The Collection of The End

My name is Akatosh,

In fact, the original snow elf is really handsome.

— 4E, 201, Hearthfire, 9th, 22:15 —

"According to the instructions of [Hand of the Demon Race], that 'Mercer Frey' should be in—"

"...Solitary City."

"It's under our feet!"

In the middle of the night, the heavy snow had stopped, but the wind passing through the mountains became more violent, and the large snow particles that were engulfed in the sky looked like huge waves of white mist.

But amidst the huge waves, there are two slender figures who are completely unaffected. When the flying snow particles approach them, they will slide away to both sides as if hitting some invisible wall. The only trouble is that because the legs are not long enough, the boots will get stuck in the snow and it is not easy to walk.

Xiaofan is still wearing the leather armor of the blue-gray guild master, but has added a fur coat with a hood on the outside. At this moment, she is holding a cat with pointed nails. The whole body is black and shiny, as if carved from obsidian. There is also a large hand with many lines on it, and its index finger is pointing straight towards the ground.

"The state of [Devil's Hand] proves that [Azura's Star] is in the cave below. What we need to do now is to find the entrance." She said to Amir.

Amir is still wearing the fluffy white dress, but she also put on thick fleece pants, cotton boots and gloves, and a black scarf that covers her mouth so that only her eyes are exposed. very warm.

"...Sister Jeanne said he was in Dugu City." The girl shook her head whistlingly.

"She arranged this thing for us. Why do you think her casual words are more reliable than the instructions of magic items?" Xiaofan walked around in a circle for a few steps, and even changed several postures for [Hand of the Demon Race] , but the statue's fingers are still firmly pointing to the ground.

"...Because she is good-looking." Amir thought for a while, and then replied.

"My self-esteem has been seriously hurt—" Xiao Fan freed his hand and pulled his hood, then walked down the hillside holding the [Devil's Hand]: "Anyway, you have to follow me!"

"……Oh."

[The Hand of the Demon Race] is the chief mage assistant of the Mage Academy. Mirabelle Erwen sold it to them at a friendly price of 518 gold coins. The "shell mound" in the underground space of the college, each finger and the ring on it corresponds to a kind of magic. Their arrangement and combination have caused some troubles to some apprentices who discovered it. In the end, all the magic effects were destroyed. The troublesome "Divinator Duran" was wiped out directly, and now it is just a beacon that can indicate a specific magic artifact.

As for the revenge of the Demon Race... it had better dare to take revenge, the summoning instructors are short of experimental materials.

"Hmm... Maybe this is the lair he used to take away his belongings on the way to escape?" When Xiaofan walked down the hillside to look for the entrance into the ground, the [Hand of the Demon Race] kept pointing at the slope of the mountain wall. Below, basically no movement.

"Or, is he taking a rest while using two magical artifacts at the same time? After all, the combined teleportation magic cannot reach the level of free teleportation in the entire sky." Since Amir basically has no constructive suggestions, Xiao Fan didn't wait for her answer and continued to guess.

In fact, there has never been a precedent for using two demon gods' magic artifacts at the same time, and I don't know how that guy was not punished by the demon gods.

"...I found it." Amir's voice came from not far away.

"Really? Let me take a look—hiss!" Xiao Fan rushed over while observing the direction of the [Devil's Hand], and then directly took a breath.

It was a group of stone buildings with yellow roofs and white walls. Although most of them were buried by snow, you could see what was underneath just from the brass-colored fences and thick gates—— of the Top 10 Places\

,"The top ranked "Dwemer Ruins".

First of all, since the Dwemer, or dwarf elves, and the snow elves driven by them as slaves were driven underground by Tiber Septim, they naturally would not use the current Septim gold coins. In the past, until they angered Azura and were exterminated, they used copper coins made by themselves, which are just scrap copper at present.

Secondly, the steam mechanisms they use cannot be closed and opened by current thieves at all, and the various mechanical servants used for defense, whether it is spider workers, ball guards, or even powerful centurions, all have no fatal parts. It makes the thieves who basically rely on a dagger to eat very weak.

Finally, there are those snow elf slaves who have degraded their vision due to living underground for a long time. Any visual stealth means are meaningless. The important thing is that they are poor, and their armor and weapons are basically provided by a crustacean called "Zerus", which is completely devoid of oil and water.

"Crack! Crack!" "... Come in?"

Xiao Fan was still hesitating, but Emil had already approached the brass gate, and easily killed two spider workers who were rushing towards her in seconds - she precisely used the dagger to destroy the miniature soul stones embedded in their backs.

"Well, since he chose this place as his hiding place, he must have thought in advance that no one would enter and disturb him—except for those scholars who like to explore the history of Dwemer." Xiao Fan muttered, and walked towards the main entrance of the ruins .

——22:34——

"It seems...another group of people entered before us, but why didn't we see signs of them passing by at the main entrance?" Xiao Fan asked himself suspiciously.

Huge copper doors and stone houses, rough pipes and organs, dwarven guards who are still loyally trying to eliminate all invaders after losing their master for many years, as well as the non-stop sound of steam and blind snow elves wandering in the ruins are all Dwemer. Features of the ruins.

In order to track down Mercer Frey, Xiaofan and Amir basically walked around the guards and snow elves after entering the ruins. It was okay at first, but after passing a corner that seemed to have collapsed, an accident occurred ——The road leading deep into the ruins is full of destroyed organs, damaged dwarf machinery, and dead snow elves. Judging from the traces of the battle, this group of pioneers is composed of about three to five people, and they seem to have dogs.

"...very rude." Amir commented.

"Maybe it's an adventurer who accidentally broke in from somewhere," Xiaofan looked at the instructions of [Hand of the Demon Race]: "It happens that the direction they are heading is Moser's position, maybe they can find out for us."

If Moser sees her and Amir, it is very possible to teleport away directly, but if a group of adventurers who are completely unaware of the existence of [Azura Star] kill them, it may not be so, and there may be a chance to seize the soul at that time gem.

"Hey! Damn! Farkas! Don't do it! I can't hold back anymore!" "Boom!"

After easily going deep into the ruins for a while, Xiaofan and Amir arrived at a huge cave square, and at the same time heard the sound of men shouting and sword-like weapons striking metal from the front.

Ang—cracking steam—followed by the sound of some mechanism turning the jet—this is not unusual.

"Boom!!" "Idiot! Don't fight hard, it's too big, we will suffer if we hit hard!"

From the direction of the sound, you can see a giant humanoid machine—the dwarf centurion, and three men fighting with it. They are all dressed in bright silver armor, and their weapons are long swords, shields, and hands. sword.

This giant guard is said to be made in the shape of a dwarf, but how could it be possible for a branch that is clearly an elf to have such a rough face and a strong body?

"...Help?" Amir asked.

"No, there's no need. Although they were arguing exaggeratedly, it's just that there is some problem with the coordination of tactics, and their own strength is enough to defeat it." Xiao Fan immediately stopped her to prevent her from rushing out.

Steam crackling...! Just as Xiaofan expected, a few minutes later, the huge but riddled centurion fell to the ground and lost his combat effectiveness, while the adventurers were still in the mood to make jokes.

"After I go back, I must tell those young men who are training that they must never accept the task of going deep into the Dwemer ruins."

"It's just that we are struggling. That thing has no ability to resist magic. If we brought a mage today, the cave should have been emptied long ago."

"Ha! A mage who spends all day in a library doesn't come to this kind of place."

When they were chatting casually while picking up the loot, Xiaofan noticed that their faces were very similar to each other.

Could it be that the three brothers are members of the comrades-in-arms group? But why are they here?

Even if they guessed their identities, there was no change to the current plan. They had to wait until Mercer made the first move.

"There is nothing valuable on this guy, maybe it is actually guarding the last treasure room?"

"You can only go behind the gate it guards and take a look."

After a brief discussion, the three brothers who were suspected members of the comrade-in-arms group entered the only door at the back of the hall one after another. Almost at the same time, the entire ruins trembled, and many sounds of collapsing and falling came from behind the door.

When Xiaofan and Amir hurried to the door and looked inside, they found that the huge room fell straight down for several meters as a whole. The only thing that was intact was a huge elf sculpture with its back against the mountain wall. The head is connected to the roof of the cave, and the hands naturally hang down on the knees.

The members of the Comrades fell into a ball at the foot of the statue, and on the huge head that was as tall as a man stood Mercer Frey, who had met them once.

"It's too rude, your method of exploring the ruins is too rude," Moser made the judgment that Amir had made not long ago: "Are you adventurers? It's a pity that the most valuable treasure in this ruins has been mastered by me .”

He drew his sword and stabbed backhand, right in the middle of the eyes of the elf sculpture, and then, a huge lavender crystal popped out of the statue's eye socket.

"Goodbye, greedy adventurer." Moser hugged the "Elf Eye", jumped up suddenly, kicked through the seemingly solid ceiling, and disappeared in the turbulent icy water after leaving a sentence.

"I've confirmed it. He just likes to show off what he does to others. It doesn't matter who he is. Maybe he can take advantage of this." Xiaofan looked at the three brothers who were swimming and shouting "It's so cold" below. Said to Emil.

"...Yeah." Amir nodded.