My name is Akatosh,
Hmm... where to go first?
——4E, 201, Hearth Moon, 27th, 13:07——
"Not only can you see through the traps in the maze, but you can also crack them. This is not something ordinary mages can do. You are really young and promising." Hakon complimented the elf female mage.
After contacting her and having a brief conversation, Hakon has given up on the plan to use coercive means. Although she looks young, she has rich adventure experience and has always been fond of herself as a "rich nobleman who visits famous ruins under the protection of bodyguards." He remained vigilant and did not reveal his name or origin at all.
However, with the support of Hakon's own vast experience, even the slightest clue she revealed is enough for analysis.
First of all, the word "trial" means that she is organized, but neither the mage guild in the southern province of Cyrodiil nor the mage academy in the Skyrim province can give their apprentices the order to "explore Braa alone." Xi Lin'an" such an exaggeratedly difficult trial, combined with her peculiar appearance and teleportation spells, the answer is already obvious - Thalmor.
Secondly, there is the purpose. Why does Thalmor want to explore Braxilengan? Of course, it is to find out the details of the Mage Academy. Although the ruins have been cleaned up by Atayu Mu's religious mages a few years ago, if you carefully explore and summarize it, you can still get the core information about the Mage Academy. It is not difficult, but It’s cumbersome, so it’s called a “trial.”
Finally, there is the purpose of her coming to the "Salidor Labyrinth". It is obvious that she is a capable mage and has no interest in this kind of complicated and inefficient work. In contrast, she is more willing to try to solve the problem that is still a mystery to this day. The labyrinth of group fans, and Shalido is the founder of the Mage Academy. If we can obtain information about him, it will make a much greater contribution than cleaning up the ruins over there.
In conclusion, she is indeed an untrustworthy person who can be used, but if the attempt to take advantage of her is seen, she will immediately fall out. At this time, they will be allowed to follow only because of their "noble" status, so if they want to use her To open the Well of Souls, you must use various means to make her think that it was actually your decision.
For example, praise her for being young and capable, and that no difficulty will faze her, so that she will rise to the challenge at some point.
There is no need to worry about exaggerating wrongly. Elves who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years will not maintain such a young appearance. Generally speaking, they prefer to appear mature, stable, and elegant - just like themselves.
"Oh~You are so young..." The black-haired, black-eyed female mage held her face with her hand that was not holding the staff: "How young? How is it compared to...the imperial princess?"
Thalmor's identity was confirmed again, and he was still a participant in the "Blood Embassy Incident". Could he be related to Ambassador Alanwen? There is insufficient information to make inferences. It is always right to continue to say good things, but you cannot distort the facts.
"Of course you are not as young as her. After all, when an elf is a teenager, he only looks like a child," Hakon said accurately, "but his appearance is much more beautiful than that of an imperial princess."
"..." The female mage didn't speak, but Hakon, who had excellent eyes, could see that she seemed to want to raise the corners of her mouth but restrained herself.
There’s a reason for this topic! Someone must have praised the princess's appearance in front of her. As a vampire, Hakon has no way of judging the beauty of living creatures. At this time, it is only right to praise her, and there is absolutely nothing against her will.
"It is said that the princess's skin is very dark." "And her hair is also a weird purple color."
“Having covered half of her face with a scarf all year round.” “And she is very short.”
"Although Sharp-Eyed Eagle praised her as 'the cutest in the world'" "But it was probably just because of the emperor's pressure."
Hearn, who had been unable to get a word in, finally had a chance to speak, and she and Hakon cooperated tacitly. When you want to praise someone, sometimes directly praising them may have the opposite effect, but if you belittle someone, she will not like it, and If a third person who is in sharp contrast in some aspects makes indirect praise, it will basically have miraculous effects.
This mage's hair and eyes are pure black, his skin is relatively white, and he is tall. Although his appearance is not very beautiful, he is at least middle-to-upper-class among the elves.
"Huhu——" The female mage raised her hand to cover her mouth and laughed. Although her expression could not be seen clearly, her eyes had already curved into crescents.
It seems...probably successful...but why do I feel a little cold on my back?
"No," the vampire master and servant heard the mage say: "If we kill him, who will lead the way for us?"
Before Hakon understood the meaning of this sentence, he fell straight down as soon as his feet were in the air. The familiar, weird and twisted scenery around him made him scream in agony.
"Coldharbour!?"
——13:25——
Because he was observing from above, Arthur had a clear idea of what was going on below.
When Emilia Septim was about to stab out the dagger, Zella Pesh took the first step and kicked the two vampires into the well of souls that emerged next to them.
The princess looked very angry, pulled down her scarf and stared at the mage, but she just stretched out her hand and touched her head with a smile: "Hey, it's actually a healthy wheat color, not black at all. As for the hair, it's a beautiful violet color. "
Under the stunned gaze of Raj Parasos, the princess was comforted.
"[It seems——]" Arthur carried Babas to the ground and transformed back into human form: "There is no chance for me to take action. This is the first time I meet, Her Royal Highness the Princess, Ms. Zella Pesh."
So far, I have met the Baron of Winterhold and the Chief Mage of the Mage Academy. It seems that she is also familiar with Princess Amelia. Although they have heard of each other, they have never "really" met. It was just him and the princess. In that "illusion", he was not sure that the other party was also real.
"...Baron Xueman is indeed a fool." The princess said a familiar sentence in an almost indistinguishable tone, except that she replaced "original" with "surely".
"Well, it seems we don't need to introduce ourselves to each other," Arthur shrugged and pointed to the depths of the maze: "I'm here to find the Well of Souls to Sognard. I plan to find a way to defeat 'Alduin', so I brought A country dog.”
"As for me, I was entrusted by Mother Atayu and the Vigilant to find the domain of [Morag Bal] and completely eliminate the guy who only has 30% of his strength." Zela responded: "Also, go to the Soul Palace. Well, I'm looking for a saint friend of mine who brought... um, brought an artifact?"
That's the Staff of Magnus, right? Arthur looked at the staff in Zella's hand, and there were so many things going on, and it seemed to overlap with one of his own tasks? He turned his eyes to the princess: "Emile?"
I don't know why, but despite the pressure of the World-Destroying Dragon, Arthur felt very relaxed in this environment. He subconsciously called out the princess's nickname before realizing that he didn't seem qualified to call it that.
"...Passing by." Emil replied naturally: "I brought a Parasos."
The Sharp-Eyed Eagle Scout Captain showed a pitiful expression of "I'm not a judge."
"Okay, I already understand the specific situation, but the Well of Souls cannot be turned on and off at will. I just kicked those two vampires down, and it will only be connected to Cold Harbor for a certain period of time." Zella tapped the ground with her staff.
A chaotic, deep, bottomless vortex-like entrance to the Well of Souls appeared nearby. It was loose and broken, not a whole. To put it bluntly, it was similar to a broken mirror, although overall it could be seen that it was a huge vortex. , but a smaller vortex can be found on each "fragment".
"Please let me help. It's rare that all the 'Dragonborn' are gathered together." Arthur said. In addition to the reason that he would feel relaxed when he was with them, he also had concerns about "the evil in this world". If Arthur What Du Yin said was correct. Zella and the princess, who had an equally large network of connections, were also the "evils of this world" and were the objects he wanted to destroy. It would be fine if he had not met them. Since they had met, he had the responsibility to protect them. .
"...I'm not in a hurry. Balgruuf's matter can wait." Emil replied.
Unlucky lord, what the princess promised is probably related to the Imperial Legion and Stormcloaks that are surrounding Xueman. Let's fight as quickly as possible.
"As for you two-" Zeira looked at Barbas and Parathos.
"Woof! I want to follow Master!" "My duty is to protect the safety of the princess, no matter where she goes."
"Okay then." Zella waved her staff, and a piece of vortex fragment moved over. Its size was just big enough for everyone to stand on it. The next moment, the vortex that was originally like a still picture started to rotate, and Arthur felt the air beneath his feet. fell down.
"Don't try to use flying, slow falling, or staying in the air abilities, otherwise it will be very troublesome to fall into other annihilation realms-" Zelapesh's voice was a little ethereal because he was traveling through the main world and the annihilation realm, but it made Arthur feel inexplicable. familiar.
[Let me ask, are you my Master? 】
"I -" Arthur turned to Zella's direction and was about to say something, but in the next moment, the strange and twisted vortex around him had completely disappeared, and four people and one dog appeared directly in the sky.
"MasterMasterMaster——! I'm going to die!" Babas' barking instantly broke Arthur's broken thoughts.
"I deeply understand why Will always wants to kill you!" Arthur grabbed the dog that was fluttering in the air, and then looked around.
The sky is a strange blood-red color, there is always a cold wind blowing high in the sky, and everywhere on the ground is a swamp. In the endless swamps, there are many cities standing abruptly, some of them are Nord style, some are Elf style. , there are even dwarf-style steam cities, but without exception, they all look old, abandoned and dilapidated, as if no one has lived in them for hundreds of thousands of years - but this is not the case.
In those abandoned cities, there are many shadowy figures, which look like thin and withered human beings, but are extremely agile and ferocious in their movements.
"...It's different from 'Eternal Twilight'." Arthur heard the princess murmur, and it seemed that she had also had a wonderful experience.
"Hmm...it seems that kicking those two guys down is of no use," Zera said: "Note that the annihilation realm of 'Cold Harbor' contains all the destroyed cities in the world of Nirn, and the enemy is The prototype of a vampire and the transformation of a ghoul, we must kill enough demons to awaken the 'Lord of Destruction' Baal."
"Then, happy hunting~" After Zera's words fell, an umbrella-shaped slow-falling spell appeared on everyone, including Babas, and began to disperse throughout the city under the influence of the wind.
