Lost Narrative Poetry

The properties given by Lord Balgruuf are all very good, and they are basically located in the wind area. This area is mainly a residential area, including the temple. Even the former comrades-in-arms group is located here, and strong mountain winds often blow from all directions.

But despite this, the scenery here is still excellent. People can freely choose a location here to overlook and appreciate the nature and vastness of the entire Xuemanling.

It is said that the rumored dragonborn also has real estate in this area, but since this is a real-world city, it is much wider than the lost people think, so there probably won't be anyone who happens to be a neighbor. things happen.

Xia Ran visited Xueman City with great interest. Because he took off his mask, people could not recognize him as the "powerful mage" before, which saved him a lot of trouble.

The residents of Xueman City are hospitable and very friendly. Even the vegetable vendors in the market are enthusiastic and willing to lower their prices if customers don't want to. Many people seemed to be full of passion and hope for tomorrow, from guards to vendors, and even children walking in the streets were talking about today's dragon slaying incident.

It seemed that what happened this time was really a shot in the arm, giving them the most precious hope and sweeping away all the gloom since the war.

Xia Ran couldn't comment on this. He didn't know the situation very well. Apart from his impression of the plot of the work itself, he only had some information he heard from hearsay... But even so, he also knew that Xueman City was not very good now. Better off.

The idea of ​​staying neutral is good, but in practice it is not that easy to achieve. Being caught in the middle may put you under greater pressure and make you walk on thin ice.

Unless the war can be ended in a short period of time, the empire is restored to unity, and the whole returns to its previous state, otherwise, it is estimated that Xueman City will be difficult to maintain.

Even if the Stormcloaks win, it won't work, because once it gets to that point, the Stormcloaks will definitely bring the entire Skyrim province under their control and will no longer allow Snowrun to exist independently...

However, the war is unlikely to end in a short time, and no one can guarantee that the empire will win and everything will return to the previous track.

Perhaps these common people and the soldiers of Snowman City who obeyed orders did not have such a long-term vision, but Xia Ran did not believe that Lord Balgruf had not thought about this matter, and after putting himself in it, he did not think that Is there any way to break the situation?

Unless Balgruuf is as powerful as the legendary Nord hero who slayed the dragon and built the Dragon Sky Palace... Personal force cannot change anything, and only strength can do nothing. This is simply saying that a joke.

The person who said this is just too weak, so he can't imagine what a truly powerful person can do.

Or maybe he is not only too weak, but also has no consciousness at all. Instead, he feels that he is already very powerful. He cannot imagine that there is anyone in the world who can be stronger than him. Therefore, since there is something that his own strength cannot do, it must be It is a problem that cannot be solved by personal power.

But no matter how you look at it, Xia Ran doesn't think that Balgruuf can break through at the critical moment, make rapid progress in strength, achieve great feats, and then be invincible... This is unrealistic no matter how you look at it.

However, doing nothing and waiting for death should not be this lord's style. So he was very curious, where did Lord Balgruuf put his chips, and what kind of big gamble could allow him to put all his chips?

Intentionally or unintentionally, he tricked some guards and went to the Mare Banner Inn to listen to the news of the lost people. He was sure of one thing——

That is the court mage Farenjia Secret Fire. Indeed, he has not appeared for a long time. Probably a few days after the Snowman City War, he gradually felt like he had disappeared, until now.

Some people say that he was seriously injured during the war and has not been able to recover until now...

Some people say that he was cursed because of the demonic artifact in Longxiao Palace. He was unable to resist the power of the demonic god and became weaker and weaker...

Some people also say that he betrayed the lord and was secretly executed during the reckoning. A man who died in an unknown place will naturally not show up...

Anyway, there are different opinions, and everyone has their own opinions, but there is no evidence that can be confirmed. Even the owner of the hotel said during casual chat that Lord Balgruuf had revealed his intention to recruit court mages again more than a month ago.

However, I have never found a suitable candidate——

Because the Nords are all barbarians with only muscles in mind, and Winterfort is the main gathering place for magicians in Skyrim. The number of magicians in other places is not only rare, but they often have special reasons or plans. , will stay in a place for a longer time.

Compared with the aborigines, there are not necessarily many mages among the Lost. The low-level ones are not in the eyes of Lord Balgruuf, and the high-level ones are not satisfied with serving as court mages. , but has a more ambitious pursuit.

So until now, Xia Ran triggered the conditions and temporarily took over the position of palace mage.

After all, he knows his actual level and does not have such grand and unrealistic pursuits. However, in the eyes of others, his spells are already very advanced, especially the fire magic that specializes in the destruction system, which has reached a quite astonishing level.

Maybe my magical attainments in other areas are slightly worse, but at least I have the qualifications to be a court mage...

It can be said that the two parties hit it off and everyone is happy.

However, Xia Ran felt that he might have really triggered some hidden branch or secret mission. If not, the disappeared Farenjia might be the source of confidence for Lord Balgruf, and the latter placed a bet on the former.

Perhaps the wise court mage found something and felt that there was hope to change the dilemma in Xueman City, so he devoted himself to it and started researching it. However, because the matter was so important, he had to block the news.

And Lord Balgruuf also felt that he could take a gamble, so he chose to support this matter?

Of course, there is no evidence to prove that this is the case. Xia Ran is just making subjective conjectures based on his own doubts and some untrue information collected.

Maybe there will be more clues to support his guess or deny his idea in the future. Anyway, we can't make a conclusion yet.

After buying some food in the hotel, Xia Ran returned directly to his property.

This is a two-story building, probably because it has been cleaned up, so it looks very empty. There are no books on several bookshelves, and there are no special decorations around. There is a room upstairs with An alchemy platform.

The alchemy table is a relatively special auxiliary device, just like the enchanting table. In the game, only by specifically finding this kind of facility can you perform alchemy or enchanting... But in this real world, there is no such restriction.

They can only process and preserve materials better, improve the quality of finished products and the success rate of manufacturing, and the extent is relatively small.

If the user is highly skilled, he or she can easily succeed with or without such a thing; but if there is a problem with the character's original design, don't expect these things to be of much use.

Xia Ran felt that the purpose of this alchemy table was to help him become familiar with the methods and steps of its use. After all, as a court mage, he always needed to master alchemy and enchantment.

In Farenjia's workshop in Longxiao Palace, there is an alchemy table and an enchanting table each. They look quite advanced, and there is no shortage of materials... He may not need to be proficient in this aspect, but the basic formulas are always To master it.

If he can't even make a bottle of basic recovery potion, or he doesn't know the basic operation of charging an enchanted weapon, then he, a court mage who just pretends to be a fake, will probably be exposed on the same day, and then pack his bags and leave in despair...

After checking carefully, Xia Ran found that in addition to a utility room behind the stairs, there was also a trap door set on the floor, which led to the basement.

He went down and took a look, but he never thought about the whimsical idea that "there happens to be some treasure down there. It was ignored when it was cleaned up before, and now it happened to be excavated by himself."

Although it's dark down there, it's relatively dry and empty with nothing left. Even though there was an old wooden door that was closed very firmly, he thought he had really encountered some adventure——

After all, strictly speaking, this property once belonged to one of the two traditional forces in Xueman City. Those two families hid some secrets. It seems to be a reasonable setting, right?

After struggling for a long time, he couldn't open it no matter what, so he used his mental power to detect...

Then I found that the back of the door was solid without any space. It seemed that the original owner was planning to expand the space, but he only had time to build a door, and there was no time to start the follow-up plan, which made him happy in vain. .

Come to think of it, how could I have such good luck!

He sighed and stood in the dark basement and looked around. He felt that overall, this building was barely okay, at least as a temporary shelter, there was no problem...

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at the same time.

Outside the house, two guards knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response. They could only look at each other with a wry smile: "Do you want to go back and report to the lord? It seems that the mage is not in his house?"

"Let's go back first, it's not too important..." Another guard sighed, "Speaking of which, others said that the Master Mage had entered the house before, so how could he not be here?"

"After all, he is a magician. Who knows what he might do... By the way, could he be in the basement and not hear our voices? Should we wait?"

"Don't be stupid, there is no basement in any house in this area..." The guard stared at his companion with a look that looked like a fool, "The underground space has been taken up by the Hall of the Dead in the temple, where else can we dig?"

The two of them walked away while talking.