My name is Akatosh,
...Is there such an operation?
——4E, 201, Hearth Moon, 7th, 9:04——
The fiefdom where Windhelm City is located is called "Eastmarch". It is called one of the four "ancient passes" because it borders Morrowind Province. Its wide outlet to the sea is the black water flowing from the south. It was washed by the River Yogrim, the White River, and the River Yogrim, which originates from the mountains to the east.
When these rivers passed through the surrounding mountains, they created countless large and small caves, caves and tunnels in the named and unnamed mountains. Because there were so many and so widely distributed, the city hall officials of Windhelm City could not even connect. There was no thought of naming them. As a result, the naming rights of these caves were given to the bandits entrenched there-if a small group of troops or adventurers eliminated the bandits or evil wizards occupying there for various purposes, then The cave will be recorded in the city hall records by the weird name they used when they occupied it.
The "Sounding Hill Cave" southwest of Windhelm City is such a stronghold.
Unlike other bandit strongholds that just randomly piece together some wooden doors and wooden walls to divide the space based on the original terrain, the various buildings in this "Sounding Hill Cave" are entirely made of stone, including flags, torches, and mechanisms. Iron gates, traps, residences, conference halls, restaurants, and cells are all available. Its complexity makes people feel like they are inside a certain fortress.
"Mr. Lin Wei," a man wearing a storm cloak and dark blue scout leather armor was standing in the conference hall. He said to the bandit leader who was not sitting in front of him in an arrogant and humble manner: "The lord has nothing to do with 'Shadow of Summer Dusk'. 'I am very dissatisfied with the recent actions, please explain."
If any Nord who firmly believes in the concept of "Nord supremacy and counterattack against Thalmor" promoted by the Stormcloaks appears here, they will definitely feel the collapse of their world view, because the bandit leader being questioned is Ear The spiky elf is a blond, blue-eyed, handsome male high elf.
Although it can be confirmed that "Shadow of Summerset" is indeed Thalmor's conspiracy, it can also be seen from the attitude of this scout that Ulfric has some kind of cooperative relationship with them.
"Explanation?" The high elf named Lin Wei was staring at the nails on his hands: "Didn't he himself ask us to cause trouble for 'Blonde Hair'?"
"If the voice of those women is not weakened, the lord will not be able to raise troops to attack Xueman City," the scout said, "but your behavior this time has offended the devil. The lord hopes that you can return it as soon as possible--"
"Shut up! You idiot!" Lin Wei suddenly interrupted the scout: "Don't call the devil's name in vain! If you attract his attention, I will kill you first!"
"Huh," the scout paused for a while, then retorted not to be outdone: "After getting 'that thing', 'that person's' attention probably never left, so you'd better find a way to solve this matter, Lord Lord" I don’t want to be affected by your stupid actions.”
"Haha, what do you think the Demon God is? Omniscient and omnipotent?" Lin Wei grinned: "If they dared to let go of their hands and feet to spy on and interfere with the world of Nien, they would have been destroyed by a certain Holy Spirit, even if it was their own Demonic Artifact, He only dares to confirm whether it is being used. If he doesn't call it by name and pinpoint it, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"...Please respond to the lord's question." The scout did not intend to talk about dangerous topics such as the Holy Spirit and the Demon God. He turned back to the topic and said: "The people in the 'Blonde Shawl' are asking adventurers to investigate the matter. They don't know yet. How far has it gone?"
"The agreement that Ulfric and I reached is not something you can understand. You go back and tell him: the 'star' is a lock, and I have the 'key'." After saying this, Lin Wei took out a key from somewhere. He began to play with the dagger and never looked at the scout again.
"I hope you know what you are doing." Seeing that the other party had given up communicating, the scout left a word and turned around to leave.
The conference room fell silent, with only the heraldic flags of the Empire and Thalmor hanging on the wall fluttering slightly in the wind.
"No need to look for it, that thing is with me." Lin Wei suddenly said: "I sent all my men away specifically and let in the lord's guard who claimed to be a scout. You still don't understand what I mean?"
"Although I have thought about the possibility of being discovered, I prefer to believe that the Thalmo are all a bunch of fools." The air fluctuated a few times, and Xiaofan, wearing the armor of the master of the Thieves Guild, sat on a chair not far from Lin Wei. Show up.
"Obviously, you underestimated my wisdom -" Lin Wei suddenly raised the dagger in his hand, and with a ding, he stopped the sharp blade that was heading towards his throat: "-and strength."
"...Awesome." Emil, who had failed in the assassination attempt and appeared directly, used the strength to jump back and quickly returned to Xiaofan while looking at the dagger in the opponent's hand warily.
"We are entrusted by Ms. [Azula] to find her [Star of Azula]. If you don't want to be an enemy of Ms. [Azula], you'd better hand it over." Xiaofan rolled his eyes. After turning around, he suddenly said.
"Haha... It seems that you are here quite early, but unfortunately, I said I wanted to kill that guy just to avoid affecting his master. As for me, I have offended more than one demon." Lin Wei finished. , took out two things from his pocket.
The first is a crystal clear gem that is shaped like a shining star, but the color is a bit dim. The second is a weird key that is larger than an ordinary person's fist. The front end of it is not a key tooth, but a key. It's a smooth metal skull.
"Could that be [Nocturnal]'s [Skeleton Key]!?" Xiaofan didn't forget to dig a hole for the opponent even though he was in shock.
"Haha, yes, what will happen if a demonic artifact that 'locks' a soul space meets another demonic artifact that can open any form of 'lock'?" Lin Wei said, suddenly taking the skull key and Azu Pull the stars together.
Crack-crack - the sound of something breaking came from the air, and then, a crack emitting crystal clear blue light appeared, swallowing Lin Wei directly. His last words echoed in the conference room: "Remember me. Name it, girls, I’m not ‘Linwei’, but ‘Mercer Frey’!”
"Did this create a space tunnel... But he could obviously do this after obtaining the [Star of Azura], why did he deliberately wait for us to come?" Xiaofan frowned and looked at Mercer Frey's disappearance. place.
"...show off?" Emil tilted his head.
——9:35——
Lake Ilintana was once a swamp a long time ago. It was a sentry tower built by the rulers at that time to monitor enemies or wild beasts that slipped through there. Now that other swamps have turned into lakes, this sentry tower in the middle of the lake The tower has lost its original function, and there are even rumors of being haunted from time to time, making nearby fishermen afraid to approach it.
At this moment, the "Ilintana Outpost" with the entire island in the middle of the lake lowered below the lake surface may soon be renamed the "Ilintana Abyss" by nearby residents and adventurers.
"I have to say, this is the best mistake you have made in a while." In the Ilintana sentry tower that was sunk to the bottom of the lake, there was a brown-haired woman wearing a light yellow mage robe with a snow bear lying next to her. She was tapping the shoulder of another male mage next to her.
"Well... I really just wanted to set up a shielding barrier. Who knows, how, um... it turned into a waterproof barrier and sunk the island." The mage who was being patted on the shoulder had bright blond hair and a handsome appearance. , the ordinary mage robe looked elegant on him. If his smile was not a bit forced at the moment and his words were hesitant, he would probably have caused many women to exclaim when he walked out.
It was just that there were two or three around him, each with some summoned animal, and the female mages who commented on the environment of the sentry tower seemed to turn a blind eye to him.
"You... who are you!" On the ground next to the two of them was a middle-aged mage who was tied up, with a sinister and ferocious face: "Where are my apprentices? Is it you who caused our summoning failure? of?"
"Your apprentice? Isn't he a backup test subject?" The female mage turned around and kicked him: "If one of your apprentices hadn't discovered something was wrong, stole the [Azura Star] and escaped to seek help, you would have gone crazy. Aren't you going to kill them all?...By the way, what's the name of that apprentice?"
"My name is Harlon, the Summoner." The handsome mage replied quickly.
"What did you call me?! Do you want to die? Otun!" The female mage glared at him and kicked the bound mage again.
"Xiao, Xiaoxia (sum)! It was a slip of the tongue just now," O'Tuen bowed repeatedly: "Su Mo Night Firefly, my dear wife, I will never forget it. .”
"Hmph, this surname can scare a bunch of people to death in High Rock Province. How come it was passed down as the 'Summoner' by the barbarians in Skyrim Province." Su Mo turned to stare at the tied mage: "'Marin Vala' 'Yes, you were arrested for stealing bones from Falkreath Necropolis to practice summoning."
"Hahaha, you have no idea what you have done, such a great spell..." Marin muttered to himself, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes from time to time.
"We came one step early. You haven't started experimenting with living people yet, so your crime is not punishable by death. However, we have a hundred ways to prevent you from using spells again." A blue light came out of Su Mo's hand, forming an illusory With his big hand, he lifted Marin with one hand and walked deep into the tower: "According to the rules of adventurers, this place belongs to us."
"About the other people...such as the escaped apprentice and that Harron?" O'Turn followed like a follower.
"If any of them are willing to learn the art of animal summoning, we can accept it," Su Mo replied without looking back: "Didn't that Harron have a relationship with the caravan from Windhelm City a few days ago? Don't worry about him. It should have gone away long ago.”
