ella, who was determined to follow Lydia after seeing Lydia, snorted: "They are cheering that the lord's speech is finally over and dinner can be served."
"In fact, there is no need for any merit. For the Nords who worship heroes, the fact that he is a dragonborn is enough." Lydia said.
jingle--
Even among the noisy people, a sound similar to a wind chime was not covered at all. It rang clearly in the ears of everyone present, and then led everyone's eyes to the golden tree next to the high platform.
jingle--
The golden tree that had been bare since an accidental fire sprouted in front of everyone's eyes, one piece, two pieces, three pieces... It could still be seen clearly at first, but after a blink of an eye, the branches of the whole tree were covered with sprouts. It was covered with purple leaves and pink flowers blooming, and the whole tree shone with golden light.
"According to legend, it was the Holy Spirit Kynareth who taught the Nords how to roar," Lydia said to Arthur with a smile: "Since the Holy Spirit is congratulating you, you should also respond."
"Hmm..." Arthur thought for a moment and then made a decision. If he taught the Nords how to roar, then the Holy Spirit must want to see the results of the learning, and this was originally done after discussing with Balgruuf. , a necessary step in the ceremony, so he took a deep breath.
"[Fusdah]!" Following Arthur's roar, the unyielding power spurted out at the golden tree. However, the seemingly fragile golden tree was unharmed in this dragon's roar, and the golden light shone more and more.
"I once climbed to the peak of Hrothgar to learn the dragon roar from the 'Greybeards', but they and I are not suitable to learn the 'Way of the Roar'," Balgruuf said with a nostalgic tone: "Their dragon roar is not used for fighting. Yes, I couldn’t understand it at the time..."
Jingle Bells - The golden tree swayed its branches, and three Tumu runes that seemed to have been carved by sharp claws appeared in front of Arthur's eyes, and then were deeply imprinted in his mind.
[kaan], [drem], [ov], "the peace of Jinai", these are a group of dragon roars that are completely harmless, so no one has ever learned them. Arthur understood this when he saw them , and this set of runes is the dragon roar that Graybeard believes can "control oneself". After all, "Unrelieved Power" itself is a very lethal Tumu.
"[Duwa! Kein! Dark! Lanweng!]" At the same time that Arthur learned this set of dragon roars, a thunderous roar came from the direction of Hrothgar Peak.
"Greybeard!" "Greybeard is summoning the Dragonborn!" The residents of Snowman, who were already very excited, became even more excited.
"Go," Balgruuf patted Arthur on the shoulder happily: "Go and complete your mission."
"Yeah... I will." Arthur nodded in agreement, but the corner of his mouth was a little twitching. Is Gale basically bullying everyone and only understand the first two sentences?
The entire roar means: "Dragonborn! Get to work!"
