I am competing with Sister A on our acting skills.
——4E, 201, Hearth Moon, 4th, 18:55——
The straight-line distance between Helgen and Ximu Town is not too far, otherwise it would not have been possible for Arthur to arrive through the underground cave in just half a day.
The problem is that Helgen, as a military fortress, was built on snow-covered mountains to guard key intersections, while Ximu is a village and town that focuses on production, located in a valley rich in various resources and with a relatively comfortable climate.
If you want to travel between them, you have to go through a long winding mountain road.
This mountain road is rugged and has a steep slope, making it basically impossible to march. Therefore, it has become a natural military dividing line between the Snowman Territory and the Falkreath Territory, which have declared neutrality. Since Helgen was destroyed by dragon fire, the closer to Ximu, the
Snowman guards can be seen more frequently, but if the dragon does appear, their role is basically minimal.
"You are walking together with the members of the Comrades Group. It seems that you have chosen a bright path." "The Holy Spirit gives people two hands, and you use them to hold weapons. I think you have the guts."
When Ximu Town was already in sight, two guards wearing Xueman uniforms passed by the small team and said to Arthur.
"Ah, um, thank you." Arthur responded helplessly, and then looked at the huntress beside him who was raising the corner of her mouth.
Obviously, compared to himself as a newly promoted baron, the comrades, or Ella himself, are still more well-known. If he wants to be known to these guards stationed in Ximu all year round, he may have to wait for the news of Xueman to come, and then
It only takes a while for Swann to compose it into a tune and sing it.
"Dad, Dad, does Ximu really have a 'Golden Dragon Claw'?" Sophie obviously didn't care what the guard said. She raised her arm and asked Arthur.
"Yes, there is, but just take a look. That thing is regarded as a treasure by Lukan. After all, I got a reward of 500 gold coins just for finding it." Arthur responded with some distress.
Although Sophie has been taught not to take other people's things and to pay for what she wants, but for her, the "dragon claw" naturally belongs to her. Is there any problem in getting her own hand back?
Now that I think about it, my original guess that "a certain tomb robber accidentally stole the golden dragon claw caused the ancient dragon to wake up, and it was necessary to retrieve it to put it back to sleep." This assumption was too naive, especially after that.
I saw something incredible like the "Star Map".
Speaking of which... Arthur raised his head and looked at the "star map"
"Two-handed weapon": seven stars, "Bow and arrow": four stars, "One-handed weapon": two stars, "Block": one star, "Stealth": four stars, "Heavy armor": three
Stars, "Summon Magic": two stars.
Sneak, secretly shoot with the summoning bow, if you are accidentally exposed, rush forward with a giant sword and kill all the enemies who find you, and then declare that "not being discovered is a perfect sneak", hmm...
In short, these are the only stars currently. Although the other "constellations" should also symbolize some "ability", since none of the stars are lit up, there is no way to determine what they are based on the connecting lines.
Although he quietly glanced at the star map, in the eyes of others, he was just speechless at his daughter's words and looked up to escape. After closing the star map, Arthur was about to continue a sentence naturally, but he saw something. Next
In a moment, he picked up the two-handed sword behind his back and said: "Enemy attack!"
"[Choke——!]" A huge roar sounded in the sky like a response. Everyone raised their heads and looked around, and saw a strange giant dragon flying from the Hanluo Mountain Peak towards Ximu Town.
What's weird about it is that the scales on its body have many damages, and the skeleton inside the body can be directly seen. The wings are also in tatters, like moth-eaten rags, and the eyes are burning with ice like a corpse.
Blue Flame, at least in appearance, has no problem calling it a bone dragon or a ghost dragon.
"See? If you eat undead creatures often, you will look like that." Babas said to Sophie.
"No! I will never eat them again!" Sophie almost cried in fright.
"No, it's too late." This place is still far away from Ximu. Even if you run with all your strength, no, even if you transform into a dragon and rush over, you can't catch up. The ghost dragon has enough time to destroy Ximu like Helgen -
—And now there will be no one to evacuate and protect the villagers. In Arthur's eyes, the entire Ximu is completely enveloped by the "breath of death" rising into the sky.
"Dad, dad." Sophie looked like she was about to cry, took the "Jorgen Windcaller's Horn" from her neck and handed it to Arthur: "I don't want to be like that."
"Of course." Logically speaking, Sophie should not know the effect of using the horn and just regard it as a toy that can play nice music. But now there is no free time to think about the reasons and teach Babas a lesson. Arthur responded quickly and then continued
Blow the trumpet hard.
"[Don't admit defeat - become a dragon - go to the alliance - find friends -]"
The still strange and grand music and singing sounded. Although it seemed to be dragon language, the two dragons present did not understand any of the words.
Phew - the "black smoke" that originally enveloped Ximu Town completely disappeared. As soon as Arthur breathed a sigh of relief, he saw the ghost dragon turning around and heading towards him.
"[(Dragon Language) Who I thought was uttering arrogance, turns out to be a dragonborn?]" It flew over the team and roared condescendingly.
"That's right! Come on, let's have a showdown!" Although Arthur couldn't understand Dragon Language in human form, he still had an impression of the pronunciation of "Dragonborn" as "Duwaqin", so he waved his sword with both hands towards
The ghost dragon responded.
"[(Dragon Language) Although the summoner asked me to destroy Ximu, the souls of all the people in that small village are not as good as yours,]" the ghost opened its terrifying mouth: "[Soul Stripping]!"
A hurricane like "unyielding force" hit us, and it seemed to have some kind of attack on the soul. However, due to the movement caused by this dragon, both Ximu and the guards patrolling on the nearby road were
Rushing here, it was impossible for Arthur and Sophie to transform into dragons or for Ella and Ria to transform into werewolves in front of everyone. Therefore, facing this unknown dragon roar, Arthur chose to block it.
puff.
When the hurricane blew in front of Arthur, it disappeared without any warning, and the attack on the soul was bounced back. The ghost dragon in the sky seemed to turn into a stone and fell straight to the ground. No matter how hard it tried after that,
Even after struggling, I couldn't take off again.
"As expected of Lord Dragonborn!" "That's right!" "How awesome!" A Snowman guard who had obviously just recently arrived at Ximu to change defenses sighed, and then there was a burst of responses.
"Spread out and attack! Be careful with its tail and claws! Don't stand where your head is facing!" Arthur helplessly began to loudly instruct the guards to prevent them from being attacked by the dragon's dying counterattack.
"[Duwakein! This is impossible!]" The dragon was so shocked that he couldn't even speak dragon language: "[Fick! Luo! Sa!]"
Although it cannot take off, it can still crawl around and swing its claws and tail, and it can even summon a bunch of corpses and skeletons out of thin air to protect itself.
Even if Arthur can't transform, and the two girls are hiding behind, the three people and the dog can cooperate enough to suppress it and prevent it from interfering with the guards who are dealing with the undead. Because Lydia had previously
She didn't have time to "protect the Baron with her life" as she said, so she was very dissatisfied and even swung her giant shield to knock away a lot of the rotten scales on the ghost dragon. In the end, after the Snowman guards cleaned up the summons and surrounded them, the winner was decided
There was no more suspense.
"[Well done, Dragonborn, but don't think you have won,]" the ghost dragon, whose appearance became much more miserable and less frightening, said harshly as he backed away: "[We will meet again one day.]
"
"Do you think you can still escape?" Arthur raised his two-handed sword and approached the giant dragon, while the other Snowman guards followed Ella's instructions and retreated slightly to avoid being affected by its dying counterattack.
“[Hmph, I don’t know what you did to keep me from leaving, but——]” A huge purple magic circle suddenly appeared around the ghost dragon: “[——There’s nothing you can do when the summoning time comes! Hahaha!
]"
Arthur stepped forward and swung his sword, but he felt no force at all, as if the dragon in front of him was just a phantom.
"[Young Dragonborn, please remember my name - Durnehviir! It is your end -]" Before he finished speaking, the ghost dragon disappeared together with the magic circle that enveloped it.
"As a summoned object, I was suppressed all the way until the summoning time ran out and left in despair, but it seemed that I had won?" Ella put away her bow and arrows and sighed in disbelief.
"And it's still dead," Lydia replied.
"Yeah, I just don't know what to say." Ella agreed.
"..."
Ella and Lydia, who unexpectedly struck up a conversation, looked at each other for a few seconds, and then looked away at the same time.
"Soldiers! This is an important victory. You saved the town of Ximu from the dragon. I, Baron Snowman, Arthur Pendragon, on behalf of the lord, thank you for your efforts——" Due to the guards besieging the dragon
There were a lot of people, and many people recognized him. Arthur couldn't send them away with just "disband", so he gave an impromptu speech. This was simply too difficult for him who was an ordinary hunter not long ago, so he had to try his best to imitate.
Balgruuf's words and deeds, but even if he tried very hard, he couldn't praise those guards more when almost all of his own team contributed.
[Du! Wa! Ke! Yin!] From the direction of Hrothgar's peak, a dragon's roar echoed through the sky.
"Okay, let's all go back to work. I'm going to meet Gray Beard." Arthur, who was at a loss for words, announced the disbandment.
"Golden Dragon Claw..." Sophie looked at Arthur longingly, while Ria hugged her comfortingly.
"Wow!" Babas, who was ignored, said to himself: "I heard that there is a guy named Stamp in Ximu who is the boss. I am going to defeat him."
