—4E, 201, Last Seed, 26th, 16:00—

Fairheimer Castle, located at the junction of the territories of Snowman City and Morningstar City, firmly guards a narrow mountain path, which is said to be a relatively famous pass before the unification of Skyrim Province, and "Fairheimer" is the name of an ancient general who was stationed here, although it is impossible to know what he did, but it is rumored that he once blocked the attack of 20,000 people here with 300 defenders.

"There are still 20,000 people, and if there are 200 people fighting here, it will probably be seriously blocked, so ......" Behind a boulder outside the castle, Ella was enthusiastically explaining the legend to Arthur, and Arthur looked at the small castle not far away and shook his head.

"So what?" Ella, who had drawn two white lines on her face today that passed vertically through her eyes, flashed her claws at Arthur.

"So...... can resist 20,000 with 300 in this situation, Philheimer deserves to be a hero among the Nords. Arthur continued.

It's not a good idea to annoy a lady by arguing about the merits of a general who has been dead for many years and may have turned into a ghoul, especially now that there are no other shield brothers with him, and it would be a problem for Ella to show her true colors, she doesn't care about the historical truth, all she cares about Arthur's attitude towards the fact that she is telling a story.

"Hmph......" Ella withdrew her claws and pointed to the castle, "Why don't we just kill it?" By nightfall, all the vampires will wake up and move. ”

"Our day is their night." Arthur explained, "The most sleepy time for humans is before dawn, and the time for this nocturnal creature to have the worst attention is at dusk, when there is little resistance to a surprise attack - haven't you forgotten that our mission is to take control of this place quietly?" ”

"Uh-huh," Ella nodded, and suddenly the conversation changed, "Can I understand that you are afraid that I will get hurt?" ”

"Uh......" Arthur stalks, what to say? Isn't the fear of her injury a distrust of her skills? You can turn into a dragon and look down on ordinary comrades-in-arms? As for not being afraid that she will get hurt...... When you say this, you are the one who is hurt.

"We are shield brothers in this operation," and in the end he found the right rhetoric: "It is necessary to take care of each other." ”

"It's the shield sisters." Ella was noncommittal about Arthur's claims, but she didn't dwell on them either.

"Wait a minute, after the last 'night watch' vampire changes, we can sneak in." Arthur looked at the sky and moved slightly behind the big rock.

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Before entering the castle, Arthur tore through a magic scroll, and a faint blue light enveloped him, and the sound of armor clashing that Arthur couldn't avoid when he was acting disappeared.

These scrolls were purchased by Arthur from the court mage Fariga when he learned that he was going to "infiltrate" the battle, and this scroll alone was worth 200 gold coins.

"Waste." Ella glanced at the scroll that had vanished into ashes, and quietly touched the castle first.

The werewolf form stalked silently, and there was really no comparison, Arthur shook his head and followed.

Firmheimer Castle was more of a small, well-guarded manor than a castle, with many passable ladders up and down the stone walls and the main building, which could be quickly reinforced in the event of an attack, and because there was no strictly critical location, it was necessary to kill all the defenders if they wanted to take the castle.

"Click", "Click", "Boom", "Uh......", "Mmmm! ”

As it approached dusk and the members of the Silver Hand in charge of the guards, or rather the vampires, relaxed a little, Ella and Arthur quietly took out all the enemies in less than half an hour, slitting their throats and gagging their mouths to pierce their hearts to ensure they couldn't raise any alarms.

"I killed four, what about you?" After reuniting, Ella, who had conjured ears and tails, looked at the silver two-handed sword that Arthur had picked up in disgust.

"You're moving too fast, I've only killed two—and there's nothing to compare to, is it?" Arthur hid his two-handed sword behind him.

As much as Ella hated these weapons, she couldn't just throw them away now, as enemies with weapons that would inflict lethal damage on themselves might not be available in the future.

"Hmph...... There shouldn't be a few vampires left," Ella looked at the low fortress, "unless it has a huge basement." ”

Not necessarily...... Arthur took a closer look at the structure of the fortress, it was built against the mountain, tightly embedded in the mountain wall, and it was not surprising that they had expanded the space into the mountain, but there was no need to say it.

"Y-uh!" As Ella walked towards the main gate of the fortress, a member of the Silver Hand just pushed the door out, and before he could give a warning, six cold lights flashed in the air, and he directly clutched his throat and slammed to the ground.

"The enemy is already waking up, hurry up!" Ella swooped down and jumped straight through the open door of the cave.

What about the shield brothers who said they would protect each other's backs? Arthur sighed and chased after him.

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The interior of the castle is as small as it can be seen from the outside, and the weapons hangar and the circular council hall at the door are directly barracks, but it is quite scary that there are more than a dozen coffins in the barracks where beds should be arranged.

"Ahh "Enemy attack!" "It's the dog of the Brothers-in-Arms!" "Meet the enemy!"

Even if they could be killed silently, it was impossible for a vampire with a keen sense of smell to ignore the smell of living people here, so the raid turned into a scuffle after Ella and Arthur took out a few vampires who were still sleeping in their coffins.

Although Ella's claw and Arthur's silver sword piercing the heart can kill those vampires in an instant, but at the same time, doing so means that you will fall into the predicament of being unable to cope with the attacks of others, and you can only use weapons to gradually inflict injuries on the enemy, and since the Silver Hands are willing to become vampires, it means that they are afraid of death, and it is impossible for anyone to fight desperately to create opportunities for other companions, and even more, if they may encounter danger, they will also easily grab nearby companions to take the tank.

In the end, the vampires, who were obviously superior in numbers, were completely wiped out by Arthur and Ella, who were only two, and perhaps they regretted when they were dying, why didn't they unite to fight?

"Uh...... Nobody found out we were infiltrating, right?" said Ella, looking at the vampire corpses everywhere, "So this infiltration was perfect." ”

"Ah, so to speak." Wearily, Arthur threw away his third curly silver sword, not intending to correct Ella's sophistry.

"Everyone, rush!" "Those vampires are in trouble!" "Boss, stand behind!" "Boom!"

Ella and Arthur were about to clean up the battlefield and trap the silver hand team that was going to deliver the goods as planned, when they turned around to see the walls of the council chamber explode and a group of ragged humans wielding brandished silver weapons burst out of the large hole in the back.

"Stop!" "Who are you?" Ella returned to her readiness, and Arthur drew his two-handed sword.

"Don't move!" "Lay down your arms!" "There are a lot of us!" "Kill those vampires!" The humans in tattered clothes shouted with emotion.

"Put away your weapons, don't you see that the vampire is dead?" When the two sides were shouting at each other and almost fighting, an old voice came from behind the group of "fugitives", and the white-haired old man, who was better dressed, was helped out of the hole.

"My name is Camory Stareo, and these people are my guards." The old man walked between the two sides of the confrontation and asked Arthur a little weakly, "Did you kill these vampires?" ”

"Yes, we are members of the Brothers-in-Arms, tracking the Silver Hand here." Arthur replied, "Why are you locked up?" ”

"Ah, Silverhand," the old man sighed as he looked at the corpses on the ground around him, "At the beginning, they said that they wanted to destroy all the undead and werewolves, and I supported it, but I didn't expect it to ......"

"Stareo? Have you ever been the owner of the 'Stareo Manor' near the Rift Valley? By this time, Ella had folded her ears and tail, and she looked like a heroic huntress in her entirety.

"Yes, little girl," the old man turned to Ella, "I built silver weapons for them at the Manor against the undead and werewolves, and I never thought they would become what they are now. ”

"So, the manor wasn't occupied by robbers, but you gave it up voluntarily?" Arthur frowned, remembering that the three Wilcas brothers and Cisco Moon who had gone to scout Stareo Manor, if the intelligence was wrong and they decided to attack directly, they might be defeated.

"Now that I think about it, everything changed after the arrival of the man named 'Triva', although I evacuated my family in advance, but these children who protected me still did not run away, and had to mine here with me, if it wasn't for the old man and I threatened them with their lives, these children must have also been transformed into vampires." Stareo coughed, and a man behind him immediately dragged a chair and helped him to sit down.

"Is there a silver mine under Wilheimer Castle? No wonder they occupy this place. Ella nodded.

"Heh, the vampires want to use silver weapons, and they can't mine themselves, so they caught us." The man who helped the old man sit down hummed, "Good kill." ”

"Hmm...... What are your plans for the future? Arthur said, "We can't stay long, because some of our companions have already gone to attack Stareo Manor, and since you are here, it is not the 'Silver Weapons Crafting Field' that we expected, and they are likely to be in danger." ”

"We'll stay here for the time being," the old man waved his hand, "the location of this castle is not bad, the old man's craftsmanship has not been left behind, and there is no shortage of silver mines, and you may not recognize it when you come back after a while." ”

Is he going to make the castle his new home and start making silverware to sell again?

"Well, then, we're going to take our leave." Arthur pulled the somewhat reluctant Ella out and walked out: "There's no time to search for loot now, we have to go and save Cisco Month, it's going to be dark soon, you're going to bite me." ”

"Hey~It's your own request~" Ella licked her lips, revealing her pointed canine teeth.