Chapter 185 The Leatherworker and the Silver Armor
——4E, 201, the last seed month, 24th, 23:00——
The appearance of Gallows Rock Fortress looks as dilapidated as other abandoned ancient castles. Although it seems to be occupied, there are no signs of bandits or necromancer activities. It was marked as a "suspicious fortress" in Yuvaska's intelligence, but Das
After the battle at Terman Cairn, these "suspicious fortresses" were regarded as Silver Hand's hideouts, and the Comrades prepared to send out scouts to conduct detailed investigations. The place that Cisco Moon and Ella were responsible for clearly hit the jackpot.
"Even if I saw it with my own eyes, I still wonder why they turned into vampires." Ella turned around and flicked her tail to sweep a Silver Hand member who was rushing towards her towards Arthur: "In this way, the lords everywhere cannot simply
declared them 'illegal' and did nothing."
"I guess they might have some purpose that required 'immortality' to achieve, and then they did it." Arthur killed the silver hand that was swept over with one sword, and then watched him turn into ashes.
"Ha, like killing all the werewolves?" Ella glanced at the entrance hall of the fortress and continued walking deeper after confirming that there were no survivors: "I think it would be faster to kill all the vampires."
"Well, that's true." Arthur followed with his sword.
Unlike "wild" vampires, werewolves are strictly "owned". Werewolf disease comes from the "lycanthrope" realm of Hircine, the god of hunting. It is said that there is also a "bear man" in Morrowind Province.
, but the Khajiit and the Argonian do not belong to this range, they are the same race.
If you want to eliminate all the werewolves in Nirn, you must first eliminate the demon god Hircine - at least you must eliminate the clerical field. Obviously those vampires cannot do it.
"I heard that you were present when the dragon attacked Helgen and turned the tide and saved everyone." The scattered silver hands in the fortress did not pose a threat at all. As Ella moved forward, she began to chat with Arthur: "Could that dragon be you?
Call me, Mr. Dragon Lord."
"Before I was bitten by you, I was just an ordinary hunter," Arthur shrugged: "Maybe the dragonborn's bloodline was stimulated and awakened? If I encounter that dragon again, I will not let it go."
"Yes, yes, an ordinary hunter who can easily kill dragons and absorb dragon souls—" Ella said as she pushed open a door in front of her, and then froze.
"What?" Arthur took a few steps forward and rushed into the room to block Ella, "This is..."
Leatherwork racks, workbench, fire pit, beast carcasses and piles of leather. If the craftsmen of Xueman look at it, they can definitely say that this is an ordinary leather processing factory, although it is a bit strange that the materials are all wolf skins.
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However, the werewolves locked in cages around them, as well as the ordinary humans wearing shabby clothes with confused faces, all proved what was actually going on here.
"According to the intelligence, there is a powerful 'werewolf hunter' in Silver Hands. His title is 'Leatherworker'. I didn't know what it meant at first..." Ella shrugged her nose and turned to the other side of the leatherworking farm.
One way out: "He's dead."
The huntress bowed slightly, and then rushed out like an arrow from a string.
"Wait--" Arthur was about to release the werewolves and humans who had not yet become werewolves, so he had to follow in a hurry.
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"Ah, you two lost wolf cubs, have you seen my leather tanning farm? Are you satisfied with your new home?"
In the deepest part of the fortress, there is a very bright hall with a large number of torches. In addition to the Silver Hand members who fled from the upper level, there are more than ten archers who are raising their bows and aiming at the door. The person who is speaking is standing
In the middle of the hall, a tall man in shining silver armor, with several silver weapons scattered around his feet, holding a silver one-handed sword in each hand, looked at Ella and Arthur with a confident expression.
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"What a perfect place for your burial!" Ella nimbly dodged the flying arrows and rushed towards the "skinmaker".
"Touch!" "Ah!"
Although Ella successfully approached the "leatherworker", before he could make any attack, his armor flashed with silver light, and the huntress was knocked back with a cry of pain.
"Haha! How do you feel about the 'anti-werewolf armor'?" The leatherworker laughed: "As the richest silver hand, I have enough materials to make such an armor. You wolf cubs who fight with bare hands attack me.
It's like hitting a silver weapon yourself."
"Damn it, I didn't bring a bow and arrows." Ella tried to attack a certain archer, but was driven away by the concentrated fire of silver arrows from other archers.
"It's a nice armor," Arthur said, "but you probably just made it and haven't used it yet."
"Anyway, the effect is good, isn't it? Hahaha!" the leatherworker continued to laugh.
"What's the difference between being a vampire, wearing silver armor, and putting yourself in a coffin?" Arthur saw the tanner's face change, and continued: "Oh, sorry, the coffin seems to be where you sleep,
Then, it’s almost like jumping into the fire.”
"Humph, do you think I didn't think of it? This armor is silver-plated and is ineffective against me." Although the leatherworker retorted loudly, his movements were still somewhat deformed, and he was obviously beginning to think about what would happen if he accidentally touched it.
"What it is, you will know once you try it." Arthur inhaled slightly and shouted loudly to the tanner: "[Fus] Ru Da!"
"Bump." "Ah!"
Due to the long distance, the strong wind pressure only made the leatherworker stagger a few steps. However, he himself fell into doubts about the armor because of Arthur's words. He stepped on the ground and fell to the ground. A burst of black smoke and smoke erupted from the armor.
Scream.
Obviously, the Tumu imitated from the ghoul is meaningless, and there is still only one effective one, but it is enough for now.
"Kill them! Kill them quickly!" The leatherworker struggled to get up and ordered the archers at the same time.
"Contain the archers." Arthur hurriedly instructed Ella, then raised his sword and rushed towards the leatherworker.
Boom, boom, boo! "Uh-huh!"
Although the archers wanted to follow the command and attack Arthur, they could not ignore Ella who was already in front of them. At this time, the huntress showed her third werewolf characteristic besides ears and tail - protruding from the back of her hands.
, six claws as hard and sharp as steel, whether it was the archers' bows or their necks, were all broken in two. Under this threat, the archers could only be busy protecting themselves and had no time to interfere with Ya.
Se's attack.
"Ha, ha -" the leatherworker gasped, but finally stood up, holding a pair of silver swords and taking a stance: "You, a wolf cub, can actually roar like a dragon? But it doesn't matter, as long as you are still a werewolf, you can never defeat me!"
"Even if vampires and werewolves are old enemies, there is no reason to desecrate each other's corpses like this." Arthur looked at the posture of the tanner holding the sword in both hands, and hung the swords with both hands behind his back: "Therefore, if you do that kind of thing, don't even think about it.
Die a happy death."
"Are you crazy-" "Bang!" Before the leatherworker was about to say anything, Arthur punched his silver armor in the chest, and a black smoke came out of it again.
"Impossible!" The leatherworker's eyes almost popped out: "Why weren't you bounced back!"
"Oh, it's really silver-plated, and there are tiny spikes on the surface of the armor." Arthur looked at the front of his fist, and there were dots of silver light flashing: "But this is of no use to me."
"That's right! He is our secret weapon, the 'Anti-Vampire Werewolf'!" Ella, who was chasing the archer, did not forget to answer.
What kind of strange werewolf is that? Arthur speechlessly continued to attack the leatherworker with his fists.
"Don't think I can take a beating without fighting back!" After a few more blows, the leatherworker seemed very angry at Arthur's actions of looking down on him. He waved two one-handed swords and spun wildly on the spot: "Go to hell!'
Anti-Vampire Werewolf'! Hahahaha!"
"It's Blade Storm!" "The boss can win!" The few Silverhand soldiers left cheered for the leatherworker.
Is it a bit unnecessary to regard Silver Hand as an opponent so seriously? Arthur looked at the small whirlwind of silver light in front of him, frowned, turned around and picked up a silver hand hammer scattered on the ground and swept it over
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"Boom!" "Boom!" "Ah——" The leatherworker fell to the ground in response, and his face was slapped on a silver sword. He let out black smoke and screams again, while the remaining few silver-handed vampires were desperately trying to escape.
He was so frightened that he stopped in his tracks, and then was torn apart by Ella one by one.
"Anti-werewolf armor? Huh?" The leatherworker tried to get up several times, but was knocked to the ground by Arthur. Finally, he groaned and stopped getting up.
"Arthur, get out of the way. I want to give him some color." Ella, who had cleared the fortress hall, came over with murderous intent: "Well, but you have to take off this armor from him first."
"This guy can't be killed for the time being," Arthur shook his head at Ella: "You should understand that this kind of guy who is in charge of property, whether human or anything else, is very afraid of death. We need to hide it from him.
of treasure, as well as information on other strongholds and recent plans.”
"This guy with a questionable IQ?" Ella approached and raised her paw to kick the leatherworker who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead: "Speak quickly, you don't know anything."
"I know everything-" Another puff of black smoke came out of the armor, and the leatherworker shouted: "But I must see Krako Whitemane before I can tell!"
"Cracko?" Arthur thought for a moment and looked at Ella: "Could it be that if he promised not to kill the tanner, no one would do it?"
"Tch~" Ella tilted her head to one side.
"It's a pity, but it is true. We will not violate any decision made by the old man." Cisco Yue's voice sounded from behind.
When Arthur looked back, he found that he had walked in with the humans he had not had time to release before. These humans seemed to be emotionally unstable. When they saw the silver-hand corpses on the ground, they either gritted their teeth or cried bitterly.
"Although some of these people still have families, when they were captured by Silver Hand, it meant that all relatives and neighbors knew that he was a werewolf, and he was completely homeless." Cisco nodded to Arthur: "You go back and recover first.
, I have to escort them to the hunting sanctuary in Hircine - besides, the transformation is quite handsome."
"Ha, of course, it doesn't matter who bit it." Ella said proudly.
