My name is Akatosh,

I stopped Sister A's husband who was about to catch Sindin.

—4E, 201, Moon of the Fire, 6th, 17:34—

After turning the mouth of the White River Valley, Arthur was slightly relieved by the vast snow-filled plains, the towering snow-filled city and the surrounding farms.

Ella, who was still willing to speak, became more and more reticent as she got closer to Xueman, obviously the name revealed by the demon god not long ago had put a lot of pressure on her, and Arthur learned more shocking news from the dragon at the peak of Hosgar, and couldn't think of any topic for a while, Ladia herself was not a person of many words, but quietly performed her duty of "protecting the baron", and Sophie and Ria lowered their voices even if they whispered from time to time, so the team was relatively quiet all the way- Except for the earth dog that snorted from time to time.

"Captain Caius? What's going on here? "The first to break the silence was Lydia, who was on her way to Snowman, passing by the Mead Field, when the captain of the Snowman's guard, Caius, came out with two guards escorting the owner of the Winefield.

"Oh, it's Lydia and the Baron, this guy secretly had a relationship with the Storm Cloak, and the lord ordered him to be brought back to the Dragon Palace to investigate." Caius replied.

"How can this be justified, this is a false accusation!" Although the owner of the wine land, Sabu Jon, was tied with his hands, he was obviously unconvinced: "How much wine can be sold in Xueman's territory?" Does the lord still forbid merchants and other realms to do business? ”

"Hehe, do you dare to say that you have never used business to provide some 'help' to both parties?" The half-bald captain of the guard sneered.

Sabjon turned his face away and refused to answer.

"Your behavior this time has obviously crossed the line, although it is impossible for the lord to dispose of you, but you must make an attitude to make those guys stop a little, your loss is at most the income of the past few days." Caius nudged Sabjon and motioned for him to leave.

"Tsk." The owner of the wine field rolled his eyes as he walked, looking to wonder what was wrong.

With children and dogs, Arthur and the others walked much slower than the guards, and the small group was just approaching the moat when Caius led Sabjon into the snowy gates.

"As the conflict between the Imperial Legion and the Stormcloak intensifies, and it is becoming more and more difficult for the Balguf Lords to maintain the neutrality of the snowman, it is likely that if the issue between us and the Silver Hand is not dealt with soon, it will likely become some kind of hole in the city's defenses." Seemingly affected by the captain's actions, Ella finally hesitated to speak.

"The lord will make an adventurer who is close to the comrade group a baron, and there should be similar considerations." Lydia nodded in agreement.

"Before the situation gets serious, let's solve it as soon as possible, haven't you already learned the name of the leader of the Silver Hand?" Arthur also comforted.

In fact, in the context of the ongoing conflict between the two major forces in Skyrim Province, there is also an existence called the "Devourer of Worlds" that is secretly eyeing each other, and since almost everyone is attracted to the former, those resurrected dragons are ignored intentionally or unintentionally as a less threatening issue.

Even if this problem is put on the table, there is no real way to stop it, after all, no one can track down those dragons flying in the sky, although the elder dragon Patunax knows something, but he is reluctant to talk about it, the only clue given is to find a copy of the "Elder Scrolls", but it is not clear where to find it.

"Hmm...... It's a bit complicated, so it's better to discuss it with the rings after meeting Krako. Ella shook her head.

"Sophie, look at that, isn't it ......?" "It seems to be true."

After Ella answered, it was the two girls who reacted first, pointing at the crowd as they entered and exited the gates.

"What's wrong?" Since Ella was reluctant to reveal something first, Arthur was reluctant to do so, so he turned to ask the two girls.

"We saw an uncle who had asked us to lead the way as a tour guide with an older sister with him." Sophie pointed to a man and a woman who had just walked out of the snowy city.

"Uncle is still the same uncle, but the clothes on his body are better, and the sister he brought with him has also changed one." Ria added.

Although the little girls didn't know what it meant, several adults came to a conclusion in an instant.

"Oh, man." Ella sneered.

Ladia didn't speak, but turned her head to look at Arthur seriously.

Arthur, who had no say at all, had to play dumb.

——18:19——

Since the last attack by the Silver Hand, the Comrades have strengthened their defenses, and at this time it was Wells and Cisco Moon who remained behind to protect Krako, while Wilcas and Farkas had been out on a mission not long ago.

"Hmm...... Hestra? Ella, you should know what she's doing. Krako hugged Suphie, who had thrown herself into his arms, and looked at Ella strangely.

"But it was a major mistake, and if I were to say it, I would have to say good things for myself, so I hope Arthur can hear the truth from you." Ella's voice was a little deeper.

"Major missteps?" Arthur looked at Ella, "I thought she was an acquaintance of yours, so it's inconvenient to say." ”

"It's an acquaintance," Krako explained, "Hestra was originally recommended by Ella to join the Brothers-in-Arms, and after many tests, she was only one step away from joining the 'Ring'. ”

"What's ...... that" Arthur saw that Ella seemed to have made up his mind not to speak, so he turned his head to respond to the old man Krako.

"I think you've seen Usgad the Indomitable who has been waiting for hire or bounty at the 'Mare Banner' all year round," Krako digressed from the conversation as ordinary old men often do, "She was also a member of the Brothers-in-Arms, but was eventually persuaded to quit, can you guess why?" ”

"Hmm...... Don't know where to start? Arthur recalls the fight with her, which was just an ordinary tavern brawl, but he often beckoned to a deadly place.

"It should be said that she is a natural battle maniac, even if she is explicitly required not to play heavy-handed, but as long as she enters the battle, she can't control herself at all, and if this kind of person is transformed into a werewolf, the consequences are obvious." Krako shook his head.

After half of the bloodbath, he was killed by the guards......

"Hestra, on the other hand, was extremely calm and self-controlled, and any action, no matter how simple, would develop a variety of plans of action, taking into account almost all possibilities, and she and Wilcas were extremely famous as the brains of the comrades-in-arms during that time." Krako said.

Judging from the fact that the comrades-in-arms are used to fighting without saying a word, I also know how valuable this kind of member is, but then she has become an enemy now? Or the leader of the silver hand?

"I don't know why you asked about her, but I can probably guess," Krako looked at the expressions of the people in front of him, stroked his beard, and continued, "Then I won't mention her past achievements, just talk about the situation before she disappeared." ”

"At that time, vampires had not disappeared, and we often encountered them in various missions, but because werewolf bloodlines are immune to any diseases, including of course 'Hemophilia' that can gradually transform people into vampires," Krako glanced at Cisco Month, "Since many of our members are keen to fight and don't pay much attention to the subtle changes in their companions, after Hestra discovered her changes, she has exceeded the stage where she can be easily cured with a single bottle of potion." ”

"At that time, if you went to any of the priests of the temple, you could solve it, but—" Cisco said, "I can't persuade her." ”

"She made a bold plan after carefully studying the characteristics of the various stages of the vampire's transformation process," Krako sighed, "and that is to take advantage of the fact that the other party does not have any information about her, and disguise herself as a vampire to go undercover in the enemy camp." ”

"Usually we are charging into battle, and it is only an accident that she will be infected when she has been commanding in the rear." Wells added.

"At that time, we were fighting against the dependents of an ancient vampire 'Hakong', and we were at a clear disadvantage, although they shared the same goal with the 'vigilantes' of the Holy Spirit Stendhal, they were completely unwilling to cooperate, and Hestra took the opportunity to decide to obtain information on the vampires' actions from within, so that even if the vigilantes refused to cooperate, it was impossible to ignore the vampire's plan of action with solid evidence." Ella said in a flat, straightforward tone, "And I agreed to the plan. ”

"That doesn't sound like a problem, does it? Even if she doesn't turn back in the end, the werewolf bloodline can forcibly suppress the vampire bloodline - uh, probably. Arthur remembered his Dragonborn bloodline halfway through, but he didn't hold it back at all.

Ella lowered her gaze and didn't answer.

"It's not for nothing that werewolves are considered beasts and vampires are considered dead," Krako shook his head, "The Brothers-in-Arms do have a record of converting members of the Brothers-in-Arms who were infected with the early and mid-stages of Hemophilia into werewolf blood, and thus completely exorcised it, but there is no record of transformation after eventually becoming a vampire." ”

"Could it be ......," Arthur thought of a bad possibility.

"After the final transformation stage, the identity of the infected person changes from a 'sick human' to a 'normal vampire', and an 'undead' has no 'bloodline' to speak of." Krako nodded in confirmation of Arthur's speculation: "Even if they still maintain their thoughts as humans, sooner or later they will be transformed by their 'other' identity. ”

Therefore, those people either did not accept their identity and demanded that their comrades kill them, or finally decided to live as vampires, and either way it was impossible to be recorded as members of the comrades-in-arms.

"Unfortunately, although Hestra brought back a lot of information about vampires that gave us the upper hand in the battle, she didn't make it back at the last minute before the transformation, and she was forced to participate in the siege of the Hall of the Vigilant by Hakong," Krako closed his eyes, "After that battle, the vampire completely disappeared in Skyrim, and we never saw her again. ”

"I should have rejected her plan." Ella whispered.

"So now there are two possibilities," Arthur thought for a moment, and raised his hand to pat Ella's shoulder, "Hestra hates you very much, and plans to use the power of the Silver Hand to completely destroy the Brothers, or she plans to use the power of the Sisters to wipe out the vampires who are currently hiding." ”

"Which one do you choose?"