My name is Akatosh,
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fighting in there"
——4E, 201, Frost Moon, 6th, 08:33——
Pseudo-Songarde, outside Jegrag's hut.
Looking at the "Hall of Valor" that he was supposed to be unable to see, Arthur realized that the bad facts he had vaguely suspected before might have come true.
It was a majestic and huge palace, but it had collapsed and been damaged in many places, and the whole thing was emitting a rich, blood-like red light. Judging from the specific size of this building, it should have been impossible to be destroyed by Asia who was very far away. Se and the others saw it, but it so forcefully penetrated the fog between the wooden house and it, and suddenly appeared in front of everyone, as if it was forcibly announcing to all the "wandering souls" in the fog: Your The destination is here.
This operation is not what we originally thought, going through the "Well of Souls" to capture "Alduin" who is hiding in Sognard and secretly absorbing souls. During the process, there may be heroes from various eras to help, and we had a good relationship before. [Sgrammer] will definitely play a decisive role.
Obviously, the "Songarde" we are currently in is not the one that belongs to the current era. It is the annihilation field brought by "Alduin" who was exiled here by the "Three Warriors" from the ancient and unknown era of reincarnation. A world that has "ended" "The realm of annihilation began to revive due to absorbing the souls of the dead in the current era, and "Alduin" that relied on its existence gradually regained its strength.
It appeared in Helgen at that time, hoping to kill all the leaders of the Imperial Legion and the Stormcloaks. If it could add the soul of itself as a "Dragonborn", it might be able to start a new round of "world devouring" immediately.
In this way, Princess Emilia Septim, who is also a dragonborn, will go around pardoning criminals who are about to be executed, and Zella Pesh, the elf saint, will work hard to prevent anyone from dying because she knows this. At this point, there was only one of them, mindlessly killing people everywhere under various excuses, and they were so proud of themselves for getting the title of baronet... They couldn't have been quietly watching their mess, and silently dealing with the aftermath, right?
Arthur secretly looked back at his companions, Emil could not see anything as always, Lydia remained on guard, Barbas and Sophie passed by, Zella's words... He was looking at that person thoughtfully. The mirage-like "Hall of Valor".
"[This is a world that has 'ended'. There will be no birth and no death,"" the incarnation of Jegrag walked out of the wooden house and said behind Arthur: "[When the new wandering soul comes While here, many of them wanted to change the world, but ended up losing all their enthusiasm and becoming a part of it.]”
"What do you mean by 'becoming a part'?" Considering that this lady was a statue-like existence of gods and demons, Arthur asked directly without being polite.
"[Losing memory, losing self, and wandering in the fog of Sognard forever. The only thing left is hatred of others. No matter how many times it is eliminated, this hatred cannot be eliminated.]" Jegrag's incarnation answered.
I see... No, wait? "No matter how many times you are wiped out"?
"Jie——!" It seems that because the group was shocked by the "Hall of Heroes" and stayed in front of the wooden house for a long time, many pairs of eyes appeared vaguely in the surrounding woods, and there were sounds of joints and limbs moving. Voice.
The next moment, a huge frost spider led its many brothers out of the fog and surrounded Arthur and the others.
That big guy from Hanluo Temple? This Songjiade is really cold and unscrupulous.
"Don't get close to these spiders - it almost corroded my sword at first, and now it must have been further strengthened," Arthur reminded loudly, while using the "Summoning Bow" spell again to start cleaning up the little spiders and trying to get around them. Launching an attack: "Its weak point is in its belly - ugh."
Behind this frost spider is another head with sharp fangs that is exactly the same as the one in front.
——9:01——
"[This is hope, even if this hope is as thin as a spider's silk,] after Arthur and his companions took some effort to destroy the two-headed spider and turn it into ashes, the incarnation of Jegrag said: "[I will always Stay with you until your hope is extinguished. ]"
"Wow..." Babas was dumbfounded: "To be able to use kind expressions and say malicious words so naturally, I really want to get to know [Jegrag] himself."
"She is definitely one of the reasons why those 'wandering souls' lost themselves." Lydia also agreed.
The lady dressed in black and masked by the demon incarnation did not react at all to the comments made about her.
"So, Arthur, where should we go next?" Zella Pesh used a whirlwind spell to blow the ashes from the ground back into the forest, and then turned to ask him.
Sure enough... it's different. Arthur looked at the female mage. Judging from Satya's information about her and recent interactions with her, she has always been very strong and goal-oriented in major matters, and she almost never asked others. When giving opinions, it seems that she knows very well how to achieve what she wants to do and there is no doubt about it. However, she often consults other people's opinions on unimportant and life-related issues.
Of course, it is impossible for a person to have such a completely different personality. The only explanation at present is that she is not the so-called "former" saint at all, Ari-E, or in other words, [Akatosh] has never given up on her, He will give her tips on all kinds of difficult things.
However... her strange style in the past felt inexplicably familiar and friendly, but her current personality is a bit strange.
"In short, let's go in the direction of the 'Ruins of the Hall of Valor' first," Arthur decided: "I think that's the key point to solve most of the problems in this world."
——10:29——
Some distance away from Jiegrag's hut, the originally dense forest suddenly disappeared in front of everyone and turned into a light red wasteland with neat sections, as if "something" directly cut off the forest and then forcibly merged with it. In addition, different floors are spliced together to look the same.
However, thick fog still gathered tightly around and visibility barely improved.
"Woof woof! There are no trees, I'm in a good mood!" Babas circled the team twice to cheer.
"Well, at least it won't be as easy to be attacked by sneak attacks as in the woods before." Lydia expressed her opinion from a tactical level.
"Dad, will there be anything edible here?" Sophie was concerned about the same things as always.
"Well... I hope so, but they are obviously inedible guys." Arthur drew his sword out of its sheath.
The light red wasteland had no ups and downs at all, and there were only scattered stones on the ground. It looked like a smooth road, but at the same time that Arthur made a fighting posture, the ground in front of him suddenly exploded, and five or six "human beings" jumped out from the ground. .
Wearing tattered armor, holding axes, mining hoes and short swords in their hands, if it weren't for the bright red light in their eyes, they would have looked like ordinary robbers or miners.
Is this the bandit mine that he destroyed before escaping from Helgen and arriving at Ximu Town? In that case... Arthur concentrated on observing the movements of these "people".
If they look like humans, then their movements completely prove their "inhuman" status. When wandering aimlessly, even if they are tripped by rocks, they continue to move in a posture of falling to the ground without caring, no matter how difficult it is. Weird or distorted into something, and when they took two steps and noticed Arthur, they would immediately rush towards him using their hands and feet, and even bumping their heads. At this time, the only expressions on their faces were either cruel or cruel. An expression of anger or fear only reveals the slightest bit of "humanity".
Crack! Arthur chopped the charging "monster" into a pile of ashes with a single stroke of his sword.
"It's a pity, sorry, sorry, unfortunate, etc. I won't say any of these words that will directly or indirectly express sympathy for you." Arthur drew his sword and turned around, nailing a guy who came close to the ground to the ground: "You guys To be treated like this after death is your own fault and does not deserve anyone's mercy."
Cha—cha—cha—Arthur said as he chopped all the approaching “ash men” into ashes.
"Woof?" Babas tilted his head to express confusion.
"In Nirn, there are sixteen demon gods and eight holy spirits. Their responsibilities and fields cover almost all aspects that humans can relate to," Zela said: "Even a heinous villain can find a willing person after death. Accepting his annihilation, there are only two kinds of people. They are not called humans in the rules of the gods. After death, no Holy Spirit or Demon God will be willing to accept the soul, and it will eventually be attracted by this 'ending' world."
"...I know a kind of necromancer who uses black soul stones." Emil answered.
"And bandits," Lydia added: "When the entire Tamriel continent is in short supply of workers, not only do they not work, but they rob civilians on farms, caravans, and fisheries, and build a foundation based on this. They are a group of criminals with an economic cycle, and they are the most wanted targets in all territories. For example, there are only 4,000 residents in Snowrun City, and the number of bandits waiting to rob them in the wild is about 3,000."
"It would be a lot easier for us if the next enemies were all of this kind," Arthur put away his sword and walked back: "Speaking of which, the number of bandits I killed during my time in Xueman is..."
Boom! ! Boom! !
Heavy footsteps sounded, as if something extremely huge was approaching. Judging from the frequency of the sound, it seemed to be bipedal.
"This is... bad!" Arthur raised his sword to parry, frowned and looked at the direction of the sound. He finally thought of something before the opponent appeared, and then rolled sideways in shock.
Boom! !
An unusually thick wooden stick, completely cut from a tree trunk, hit him where he was just now.
Immediately afterwards, a giant that was obviously four or five times taller than an ordinary giant and had a blue-gray body appeared in front of everyone through the thick fog.
