This remote town, which is famous for its large cemetery, usually has few foreign tourists. But now the city is full of serious-looking elite sharp-eyed eagles, and no one is going out for shopping or entering a hotel.
"Then~Lord Sidgel."
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty the Commander-in-Chief."
Tuka Yagemi, who was wearing purple armor, was sitting on the main seat, flipping through the town's accumulated documents, while the real lord Sid Gale stood aside in silence.
"Can you please explain the rumors that corpses in the necropolis are frequently stolen, that alien werewolves inexplicably escape from prison after injuring people, and that officials secretly collude with bandits?"
Although the Sharp-Eyed Eagle is only a royal guard, and its commander has no real rights, if Yagmi directly kills Sidgel and reports some evidence of his "rebellion to the empire" after returning, it will not
There is no guarantee that there will be any punishment, even no explanation at all.
"This..." Sid Gale wiped his sweat, "As for the corpse, it may be made by a ghoul in the wild. And werewolves have all kinds of strange abilities. It is very possible to escape from the cages of ordinary prisoners.
As for colluding with bandits—no such thing!"
He knew everything about the Pinewood Tower Highwaymen. The adventurers who called themselves the "Knights of the Round Table" didn't even leave ashes for him, let alone any evidence, so they refused to admit it.
"Oh, I don't know." It seemed that Yagmi was not too interested in these things. He asked casually and put it aside, "So, how much do you know about the assassination organization that has been entrenched near Falkreath for a long time?
?”
"No--" Before he could deny it as a conditioned reflex, Sid Gale changed his words abruptly: "--not a lot."
Just kidding, the previous small question was just a test, this is the real serious question. If he really dares to answer, I don't know, that woman may really dare to draw her sword and chop him.
Combined with the news that the princess was kidnapped not long ago...it couldn't have been done by those guys.
"They call themselves the 'Dark Brotherhood', with more than 10 core members. Although the specific appearance and identity are unclear, it seems that there are demi-humans and even elves." He spoke when Yagmi looked at him, indicating that he should continue: "They are not fixed.
To fulfill the commission, a weird ritual called the 'Dark Ritual' needs to be held. They will send people to contact them - judging from some records, they did not respond to the secret ritual, so it is initially inferred that the ritual is just
As a guise, this Dark Brotherhood relies on its powerful intelligence capabilities to find its client."
"Hmm." Yagmi did not respond, but continued to flip through the documents.
"Great, great commander." When Sidgal was so nervous that he almost fainted, a sharp-eyed eagle scout pushed the door in, leaned over and whispered in Yagmi's ear.
With Sid Gale's hearing, he could only hear keywords such as "search", "not found", "pursuit" and "failed". He searched for the princess in the Dark Brotherhood's den but failed to find it? He pursued the escaped members but failed?
Random guesses.
"Thank you for your cooperation." Yagmi put away the documents and stood up to walk outside the lord's longhouse. When passing by Sid Gale, he said: "Please be ready to step down and hand over to Mr. Dangel.
The order should arrive soon."
What? That Stormcloak-leaning uncle, the former lord?
Sid Gale thought he must have gone crazy.
——17:28——
Morningstar City, Lord's Longhouse "White Hall".
As an old lord of a mining city, Scudder Felgus doesn't actually have much to do. All mining, transportation and sales links in the mine have agreed-upon norms and standards, although there are obvious differences in some links.
Loss and waste, but if he tries to reduce it randomly, it is likely to cause unexpected situations such as backlog of goods and transportation interruption.
Generally speaking, there is only one thing he needs to consider, which is the proportion of minerals supplied to the Imperial Legion and the Stormcloaks. As for other dragons attacking the convoy, digging up ancient ruins, orcs or vampires, and the happy couple in the city
There is absolutely no need to worry about trivial matters such as enemies accusing each other of trying to kill them.
"When the Emperor comes to the sky, the Stormcloaks will only be swept away like slag on the road. As the port city closest to Dugu City, Morningstar will definitely be attacked first, so I request that the proportion of minerals produced next be supplied to the empire.
Raise it to 80%, and then the legion will not regard this place as a priority target for attack."
"You are probably dreaming. The emperor did lead a personal expedition, but he did not bring an army. What is the use of those guard regiments that basically never leave his side? And the strength of the weaklings in the Imperial Regiment will not be strengthened by this.
We don’t need the lord to make things difficult, as long as he provides us with seventy percent of the trip, after all, this is still the territory of the Stormcloaks.”
"Who are you talking about?"
"Weak chicken talks about you!"
Felgus raised his eyelids and lowered them again. The mineral allocation ratio of four to six was the most appropriate ratio that had been revised and determined many times since the civil war, but both sides were quite dissatisfied with it.
The two sides confronting each other are Breena Sililis from the Imperial Regiment and Rockmar the "Banner Splitter" from the Stormcloaks. Both of them are women who like to talk more than use their hands. This may be due to the geographical location of Morning Star.
Due to the sensitivity of the product, neither side dared to send out big men who would start a fight if they disagreed.
However, privately, their respective guards, Joad and Horik Halfhand, fought with each other more than once.
At this time, just listen quietly but do not make any statement. Everyone can look forward to the future, but if he does not truly grasp the future, he will never act.
Boom - the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground and the sound of a woman speaking were heard outside the door.
"I brought the things, can I go see the lord?"
"This...please, please..."
Filgus looked up at the door, where he was guarded by his long-time servant Bullfreck. Since the two representative ladies were so ugly during the quarrel, he usually stopped other visitors at the door. If someone wanted to see him,
He will give some very exaggerated entry conditions, such as picking up a specific stone from the bottom of the port.
After the door opened, the lord was quite speechless when he saw a giant head outside the door. He had just complained a few days ago that the giants near the trade route had become restless, so he stated this as a condition.
As for the person who brought back the head, there is no need to doubt her strength. The only thing that needs to be worried is her purpose.
Dark armor, sword and shield combination, beautiful appearance, the most eye-catching thing is the dazzling blond hair.
The two female representatives who were arguing immediately shut up when they saw the person coming, and Brina even shrank towards the corner.
"Ahem," Filgus stood up: "Welcome, the president of the Blonde Women's Association, Ms. Frigga Broken Shield, I don't know who came from afar. Do you have any special instructions?"
As the eldest daughter of the Stormcloaks, the power she wields is comparable to that of Ulfric. Even the enemies of the Empire cannot ignore her existence.
Frigga Brokenshield lifted her hair that was floating in front of her and smiled: "It's not a big deal, but if I don't come here in person, I'm afraid you will think too much - the Stormcloaks are preparing to abandon Morningstar City.
Are you willing to follow me back to Windhelm?"
The long room fell silent for an instant, and everyone looked at Frigga with a confused expression of "Did I hear wrongly?"
"Ahem," finally Filgus broke the silence: "No matter what the reason is for you to do this, old man, I don't plan to leave. I just stay here and watch what will happen to the morning star."
——18:23——
Xueman, Longxiao Palace.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness Princess, could you please repeat it?"
"The Stalwart" Balgruuf felt that he had been frightened continuously recently. First, he was told that there was a huge kingdom of snow elves underground, but it had been solved. Then, the Imperial Legion and the Stormcloaks fought at the border.
, still tense at this moment, and then the kidnapped princess was found in the Rift Valley convoy, and now she appears inexplicably in front of him, so the princess who is about to arrive at Loristed is actually a lie - but all this
Nothing shocked him more than the words she just spoke.
"...I say, please take office as the [Supreme King] of Skyrim." Princess Emilia repeated it again.
"..." Balgruuf was silent for a while and then spoke again: "With all due respect, even if you are a princess, this matter is still not legally valid."
If Ulfric killed Toig a few months ago when he attacked him, then according to imperial law, all the lords of Skyrim have the right to become the High King, as long as more than half of the lords agree, but the real High King at this time
Toig is still very healthy. Although it seems that it was Her Royal Highness the Princess who rescued him, even this acceptance of fate is not legally justified.
"This appointment is legal, Your Excellency Balgruuf," the princess's guard Parasos said: "When he was attacked by the Stormcloak, High King Toig was severely injured and unable to govern, so the rights of the High King will be automatically transferred to the
In Dugu City, the person with the highest status besides Ulfric is Her Royal Highness the Princess. However, after Toig recovered, the princess did not transfer her rights. Therefore, the work Lord Toig is doing at this moment is 'voluntary' and 'unpaid'.
'Yes, strictly speaking, all his actions in using Dugu City's property are corruption...Pfft."
That stupid guard must have been snickering! Balgruuf tried very hard not to show a weird expression.
"Okay, then why me? Wouldn't it be just right to hand it back to Toig directly?" Balgruuf asked.
"...He is too weak." The princess said without giving any face: "Even if you are hit by the dragon's roar in the front, you will not die."
This reason is very convincing.
As the most commonly used dragon roar among the ancient Nords, even the ghouls in the graves will say "Vosloda". However, High King Toig was just brushed aside and stayed in bed for nearly a month before he recovered.
, simply too weak.
"... Toig is suitable to be a lord, but not suitable to be the 'Supreme King' of Skyrim," Emilia continued: "If it were you, my father would not object."
Ah, although I heard that this princess came to quell the rebellion in Skyrim Province, she has never done anything and did not pay much attention to it. Therefore, she finally believed that the way to quell the rebellion was to do it herself, "The Great One" Balgruuf.
Serve as High King?
As for legal issues, do they really matter when the emperor of the empire is personally conducting the expedition?
"Then, this is my honor, Your Highness the Princess." Balgruuf bowed slightly.
"...I'm going to see my father." Princess Emilia left these words and disappeared directly. Parasos bowed apologetically to Balgruuf and also sneaked away.
"I don't think the other lords would agree." Ileris, who had been acting as a muralist, took a step forward and said.
"I know," Balgruuf's expression seemed much more resolute at this time than when he declared neutrality and retracted: "If they want war, then give them war."
