The Collection of The End

My name is Akatosh,

...Is there such an operation?

— 4E, 201, Hearthfire, 7th, 9:04 —

The fiefdom where Windhelm City is located is called "Eastmarch". It is called one of the four "Ancient Passes" because it is bordered by Morrowind Province. River, White River, and the River Yogrim (River Yogrim) from the mountains to the east.

When these rivers pass through the surrounding mountains, countless large and small caves, karst caves, and tunnels are created in those famous or unnamed mountains. Due to the large number and wide distribution, the officials of the city hall of Windhelm City can't even There is no idea of ​​​​naming them, and as a result, the naming rights of these caves are handed over to the bandits who occupy them-if a small army or adventurers clear out the bandits or evil wizards who occupy there for various purposes, then The cave will take on the strange title they used when they occupied it in the town hall records.

And the "Sounding Hill Cave" in the southwest of Windhelm City is such a stronghold.

Different from other bandit strongholds that just use the original terrain to patch up some wooden doors and wooden walls to divide the space, the various buildings in this "Sounding Hill Cave" are completely made of stone, and the flags, torches, organs, etc. Iron gates, traps, residences, conference halls, restaurants, and prison cells are all available, and the level of complexity seems to make people feel like they are inside a fortress.

"Mr. Lin Wei," a man wearing dark blue scout leather armor in a storm cloak was standing in the conference hall, and said to the brigand leader who was not sitting in front of him, "Mr. 'Recent actions are very dissatisfied, please explain."

If any Nords who firmly believe in the concept of "Nord supremacy, counter Thalmer" promoted by Stormcloak appear here, they will definitely feel the collapse of their worldview, because the bandit leader who is being questioned is the ear Spiky Elf, a blond, handsome male high elf.

Although it can be confirmed that "Summer's Shadow" is indeed Thalmer's conspiracy, it can also be seen from the attitude of this scout that Ulfric has some kind of cooperative relationship with them.

"Explain?" The high elf named Lin Wei was staring at the nails on his hand: "Didn't he ask us to make trouble for the 'Shawl Blonde'?"

"If you don't weaken the voice of those women, the lord will not be able to raise troops to attack Xueman City," said the scout, "but your behavior this time has offended the demon god. The lord hopes that you can return it as soon as possible—"

"Shut up! You idiot!" Lin Wei suddenly interrupted the scout: "Don't call the name of the demon god in vain! If you attract his attention, I will be the first to kill you!"

"Hmph," the scout paused for a while before retorting unwillingly: "After getting 'that thing', 'that''s attention may not have left, so you'd better find a way to solve this matter, my lord I don't want to be affected by your stupid actions."

"Hehe, what do you think the demon god is? Omniscient and omnipotent?" Lin Wei grinned: "If they dared to let go of their hands and feet to spy on and interfere in the Nirn world, they would have been wiped out by a certain holy spirit long ago, even if it was their own demon weapon. He only dared to confirm whether it was used, if he didn’t call it by his name and be pinpointed, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.”

"...Please respond to the lord's question." The scout did not intend to talk about dangerous topics such as the Holy Spirit and the Demon God, and turned back to the topic: "The person with the 'blond shawl' is asking adventurers to investigate this matter. How far has it gone?"

"The agreement I reached with Ulfric is beyond your comprehension. You go back and tell him: the 'star' is the lock, and I have the 'key'." He started to play with the dagger, and never looked at the scout again.

"Hope you know what you're doing.

"The scout saw that the other party had given up communicating, so he left a sentence and turned away.

The conference room fell silent, only the heraldic flags of the Empire and Thalmer hanging on the wall fluttered slightly in the wind.

"You don't need to look for it, it's on me." Lin Wei suddenly said, "I sent all my subordinates on purpose and let the lord's guard who called himself a scout come in. You still don't understand what I mean?"

"Although I have thought about the possibility of being discovered, I am more willing to believe that Thaumo is a bunch of fools." The air fluctuated a few times, and Xiao Fan, who was wearing the armor of the master of the Thieves Guild, sat on a chair not far in front of Lin Wei. show up.

"Obviously, you underestimated my wisdom——" Lin Wei suddenly raised the dagger in his hand, and stopped a sharp knife that was slashing towards his throat with a ding: "——and strength."

"... Powerful." Amir, who failed the assassination and appeared directly, took advantage of his strength to jump back, watching the dagger in the opponent's hand vigilantly, and quickly walked back to Xiaofan.

"We are entrusted by Ms. [Azura] to retrieve her [Azura Star]. If you don't want to become an enemy of Ms. [Azura], you'd better hand it over." Xiaofan rolled his eyes Turned around and said suddenly.

"Hehe... It seems that you guys came quite early, but unfortunately, I said that I wanted to kill that guy just to avoid affecting his master. As for myself, I have offended more than one demon god." Lin Wei finished speaking , took two things out of his pocket.

One is a crystal-clear gemstone shaped like a shining star, but the color is a bit dull; the other is a weird key that is bigger than an ordinary person's fist. Its front end is not a key tooth, but It is a smooth metal skull.

"Could it be the [Skeleton Key] of [Nocturnal]!?" Xiao Fan didn't forget to dig a hole for the opponent even though he was shocked.

"Hehe, yes, what will happen if a magic weapon that 'locks' a soul space meets another magic weapon that can open any kind of 'lock'?" Lin Wei said, suddenly holding the skeleton key with Azu Pull the stars together.

Kachacha—the sound of something breaking came from the air, and then, a crack exuding crystal clear blue light appeared, engulfing Lin Wei directly, and his last words echoed in the conference room: "Remember my Name it, girls, I'm not 'Lingvy', I'm 'Mercer Frey'!"

"Is this the creation of a space tunnel... But he could do it after he got the [Azura Star], why did he deliberately wait for us to come?" Xiao Fan frowned and looked at the place where Mercer Frey disappeared. place.

"...to show off?" Amir tilted his head.

——9:35——

Lake Ilintana used to be a swamp a long time ago. It was a sentry tower built by the rulers at that time to monitor the enemies or beasts slipping past there. Now that other swamps have become lakes, the sentry tower in the middle of the lake The tower has lost its original function, and rumors of ghosts spread from time to time, so that nearby fishermen dare not approach.

At this moment, the "Elintana Watchtower" that lowered the entire lake center island below the lake may soon be renamed "Elintana Abyss" by the nearby residents and adventurers.

"I have to say, this is the best mistake you have made these days." In the Elintana sentry tower that sank to the bottom of the lake, a brown-haired woman in a light yellow mage robe was lying beside a snow bear. She was patting the shoulder of another male mage beside her vigorously.

"That... I really just want to set up a shielding barrier, who knows, how, um... it became a waterproof barrier and sank the island." The mage who was being patted on the shoulder had brilliant blonde hair and a handsome appearance Well, wearing ordinary mage robes on him also looks elegant. If it weren't for his forced smile and hesitant speech at the moment, walking out would probably cause many women to exclaim.

It's just that there are twos and threes around, each with some summoned animals, and the female mages who are commenting on the environment of the sentry tower seem to turn a blind eye to him.

"You... who are you!" On the ground beside the two of them was a middle-aged mage who was tied up, with a vicious and fierce face: "Where are my apprentices? Is it because of you that we failed to summon?" of?"

"Your apprentice? Isn't it a spare test product?" The female mage turned around and kicked him: "If one of your apprentices didn't find something wrong, stole [Azura Star] and escaped to ask for help, you are crazy Don’t you want to kill them all? … By the way, what’s the name of that apprentice?”

"It's Harlon, the summoner." The handsome mage replied quickly.

"What did you call me?! Do you want to die? Altun!" The female mage glared at him and kicked the bound mage again.

"Xiao Xia (sum)! It was a slip of the tongue just now," Otun bowed again and again: "Su Mo Night Firefly (summer·night·Firefly), my dear wife, I will never forget .”

"Hmph, this surname can scare a group of people to death in Gaoyan Province, but why is it passed down as a 'summoner' by the barbarians in Skyrim Province." Su Mo turned to stare at the bound mage: "'Marin Valla 'Yes, you were arrested for stealing bones from Falkreath Necropolis to practice summoning."

"Hehehe, you don't even know what you have done, such a great spell..." Marin muttered to himself, his eyes flickering fiercely from time to time.

"We are one step ahead, you haven't started experimenting with living people, so you are not guilty of death, but we have a hundred ways to make you unable to use spells anymore," Su Mo's hand emitted a blue light, forming an illusory With his big hand, he lifted Marin with one hand and walked deep into the tower: "According to the rules of adventurers, this place belongs to us."

"About other people...such as the escaped apprentice and that Harron?" Otun followed behind like a follower.

"If some of them are willing to learn the animal summoning technique, we can accept it," Su Mo replied without turning her head: "Didn't that Harlon get in touch with the caravan of Windhelm City a few days ago? Don't worry about him, It should have gone far away."