Arthur is hiking to a bandit's lair called "White River Overlook Rock".
The White River is a river that runs through the sky. It starts from Lake Ilintana near Falkreath in the south, turns north along the mountain on the east side of Snowman, then meets the Blackwater and goes north again, and finally ends at Windhelm.
Near the city, it merges into the Sea of the Dead.
There are many mountains overlooking the river along the Baihe River. There are no less than ten places that can be used as bases and are called "Baihe Viewing Rock". The "Baihe Viewing Rock" closest to Xueman has recently become popular among many residents of Xueman.
It was discussed.
As for the reason, it is said that there was internal strife among the bandit gangs entrenched there. The two leaders fled to Xueman and surrendered to the guards. They claimed that the big leader had made a fortune and wanted to kill the others and keep it for himself. This rumor is very popular.
Only a few residents of the Tao cared about the details of the internal strife, but everyone told the truth about the "windfall". The latest theory was that they had found the treasure house buried in the wild by the ancient hero Olaf One-Eyed.
"Although it is well known that One-Eyed Olaf is a poor man, it is rumored that he is so poor because he hides all his treasures, haha." This paragraph in Satya's notes is a little skewed, and she obviously couldn't laugh when she recorded it.
Yang.
But in fact, if there was such a fortune, how could the lord not send troops to destroy the bandits and pocket it? After all, it was only about three hours away on foot.
Therefore, clearing out this bandit's nest has double benefits. In addition to removing the bandits, there is also a rumor of "gaining huge wealth", Arthur thought while looking at the rolling mountains on the other side of the White River.
——13:30——
"Human! Are you?"
While walking on the road along the river, Arthur met an old-looking orc. His hair, which was tied into many braids, was already gray. However, his muscles were bulging and his eyes were sharp. He was shirtless and holding a gun in each hand.
There was a battle axe, and the bodies of three wild wolves lay on the ground nearby.
"Well, I am a human being." Arthur looked at the wolf blood splashed on the body by the orc, and decided not to answer, "It's none of your business."
"Of course I know you are a human!" The old orc rolled his eyes: "I asked you if you are the human who can give me glory!"
"'Glory'?" Arthur was not sure what the word meant for a moment, and spread his hands: "I don't think I brought that thing."
"Stupid humans!" the old orc roared loudly.
"Then can you please explain?" Arthur was alert for a moment and found that the old orc had no intention of taking action in anger. Then he took his hand away from the handle of the two-handed sword and asked. In Nirn, a country with many races, people are called stupid.
It's not uncommon for humans to be called that way, but it's relatively rare for orcs, who generally have low IQs, to be called that way.
"Ulf asked, can you give Ulf a glorious death in a glorious battle, human being." The old orc finished speaking word by word, struck each other with two axes, and let out a roar.
Oh, I see, Arthur finally remembered the identity of this old orc - a relatively rare "dead warrior" in the orc clan. They have been fighting all their lives. When they realize that they are about to age to the point that they can no longer fight, in order not to give up
To cause trouble for the clan and its descendants, they will give up their clan name, look for powerful opponents to challenge, and hope to die in the hands of the opponent. This kind of enemy who does not care about life and death is very difficult for the person being challenged, so people who are not confident in themselves will refuse to do this.
Therefore, those "death warriors" had to find enemies such as trolls, snow bears and even mammoth giants who would not refuse the challenge to fight.
If a "fighter to the death" defeats all selected opponents before he finally loses his combat effectiveness, he will have sufficient reasons to return to the clan for retirement.
Orcs are even more different.
The "dead warriors" killed by the challengers will not suffer any retaliation, because if they do not take cruel measures, they will die. Although these old orcs seek a "glorious death", they will still go all out in the battle.
Arthur estimated that he should have no problem defeating this old orc, but killing a warrior pursuing glory on the road felt a bit wasteful. This dead warrior should not have died in his own hands.
"Malacath asked me to wait here. A human will bring a glorious death to Ulf." The old orc looked at Arthur and continued, "If you are not that person, don't continue to talk to him."
I spoke!"
It was obviously you who spoke to me first. Arthur was about to deny it and leave, but found that a large number of "breaths of death" instantly enveloped the old orc. This meant that after he refused to challenge, Malacath wanted to protect his god.
Depending on the accuracy of the oracle, this old orc will be killed in some way, and maybe there will be fatal wounds from his two-handed sword slash.
However, the demon god never imagined that he could see his arrangement through the breath of death.
"Tsk." Arthur, who saw this, was very dissatisfied with Malacath. This orcish demon could just let his relatives die. He had this power, but he arbitrarily involved himself within the scope of his oracle.
, I would be sorry for myself if I didn’t create a blockage for Him and relieve His anger.
"There may not be a glorious death, but I can give you a glorious battle," Arthur said to the old orc Ulf: "I was ordered by the lord and was preparing to exterminate a group of bandits. I can completely guarantee that this battle will be a glorious one."
honorable."
"Well... there are too many people in the bandits' lair. I can only fight three at the same time, so I haven't tried to challenge them." Ufo thought for a moment and said, "Death fighting against a group of enemies can be regarded as an honor. I will go with you."
——15:00——
Harval Ironhand, the bandit leader of Baihe Pingyan, has been feeling depressed these past two days.
He had previously received news that a caravan was transporting a large amount of silver passing near Xueman. He was afraid of being taxed by Lord Balgruuf and chose to transport the goods at night. Because the goods were valuable and the caravan guards were very strong, many bandits wanted to rob him along the way.
But they were all repulsed.
Silver cannot be minted into coins like gold. If there is no good silversmith to process it, it will just look like a very precious ore, and it is difficult to sell. Haval originally did not intend to go into this muddy water, but he couldn't stand it. The bandits under them coveted these caravans that passed by the door of their lair, and finally decided to take action.
The operation was very successful. When the guards who were said to be powerful saw them, they directly escorted them to the caravan and the others ran away. However, when they were inspecting the goods, they discovered that they had been completely fooled by the rumors. It was clear where the silver was on those trucks. It's a sharp weapon!
Silver daggers, silver swords, silver battle axes, and silver two-handed hammers. If these things weren't relatively soft, there might even be silver helmets, silver armor, and silver shields. Compared with those who are excited about seizing a large amount of silver, Ordinary bandits and a few knowledgeable leaders only felt a bone-chilling chill covering their whole bodies.
In the entire Skyrim Province, the Empire, and even the continent of Tamriel, there is only one organization that uses this kind of weapon that is particularly effective against werewolves, and that is the "Silver Hand", or Silver Hand for short. They focus on capturing and killing werewolves, and selling them Although their behavior sounds very similar to that of "vigilantes" who focus on hunting vampires, they are actually completely different.
Vampires can already be called undead and cannot be recovered. Killing them is acceptable to most people, but werewolves are the product of disease. This disease is called "werewolf disease", except on the night of the full moon. Except for uncontrolled transformation, in most cases they are in human form, and their minds are not changed like vampires to think that they are no longer a member of the human race. In most cases, as long as they do not transform in public in the city, they will not change their appearance in public. If you lock yourself up on a full moon night and are not reported by other residents, you can still live as usual, so killing them will be considered murder.
Silverhand can identify humans infected with werewolf disease in some way. Before they were declared illegal, in order to avoid being arrested by guards, they would deliberately force werewolves to transform and then capture them. However, such behavior would lead to crazy werewolves. It caused harm to the eyes of ordinary residents. Finally, at a certain meeting of Lords of Skyrim Province, all the Lords decided to jointly regard the Silver Hand as a criminal organization and arrest them as soon as they were discovered.
At this time, all the territories in Skyrim Province were busy preparing for civil war. This organization seemed to be preparing to take advantage of the situation, and these silver weapons were evidence. Haval also had a guess as to why they repelled the bandits and spared him. That is, their headquarters is nearby, and you can come and retrieve these weapons at any time.
The other three bosses, who were not afraid of the lords and the army at all, but were very afraid of the Silver Hand, fled with their men. However, before leaving, they secretly dismantled a batch of weapons and turned them into broken silver. They obviously wanted to take the blame for this. Val angrily led other bandits who were unwilling to leave and fought with them. As a result, there are now rumors everywhere in Xueman that he had internal strife because he found a huge treasure - whoever loves this "treasure" can take it away!
Now, Haval Ironhand is standing on the highest stone platform of Baihe overlooking rock. He has already thought about it. As long as a large group of people come to kill him, he will immediately climb down the rock. After all, his lair is a natural cave. Waiting for those silver It took him enough time to find the person who was behind him, which was enough time for him to escape far away. Although the property he had accumulated over the years was not much, it was enough to buy a farm in a certain town and become a farmer. The location was best on the border, and he could say that he had just come from Coming in from other provinces——
"Huh? Are you the leader of Baihe Pangyan? You don't look like you have made a fortune."
"He is the leader? Can he be killed?"
"No, the western fortress is quite short of people."
Those Silver Hands had already occupied the lair? How could it be so fast? Although Haval was a little confused as to why there were orcs in the Silver Hands, when he turned around, he saw the silver light reflected from the swords in the hands of the blond Nord man.
