The world is so wonderful, but I am so irritable. This is not good, not good.
——4E, 201, Frost Moon, 6th, 22:06——
Pseudo-Songard, the ancient city of Citadel.
Arthur was trying to fix his hair by the campfire.
Thanks to Zera's indiscriminate killing "Lightning Storm", after transforming back from the dragon form, his hair all stood up to the sky, looking like a blazing flame. Even after trying hard to straighten it for nearly a year,
When I was little, there was still a handful of them stubbornly sticking up.
As for the thunder itself, the effect was very good. Not only did it wipe out the ashes of the mercenaries and heretics, but even the ashes giants who were not very affected by the spell fell into paralysis, and Arthur took the opportunity to shoot them all to death.
And the incarnation of a certain snobbish holy spirit came again with her spiral sword and immobilized the ashes of the giants.
At this point, all the "four things" have been dealt with, but when Arthur went to the black-robed and silver-masked Jaeger to ask about the next action, she would only repeat one sentence: "King, please come to the throne, everything will be done."
As you wish."
What the hell, King! You are obviously very happy talking to other people, can't you say a few more words to me? The Demon God of Order is amazing!
According to others, the reinforcements that appeared this time seemed to be the legendary "Dark Brotherhood", but they firmly denied it, claiming that they were a different "Brotherhood" from the organization destroyed by the Empire.
Let them say whatever they say. After all, Emilia, whose father was assassinated, doesn't have any objections to this.
"...They can't beat Sister Yagmi anyway." Her Royal Highness the Princess said.
There is a small problem here. The "Shadow Nightmare" used by the Brotherhood to penetrate Sognard is very close to the princess, but the members of the Brotherhood exchanged glances with each other and completely ignored this suspicion, which made people a little concerned.
What's even more concerning is the girl in white who came riding a black horse and called it a "reindeer". She was vaguely the leader of the brotherhoods, but she didn't look like it. No leader would casually beat up the subordinates.
It doesn't work even if he dresses like a clown and is always hehehehe.
This girl who seemed to be named "Lily" seemed to know Zella and were quite familiar with each other, but Zella was a rare scornful person and basically ignored the girl's flattering behavior.
It was not convenient for Arthur to listen to the girls' whispers, and he was busy arranging his hair. From the analysis of only a few words they revealed, it seemed that Lily and Zella knew each other originally, and the two of them had been in the same place.
However, by chance, one of them entered the Mage Academy and the other joined the so-called "Brotherhood". During this period, the two never stopped contacting each other and cooperated several times. Until not long ago, it seemed that Lily wanted to protect Lily.
This organization has paid a huge price, and Zella has put in a lot of effort to help her, and now he is extremely angry to see her still hanging out with those "brothers."
So, what's the price? She seems to be very energetic and energetic. Could it be that she took some medicine or was cursed by the devil and became smaller? Hahaha, how is that possible?
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Judging from Zela's time-showing spell, it should be close to midnight at this time, and it's time to find a place to rest. But the problem is that the city has not returned to its original state because the "four things" were reduced to ashes. All members of the team have
Unwilling to rest in a house entangled with strange tree roots, and with the dazzling red light of the "Hall of Valor" already very close at hand, Arthur gave up on arranging his hair and decided to continue on his way.
This "space transformation" was very natural. After passing through several blocks of the city, a wide river suddenly stood in front of everyone. Although it looked like a river, it was pitch black and completely stagnant.
People can't tell the difference between the upstream and downstream liquids, so it certainly can't be water.
Above the river, there was a bridge made of thick, strong, but rusty chains, and at the end of the bridge, stood a black giant - a "giant" man in the literal sense.
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He is three or four times as tall as an ordinary person, and his appearance can be vaguely of Nord blood. He is bald, his eyes are glowing red, his skin is dark, and he is wearing black full-body heavy armor. He is holding a root in his hand and the material cannot be seen.
, a huge black stick with dark red lines.
This look gave Arthur the illusion that he would rush over to him roaring "[Ah——Arthur——!]" in the next second, but when he thought about it carefully, he probably had never seen such a person before, even if he had seen him before.
It's impossible to defeat him, let alone kill him.
"[My name is 'Sun']," the pitch-black giant spoke, with a voice as loud as thunder: "[He was ordered by King Sgramer to guard the 'Dragon Backbone Bridge' and was responsible for testing the qualifications of those who tried to enter the Hall of Valor. Wandering Soul
, report your identities during your lifetime!】"
This is interesting, Arthur thought. According to the incarnation of Jegrag, wandering souls will continue to lose their memories, leaving only hatred. So how many powerful wandering souls will be able to remember their lives after coming here?
What's the matter? And judging from the tone and appearance of this big guy, it's obvious that the "test" cannot be solved through words. Finally, what is the correct way to answer this question?
"In the name of the God of Wisdom and Logic, [Ulianos], I am the Chief Mage of Winterhold College." Seemingly sensing Arthur's hesitation, Zeira stepped forward and said.
"[Very good,]" the giant said: "[I will test it with 90% strength.]"
Uh, so it turns out that now is the time to move the backstage? Well, if I must say so.
"In the name of [Scrammer], I am the pioneer of the Comrades." Arthur said.
"[Very good, 60%]" the giant responded.
"Woof! In the name of [Calavicus Vile], I am his dog!" Barbas shouted to join in the fun.
"[...80%]." The giant's face was expressionless.
You dead dog!
"In the name of [Sgramer], I am his shield protector." Lydia showed the "relief" on her shield that had been given by Sgrammer.
"[Seven and a half percent.]" The giant nodded slightly and glanced at Arthur.
Is this because the effect is weakened because of the duplication of identities?
"In the name of Isaac Rocknir and Sinestra - I am Sophie." Sophie, who had secretly swallowed a dryad before and felt quite uncomfortable, interrupted.
"[Seven and a half percent.]" The giant seemed to think for a moment, but came up with nothing.
That's of course, what's the use of using the names of parents? No, wait, it can really be used if it's her.
"In the name of [Akatosh]," Emilia said, "I am the princess of the Septim Empire."
"[Welcome, Your Highness Princess, I will test you and your partners with 50% of your strength.]" The giant lowered his head slightly.
The differential treatment is too obvious! And why do you, an ancient being, care about the current empire?
"He doesn't value the status of 'princess'," perhaps Arthur's expression was too obvious, so Zella said to him: "The key lies in the first sentence."
"Wow! Actually, I just wanted to say that I was [Dagon]'s dog, but I couldn't help but tell the truth." Babas said dejectedly: "What a shame."
"In the name of [Dagon]," Tugou's words seemed to have reached a certain prerequisite, and a slightly hoarse girl's voice sounded: "I am his 'saint'."
Arthur turned around and saw that ripples like water appeared in the void next to Emile, who had just made the princess declaration, and then a girl wearing a smart brown leather armor walked out. She was playing with an ordinary-looking hand.
Nothing fancy, but a razor that feels extremely dangerous.
If the information Arthur obtained from Satya is correct, this should be the uniform of the Thieves Guild?
"In the name of [Merydia], I am his 'Dawn Breaker'." Another blond girl also walked out of the ripples. She was dressed similarly to the girl before, but overall she was light blue.
She wears a hard leather armor and wears a dagger at her waist that is constantly emitting a gentle light. The most special thing is that there seem to be six slowly expanding wings of light looming behind her.
"...Sapphire~Xiaofan~" Emil's tone rarely showed some joy: "Where is Ilia?"
"Tch..." Sapphire seemed to roll her eyes: "We really thought too much."
"It doesn't matter, it's just 'you'." Xiaofan seemed to be very proud for some reason.
"Well, in the name of [Nocturnal], I am her 'Nightingale'..." The girl who finally appeared had long silver hair and red eyes, which made Arthur's heart skip a beat, but she shrank back.
His attitude immediately suppressed the beating.
"Ugh... you are obviously nightingales too..." Illya complained to the two friends who appeared first.
"Forget it, Lady Night told us to allocate the Nightingale Bow, Nightingale Sword and Nightingale Power on our own, but they all went to you. We'd better play with ourselves." Sapphire made a trick with the dagger,
He raised his hand and pointed at "Sun" on the bridge: "Are you the demon god I want to kill this time?"
"Hey, why do I think it has some undead tendencies?" Xiaofan turned the dagger in his hand, which became more and more dazzling, and stared at the black giant: "The red eyes that don't know their own death? What a pity, [Merydia]
What I hate is all 'non-living things', whether blue light, yellow light or red light, they are all within the destruction range of this 'Dawn Breaker'."
"[10% strength]," the black giant "Sun" completely ignored Xiaofan's threat. After nodding, he picked up the giant stick beside him: "[Come on! Only by defeating me will you be qualified to meet the king!]
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As soon as he finished speaking, he swung his stick suddenly, and his whole body suddenly turned into a black whirlwind and rolled towards the crowd.
"Bang——!" After hearing him say "10% strength", Arthur tried to confront him head-on. He swung his sword directly towards the whirlwind, but as soon as he made contact, he was knocked away without any resistance.
You say this is 10%? What about the basic trust between people?
