The Collection of The End

My name is Akatosh,

The Thieves Guild questline is finally coming to an end.

——4E, 201, Hearthfire, 20th, 17:37—

South of Rift Valley, Nightingale Hall.

"[Nocturnal], Lady of the Night, God of Shadows, Unknowable, Daughter of Dawn—The Tomb of Dusk is in danger—The servants of night and shadows are begging for your wisdom—"

After Gallus and Illya stood on the platforms symbolizing the "full moon" and "new moon" respectively, and Silvia, Joan of Arc and Cicero left the center of the hall, Calia took one knee on the "half moon" platform Get down on your knees and start saying the prayers.

The clown named Cicero said at least one point, and the holy spirit or demon gods really need to call the name of the god, and they can hear it as long as they say the name, but relatively speaking, the holy spirit is called by mortals a lot, basically He will only respond to his own saints or events that he is more interested in, and if it is okay to call the names of those moody demon gods casually, it is a trivial matter for the demon gods to punish them. As for the big ones... look at the inexplicably disappeared The dwarves will know.

[Nocturnal] will not punish the caller at will, because he is the patron saint of thieves, and it is common for those little thieves who don't know etiquette to say foul words when praying. For the same reason, thieves pray to him Most of the time, it is dangerous or difficult work to do. If you respond directly, you may fail on the spot.

Therefore, if you really need Lady of the Night to respond, you must complete the prayer and repeat it five times without making any mistakes, and then this "request" will be included in the part that "may get a response", although the "former Nightingale" The identity has a priority bonus, but in any case, whether to respond depends on the mood of the lady.

However, judging from the "Nightingale Armor" spell at the door, the chances of getting a response this time should be relatively high, and it doesn't look like there will be a direct punishment from God.

After reciting the prayer five times, Kalia remained motionless in a half-kneeling position, while Gallus beside her seemed a little nervous, while Illya looked around curiously, as if she wanted to see how the lady was doing. responsive.

As for the other three onlookers, Sylvia didn't make a sound and just observed quietly, while Cicero seemed to want to laugh, but was stopped violently by Joan's elbow.

The cave was temporarily quiet.

——17:40——

West of Falkreath, Tomb at Dusk.

As the sun gradually approached the ridgeline in the west, its light gradually turned from white to dim yellow. Even before it completely set, there were already gusts of cold wind blowing quietly in the mountains. When the trees swayed with the wind, their elongated shadows Like ghosts or devils dancing wildly,

And the ancient stone tomb, which was originally ordinary, quietly changed its posture in such a strange atmosphere.

"This... this..." Eddie Septim's eyes widened.

If the previous stone tomb seems to have been abandoned for a long time, and it can be judged that there will be no harvest at a glance, it is completely different now. Under the dim light of the setting sun, its surrounding buildings as a whole have a strong atmosphere. Black mist, at the same time, beside the old entrance, a relief stone door with white light quietly emerged, and the content expressed by the relief seemed to be some kind of bird with two wings, one white and one black.

"Your Highness, have I been polite to you along the way?" The abductor who claimed to be Moser looked at this strange scene, and still had the heart to talk to her.

"Yes, yes?" Eddie didn't know what he wanted to say, and nodded in a daze. After all, apart from not allowing her to leave, there wasn't much restraint or bad treatment along the way. It's no wonder that she always had nightmares Go on his head.

"Then, please believe that any of my next actions is to ensure your safety, and if you try to get out of my control in 'that place' and what happens to you, it has nothing to do with me.

Moser finished speaking in a steady tone, and after confirming that Eddie understood, he grabbed her arm and walked straight to the stone door.

Obviously, you are the most dangerous move to drag me in—and the word "that kind of place" sounds very bad...

Eddie bit his lip hard to prevent himself from doing something like "screaming for help" that would damage the image of the princess. Maybe the rescue team mobilized by the blade warrior he met before is nearby?

As Moser gradually approached the strange stone tomb and the glowing gate, Eddie felt its weirdness more and more. The gate did not look like a secret entrance hidden by magic, but more like a forced penetration. I don't know where the passage leads.

Moser walked up to the embossed door and pushed it, but the door didn't move at all, which made Eddie slightly relieved, but before she could completely relax, Moser took out a skull inlaid with a skull The strange key flicked on the door, and the next moment, the door suddenly opened.

Before being dragged into the gate by Moser, Eddie noticed that there was only black and white, light and shadow world inside.

——17:41——

"【Kaliya——you're still alive——】"

In the quiet Nightingale hall, a lazy female voice suddenly sounded out of nowhere, making her feel like she was not excited. Although the timbre could be said to be very pleasant, it gave off a sense of indifference without any emotion at all.

Then, the content of this sentence made it impossible to answer at all, so Kalia could only forcefully change the topic.

"Sorry, my lady, I lost the skeleton key due to our mistake, so I dare not come to see you until I get it back," Kalia said, "But Mercer seems to have taken action recently, and we hope to get you pointing."

"【Oh—isn't this Gallus? Is he alive too?" The voice ignored Kalia's plea and turned to Gallus.

"Before completing the mission you entrusted, don't dare to die at will, my lady." Gallus replied with his head bowed.

"【You are still so boring—】"

Following the voice, gusts of cold wind began to blow in the almost closed ceremony hall, and they spun continuously to create white mist, and these white mist gathered into a half-person-high "sphere" in the middle of the hall, which could be seen vaguely. The facial features of a woman are seen from above.

The sphere turned to "look" everyone in the hall.

"【Well—thieves, killers, witches, it seems that you, Kalia, have assembled a good group of forces," the sphere nodded up and down: "[Seven to one should be fine—]"

"Seven?" Kalia counted the people in the hall suspiciously: "Do you want to do it yourself?"

[Heh——Although Mercer took the skeleton key and closed the road leading to the world from the Ebony Swamp—so I can only appear in this form—the use of keys to unlock the lock caused a lot of trouble—and even attracted the pursuit of the Holy Spirit — but he is still not qualified to let me do it myself. 】The sphere shook left and right.

Indeed, Kalia thought, if a demon god wants to fight someone, the opponent must be at least at the level of a demon god. Now it is basically equivalent to a hunter's hound biting his companion and fleeing. If he chased him with great fanfare, wouldn't he Looks like this hunter is inferior?

Kalia paused and continued to ask: "So who is the 'seventh person'?"

"[These years you have been away - who is in charge of the guild?]" The sphere asked back, and changed an arrow towards the direction of the gate.

"Some new generation guild masters... Huh? Could it be?" Kalia looked up at the door in surprise.

Things like stealth or invisibility can actually be discovered if you confirm what is there in advance. As for the difficulty, it has something to do with the ability of the stalker. Slip in the direction of the door.

Swish—the sphere of white mist instantly transformed into a big hand, galloped towards the door, picked up the shadow accurately, and brought her back regardless of struggle.

"Uh, hello seniors, my name is Sapphire, and I have heard a lot about your deeds." The one who was brought up was a short-haired girl in leather armor from a guild master. The eyes can roughly tell that she doesn't respect her seniors very much, but under the suppression of [Ms. Nocturnal]'s mist avatar, she still obediently said hello.

"Hmm...the secret entrance and exit of the guild is nearby, and did you come here to check because you noticed that the 'Nightingale Stone' was broken? You're still alert." Gallus nodded in appreciation.

"No, if it's just an ordinary black stone weathered and shattered, it shouldn't be a big deal. This only proves that she has been paying attention to this place and has heard about the existence of the 'Nightingale Hall'." Kalia said, looking at the sapphire.

"There has always been a legend in the guild that there is a class above the master. I didn't expect it to be true." Even though Sapphire was carried in the air, she didn't panic, her eyes kept turning around to observe, and at the same time He said to the misty big hand holding her: "So, as a guild master, am I eligible to be promoted to Nightingale? Ms. 'Patron of Thieves' [Nocturnal]?"

This casual tone made Kalia slightly frown, but she couldn't make a decision for the lady, after all, even a genuine nightingale had different responsibilities from other saints and priests of demon gods and holy spirits.

"[Of course you can—as long as you can pass the 'Nightingale Trial' in the Tomb of Dusk—]" The big hand of the mist incarnation put down the sapphire and turned back into a round sphere with a head: "[However—now there is a chance In front of you—Mercer Frey has entered the Tomb of Twilight, I will send you there, as long as you can prevent him from achieving his goal, you can all become Nightingales.]”

Already in? Although it was indeed twilight, how did he do it? It is impossible with the skeleton key alone. Kalia thought quickly.

"I think it's good to be a listener—oh! (square)" Cicero, who was watching at the door, was beaten for giving the wrong answer.

"Follow your will." Gallus bowed his head and said the standard answer.

"[The space in the 'Twilight Tomb' is very chaotic, but the general direction is the same, you just need to keep 'forward'.]" As Nocturnal's voice gradually faded, the ball-shaped smoke suddenly Spread out, wrapping the entire ceremony hall in a thick fog that can't be seen.

In the next instant, dazzling white light engulfed everyone.