'Well...it turns out that this is what is drawn in the Elder Scrolls...'
I was on the top floor of the Black Zac Tower, and pulled out the scroll of the Elder Scroll to observe it carefully.
Speaking of which, although this is the "Elder Scrolls World", I have never read those Elder Scrolls that are readily available. After all, if you want to know something, you can see it directly. There is no point in taking such an extra step.
According to the settings, the Elder Scrolls are fragments of the prophecy left by the previous "Akatosh" when the world was destroyed and reshaped by Alduin. Because there is no entity, its number and content cannot be determined. Although Zha
This one of Keta seems to be alone, but as long as it is collected together with other scrolls, it will show wonderful characteristics. For example, there are clearly fourteen scrolls, and a certain holy moth priest took out one for the purpose of research.
Looking again later, the number of scrolls placed there is eighteen.
The scroll is drawn with a spider web-like radial pattern composed of black background and silver threads, and sixteen small oval-shaped bubbles are drawn irregularly in various places on this "spider web", with the annotation "Eternity" written in small characters.
Dusk", "Moonshadow", "Land of the Dead", etc.
If you look closely, the "spider web" as a whole is irregularly divided into sixteen areas in the outer circle and eight areas in the inner circle by the "spider threads" radiating outward.
It’s basically the Wheel of the World! People who don’t understand this worldview must not be blinded when they see it.
[No, to be precise, only a small number of people were evaded.] The stupid system interjected.
‘Oh?’ I motioned for it to continue.
[For mediocre people who only focus on what is in front of them, even if they accidentally open it, all they can see is a piece of black paper or shining white paper. For example, farmers who only care about crops, workers who only care about the progress of their work, etc.
Nobles who are thinking about how to expand their power and wealth through intrigues...]
'And there are guards who only focus on the baron?'
[Well...they are collectively called ‘ignorant people’. 】
'This feels like a personal attack...' I stuffed the scroll back, 'What do you call the remaining people? Prophets?'
[Intelligent creatures that can obtain information from the ancient scrolls are collectively called 'contacters'. They generally know its characteristics before opening the scroll, and are prepared to resist its influence with their own strength, knowledge and training. 】
'Like Arthur and his friends?'
[They... do count, but because they have not done any relevant training, each scroll can only be read once, and the information is obtained randomly. No matter what kind of information it is, it will not change no matter how many times it is read.] The stupid system is here
The replay of them reading the Elder Scrolls one by one was played in front of me.
‘You mentioned exercise?’ I pulled the scroll out again, but the pattern on it remained unchanged.
[It will be useless if you open and close it several times. Whether it is to dodge you or provide you with unknown information, it is beyond the scope of its capabilities.]
'It's so noisy, let's talk about exercise.'
[Basically, it is to synchronize one's mental state with the scroll, and try one's best to make the content shown in the scroll close to what one wants. In the second era, a group of monks did this. They were called 'Enlighteners', but because
Reading it once will make you go blind, and it is almost impossible to pass on what you see. Therefore, except for those fanatics who 'hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening', almost no one is willing to join them, and this organization eventually died out.]
'Um... blind monk?'
[They can't kick out vacuum waves, nor can they swing their tails.]
'Are you good at complaining? Moving on, should we talk about the Holy Moth Priests? Who are they?'
[Enlightener,] Stupid System said: [By resonating with the ancestral holy moth, they can watch the Elder Scroll once without injury, but they will still be blinded the second time. 】
Oh...because even if what you see the second time is difficult to convey, at least you can retain the gains from the first time, so is it called an "enlightener"?
[The information that can be obtained from the Elder Scrolls is highly random. Even so, no one dares to provoke the 'Platinum Tower' where the Holy Moth Priests gather for training and research. By the way, the "Platinum Agreement" is also there.
Signed.]
'The alliance under the city... After saying so much, I still don't know how Arthur became like this.' I stuffed the scroll back again and looked at Arthur, who was still in a coma.
Unlike last time, after reading the Elder Scroll, Arthur fell into a deep dreamless coma. Valmina's priesthood was of no use at all. Although I could forcefully wake him up, I was not sure whether there would be any sequelae.
[Since all the prerequisites and possibilities have been put in front of us, we can use the elimination method to analyze,] Stupid System said: [A famous detective said——]
'As long as all other possibilities are eliminated, then no matter how incredible the remaining possibility is, it is a fact - of course I know it.'
[So - to - say -] Stupid System lengthened his tone: [What he saw through the Elder Scroll was - you.]
This guy... How does one trip over the same stone twice? Try it again in another world.
——17:54——
[Mercer Frey enters Zak Tower.]
When I was thinking about how to wake up Arthur without any harm, the stupid system suddenly displayed a new surveillance screen in front of me. Mercer Frey, wearing a worn-out black leather armor, was bypassing the dwarf mechanical guard standing guard at the door, and quietly entered the prison.
Keta, and move quickly towards the top.
I seemed to have left him in the path of the Snow Elf mechanical army before, but he didn't follow the attack on Twilight City. Instead, he found Zac Tower in the opposite direction based on the traces they left?
Sure enough, if you want to be a nightingale, you have to take a different path.
[Now he doesn’t have any extraordinary powers except his original skills. How should we deal with him? 】
'Perhaps he got the news about the ancient scrolls here. I'll just wait and see what happens.'
Seeing that Mercer was about to reach the top floor, I quickly used the invisibility technique and teleported to the top of Zac Tower.
"Huh...according to the records, there should be an Ancient Scroll here..." After Mercer arrived at the "Starry Sky" exhibition hall, he looked around briefly and went directly to the Ancient Scroll in the middle of the hall: "It seems right, he can control so many
Dwarf machinery, this must be Zac Tower."
It seems that Zac Tower is also a famous surface that the disappeared dwarves are looking for...
No, wait? Without the power of Nightingale and the blessing of Nocturnal, this former Nightingale will be blinded.
【No, look.】
Click, before Mercer went to touch the ancient scroll, he took out a "welding mask" and put it on his face. Well, at least it looks similar. Most of its structure is forged from dwarf metal, and there are gaps for the eyes.
It is inlaid with pink translucent crystals.
That's... "Eye of the Snow Elf"?
[Yes, the eyes of this mask are made from two giant crystals that Mercer dug out from the Snow Elf statue. According to analysis, it can indeed withstand the "flash blind attack" of the Elder Scrolls. 】
'Isn't that a display that can only be sold for two thousand gold coins...'
[The posture of your statue——] The stupid system took advantage of every opportunity to create another icon, showing a very pitiful giant snow elf elephant with no eyes and soaked in the groundwater.
It's a good thing that you didn't pay attention. If you pay attention deliberately, you can tell that this giant statue is sitting cross-legged with its legs crossed and holding something with its arms outstretched - isn't it reading a huge scroll?
Therefore, when carving a giant elephant for a big man who can read ancient scrolls, it is natural that the eyes should be made of materials that can isolate the influence.
'The only problem is that Mercer is already shrewd enough to plan ahead?'
[Probably not, maybe he prepared it out of preparedness. If his own plan had not failed, he would not have needed this thing. 】
‘The Three Cunning Rabbits...Wait a minute? If a mortal reads the scroll directly and we can’t see what he is looking at, this way of reading with props?’
[Hmm...] The stupid system seemed unsure, so it zoomed in on Mercer's monitoring to the crystal goggles of the mask.
Huh - Mercer opened the ancient scroll and was stunned.
From my perspective, I can see two shadows of a man and a woman appearing on the crystal goggles. They are talking to a child who looks very similar to Mercer.
Judging from Mercer's clenched fists due to excitement, they were probably his parents.
The shadow began to change, the boy gradually grew up, the man with elf features did not change much, and the woman could clearly see the increase in age. She muttered something to herself, turned around and left.
The shadow continued to change. A middle-aged woman was praying in front of an altar, and the statue enshrined on the altar was constantly changing, and finally it settled on the statue of a tall, thin man with a native dog.
The woman stood up, said something contentedly, and then disappeared at the same time as the statue in the next moment. Mercer, who was watching, subconsciously stretched out his hand and grabbed the empty space.
The focus of the virtual shadow changes, and the "lens" is focused on the native dog. The picture gradually changes from virtual to real, and the native dog also transforms from the texture of a statue to a real dog. When the final frame is frozen, it is Babas lying on the ground and taking a nap.
, next to it is the picture of Arthur who is unconscious and Sophie who is taking care of him.
"I found you, Demon God." Mercer said viciously, put the ancient scroll back, and then walked downstairs with a sneer on his face.
Hmm... was [Calavikus Vile] responsible for the disappearance of Mercer's mother? It was probably some kind of deceptive transaction condition, but now he doesn't know where he is hiding, so he has to pay off his father's debt...
…I mean the main debt can be repaid by the dog.
When the two sides meet later, it would be fine if Mercer simply teaches the local dog a lesson, but if he wants to take action against Arthur and Sophie...if I don't help, he will be eaten.
