My name is Akatosh,
Moser, you...
——4E, 201, Hearth Moon, 13th, 7:20——
"Awakening the bloodline, absorbing the dragon soul, learning the dragon roar, being promoted to baron, chasing the Silver Hand... Hehe, our friend Arthur Pendragon is quite busy, isn't he?"
If the Blue Palace at the northern end of Dugu City is the political center of Tianrim Province, then Duer Castle, located in the middle of the city and separating the civilian residential area and the aristocratic villa area, is a veritable military center.
It occupies a huge area, with a thick city wall made of gray bricks and stones on the outside. Inside, there are many spacious halls and rooms, as well as secret passages and mechanisms extending in all directions, through which soldiers can quickly reach any place around Dugu City. , methods include but are not limited to underground passages and aerial slings. Therefore, it is also the temporary base camp of the Dugu City garrison barracks, the Imperial Legion headquarters and the "Sharp-Eyed Eagle" troops.
According to historical records, when the construction of Dugu City just started, the first permanent building completed was this castle. The rest of the city was gradually built around it as a circle, including the attached city walls, watchtowers, and almost all other buildings. The outer defenses had a record of being breached and occupied by the enemy, but the Castle of Tours was never lost.
At this time, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Legion, the bald General Tullius, was in a command room in Durr Castle, staring at the sand table of Skyrim Province with red and blue flags on the table in front of him.
"Yes, General." On the other side of the table, Governor Richie looked at the information in his hand and replied: "All the current information shows that after joining the comrades, the newly promoted baron is committed to replacing the 'Great Stander'. 'Lord Balgruuf cleared the surrounding environment, but these actions were not due to the lord's orders - in fact, Balgruuf never gave him any orders directly."
Riki is a tall woman even among the Nords. She wears imperial heavy armor. She has a cold and determined appearance. She has traditional blue eyes, but her long shawl hair looks very elegant. Imperial characteristic tan.
"Oh, although Krako Whitemane has not shown up for a long time, his ability to guide others to act unconsciously is still so outstanding." Tullius chuckled: "Only when he and Balgruuf use their strength at the same time can his comrades be convinced." If the regiment and the Snow Man Leader continue to live in such harmony - there is no need to continue to pay attention to Arthur. He may solve this 'dragon resurrection' incident like various heroes in the legend, but it is impossible to participate in the relationship between us and the Stormcloaks. conflicts between them."
"As ordered, General," Reggie said, turning over a page of the intelligence record: "The next thing is that you sent to Markarth City to investigate the Forsworn problem, but were accidentally teleported to Winterhold, and were temporarily unable to leave. The information sent back by Miss Gretel."
"Winter Castle? The magic power of the Mage Academy is abnormal?" Tullius frowned and thought for a while before he realized what Winter Castle was referring to.
"Yes, according to Margaret's information, the violent magic fluctuation not long ago was because the academy found the legendary 'Eye of Magnus', but it was transferred to Artayum because it could not be used. The Issyk Order and Xino Scholars, and the chief mage of the academy gained the ability to teleport from one location to another. She used this ability to bring her directly from Markarth City to Winterhold, and she seemed to be using this ability. Bringing more people, according to Margaret's investigation, the initial guess is to establish a new magic system. Judging from the current situation, the academy shows no signs of turning to the Stormcloaks."
"Let them continue to remain neutral." Tullius, who did not understand magic at all, pressed his forehead: "Winterfort belongs to the Stormcloaks in name. If we want to attack there, we only need to quickly grasp the lord. If The Stormcloaks want to force the Mage Academy to work for them... Haha, next one."
"The next item is a summary of multiple pieces of intelligence from Windhelm City," Reggie read: "Due to the influence of 'Blonde Mantle', most of Ulfric Stormcloak's orders could not be executed smoothly, so several cases were carried out. Attempts to reduce their influence have all failed."
"Ulfric has fallen so low that he has to deal with a group of little girls? The most important thing is that he actually lost? Hahaha!" Tullius laughed.
"...After all attempts at weakening failed, he decided to fight by increasing his strength. Finally, he determined the location of [The Sawtooth Crown] through various legends and historical records, and has sent a team to excavate it. If successful, It can make his leadership more legitimate." After reading the information, Rui Ji fell into thinking.
The "Jagged Crown" belonged to the great Sgramor and was a symbol of the royal power of the original High King of Skyrim. It was eventually lost with the death of Sgrammer's last descendant, King Bogas of Winterhold, and caused the beginning of the Nord Empire. The schism and civil war, the subsequent emergence of the "Crown of Winterhold", and Tiber Septim's "Storm Crown", even though they were prominent for a while, still could not replace its place in history.
"Toig is still alive as the High King of Skyrim, so even if Ulfric gets the Jagged Crown, it doesn't make much sense," General Tullius is from the Empire. Although he understands the legend of the Nords, he has no idea about it. The feeling was too great, so he quickly made a practical decision: "But even so, we cannot let him get such a symbolic crown - specific location?"
"Kvanjonder, south of Winterhold and north of Snowrun, is the tomb that Bogas built for himself. However, all archaeologists did not think that the Sawtooth Crown would stay there, and many tomb robbers The thief almost evacuated the undefended thing. If the Sawtooth Crown was really inside, he would have discovered it long ago." Rikki added.
"This location..." Tullius's fingers traced across the sand table, and he quickly determined the location of Cowan Jonde: "It's too close to Xueman."
"That's why the Stormcloaks did not act with great fanfare, but sent an elite team to carry out this mission," Reggie said. "If we send too many people, this team will probably escape directly when they get the information." , and there is no way to defeat them with a small number of people.”
"Then we will also send an elite team to intercept and snatch the Sawtooth Crown." Tullius knocked on the sand table: "You will lead the team, Governor Reggie. You can decide the specific size and selection by yourself. My only request is As soon as possible, after all, it takes time for information to be transmitted from Windhelm City, so it is very likely that they have already set off."
"Yes, General Tullius!" Reggie raised her hand in salute, and then walked toward the command room.
It is not a bad thing for Xue Man to remain neutral. Tullius rubbed his chin and observed the sand table. After ruling out the possibility of attacking from the center line, the Imperial Legion was basically dominant on the northern and southern lines, whether it was Morning Star with its high-quality port or Morning Star with its high-quality ports. The Rift Valley, which occupies one of the "ancient passes", cannot be given up by the Stormcloaks, so the forces are becoming more and more dispersed. At that time, all they need to do is——
"Governor Richie? I'm looking for you. This is newly collected information."
"New here? Put them in my office. If there is any information marked red or above, send it directly to General Tullius."
"Nothing above red, but they are-"
"Then wait until I come back!"
"Bang!"
Through this series of sounds, Tullius could easily imagine a scene of an indecisive soldier being quickly dismissed by Governor Reggie who was in a hurry and rushing out the door.
"Bring that information in." He shouted loudly. After processing a lot of "important" information, it was also a kind of relaxation to properly handle some information with lower importance and urgency.
"Yes, General." The imperial soldier outside the door came in holding a stack of intelligence folders. He seemed a little nervous because he had never come into contact with the supreme commander of Castle Durr. After placing the intelligence on the table under the sand table, He just stood there, looking helpless.
Haha, is he that scary? When Tullius picked up the information, he glanced at the soldier's face. Well, it was indeed a strange face.
"Ah, those are two pieces of information that need to be read together." The dull soldier seemed to finally react. He took out another piece of information and handed it to General Tullius. At the same time, he also began to explain: "They are Baron Ericul. Accusing the captain of Elegant Steed of secretly purchasing and selling the enhanced Skuma, requiring all future purchase plans to be reviewed, and the captain accusing Baron Erekul of using magic to bring him A lawsuit in which half the cargo of a small ship was 'lost'."
Ha, looking at the descriptions of the "huge black horse", "shrouded in black fog" and "disappearance of goods" in Baron Erekul's confession, Tullius almost immediately determined the truth: the baron who coveted the wealth of Elegant Steed passed some kind of In order to frame the captain, the captain immediately used some kind of magic prop to destroy all the goods and took a bite out of them.
As for why it was destroyed instead of hidden? From this description, it is obvious that it involves the realm of annihilation that can only be entered and cannot be exited, and this is also the reason why this information is sent here instead of the Blue Palace.
After Tullius gave instructions and asked Erikul to compensate the ship owner for the loss, he turned his attention to the next part: In Markas City, the goddess Dibella is very popular for unknown reasons... What does this have to do with us in Dugu City? ?
A large part of this information is "green" level routine reports of "everything is normal" and "nothing unusual", and a small amount of "yellow" level information about the general movements of other cities and forces. Indeed, as the soldier said, this information There is no important information marked "red" on special operations of important figures, large-scale troop mobilization by hostile forces, attacks or battles, and other special reasons. It is impossible for them to appear in their own information after being screened by Rui Ji. before.
The last one is a thick piece of "yellow" level intelligence: As Esgeir of the Snowhoof family in Rift Valley City successfully proposed to Princess Emilia, the Emperor of the Empire will arrive in the sky soon, and a wedding will be held at that time. Please keep the picture. General Si strengthened security work.
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If General Tullius was drinking mead, he must have sprayed it. Isn't it because the princess had been away from home for too long and her bodyguard could not be contacted. After the sharp-eyed eagle sent the news back to the empire, His Majesty the Emperor was worried and wanted to come and see for himself? What does this piece of information from the Blue Palace mean? Do you really plan to marry off the princess substitute?
"General, this is additional information. It is an analysis of the fact that Esgail Snowhoof met Her Majesty the Princess who was also traveling because of her travels. According to the description, the place where they met should be Loristed in Snowman, and They developed feelings for each other when they jointly killed the ice dragon that attacked there. It was initially confirmed that it was just a coincidence rather than a conspiracy." The soldier pulled out the following analysis reports: "However, since Rift Valley City is completely controlled by the Blackthorn Family, there The scouts’ status was not high and they did not receive any further information. They only sent back information about Esgail Snowhoof’s strength and personality.”
Ah... Indeed, Tullius' eyes turned on this soldier. Very few people knew about Princess Qiao's family. Even the guards in Dugu City only knew that the princess liked to hang out. The highest record was that she rushed into the palace. The troops came to take back the donuts that she had taken away, but no one expected that she would run to the rift valley without saying a word.
"Put them in Governor Reggie's room," Tullius waved his hand: "Although this information is not important, you will not be able to escape punishment if it is leaked, so go ahead."
"Yes, General."
——8:52——
"Haha..." In a vacant villa in Dugu City, Mercer Frey changed into the uniform of an imperial soldier and looked in the direction of the Blue Palace with a strange smile.
"'Poito' has completely disappeared, and coupled with the wound of Loristed's dragon, it can be confirmed that Princess Emilia's statement of being able to 'kill gods' is not that those souls are trapped in the 'Star of Azura' "The demons are talking nonsense," a trace of fanaticism appeared on Mercer's face: "As long as we find a way for her to do this or a magical treasure, then what does it mean to be chased by one or two demons?"
"As long as it is alive, even if it is a god, I will kill it for you."
