[Labyrinthian is an ancient Nordic ruins, named in honor of a labyrinth built by Arch-Mage Shalidor in the First Age, but the ruins themselves are even older, and were once used as
The capital city of the Northern Kingdom (Bromjunaar).]
I stood outside the main entrance of the ruins and observed the dungeon group, while the stupid system acted as a tour guide in my ears.
To put it simply, there is a man-made maze with almost no combat, a tomb of an ancient ghoul overlord with only two extraordinary powers, and the rest is the destination of this trip, where the "Staff of Magnus" is stored.
City ruins.
'Speaking of which, the "Eye of Magnus" is a super huge sphere, while the "Staff of Magnus" is an ordinary-sized staff - how big is that Magnus guy's head?'
[Magnus broke out of the gap in the Nirn world to form the sun, so the former should be his eyes, but the latter is just a staff that can control its power. You can think of the owner of this staff as a
A mad mage who calls himself the Sun.]
"Nozdormu, what do you think of our operational arrangements?" Savos Aran, the chief mage of the academy, asked me.
"If we are facing the undead and magic traps, there is no problem with this arrangement, but I don't think we will encounter those things first." I raised my hand to cover my hood and used a hoarse and charming voice that I was not used to.
answer.
[Hahahaha!] The stupid system laughed, and I silently made a note for it.
This is Labusilian after all, and Zelapesh's half-baked magic ability is completely unable to save the lives of these mages after they commit suicide. Instead of letting her act with restraint, she may even fall off her horse in the end.
It is better to come in from the beginning with a posture that is not afraid of falling off the horse, such as the human form of a dragon.
Having said that, Akatosh has no human form at all in the game and settings. Even on the stained glass of the temple, there is the image of a dragon head, so after the dragon transforms, there is no doubt that it is me or Zera.
The chief mage can recognize Pesh's image at a glance.
In the end, I chose to use Sheogorath's Mad God Staff. Its transformation ability was just right. Although a magic weapon would not have an effect on the genuine Holy Spirit, it did not prevent me from intervening and strengthening it.
The original plan was to transform into the image of the little dwarf Chromie or the uncle Nozdormu in WOW - it just so happened that the bronze dragon was also responsible for controlling time, and then pretend to be a prophet and sneak into the team of Master Xino, but I don't know what happened.
It turned into the image of Ysera, and she could only put on the mage robe to wrap herself up tightly.
【Have you noticed Sheogorath's appearance~】
It makes sense, it must be the fault of the fourth-generation player who played a lot of MODs.
"Indeed," Hafner Ice Fist immediately walked to the front of the team: "Before we go deep into the ruins, we may encounter wild beasts that use this place as their lair or even robbers who are desperate for their lives. I will open the way."
"Hey, whatever you want." The Argonian priest with a strange name, "Embrace the Light," backed away slightly.
A ten-man team composed of pure mages can basically sweep through any dungeon. No wonder they are very confident, but in the end they were all wiped out here, leaving only some afterimages and memories more than ten years later. Although I am very confident about it.
There are speculations about the reasons, but in the end you have to take action personally.
Aaaaaa——
As soon as they entered the ruins, a large number of black, brown and white furred trolls roared and attacked. At a rough inspection, there were about twenty or more trolls.
"Don't be nervous, they are afraid of fire!" Before Savos could finish what he said, five or six fireballs were thrown out, causing the trolls to scream. Although the mages had different specializations, the destruction system
Spells are generally dabbled in - except for the three guys I brought along.
Platus, Decimus and Gabros, the organization they belong to is called "Xino Scholars", which focuses on exploring the lost magic and knowledge in ancient ruins. Their own combat effectiveness is almost invisible, and exploration operations must be carried out
The hired guard was originally supposed to die in a dwarf ruins named Zuvolt a few years later because the guard was afraid of escaping. But now that he has just arrived and is completely unfamiliar with the situation in Skyrim Province, it is reasonable for him to be invited by me to join the Mage Academy to explore the ruins.
.
"Haha! Die! Troll!" Hafner Icefist waved the summoned giant ax and struck at the seriously injured trolls.
This guy is a weird guy. As a mage, he wears cloth armor, but he likes to give himself a steel armor spell and then wield a summoned weapon for melee combat. It is said that it is because repairing armor and weapons is too troublesome, so it is better to fight directly with summoned weapons.
Boom - at the end of the last fireball, the ferocious trolls turned into troll fat, and the mages also came to the main entrance of Labusilian's ruins. Although it was very old, the dark gate was intact. It seemed that
The material is extraordinary, and there are waves of weird magic fluctuations coming from inside.
"Nozdormu, what's the situation inside?" Savos Aran stopped the mages from entering immediately, but looked at me.
I made up my identity as a "prophetist", claiming that there were things in it that I needed but they didn't, and accurately "predicted" many of their deeds. Therefore, I was allowed to bring Xino scholars to join this investigation team.
Time to warn of danger.
[There are a lot of skeletons and a bone dragon inside.] The stupid system said, [The dragon was originally going to be captured and tamed, but it failed and was killed and buried near the main entrance.]
"After we enter, we will see scenes of countless ancient Nord warriors fighting giant dragons." I said in a coquettish way. If I said it too clearly, it would not be prophecy but perspective, and it would become Low instantly.
"Ghouls?" "Dragon corpses?" Gilden, a male from Brighton, and Ultramar, a female from Redguard, asked at the same time. They looked at each other and looked away.
One likes to crush enemies with destruction spells, and the other is happy to let dead enemies stand up again and continue fighting. The conflict between them is not easy to adjust, and the chief mage simply ignores them.
"Speaking of which, it was indeed a period when the Dragon Worship Cult was active," Savos thought for a moment, and then said: "Everyone, be prepared to face a large number of weak corpses and a powerful bone dragon."
Well, I can only say that there are really two brushes.
In the end, the battle ended with Ultrama resurrecting a group of skeletons, and Gilden beating the nameless bone dragon to pieces.
Afterwards, as we continued deeper into the huge ruins, we encountered scattered skeletons and corpses, as well as some well-designed traps, which were easily solved by a few Xino scholars.
"I saw countless souls and their mothers surrounding them." I answered their question outside a huge stone hall where heart-stopping magical fluctuations were constantly coming from.
That thing is the mother of ghosts. Not only can it carry out multiple external incarnations, it can also constantly summon "ghosts" without fixed forms to attack the enemy. This is also the planned second reduction in personnel.
Let me tell you, they were simply careless that time in history. After being attacked by the bone dragon, they only paid special attention to physical attacks. Therefore, they were tricked by the invisible and formless "Mother of Ghosts" until they left this room.
Only then did the hall realize that there were fewer people, and now——
"The undead retreat!" Elvari Veren, who specializes in summoning and healing Nord women, directly threw a super large spell to make all the hidden ghosts in the hall appear together with the ghost mother, some of the weaker ones.
The ghost disappeared directly.
"[Human——]" Before the scream of the Ghost Mother could be heard, she was completely drowned by the swarm of various spells.
Next there was a stone wall with a roaring dragon's eye engraved on it, which seemed to slow down time. However, since there was no dragonborn present, I couldn't learn it. The eye even tried to disappear after I tried to get close to it, so I had no choice but to
Give up on the idea of research.
Then, angry curses began to be heard from the depths of the ruins, such as "Who dares to invade my territory?" "You will die miserably, over and over again." "Eternal pain is waiting for you!" It's a pity that all of them are miserable.
It was the language of dragons, and the mages just regarded it as the roar of some monster and didn't care.
As the shouts and curses could be heard, the enemies along the way also changed, from corpses and ghosts to transparent skeletons and corpses shining with blue-green light. After being defeated, they would evaporate and disappear, but those who also turned into
Various weapons with blue, green and transparent appearance were left, and the mages were amazed while studying them.
"[Enough! You lowly half-dragons! Do you have to force me to use such harsh and vulgar language? I am Moloch, one of the eight dragon wizards! Your eternal master! Obey me immediately!]"
In the deepest part of the ruins, the mages discovered a huge altar surrounded by many bookshelves. There was a dragon wizard floating in the middle of it. In other words, he was wearing a bone mask, mage robes, holding a gorgeous staff, and his eyes exuded a dark light.
A powerful ghoul with red light.
"That's our goal!" The mages looked over with burning eyes. However, the mages from the Mage Academy were looking at the dragon wizard's equipment, while the Xino scholars were looking at the many bookshelves around the altar.
[Hehe, apparently this guy found that these people have the aura of dragons on them, but he couldn't see through your disguise, so he recognized the wrong race.]
"According to records, these 'dragon wizards' served the dragons during their lifetime and regarded all Nords as slaves - obviously he is not very good at distinguishing human races," I said to the nervous mages: "I want to collect those masks, you
No objection?"
"No one wants something that interferes with the Armor Technique!" Hafner answered while covering himself with a layer of Steel Armor Technique. A summoning sword appeared in each hand, and then he moved towards the "Mount"
Locke" charged directly.
"And it's pretty ugly." Ultrama glanced at me and said as she directed her skeleton soldiers to join the attack.
'...What does she mean?'
[Maybe I’m jealous of your beauty? Let’s make a pun by the way?]
'Don't think that if you just say a few nice words, I will forget your initial ridicule, wash my wings and wait!'
【No wow...】
Although Moloch was proficient in various spells, had amazing resistance, and could hypnotize and control two targets at once, which put the mages into a tough battle, they were still defeated in the end.
I didn't cheat, it was just that the guy bounced back when he tried to hypnotize me.
In the end, I picked up the dragon wizard's mask while they were dividing the spoils, and after leaving a message to the chief mage, "Sooner or later, you will need this staff one day," I walked away calmly. As for what they might do in the future.
To verify each other, don’t worry about small things like finding out that no one on either side knows me.
