My name is Akatosh,

…… You nightingales really know how to play.

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 12th, 6:12 —

At dawn, most of the inhabitants of Skyrim were still half-asleep and half-awake, and they did not pay much attention to the sudden clearing of the originally gloomy sky, and only those who had woken up early from work or travel, and looked up at the north-west sky at the right time, could see the short, but bright, straight pillar of light rising into the sky.

Earlier, Arthur and his companions, who had been surrounded by Somer's soldiers for creating similar pillars of light, had taken the opportunity to rush out of Sgrammer's tomb, but most of the soldiers only symbolically pursued for some distance, and after they had fled, they gave up the capture, returned and continued to surround Sgrammer's Tomb.

"Obviously," said Wilcas, "their purpose is not to have the 'Witch Slade' reforged, at least not to be taken out of the catacombs, and we who are clearly not carrying the 'Giant Two-Hand Axe' have little value in hunting down." ”

The statues and frescoes that have survived from Sgrammer all clearly show the form of the "witch slade" - a huge square double-sided axe the length of a normal person, which would not have been possible if it were not for Sgrammer's own size, which was far beyond the average human size.

Due to the influence of this human ancestor, most Nord warriors would choose to wield their sword weapons with both hands or one-handed axes that could achieve good results with brute force alone, so it was helpless to be called barbarians by the warriors in southern armor and sword.

"The light that erupted when 'Wuslad' was reforged into the 'Sword of Oath and Victory' was not at all as strong as the pillar of light in the West just now, and their commander probably suspected that the person holding the 'Wuslade' had escaped from the secret passage, so they went to investigate with half of their men, which gave us an opportunity to take advantage of." Arthur responded as he hurried.

"That light is actually extremely far away, and it's only because of its sheer size that the elves have the illusion that 'it's over the mountain.'" Septin implied himself with some enhancement spells, and his speed in running in the snow was not inferior to that of his comrades: "Those fools will only run for nothing, completely, in the air." ”

"So what the hell is that light? Artifact Birth? The Holy Spirit descended? Farkas looked at the western sky with some expectation, but the pillar of light was long gone.

"No matter how you look at it, it's the hinterland of the empire-controlled area, don't think about it." Wells took the initiative to pour cold water on his brother.

"Wang!" Barbas trotted all the way along: "Before you make small talk, can you find a way to get rid of or clean up the trackers behind you?" ”

"There's no way, there was just a snowfall yesterday, and now the weather is pretty good, we can't get rid of the traces after passing through the snow, and the tracker is very far away from us, once we reveal our plans to be against him, we will definitely turn around and flee in advance." Arthur looked behind him, then responded.

After breaking out of Sgramer's Tomb, the Somo soldiers still had a few scouts following them from a distance, but as time went on, it felt that the members of the Brothers-in-Arms did not carry the "Witch Slade", and the number of scouts gradually decreased, and now only one of them was still persistently tracking.

"Why don't you just take that scout with you to the Drifting Shadow Shelter, those vampires don't care how far away she is, we just need to let one or two go and teach her a deep lesson." Ella snorted.

"She?" Arthur asked, confused, and even if he looked behind him closely, he could only see a small yellow dot on the snow.

"As an archer, your eyesight is completely substandard, Arthur," Ella smirked inexplicably, "not only can I tell it's a woman, but I'm sure she's the same archer who tried to sneak into the crypt and cold an arrow at us." ”

"I'll be ready to fend you off the cold arrows in your back, Baron." Lydia suddenly interjected, making Ella, who still wanted to blow a few words, forget what to say next.

"No, we can't let her follow the 'Silver Hand' headquarters," Arthur shook his head, "Under the pressure of at least two Maharajas and a large number of vampires, we can't fight with our hands tied, and if she informs the higher-ups of Somo about her discovery, the Comrades and Xueman will be in big trouble." ”

Are the comrades-in-arms all werewolves? Is the new Baron of Snow Man a dragon? This kind of news, even if it is difficult to verify, is enough to make the Imperial Legions, which are greatly influenced by Somo, make the decision to send troops.

"In that case," Septin nodded implicitly, "Lady Lydia, when passing around the corner ahead, please unfold your 'camping barrier' and I will cast a spell to hide it, after that, we can hide inside and wait for the Scout Lady, approach, and subdue." ”

Ladia looked at Arthur and saw that he nodded in agreement before replying, "Okay".

——6:36——

Naturally, there are no "corners" made of rocks on the relatively flat snowfields, and the location chosen by Septin is behind a gentle slope formed by the undulations of the heights, which is still far from the standard of camping shelter from the wind, but it is still possible to block the view for a while.

After Ladia unfolded his "position", Bluebeard Mage used magic to gather the nearby snow without a trace to obscure it, making it look like it was part of the gentle slope, and forged the footprints left by the group as they passed by in the snow, and due to the influence of magic, the members of the group of comrades in the position could see clearly and surprisingly did not feel cold.

"Do you think my experience of living in icebergs is fake?" When asked, Septin impliedly replied.

Soon after, the High Elf scout in elven armor slowly approached with her footprints, and sure enough, as Ella had said, she was a woman, ordinary-looking, but very athletic, and wary enough to be aware of her constant observation of her surroundings.

But now that you've stepped into the trap, it's useless to be vigilant.

Farkas and Wells swooped out of what the scouts thought was the snowy slope and were unalert, and although she made a back-jump in time and dodged Ella's arrows in the air with all her might, she was eventually knocked down by a shield from Lydia waiting for her to land, and was then tied up by Septin with a "rope control" implicitly.

"I've lost, Mercer Frey, won't you take off your disguise?" When the elven archer was caught, he did not shout a reprimand or ask about "Witch Raz", but instead glared at the members of his comrades.

"Mercer Frey? Who? Arthur stretched out his hands to his companions, and they all looked at each other, apparently no one knew the man.

"What? You've once again tricked your companion into fighting against Somo, and you've finally managed to catch me, and don't you show off how good your deception is before you kill me? Isn't that your favorite? The elven scout was still talking, staring at the faces of the members of the Brotherhood one by one.

"We seem to have a fuss?" Ella's arrows that had been warily pointed at her hung down slightly, "Could it be that the reason she is chasing us is not 'Witch Slade'?" ”

"Don't pretend to be garlic, Mercer Frey, even if you continue to hide your identity for fear of being besieged by your 'companions', I'll expose you—" The elf shouted at the members of the Brothers-in-Arms, "Did someone tell you that he had a way to open the gates of the Nord Tomb and take you inside?" And he's just interested in archaeology and won't take a treasure with a gold coin? Could it be that the door that was impossible to open was opened by him after a few casual strokes? ”

"Uh......" Arthur looked at his companions, who had equally strange expressions, and then looked at the sky.

Recognizing them as members of the Brothers-in-Arms, the various mechanisms along Sgrammer's Tomb were not activated at all, and the gates and even the Nord Riddle Gate were opened at the touch of a button - did Sgramer have a name named Mercer Frey?

"I think I know what's going on." Septin spoke silently, then raised his hand directly, and a crimson magic hit the elven scout accurately: "Magic, lift." ”

"So it's you—huh?" The scout was stunned in the middle of his shouting, and then raised his hands in a daze.

"Great change of living people, living elves." Farkas exclaimed.

"Disfigurement?" Ella snorted.

The original blonde and blue-eyed, white-skinned High Elf was completely transformed after the magic hit by Septin's inspiration, dark skin, blood-red eyes, short dark brown hair, only from the outside, he was a dark elf at all, if you put aside the skin color and the combination of facial features, she was a slightly wild, very beautiful woman.

"Looks like there's some misunderstanding between us," Arthur said as he lamented how good magic was to use as he reached out to the dark elf, "What do you call this lady?" ”

"My name is Kalia, and I'm a 'nightingale.'" She took Arthur's hand and stood up: "Tracking a guy who can change his appearance at will, and can open any lock. ”

The rope that had bound her lost control and fell, and it seemed that the previous performance was simply to expose the "Mercer Frey", and she herself had a way to escape at any time.

"We are members of the Brothers-in-Arms, and we are indeed here to reforge the 'Witch Slade', and the Tomb of Sgramer will naturally not turn us away," Arthur patted himself on the shoulder, where was the hilt of the Sword of Oath and Victory, "What about you, why did you track it here?" ”

Since the other party is a dark elf, then of course it is impossible to be subordinate to Somo, so there is no problem in revealing his identity appropriately.

"That guy, Mercer Frey stole the skull key of the 'Night Lady', causing the lady to be angry and banished all three of us 'Nightingale', but did not take back the 'Nightingale Power', I guess the Lady is hoping that we can defeat Mercer Frey and retrieve the skull key, so I am looking around for rumors that the impossible door or lock has been opened, although I have met him several times over the years, but without success." Kalia explained briefly.

"Hmm...... Basically understood," Arthur nodded: "So, what did you look like just now?" ”

"It is my nightingale's power, capable of 'transforming others' and therefore being able to blend in with certain organizations that are not closely connected to each other and do not strictly place everyone, Mercer Frey's is 'shape-shifting himself', which is almost impossible to find by conventional means, and Gallus, the other 'nightingale' who can easily spot the two of us, was killed by him in the first place." Kalia's voice fell.

"Hmm...... In short, the misunderstanding is cleared, of course there will be no one here, we still have important things to do, you go back to the team as soon as possible. Arthur said to Kalia.

"I'm going to be part of your operation, I don't know what you're going to do, but there are no thieves in the team, and I'm sure I can help," Kalia blinked, "And what if someone in your team is Mercerfrey, but he doesn't want to kill me at the cost of having his identity revealed?" ”