My name is Akatosh,
Xueman is having a meeting now...I mean a gathering of heroes.
——4E, 201, Hearth Moon, 11th, 11:18——
Esgail Snowhoof thought he had become a lot smarter.
Otherwise, how could he have the ability to find the Thieves Guild's headquarters, which has always been a headache for the lord?
The specific action is very simple. The first step is to enter the "Rat Channel" from any sewer entrance. The second step is to choose a direction and smash open the doors and walls when you encounter it. The third step is to shout "Ai" loudly when taking action. Mir, come out quickly, or I will destroy everything here——"
After defeating a large number of Rat Road residents who came upon hearing the news, several teams of Rift City guards who tried to stop him, and a secret force of Thalmor elves (?), Esgail finally met Sapphire, the president of the Thieves Guild. .
Although she is also a beautiful girl, she is a little tall, a little old, her hands and feet are too long, her hair style and eye color are not very good-looking, so she always cannot compare with Emil.
"You..." "Where is Emil?"
"I-" "I want to marry her!"
"She..." "Be a wife!"
At that time, Sapphire was obviously overwhelmed by his very courageous and continuous questioning, so she quickly confessed such key information as "She is from the West, and may be a young lady from a noble family in Xueman or a more Western city."
Basically, it is similar to the conclusion drawn by Esgaier based on the analysis: As a girl who can be valued by the second son of the Snowhoof family, Emil will naturally have a matching family background, and being a thief is just out of interest. Yes, that's it.
Then, regarding his plan to propose marriage, his father and brother expressed their dissatisfaction by spitting out mead and bumping into the wall respectively. Only sister Lilith packed his bags and strongly supported him.
"After you find Emil's family, come back and tell us not to do anything casually. Think about it, if someone who wants to pursue me beats Xiao An, will you forgive him?"
"Of course not," he would applaud.
But as expected, my sister's words were easy to understand. The strange words that my father and brother said about "camp balance", "intensification of conflicts", "resurrection of the dragon" and "rise of the dragonborn" were all very difficult to understand.
Although I heard from them that I will encounter many difficulties on this trip, since I have successfully arrived in Xueman, it is naturally a good start.
Asgair observed the market in the plain area and quickly found his target: a rather sturdy man in leather armor who was leaning against a pillar of a house. People with this kind of clothing and appearance were generally news. A very well-informed and capable guy, the slippery Moore in Rift Valley City is this kind of person.
He strode over and held down the man who was trying to escape: "I'll buy you a drink! Tell me everything you know!"
——11:43——
"Ah, poor Joe Warcrawler."
Sophie, who was lying on the roof of the "Cauldron of Arcadia" pharmacy, looked at the man whose smile was worse than crying, and said to Ria beside her.
Before Satya's strong rise, "Jo of the War Mad Family" was synonymous with well-informed people in Snowman. He only needed to lean on the wall in front of the tavern and say some specious but not ambiguous words to travelers and adventurers, and he could obtain Septim was paid a large sum of money, but those good days were gone forever after a tavern maid started an intelligence business.
Even if he stood there all day, he would only occasionally encounter some fish that slipped through the net - today this one was still a big fish, a tiger shark.
In contrast, after experiencing a series of adventures, Sophie and Riya's "tour guide" business has become better and better because they have become more eloquent. Troublesome imps also learned this trick.
Even Bryce's catchphrase after meeting the adults, "What are you looking at? I'm not afraid of you" was abruptly changed by her to "I, the tour guide, give me money." Hmm... sometimes he is unexpectedly popular?
In this case, there is no room to choose tourists. If you take a step slower, you will be snatched away by other children. But Sophie has the biggest drawback - she cannot pick up the tour guide who goes to the "Dragon Slaying Monument" on the west side of the market. Business, because there is a complete dragon skeleton there.
Fortunately, Mirmenir is a fire dragon and is relatively ferocious. It is not surprising that children would be scared. However, the skeleton lines of Nahagliiv, the ice dragon in Loristed, are very soft, and the monument is like Works of art generally don't frighten people at all, and if Sophie hadn't been so frightened that she flew away, her look of horror at the monument would have attracted someone's attention.
Moreover, in addition to the "business" of the tour guide, when she fights with Arthur's father in the future, she will definitely see him sucking the dragon into a skeleton more than once. If she is held back every time, she will not forgive herself.
So, Sophie is training herself to see the keel.
The roof of the "Cauldron of Arcadia" was right in front of the monument. Seeing or not seeing it was just a matter of raising your head or lowering your head. The sound of Joe Zhan Kuang being captured by the big black traveler just made her raise her head. So just turn your gaze for a moment...
"Ah!" Sophie closed her eyes tightly and hugged Riya.
It seems that it is still early for this training to bear fruit, Ria thought as she hugged the trembling Sophie and listened to the shouts of "Emil is the cutest in the world!" coming from the Mare Banner Hotel.
——11:52——
"Oh...what do you want from me, an old lady? Do you want me to use a crystal ball to divine for you?"
"Weak" Orava is an old lady with completely white hair and eyebrows and a stooped figure. She seems to have no husband or children. She usually stays at Mare Banner and her own home. Occasionally she will appear in the market and talk to some of the same people. Old people chatting.
Although she claimed to be an "astrologer" and "prophet", some people asked her to try divination or predict things out of curiosity, and she never got it right at all, so over time she was regarded as a brainless person. A clear ordinary old lady.
At this time Orava was talking to a man and a woman in a remote corner of the market. They were about thirty or forty years old, wearing ordinary coarse clothes. They looked like farmers or hired workers, and there was nothing special about their appearance. If you didn't pay attention, It will be forgotten in a blink of an eye. .
"Instead of a crystal ball, how about using gems?" the woman among them said, then spread her hands and handed a purple gem to the old lady. Although it was crystal clear and very beautiful, its value was ruined by poor cutting technology. Not only The edges are very rough, and the overall shape is a distorted diamond shape that has no aesthetic appeal.
"Oh..." Orava took the gem and rubbed it, then nodded, "What do you want to know?"
"Regarding the recent inexplicable failure of the Dark Brotherhood's mission, we want to know if someone is deliberately targeting it," the woman said.
"No, the Dark Brotherhood's mission did not fail, at least I didn't see it." Orava replied without any fluctuation in tone.
"However, our mission has been unsuccessful many times." The other person was a taller man with a slightly hoarse voice. He said dissatisfiedly: "If no one is secretly obstructing us, are we being targeted by the devil or the Holy Spirit? Already?"
"Are you really the 'Dark Brotherhood'?" Orava raised her eyes slightly, and her sharp sight was enough to make all the timid people who saw it tremble. At this moment, she was no longer "weak Orava" , but from the Dark Brotherhood——
"What do you mean? 'Astrologer'?" the woman replied with a cold snort.
"Neither the Demon God nor the Holy Spirit will pay attention to a small assassination organization. In addition to 'earth', 'Nairn' also means 'arena'," Orava pointed to the sky: "Before the winner is determined, whoever takes the initiative to leave the game is breaking the rules and will be directly 'eliminated'."
"Night Mother..." the woman pondered.
"When I was a real 'astrologer' and 'prophet', all the 'dark rituals' were under the control of the 'Night Mother'. I could feel her strong desire to control, and any person who had held a dark ceremony was under the control of the 'Night Mother'. The contract of the ceremony cannot be completed by someone he does not approve." Orava turned her palm, put away the amethyst, and then turned back into an ordinary old lady again. She stopped talking to the two of them, turned around and said silently leave.
"So, we must find the potential contractors before they perform the dark ritual. How is this possible?" The man was a little anxious.
"No, just ask Nazir to replace 'may have held a dark ritual' with 'may want to hold a dark ritual' when collecting information," the woman said: "Before we get further information from Markarth City, we can hold off for the time being. Stay in Xueman for a while.”
——12:10——
In Yunding District, on the steep cliff behind Longxiao Palace, two people were rappelling down with ropes wrapped around their waists.
"Why don't you let me teach that guy who calls the princess by her nickname a lesson?" Delphine, half-clad in ebony armor, complained to her companion who was descending with him.
"The name 'Emil' is not uncommon," said this companion, a thin old man with very neat movements: "If you teach him a lesson, wouldn't it just prove that the identity of the person he is looking for is more important?"
"Are we going to let him scream all the way to Dugu City?" Although the snowy back mountain is steep, it is not too high. Delphine turned over and landed on the ground, shaking his hand to retract the rope.
"Of course it's impossible. Not all sharp-eyed hawks are fools." The old man landed immediately, put away the rope and smiled.
"You are the most stupid person, Isborne." Delphine glanced at the old man: "After Thalmor proposed to the emperor to abolish the Blade Warriors, you hid directly without waiting for the emperor to make a specific decision. If it hadn't been for that The Snowhoof fools mistakenly drove away the Thalmor who were searching for you, and you are now on the way to being escorted away."
"Haha, this incident proved that my judgment was correct, otherwise those Thalmor would not have stopped me." The old man put away the rope, touched his waist and suddenly said, "Ah, my ebony sword."
"Don't worry about that sword, you don't know how to use it." Delphine responded angrily: "Leave the main entrance and go over the mountain to Xueman, I must be stupid to listen to you."
"This is called caution. How do you know Thalmor didn't place spies in Snowrun?"
"Yes Yes Yes……"
After the two "Blade Warriors" walked away from the foot of the mountain, a curved ebony sword that was left in the pool near Longxiao Palace suddenly trembled.
