After leaving the sinkhole, the black dragon roared in the distance and left to the west. Everyone sighed after escaping from death.
Seeing that they were about to part ways, Hadawa pulled Jonas back and said that he would go to Ximu Town to rest for a while. If he needed help, he could go to the town to find his uncle. Hadawa also said that he would entrust a friend to help Xueman.
Lord Balgruuf reports that a giant dragon has appeared and we have to guard against it.
Jonas's mind was now filled with thoughts of Baron Dillo, and he didn't pay attention to Hadawa's implicit hint. He just nodded, "Well, that's good. You go, I want to go to Winterfort."
"Can……"
"Goodbye, good friend." Jonas shouted and flew up, whizzing away towards the northeast.
Hadawa was stunned, "But do you know how to get to Winterfort?"
Jonas didn't know how to get to Winterfort. He just felt that something in the northeast was attracting him. It was a sense of déjà vu. The mountains and rivers along the way, even if they had never been there in his memory, were still there.
It's hard to get rid of that familiarity in life, just like the scenery in a dream.
All the way from the warm plains to the windy tundra, especially the Winterhold Territory, made Jonas feel palpitated.
He recalled that he saw a "Skyrim Province Travel Guide". He forgot when he read it, but it mentioned that Winterfort was a dilapidated village. However, what appeared in front of him now was a huge cliff-side city with very complicated complexities.
Deeply, the road runs through the mountain, and the illuminated fire breaks through the snow curtain. If the Winter Castle was originally a jelly bean located on the corner of the sea cliff, then now it is a silk mesh wrapping the corner.
Viewed from the sky, Winterhold Castle is like a crown, and the Mage Academy on the isolated island is like a shining pearl.
"Mage, you have violated the "Levitation Act". Land immediately and be examined!" A high-pitched roar came from an observation deck on the top of a mountain outside the city. For a while, the snow in the sky was shaking.
Jonas landed on the lookout obediently, and a Khajiit mage walked towards him. The man was stunned when he saw the boy, "Jonah?"
"Who are you?"
The Khajiit mage turned to his companions and asked, "Jonah, Jonas is back!"
The boy was a little confused. Half a minute later, he was brought into the observation deck. He was greeted by a warm fireplace, hot mead, and large pieces of spider leg meat. After a full meal, his whole body felt warm and his mind was clear.
"You know me?"
"Oh, it seems you have lost your memory too."
After some conversation, Jonas became confused again.
"I have an adopted father? Wait, I'm from High Rock? But I remember the White Gold Tower... Baron Derro was my best friend? What else? Huh? I'm trapped in the past? What? Nineteen years...
…Huh? My adoptive father is missing?” The amount of information was too great, and his former classmates all recounted it, and by the end Jonas had become numb.
At this time, Di Luo hurried over and hugged his old friend, "You kid, you are finally back!"
Meeting old friends, although Jonas did not remember the heroic and rough man in front of him, the feeling of intimacy could not be faked.
The boy was led to see his adoptive mother, a dignified Nord woman, wearing a comfortable white bear skin cloak and a silk dress underneath. Her green eyes were like clear pools. She was obviously not young yet, but she still had the liveliness of a girl.
Being angry makes people feel close to you when they see it.
"Madam, I am Jonas." The boy was a little nervous.
"As long as you are here, you are still alive. You don't recognize me now, do you? It doesn't matter, we can get to know each other again. I am Serana, your adoptive father's lover."
"Mother."
"You don't have to force yourself. Your adoptive father has always only asked you to call him Mr., you can just call me Madam." Serana waved to him, leading Dillo and the boy, surrounded by a group of warriors wearing steel armor.
Go to the top of the tallest tower of Winterfort, where you can see the Azura statue on the top of the mountain not far away. The city in the wind and snow is covered with fog. Being in it and exploring it from high altitude have different senses.
It's dark now, but there are still many pedestrians on the road, holding torches and lanterns, laughing constantly, walking between shops and houses, trading activities are free and prosperous, there are also children playing, the joy is making people smile, and the guards are all wearing heavy steel armor
Armor, hot steam spurts out from the air valve on the back from time to time. In such low temperatures, it turns into a snow column at once.
The buildings in the city are distributed in piles, like mushrooms springing up after a rain, and each cluster is very dense and well-organized, which makes people feel comfortable. They are all made of hard materials such as bricks, concrete, and granite. They look cold and neat, giving a sense of solemnity.
The roads are continuous and criss-crossed, winding along the mountains, cutting the city into six or seven circles. There are also many scenes in the mountains, which cannot be seen from the outside, but they must be very regular.
Looking to the north, there are many giant steel ships plying the Sea of the Dead. The location of Winterfort is not suitable for building a port, but you can see a long row of ships coming continuously and sinking into the back of the mountain wall, making people wonder where they are going.
In fact, the mountain was hollowed out to create a semi-enclosed harbor, with a huge cargo throughput. The bitter cold land of Winterfort would never be able to develop so quickly without sea transportation.
Serana introduced these details to Jonas one by one.
"The construction of this city only took fifteen years. Firstly, it relied on the drawings left by your gentleman, how to connect all walks of life, how to build houses through mountains, mechanical labor, etc. Secondly, it was the people of Winterfort who laid down
Prejudice, working together with the academy, and obtaining the miraculous power of all the mages, this is how we can achieve such speed. Slowly, this place has become the largest city in the sky, even better than Xueman."
Jonas was speechless. He only felt that human courage could have such a power to change the world. It was really touching. With such great power, how could he be afraid of any difficulties that he could not overcome?
"Sir is amazing."
"That's natural. Have you really forgotten him?"
"...Yes." Jonas felt a sense of shame in his heart. He had been bombarded with all kinds of information before, and he had slightly lost his ability to judge. He only felt that it was a pity that he had lost his memory. Until now,
Only then did he realize that his adoptive mother had other plans.
"Then you should go find him when you have time."
"I heard he has been missing for several months."
"But he is not dead after all... Putting aside these things, he has already predicted your fate. Since you are a dragonborn, of course you have to face two formidable enemies."
"Two great enemies?"
"One is Alduin, the Devourer of Worlds, and the other is the first-generation dragonborn far away in Solseheim. Even if you hide at home, you will have to face it sooner or later. In this case, why not take the initiative? Why, sir?"
You left three things, two of which I can entrust to you in advance, and one that you need to come to me again when you really decide to live towards death."
Jonas frowned, what does it mean to decide to live towards death?
