—4E, 201, Last Seed, 17th, 11:00 a.m.

"Maybe you didn't find out the true face of the empire when you were hunting before, and looking at their faces that they didn't hesitate to 'dispose of you in the same way', the only way out is to go to Stormhelm City and join the Storm Cloak."

"No, even if the dragon didn't come just now, General Tulius is ready to pardon you, I saw that he left Ufric and came this way, the empire is the time to use people, with your skills, you will definitely be reused."

"To forgive a man who has not sinned, the empire is so bold."

"If you're willing to quit the Storm Cloak, I can vouch for your innocence with my rank."

"Hmph, when we hit Dugu City, I will also spare your life."

After coming out of the bear cave, Arthur found a "beast path" down the mountain with his rich experience, and although there was a snow bear to intimidate, there could still be brave beasts wandering nearby, so he carried a longbow to find his way ahead.

And Hadava and Larov have been trying to woo him up in the back and have been fighting with each other without saying a word.

Arthur didn't care about the argument between them, and was dedicating some of his attention to the "thing" he had just discovered—a bright starry sky where the exact position of the stars was the same as that seen at night.

After trying, Arthur found that if he looked up, whether he saw the top of the cave, the branches of trees, or the sky, as long as he had the idea of "wanting to see higher", he could see that strange starry sky.

The stars that had nothing to do with each other were connected by silver lines to form a special constellation, and after being connected, the very abstract constellations would also appear as a virtual image of something, for example, when he had just shot the snow bear, a group of stars that looked like a semicircle lit up with an illusory image of an ordinary longbow, and one of them became extremely bright.

This means that my mastery of bows and arrows has been upgraded, so I have added some points to my bow and arrow abilities? A strange thought popped into Arthur's mind.

There have been many opinions about how Taber Septin ascended to the ninth Holy Spirit, and now it seems that he may have seen such a starry sky as well.

If he lit up all the constellations in the entire starry sky - just thinking about it for a moment made him feel dizzy and stop at the same time.

"What's wrong, Arthur?" Hadava stopped and looked ahead, the cave was surrounded by man-made traces, unburned bonfires, piled up barrels and pyres, and improvised furnaces.

"That's a lump mine." "Creek Town's main mineral supply area, we might be able to buy some supplies from the workers," Larov said. ”

"How long have you been in the army?" Arthur watched warily at the entrance to the cave, where a man who did not look like a miner stood, with a two-handed sword on his back, and a fierce face in unusually rudimentary and ill-fitting iron armor.

"Three years, maybe four years." Larov also sensed that something was wrong, and picked up the double-edged axe behind his back.

"Three years and seven months," Hadava sighed, "when the Storm Cloak started a rebellion, we said we were going to join the army together, and who knew that the 'army' in our mouths was not the same at all. ”

"And it's not uncommon for the mine to be overrun by robbers during this time," Arthur handed the bow to Ralov, "and your weapons and protection are not enough to fight him head-on, so wait here." ”

"Now you can see if this brilliant hunter has the means to deal with people." Larov checked the longbow and put it back behind his back.

"At least that's fine." Hadava watched Arthur's movements.

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Arthur had just touched the back of the robber, and in the starry sky in his mind, a constellation that looked like a poisonous snake suddenly flickered, and a certain star on it brightened.

Unsteady on his feet, he kicked a weapon that had been thrown to the ground and failed to forge it, immediately attracting the attention of the ironclad bandit who was resting with his back against the post.

"It's not a good time for you to get lost, friend." He raised his hand to draw the two-handed greatsword behind his back.

"Cut." Arthur leaned over and slammed the flying shovel, tripping the robber who was out of balance in order to draw the sword, and the half-drawn big sword also flew out of his hand, Arthur caught the two-handed sword and smashed it on the robber's iron helmet, and the robber who was about to struggle to get up was directly knocked unconscious.

"Well done." Arthur rushed out by accident, but by the time he reached Arthur's side, the battle was over.

"Huh? Still alive? Larov followed, raising his foot and kicking the robber.

"I've been hunting animals, and I don't know what to do when I catch a robber," Arthur tried to swing his two-handed sword, "Should I give it to the guards of a nearby town or kill it directly?" ”

"Loot the property and throw it out to feed the wolves." "It depends on what they do." Larov and Hadava said at the same time, glaring at each other again.

"If you let them go, you're responsible for attacking Brookwood?"

"How do you know they're not mining themselves? And I didn't say I was going to let it go. ”

"Ha, you're obviously worried about the supply of your blacksmith's shop."

"Wait? Will robbers mine on their own? Arthur interjected, adjusting to the weight, length, and center of gravity of the two-handed sword.

"'Bandits' is a general term," Hadava explains, "the empire has always been wiped out by bandits who have occupied abandoned castles, Nord ruins, and so on, mainly by attacking merchants and pedestrians, while those who occupy mines or beasts' dens and sell minerals, meat, and furs to towns and cities are mainly dispersed or captured and forced labor." ”

"It's a misfortune, this kind of guy, the Storm Cloak has always been directly obliterated," Larov sneered, the guy who ran to be a robber when there was a shortage of people in the towns everywhere, and he ran away to be a robber as long as he was willing to contribute, he was not worthy of being called a Nord at all. ”

"Hmm......" Arthur looked at the unconscious bandit, a little hesitant, he wasn't sure what the "starry sky" would have to react to if he killed the bandit.

"But he's your captive, and it's up to you to deal with it, Arthur." Hadava said as he looked at Arthur.

"I decided to go into the mines and see what they were doing," Arthur shook his head, "and if anyone survived the battle, reconsider." ”

"Listen to you, it's not appropriate to let a bunch of robbers set up a nest near Creek Town." As he spoke, Larov tied the robber with a nearby twine.

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Ambre felt very unlucky.

As a veteran who left his hometown a long time ago, there are no people who know him in Creekwood, but luckily, the owner of the Sleeping Giant's Inn, Ogona, seems to have heard his name and prepared an abandoned warehouse for him to live in.

He relied on his strength to make a living by chopping wood in the sawmill, but the extra money was used to buy wine and drink, so he remained in abject poverty.

Such a beggar-like man was completely unlikely to arouse the interest of the robbers, so he often wandered around the town of Creekwood, occasionally catching a rabbit and beating his teeth, only to be captured by a gang of robbers.

The robbers imprisoned him and a few other unlucky ghosts who had also been captured in the mines, forced them to mine, and then melted the ore into ingots and sold them, sometimes crafting low-quality armor and weapons.

Curse the blacksmiths who don't care where they come and receive their goods.

Amberley walked out of the depths of the mine with his waist pressed down, and he suspected that he might not be able to chop the firewood if he left here - if he could leave, after all, there had been three landslides in this time, and he would be buried in it sooner or later.

"Dang!" "Zheng!"

The hall where the robbers gathered was not as full of robbers as usual, and three young men who had never seen it were chasing after a few robbers who had fled in disarray, and they were dressed in hunter's leather armor, storm cloak battle armor, and imperial armor...... Has Skyrim Province been unified?

"This should be the last captive," after knocking out the robbers, three young men walked up to Amberley, and the young man in hunter's leather armor and carrying a large sword looked at him, "Old man, are there any other people who have been captured by the robbers to work?" ”

"No, no," Amber looked at a few familiar miner companions who cowered behind the young man, "all here." ”

"How?" He heard the young man in Imperial armor say to his companion in the leather armor of the Storm Cloak, "These robbers are just capturing the homeless and forcing them to work. ”

"So what?" Stormcloak replied, "We'll have to escort the miners back to town, and if we take those robbers with us, we'll only have three of them, and we'll be in trouble on the road, so it's better to kill them." ”

"Arthur, what do you see?" Imperial armor looked at the young man with the big sword who had asked at the beginning.

"Hmm......," Arthur thought, raising his two-handed sword in his hand.

"This, my lord!" Amber somehow got the courage to step forward and say, "Please take those robbers and leave us alone!" ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone was stunned, and Amberie saw that only a few of the more than a dozen miners showed dissatisfied looks, and most of them were thoughtful, and their hearts suddenly had a bottom in their hearts.

"We've adapted to mining and smelting in this mine," he continued, "and we know how it produces minerals and how they are sold, and it would be a shame to let it go unkept." ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of those miners who were still hesitant suddenly changed.

yes, Ambrey thought, everyone is a homeless man and a beggar, and there is a rare opportunity to make money, and those robbers don't work at all, and they can spend all their time drinking by selling the minerals they dig, if those incomes are under their own control—

"Hmm...... Seems to work," the young man known as Arthur nodded, "but your own safety is a concern, and you will have to pay taxes to your lord." ”

"I'm familiar with those!" Amber answered quickly, "I used to go back and forth a lot with the brook and the snow. ”

"At least I can't think of any loopholes," Arthur looked at the Imperial soldiers and Stormcloak, "If the lord sends guards, there shouldn't be any other bandits who want to attack here." ”

"Then tie up the robbers and take them away," Stormcloak said, "It's just nine bandits, and the guards in Brookwood Town are enough to take care of them." ”

Not more than twenty? Amber glanced around and saw the corpses of several robbers who had been cut in half by the big sword, and was instantly silent.