My name is Akatosh,

I'm listening to the battle plan.

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 8th, 10:50 a.m.

Although it was close to noon, Firmheimer Castle was located in a gorge between the two mountains, so the interior was still lit by torches and candles.

Perhaps General Philheimer didn't think about this back then, and the vampires who occupied it later naturally didn't care if there was light or not, according to the documents in the comrades-in-arms, they could develop an ability called "Dark Film and Television World" at any time, although the world looked gray, there would be no shadows.

Outside the few stone huts that barely doubled as bedrooms was a living room lit with several torches, and the members of the group of comrades who had arrived at the castle last night were gathered around a stone table to look at the map tiled on it.

Gathered here were the brothers Arthur, Ella, Lydia, and Wilkas, as well as ...... Barbas.

Although Sophie and Ria can be regarded as combat strength, they are only children after all, and they are left with Ciscomo to protect the old man Krako, so the tasks of the comrade group during this period of time have to be completed by those newcomers, but Tima Wild Eagle seems to be very happy about it.

It's just a little strange that with the exception of Ella, who wears only leather armor, and Lydia, whose armor is made of ebony, the three brothers and Arthur are all dressed in civilian clothes instead of the steel armor they normally wear.

"I'll repeat our plan for this trip again," Arthur said, pointing to the map, "Wilcas and your brothers traveled to the 'Sgrammer's Tomb' in search of the 'Witch Slade' Grip, a key item in the recombination of the legendary weapon [Witch Raz", whose power must be relied upon to defeat an ancient vampire lord. ”

Arthur looked at the members of the comrade group who listened to his explanation quietly, and he was also a little helpless, he was just a novice who had just joined the comrade group, although he had some strength, but how did he become the commander of this major operation?

"I, Ella, and Ladia are going to Winterhold to visit the Mage Academy, and ask them to help find the Silverhand's headquarters 'Drifting Shadow Sanctuary', which is rumored to be able to move freely like a shadow, but that is obviously impossible, most of those vampires have used some kind of illusion to achieve this effect, and it is impossible for such a large-scale illusion not to attract the attention of the Mage Academy, and we will go to the tomb to meet you after obtaining specific information." Arthur said, pointing to the north end of the map, marked with the word "Winter Castle".

Although the site of Sgrammer is located near Winterhold, due to the change in the landscape after the Great Collapse, travelers will need to make a large detour if they travel there from Winterhold – unless they can fly.

"Then came the intelligence of our enemies." Arthur paused: "It is certain that there are two vampire lords, Hakong and Hestra, a vampire dragon with a summoning time limit, and a large number of mid- and low-level silver-handed vampires, among which may have been born from the kind of temporary lord seen in the Triva Watchtower. ”

"Wang! Sounds like it can't be beaten at all. Barbas chimed in.

A talking earth dog is nothing unusual for a group of ringers who can turn into wolves, not to mention the fact that there is one that can turn into a dragon, and Arthur tosses it off the conference table with the fur on the back of its neck.

"Judging from the 'Witch Slade Shards' that we have found in various Silverhand strongholds, it seems that Silverhand has a way to sense them, and if we have judged our destination, it is likely that they will go to Sgrammer's Tomb first, so we need to carry the fragments and orbs separately to avoid being snatched at the same time." Arthur drew a circle around Sgrammer's location on the map.

"But if the other side sends heavy troops to intercept you, don't retreat directly in love, we are still meeting in this castle." Arthur pointed to his feet, "Mr. Camory Stareo must want to try a feat that General Philheimer did." ”

"I have a question," Wells waved his hand toward the map, making a "huge" gesture, "Even if we go straight to their headquarters and eliminate the leaders, what about those Silver Hand strongholds that hide themselves like the former Fairheimer Castle?" If a vampire is not suppressed by its superiors, it will soon go its own way and bring major disasters to the surrounding area. ”

"This ......" Arthur thought for a moment, "This can only warn the lords of various places to ask them to be vigilant, although the comrades-in-arms are very famous in Skyrim Province, their influence outside of Xueman is still not big enough. ”

"Before the fight started, you were thinking about what would happen after the victory? Isn't it stupid? Farkas hit his brother on the shoulder.

"This is called anticipating the enemy's aircraft and taking precautions, you idiot, don't you understand?" Not to be outdone, Wells pushed back.

"Last question, how are the fragments and orbs distributed?" Wilcas gestured to the bulging package on the table.

"It's up to you to carry the shards, they just need to be reassembled and attached to the grip to be a powerful weapon, from the last time the Silver Hand ventured into the snow to grab the orb, it is much more important, and it is easier to attract interceptors, and it is easy for our group to escape." Arthur opened the package and rummaged through it, taking out the orb that had been in Krako's custody and placing it in his backpack as it prepared to hallucinate again.

"Wow! Woof! Barbas barked, barking when he could speak, implying that an "outsider" was approaching, but they weren't talking about anything too secret.

"Well, this is our route to Winterhold." Arthur pressed his hand to the map: "Say goodbye to Mr. Stareo and leave." ”

"Brothers-in-arms," a servant knocked on the door outside the living room, "Lord Stareo, please come to the banquet hall for lunch." ”

——11:44——

Due to the location of the castle and the sudden arrival of the members of the comrades-in-arms, most of the ingredients for lunch were salted fish, dried meat, dried vegetables, cheese and fruits that were easy to preserve, but the "people" present were not picky eaters, and the lunch ended like a storm.

"If I were twenty years younger, I would definitely go with you to teach those damned vampires," said old Mr. Camory Stareo, who had not seen him in weeks, sitting on the throne, still angry at the vampire, "if you need to have men, this castle is still well defended." ”

"Well, you can see it." Arthur responded.

Looking out of the window of the banquet hall, you can see that the loose defenses in the hands of the vampires have become extremely tight, with barricades, traps, patrolling guards, etc., it is very difficult for any enemy to sneak in or rush in directly, and it was already late at night when the group of comrades arrived last night, and they were still discovered by the guards and quickly organized a group of guards.

It seems that after the old gentleman took control of the castle, he had not had time to mine or make silverware or anything, and he had made the castle's defenses impregnable.

"However, it's enough for you to gild our armor, and since we're actually operating in secret, we won't bother your guards." Ella took over, at least when dealing with the elderly, she was more polite.

"Oh, covert operations, I know, I know." Saved by a "covert operation", Stareo nodded in understanding, then raised his voice: "Bring up the armor of these warriors." ”

Several servants walked into the dining room carrying the armor of the three Farkas brothers and Arthur, and the dull and gray armor had become shining, even for those like Wilcas who didn't care much about equipment.

"The old man is ashamed," said Stareo, "the young men under his command have been mining for too long, and their hands are shaking, and this batch of armor has only been strengthened to 'exquisite', and it is still a little short of 'excellent'. ”

"No, that's enough." Arthur watched the three brothers walk over to inspect the armor, and had to thank them: "If we can successfully overturn the Silver Hand stronghold this time, you are indispensable." ”

The fact that he did not tell Stareo the truth was naturally not because he had any suspicion about himself, but because he was not worried about the servants in this castle.

If Silverhand had been paying attention to the movements of his comrades, then he should have heard about Arthur and his party going out and cleaning up a vampire camp, and then judged that it was very likely that he had obtained another silverhand stronghold from there, after all, no one would have imagined that there would be a demon god who did not play cards according to common sense and directly flipped the table.

In fact, even the ordinary members of the comrade-in-arms group didn't know what this group of elites was going to do at the same time, and those silver hands naturally didn't know that not only the name of their leader had been leaked, but even the address had been sold - the information of a "white ground collar, drifting shadow shelter" was sold by Satya for a thousand gold coins.

Filheimer Castle is a stronghold controlled by vampires all year round, are Stareo's men really loyal? Can he be sure that none of his men have succumbed to the Silverhand Vampire, but have not been transformed and are temporarily lurking?

Therefore, Arthur's excuse for coming here was to discover a new silverhand stronghold, stay for the night, and ask the silversmiths to coat their armor with a layer of silver against vampires.

Those "potentially exposed" strongholds are likely to tremble and hide in their strongholds for fear of being discovered, and if their comrades pass by, they will probably not think to track them down after being relieved.

By the time they found out that something was wrong or finally received the order to intercept, Arthur and the others would probably have gone far away.

"Thank you for your hospitality," Arthur said goodbye to Stareo after the men had changed into their new armor, "and we're off here." ”

"Take care to protect yourself and don't be reckless in everything." The old man patted Arthur's shoulder armor, leaned in slightly and lowered his voice: "A few servants who tried to escape in the middle of the night have been caught by me, you can act with confidence." ”

“…… Ha, thank you. Arthur twitched the corners of his mouth.