The Shura Field is really interesting, I mean Gallus.
——4E, 201, Hearth Moon, 19th, 18:12——
The "Stinky Tower" doesn't stink, and it doesn't look like a tower.
Its shape looks like a short, fat, dark yellow wooden barrel, but a large piece is missing diagonally from the top to the bottom. Through the internal lights, you can clearly see the Dwemer-style rooms and steam pipes inside.
and various giant machines that have stopped working.
Although it is impossible to analyze the specific function, it can be roughly judged that the main job of this odor tower is to concentrate the waste, then compress it mechanically, and finally send it away. Just thinking about it makes me feel that the "stench tower" is worthy of its name.
And around the "tower", there are many building fragments of different sizes and similar materials to the tower, scattered irregularly.
"[According to my judgment,]" Paladin Galeb said through the snow elf's metal armor: "[The reason why the 'Stinky Tower' became like this is because most of its machinery requires manual control. When the dwarves suddenly disappeared,
Afterwards, the machinery went out of control on a large scale and eventually caused an explosion.]"
No, no, this is more like someone who took a big bite while the "Stinky Tower" was still working, chewed twice, and then was stung by the stink, and then spit it all over the floor...
Arthur inexplicably thought of the giant dragon devouring the world that he saw in his nightmare not long ago, and suddenly felt that its image had gone in a funny direction.
"Gah—scare—" When they were about to arrive at the main entrance of the Stinky Tower, Orred, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped and roared towards the roadside.
"Hoar!" Several mutated snow elves also wearing bronze dwarf armor came out of the darkness and communicated with Orred with roars. These snow elves did not wear full sets of armor like him, and some were missing hand armor.
The helmets were missing, and some even lacked breastplates. The missing parts were replaced by Zerus' leather armor, which looked very strange.
"I've never seen any of the snow elves on either side. It's interesting." Septim said tacitly, stroking his beard.
"I can only listen to the explanation of the 'Paladin'," Arthur shrugged: "Compared to [Twilight City] who wants to directly take us as slaves, it is always easier to talk here."
In order not to irritate Jane Russell, Arthur did not take the initiative to ask about the internal situation of [Twilight City], but judging from the few words she revealed, the Snow Elf King probably passed through what they called [Blood Thistle].
Scarlet Nairngen comes to control foreign adventurers to work for them, and for ordinary snow elves, it attracts them to join by "being able to transform back to their ancient appearance". Obviously, this "paladin"'s subordinates are unwilling to accept it.
The one that transformed.
After Orred communicated with the guard, he continued to take Arthur and his party to the Stinky Tower. Sophie, who was a little scared of the name, covered her nose, but soon found that there was no need. In addition to the dwarf engine oil and the water vapor of mechanical steam,
There is nothing that can be called a "foul" smell.
——18:39——
"Welcome, guests from the surface."
"..."
In a dwarf machine control hall, the adventurer team saw "Paladin Galeb" who had already communicated with them and was busy in front of a giant dwarf machine. Perhaps he had seen too many snow elves.
, I suddenly saw something that was normal and in line with human aesthetics, and I couldn't help but be "astonished".
He is tall and tall, wearing silver light ornate metal armor, carrying a broken gold rapier at his waist, his skin is snow-white, but not unhealthy pale, his long platinum shawl hair shines under the light of the magic stone lamp, and he has pointed ears.
, straight nose bridge, slightly slender silver-white eyes that always seem to smile when looking at people, thin lips slightly opened, and the voice is more hoarse and lazy than when it comes out through the dwarf armor:
"Perhaps, I should call you the pioneers of the comrades-in-arms? The envoys of Snowman City?"
Tsk, as expected, only such elves deserve to be called "snow elves". Should those mutated snow elves outside have their names changed?
"If you can, please call me 'Dragonborn'." Arthur replied quickly, expressing that he came in a personal capacity and had nothing to do with his actual background.
Septim showed no reaction, but observed with interest the large dwarf machine that the paladin was tinkering with. It seemed that that thing was transmitting sound through the dwarven armor in some way.
Lydia and Ella's performances were relatively uniform. After being amazed, they both turned to look at Arthur, as if trying to find something in him that could compare with the other.
There's no need to look for it, at least it doesn't appear to be there at all. Arthur rolled his eyes inwardly.
As the only elf present, Jane Russell looked shocked and muttered something like "How can a man be so beautiful?"
Babas...well, he was staring at Rabbit, and Sophie was busy holding the rabbit tightly to prevent it from jumping out.
"Although I really want to tell you the rhetoric I have prepared, Mr. Dragonborn, I think you won't accept it all," Galeb raised his silver-gray slender eyebrows at Arthur: "So, our communication
How about just starting with 'you ask and I answer'?"
He waved his hand and operated a few times on the giant console next to him. With the sound of mechanical friction, the ground opened and two rows of metal seats rose up.
"So... why don't you 'mutate'?" Arthur patted the nearest seat to make sure there was no dust and then sat down.
"Well, are you going straight to the core?" Galeb also sat down and folded his hands in front of him: "I want to correct a concept first, that is not 'mutation' or 'degeneration', but 'curse'."
"Hmm... Is it related to the sudden disappearance of the dwarves?" Arthur responded.
"Snow elves and dwarves are the natives of Skyrim Province, leaving many buildings and ruins behind," Galeb pointed upward: "until they were driven away from the surface by Sgramer waving the 'Uthrad'."
"Uh, hehe." Arthur quietly adjusted his sitting position to block the "Sword of Oath and Victory" behind him.
Galeb pointed to the surroundings again: "The dwarves took advantage of the crisis and asked the snow elves to be their slaves, but soon after they all disappeared inexplicably during the Battle of Red Mountain. How could an elven race turn into the monsters it is today in such a short period of time?
"
"Indeed..." Arthur looked around at the machinery around him.
A common theory spread on the surface is that the snow elves have lived underground for a long time and cannot see the sun, so their eyes have degenerated. They have worked as slaves all year round and have become as thin as firewood. Finally, because they are restricted by dwarves and are not allowed to learn knowledge, their thinking has also moved closer to monsters.
But the dwarves who would force them to be slaves disappeared thousands of years ago? And, there is no light? What are those magic stone lamps that stay lit day and night in the dwarf ruins?
"I have two guesses about who did it specifically, the 'God of Slavery and Harvest', [Molag Bal] or the nameless demon god in 'Black Sun'." Galeb nodded slowly as if confirming.
The so-called nameless demon god refers to the demon god who died but did not disappear unexpectedly. After losing all his godhood and priesthood, although his power is still there, he can no longer use his original god's name - because it has been inherited by the new demon god.
Arthur frowned: "If there is a fallen demon god there, it can indeed explain what [Twilight] did, but that Baal? You can't guess that he was involved just because his priesthood is consistent, right?"
"In this case, although the evidence is not sufficient, there is still some," Galeb smiled slightly: "[Blood Thistle] means 'Blood of Baal' in the Snow Elf language, and that [Twilight]
The king, Archbishop Versho, is alive today because he was transformed into a vampire."
After nearly a month of fighting vampires on the surface, there are also vampires underground?! Arthur almost reached out to pull out the two-handed sword from his back.
"After experiencing what you call the 'War of the Hall of the Vigilant,' he returned to our original cathedral for some unknown purpose, took out the Bow of God and gave it to the Saint of Baal, Lord Hakon, in this way
The evidence is sufficient, right? To answer your initial question, I spent these thousands of years because I was frozen in the cathedral." Galeb said.
That bow that fired arrows that even Sgramer could barely block?
"'Archbishop' and 'Paladin', were they the names of your time? Were they also worshiping various Holy Spirits?" For some reason, Arthur felt his heart beat a little fast.
"The gods we elves worship intersect and overlap with the human holy spirit. Some may be the same person, and some may be misinformation or variations," Jane Russell suddenly interjected: "But if we talk about thousands of years ago, the main god of the elves
There is only one."
"Aka, the god of time." Galeb continued: "The Elvish name is 'Ari-ae'."
"Not the 'Dragon of Time' [Akatosh]?" Ella asked strangely.
"That name..." Galeb shook his head and sighed, "My thoughts after hearing this after thawing out were: Humans can still survive. That Holy Spirit is really kind."
"Just changing the name of God?" Arthur continued to ask.
"Since you are a 'Dragonborn', do you know about the existence of the dragon roar [Dragon Break]?" Galeb looked at Arthur.
"I've heard about it," Arthur replied. In fact, he came to look for the Elder Scrolls just to learn about Dragon Break.
"Human beings created this 'changing time' dragon roar and wanted to use it to realize the fact that [Aka] and 'Ali-E' are not the same Holy Spirit, but they have never thought about 'changing time' at all.
In itself, it was hurting [Akka]. The Dragon of Time created [Dragon Break] under the pain that lasted for a thousand years. During that time, anything could happen, such as the inexplicable demise of mankind, but in the end he had no choice.
If you do that, after [Dragon Break] ends, [Aka] will become [Akatosh], and 'Ali-E' will also become the name of a certain Elf King." Galeb sighed.
"Indeed...kindness..." This style made Arthur feel inexplicably familiar.
Several pieces of information that seemed to be insignificant to each other had connected the surface and the underground, and told most of the information that Arthur wanted to know. It was obvious that Archbishop Versho had solved the problem in some way.
His own vampire bloodline - maybe it was a dragon break. After that, he gave the 'Bow of Ariel' to Hakon, and went underground to save his compatriots, but the method seemed to have some hidden dangers, and he might have been influenced by the devil and not consciously.
You know, then, now there is only one last question left.
"What is your purpose?" Arthur stared at Galeb closely.
"My purpose is actually the same as Versho's: to change back to what it was thousands of years ago and re-establish the Snow Elf Kingdom, but the method must be achieved through robbery or conquest. It is absolutely unacceptable to cooperate and trade with the devil like him."
Paladin Galeb said, slightly raising his head and looking at the sky: "In addition, we must isolate the connection between the surface world and the Black Fall, so as to prevent the emergence of a second 'Sgrammer' and plunge our people into an irreversible situation."
