The Journey of the Demon Hunter

Valerica told Zelin to see that she was still drinking human blood, and also brought him to prison to show him the vampire's food trade, especially if he knew Zelin was the guard of the dawn. If she wants to maintain a good relationship with Zelin, she doesn't have to do this at all, or wait for Zelin to sleep in the room before doing these things.

"I don't want my daughter to suffer because of this, especially... I know you have a good relationship with other women." Valerica took a deep breath. "The longer Serrana spends with you, you will sooner or later. Knowing more about the daily life of vampires, I don't want to see you become disgusted with Serana after knowing these things, and drive her away, causing her to fall into self-blame and sadness for herself."

There are no jailers and guards here. Valerica sat on a wooden chair nearby, which was supposed to be a guard, folded her legs, folded her arms and said to Zelin, "She won't tell you this. She has been alone for a long time, and she doesn't even want to be with you. Talking to other people, so she doesn’t want to lose everything now. But I want to tell you clearly, as a mother, Selana is my closest daughter, don’t let Selana demand too much of herself to endure for your senses. Pain, or there is always a gap with you. If you can’t accept that she is a vampire, please leave her while the harm is not too deep."

"Your temptation is unnecessary, Valerica." Zelin closed his eyes and shook his head, then opened his eyes and said seriously, "You already got the answer when you were in the soul stone mound. I was right at that time. What you said is still useful today."

Valerica squinted her eyes halfway, and the vampire's golden eyes looked directly at the pupil of the demon hunter. After a while, the vampire lady suddenly covered her mouth and laughed.

"Relax, relax! You men, at some point, you will always show a temperament that does not match your appearance. You behaved very well." Valerica waved her hand and smiled and stood up. "It's like What you said is just a test."

Zelin's lips were almost stretched into a line "Everything?"

"Yes, everything, including Serrana still needs to eat human flesh and blood. We are the Valchiha vampires. We don't need to **** blood to maintain our appearance, nor do we need to devour flesh and blood to fill our stomachs. To give us sensory stimulation, only those savage infected wild vampires will gulp their flesh and blood to satisfy their endless hunger. If we don’t eat, we will only lose some pleasure. As for my appearance, if you are You have been trapped in a small place for thousands of years, and your mental state will also be reflected in your appearance. I thought you would be smarter, but in the end you only saw half of it." This acting vampire lady laughed It took a long time before I stopped

"I should be a responsible mother. I don't spend much time with you, so I want to know what kind of man Selana's best friend is. I want to know if you can tolerate her possible appearance. Small mistakes may become less beautiful. If you feel angry, I apologize to you. Serana doesn’t know my temptation to you. If you are angry, you can yell at me, I won’t blame it. You, but please don't anger Serana for this."

"Nothing." Zelin sighed. "Although I have no children, I understand your feelings."

Although the inexplicable suspicion did give Zelin a sense of powerlessness, after thinking about it, Zelin was happy about it. Selana can have a mother who really cares about her. Valerica is no longer the one she used to be. She does not consider Selana's feelings at all. She even sealed Selana in the crypt for thousands of years in the name of her mother's love. Vampire.

"I think Selana did not misunderstand the wrong person. I am very satisfied with you. If you can often accompany Selana and take her around, it would be better. Let's go back to the hotel and talk about it. What kind of adventure did you pull my daughter into again." Valerica turned around and walked to the steps leading up to the prison. "Don’t ask me how I knew Serana joined your adventure again. You didn’t follow the agreement. Good time to go home to visit her mother, and only you can let her do this."

"Where is the corpse?" Zelin asked behind her back.

"Throw it here, the guards will handle it, I don't need it."

Chapter 871 The Blue Palace

The demon hunter and Valerica discussed something about the cultists.

Valerica will help Zelin investigate whether the cultists are related to Somo's ambassador to Skyrim, or to Emperor Titus Maid II. After all, Valerica has been hiding in the soul stone mound for thousands of years. She did have some relationship with many Skyrim nobles in the past, but those nobles have passed away, and even their names have disappeared in the long river of history. She is re-establishing a new network, the name of the Valhac family still has some influence among the vampire nobles, and Serrana has raised funds through the sale of her belongings to allow Valerica to be among the merchants of the Eastern Empire Company. Get some friends.

It has to be said that Valerica's experience and experience let her know how to deal with humans and vampire nobles, and Serana is much inferior to Valerica. In time, Serana will surely become an excellent vampire noble, but not now.

Tomorrow Valerica is going to the dock. The Demon Hunter didn't specifically ask her what to do, but Valerica can help him investigate whether any cultists came to Skyrim through the dock of Solitary City during this time. This can leave Zelin with a lot of trouble, focusing on investigating the suspicion of the Somo Embassy and Titus Maid II.

After a good night's sleep in Valerica's room, Valerica sat at the table and continued to study her magic book with the help of candlelight. This evening, the whispering lady rarely appeared, and when Zelin woke up the next day, looking at the sun shining through the window, he almost thought he was back in Xueman again. Mephala's whisper temporarily disappeared, making him rare to relax. From the whispers these days, Zelin seems to have found a pattern, that is, Mephala often mentions his adventures and is urging him to find more traces of conspiracy.

"The Ebony Blade in your hand, there is a record that after the owner of this weapon dies, the soul will be drawn into the annihilation realm of Mephala." On the way to the dock, Valerica was alive. How long a vampire, and an insightful necromancer to the soul, she warned Zelin to hold the ebony blade for a long time, "Serana told me that you are a hunter from another world. I doubt that Mephala’s Oblivion Realm Will accommodate the souls of another world, but I don’t recommend you to take risks."

"Don't worry, I know who I will meet when I die, and there are gods in my world that are worshipped and exist." Standing by the door of the Snow Squirrel Hotel in the blink of an eye, Zelin said to Valerica.

"Are you a believer of a certain god?" the female vampire asked unexpectedly.

"If I am a believer, then I am definitely the worst type." Zelin joked, "I will return to the hotel in the evening to meet you."

"I will tell you the result of the investigation at that time." Valerica nodded, then put on her hood and walked out of the shadow next to the hotel.

Zelin glanced at the blue sky, sighed, and walked towards the blue palace. When passing by the castle of the Imperial Army, the demon hunters can also hear the sound of the Imperial Army training inside the city wall, and the recruits waiting in line by the smithy to receive their own standard armor. As for the Somo Embassy, ​​Zelin knew almost nothing about them. When he arrived in Skyrim last time, he had hardly seen Somo, except for a few High Elf guests at the emperor’s sister’s wedding. As for the fate with Alan Wen at the peace conference, he had not talked to the ambassador at that time. Apart from knowing her appearance, he could not talk about getting valuable information.

So he wanted to find local people who knew the Somo Embassy. People from the Blue Palace often deal with the Somo Embassy. Before proceeding, Zelin wanted to investigate clearly what was going on with the Somo Embassy. It's a pity that he can't contact Gnaiya now, otherwise the Dragonborn who has been there must know the inside of the embassy well. Not to mention, with Gnaiya's character, she would definitely take away the valuable things inside. She should be more familiar with embassies than many nobles in blue palaces.

"Valerika's letter of introduction, I know." The court mage Hibilli Stadt took the letter that Zelin had handed her. This vampire, who appeared to be a Brighton, read the letter back and forth twice. After confirming that he was correct, he nodded to Zelin. This is a letter of introduction written by Valerica last night, which allows Shibiri to provide some assistance for Zelin’s investigation. Everyone knows how you killed Hakon with your own hands."

If Hibilli Stant was just an ordinary Brighton, what she was talking about was just a fact that many people knew. But considering her status as a vampire, Zelin had to consider what many people in Skyrim mean.

"I want to know what exactly the Somos in Skyrim are doing recently. I heard that Somo's ambassador to Skyrim summoned most of the Talos hunters to the embassy." Zelin didn't dwell on the vampire issue too much. , But directly asked "I need someone who understands the embassy."

"In the Blue Palace, the person who knows the embassy best is Baron Erice. He often goes in and out of embassy banquets." On the upper floor of the Blue Palace, Queen Alicia and her courtiers are meeting the court. The residents of Hafingal who reported or asked for help, Sibili stood in front of a corridor door that seemed to be abandoned on the right side of the palace. There are not many people here, and even the maid who cleans the palace won’t come here. "Arikuul must have an unusual connection with Somo. Ambassador Alanwen sent a high elf mage named Melaran to protect him. His life is safe. His home is outside the Blue Palace with his back to the palace, the first house on his left. During this time, Erikul is in the palace and his sister is doing business in the market."

"Hmm... I know what to do." Zelin nodded. "By the way, is Baroness Blylin here?"

"No, Baroness Brelin was invited to the Somo Embassy for a banquet a few days ago. Her **** was sent back by Ambassador Alan Wen and reported that the ambassador wanted Baroness Brelin to stay in the embassy for a few days. She is very interested in the card game she promoted." Shibilli shook his head and put on the hood of the robe again. There is a cave under the hillside where the embassy is located...There are many caves in Skyrim, right?"

"Yes, a lot." Looking at the back of Shibilli Stadt, Zelin looked back at the empty abandoned corridor behind him. After looking for a while, he finally shook his head and walked out of this corridor. Leaving the blue palace.

Chapter 872 Confidential

Eric's home is near the Blue Palace in Solitary City.

This city is worthy of the name of the provincial capital of Skyrim. In this city built on the Hafingal Mountains, all the buildings are piled up with neat stones. This is also the case of the many territories in Skyrim, and a few are completely built with stones Up the city. No matter the two walls built on the mountainside, or the houses lined up in the city. The stones laid on the roads prevent Dugu City from becoming muddy during rainy days, while the flowers and plants planted on both sides of the road add an extra beauty to the blue-gray city.

Due to the fact that the city is built on a sloping hillside, there are doors on the front and sides of the Erekul house, which are the small basement door leading to the low ground below and the main door facing the main road of the blue palace. Patrol guards often pass by on the road to the main entrance, but there is only one patrol guard near the small door of the basement. After observing for a period of time, after confirming the guard's patrol pattern, Zelin took advantage of the interval between the guards' patrols. He walked to the wooden door and put the lock opener into the keyhole. After a little test, the door lock was picked off with a click.

Silently praised Tamriel's easy-to-use and affordable lock picker in his heart, Zelin quickly pushed the door open a gap, and disappeared behind the wooden door one side.

Eric's home is a three-story villa, which is the standard house of the nobles in Solitary City. The tall candlesticks placed in the corners provided dim light for the basement. Zelin pushed away the garlic hanging from the roof of the basement, avoided the long wooden cabinets full of various alchemical materials, and found the steps leading to the upper floor. On the table next to the steps is a skull, a few small plates of fire salt, and a few bunches of death bells.

Under the skull, there is a folded letter. He just picked up the letter, and the moment he opened it, a small piece of paper leaked from the letter and fell to the ground.

It was a letter of protest sent by Captain Wolf of the Little Slug at the Solitary City Wharf. In the letter, Captain Wolf believed that the price of the goods Erikol bought from them was too low, and threatened Erikol if not Raise the price and he will ship the goods to other places. On the small note are the names of several goods.

"Moon Sugar... Stone Tree City Blues? Smuggler? Interesting."

Zelin put the letter back to the original place again, then stepped lightly, walked out of the basement along the steps and entered the living room of the baron’s villa. There are many potted plants as decoration in the living room, and there are many books on the bookcase, most of which are history books and story books. There are still some unfinished cheeses, sweet rolls, and roast lamb on the dining table in the living room. The sun shines through the skylight on the upper floor into the living room and bedroom. The house looks very quiet, as if a needle fell on the ground to listen. You can see the voice.

The demon hunter bent over to search for any potentially valuable clues and letters among the desks, cabinets and bookcases, especially the bedside tables and safes in the bedroom. However, he did not find the correspondence between Erikul and Somo, but found a lot of correspondence between Erikul and the Tiger Skumar merchant in the safe, as well as a list of business dealings with the Marvin Blackthorn family. . There are only a few letters related to the High Elves, but these are trade documents, not other contact letters. Except for a sealed parchment roll under the gold bar of the safe.

But just as Zelin was about to open the sheepskin scroll to see what was written inside, he heard the sound of footsteps suddenly sounding nearby, and the light of fire suddenly lit up.

Ze Lin rolled in place, and he felt a heat wave from behind and pushed him violently, causing him to almost hit the wall on the side. The air wave rolled up by the bursting flame overturned the nearby wooden table to the ground, and the iron plate and silver cup on it fell to the ground in a sudden, crackling sound.

"Put down the file in your hand!"

I saw at the door behind him, a high elf mage dressed in Somo's robe appeared there. There was fire gleaming in his hand, and two groups of flames were converging in the palm of his hand.

The wooden table fell aside, crackling and burning, and the flame followed the wooden table and ignited the carpet on the ground. This should be what Sibili mentioned, the mage Melaran who was sent to protect Erikul's personal safety. The high elf mage seemed very excited, and even wanted to use fireball in a narrow room, which is likely to ignite the entire house. But in the same way, the eruption of flames is a more deadly threat in narrow places.

Zelin rolled around the place to avoid the wizard's attack, grabbed the empty vase on the side and smashed it at the wizard. The mage raised his hand, and subconsciously blocked the vase with his arm. The vase hit him, but it was like hitting a stone, or a warrior in iron armor shattered into pieces.

But this caused the wizard's next fireball to miss, and the flame hit the bed in the bedroom, causing the entire bedroom to burn all at once. The flame followed the curtain of the bed and licked the roof of the bedroom, almost dyeing the entire room the color of flame.

"Don't hide! You are dead!" In the hands of the mage, the flames gathered again. Stoneskin art covered him, making him like a warrior in heavy armor, and the fiery fire quickly engulfed the room. The mage's palms were facing each other, and the fireball of destruction magic was burning hot in his palms.

"It's you who should hide!"

This sentence hadn't reached the mage's ears, and the biting cold wind suddenly burst in the house where the heat wave was tumbling. The bottles, jars, bookcases, and wooden chairs and vases in the room were overturned to the ground. The burning house was in a mess, like a crazy brown bear ramming in the house. Under the momentum of the cold wind, the scorching flame dipped abruptly, and the flame in the bedroom went out, replaced by a thin layer of frost. But the flames in other houses and corridors did not go out, but the tongue of flames jumped more cheerfully to the overturned bookshelves and the books scattered on the ground.

Facing the bitter Alder's impact, the mage was rushed out and hit the wall in the hallway behind. He spit out a mouthful of blood and slumped on the ground weakly. Stoneskin can make his skin as hard as a rock, but it is impossible to make his internal organs as tough as a rock.

The demon hunter kicked off the burning wooden chair in front of him, and the wooden chair rolled down the stairs. The mage was about to stand up, his palm was empty and ready to cast another spell, but Zelin's speed was faster than the speed at which he could gather magic. Zelin waved his sword, and the mage's throat spurted a blood arrow, and the red dot splashed onto the stone. Block on the wall. His head slumped weakly, his hands and feet twitched a few times, and he died on the ground.

Zelin knelt down, fumbled a few times on the mage, and quickly found a letter from his clothes. At this time, he heard a fire-fighting cry from downstairs. The guards on patrol noticed the smoke from the skylight of the house. Several guards kicked the door open and started fighting the fire loudly. Zelin stood up, carried the corpse of the High Elf by the way, and threw it into the burning bookcase aside.

Zelin looked around, then slammed open the door leading to the balcony on the third floor. When he was sure that nearby pedestrians were paying attention to the fire and the main entrance, he jumped from the balcony to the balcony of the opposite house.

People were still busy moving water from the reservoir to fight the fire. No one noticed. Someone turned over from a window on the first floor of another house and disappeared in the blink of an eye among the crowd that was gradually gathering outside.