This road extending southward from Loristed is paved with gravel. After bypassing the branches of the Hanluo Mountains, it bifurcates near Lake Ilintana. The road along the lake turns left after passing a sentry post.
The back of the tower leads to the city of Falkreath, while the branch road that goes straight leads to the capital province of Cyrodiil in the south, and is eventually cut off by a fortress in the mountains that serves as a pass.
To get to the goal of the Comrades' trip, the Green Jasmine Witch Villa, you need to take a right-turning forest path and search near the foot of the mountain. After all, the specific information about the place is very vague due to its age. What exactly is the so-called "villa"?
It is also unclear whether it is a cave, a ruins or a house.
"This is very close to our destination," Ella said, looking at the signposts on the forked road. "What we need to consider now is whether to go directly or wait for Arthur to come and meet us."
"Arthur...who is it?" Sinding wrapped himself tightly in a worn-out mage robe, and a trembling voice came from under the hood.
"A comrade was on another mission before." Ella glanced at him.
She really couldn't understand the thoughts of the wild werewolf. Since he had tried to hurt Ria, or Lavisia, when he was out of control, she should apologize honestly and get along with her with the same attitude as before after being forgiven.
It's better now. The little girl clearly said she didn't care, but he looked like he owed a lot and wanted to make up for it with all his strength. When he was on the road during the day, he took care of him no matter what was needed. In addition, he was wearing a suit to prevent Falkreath.
Recognizable hooded robe...
Ella felt that if the two of them were strangers to her, she might beat Sinding away out of a bad first impression.
However, now he seems to be shrinking, as if he is afraid of something?
"If, if I lose control, please stop me immediately without hesitation." At this time, the sun was about to set, and the blue and orange colors gradually changed perfectly near the horizon, but when Sinding looked in that direction, he seemed to see something extremely
Terrible stuff.
A transformation that must be out of control? Ella glanced at Sindin's right hand suspiciously. The ring he was wearing [The Ring of Hircine] was indeed a bit strange. It could not be taken off from his hand at all, and there was a faint feeling of beast in it.
Breath, magic jewelry of this level, even if it can transform a person into a werewolf, is not qualified to be named a demon god.
"Is it okay to kill him?" Lydia glanced at him and asked.
"Uh, please try not to do that." Xin Ding seemed to be shaking with murderous intent.
"Sister Lydia is joking with you, right?" Riya comforted her while asking Lydia for confirmation, but the baron guard just nodded casually.
Huh, Ella thought boringly, this kind of promise is completely ineffective. If necessary, she will definitely not hesitate... Well, kill the werewolf with a shield?
——18:46——
"You guys, do you have to go at night?" After walking along the path into the woods, Sindine began to shrink because the sunlight completely disappeared. He subconsciously moved away from Liya and got closer to Lydia, who was hit hard all over.
"According to records, those crow hags generally don't come out during the day," Ella glanced at him as she walked through the forest and grass, "Even if we can find a place, we have to wait until dark."
Is this guy still worried that he will hurt someone? If it were not unnecessary, Ella even planned to let Ria transform and compete with him to see whose claws are sharper.
"I really don't know what you are doing with those crow hags, they are all dishonest and profiteers." Xin Ding muttered.
Why does it sound like he has been fooled?
"Hehehe~ I can't pretend I didn't hear this~" Before Ella was about to say anything, a strange female voice sounded from the side of the team, and the three of them immediately formed a defensive formation to protect Riya in the middle.
"Who do I think it is~ It turns out to be the puppy that ran away without paying the debt~" Along with the strange words that gave people a series of different feelings such as pure, charming, hoarse, cold, etc., a female figure appeared in front of everyone.
This... with Ella's extensive knowledge, she couldn't help but take a half step back.
According to Krako Whitemane's description, the crow hags are strange creatures whose hands are replaced by wings and their legs are eagle claws, so Ella has always guessed that they should be "birds with human heads"...
Sure enough, there is something wrong with the old man’s sense of aesthetics! No wonder he can’t find a wife at his age!
When this "crow hag" appeared, Ella thought she saw a certain noble lady at the lord's banquet. Her white close-fitting gauze skirt, long and fluffy back hem, and white gauze hair accessories hanging down, the overall look was...
The kind of dress that can only be worn at banquets, is easily stained, and is flashy.
After she calmed down a little, Ella realized that the "gauze skirt", "back hem" and "hair bundle" were all made up of large pieces of white feathers - she actually used her own feathers to weave a set of exquisite dresses.
The so-called wings replacing hands is simply nonsense. This woman has normal hands, but large wings-like feathers grow on the back of her forearms, forming a shape similar to dress sleeves, which is exactly the same as her body.
"Dress" matches.
The only thing Craco was right about was her feet. This woman's feathers were not enough to cover her whole body. You could see that dark yellow horny skin began to appear on her white legs from the knees down, and the color became darker as she went downwards. But in Ella's opinion,
When you see a pair of raptor claws, you see a pair of strange "shoes" made of horn with sharp and high roots.
"How is it~ Isn't it beautiful?" The woman smiled at the huntress, and Ella realized that she was not inferior to those real ladies even in appearance.
"Uh, doesn't it hurt?" Ella pointed to her "shoes". Although they looked like leather boots, they should be made of twisted claws.
"Hmm~ Not bad~" the woman replied while looking towards Xin Ding: "At least this way I won't be casually called a 'monster' by others~"
"Don't believe her!" Xin Ding shouted: "The more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie!"
stare--
At this time, not only the "crow hag", but also Ella, Lydia and even Leah turned to glare at him.
"I mean - not all crow hags look like this, she dresses herself like this just to better deceive people!" Xin Ding was so frightened that she took a few steps back before continuing.
"Well, have you ever lied to him? This...'witch'?" Ella felt that it was inappropriate to call the other party the crow hag, so she intercepted two words from the destination of this trip, "Green Jasmine Witch Villa".
use.
"Although we were once 'witches', our current form is called 'harpy' by Lord Hircine~" She replied: "You can call me 'Avina'~"
"Okay, Avina, I'm Ella." The huntress nodded.
"I know why you are here, Ella, Lydia, and... Lavisia~" Avina nodded and smiled, then looked at Sindin who was on guard: "He is a werewolf, I think you all know it~
"
"He found us~ He wanted to remove the werewolf bloodline, but he couldn't afford the price~ So he chose a method that would no longer "transform uncontrollably"~"
"Liar! I will still transform uncontrollably after I put on that ring!" Although Xin Ding was far away, he could still hear clearly, so he retorted loudly.
"We successfully changed him from 'transforming without control' to 'transforming under the control of Lord Hircine', but he seemed very dissatisfied~" Avina spread her hands: "One hundred and twenty coins
It’s already very cheap to buy a ring with gold coins~”
"Isn't that worse?!" Xin Ding's voice became louder and louder, but the distance became further and further away, as if he was preparing to run away if something went wrong.
"Well..." Ella frowned and looked at Ria beside her.
In this way, it was not an accident that Sindin suddenly transformed and attacked her, but the Demon God of Hunting consciously wanted to kill Ria... But why? Because she can easily transform into a werewolf? But then
Even more wrong. Although the actions of the devil cannot be deduced logically, at least there should be a purpose. What does he want to do by killing a potentially powerful believer for no reason? Even if you die without faith in him, you cannot get away with it.
Of the soul.
As a werewolf who could control herself, Ella could not understand Sindin's predicament at all, so she had to put the topic aside for the time being and ask Avina about the original purpose of coming here.
"Completely removing the werewolf bloodline?" Avina thought for a moment, plucked a feather from her arm, walked over to Ella and started shaking it: "Well, try not to move~"
"Huh? Huh?" Ella stood firmly on the spot, but as Avina's feathers swayed, she felt something inside her body swaying with it.
Tsk...boom——
A ball of fire lit up in the palm of Avina's hand, burning the feather into ashes, but Ella only felt "that thing" rush forward, almost bringing herself down.
"That's the 'wolf soul' in the bloodline," Avina clapped her hands: "As long as you burn enough harpy feathers, they will be attracted and jump out of the bloodline. Then you just have to kill it with your own hands."
"With your own hands?" Ella frowned, but the others were fine. How could Ria kill a wolf soul? If the power she felt before came from a wolf soul, it would not be something that one person could easily deal with.
"It's okay to help, but the last step has to be left to her~" Avina explained.
"What! Lavisia too? When!" Sindin shouted again.
It would be more convenient for him to transform early and knock us out...
"So, how many feathers are needed specifically, and at what cost?" Ella asked the most important question.
"All of them, girl," Avina sighed: "You need to pay a huge reward, enough for a harpy to be willing to pluck out all the feathers on her body and turn back into a mortal - per person."
"It would be faster to kill him - poof!" Xin Ding was blown away by the whirlwind mid-sentence and hit the tree trunk behind him hard.
"You can try it~" Avina slowly lifted into the air, and countless sharp wind blades began to gather around her.
