The Collection of The End

——4E, 201, Last Seed Moon, 17th, 11:00——

"Perhaps you were only hunting before and didn't discover the true face of the empire. Seeing how they don't hesitate to 'treat you the same', the only way out is to go to Windhelm City and join Stormcloak."

"No, even if the dragon didn't come just now, General Tullius was going to pardon you. I saw him leave Ulfric and come this way. The empire is just at the time when people are employed. With your skill, you must will be reused."

"To pardon a person who has not committed a crime, the empire is so bold."

"If you will quit the Stormcloaks, I can vouch for your innocence on my own rank."

"Hmph, when we reach Dugu City, I will spare your life."

After coming out of the bear cave, Arthur found a "beast path" down the mountain based on his rich experience. Although there are snow bears intimidating, there may still be bold beasts wandering nearby, so he held a longbow and explored ahead. road.

On the other hand, Hadava and Larov have been trying to recruit him from behind, and bickered with each other without a few words.

Arthur didn't care about the debate between them, and was devoting part of his mind to the "thing" he had just discovered - it was a bright starry sky where the specific positions of the stars were the same as those seen at night.

After experimenting, Arthur found that if he moved his gaze upwards, no matter whether he saw the top of a cave, the branches and leaves of trees or the sky, as long as he had the idea of ​​"wanting to see higher", he could see the strange starry sky.

Stars that had nothing to do with each other were connected by silver lines to form special constellations. After they were connected, there would be a virtual image of something on the very abstract constellations, such as the one he just shot. When Snow Bear was in the sky, a virtual image of an ordinary longbow lit up on a group of semicircular stars, and one of them became extremely bright.

This means that my mastery of bow and arrow has been upgraded, so I need to add points to my bow and arrow ability? A strange idea came to Arthur's mind.

There have always been different opinions about the way Tiber Septim ascended to the Ninth Holy Spirit. Now it seems that he may have seen such a starry sky.

If the stars in all the constellations in the entire starry sky were lit up - just thinking about it for a moment, the constellations in the sky made him feel dizzy, and he stopped at the same time.

"What's the matter Arthur?" Hadawa stopped and looked ahead. The cave was surrounded by artificial traces. Unburned bonfires, piles of wooden barrels and firewood, and simple furnaces all proved its identity. .

"That's the coal mine." Larov said, "The main mineral supply place in Ximu Town, we may be able to buy some supplies from the workers."

"How long have you been in the army?" Arthur looked at the entrance of the cave vigilantly. There was a man who didn't look like a miner standing there. ferocious.

"Three years, maybe four years." Larov also sensed something was wrong, and picked up the double-edged ax behind his back.

"Three years and seven months," Hadawa sighed. "When the Stormcloaks rebelled, we said we would join the army together. Who knew that the 'army' we spoke of was not the same army at all."

"It's not uncommon for this mine to be occupied by robbers during this period." Arthur handed the bow and arrow to Rarov: "Your weapons and protection are not enough to fight him head-on, so wait here. "

"Now we can know whether this excellent hunter has the means to deal with people." Larov checked the longbow and put his back on his back again.

"At least there is no problem with this." Hadawa watched Arthur's movements.

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Arthur just touched the back of the robber, in the starry sky of his mind, a constellation that looked like a poisonous snake suddenly flickered, and a certain star on it brightened up.

He was unsteady on his feet, kicked a fist and was randomly thrown on the ground.

The failed forging weapon immediately attracted the attention of the armored bandit who was resting against the pillar.

"It's really not the right time for you to get lost, friend." He raised his hand to draw the two-handed giant sword behind his back.

"Cut." Arthur leaned forward with a flying shovel, tripping the robber who lost his balance in order to draw the sword, and the half-drawn sword flew out of his hands. Arthur caught the two-handed sword and smashed it hard on the robber. On the iron helmet, the robber who was about to struggle to get up was directly knocked unconscious.

"Nice job." Arthur rushed out after an accidental miss, but when he reached Arthur's side, the battle was over.

"Huh? Still alive?" Larov followed and kicked the robber.

"I've been hunting animals, and I don't know what to do after catching a robber." Arthur was holding the two-handed sword and trying to swing it: "Should I hand it over to the guards in the nearby town or kill it directly?"

"After looting the property, throw it out to feed the wolves." "It depends on what they do." Raloff and Hadawa said at the same time, and stared at each other again.

"If you let them go, are you responsible for attacking Ximu Town?"

"How do you know they're not mining on their own? And I didn't say to let them go."

"Ha, you are obviously worried about the supply of goods in your blacksmith shop."

"Wait? The robbers will mine by themselves?" Arthur interjected after adapting to the weight, length and center of gravity of the two-handed sword.

"'Bandits' is a general term," Hadawa explained: "The robbers who occupy abandoned castles, Nord ruins and other places, mainly attacking merchants and pedestrians, the empire has always been directly eliminated, and occupied mines or beast lairs , Those who sell minerals, meat and furs to towns and cities are mainly forced to work after being dispersed or captured."

"What a coincidence, this kind of guy, Stormcloak has always been directly obliterated," Raloff sneered, there is a shortage of manpower in towns everywhere, and a guy who runs to be a robber when he can live as long as he is willing to work hard is completely unworthy Call it a Nord. "

"Hmm..." Arthur looked at the unconscious robber, hesitating a little, he wasn't sure what strange reaction the "starry sky" would have if he killed the robber.

"But he is your prisoner, and you will deal with it according to the rules, Arthur." Hadawa looked at Arthur and said.

"I decided to go into the mine to see what they were doing," Arthur shook his head, "If there are still people alive after the battle, then reconsider."

"Listen to you, it's not appropriate to let a group of robbers build a nest near Ximu Town." Laluofu tied the robber with a nearby hemp rope while talking.

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Umberrie felt very unlucky.

As a veteran who left his hometown a long time ago, there is no one in Ximu Town who knows him, but fortunately, the owner of the Sleeping Giant Hotel, Oggina, seems to have heard of his name, and prepared an abandoned warehouse for him as a shelter. Place.

Relying on his strength, he usually chops firewood at the sawmill to make ends meet, but the extra money is used to buy wine and drink, so he has been kept in a state of extreme poverty.

It is impossible for such a beggar-like person to arouse the interest of the robbers, so he often wandered around Ximu Town, and occasionally he could catch a rabbit for tooth sacrifice, but was captured by a group of robbers.

Those robbers locked him and several other unlucky ghosts who were also captured in the mine, forcing them to mine, and then melted the ore into ingots to sell, and sometimes made some low-quality armor and weapons.

Curse those blacksmiths who accept their goods no matter where they come from.

An Borui walked out from the depths of the mine while holding his waist. He suspected that he might not be able to chop firewood after he left here—if he could still leave, after all, there have been three landslides during this period, and sooner or later he would be buried too. go in.

"Dang!" "Zheng!"

The hall where the robbers gathered did not have as many robbers as usual. Three young men who had never seen each other were chasing and beating up a few fleeing robbers. They were wearing hunter leather armor and storm cloak armor respectively. , Imperial armor... Has the province of Skyrim been unified?

"This should be the last captive." After knocking down the robbers, the three young men walked up to Amborui. The young man in hunter leather armor and holding a big sword looked at him: "Old man, there are other prisoners The robbers caught the people who worked?"

"No, not anymore." Amberui looked at the familiar miners who were timidly following behind the young man: "They are all here."

"What?" he heard the young man in Imperial armor say to his stormcloak leather companion. "These brigands are just taking homeless men and forcing them to work."

"So what?" replied the Stormcloak, "We have to escort these miners back to the town. If we take those robbers with us, there will only be three of us. There will be troubles on the way. It is more convenient to kill them directly."

"Arthur, what do you think?" The imperial armor looked at the young man with the big sword who asked at the beginning.

"Hmm..." Arthur thought, raising the two-handed sword in his hand.

"This, my lord!" Amberui stepped forward with some courage and said, "Please take those robbers away and leave us alone!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone was stunned. Amborui saw that only a few of the more than ten miners showed dissatisfaction, and most of them were thoughtful, and they suddenly had a bottom line in their hearts.

"We have adapted to the work of mining and smelting in this mine," he continued. "Its mineral production and sales channels are also very clear to those of us. It would be a pity to let it go unused."

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of those miners who were still hesitating suddenly changed.

Yeah, Umberrie thought, everyone is homeless and beggar, it's rare to have a chance to make money, those robbers don't work at all, just sell the minerals they dug, and they can spend a lot of time, if the income belongs to themselves If you take control——

"Well...it seems feasible," the young man called Arthur nodded, "but your own safety is a problem, and you have to pay taxes to the lord."

"I'm familiar with those!" Amberui answered quickly, "I used to keep in touch with Ximu and Xueman."

"At least I can't think of any loopholes." Arthur looked at the imperial soldiers and the stormcloaks: "If the lord sends guards, there shouldn't be any other robbers coming here."

"Then tie up the robbers and take them away," said Stormcloak. "There are only nine robbers, and the guards in Ximu Town are enough to take care of them."

Not more than twenty? Amborui glanced around and saw the corpses of several robbers who had been cut in half by a big sword, and fell silent for a moment.