—4E, 201, Last Seed, 20th, 11:00 a.m.

The Western Watchtower, a defensive tower located west of the Snowman, is built on the snowy plains that are about to reach the mountains, and can be used to protect the trade routes to the south, and to the north it can cooperate with another "White Lookout Tower" to monitor the entire northern mountains where monsters or robbers may be infested, as for the wandering giants with domesticated mammoths, they will not approach such difficult buildings to destroy, and it can be said that it is quite safe to guard here - provided that it is built.

Sovard King is the captain of the guard of this western watchtower, he has spent several months building this watchtower, and the stone main tower has been built by the workers, and he only needs to wait for the return of the guards who went to Ximu Town to buy building materials, and the wall around the tower can be built, and it will become a barely qualified defensive outpost as a whole, and then the lord will send more guards to settle in, so he naturally does not have to continue to face this kind of dilemma of only two guards, and the rest are all workers, more like a foreman than the captain of the guard.

"Hey, chief—" The louder Thor waved at Sovard as he was still some way from the tower's construction site, "we've brought back building materials, and a group of workers—"

It was strange if it was the workers, and Sovard stood on the half-built gate and watched the convoy, because the stones and logs were transported completely unobstructed, it was impossible for any robber to be stupid enough to rob them, so these four or five fellows who were forced to pull the carts, and at first glance the four or five fellows who looked like robbers were most likely taken over from the town of Creekwood.

Brookwood was nearly two days away, and with Thor and Loki needing to keep the wagons safe, it was almost impossible to keep an eye on the captives, so they were reluctant to work. The stubborn ones have already taken the opportunity to escape, leaving behind some reserve workers who are willing to work themselves, maybe they can't do the work, but they can teach slowly, and they should have no problem taking up arms to drive away beasts and monsters.

"Hurry up!" Sovald shouted back to the convoy: "Unload all the building materials just in time for dinner!" ”

Loki and Thor were fine, and the robbers who pulled the cart seemed to be more energetic, indicating that the two brothers had been on the road to tell them about the benefits of being in the watchtower, and it also proved that they had not killed anyone yet, and that the really black-hearted robbers could never yearn for "food when they worked", and that kind of guy was also the main target of the local guards.

"If I were you, I'd let them leave the convoy and hide in the watchtower." A woman's voice rang out beside Sovald.

Sovard turned around and saw a young girl in a mage's robe, she had the appearance of an imperial man with black hair and black eyes, but she had a pair of elf-like pointed ears, and she couldn't be sure what her identity was for a while, although the Nords generally didn't like mages, but they couldn't ignore the power they wielded, maybe this was a mage apprentice who was out on business?

"Citizen," the captain of the guard finally chose a modest title, "This is the military stronghold of Snow City, if you don't have something important, please don't wander around here." ”

"What's important," the elven mage raised his hand and pointed around, "Is it okay if this place is about to be destroyed by Dragon Flame?" ”

"Long Yan?" Sovard laughed, "Lady Mage, I don't know if you have any research on prophecy spells, but our court mage Farenga has made several prophecies for the location of this watchtower, and finally determined that this place is the safest - and, dragon?" They have been gone for centuries. ”

He was even more sure that this was a mage apprentice who had traveled and knew something about prophecy spells, but he was not proficient in learning, but since she had kindly reminded her, there was no need to speak ill of her, it was close to noon at this time, so he could consider inviting her to dinner, and after confirming that her prophecy was wrong, maybe he could take the opportunity to ask her to enchant the standard weapons in the arsenal or something.

The elven mage looked at him and blinked, but did not explain further.

"Hey~Boss~" At this time, the first carriage of the convoy had already arrived at the watchtower, and Loki jumped out of the car: "Do you know what news is circulating in Ximu Town?" Isn't it ridiculous that they say that a dragon has ruined Helgen and is flying towards the snow? It hasn't been flying for two days, is the dragon crawling underground? ”

It's ridiculous - Sovard was going to laugh in agreement, but he couldn't laugh at all, he can be the captain of the guard, naturally he has a better instinct than the average guard, he just retorted to the mage's words, the argument is only that "dragons don't exist", but the news of the supply convoy makes up for this.

"Dragon ......," he turned his head to look at the elven mage beside him.

"Well," the mage gestured to the long convoy of wagons on the road, all but the stone wagons that had entered the walls of the watchtower, all of which were loaded with logs, "a single swoop breath can burn it all, even for me...... I mean, if I could fly and breathe fire at the same time, I wouldn't be able to resist doing that. ”

"Purpose, purpose?" Sovald began to look around the sky.

"Do you want to tell the beast about the purpose? I guess it's just fun," the elf girl raised her hand and stroked in the direction of the convoy, and finally pointed to the tower: "Finally, there is something that can't be burned, and it will probably spew a few more mouthfuls." ”

A huge, wild, and coercive roar rang out in the sky, and the horses pulling the carts broke free from their reins in panic and fled in all directions, while the robbers fled directly towards the tower, but the brothers Loki and Thor drew their swords and looked ready to meet the enemy.

"You two idiots!" Sovald yelled, "Get back into the tower!" ”

It was as big as a mountain and as black as ink, and in the next moment, a huge monster flew down from the sky, flickering its wings and hovering in the air to watch Loki and Thor, and Sovard swore he saw the lizard-like face of the "dragon" he had only seen in murals and books.

"It's a nuisance." He heard the elven mage beside him speak, and when he turned his head to look, he noticed that she had taken out a strange staff at some point and slammed it the ground under his feet.

"Roar! The dragon spread its wings and swooped down towards Loki and Thor, and the dragon flames erupted from its mouth, completely igniting the wood carts along its way.

Whew-Distracted Thorvard noticed that Loki and Thor, despite being blown by the breath, showed no signs of fire at all, and were retreating towards the tower in panic, while the elven mage was inexplicably ablaze with flames, and its heat made him involuntarily take two steps back.

"Hah...... I can probably draw Joan of Arc right now? The mage's robe on his body was burning violently, but the mage was completely unconscious and said inexplicable words, and felt an "M" shaped forehead ornament and pressed it on his head, and then turned to Sovald: "That guy will be back in a few hours, evacuate the workers as soon as possible and ask the lord for help, and [there is no need to mention anything about me]." ”

In the next instant, her whole body completely disappeared into the flames.

——12:00——

Soward had never run so fast, it would have taken him two or three hours to reach Xueman from the western watchtower, but he had reached it in less than an hour, and then he had to go all the way through the plains and winding areas to the Longxiao Palace in the Genting district.

Although there seemed to be an aristocratic-looking guy on the road who stopped him to complain about something "someone was shouting in his ear", the warned, Sovald pushed into the artificial canal on the side of the road, and all the guards were in the same uniform anyway, and he had no place to complain.

"Calm down, kid, calm down." Barguf the Great seemed to be entertaining someone, but Sovald was too exhausted to pay much attention to him, and staggered to report with the help of Holongna, the lord's guard.

"The Western Watchtower has been attacked by a dragon - the legendary dragon!" He gave the most important information before adding details: "It spewed flames and burned the building materials, Loki and Thor were caught while escaping, I ran back as fast as I went, the Holy Spirit was on top, I had never run so fast!" ”

It seems that there is anything else to report? Sovald gasped, but couldn't remember for a moment.

"What? A dragon? Alive? What is it doing? Already gone? Will you be back? Sovard heard the court mage Fariga Secret Fire ask questions in a slightly shrill voice.

For this mage whom he usually admired, Sovard had an inexplicable contempt and disgust at the moment: "It is ready to destroy the watchtower, and it may come back again at any time!" ”

"Eliris! Immediately bring someone to the western watchtower to support! Lord Barguf commanded his guards very decisively: "Remember to bring enough shields and bows and arrows. ”

"I'm going to help, my lord." A voice sounded unheard, and Sovald, who was almost unconscious due to too much overdraft, looked up, it was a very energetic, blonde Nord young man, dressed in brand new steel armor, who looked confident in himself: "I have full experience fighting dragons. ”

"Yes, maybe we need your experience." The lord nodded slowly.

"I'll go too, a living dragon! It's much more important than studying what burial dragon diagrams. Fa Renjia also recommended himself.

"No, Farenga, it's a dragon, my soldiers can't guarantee that they will be able to protect you in a battle with such an unknown enemy, and you are very important to Xueman, so you can't make any mistakes." Barguf the Great patted the mage on the shoulder and pressed him back into his seat.

"And you, child, you have worked hard, I order you to go to the Longxiao Palace barracks immediately to rest, and the warriors of the snow will protect the watchtower." The lord turned to Sovard, whose consciousness had become blurred.

What the hell did I forget? With some kind of doubt, Sovald's consciousness fell into darkness.