Chapter 184: Ella and the Red Dragon
β4E, 201, Last Seed, 24th, 20:00 β
Despite joining the decision-making level of the Brothers-in-Arms, Arthur's work has not changed much, and he still deals with those accepted commissions, the only change is that he has access to those commissions that are waiting to be accepted and some of the inside information related to the mission.
For example, a request for a pair of mammoth tusks, published by Isolda, a beautiful businesswoman who has been picking up leaks in the snowman market all year round, she relies on her outstanding eloquence and keen eye, she buys at a low price and sells at a high price, but since the trade is in the snowy city, the difference in the price earned is not much, so she intends to become a caravan owner who can travel to and from major cities, and the two mammoth fangs she intends to use to exchange with the tiger caravan a qualification to act with the team.
Although there was nothing wrong with this mission on the surface, it was rejected by Krako, there was a reason why those tiger caravans were not allowed to enter the city, although they were ordinary traveling merchants on the surface, they would often secretly carry some illegal goods, if Isolda was allowed to travel with them to the major cities, it was likely to become a retailer of illegal goods in Snowman City, and the reason why the Comrades refused her was that "hunting mammoths is illegal", if you don't know the inside story, the reason is indeed very strong.
Similarly, for other missions, even the simplest of the simplest to expel the beasts, there is information about where and for what reason the beasts migrated from, such as simple tasks, Krako will hang them in the hall for interested members of the Brother-in-Arms to pick up, and for missions with unknown information and likely danger, senior members or even the Circle will go to them themselves - such as the loss of the yak that Arthur encountered earlier.
The reason why Arthur is so clear about these things is because he was forced by his comrades to help Krako do a day of civilian work, although they all said that it was customary to join the ring to help the prophet work, but most of them were afraid that he would be a prophecy, accidentally have an accident and go to Songard to meet Sgrammer.
"Shouldn't all this information be bought from Satya?" Arthur was a little impressed by the level of detail of the information, and he was helping the old man sort it out in Krako Whitemane's study in the Moon Vasca settlement.
"If there's anything Tilma can't find out about, maybe we'll go to her," Krako said to Arthur, who suddenly widened his eyes, "Don't be surprised, she's much prettier than the Redguard girl when she was younger."
Speaking of which, Tilma and some elderly ladies can often be seen whispering in Xueman, but no one eavesdrops on the private conversations of the old ladies, so they are actually exchanging information?
"That's all for today," the old man closed the file, "It looks like Cisco Moon is waiting for you, go talk to him, just remember, keep your heart at all times." β
"You get some rest early." Arthur put down the mission information, nodded to Krako, and then turned to leave the study, where the bald man was waiting for him, as the old man said.
"Are there any urgent tasks that need to be completed overnight?" Arthur followed Cisco Moon to the backyard of Moon Vaskar and saw that Ella was there, but now her face was clean and nothing was drawn, revealing a beautiful face with cunning and wildness, which made Arthur a little unaccustomed.
"No, it's not a task, if anything, it's a gift." Ella replied.
"Come with us, just below the Sky Furnace." Cisco's tone was no longer as critical as when they first met, but a little eager.
"Okay." Arthur nodded.
Hmm, are you planning to share the werewolf's blood? Arthur, who already knew the inside story of his comrades and the ring, guessed, but inexplicably found that he had no resistance to what happened next, and seemed to be a little ...... Eager?
Maybe it's the hunter who is excited to be a better hunter? He thought.
The Sky Forge was located a lot higher than the training ground in the backyard, and it was common for newcomers to the Brotherhood to ask why it was built so high, and now Arthur had the answer: it was empty underneath, with a hidden cavern.
After following Cisco Moon and Ella to the side of the boulder that would not be seen by the people on the training ground, Cisco Moon reached out and groped a few times on a flat rock wall, and with a click, a rock sank, and then an entire stone wall next to it slid to the side, revealing a deep dark passage.
"Follow me," Ella said as she stepped into the passage, "Don't be surprised at what you see next. β
It wouldn't be surprising if it turned into a werewolf, after all, Wells had already changed once, Arthur was behind Ella, and Cisco turned around to restore the stone door after entering.
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"What? Do you have an issue with my look? Ella stared at Arthur.
"No, no, how could it be?" Arthur waved his hand repeatedly.
He had prepared that Ella and Cisco Moon might turn into huge black-haired werewolves like Wells, but the unexpected development still surprised him.
Beneath the Sky Forge wasn't the expected lava, pools of blood, or anything strange, but an apple tree that glowed on its own, though it was weird.
Ella was glaring at Arthur as she nibbled an apple she had just plucked from the tree, a pair of spiky fluffy brown wolf ears standing up above her head, and a large, fluffy, equally shaggy tail dragging behind her, as if her teeth were sharper than usual, but that didn't matter.
"How so? I didn't expect your transformation to be like this......" Arthur sneered as he walked back from where he jumped away, "A little surprised. β
No, it's not surprise, it's quite familiar, it seems to have been seen somewhere, and it's in batches, and there seems to be a proper noun?
"If you don't want to accept Ella's transformation, I can do it for you," Cisco Yue grinned beside him, showing his neat teeth: "It's just that if you accidentally bite deeply, you have to say sorry in advance." β
"No, no, just let Ella come." Arthur continued to wave.
"Hmph, the female werewolves of the ring are all like this, but it's a pity that Hestra guy was scared away by the werewolf form of Farkas before joining the ring, otherwise I would have company." Ella threw away the apple that had been eaten to the core, licked her lips and walked over to Arthur: "Don't worry, it won't hurt very much." β
I always feel that something is wrong with this...... Arthur didn't know what to say for a moment, so he had to stand stiff.
"You know what?" Ella walked up to Arthur and put her hands on Arthur's shoulders, her mouth was just near her neck due to the height difference, and she whispered softly in Arthur's ear, "I really hate Satya, she takes too much of your attention." β
"Uh, that's ......" poofβ
Arthur was about to say something, but Ella had already taken a bite.
Bang!!
The massive rock where the Sky Forge was located exploded with a roar, and a large shadow rose into the air and disappeared into the night.
"Yo, Cisco Moon, do you finally have a flying wolf?" Erlindir Greymane poked his head out from above the hole and greeted Cisco, who was standing beside the apple tree in a daze.
"Hell! That guy took Ella! Cisco Yue stomped his foot fiercely, and a large amount of black hair quickly covered his body: "Help us cover up this accident!" β
In the next moment, the bald and one-eyed man had turned into a fierce beast wearing bone armor with sharp spikes, and he also lacked an eye, and he jumped from the big hole to the sky furnace, and after a brief observation, he jumped out of the cliff behind the training ground.
"Ah, don't be nervous," the gray-maned old man said to the members of the comrade-in-arms group and a few guards who rushed to hear the noise, "It's just that there was a little accident in the forging, and the few that came out of it at the same time are quite normal, you can come and take a look." β
"No, forget it, you're fine." "No need to look, no need to look." "Be careful." The crowd around noticed the large crater near the furnace and the Sky Furnace weapons scattered on the ground that seemed to be still trembling and glowing, and hurriedly left.
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"Ahh Satya certainly doesn't have this treatment! β
"What's going on! The red dragon, or rather, Arthur let out a low roar, and although he had mastered the art of flying without a teacher, he had no idea how to change back, so he had to fly as high as he could and avoid the settlement.
"I don't understand what you're saying," Ella replied, "but most of the time I'm asking what's going on, right?" The answer is, I don't know, because everyone's werewolf form is different~"
[(Dragon) I've never heard of a werewolf in dragon form! Arthur grumbled as he observed the situation on the ground, and when he first came out, he panicked and subconsciously flew along the White River, by which time he had reached the area in the eastern part of Skyrim Province controlled by the Storm Cloak - although that kind of thing didn't mean much to a dragon.
"Hey! Don't fly! Landing landing! Ella hugged the red dragon's neck and looked down, and suddenly slapped it vigorously: "That's our destination!" β
It can only be said that he is not stage frightened at all in the face of a giant dragon and dares to give orders, girl, you are really a man, Arthur in the form of a red dragon bared his teeth, folded his wings and began to circle and descend.
"See that hollow boulder? If a rope is tied in the middle like the gallows one," Ella continued to point the way, "That's our original destination, Gallows Rock, there is a hideout of the Silver Hand nearby, we were going to spend the night running here, but we didn't expect you to fly, it would be much more convenient." β
Whoo-bump-to-bumpβthe giant red dragon landed, and a few of the people near Gallows who were supposed to be members of the Silver Hand fled into the nearby abandoned fortress in shock, and if they waited, they would find that the dragon was rapidly shrinking into a human in armor.
"Hey~" Ella, who jumped off the ground first, steadily caught Arthur who almost fell down because of the loss of strength, although she only grew wolf ears and tail, and her body was still petite, but her strength was very great: "Now think about it, your surname is 'Pendragon', and you are a dragonborn, it's not an accident at all, let's take a little rest and kill it." β
Is this her true nature? Sure enough, the usually calm and serious personality is pretended.