The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"If the chief veteran is the prime minister, he will form an army and allow the dragonborn blood to join his family. At this time, if the emperor and his son are assassinated, in the next Senate election, the chief senator can Become the new emperor without any suspense..."

Zelin leaned on the back of the wooden chair, half-squinted at the sharp-eyed eagle in front of him who was talking to himself and reasoning. He is a smart man.

"Is there a precedent for this?"

"Once." After the sharp-eyed eagle turned several times, he sat back on his chair. "After the death of Emperor Martin, the then imperial prime minister declared himself the new emperor. But at that time, many provincial and city officials thought The prime minister colluded with the organization that assassinated the emperor-the myth broke dawn, so he refused to recognize him as the new emperor and declared independence. It was not until our first emperor Med I, as a warlord, unified the other provinces before letting the empire be allowed. Rebuild."

"Well, I don't want to discuss topics that are always similar in history." Zelin shook his head. "You said that the emperor is not searching for the dragonborn. So many people in Skyrim want to find the dragonborn, except for the most important thing. The emperor?"

"Why... why do you have this idea?" The sharp-eyed eagle was startled for a while before asking.

"Is it weird? Under the Hogarth Peak, so many soldiers in Imperial Army uniforms are stationed in Inisted, but you don't know it, and I feel very strange." Zelin held the Alto wine bottle in his hand. Look at the candlelight on the other side through the glass bottle "How?"

"If this is the cooperation you want to talk about, I think I might have a big deal." The sharp eye eagle liaison took a deep breath. "Tell me the reward you want. I can't just ignore it. I need to know. Which veteran’s private recruiter does the army under Hogarth’s peak belong to, ask your friends to help me investigate. Every veteran has a talisman that represents their family and position."

"No problem, I will wait for your good news in Hafingal." Zelin raised his head and drank the Alto wine in his hand. "Also, don't fool me like last time."

Chapter 869: Hafengar's Guest

For Zelin, of course he did not receive any news from the Dawn Guardian. Islan should be cooperating with the vigilantes in Stendal to defend other places that might be threatened by vampires. After the last battle with Hakon, the demon hunters handed the Oriel Bow to the Dawn Guard. With this artifact, they can have an absolute advantage against vampires.

But this doesn't mean that he has to go to the Rift Valley that spans almost the entire sky from Hafengar, just to determine who those soldiers are working for. Although the killer of the Dark Brotherhood was still in his pocket, he didn't have much time wasting on the road.

"Where did we go? Wait... We should be able to reach the Beifeng Mine tomorrow. Selana has an ancient book that is about to decay. Fortunately, the map inside is pretty reliable, except that the name is different from the castle built later. Besides, the terrain is not much different."

Francesca's voice came from the other side of the telescope. She and Selana are about to arrive in the Rift Valley, and it won't be long before they reach Shure's Stone Village. This time, Zelin didn't come to Skyrim alone, nor was he someone he didn't know.

"You can reach Inisted from the west of the Beifeng Mine, directly along the road to the south. Please help me investigate, the soldiers of Inisted, who ordered them to follow. Investigate as far as possible, and don't talk to me. They are in conflict."

As a vampire, Serrana can capture the local soldiers in the dark, and Francesca's mind-reading skills can quickly find out who they are working for. The demon hunter already knew about Almond's family, but Almond was just the one who was sent to the front line, knowing this would not help Zelin.

"No problem, I don't mind more extra activities." Francesca and Serana have no other objections. The elves hope to get more valuable things in this alien world adventure, and Serana, Just want a memorable adventure, just like it was in Dawn Canyon.

Anyone can openly search for Dragonborn in the name of a cultist.

Ulfric Stormcloak, Emperor Titus Maid II, or Somo's ambassador to Skyrim. Gnaiya asked Zelin to investigate the cultists, and Zelin had to figure out who was instructing them behind the scenes. The thieves’ union is active in Windhelm. Jacqueline can investigate whether the storm cloak is connected to the cultists, and the remaining two suspected targets are in Hafingal. Zelin does not need to go here after the investigation is over. Rift City looked for clues in the storm cloak.

Now, there is another goal.

The chief senator of the Imperial Senate also had the motive and reason to do so.

Of course, the reason why these cultists made Gnaiya so concerned, naturally had her reasons. The cultists claimed that they worked for a dragonborn and were extremely fanatical. Gnaiya once said that she doubts whether there is still a dragonborn in the world, because she has received a strange letter in the past, telling her the location of some dragon language walls, and she belongs to a mysterious friend. . Although according to the prediction, she should be the last dragonborn in the world.

The first dragonborn Alesia recorded in the world is a female, and the last dragonborn is also a female.

Although the sharp-eyed eagle said that the emperor did not look for the dragonborn, Zelin had reservations about this. The sharp-eyed eagle itself was a soldier serving for the emperor, not to mention that from his interrogation of Almond, there were traitors in the sharp-eyed eagle itself.

Mephala said a lot in the demon hunter's mind, but Zelin still agrees with her in one point. The conspiracy itself is like a cobweb layered together. But even this will not change the nature of Mephala's narrative.

After discussing with the sharp eye hawk liaison, Zelin once again arrived at the capital city of Hafingal, which is also the capital city of Skyrim Province-Solitary City, amidst the endless chattering whispers.

The gates of the city are still open during the day, and the flying birds hovering in the sky slowly fall onto the cliff near the city wall, building bird nests between the cliffs. The demon hunter kept the horses in the stables outside Dugu City. The sky was blue. Dugu City was built on the hillside. Walking up the sloped hillside, standing on the edge of the hillside road, Zelin could see Dugu city not far away. A few seagulls landed on the mast that lowered the canvas of the cargo ship docked at the city pier. The sailors below cleared the ship while carrying the cargo to the pier.

Compared with the last time I visited Dugu City, there were obviously many more soldiers in the city. It is conceivable that the number of soldiers in Windhelm is also quite large. It is said that due to the end of the dragon disaster, the Imperial Army and Storm Cloak no longer have to worry about their troops being severely reduced by the dragon attack, so they will mobilize more soldiers to the city to defend against possible sneak attacks by the other side. Instead of dispersing the army in the fortresses and castles outside the city as in the past. Not to mention how many soldiers they have recruited in the past six months.

Blinking snow squirrel, this hotel still looks like that. The bard was playing wonderful music in the tavern. Compared with the last time, the only difference was that Zelin saw Imperial Army soldiers playing cards on several tables in the depths of the tavern.

Zelin squeezed through the crowd in the tavern, and the peace agreement brought a lot of vitality to Solitary City, the largest port city in the sky. In the tavern, there are not only the Nords and the Empires, but also the Brighton and the Red Guards, and even a few tiger people and dark elves. Most of them are businessmen who come to Solitary City to do business or freight ships. Crew on board. The sound of the bard’s song was mixed with the sound of interlacing cups, and the conversation of many people mixed together and turned into a disturbing buzzing sound.

"I need a room." Zelin stood in front of the counter and said to the innkeeper Vinius in front of him.

"Ten days?" Vinius, who was wiping the plate, raised his eyes, and then refocused his attention on the plate in his hand. "Sorry, it won't work for one day. The room is full. Have you seen so many people? All rooms It's full of people. I recommend you go to the dock below, or there should be extra rooms on the farm outside the city."

"The farm... sounds terrible." Zelin shrugged.

"Maybe there are other options." Zelin heard someone next to him say at this moment. This time, instead of Mefala's whisper, he turned his head, and a woman in a trench coat was standing by. She lifted her head slightly, and Valerica's face appeared in the shadow of her hood, "Don't be safe, Dawn Guard."

Chapter 870 The Cunning Vampire

"Valérica?"

Zelin looked at the vampire in surprise. This is Selana's mother. After Hakon's death, she and Selana have been living in Varchiha Castle, which is not far from Solitary City. "Why are you here?"

In the past, the demon hunter and Serana went to the soul stone mound to find the trail of Valerica, in order to obtain another scroll of the Elder Scrolls needed to fight against Hakon. Later, in the decisive battle with Hakon, she served as a mage to help the Dawn Guardian fight, but Zelin really did not expect to encounter a vampire in Lonely City. The demon hunter thought she should belong to the most standard ancient vampire, she was simple, and spent most of the time in the castle and the laboratory to conduct her own necromantic magic experiments.

"Are you suspecting that I attacked the humans in Solitary City? No, don't worry, for the sake of my daughter, I will not attack humans in the dark."

Zelin and Valerica walked out of the hotel, Zelin watched her walk out of the hotel, walked outside in front of a veteran beggar, and handed him some Septin gold coins. Afterwards, the beggar took out a small glass bottle filled with blood and handed it to Valerica. In the blink of an eye, Valerica made the vial of blood disappear into the inner pocket of the cloak.

"Are you buying human blood? Serrana told me that you don't drink human blood anymore." Zelin didn't stop or say anything, although in his world, high-level vampires don't need to drink human blood at all. It relieves hunger, but this world is different. There is even an infectious disease called scarlet blood-sucking fever. After being infected, it will become a monster that feeds on human blood and fears the sun over time. So when the Dawn Guards fought with vampires, everyone would carry a bottle of deterrence and drink it after the fight to prevent himself from catching scarlet blood-sucking fever.

"In your eyes, what is the difference between the me now and the me in the soul stone mound?" Valerica took off his hood. The night is suitable for vampire activities, because the sun will burn the vampire. Sometimes when driving under the sun is too long, Serana will complain whether they can find an indoor or cave and wait until the sun goes down before moving on.

"More like a person."

It's not that Zelin's words are too harsh, it's just that they are. When in the soul stone mound, Valerica can tell the difference from ordinary people at a glance. The skin is dry, dull, without a trace of sensuality, just like a corpse that has been dead for a long time, but pale skin. It hasn't decayed, it still maintains the human appearance. But now, Valerica took off her hood, and no one would doubt that the residents of Solitary City who passed by her were vampires, not humans.

"According to the harsh evaluation, you are not a person who knows how to talk, it's surprising." Valerica said blankly, "Why does my daughter like you?"

"I'm just stating the facts." Zelin shrugged. "So I think such a change is definitely not the effect of magic."

After the beggar left with the coins Valerica gave him, the vampire began to explain.

"Vampires need to drink blood to maintain their appearance. And I don’t want my daughter to go hungry. Do you think that vampires will not starve to death, so there will be no hunger? I have been hungry for thousands of years in the soul stone mound. I know how uncomfortable it is. Selana doesn't want to leave a bad impression in your eyes. She won't say it, but as her mother, I hope you can know how she feels."

Valerica began to walk inside Solitary City, and Zelin followed her. They walked very slowly, and apart from them, there were only patrolling guards on the street. "Serana is going to rebuild the Valhac family. I will help her. Blood and food are necessities. I know that the Dawn Guardian will protect the inhabitants of Skyrim from vampires, and I do not intend to be an enemy of the Dawn Guardian. But for Sera Considering Na’s future, I can’t let the Valhac family be ruined in her hands."

"It sounds like Serana doesn't know about this?" Zelin watched the veteran beggar walk into the tavern. After a while, he walked out with a large piece of barbecue and a bottle of spirits, Valerie The Septim coins that the card gave him are enough for him to live for many days.

"Is this important? It does not violate our agreement with the Dawn Guard." Valerica shook her head. "I heard you looking for a room. I have a house in a hotel. I don't need to sleep. You can use that one. Rest on the bed in the room. Come and help me, the dawn guard, and go to the prison with me. You can tell me on the road why you came to Solitary City."

Valerica's current identity is a mage who needs blood to conduct magic experiments. In her mouth, Zelin got the surprising news that the court mage of the Blue Palace in Solitary City was actually a vampire. But she is a vampire noble from Cyrodir, and this seems to be a tacit secret among the nobles of the Blue Palace. It is said that this vampire palace mage has assisted two Sky High Kings. Zelin had never been to the Blue Palace, and naturally he had never heard such rumors.

It seems that in Solvang, it is tacitly permitted for vampires to use prisoners for experimentation or eating, especially death row prisoners, although some insiders, such as jailers and guards, are a little bit afraid of this. Valerica didn't say it clearly, but Zelin discovered from her words that vampires are inextricably linked with some human nobles, and even have a certain status in the empire. She told Zelin that the City Lord Skendrag of Cyrodir was a vampire. Until now, Zelin understood what Serana said before, even by the standards of a vampire, Harcon was not a good person, what exactly it meant.

Vampires do have their own set of standards.

"So, you came to Solvang in order to investigate the recent cults that appeared on the mainland?"

This vampire lady came to the prison in Solitary City. She must have been here for the first time. After paying the guard some coins, the guard dragged out a sack. Inside is obviously a death row prisoner who was executed not long ago.

"Yes..." Zelin squinted his eyes and looked at the sack with the corpse. "I hope you won't make the same mistakes as in the past, and help Serana make a decision without considering whether she is willing or not. "

"Of course, Dawn Guardian, would you be merciful to murderers? Would you sympathize with robbers who murdered and overrun?" Valerica asked rhetorically.

"No, not at all, I won't show mercy to these people." Zelin said with certainty, he was already past the age when he would be struggling with his thoughts because of killing people with a sword. He is not a pedantic person, just like he wouldn’t fight against this high vampire just because Regis killed some robbers in the wild, nor would he kill after the murderer was killed by the victim’s relatives. Revenge is an act of extreme hypocrisy

"Your worry is unnecessary, Valerica, I will not cry over the death of the jackal. You have been testing me, have you?" After the transaction was completed and the guard went to the prison duty room, Zelin suddenly To Valerica