Chapter 294: The Princess and the Blade
My name is Akatosh,
There is a saying that 500 times of passing by in the previous life can be exchanged for a return in this life, huh......
β4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 20th, 7:17 a.m.
"Isborne? We have to leave. Dressed in thick leather armor, Delphin was pushing open the side door of the temple with a newfound love letter.
The Sky Sanctuary was the stronghold of the Dragon-Slaying Organization of the Blades before it officially became the Imperial Imperial Guard.
The location was originally established on the northern coast of Skyrim Province, near the first human city of Sattar, but due to the effects of the "Great Collapse". It has been completely submerged by the sea and can only be called the ruins of the temple at present.
The temple, which is now largely intact and still functional, is located near the Spear of Cass, where she is now tslowing to.
Cass seems to have been an ancient commander of the Oathbreakers, but it is impossible to know what the exact deeds were, and the Oathbreakers who have lived here for generations are not well aware of this, but they probably used spears.
When Daelphin and Eth came here to find the temple, they thought they would clash with these very xenophobic oathbreakers, but thanks to the return of the Red Eagle King, they have become able to communicate, and together they have resisted the attack of a fire dragon, and they have become friends with the nearby oathbreakers.
After learning that Delphine was planning to enter the temple for a while, the Oathbreakers volunteered to clear the frost spider colony near the temple for her, and for some payment, they were willing to pass on information to Delphine and the Blade Warriors in various places.
"Leave?" Isben walked out of the temple quarters with a thick book in his hand, and his tone was very dissatisfied: "You want to record the actions of the ancient blade warriors in this temple, and you want to find a way to defeat Alduin, you promised to find some assistants for me, but now you say you want to leave?" β
"Well, because there was an unforeseen circumstance." Speaking of which, Delphine also has some reason.
As a dragon slayer once worshipped by the Nords, the temple is naturally magnificent and sprawling, with arsenals, databases, living quarters, living quarters, and even public halls and meeting rooms, and these days they have just cleared out a small part of the settlements and databases, and there is only a little uncertainty about how to defeat the "Eater of Worlds".
"Princess Emilia was kidnapped at the engagement party." Without waiting for Isben to ask, she continued.
"Huh? So? Where are those hapless kidnappers now? Hanging on a flagpole or rooftop again? Isben said as he flipped through the pages of the book in his hand.
"That's the emperor's style, I usually send the guys I catch to mine." Delphine raised an eyebrow.
"Don't go far, according to the information you gave me, this princess seems to be quite powerful, and I can't believe that she will be kidnapped." Isben flipped a few more pages.
"So, the princess [didn't] be kidnapped, but the kidnappers did kidnap the princess." Delphine flipped through the intelligence records again, deliberately accentuating the tone of certain words.
ββ¦β¦ Tut. The old man finally put down the book in his hand: "Can't hide it? Will it be wrong? Driving a personal expedition? β
"That's right, we're not here to rescue the Princess, we're going to protect His Majesty the Emperor who is about to arrive in the sky, in case Stormcloak takes advantage of the opportunity to attack, andβ" Delphine flipped through the information again, and read out another piece of information that had been specially drawn: "Several members of the 'council' in the Capital Province have moved. β
"Hehe, His Majesty Martin has reigned for a hundred years, although he suppressed them so much that he didn't dare to breathe, but the backlash after relieving his strength was also quite strong, taking advantage of the great war with Somo and the "Platinum Agreement" and the chaos in Skyrim Province, it shows that they would rather give up Skyrim than let the royal family divide power." Isborne shook his head.
"Anyway, we need to get out of here as soon as possible, it will take a lot of time to gather the Blade Warriors and go to Dugu City, if we still don't have a plan to deal with that dragon, we can only give up for the time being." Delphine looked at the reliefs on the walls around the hall.
The abstract images of men fighting dragons are said to have come from a prophecy given by a Blade Prophet after reading the Elder Scrolls, and many of them can indeed be verified with certain historical events, but the problem is that the relief wall surrounding the rotunda has no clear head and tail, and there are several paintings that can even explain events at different times at the same time, so its interpretation has been inconclusive, and it is completely impossible for Iss to solve this mystery in just a few days.
"I've roughly sketched the reliefs so that I can study them later," Ispen said, "and if that doesn't work, I'll go find the Dragonborn who has become famous lately." β
"He is now the baron of the neutral city of Xueman, and it is impossible for him to cooperate with us due to his status, unless the emperor or the princess goes in person," Delphine put away the information: "Let's go when we are ready, the princess's problem is not our turn to worry about." β
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"According to the analysis, the most suspicious keyword is 'the realm of light and shadow,'" says Palashos as she runs, "and the other keywords are like 'reactions' to certain encounters, only this one is like her own 'feelings'." β
North of Rich, west of Snowman, Emile and Little Annoyance rode Midnight in search of Mercerfrey and Add's trails, and although there was still space on the back of the Shadowmare's mount, the Sharp-Eyed Scout Captain firmly refused to sit on it and huddle with them.
"Even if you reason like this, it's useless," Xiao Fu was holding the hand of the demon clan to find a specific direction: "That guy is going to deal with the demon god, so what does the so-called 'realm of light and shadow' refer to when and where it is?" Or could he find a way to defeat the demon god from the fake princess? β
"It's not impossible, since we've been tracking him, maybe in that nightmare, it was Her Royal Highness the Princess who finally destroyed the Demon God, and the main reason is this'Light and Shadow'." Palacos continued to run.
ββ¦β¦ Light. Amir turned sideways on the big black horse and pointed at the annoying Dawnbreaker.
ββ¦β¦ Shadow. She gestured with her ebony dagger again.
"It seems to make a lot of sense," Xiao Fu nodded in agreement: "What about the realm?" β
"......" Amir turned his head to look at Palashos, but after noticing that he waved his hand repeatedly, he took his gaze back and raised his hand to Midnight, which was galloping below him: "...... Boundary. β
"Poof!" I snorted at midnight.
"You 'borrowed' this from an unknown nobleman, right?" The corners of Xiao Fu's mouth twitched slightly.
"Although Her Royal Highness rarely does this, she does have the right to dispose of any wealth or person in the Empire," Parasos, who was already familiar with the experience of the two sides after their separation, interjected, "but often it is used against lawbreakers whose crimes are not undead or extenuating circumstances." β
"Hey, although being a superior is a good thing, what if someone wants to take advantage of this loophole to sin and wait for your pardon?" Xiao Fu continued to study the hand of the demon and asked at the same time.
ββ¦β¦ Pretend not to be there. Emile replied without hesitation.
"Okay then." Xiao Fu shrugged, then raised his hand and patted the black horse: "Turn left and stop at the temporary camp of the Imperial Legion in front." β
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The so-called "Legion Temporary Camp" is similar to a camp for ordinary travelers, except that most of the locations are remote, and the users are scouts, combat squads, or people who know the location and use it bravely.
"Sure enough, he stayed here for a short time, maybe not so long ago." Palasos examined several tents in the Imperial camp, and the still warm campfires and fresh traces of life suggest that Mercer Frey seems to have spent the night here.
"After he robbed the [Star of Azura], he could still see traces of his rush along the way, and now we can only find clues when he stops to rest, could it be that he has been using teleportation the whole time?" Xiao Annoyance complained dissatisfiedly.
"After all, there is no comparison between a useless demon artifact and a princess who has attracted much attention." Palashos finished searching a tent and said to her.
"All eyes on it? Look at the air? Xiao Fu patted Amir, who was sitting next to her, because she stopped hurrying, and there was no place for her to contribute for the time being, Her Royal Highness the Princess's figure had become transparent, and she would ignore it if she didn't look closely.
"Whatever you want." Palacos turned and slipped into another tent.
"Such a good thief embryo turned out to be a princess," Xiao Fu grabbed Emir and shook it to break her stealth state, "Even if you leave Skyrim Province in the future, we will keep the title of Guild Master for you." β
ββ¦β¦ It's an assassin. Amir tilted his head for some unknown reason.
Click-Click-Click-
Suddenly, the "Demon Hand" moved twice, stretched out his index finger and pointed south.
"Wow, that's annoying, I don't want to deal with those oathbreakers." Small annoyance to help the forehead.
"That's not right!" Palasos walked out of the tent and looked south with a frown: "When Mercer used teleportation several times before, that broken hand did not react at all, and now it seems that he accidentally fought with someone?" β
"Just look at it!" Xiao Fu pulled up the reins: "Midnight, let's go!" β
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"That guy is amazing......"
Delphine was fleeing in disarray, the female warrior with several wounds around her body, and the thick leather armor of the Blade Warrior was almost completely destroyed.
Although Ispen looked fine, his robe, hair and beard were scorched, and his face was very bad.
"Who the hell said 'we don't have to worry about rescuing the princess'? Yes?! You don't have to worry about it, you can just kill it, what do you have to worry about! The old man yelled.
"Uh, hehe, I didn't look at him alone, that ......," Delphine sneered.
"One person can successfully kidnap the princess from the heavily guarded Dugu City, where do you have the confidence to defeat him!" Isben continued to roar: "Could it be that I have been in seclusion for too long, and the current Blade Warrior has completely lost the skill of judging the strength of the enemy and making appropriate responses based on the results of the analysis!" β
"Obviously only a little bit ......" the Blade Warrior squad leader was trained to look like a little girl who had done something wrong.
"And that's a princess double! When we passed by, she desperately gestured to us to make us pretend that we didn't know, and to mobilize more people to besiege us, you are good! As soon as I turned around, I got on it! Call...... ...... "It had already taken a lot of physical strength to escape, and after shouting a few words, Isbon became out of breath.
"Hmm...... That man didn't seem to chase after him, now what? Go find someone who is tracking him? Delphine looked back, and gradually stopped.
"Turn around, go and mobilize the nearby Blade Warriors first, if we do this first, the situation just now will be reversed," Isben said angrily, "As a dragon slayer, the best thing the Blade Warrior is at defeating strong enemies with the cooperation of many people, what about you?" Personal heroism! β
"Listen to you, listen to you."