Chapter 274: The Knight and the Princess
My name is Akatosh,
Valmina can really run.
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Arthur was woken up by a loud noise.
It sounded like a large group of Nords had drunk a lot of wine, and then used the strength of the wine to make a mess of the tavern by making a loud noise and fighting with each other, but it was clearly at the foot of a snowy mountain.
After clearing the Silverhand's headquarters, the Drifting Shadow Shelter, Kalia quit and left, and the other comrades were not happy to stay in the "vampire-stenking" place for a long time, and finally decided to rush back to Snow Man as soon as possible to report the details of the mission to Krako Whiteman.
Due to the weather and terrain, the group had just walked out of the snowy mountains and entered the snowy plain, and it was already completely dark, so everyone had to temporarily camp to rest, and planned to rush back to the snowy plain the next day.
Could it be that they thought about it and took themselves back to the city overnight after transforming?
Arthur looked around, it was indeed a makeshift tent and sleeping bag, but what was the noise coming from outside? A caravan passed by and held a drinking contest? He straightened his armor and weapons slightly, lifted the curtain and stepped out of the tent.
The noise suddenly became several times louder, and outside the tent was not the expected campsite, but the corridor on the second floor of the Snowman Mare Banner Hotel, and it was clear that there were many snowman guards in the hall on the first floor, and Arthur could even distinguish the voices of several familiar mercenaries and the proprietress Hurda.
"It's ......"
"What's going on! Arthur! ”
Before Arthur could figure out what was going on, an enraged Ella walked down the side of the corridor to Lee, still wearing the same smart leather armor, but his face was not painted with war paints, and his real appearance was not much different from what he expected.
"I want to know, too." Arthur spread his hands.
"You ......" Ella seemed to be even more angry: "Do you dare to do it?" ”
What do you mean? Arthur's instincts told him that something would be wrong if he continued, so he remained silent and put on a puzzled expression.
"As a guard, you shouldn't have interfered in the baron's private life, but are all you telling me a lie?" Lydia emerged from the other side of the hallway, she didn't carry the giant shield on her back, her tone was as calm as ever, but there seemed to be a black aura on her body.
What words? Arthur grew more and more confused.
"Oops, isn't that obvious? Arthur, he, choose me~" Another Arthur's rather familiar voice sounded from his side, and then the arm on that side tightened, as if it was directly hugged by someone.
Satya? Arthur subconsciously looked over, but turned his head halfway and twisted back stiffly - although he didn't see it clearly, she had too little clothing on her!
"Hmph, there's no way," Ella pointed at with her bow and arrow, "Since this guy is indecisive, we can only divide the winner first." ”
"I'm better at guarding, but it would be a mistake to think that I don't have the ability to attack at all." Ladia drew the ebony dagger at her waist.
"Hehe~ If you don't have enough skills, how can you ensure the safety of intelligence transactions?" Satya pulled out a pair of daggers out of nowhere, and said with a smile.
I always feel ...... What's wrong?
A huge dragon groan rang out, and the flaming dragon's breath directly destroyed the roof of the mare banner, and then a small white dragon swooped down.
"You killed my father! Sophie, or Sophie Lanier, roared, "[Die! 】”
"Ah...... So that's what happened. Arthur slowly raised his hand and pulled out a gorgeous two-handed greatsword decorated with blue enamel on the golden body of the sword from the empty position behind him: "But unfortunately, these things are not a 'nightmare' for me at all-"
"—'The Sword of Oath and Victory'!"
The noisy tavern, the confrontational woman, and the dragon that swooped down were completely still at the moment the sword appeared, like a fine oil painting, and then vanished in the golden light that erupted from it.
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"Hmm...... Lonely City? ”
After the illusion of Snowy City and the Mare Banner Tavern shattered, Arthur found himself on the walls of a huge castle surrounded by heavily guarded walls, but neither the patrolling soldiers nor the archers stationed there were oblivious to him, and some kind of celebration seemed to be taking place in the square inside the castle.
Although Arthur has not been to Dugu City due to the faction, he has read the urban planning of Dugu City and the general description and related information of Dür Castle in detail, in fact, there is only one city in the sky with a complete castle in the city.
As he found his way down the walls and approached the square, Arthur heard a slightly older voice speaking loudly.
"In the name of the Emperor, Urrell Septin II, I declare that the Imperial Princess Emilia Septin will be betrothed to the Lord of Stormhelm, Ulfric Stormcloak—"
"This ......"
This is a solution to the civil war, but only if the leader of the Stormcloak is willing.
However, if you fall into this kind of nightmare, it means that the "something" that created the nightmare thinks that this is what the "target" fears, so the original target is not the Lord of Stormhelm City?
Arthur walked into the ceremonial plaza, as usual, without any guards, so he easily saw the Ulfric Storm Cloak who was performing the ceremony on the high platform, and the girl in the white dress and the old man in gorgeous clothes that he had never seen before.
Not...... The hair is slightly purple, and the skin is a little dark, although it is not beautiful yet, but it is beautiful and cute enough overall, is Uffrick so demanding?
"If there is no objection, I declare this marriage now—"
“【Fus Ro Dah】!”
As the old man, who was supposed to be the Emperor, raised his hand with a smile on his face to announce something, Ufric turned around and blew him off the platform with a "relentless force".
Without time to consider whether this was an illusion, Arthur rushed over to catch the old man, and when he looked up again, the castle and the surrounding guards instantly became blurred, and only Princess Emilia was still looking at him with an expressionless face.
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I see, Arthur, who had once again driven himself from the city walls, thought on the way.
The protagonist of the play is not Ulfric, but the princess of the Empire, whose fears are "being married off casually" and "assassination of the Emperor" - at least that's what the nightmares do.
Obviously, a complete error of judgment, although the princess does not panic because of this nightmare or vision, she also does not know how to get out of the loop, and after several failed attempts, she decides to do nothing and begins to carefully observe the flaws of the nightmare.
"—'Sibby Black Thorn' in Rift City." Arthur heard the Emperor's visions say this again.
Although the candidates are different every time, they are all influential family members of the Stormcloak Force, and if those marriages are successful, they can indeed effectively end the civil war, and it seems that the "what" that creates the nightmare is not a complete fool.
"If there's no objection—"
"I'm against it!" Arthur shouted.
Brush - The guards and guests who had all turned a blind eye to him instantly turned their eyes on, and if it were an ordinary person, they would probably be taken aback.
"[You—on what basis—oppose——? The guests, the guards, and even "Sibi" and "Emperor" said in unison, and the reverberation sounded extremely strange and terrifying.
"Marriages in Skyrim need to be blessed by Mara!" Arthur replied loudly: "And Her Royal Highness, as the imperial family, still needs to be recognized by [Akatosh]!" ”
Although Arthur, who did not know the rules of royal marriage, was just talking nonsense, his purpose was not to convince the other party with words at all, he only needed to say the name of the Holy Spirit when "this nightmare" allowed him to intervene.
Maybe he is a small dragonborn, Baron Snowman, who is not qualified to attract the attention of the Holy Spirit, but this is the princess of the Empire.
"————" As expected, the entire "wedding venue" fell into complete stillness after he uttered that sentence, and then shattered like glass.
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"Could it be that I misjudged?"
At the very top of the Hosgar Peak, Arthur paced back and forth with his arms crossed, occasionally roaring a "breath of fire" to keep warm, while Princess Emilia stared at him silently.
“…… It turns out that the Baron of Snow City is a fool. She said without emotion.
"Yes, that's right......" Arthur didn't intend to refute, he looked at the sky, "When you find out that the princess of the empire is also caught in the same incident, you should think about what we have in common, and not act rashly." ”
In this nightmarish sky, countless dragons are soaring, red flames, ice blue frost, blazing white lightning, strange blood magic, miserable green diseases and plagues, all kinds of breath are poured into the sky by them, even if the specific situation is not clear from the location of the peak of Hosga, it is completely certain that the Skyrim Province and even the entire Tamarel continent have been completely destroyed.
At this time, a pitch-black ancient dragon that was many times larger than the other dragons was gnawing at the surface of the earth one bite at a time, biting the mountain peaks like bread and swallowing them, and the coastline of the northern part of Skyrim Province had been pushed south to the snow.
"Devourer of Worlds" Alduin.
"The thing she fears is 'the end of the world'? The pattern is directly bigger than ours, I don't know how much......" Arthur looked at Zela Pesh, who was riding a blue dragon and kept attacking those ordinary dragons, and said with emotion: "But she is also a dragonborn? ”
What do he and Princess Emilia have in common? Except for the vague condition of "all human", all have "Dragonborn blood" is the only answer, except that the latter is a direct royal line, and the former is wild.
Obviously, this "nightmare incident" was due to the fact that Zela Pesh, who is also a dragonborn, provoked the demon god Valmina and was accidentally injured when he attacked through his bloodline, and it is unclear if other members of the royal family in the imperial capital will be affected.
“…… She used to be the holy woman of 'Ali-E'. Emilia said.
"Well, no wonder I felt so kind when I met her." A dragonborn who felt good about himself nodded repeatedly.
Isn't that the elven king incarnation of Akatosh, and it's not uncommon to be given bloodline.
“…… If you want to see me, go to Longqiao and look for the 'Sharp-Eyed Eagle'. The princess stared at him for a moment, then suddenly said.
"I think I'm going to be arrested and tortured and ask where the princess has gone." Arthur shrugged, he had read the information of the princess's family.
Before Emilia could reply to him, Zela Pesh slew another dragon, but the dragon instantly took the form of an old man, who appeared to be Master Tovdir of the Mage Academy.
Arthur seemed to hear a faint sneer, and then Alduin, who was still gnawing at the earth and mountains, suddenly turned his head, avoided Zela Pesh with precision, and swallowed the "Tovdir" directly.
The nightmare of the "end of the world" is completely shattered in the next moment.
—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 13th, 12:07 p.m.
Arthur was woken up by a loud noise.
"Hey! Arthur! Do you know what time it is? We're going to get back to the snow before it gets dark! ”
"Yesterday's battle was tiring, but it's time to get up, Baron."
"Wow!"
Listening to the familiar voices of his companions outside the tent, he shuddered for some reason.