My name is Akatosh,
Calm down and think on the bright side, although I can't control it anymore, at least I still have a vest outside——
...I'm going to demolish the Hall of Valor.
——4E, 201, Frost Moon, 6th, 18:10——
Forests, wastelands, villages, after each "teleport", the "Hall of Valor" that is clearly far away but right in front of you becomes clearer. When Arthur "teleports" again and reaches a city, the "Hall of Valor" becomes clearer. The surrounding red light has illuminated half of the sky - or should we say dense fog?
Who killed this time? After Arthur crossed the "boundary", he looked around for something that could still move. After all, based on previous experiences, the enemies in this fog were all "creatures" that team members had killed. Due to various reasons, there were no gods. He could go to the country or annihilation, so he was captured by "Alduin", transformed and controlled.
The shape and layout of this city are different from any city Arthur has ever seen. The houses inside are not as rough as ordinary Nord buildings that can be built with just three logs, nor are they as thick and artistic as dwarves or elves. They are built with a mixture of stone and wood. After ensuring the practicality and beauty of the ground floor, the tops of almost all houses stand high and point to the sky, as if they are proud of themselves and as if they are fighting something.
"Woof! The human architectural style of the dragon empire?" said a certain demon god's dog. It recognized these buildings before Arthur, who had only seen them in dreams: "So this is what Alduin brought from ancient times. It’s a building.”
"If it were intact, it might be of great archaeological value, but now..." Zeira frowned as he looked at the city buildings.
Those buildings were entangled with countless twisted tree roots and trunks, protruding from the doors and windows, and then breaking through the roof or walls to protrude again. Each house seemed to be covered with vines, but it was more miserable visually.
"...It's me this time." Emil raised his fingers and walked between the roots and branches of the trees. The "tree spirit" looked similar to a human, but its trunk was completely made of wood. When reduced to ashes, it looked even more... Like some energy-saving dead trees, they walk freely among the trunks, stopping at certain places from time to time to trim the trunks.
"It doesn't feel like it. They have clearly discovered us, but they turned a blind eye. They seem to think that taking care of those trees is the most important thing." Arthur drew his sword and looked around warily: "I think there should be other enemies—— "
Whoops—Clang!
Because Arthur was busy guarding the enemies on the ground around him, he ignored the top of his head. He didn't react until a giant sword broke through the thick fog and stabbed directly at his head. He rolled away in embarrassment, and then heard Emil fighting hard with the enemy. One note.
"[Comrade-Comrades-Regiment-]" The surrounding thick fog slightly faded, revealing the true appearance of the enemy falling from the sky. It was a giant heavily armored warrior floating in the air, wearing armor that was so thick that it looked bloated, and a round shield in his left hand. , a giant sword in his right hand, with a pair of dry bat-like wings behind him.
"The armed vampire king?" Arthur stood up and felt quite surprised: "Vampires are not living things, right?"
"I have studied the transformation ritual of the Vampire Lord. The person being transformed will be called a 'Binder' before the transformation is successful. If it is interrupted at this time, it will become a complete monster and can pass through Absorbing other nearby vampires to increase its size, although it will eventually collapse due to the inability to control the power within the body, it will definitely cause serious damage before that - by the way, when have you ever interrupted this ritual?" Ze While providing Emil with spell support, La turned to look at Arthur.
"That seems to be the case." Arthur thought of the weird vampire king at Treva Watchtower.
During the conversation, the Cursed One was forced back a few steps by Emil, then spread its wings and rose into the air. Although its face could not be seen, it was certain that its gaze was firmly fixed on Arthur through the helmet.
"[Comrades Group!]" A volley attack that was exactly the same as before.
"Baron! Attack with all your strength!" Arthur was preparing to dodge the attack and then seek a chance to counterattack. Suddenly he heard Lydia's low shout and judged that she seemed to be planning to block the attack for him, so he swung his sword vigorously and galloped away. The coming Cursed Ones started to attack.
Choke—choke!
At this moment, it seemed that even time had slowed down. Before the two giant swords were about to collide, Lydia rushed directly between the two, swung the shield in her hand fiercely, and bounced the cursed one's sword back, causing it to It directly turned into a state where the door was wide open, and then rolled dangerously to avoid Arthur's attack, and then watched the "Sword of Oath and Victory" cut the "Bound One" in half and turn it into ashes.
"Lydia! This is too dangerous! As a baron, I order you not to do this in the future!" Arthur also broke out in a cold sweat after killing the curser. Who would have thought that he would always be a guard with a shield, giving Lydia, who always seeks a stable impression in everything, can do such a thrilling move.
"I will follow your orders, Baron." Lydia said with a low eyebrow.
Seeing her attitude of obviously wanting to do it again, Arthur felt a headache: the last member of this team who didn't need to worry about also disappeared...
When the ashes of the Cursed One were scattered, the expected flaming spiral sword descended from the sky and immobilized it, but the "incarnation of Jegrag" did not appear.
"Obviously, there is more than one thing like this," Zera looked around: "If nothing else, the 'thing' that turns the city into this is our goal."
"Anyway, let's take a short rest and head to the city center." Arthur sighed and sat down by the campfire.
——20:24——
"I feel like I don't understand what's going on here at all..."
After a short rest, the adventure team continued deeper into the city controlled by plants. As they got closer to the center, the number of ash creatures began to increase, but they ignored anyone in the team and focused on killing each other.
Judging from the appearance of the three warring parties, they are a group of strange-looking human mercenaries with equally strange-looking wolves, and another group of weird mages wearing robes with black mist all over their bodies, plus five or six more on the battlefield. A strange giant that goes on a rampage and kicks away everyone it encounters.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaae those heretics!" "Die! Let's all die!" "Lord Mora is giving out candy!" "Long live Thalmor!" The central square of the city, which was the battlefield, was filled with chaos and noise.
The members of the adventure team looked at each other for a while, and then collectively looked at Zella.
"Look what I did? If I was the one who killed him, I would definitely not deny it, but I really have no impression at all." The female mage's eyes widened and her pointed ears twitched.
"Hmm... so what?" Arthur began to think.
"Wow! The mage is so powerful," Babas concluded: "He can kill so many people unintentionally."
"Oh..." Zera gathered a spinning ball of thunder in the palm of her hand: "I just invented a spell called 'Unintentional', do you want to try it?"
"Thank you Bu Min Wang!" Babas ran away directly.
"Anyway, we have to clear out these 'ash creatures'," Zera said, scattering the electric ball in his hand: "I can cast a large-scale spell, but it should be of no use to those giants, and it will attract them in advance. attention."
"Oh, you can rest assured, I'm professional at beating big guys." Arthur patted his breastplate and said confidently.
"If there's something daddy can't beat, I'll eat it!" Sophie interjected.
Although the others did not speak, they nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll leave it to you." Zeira opened her hands toward the sky, and a shining circle of thunder appeared above her and began to spin.
At the same time, the fierce battle in the town square stopped instantly. Whether they were ashes of mercenaries, pagans or giants, they all turned their heads and looked this way.
"Hey, this is different from what was promised." Even with Arthur's courage, his eyelids jumped in fright.
"We can only accept the challenge." As if to annotate Lydia's words, the ash monsters started moving again, and as expected, they rushed straight towards Zella.
"How dare you say it wasn't you?!" Forget about one ash giant, how about a group of them? Even if the size is half smaller than the previous one, it’s still a big deal! Arthur didn't have time to think too much, he transformed into a giant dragon and rushed out: "[You protect Zella, and pay attention to those who slip through the net! - Fus Ro Dah!]"
"It's really not me!" Zeira shouted with all her strength even while charging up, and then a second parallel thunder circle appeared.
"Baron! There are too many enemies!" Even though Arthur blocked all the giants by himself, the number of mercenaries and pagans was so large that just three people and one dog couldn't stop them, even with the help of terrain. The advantage is that it reduces the contact area and can kill one with each hit: "Do you want to consider letting Miss Sophie also transform-"
"[No - if you eat too much of these things, they will become like them. This is how the giant dragon transformed before!]" Arthur fought with several giants, and when he took the time, he turned around and swept his tail to let out a dragon roar. Reduce pressure on peers.
"Damn it..." In a state of confusion, Lydia gritted her teeth and seemed ready to use some trick, but suddenly she saw a gap in the ash monster in front of her like a tide, and then, a man riding a strange black horse appeared. The girl in white jumped out of the fault out of thin air.
"Successfully positioned -" the girl shouted in a cheerful voice: "Gifts are being distributed! Reindeer!"
"Ouch!" "It hurts!" "Where is this?" "Ain Boyorn?" "I'm here." "Lily! Can you be more reliable!" "Hehehehe~ (Heart)"
A group of people named "Gifts" wearing white clothes very similar to the girls were thrown out of the void by the black horse, and they formed a circle to protect Zella.
Although they seemed to be unclear about the situation, they immediately entered the battle very efficiently, greatly reducing the pressure on the members of the adventure team except Arthur.
"It's terrible." "...Oh, that's terrible." Sophie and Emil had almost opposite reactions after seeing the dark horse.
"How is it, Zella? Are you satisfied with the gift I brought?" The girl rode a black horse and walked to Zella who continued to guide the spell, tilting her head and asked.
"Wait until I finish this, and then I'll come to you to settle the score." As Zera spoke intermittently, the ring of thunder and lightning was superimposed to three layers, and dazzling lightning began to flash in the middle.
"[Remember to remind me to stay away before you throw the spell]!" Arthur's voice came from afar.
