Chapter 224: The Tomb and the Horn
My name is Akatosh,
The main story really didn't collapse...... Probably.
—4E, 201, Moon of the Fire, 1st, 17:34—
It was nearly dusk, and the inhabitants of the ancient city of Mosal who were working outside the city were moving into the city, and although the large swamp outside the city was not safe during the day, after nightfall there were more dangerous ghosts and ghouls who could leave the swamp area and attack living creatures, and it was likely that another ancient Nord ruin had been washed out of the entrance by the tide.
It's just that because the undead can't get close to the city, the old lady who is the lord refuses to send people or issue a bounty to solve the matter, if anything, because the aftermath of the "Heruga Incident" not long ago has not subsided, and the lord's authority has not been fully restored.
If the guards of the city had looked better at this time, and looked far to the north, they would have seen a very strange carriage pulled by a dog.
Although it was a standard two-wheeled carriage, the dog looked effortless and relaxed, eventually pulling the carriage with two passengers, one large and one small, to stop in front of a Nord tomb.
"Where is this?" Arthur asked in an unkind tone.
"Ustengra." Babas replied with a flick of his tail.
"When I wanted to rent a carriage, but you said that you don't need horses or coachmen, you can pull us to our destination by yourself, huh?" Arthur picked up the "Axe of Remorse" he had taken from the old magician Lott not long ago, and compared it to it.
"Put that dangerous thing down - isn't this your destination?" Babas shook off the reins and jumped a few meters away.
"Yes, but how do you know?" Arthur frowned at the ancient tomb not far away, still covered in dirt and moss, that seemed to have risen from the ground not long ago.
"I'm [Karavicus Will] dog." "Lord Vir is the demon god of summoning, trading and wishes, in charge of rituals, contracts and prayers, as long as you have a mission with me, I can see the destination of the mission, and if the mission target is a person or an object, I can immediately distinguish it when I get closer." ”
"How did I hear that it was the Demon God who broke the contract and deceitful?" Arthur put on a look of distrust, "Wasn't he the one who tricked the magician into cutting off his tail before?" ”
"Those who call adults like that are naïve people who don't carefully check the terms of the contract and ignore the possibility of potential violations, but I'm different from the master, so you can tell me if this is your most important destination." Barbas trotted a few steps towards the tomb and stopped to look back at Arthur.
"Hmm......" Arthur looked at the tomb and thought for a moment, then finally shook his head and picked up Sophie and jumped out of the car.
Commissioned by Graybeard, he wanted to go to Ustengra to retrieve the horn owned by the first person to study the "Way of Roar", "Jorgen Wind Caller", Arthur didn't tell anyone, after all, the comrades-in-arms are in a tense confrontation with the Silver Hand, and it is very dangerous to disperse the troops at this time, but since he has come here, the combat power available is not weak, so it is okay to try, but ......
"Can you see my other assignments?" Arthur remembered something, and asked the earth dog again.
"Huh? Over there, and over there—" Babas raised his front paw and pointed in the direction of Loristted and Snowman, "but the distance was too far away and blurry, so I chose the closest one." ”
It seems that even if it is a dog raised by a demon god, and it can speak, and its logical analysis ability is also very problematic, Arthur sighed and threw the "Axe of Remorse" to Babas: "You seem to be able to fight with it?" Take it, I won't have time to take care of you after the fight. ”
"Hey, this axe has half of the power of an adult, and I have the other half on me, and now you can treat me as the demon god himself." Barbas pounced on the axe and grabbed it.
Well...... A dog-like demon god with an axe in his mouth...... Arthur said he couldn't imagine it.
"Unbelievable." Sophie, on the other hand, was visibly amused by the juggling-like action of a dog holding an axe.
"Don't eat anything in it," Arthur touched Sophie's little head: "They are all ghouls from an unknown number of years ago, and they will have stomach trouble if they eat them." ”
——18:31——
According to Arthur's knowledge, Jorgen Windcaller was a famous dragon roar user and legion leader in the First Age, who participated in the "Battle of Red Mountain" that caused the dwarves to disappear, and it was in this battle that he tried his best to use the dragon's roar but still failed, so he began to doubt whether the dragon's roar was suitable for combat, and then left the battlefield to study the "way of roar" that used the dragon's roar for prayer and sacrifice, and eventually became the first "Graybeard" in history.
Judging from the location of his tomb "Ustengla", the hometown of Jörgen Wind Caller is about the small city of Mosar, which has a history of thousands of years, and his own tomb is probably not so large, because his former subordinates followed and buried after his death, the tomb has finally become larger and larger, and now that it has seen the light of day, those brave ancient warriors will once again awaken to fight for the protection of their leader.
Breaking through the interceptions of these ancient warriors, solving the traps and puzzles set by Jorgen, and finally obtaining the "Horn of the Wind Caller" for his burial is the trial given to Arthur by Ayngail, the current leader of Greybeard.
"He may have expected that I had helpers, but he must have expected that I was bringing a young dragon in the form of a girl and a demon god in the form of a earth dog." Arthur's Sky Forge greatsword had been unsheathed for a long time, but it was completely useless.
Babas spread joy everywhere with the "Axe of Remorse" in his mouth, and anyone who stood in his way, whether it was a ghoul or a ghost, was all axed one by one, even if there was an occasional slip through the net, but before it staggered to Arthur's side, it would be slapped away by Sophie directly.
【Fus! 】【Ro! 】【Dah! 】
When Arthur was bored collecting loot and thinking about whether to transform into a sudden battle before joining the battle, with a huge dragon roar, Babas spun and flew back.
"It's amazing!" The earth dog didn't seem to be hurt at all, and he rolled on the ground and stood up, still yelling excitedly, "Even if it's dead, it's been a long time since I've seen it!" ”
Ignoring the unclear meaning of Barbas's words, Arthur looked up at the catacombs of a much more solemn hall than all the burial chambers he had passed before, excluding the meaningless sculptures, burial urns, and sarcophagi, and the most striking thing was the three high-backed stone chairs on the front, each of which sat a ...... in the heavy armor of a dwarven Dwarven ghouls?
Despite their blue eyes and shriveled skin like other ghouls, they were shorter and stronger than normal ghouls, and in retrospect, the dragon's roar seemed to be a result of three voices in tandem.
Despite the roar of Babas, the heavily armored ghouls, who were about dwarves, did not pursue, but sat still in their high-backed chairs, staring in silence at Arthur, the girl, and the dog.
"Can I eat them? Daddy~" The girl looked at the three-headed dwarven ghoul with burning eyes, and her little face clearly said - something I have never seen, I really want to taste it.
"Nope." Arthur pressed Sophie's shoulder to prevent her from rushing straight over and saying, "There doesn't seem to be a way to go deeper here, but I don't think Jorgen Windcaller is a dwarf. ”
"Dwarven loyalty is hard to come by, but if you succeed in earning their allegiance, you won't hesitate to die." Babas didn't dare to approach again, and explained by putting down the axe in his mouth.
"A loyal grave keeper? But they are keeping the ...... Ah, got it. Arthur took Sophie backwards, and the little girl, though a little dissatisfied, said nothing.
This is the resting place of the first Graybeard, and he naturally does not want to be disturbed by tomb robbers or the like, but if it is an illustrious descendant, he will be happy to receive it, and the easiest way to distinguish between the two is-
Arthur took a deep breath, adjusted his position so that the dragon's roar could affect the three dwarves at once, and then exhaled:
“【Fus Ro Dah! 】”
Due to the distance and the large range of influence, even the complete spitting of the three runes only made those dwarven ghouls lean back slightly, but in the next moment, the stone chairs that these dwarven ghouls were sitting on completely shattered along with the wall behind them, revealing a group of dragon words with sharp strokes that Arthur had seen several times behind the wall.
Feim, an ethereal illusion, turns itself into a "ghost" that can penetrate any obstacle in a short period of time.
The moment he saw this word, Arthur understood its meaning and usage and deeply rooted it in his mind, and when he was thinking about where to find a dragon to activate it, the three dwarven ghouls directly began to shatter and disappear and transmit some kind of crimson energy to Arthur, and when they completely disappeared, the "dragon soul" passed just enough to fully activate this rune.
"Daddy steals!" Originally, Arthur was worried that Sophie would be scared again, but her reaction was somewhat unexpected, obviously, as long as she didn't directly suck the soul from the dead dragon, the little girl could still accept it.
"Daddy will find you something else to eat when you get back," and although he learned a new dragon's roar, the target "Horn of the Wind Caller" is still missing, and Arthur soothes his daughter while observing his surroundings.
"Strange...... Why is your mission behind this wall? After the dwarf vanished, Babas began to walk around the hall with an axe in his mouth, now scratching the wall with his claws.
Not only is it a test of whether you have a heritage, but even the speed of mastering the dragon's roar is also within the scope of the investigation? Arthur walked over and knocked on the wall, well, solid.
If the recipient of the inheritance is unable to grasp the runes on the spot, leave temporarily and return after completing their studies, the ghouls who were already disturbed but did not dare to mess around under the suppression of the dwarven ghouls will all crawl out of the coffin, and the difficulty of entering the second time will only be higher than the first time.
"Thank you." Arthur nodded to Barbas, then whispered, "Feim! 】”
Then, his whole body completely changed into a blue, transparent form, and stepped through the wall.
Passing through the thick stone wall is a very hidden, small tomb surrounded by water, and in the middle of the "island" is a small sarcophagus with pitch black, and directly above the sarcophagus hangs a tray like a candlestick, in which is not a candle, but a white, delicate, handicraft-like horn.
"Well, well, now?" Arthur took the horn, but nothing changed around him, he thought about it, raised the horn to his mouth, and blew it vigorously.
【Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin! naal ok zin los vahriin! 】
【wah dein vokul,mahfaeraak ahst vaal,】
【Ahrk fin norok paal graan,fod nust hon zindro zaan! 】
【Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal! 】
When Arthur simply wanted to blow it, without using any skill, the horn emitted a majestic and rhythmic dragon roar, but unfortunately, because it was not in dragon form, Arthur did not understand a word.
Boom Boom Boom ——! Six giant dragon head sculptures rose symmetrically from the water around Jorgen Windcaller's sarcophagus, and the water descended to reveal a path leading to the former tomb, at the end of which the heavy stone walls parted to the sides, revealing Babas, who was outside in a daze, and Sophie, who looked amazed.
"Dad, you sing so nicely!" The little girl praised loudly from afar.