My name is Akatosh,

…… And this kind of operation?

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 7th, 9:04 a.m.

The fiefdom on which Helm is located is called "Eastmarch", which is known as one of the four "ancient passes" due to its border with Morrowind, and its wide outlet to the sea is washed by the Black Water River and the White River that flows from the south and the River Yogrim, which originates from the mountains to the east.

As these rivers passed through the surrounding mountains, countless caves, caves, and tunnels were created in the mountains of name and nameless, and because they were so numerous and so widely distributed, the town hall officials of Stormhelm City did not even have the idea of naming them, and as a result, the naming rights of these caves were given to the bandits who were entrenched in them, if a small force or adventurer cleared the bandits or evil wizards who occupied them for various purposes, Then the cave will be recorded in the town hall by the quirky name they had when they were entrenched.

And the "Sound Hill Cave" in the southwest of Wind Helmet City is such a stronghold.

Unlike other bandit colonies, which simply use the original terrain to scrape together wooden doors and wooden walls to divide the space, the various buildings in this "Cavern of the Sound Hills" are made entirely of stone, with flags, torches, iron gates, traps, dwellings, meeting halls, restaurants, and prison cells, all of which are as complex as if you were inside a fortress.

"Mr. Lin Wei," a man in the dark blue scout leather armor of the Storm Cloak was standing in the conference hall, and said nonchalantly to the bandit leader who did not have a sitting face in front of him, "Your Excellency is very dissatisfied with the recent actions of the 'Summer Twilight Shadows', please explain." ”

If any Nord who believes in the Stormcloak's propagated concept of "Nord supremacy, fight back against Somo" shows up, they will surely feel their worldview collapse, because the bandit leader who was questioned was an elf with pointed ears, a blonde, blue-eyed, handsome male High Elf.

Although it can be confirmed that "Shadows of Twilight" is indeed a conspiracy of Somo, it can also be seen from the scout's attitude that Ulfrik has some kind of cooperative relationship with them.

"Explain?" The High Elf known as Lin Wei was staring at the nails on his hands, "Didn't he make us make trouble for the 'Shawl Blonde'?" ”

"If you don't weaken the voice of those women, the lord will not be able to raise an army to attack the city," the scout said, "but your actions this time have provoked the demon god, and the lord hopes that you will return it as soon as possible-"

"Shut up! You idiot! Lin Wei suddenly interrupted the scout's words: "Don't call the name of the demon god in vain!" If it catches His attention, I'll be the first to kill you! ”

"Hmph," the scout paused for a moment before retorting not to be outdone, "I'm afraid that 'that' hasn't left the attention of 'that thing' since you got it, so you'd better find a way to solve this matter, and the lord doesn't want to be affected by your stupidity." ”

"Hehe, what do you think the demon god is? Omniscient? Lin Wei grinned: "If they dared to let go of their hands and feet to spy on and interfere in the world of Nain, they would have been destroyed by a certain Holy Spirit a long time ago, even if it was their own demon artifact, he only dared to confirm whether it was used or not, if they didn't call it by name and be accurately located, it would be a needle in a haystack to find here." ”

“…… Please respond to the liege's question. The scout didn't intend to talk about the dangerous topic of the Holy Spirit and the Demon God, and turned back to the point: "The people of the 'blonde shawl' are asking the adventurers to investigate the matter, and it is unclear how far they have come. ”

"The agreement I made with Ufrik is not something you can understand, you go back and tell him: 'Star' is the lock, and I have the 'key'." After saying this, Lin Wei took out a dagger out of nowhere and began to play with it, never looking at the scout again.

"Hopefully you know what you're doing." The scout saw that the other had given up on communication, so he left a sentence and turned away.

The conference room fell silent, except for the heraldic flags of the Empire and Somo hanging on the walls.

"No need to look for it, it's on me." Lin Wei suddenly spoke: "I deliberately dismissed all my subordinates and let the self-proclaimed scout lord guard in, you still don't understand what I mean?" ”

"Although I have thought about the possibility of being discovered, I prefer to believe that Somo is a bunch of fools." The air fluctuated a few times, and Xiao Fu, who was wearing the armor of the master of the Thieves' Guild, appeared on a chair not far in front of Lin Wei.

"Obviously, you underestimated my wisdom-" Lin Wei suddenly raised the dagger in his hand, and with a ding, he directly stopped a sharp blade that slashed towards his throat: "-and strength." ”

“…… Terrible. Amir, who appeared directly after the assassination failure, jumped back with his strength, and quickly returned to Xiao Fu's side while looking at the dagger in the opponent's hand vigilantly.

"We have been entrusted by Lady [Azura] to retrieve her [Star of Azura], and if you don't want to be an enemy of Lady [Azura], you better hand it over." Xiao Fu's eyes rolled, and he said suddenly.

"Huh...... It seems that you came quite early, but unfortunately, I said that I was only going to kill that guy to avoid affecting his master, and as for me, I have provoked more than one demon god. After Lin Wei finished speaking, he took out two things from his pocket.

One is a crystal clear, shining star-like gem, but the color is a little dull, and the other is a strange key larger than a normal fist, with a smooth metal skeleton at the tip instead of a keytooth.

"Could it be Noctunar's Skull Key!?" Even if he was shocked, he didn't forget to dig a hole for the other party.

"Hehe, yes, what will happen if a demon artifact that 'locks' a soul space meets another demon artifact that can open any form of 'lock'?" Lin Wei said, suddenly pressing the skull key and the star of Azula together.

There was a click - there was a sound of something breaking in the air, and then, a crack with a crystal clear blue light appeared, directly engulfing Lin Wei, and his last words echoed in the conference room: "Remember my name, girls, I am not 'Lin Wei', but 'Mercer Frey'!" ”

"Is this a spatial tunnel...... But he could have done so after he had obtained the [Star of Azula], so why did he deliberately wait for us to come? Xiao Fu frowned and looked at the place where Mercer Frey had disappeared.

“…… Flaunt? Amir tilted his head.

——9:35——

Once upon a time as a swamp, the ruler of the time built a watchtower to watch out for enemies or wild beasts that slipped past it, but now that other swamps have become lakes, the watchtower in the middle of the lake has lost its original purpose, and there are rumors of hauntings from time to time, which discourage nearby fishermen from approaching.

At this moment, the "Irintana Watchtower", which has descended below the surface of the lake with the entire island in the middle of the lake, may soon be renamed the "Irintana Abyss" by nearby residents and adventurers.

"I gotta say, this is the best mistake you've ever made." In the Irintana watchtower sunk to the bottom of the lake, a brown-haired woman in a pale yellow mage robe with a snow bear lying next to her was vigorously patting another male mage on the shoulder.

"That...... I really just wanted to lay out a masking enchantment, who knows, how is it, huh...... It became a waterproof barrier and sank the island. The mage who was being patted on the shoulder had bright blond hair and a handsome appearance, and the ordinary mage robe on him also looked graceful, if it weren't for his smile at the moment, and his speech was also slurred, going out would probably cause many women to exclaim.

It's just that there are three or three around, each with some summoned animals, and the female mages who are critical of the sentry tower environment seem to be blind to him.

"You ...... Who are you! On the ground beside the two of them was a middle-aged mage who was tied up, with a grim and fierce face: "What about my apprentices? Is it your fault that we failed to summon? ”

"Your apprentice? Isn't it a spare test piece? The female mage turned around and kicked him: "If one of your apprentices hadn't found out that something was wrong and stole the [Star of Azura] and escaped for help, would you have killed them all?" …… What's that apprentice's name? ”

"It's called Harlon, summoner." The handsome mage hurriedly replied.

"What do you call me?! Want to die? Otunn! The female mage glared at him and kicked the bound mage again.

"Small, Natsu (sum)! It was a slip of the tongue," Otunn bowed repeatedly: "Sumo Knight Frye (Summer·Night· Firefly), my dear wife, will never forget. ”

"Hmph, this surname can scare a group of people to death when it gets to Gaoyan Province, how can it be passed on as a 'summoner' by the barbarians of Skyrim Province." Su Mo turned his head to stare at the bound mage, "'Marin Vala', right, you were arrested for stealing the bones of the Phocleus Necropolis to practice summoning. ”

"Hehehe, you don't know what you've done, such a great spell ......" Marin muttered to himself, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes from time to time.

"We came one step earlier, you haven't started experimenting with living people, so you won't die for sin, but we have a hundred ways to make you no longer able to use spells," a blue light appeared in Su Mo's hand, forming an illusory big hand, and lifted Marin with one hand and walked towards the depths of the tower: "According to the rules of adventurers, this place belongs to us." ”

"About the others...... Like the escaped apprentice and that Harlon? Otun followed like a sidekick.

"If any of them are willing to learn the Animal Summoning Technique, we can accept it," Su Mo replied without replying, "Didn't that Harron get in touch with the caravan in Windhelm City a few days ago?" Leave him alone, he should have gone long ago. ”