The Collection of The End

My name is Akatosh,

The scenery of Heijiang is actually pretty good.

— 4E, 201, Hearthfire, 18th, 6:07 —

"Oh? You mean, now the entire Heijiang has been unified by your lord? Or, the king?"

Septim said that he was sitting on the relatively intact stone high-backed chair in the temple, condescendingly looking down at the snow elf captive bound by the rope made of lightning, and seemed to have no doubts about its ability to speak at all.

"Yes, it's the king, Master Mage." The weird snow elf who called himself Yate replied timidly, and at the same time looked at Sophie with fear, while Sophie blinked her eyes in puzzlement.

Arthur sighed silently and patted his daughter's head.

Sophie slept until midnight and went out to find something to eat, only to "catch" a Heijiang scout. Fortunately, the snow elf said a lot of things before being swallowed, which made the little girl confused again. The scout was terrified and tried to escape, and was imprisoned all night by a spell conjured by Septim, who was so angry that he woke up, until now he had no time for interrogation.

"Which side is united? Zak Tower? Stinky Tower? Or Radbar Black Market?" Septim hinted and continued to ask: "Don't tell me it's an abandoned pump room."

"This..." The snow elf scout's narrowed eyes rolled over and over again.

"It seems that Septim hinted that the master is very aware of the situation of Hei Jiang," Ella, who had painted a bonfire on her face, whispered beside Arthur.

"If it's really as big as Skyrim Province, it's obviously not wise to conflict with its ruler." Arthur also responded in a low voice.

"According to the title before the unification, our Majesty the King is from the 'El Tanfold Cathedral', but it is now our capital, [Twilight City]." The snow elf scout replied.

"Oh, that's how it is." Septim nodded slightly, "Arthur?"

no problem? Obviously didn't ask anything at all? Arthur raised an eyebrow suspiciously.

No, this is the right thing to do. It has been many years since the old mage entered Heijiang last time. If you continue to ask, it may be found that he actually knows nothing about the current situation. The "adventurer leader" who was seen to be ignorant and unaffected asked a question.

"So, what is your purpose for leaving Heijiang?" Arthur asked the snow elf scout.

"This, this is just a routine patrol," the scout looked at Sophie beside Arthur, and said with a trembling voice, "His Majesty the King is very kind. There are eloquent scouts near the passage leading to the surface, please invite adventurers who can reach here to visit the capital, at least to show that we are not hostile."

From the current point of view, what this snow elf scout said can basically be justified, but I always feel that something has been concealed or misled, but I can't draw conclusions based on feelings alone.

"Are we going to meet the snow elf king?" Arthur asked his companions.

"No matter where you go, I will always be behind you, baron." Lydia was the first to express.

"Even if there are any conspiracy traps, it won't affect us at all." Arabi gestured with a wolf's paw.

"Twilight!" "Wow!" Sophie and Babas responded together.

"You can lead the way now, scout." Septim waved his hand tacitly and untied Art.

— 6:52 —

Although Heijiang claims to be connected to all the dwarven ruins in Skyrim Province, the methods of connection are different. The abandoned and damaged ruins may be "connected" through a deep collapsed pit. If the location is relatively deep, It is possible to break through a few walls in the deepest part to reach it.

As for the ruins of Altenfold that Septim had tacitly chosen, it was the most convenient one—direct access via a steam lift.

This thing is entirely made of brass-colored dwarven metal, and the bottom is in the shape of a huge disc. The surrounding and outer passages are each surrounded by fine metal fences to ensure that neither the inside nor the outside will accidentally fall. After turning the switch in the middle of the disc, it will rise or fall with a huge metal friction sound. Arthur noticed that the snow elf Att was sneaking at them after flipping the switch, as if expecting them to make a fool of himself, but except Babas After barking twice, she was very calm.

Thinking about it, everyone present has basically ridden a dragon. How could the weightlessness of an elevator make them lose their composure?

Wait, the elevator... what is it? Arthur frowned.

Before Arthur could figure it out, the dwarf steam elevator had stopped falling. After the bronze door opened, everyone except Septim was in a daze.

Different from the expected pitch-black scene with only a few fluorescent plant lighting, there is a large piece of faint blue light that is constantly flowing and dotted in the dark "sky", which makes the overall brightness of the underground world comparable to that of the surface when night falls. .

Huge stalactites hang down from the sky, and stalagmites on the ground rise up to meet each other. Both are covered with moss that emits a faint light, and there are also huge mushrooms with long roots like jellyfish in midair. Ups and downs, there are strange birds that have never been seen on the surface of the earth flying by from time to time.

On the ground, many fluorescent mushrooms with the same shape as those in the air but much smaller illuminate the road paved with fine gravels. Those road gravels, strange plants on the roadside, and even large stones on the roadside also emit a slight glow. blu ray.

Looking along these roads, you can see many relatively complete dwarf buildings. When they are buried in the ground, they can be complained about why they are so tall, but when they stand on the "surface", they are majestic and majestic. The gesture of a man immediately makes one forget that they were built only by dwarves who had absolutely no use for structures of this magnitude.

"Guests on the surface, please go this way, that direction is [Twilight City]." Yate seemed to be satisfied with the expressions of the adventurers, and he walked out of the elevator and gestured to the right.

"That's—" This time, Septim revealed a hint of surprise: "You guys actually solved that problem?"

"Seeing that I can speak and my eyesight has initially recovered, you should have guessed it, Master Mage." After returning to his own territory, Art seemed to be a lot more courageous, "'His Majesty the King' found A way to keep us from being irradiated by the 'Dark Sun' without getting hurt, 'Twilight' is already a real elven city."

"Black Sun? Is it that fireball?" Ella, who had the best eyesight, looked in the direction pointed by the snow elf scouts.

It was a huge dwarven city, even though it was far away and the details were unclear. Above the city, there was a huge fireball floating out of nowhere, and there seemed to be an irregular black core inside. It also has cage-like black stripes bounding it on the outside.

"It is said that that thing is a demon god who fell a long time ago. He was bound here by the current demon god who robbed him of his priesthood and became the light of a snow elf city." The bound demon god was extremely angry, so he cursed all the snow elves irradiated by his light until the snow elves gradually changed back to the appearance before the 'degeneration', but the snow elves who were 'repaired' during this process would lose their lives. When I came last time, It is also the final place chosen by the snow elves who are dying, so it is called the 'Cathedral' according to the name in ancient times."

"Won't we be affected?" Ayla stared at the fireball.

"Of course not, it only affects the mutated snow elves," Arter shook his head repeatedly: "At least the adventurers who are guests in the city are not affected."

"You said your king came from the 'cathedral'?" Lydia glanced at the snow elf: "An ancient ghost?"

"Ah." Sophie rushed over to hug Arthur, even throwing the rabbit in her arms away.

"Don't be afraid, even a ghost is an elf's ghost." Arthur touched the girl's head.

"Oh." Sophie slowly let go of her hand.

Afraid of skeletons and ghosts, but only limited to dragons, she really understands.

"Crack~" Kacha Kacha...

"Ah! Shut up!"

The snow elf scouts suddenly stared at him with only slit eyes and rushed towards him. Even though he was stopped by Septim's hint, he still danced and looked crazy.

"Who told you that the king is a ghost." Ella glanced at Lydia.

"No, his target is not Lydia or me," Arthur followed the eyes of the snow elf scouts, "Rabbit?"

The hare just thrown off by Sophie was nibbling on a red wild vegetable growing by the water. There was only a small half of the wild vegetable left. He looked up when he heard the call, and then lowered his head for a few bites as if afraid of being robbed. It eats it thoroughly.

"Ah...[Blood Thistle]..." The Snow Elf put on a look of lovelessness.

"What? Isn't that nirn root? Although it's red," Ella walked over and raised the rabbit to pat: "Spit it out, it's poisonous, it doesn't matter if you want to die, at least don't let your flesh be poisoned."

"Don't eat the rabbit!" Sophie went to grab Rabbit, "The rabbit is so cute!"

"You're the only one here who doesn't have the right to say that... remember, don't eat it if it's dead later." Ella patted it a few more times, and threw the rabbit back to Sophie.

"Ji..." The rabbit was terrified after being photographed, trembling in Sophie's arms.

"That thing was named 'Scarlet Nirn Root' by my friend. It is much more poisonous than ordinary Nirn Root." For [Blood Thistle]? How to use it?"

"Collect all thirty trees, then accept the 'black sun' irradiation, and eat them in one go before feeling like you're going to die. If you do this, one of the four will turn back into an ancient snow elf and no longer be afraid of the black sun." Art raised his finger and pointed to himself: "The other three will become like me."

"Hmm... We preliminarily speculate that these scarlet nirn roots appeared due to the influence of the demon god. Will it cancel the effect of the black sun? Maybe." bondage.

"Hey... all adventurers, please follow me." The snow elf scout led the way with a listless look: "Completing a patrol mission and inviting adventurers will also reward a tree. It's better than nothing."

I always felt that there was something wrong with the scout's words, but couldn't figure it out for a while, Arthur looked at the rabbit that showed no signs of poisoning, shook his head and followed.