My name is Akatosh,

The things of Eternal Twilight are done.

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 21st, 3:28 -

Black Fall, Zakta.

Rather than the mechanical factory-like layout of the Stench Tower, the interior of the Zac Tower is more like a research and preservation institution, with a number of largely unprotected "booths" at the entrance and on the ground floor, each with a large number of strangely shaped and unknown dwarven mechanical parts.

As the floor rises, stone fences that only serve as forms, metal cages that protect the exhibits, and even airtight crystal isolation devices begin to appear outside the booth.

The guards along the way, in addition to the spherical guards, are snow elves in dwarven armor, and Arthur is very suspicious that they can't even open their eyes to be guards.

"Due to their age, most of the exhibits' protective measures have failed, and some are even completely locked and cannot be opened, but fortunately the [Elder Scrolls] you are looking for are not this case." Gelleb said as he climbed to the top of the tower with Arthur.

"Hmm...... Although I promised to help you attack the Twilight Zone in exchange for the 'Elder Scrolls', is it really appropriate to give it to me beforehand? "Aren't you afraid that we'll take it and leave? The last sentence Arthur was just thinking about it, and he didn't say it directly.

"This is a question that you will understand when you see the 'scroll'." Galeb's words seemed to carry a slight smile.

"Okay." Arthur turned his head to see what Sceptin had suggested, after all, he had written several books about The Elder Scrolls.

"It seems that you haven't read my book seriously," Septin impliedly glanced at him with the eyes of the lazy apprentice, "then wait while the master tries to sell it, boy." ”

"Poof." Ella chuckled.

"Maybe for some objective reason, even if we hand it over to us in advance, we can't take it away." Lydia said after a moment's thought.

Maybe it has something to do with the Twilight Zone, and the existence of that city has some kind of effect that prevents us from taking the Elder Scrolls?

Although Arthur thought so, he didn't continue to analyze and inquire, there was no point in doing such a thing about something that could be seen right away.

"Here it is," said Galeb, "it's obvious how to turn it on, but it's different every time, you can try it." ”

On the top floor of Zac Tower is a large, circular room with completely open walls, and an equally large metal disc carved with astrological motifs on the floor, but it is only a slice of a complete sphere faintly visible below.

The ceiling of the room is also of dwarven metal, but there are dozens of small, circular light sources with different directions, if they are imitating the starry sky, then there are only two or three images, but if they are imitating the "sky" of black fall, then the similarity is at least eighty percent.

In the middle of the house, more than a dozen metal cantilevers the thickness of ordinary people's arms hang from the ceiling, each with a different posture and position, but all of them are inlaid with a large piece of crystal at the end, and in the crystal are fixed exhibits that are quite similar to those in the exhibition hall downstairs.

"As you may have noticed, when a crystal is illuminated by a light source from the roof, the cantilevers supporting it hang down close to the ground for people to visit, but at the same time other crystals rise again, and it is recorded that the number of visitors allowed here is limited to three people at a time to avoid conflict." Galeb said.

"So, is that the 'Elder Scrolls'?" Arthur asked, pointing to the huge crystal closest to the ceiling, which had several rays of light shining but had no intention of descending at all.

"That's right, if you want it to go down, you have to activate the exhibit representing the 'Eight Holy Spirits' at the same time, and it will descend to the position where you can visit, and there is the operating table, you can try it." Galleb said to Arthur, "It took me about three hours when I first succeeded. ”

The console is a metal cylinder as thick as three buckets, each with a sapphire button on the raw surface, and according to the diagram next to it, each time you press one of them, a different part of the "starry sky" on the ceiling will rotate with it, and the affected crystals below it will also move up and down.

"Hmm......" Arthur tentatively pressed the first button.

——5:11——

"Daddy—isn't it all right—" Sophie shouted at Arthur from afar as she sat on a metal chair for visitors to rest with the rabbit in her arms, and the strange rabbit had become a little sluggish because she hadn't eaten the [blood thistle] for a long time.

"I've almost found a pattern! Right away! Arthur replied to the girl as he continued to press the button.

Squeak - The sky on the ceiling begins to spin with the sound of metal grinding, several crystals fall, and several more rise, while the giant crystal containing The Elder Scrolls remains unmoving.

"That's what he said an hour ago." Ella said to Jane Rasai, who was beside her.

"Hmm...... Shows that Mr. Baron has perseverance? The dark elf looked at Arthur and hesitated in response.

"It's the other one who has perseverance." Ella pursed her lips and looked at Lydia standing beside Arthur, who had been standing behind Arthur with a shield since a very aggressive dwarven machine had jumped out of a crystal not long ago.

After a few more lifts, Arthur's brows furrowed more and more, and every time he thought that after mastering their rules, there would always be more strange lifting reactions, but there were obvious laws and connections between them, which ......

"Okay, when you test out all the rules, the night will be over," Septin, who had been talking to Geleb before, implied to the console, "Leave it to me now, after all, you went to me for this purpose, didn't you?" ”

Arthur spread his hands out of the way from the console.

The old mage Bluebeard pulled out a cube from his mage robe that was very similar to the metal of the dwarves and pressed it next to the console, which Arthur had thought was a decorative diamond-shaped groove.

Steam - click - squeak - squeak -

There was no movement on the console, but the ceiling, which needed to be controlled to move, began to turn on its own, and the crystals rose and fell in a strange rhythm.

Eventually, eight crystals that were tilted outwards hung from the sky and formed a circle in the middle of the hall, after which the huge crystal that had been holding its ground slowly fell from the sky with its metal cantilever, and slowly opened as it approached the ground.

“…… I understand. Arthur looked at the form of The Elder Scrolls and shrugged, "You really can't take it until you get [Twilight]. ”

It was a giant metal scroll two meters long, silver and white, shining in the light of the stars, and in terms of size, it could only be carried by a person on his back, which was the most obvious target in the current situation of Twilight spies.

"It's easy for mortals to be blinded when they rashly watch its contents, and it is said that the 'Holy Moth Priests' deliberately cultivated by the Septin Empire can be read in some ways, but each priest can watch it a limited number of times," Galeb tilted his head slightly to avoid the reflection of the Elder Scrolls: "As a dragonborn, you should just not be able to read without getting hurt, and others can also try if they have extraordinary powers." ”

Extraordinary power? Which do you say? Arthur looked at his companions around him, except for the new Jane Rasai, probably none of them were really "mortals", and even the rabbit was suspicious.

"What you see when you read the scroll is not certain, it can come from the past or the future, it may be valuable or it may not be worthless," said Galeb, "but what I see is that the 'Twilight Zone' is falling, and the 'Black Sun' is extinguished, these things did not exist in the past, so they must come from the future I created." ”

"The Elder Scrolls can be read over and over again, but as soon as you see something in it, the content will be fixed unless another copy of the scroll is found." Septin implied: "I've already seen this, so I don't have to count it up, this time." ”

What he saw was the remains of the iceberg......

"You're welcome—then you're welcome—" With a strange voice, a tall, thin man in a lumberjack's outfit with yellow eyes appeared in front of the Elder Scrolls, grabbed the handle on the side and pulled it away.

"Vampires! When did he sneak in! Arthur drew his sword with his backhand and was about to rush over.

"Quack!" When everyone reacted in an instant and prepared to launch the first wave of attacks, the intruder suddenly let out a terrible scream, and then his whole body ignited with golden flames, and the next moment, he suddenly turned into countless bats and crashed through the wall and fled from the air, but judging by the remaining dying bats, the vampire lord probably had less than half a life left.

"Is The Elder Scrolls such a dangerous thing? Can you kill a reader just by words? After Ladia recovered from this accident, she first cared about Arthur: "Then it is better for you not to read it, Baron." ”

"No way, the Holy Moth priests of the Imperial Platinum Pagoda are only blind at best, and they have never heard of a priest who died violently, ever." Septin shook his head in implication.

"If I had to guess, that vampire might have seen the sun up close, try it for me this time" Arthur smiled at Ladia and walked over to The Elder Scrolls, "Don't worry, as a Dragonborn, there are no images or words that can hurt me." ”

Except for Jane Rasai, everyone seems to be more or less relieved, after all, he is a "dragonborn" who can turn into a dragon.

The scroll itself was unlocked, and although it was metallic in appearance, the part pulled out of it resembled smooth white leather, and an intricate and strange circular pattern resembling a magic circle was drawn on it, which faded the moment Arthur saw it, and at the same time, another image came to life.

It was a distant view of a noble mansion, the perspective seemed to be restricted, and through the railing of the fence, it was vaguely visible that there was a small garden inside, and there was a girl who looked very similar to the "Zela Pesh" she had seen in the mage academy before, but the girl in a rather strange costume was lying on a rocking chair by the fountain to take a nap, and a red thing was circling around her.

Although unable to comprehend the meaning of this image, and completely unapproachable, Arthur inexplicably wanted to look at it for a while.

The next moment, his eyes went dark, he fell on his back, and before he fell unconscious, he vaguely heard the exclamations of his companions.

"The Baron has fainted!"

"Daddy!"

"What's going on with all this bunch of negativity?"

"The vitality is so weakened—"

"Why is he still smiling in this state?"