My name is Akatosh,
I stopped Sister A's husband who was about to catch Xin Ding.
——4E, 201, Hearth Moon, 6th, 17:34——
After turning around the mouth of the White River Valley, the vast Snowman Plain, the towering Snowman City and its surrounding farms appeared in front of Arthur. The familiar environment made him feel slightly relieved.
Ella, who was originally willing to talk, became more taciturn as she got closer to Snowman. Apparently, the name revealed by the Demon God not long ago put a lot of pressure on her, and Arthur learned more from the dragon on Hrothgar Peak. Shocking news, I couldn't think of a topic for a while. Lydia was not a talkative person, she just quietly performed her duty of "protecting the baron", while Sophie and Ria were worried about the adults' attitude even if they whispered from time to time. The voices were lowered, so the team was relatively quiet along the way - except for the local dog that barked from time to time.
"Captain Caius? What happened here?" The first person to break the silence was Lydia. On the way to Snowrun City, when passing by the "Mead Field", Caius, the guard captain of Snowrun City, happened to bring two Guards escorted the owner of the winery out.
"Oh, it's Lydia and the Baron. This guy secretly has dealings with the Stormcloaks. The lord ordered him to be taken back to Dragon Sky Palace for investigation." Caius replied.
"This is unreasonable, this is a false accusation!" Although the owner of the wine land, Sabu Qiaoen, had his hands tied, he was obviously dissatisfied: "How much wine can be sold in the Xueman territory? Does the lord want to prohibit merchants from doing business with other territories?"
"Haha, do you dare to say that you have never provided any 'help' to both parties in the name of business?" The half-bald guard captain sneered.
Sabjoon turned away and refused to answer.
"Your behavior this time has obviously crossed the line. Although it is impossible for the lord to deal with you, he must make an attitude to make those guys calm down. Your loss is at most your income in the past few days." Caius pushed Sabu Jon motioned for him to leave quickly.
"Tsk." The owner of the wine place rolled his eyes as he walked, seemingly thinking about what went wrong.
Because they were carrying children and dogs, Arthur and the others walked much slower than the guards. When Caius and Sabjoon walked into the gate of Snowrun City, the small team had just approached the moat.
"The conflict between the Imperial Legion and the Stormcloaks is becoming more and more intense, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for Lord Balgruuf to maintain the neutrality of Snowman. If the problem between us and Silverhand is not dealt with as soon as possible, it is likely to become a problem in the city's defense. A loophole." As if affected by the guard captain's behavior, Ella finally spoke hesitantly.
"The lord will make an adventurer who has a close relationship with the comrades a baron, and there should be similar considerations." Lydia nodded in agreement.
"We can solve it as soon as possible before the situation becomes serious. Didn't you already know the name of the Silver Hand leader?" Arthur also comforted.
In fact, in the context of the ongoing conflict between the two major forces in Skyrim Province, there is also an existence called "The Devourer of Worlds" that is secretly watching. Since almost everyone is attracted by the former, those resurrected dragons are regarded as A problem that is not too threatening and is ignored intentionally or unintentionally.
Even if this problem is put on the table, there is no way to effectively prevent it. After all, no one can track those dragons flying in the sky. Although the ancient dragon Paarthurnax knows something, he is unwilling to discuss it in depth. The clue he gave was to find an "Elder Scroll", but it was unclear where to find it.
"Well... this matter is a bit complicated. It would be better to discuss it with the rings after meeting Krako." Ella shook her head.
"Sophie, look at that, is it..." "It seems to be true."
After Ella answered, it was the two girls who responded first. They pointed at the people entering and leaving the city gate.
"What's wrong?" Since Ella didn't want to reveal anything first, Arthur couldn't force it, so he turned to ask the two girls.
"We saw an uncle who once asked us to lead the way as a tour guide. At that time, he was accompanied by a sister." Sophie pointed to a man and a woman who had just walked out of Xueman City.
"My uncle is still the same uncle, but he wears better clothes and has a different sister." Riya added.
Although the little girls didn't know what it meant, the adults came to the conclusion instantly.
"Ha, man." Ella sneered.
Lydia didn't speak, but turned to look at Arthur seriously.
Arthur, who had absolutely no say in the matter, had to play dumb.
——18:19——
Since the last attack by the Silver Hand, the Comrades have strengthened their defenses. At this time, Wells and Cisco Moon were staying in Yuhuaska to protect Krako, while Wilkas and Farkas went out for execution not long ago. Task.
"Hmm... Hestra? Ella, you should be very aware of her affairs." Krako hugged Sophie's Leah who jumped into his arms, and then looked at Ella strangely.
"But that was a major mistake. If I were to speak up, I would not be able to help but say good things for myself, so I hope Arthur can hear the truth from you." Ella's voice was a little low.
"Major mistake?" Arthur looked at Ella: "I thought she was an acquaintance of yours, so I couldn't tell you."
"They are indeed acquaintances," Krako explained: "Hestra was originally recommended by Ella to join the comrades. After many tests, he was only one step away from joining the 'Ring'."
"What's that..." Seeing that Ella seemed to have made up her mind not to speak, Arthur had no choice but to turn around and respond to Old Man Clark.
"I think you should have seen the 'Indomitable' Uthgard who has been waiting for employment or bounty missions in the 'Mare Banner' all year round." Krako changed the topic like ordinary old people often do when recalling the past: "She used to be the same He was a member of the Comrade Corps, but was eventually persuaded to quit, can you guess the reason?"
"Hmm... you don't know the importance of attacking?" Arthur recalled the fight with her. It was obviously just an ordinary tavern brawl, but he frequently went to fatal places.
"It should be said that she is a natural fighting maniac. Even if she is explicitly asked not to strike hard, she can't control herself as soon as she enters the battle. If such a person is transformed into a werewolf, the consequences will be obvious." Krako shook his head. Head down.
He must have been shot to death by the guards after bloodbathing half of Xueman...
"Hestra is just the opposite. She is extremely calm and self-controlled. Any action, no matter how simple, will formulate multiple action plans and can consider almost all possibilities. During that time, she and Wilkas acted as The brain trust of the Comrades is extremely famous,” Clark said.
Judging from the fact that the comrades have a habit of starting fights when they disagree, we know how valuable this kind of member is, but what about the fact that she is now an enemy? Or the leader of Silverhand?
"Although I don't know why you asked about her, I can probably guess it," Craco looked at the expressions of the people in front of him, stroked his beard, and continued: "Then I won't mention her past achievements. Let's just talk about her. The situation before disappearing."
"During that time period, vampires had not yet disappeared, and we often encountered them in various missions. However, since werewolf blood was immune to any disease, including, of course, 'bloodthirsty' that would gradually transform people into vampires, "Kraco glanced at Cisco Moon: "Because many of our members are keen on fighting and don't pay much attention to the subtle changes in their companions, so after Hestra discovered her changes, it was more than what could be easily solved with a bottle of potion. Stages of healing.”
"At that time, if we had gone to any priest of the temple, we could have solved it, but -" Cisco spread his hands and said, "I can't persuade her."
"After carefully studying the characteristics of each stage in the vampire transformation process, she formulated a bold plan," Clark sighed: "That is to take advantage of the fact that the other party does not have any information about her, and disguise herself as a vampire before Go undercover in the enemy camp."
"We are usually the ones charging forward, so it is just an accident that she, who has been commanding from the rear, would be infected." Wells added.
"At that time, we were fighting against the descendants of the ancient vampire 'Hakon', and we were at an obvious disadvantage. Although we had the same goal as the 'Vigilantes' of the Holy Spirit Stendahl, they were completely unwilling to cooperate. Hestra borrowed the opportunity to This opportunity was decided to obtain intelligence on vampire actions from within, so that even if the vigilantes were unwilling to cooperate, they would not be able to ignore the well-documented vampire action plan." Ella said in a straightforward tone: "And I agreed. This plan."
"This doesn't sound like a problem, right? Even if she can't change back in the end, the werewolf blood can also suppress the vampire blood - well, probably." Arthur thought of his dragon blood in the middle of the sentence, but he didn't suppress it at all at the time. .
Ella lowered her gaze and did not answer.
"In the current common view, werewolves are regarded as wild beasts, while vampires are regarded as dead people. It is not without reason." Krako shook his head: "The Comrades have indeed transformed members of the Comrades who were in the early and middle stages of being infected with hemophilia. He is of werewolf blood, so there is no record of his complete exorcism, but there is no record of his transformation into a vampire.”
"Could it be..." Arthur thought of a bad possibility.
"After the final transformation stage, the identity of the infected person changes from a 'sick human' to a 'normal vampire', and an 'undead' has no 'bloodline' to speak of." Krako nodded in affirmation. Se's guess: "Even if they still maintain their thoughts as humans, sooner or later they will change due to their 'alien' status."
Therefore, those people either did not accept their identity and asked their comrades to kill them, or they finally decided to live as vampires. In either case, they could no longer be recorded as members of the comrades-in-arms group.
"Unfortunately, although Hestra brought back a lot of information about vampires to give us the upper hand in the battle, she failed to come back at the last moment before the transformation. She was forced to participate in the battle at the request of Hakon. "The siege of the Hall of the Vigilant," Krako closed his eyes: "After that battle, the vampire completely disappeared in Skyrim Province, and we have never seen her again."
"I should reject her plan," Ella whispered.
"So now there are two possibilities." Arthur thought for a moment and raised his hand to pat Ella on the shoulder: "Hestra hates you very much and plans to use the power of the Silver Hand to completely destroy the comrades, or she plans to use the current power to destroy the comrades. The vampires who are hiding will be wiped out with the help of the comrades."
"Which one do you choose?"
