There is a saying that only by passing by five hundred times in the past life can you get one chance to look back in this life, well...
——4E, 201, Hearth Moon, 20th, 7:17——
"Isbon? We have to leave." Delphine, wearing thick leather armor, was holding the newly received intelligence paper and pushing open the side door of the temple.
The Sky Sanctuary Temple was the stronghold of the dragon-slaying organization "Blade Warriors" before they officially became the imperial royal guard.
It was originally built on the northern coast of Skyrim Province, near Sattar, the first city of mankind. However, due to the impact of the "Great Collapse", it has been completely submerged by sea water, and it can only be called a temple ruins at present.
The temple that is currently largely intact and whose internal facilities are still available is located near the "Spear of Kas", which is where she is now.
Kass seems to be an ancient commander of the Forsworn, but his specific deeds are unknown. The Forsworn who have lived here for generations are not sure about this, but he probably used a spear.
When Delphine and Isborne came here to look for the temple, they originally thought they would conflict with these very exclusive Forsworn people. However, due to the return of the Red Eagle King, they have become able to communicate and resist together.
After being attacked by a fire dragon, he actually became friends with the nearby Forsworn Ones.
After learning that Delphine planned to enter the temple to stay for a while, the Forsworn took the initiative to clean up the frost spiders near the temple for her, and after paying some compensation, they were willing to help Delphine and the blade warriors everywhere.
Deliver information.
"Leave?" Isben walked out of the temple's living area holding a thick book, his voice very dissatisfied: "We have to record the action information of the ancient blade warriors in this temple, and we have to find the person who defeated Alduin.
How can I do that? You promised to find some assistants for me before, but now you say you want to leave?"
"Well, because there was an unexpected situation." Speaking of this, Delphine also felt a little unreasonable.
As a dragon slayer who was once worshiped by the Nords, the temple has naturally developed towards grandeur and scale. It has weapons arsenal, database, living quarters, living quarters, and even public halls and conference rooms. These days, they have just completed the residence.
A small part of the area and database have been cleared, and there are only a few uncertain guesses about how to defeat the "Eater of Worlds".
"Princess Emilia was kidnapped at the engagement party." She continued without waiting for Isbon to ask questions.
"Huh? So what? Where are those unlucky kidnappers now? Are they hanging on the flagpole or the roof?" Isborne said while turning a few more pages of the book in his hand.
"That's the emperor's style, I usually send the guys I catch to mine." Delphine raised her eyebrows.
"Don't go too far. According to the information you gave me, this princess seems to be quite powerful. I can't believe that she would be kidnapped." Isbon flipped through a few more pages of the book.
"So, the princess was [not] kidnapped, but the kidnapper did kidnap [the] princess." Delphine flipped through the intelligence records again, deliberately emphasizing the tone of certain words.
"...Tsk." Old Man Yisiben finally put down the book in his hand: "Can't cover it up? Make mistakes? Are you going to conquer them yourself?"
"That's right, we are not going to rescue the princess, but to protect His Majesty the Emperor, who is about to arrive in the sky, to prevent the Stormcloaks from taking the opportunity to attack, and -" Delphine flipped through the information again and read out the specially drawn words
Another piece of information: "Several members of the 'parliament' in the Capital Province have made some changes."
"Haha, His Majesty Martin has been in power for a hundred years. Although he suppressed them so much that they didn't dare to breathe, the rebound after the relief was also quite powerful. He took advantage of the war with Thalmor, the "Platinum Agreement" and the chaos in Skyrim Province to take advantage of the situation.
, which shows that they would rather give up Tianji and let the royal family divide their power." Isbon shook his head repeatedly.
"In short, we have to leave here as soon as possible. It will take a long time to gather the blade warriors and go to Dugu City. If there is still no plan to deal with the dragon, we can only give up temporarily." Delphine looked at the reliefs on the walls around the hall.
.
Those abstract scenes of people fighting dragons are said to come from the prophecies uttered by a certain Blade Warrior prophet after reading the ancient scrolls. Many of the scenes can indeed be verified with certain historical events, but the problem is that this one is surrounded by a circle
The relief walls of the hall have no clear head and tail, and several paintings can even explain events that happened at different times at the same time. Therefore, its interpretation has never been conclusive. It is completely impossible for Yi Siben to solve this mystery in just a few days.
possible.
"I roughly sketched those reliefs so that I can study them later," Isbon said. "If that doesn't work, just go find the Dragonborn who is very famous recently."
"He is now a baron in the neutral city of Xueman. Due to his status, it is impossible to cooperate with us unless the emperor or princess goes there in person." Delphine put away the information: "Get ready and leave. Princess' problem
It’s not our turn to worry.”
——8:22——
"According to analysis, the most suspicious keyword is 'the realm of light and shadow'," Parasos said as he ran: "The other keywords are like 'reactions' to certain encounters, only this one is like her
My own 'feelings'."
North of Reach and west of Snowrun, Emile and Xiaofan were riding Midnight to look for traces left by Mercer Frey and Eddie. Although there was still space on the back of the Shadow Nightmare mount, the Sharp-Eyed Eagle
The scout captain resolutely refused to sit up and crowd with them.
"Even this reasoning is useless," Xiaofan was holding the demon's hand to find the specific direction: "That guy is going to deal with the demon, so what does the so-called 'realm of light and shadow' refer to time, place or method? Or, in other words,
He can actually find a way to defeat the devil from the fake princess?"
"This is not impossible. Since we have been tracking him, maybe Her Highness the Princess finally eliminated the demon in that nightmare, and the main reason was this 'light and shadow'." Parasos continued to run.
"...Light." Emil turned sideways on the big black horse and pointed at Xiaofan's [Dawnbreaker].
"...Shadow." She took out her ebony dagger and gestured.
"It seems to make sense," Xiaofan nodded in agreement: "What about the realm?"
"..." Emil turned his head and looked at Parasos, but after noticing that he was waving his hands repeatedly, he withdrew his gaze and raised his hand to point at Midnight who was running below him: "...realm."
"Puff!" Midnight snorted.
"You 'borrowed' this from some noble, right? Is it okay to just count it?" Xiaofan's mouth twitched slightly.
"Although Her Royal Highness the Princess rarely does this, she does have the right to dispose of any wealth or people in the empire," Parasos, who already knew something about the experiences of the two parties after the separation, interjected: "It's just that she often uses this right.
In the case of offenders whose crimes are not worthy of death or whose circumstances are extenuating.”
"Hey, although as a superior, mercy is a good thing, but what if someone wants to take advantage of this loophole to commit a crime and wait for your pardon?" Xiaofan continued to study the hands of the demons and asked at the same time.
"...pretending not to be there." Emil replied without hesitation.
"Okay then." Xiaofan shrugged, then raised his hand and patted the black horse: "Turn left and stop at the temporary camp of the Imperial Regiment in front."
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The so-called "legion temporary camps" are similar to the campsites used by ordinary travelers, except that the locations are mostly remote, and the users are scouts, combat teams, or some people who know the location and use it boldly.
"Sure enough, he stayed here briefly, maybe not long ago." Parasos checked several tents in the imperial camp. The still warm campfires and fresh traces of life all showed that Mercer Frey seemed to be
Spent the night here.
"After he robbed [Azura Star], we can still see traces of his journey along the way, but now we can only find clues when he stops to rest. Could it be that he was using teleportation the whole time?" Xiaofan dissatisfied.
Complaining.
"After all, there is no comparison between a magic weapon of little use and a princess that attracts everyone's attention." After searching a tent, Parasos spread his hands to her.
"All eyes are on you? Are you looking at the air?" Xiaofan patted Emil who was sitting next to her. Since she stopped rushing, there was no place for her to contribute for the time being. Her Highness the Princess' figure had become transparent. If you don't look carefully, you can see her.
will be ignored.
"Whatever you think." Parathos turned around and got into another tent.
"Such a good thief is actually a princess," Xiaofan grabbed Emil and shook her to break her stealth state: "Even if you leave Skyrim Province in the future, we will keep the title of Guild Master for you."
"...It's an assassin." Emil tilted his head for no apparent reason.
Kakakaka——buzz——
Suddenly, the "Demon Hand" moved twice and extended its index finger to point south.
"Wow, it's so annoying. I don't want to deal with those people who have forsaken the oath." Xiaofan raised his forehead.
"No!" Parasos walked out of the tent, frowned and looked to the south: "When Mercer used teleportation several times before, the broken hand didn't respond at all. Now it seems that he had an accident with someone.
fighting?"
"It will be clear after you look at it!" Xiaofan pulled up the reins: "Midnight, let's go!"
——9:32——
"That guy is really awesome..."
Delphine was running away in embarrassment. The female warrior had several wounds all over her body, and the thick leather armor of the Blade Warrior was almost completely destroyed.
Although Isbon looked fine, his robe, hair and beard had some burn marks, and his complexion was also very poor.
"Who on earth said, 'We don't have to worry about rescuing the princess'? Ah?! We don't have to worry about it. Why bother when we just kill her!" the old man shouted loudly.
"Uh, haha, don't I think he is alone? Well..." Delphine sneered.
"One person can successfully kidnap the princess from the heavily guarded Dugu City. How can you have the confidence to defeat him!" Isbon continued to yell: "Is it possible that I have been living in seclusion for too long? I have no idea how to judge the enemy's strength and what to do based on the analysis results."
Have the current blade warriors completely stopped learning how to deal with it appropriately?"
"Obviously it's just a little bit worse..." The Blade Captain was being trained like a little girl who had done something wrong.
"And that's the princess stand-in! When we passed each other, she tried her best to gesture and wink at us, asking us to pretend we didn't know each other and mobilize more people to besiege you. You'd better do it! As soon as you turn around, you'll be on board! Huh...
…Huh…” Isbon had already spent a lot of energy while escaping, and after yelling these few words, Isbon became breathless.
"Well...it seems that the man didn't chase him. What should we do now? Find the person who is chasing him?" Delphine looked back and gradually stopped.
"Turn around and mobilize the nearby Blade Warriors first. If we do this first, the situation just now will be reversed," Isborne said angrily: "As a dragon slayer, Blade Warriors are best at using multiple weapons.
People work together to defeat powerful enemies, what about you? Personal heroism!"
