My name is Akatosh,

Sure enough, the intellectual-type demon gods are not easy to catch.

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 3rd, 19:40 -

Walking on the mountain road leading to the east of Phocles, Arthur ignored the bickering of Babas and Hatty, and kept thinking about the next plan of action, the good news is that the mission given by the Harpy Witch is exactly where Barbas is going to return the axe, which can be completed along the way, but the bad news is that a group of vampires are entrenched around the altar of the demon god, and who knows if they have traded any strange abilities.

And, until then, there is a commission that is bound to come along.

At noon, Arthur obviously underestimated the impact of "Lavisia is not dead" on the city of Phocles, you know, the temple of the god of death and funeral [Akai] is here, and his chief priest Runier personally held a funeral for the little girl after the "werewolf murder incident", although because the body was not found and it was only a well-dressed mound, but it also represented Akai acquiesced in the reasonableness of the funeral, and as a result, a group of adventurers actually brought back the girl who was confirmed dead by the Holy Spirit, not only Akai's priest, Even the lords were alarmed.

As a result, the Knights of the Round Table, who had planned to leave after lunch at the Corpse Light Farm, had to attend a feast hosted by the lord at the Dead Man's Wine...... Well, it doesn't sound like a difference.

Due to its particularity, no force will do anything here, if you accidentally anger Akai, you may be thrown away by him after death to the annihilation realm of some strange demon god, Phocles has been in order to reassure the forces that actually occupy the city for hundreds of years, and has carried out various responses, such as now facing the tug-of-war between the Imperial Legion and the Storm Cloak, the way to take is to change the lord.

The lord who feasted Arthur and his party was named Sidgail, and he was inclined to the Imperial Legion, because this was still the area controlled by the Imperial Legion, so he was still in charge of the city, but if Stormcloak made a comeback one day, he would be replaced by Danger, who sympathized with Stormcloak, Sidgail's own uncle.

To sum up, this lord's banquet to the "Knights of the Round Table" was naturally not for the purpose of solicitation, and there was no need for that, he just wanted to entrust this group of adventurers to destroy a group of robbers who blocked the road and robbed on the eastern mountain road of Phocles, and paid the full amount of 500 gold coins in advance.

"Stop! Stranger! In front of you is the 'Pine Tower', and you must pay a toll of 100 gold per person to pass! A voice shouted condescendingly, interrupting Arthur's memories.

"Hmm, is this the bandit post that the lord asked us to tear down?" Arthur stopped as he was told, and began to observe the situation ahead.

There is a towering wooden watchtower on either side of the mountain road ahead, which is connected by a bridge at the top, and the bridge is protected by wide wooden planks and iron sheets on both sides, so that there is no shouter or how many people are ambushed at all, and the simple staircase leading to the top of the watchtower is very long, and it is located inside the tower, in short, if you can't fly, don't want to easily break through this level.

"There's a rockfall trap underneath that flyover." Ella reminded in a low voice.

"I can hold off falling rocks and bows and arrows and let you charge into the watchtower, Baron." Ladia also said.

"No, wait...... How far is that 'Shame of Haima' cave from here? Arthur turned back to ask Babas, who was with Sophie and Ria.

"It's not far away, after passing the watchtower, it's a fork in the road, turn left is Helgen, turn right and you'll find the cave." Barbas said wagging his tail.

"Well......" Arthur began to think about his own impression of the neighborhood, turning left to Helgen, of course, but turning right is not a cave, the snow-covered mountain will reach Ivastede after bypassing the foot of the Horsga peak.

It's unclear who Hemmar is and why he's ashamed of a cave, but it's pretty much certain that the cave is close to the watchtower.

So the question is, this watchtower is half a day's journey from Faucles, how did the robbers who stayed here save themselves from being assimilated by those vampires? Or are they simply assimilated?

"Five men, one dog, we're going to charge an extra 50 gold coins—" As it was dark, the shouting robbers only spotted it when they heard Barbas's bark - apparently it was up to him to choose who he wanted to understand.

"Sidgail, let's pass the word—" After confirming that the robber couldn't see his specific movements, Arthur directly used the "summoning bow" magic and tried to make the other party show his head: "Why did you betray him?" ”

"Hah! Treachery? The voice of the shouting robber was rather disdainful, but it also poked his head out as Arthur wished: "That stupid lord! We said that we would give him the tolls we received, and he would provide us with supplies, but a few weeks ago he changed his tune and told us to buy the supplies ourselves, and we only had to deduct the money from his share, phew! That guy wants to sit back and wait for the money? If we have the means to buy supplies ourselves, what else do we need him to do! ”

Although it was clear at the banquet that the lord was a fool, and now it was even more verified, Arthur pulled his bow and aimed it at the cursed bandit, he was sure that he was aiming at the head with a single blow, but there was no "death aura" on the robber.

"Go back and tell Sidgail that idiot! He doesn't want to get another one from us! If you want to attack, give it a try! "The robbers are still cursing.

"Is it really a vampire already......" Arthur shook his head, roaring out as he released his arrows: "[Yol]! ”

Burst! "Boom, boom!

The summoned arrow hit the bandit in the face, but the sound was like a defeat, and the vampire was stunned, and then he was ignited by the dragon flame attached to the arrow, and began to run wildly in all directions with a scream, triggering nearly half of those falling stone traps.

"What?" "Enemy attack!" "Sidgail has sent someone!" The two towers began to become noisy, and from the moving torches and figures, it was initially indemnified that the entire tower was garrisoned by at least twenty men.

"Follow me! Babas and Sufi protect Ria. Arthur grabbed his two-handed sword and charged towards the burning watchtower, and Ella and Lydia immediately followed.

"Daddy, really, I want to play too." Although Sophie was complaining, she still hugged Ria obediently.

"Ahaha...... It's 'defend', not 'enfold'. Riya, who had been a little unmotivated since leaving Phocles, laughed.

"Whew!" "Wow!" Hattie and Babas got into a routine chicken-to-duck argument.

——20:18——

"This is it! Woof! Babas barked at a cave in the mountain wall that glowed with a faint blue light.

It didn't take much time to clear the pine tower, and sometimes it was enough to just let them light themselves with the torches they held when they knew they were vampires, but even that gave Arthur's "two-handed sword" and "bow" constellations an extra star each.

The only thing that wasn't converted was the robbers' cook, who was completely stunned by the fact that his companions were all vampires, and before Arthur could ask, he shook off the details of their dealings with "magicians who lived in a cave", and after being let go, he walked towards Phocles with a mutter, "I said how they like blood food lately".

"Why do I think these vampires were made by your master?" Arthur spoke casually, and without waiting for an answer, he stepped into the cave first.

"That's right, Wang!" Babas flicked his tail and followed: "'I want to get the blessing of Helsin, but I don't want to be a werewolf', and there is little room for manipulation of the relatively specific requirements, at most they will become different kinds of beasts, but the owner who is too disgusting can't accept it himself." ”

The Cave of Shame of Haima is not quite the same as an ordinary cave with a small entrance and a wide interior, with a narrow passage inside and a small stream flowing from the inside out, which makes one have to suspect that this cave was washed out by a stream at all.

"So- these guys' wishes are very broad and easy to manipulate?" Arthur swung his sword and slashed a vampire who had pounced from the corner, but strangely enough, it seemed to be intending to attack with its teeth and claws, even though it was wearing a mage's robes.

"It's too weak, what about the mage who said it was good?" Ella walked in with Sophie and Ria as well.

"Master Barguf has said, don't believe anything from the devil's mouth, and don't accept anything they give," Lydia followed after changing a few angles because the shield was a little in the way, "The demon god is naturally the same. ”

"The idiots were saying, 'I want to live forever, and I'm willing to give all my wealth for it,' sounds thoughtful, right? It's not easy to earn money back after eternal life? As a result, he was directly turned into a vampire by his master, and he never wanted to go to the mortal world to earn money again. Barbas snorted and seemed to be laughing.

"Hmm...... So, if you want to make a request, you have to be careful not to be cheated by Him? Arthur turned a corner and the passage widened slightly, and he raised his hand again to slay a vampire mage who had come at him by surprise.

"Isn't that right, what about the immortality that was promised?" Ella pointed to the fallen corpse.

"Maybe it's a new deal that was only made in the last few days, and I'm not here at this time," Barbas replied, "but it's mostly related to the guys at the outpost tower." ”

"[They intend to exchange the souls of those dependents for themselves to return to normal,]" a voice that Arthur had heard in an event that no longer existed, "[You helped me collect those souls, and as a thank you, the task of 'restoring normal' to these fools has also been entrusted to you.] 】”

Accompanied by the words of the demon god, more than a dozen vampires dressed in various mage robes rushed ahead, but without exception, they only attacked with fangs and claws, and they were not the enemies of Arthur and Ella at all.

"Wang! Worthy of the host! It's insidious! Barbas shouted.

"Hmph, I guess it's been an unknown number of years since they turned into vampires, and 'returning to normal' means death, doesn't it?" Arthur kept cutting down all the vampires that had only the instinct of a beast.

"[The people who trade with me, if they only make demands, the price will be determined by me, and if they make their own demands and costs, I can only fine-tune them, obviously they have some research on me, but they are just clever. The Demon God's voice continued: "Come to me, I hope you are smart enough. 】”

At the end of the meandering stream is a small underground lake in a cavern, surrounded by traces of the life of those vampire mages, and on the altar by the lake, there is a statue of a man holding a dog in his right hand and an eagle in his left hand, which is the demon god of the contract [Karavicus Vir].

"Listen to me, Wang!" Barbas barked at the statue: "You only need to make your own demands, and you don't have to say the price, if the price is unacceptable, you can refuse, but if you put forward the price yourself, it means that the contract is established, and it is uncertain how the master will fulfill the demand." ”

That being said, the Harpy's commission has been completed, and the next thing is just to return the axe, and as for making a wish to the demon god or something, he is not crazy, Arthur looked at the statue, and he couldn't think of what to ask for a while.

"[Ah, it seems that you brought back my axe, you must have discovered that this axe can well eliminate the influence of the demon god, in fact, it can kill the inhabitants of annihilation with one blow]," the demon god paused: "[If you give me back the axe and that pesky dog, I will provide you with a contract that is as fair as possible, but if you want to keep that axe, use it to chop Babas, and let it stay in the annihilation realm of any other demon god for hundreds of years, of course, I will not give you a reward. 】”

"Wang! Bad-hearted master! Barbas cried.

"[You stupid dog who leaked all the details of your master! "The demon god with only a voice sounds like he's angry.

"Daddy, don't kill the puppy—" Sophie suddenly hugged Babas like Ria hugged Harti.

"Lord Veer," Arthur untied the Axe of Remorse from Barbas's back and took two steps forward to place it in front of the statue, "I hope to exchange this axe for Babas' temporary ownership." ”

"What—" The demon god seemed to lose his voice in shock.

"Woohoo!" Barbas barks meaninglessly, but sounds like a laugh.

"[This...... Am I a complete profitee? Will's voice was full of incredulity: "[Not only did you get back your strength, but you could also get rid of that stupid dog for a while? 】”

"That's right, I'm not praying for anything like you, and you can't dig a hole for me." Arthur winked triumphantly at his companions as he spoke, but Lydia didn't say anything and Ella gave him a thumbs up.

"No, it doesn't work, I can't do that, hmm...... Okay, I'll just send you a message that you want to know, yes, yes, that's it. The Demon God's voice felt incoherent.

"[Listen,]" The axe placed in front of the altar turned into bursts of blue light, converging towards the statue of the demon god, and finally forming an axe carving on its waist as if it had existed: "[The name of the leader of the silver hand is 'Hestra]"