——4E, 201, the last month of seeding, 20th, 11:00——
The Western Watch Tower is a defensive tower located to the west of Xueman. It is built on the Xueman Plain that is about to reach the mountainous area. To the south, it can protect the trade routes, and to the north, it can cooperate with another "White Watch Tower" for surveillance.
The entire northern mountainous area may be infested by monsters or bandits. As for the wandering giants who domesticate mammoths, they will not approach this kind of building that is difficult to destroy. It can be said that it is quite safe to be on duty here - provided that it is completed.
Thorward King is the guard captain of this western sentry tower. He has spent several months building this sentry tower. At present, the stone main tower has been completed by workers. He only needs to wait to go to the creek.
When the guards who bought building materials from Muzhen return, the wall surrounding the tower will be built, and overall it will become a barely qualified defensive outpost. Then the lord will send more guards to settle in. In that case, he will naturally not have to continue to face such guards.
Two people, the rest were all workers, more like a foreman's dilemma than a guard captain.
"Hey, boss -" Thor, who had a loud voice, waved to Thorward and shouted when he was still some distance away from the tower construction site: "We brought back construction materials and a group of workers -"
It's strange that they were workers. Thorward stood on the half-built city gate and looked at the convoy. Since the stones and logs were transported completely without any obstruction, it was impossible for any robbers to be stupid enough to rob them, so these were forced
The four or five guys who looked like bandits pulling the cart were probably from Ximu Town.
Ximu Town is nearly two days away from here. In addition, Thor and Loki need to ensure the safety of the cargo carriage. It is basically impossible to have time to pay attention to the prisoners, so some of them are unwilling to work. They are stubborn.
They had already taken the opportunity to escape, and those left behind were preparation workers who were willing to do the work themselves. They might not be good at work, but they could be taught slowly, and they should have no problem taking up weapons to drive away wild beasts and monsters.
"Hurry up!" Thorward shouted back to the convoy: "Unload all the building materials just in time for dinner!"
Loki and Thor were still fine, but the bandits pulling the cart looked more energetic, which meant that the two brothers often talked to them about the benefits of being in the outpost on the road, and it also proved that they had not killed anyone yet.
Extraordinarily, it is impossible for a truly evil robber to yearn for "having a job and earning a living", and that kind of guy is also the main target of the guards everywhere.
"If I were you, I would let them abandon the convoy and hide in the guard tower." A female voice sounded next to Thorward.
Thorward turned around and saw a girl wearing a mage's robe. She had the appearance of an Imperial person with black hair and black eyes, but she had a pair of pointed ears like an elf. It was unclear who she was for the moment, although Nords are generally
I don't like mages, but I can't ignore the power they control. Maybe this is a mage apprentice who is out on business?
"Citizen," the guard captain finally chose a formal title: "This is an important military area of Xueman City. Please don't wander around here if you don't have something important to do."
"It's an important thing," the elf mage raised his finger and pointed around: "Does it count that this place will soon be destroyed by dragon flames?"
"Dragon Flame?" Thorward laughed: "Ms. Mage, I don't know if you have studied prophecy magic, but our court mage Farenja made several prophecies for the location of this sentry tower, and finally
Surely this is the safest place - and, dragons? They've been gone for centuries."
He was even more certain that this was a mage apprentice who was traveling and had some knowledge of prophecy, but was not very good at it. However, since she reminded her kindly, there was no need to speak harshly. It was almost noon, and he could consider inviting her to a meal. After confirming
After her prediction is wrong, maybe we can take the opportunity to ask her to enchant the standard weapons in the arsenal.
The elf mage looked at him and blinked, but did not explain further.
"Hey~Boss~" At this time, the first carriage of the convoy had arrived at the guard tower, and Loki jumped out of the carriage: "Do you know what news is circulating in Ximu Town? They said that a dragon destroyed Helgen.
, is flying towards Xueman, isn’t it ridiculous? It hasn’t arrived for two days, is that dragon crawling underground?”
It's ridiculous - Thorward originally planned to smile in agreement, but he couldn't laugh at all. He can become the captain of the guard, so he naturally has better intuition than ordinary guards. He just refuted the mage's words with the only argument that "dragons are not
"Existence", however, the news of the material convoy made up for this point.
"Dragon..." He turned his head to look at the elf mage beside him.
"Here," the mage motioned to the long convoy on the road. Except for the stone carriages that had entered the guard tower wall, they were all vehicles loaded with logs: "One dive breath can completely burn it, even if it's me.
Also...I mean, if I could both fly and breathe fire, I wouldn't be able to help myself."
"Where's the purpose?" Thorward began to look around in the sky.
"Are you going to explain your purpose to the beast? It's probably just for fun," the elf girl raised her hand and moved in the direction of the motorcade, and finally pointed at the tower: "In the end, there is something that cannot be burned, and it will probably spray a few more puffs.
"
"[Choke——]" A huge, wild and coercive roar sounded in the sky. The horses pulling the cart broke free of their reins in panic and fled in all directions, while the robbers escorting the carts fled directly towards the tower.
But Loki and the Thor brothers drew their swords and looked around, as if they were preparing to face the enemy.
"You two idiots!" Thorward yelled, "Get back to the tower right now!"
It was as big as a mountain and as black as ink. The next moment, a huge monster glided down from the sky, hovering in the air with its wings flashing and watching Loki and Thor. Thorward swore that he saw this monster only in the sky.
The "giant dragon" seen in murals and books had a playful smile on its lizard-like face.
"It's really troublesome." He heard the female elf mage beside him say. When he turned his head to look, he found that she had taken out a strange staff at some point and knocked it hard on the ground under her feet.
"[Roar!]" The giant dragon spread its wings and swooped down towards Loki and Thor. The dragon flames sprayed from its mouth completely ignited the lumber carts along the way.
Huh - Thorvald, who was distracted, noticed that although Loki and Thor were in a mess due to the breath, there was no sign of fire on their bodies. They were retreating towards the tower in panic, but the elf mage was inexplicably...
A flame ignited, and its heat made him take two steps back involuntarily.
"Ha...I can probably pull out Joan of Arc now?" The mage robe on his body was burning fiercely, but the mage was completely unaware and said incomprehensible words, and even took out an "M"-shaped forehead ornament and pressed it on it.
He turned to Thorward and said, "That guy will be back in a few hours. Evacuate the workers as soon as possible and ask for help from the lord. In addition, there is no need to mention anything about me."
The next moment, her entire body completely disappeared in the flames.
——12:00——
Thorward had never run so fast before. It originally took two or three hours to reach Snowman from the Western Outpost, but he ran there in less than an hour, and then traveled all the way through the plains and winding areas.
Directly to Longxiao Palace in Yunding District.
Although there seemed to be a guy who looked like an aristocrat stopped him on the road to complain about "someone yelling in his ear", Thorward, who was eager to be warned, pushed him into the artificial water channel beside the road. Anyway, all the guards were wearing uniforms.
It's the same, he has nowhere to complain.
"Calm down, child, speak calmly." The great Balgruuf seemed to be entertaining someone, but Thorward was too exhausted to pay much attention to him. He staggered with the support of the lord's guard Hollongana.
Make a report.
"The Western Watch Tower was attacked by a dragon - the legendary dragon!" He first told the most important information, and then added details: "It breathed out flames and burned down the building materials. Loki and Thor were killed while escaping.
After catching it, I ran back quickly to report the news. Holy Spirit, I have never run so fast before!"
There seems to be something else that needs to be reported? Thorward gasped for breath, but couldn't think of it for the moment.
"What? A dragon? Is it alive? What is it doing? Has it left? Will it come back?" Thorward heard the court mage Farenga Secret Fire asking questions in a slightly sharp voice.
Thorward felt an inexplicable contempt and disgust for this mage he usually admired: "It is ready to destroy the tower and may come back at any time!"
"Ileris! Take people to the western tower for support immediately!" Lord Balgruuf told his guards very decisively: "Remember to bring enough shields and bows."
"I'm going to help too, Lord." An unknown voice sounded. Thorward, who was nearly comatose due to too much overdraft, looked up. It was a very energetic, blond and blue-eyed Nord boy, wearing a brand new steel suit.
A, seems confident in himself: "I have sufficient experience in fighting dragons."
"Yes, maybe we need your experience." The lord nodded slowly.
"I'll go too, a living dragon! It's much more important than studying dragon burial diagrams." Farenjia also recommended himself.
"No, Farenjia, that's a dragon. My soldiers can't guarantee that they can protect you in a battle with this unknown enemy. And you are very important to Xueman, so there can't be any mistakes." Balgruuf the Stalwart
Patting the mage on the shoulder, he pushed him back into his seat.
"And you, child, you have worked hard. I order you to go to the Longxiao Palace barracks immediately and have a good rest. The warriors of Xueman will protect the sentry tower." The lord turned to Thorward, whose consciousness was already blurred.
What on earth have I forgotten? With some doubts, Thorward's consciousness fell into darkness.
