Chapter 259: The Party and the Goddess

My name is Akatosh,

I was robbed.

β€”4E, 201, Moon of the Fire, 10th, 18:12 β€”

[Have you thought of a way to save them?] 】

No, not at all. ’

It was dusk, and I had already used Joan of Arc to lead Illya and Cicero to find the lair of the mastermind of the "Hall of the Dead", and as expected, Twilight, who had a bad head and actually looked for the Brotherhood to assassinate her sister, was easily fooled by Eola, who was hiding in the Hall of the Dead.

After Iola leaves, Twilight uses a trick and a trick to get Virulus, the guard of the Hall of the Dead, to leave Makas City with her to "eliminate the culprits of the corpse destruction".

This cannibalistic mission is one of the three most disgusting missions in The Elder Scrolls 5, the other two being the Poyesia mission, where the plot kills one of his henchmen, and the scary Sanguine's drunken mission.

However, judging from the current appearance of the "Crow Ghost Woman", Sangeon's mission probably can't be called disgusting.

Namira's realm is "darkness", and unlike the light-induced "darkness" of Noktunar and Azura, he is dedicated to arousing negative emotions in humans, so the priesthood is associated with ugly and strange insects, corrupt substances, and nauseous diseases.

'These priesthoods...... If I hadn't gone to FZ for a spin, I would probably have it. ’

[The first person you came into contact with in FZ was the insect master, isn't it clear what field you should be in charge of? ] 】

'Underwhelming, isn't it?' ’

With the stupid system banned, and Twilight and Verulus working together to clean up the ghouls in the cavern, I started to think about what to do after a while.

While this side quest seems to be just a low-profile female version of Hannibal's story, it actually involves the reversal of the law of cause and effect to some extent, as it mentions the "protagonist's" past for the first time in the plot.

In other quests, the player-controlled "Dragonborn" can be orderly, good, or chaotic and evil, sometimes valuing honor over life, sometimes unscrupulous for money, but those actions affect the future, and only in this quest of the demon god Namira, the final choice will cause the "past" to change.

That is, whether this "Dragonborn" was Hannibal before he was captured in Helgen.

Throughout the entire quest process, if the "protagonist" has not eaten people, it is absolutely impossible to kill Verulus very naturally, eat it and then go to take Namira's ring, without the player's God perspective, who knows that he will get a magic artifact reward and a follower?

Pretending to cooperate, not killing Verulus in the final stage of the ritual, but killing Aiola and the other participants is the most marginal ending of the protagonist who has not done so, as soon as Verulus dies, the world line will directly switch to the branch of "the protagonist is a former Hannibal, but has forgotten about it".

Well...... The choice of the Gate of the Stone of Destiny.

Of course, that's the case in the original game, and in this world where I exist, Arthur, whose past is not a blank slate, will not have any effect on his clear past, even if he does trigger this mission, not to mention that he beat up Lao Du on the snowy field to the north not long ago.

As for Twilight Shattered Shield, who was already clearly on the path of taking Namira's Ring...... I can only say it again, he was stupid enough to hire the Brotherhood to assassinate his sister.

β€”β€”18:36β€”β€”

"Well done, my sister."

Deep in the Nameless Cavern, Twilight Shattershield and Verulus successfully defeated the ghoul overlord who had entrenched there, and then Aiola emerged from the shadows in the corner.

If you see her on the streets of the city, few people will pay much attention to her, because she looks like a very ordinary adventurer, but when she hides quietly in a deep cave and suddenly appears to speak, it is much more terrifying.

"You've cleaned up the hostess's holy place, and you've brought fresh food, so it seems that you're qualified enough to participate in this dinner." She said.

"Who are you? Why is it here? Those ghouls - and the dinner? No, I'm going to leave immediately. Verulus seemed to sense the strangeness of the atmosphere, took a few steps back, and then turned and ran.

"You can't leave the 'main course' without permission." Aiola pulled a staff from behind her back and pointed it at Verulus, and before she could chant, a lightning white light flew out of the staff's head, striking him exactly from behind.

"Ah...... I'm ......," Verulus turned with a glazed look in his eyes.

"Follow me." Aiola snapped her finger at him.

"Oh......" the priest of Akai staggered over.

Twilight looked at him, as if she couldn't bear it, but remained silent in the end.

"Is that a 'calming technique' that stops the enemy from fighting? But the effect doesn't seem right? Illya, who was invisible, asked suspiciously.

"Hey, hey, hey~ (Spades) If it involves the Demon God or the Holy Spirit, the magic effect can't be judged by common sense~ (Hearts)" Cicero answered.

"Hmm," I thought I had forcibly changed the soft voice technique used to assist stealth into a mute technique that prevented the sound of conversation from coming out of the range of the cast, "Keep up." ”

In fact, there is a little personal grudge in this incident: Akai, as the Holy Spirit in charge of death, has no good feelings for Namira, the demon god who blasphemed death, and there are conflicts between them that have lasted for thousands of years and no one can help anyone, and the final result is that if Namira has any action, the victims are generally Akai's priests, and if Namira's believers are found out, Akai will definitely help from it.

Titicaca –

Aiola activated a mechanism at the end of the cavern, and a secret door disguised as a rock wall slid open to the side, revealing a large cavern behind it, and then led Twilight and a definite Verulus inside.

Since the secret door did not close on its own, we quietly followed.

The interior of the cavern resembles a temple of the Holy Spirit, with long stone benches fixed to the ground surrounding an iron altar on which a long table stands a strangely shaped statue that looks like a twisted six-clawed worm poking out its mouthparts.

"Lie down." Aiola walked over to the altar and gave orders to Verulus.

"Oh......" Verusus' mind became even more confused as he entered the chamber and staggered up to the altar, lying just below the "mouthparts".

"Hmm~ (plum blossom)" Cicero touched his chin and looked at the sculpture: "If that thing bites off?" (Plum Blossom)"

"Please don't say itβ€”" Illya has been hiding behind my back since entering the secret room, and I have to say, this is indeed the safest place to be.

"The banquet has been set up, and now it is time to entertain the guests~" Aiola chuckled and stepped forward to do something on the altar, so two secret doors opened on the rock wall on the other side of the cave.

Immediately afterward, several people who seemed to have been waiting there for a long time walked in one after another.

I stared at the names above the heads of those people to confirm them one by one, Honey Red Arm, Banning, Nimfilas, Sonyan, Gallus, Lisbet.

There is no way to save it...... Wait a minute?

"Is it really here? I think it's weird. "Trust me, friend, it's a delicacy you've never eaten in your life."

Gallus and Sang Yan, dressed as an oathbreaker, engage in a conversation with each other that clearly treats each other as fools.

'Hey, stupid system? ’

[Sang Yan is one of the oathbreakers rescued by Gallus, and he tricked him under the pretext of "introducing the traditional food of the oathbreakers", and I'm not stupid. 】

"Everyone," said Aiola loudly, standing in front of the altar, "let's welcome our new friend, she brought us a big meal~"

"Oooh!" "A priest? Not bad. The nameless public face was very popular.

"So where's the feast?" "Don't worry, my friend, you'll see it right away, it's just a pre-dinner show." Gallus and Sang Yan were still playing with each other.

"Now, kill him." Aiola gave Twilight orders in a cold tone.

"I ...... I can......" Twilight picked up the dagger she had with her, and walked to the altar with a slight tremble.

"Hey, you're going to kill people over there?" "Fake, my friend, it's acting."

"[Stop Twilight's murder of Verulus]." I instructed Cicero on the Nightmother channel, and began to prepare a large crowd fear spell, knowing that there were both mages and archers in the group, and it would be troublesome if one wave reached the priest Akai lying on the altar.

Cicero groaned, and kept sneaking towards the altar, the blue phantom of invisibility around him glittering in the starlight.

…… Wait, Starlight?

I looked up, I was in a cave, but I saw the sky, it should be dusk, but now I saw a sky full of stars, and one of the huge golden planets was shining brightly.

Whose Holy Spirit is this! Did you take me Akatosh into account?

[That...... Strictly speaking, you are now just a former saint of Akatosh, and it is completely impossible for them to see through the identity of the vest. 】

[Hint: The Holy Spirit of Art and Beauty, the Goddess of War and Love, Di Bella.] 】

There is clearly something wrong with this priesthood!

"[Angalta Kigalse! 】”

Huge and dense golden spears of light fell from the sky, and it was not until they appeared inside the cave through the illusory sky that the giant insect sculpture on the steel altar had just discovered and raised its mouthparts, but it didn't have time to react at all, and it was pierced into a sieve by the dense attack that had shrunk a lot from the sky and had turned into "light rain".

The genuine "fairy fight".

[Wake up, you are also a 'fairy']

'Shut up and watch the show!' ’

After being pierced by the light rain, a shadowy female phantom appeared on the metal giant insect, and she only appeared for a moment, and disappeared directly before I could see the specific appearance and outfit.

[Hint, Namira defeated]

[Hint: Obtain Doomsday Elemental: Decay]

[Hint: Obtaining the priesthood: 'Sickness', 'Regret', 'Neglect']

Can I not lick this pack? Where is the "Discard" option?

"[Poor Namira, where did you get the confidence to make a small move next to my temple? Now, even Lord Akatosh won't have an opinion on my actions~]" The light and rain regathered, and then, a voice that felt a little inexplicably familiar sounded.

No, I actually had quite an opinion, but now my interest in the appearance of "Beauty" overrode other emotions, so I turned my head to look at the location where the voice came from, just like everyone else present.

Unsurprisingly, there was a young woman of excellent stature, but equally little cloth, with long black hair, scarlet eyes, a gold crown set with a large ruby, a minimally pressed garment made of gold trim and a black background, and a large turquoise double-stringed bow the size of two of her, decorated with many golden stars, hovering beside her.

…… Well, I have to say, the statues in the temple don't look like it at all.

"[Hehe~ I am the god of beauty Di Bella~ Be fascinated by me, believe in me, worship me~]" She said as she threw a wink at me.

β€˜β€¦β€¦ Speaking of which, if you beat a Holy Spirit flat, will you be able to steal her priesthood? ’

[Calm down, she's looking at Illya.] 】

"Daddy!" Illya completely ignored Di Bella and rushed straight towards Gallus, who had already fallen on the other side.

Well? What about the curse of lovelessness that is said to be good?

[Hint: Di Bella attaches her divine power to Gallus in the form of a curse, and after being healed by Alekstasa's breath, she can use it to manifest once, but the curse will be completely consumed.] 】

Blame me?

As I complained, I noticed that Di Bella stared at Illya for a moment, then yawned and disappeared in place, and only then did the people who had been suppressed come to their senses.

"Come~Laugh one~ (hearts)" Cicero slashed at Aiola's throat with a magic poker in his hand.

I've got it figured!

When the poker was only 0.01 centimeters away from Iola's throat, a large number of pitch-black spears suddenly appeared from the ground, piercing all the low-level Hannibal together.

Under Cicero's complaining gaze, I slowly sheathed my sword.

[All sent to Atayu's mother? The Forbidden Prison is not full yet? 】

'Who knows, let the Issyks take care of it. ’