—4E, 201, Last Seed, 25th, 14:00—

Ancano is a typical tall elf, with long bright silver hair and blue eyes, although his face is lanky, and his slightly hooked nose and thin lips make him look a little mean, but no one denies his handsomeness, he is now an advisor to the Winterhold Mage Academy, and one of the many "envoys" sent by Somo to Skyrim.

The duty of these "envoys" is to ensure that the Nords do not continue to believe in the so-called "Ninth Holy Spirit Talos", there were originally nine envoys, and they could ensure that all cities in Skyrim Province had an envoy in each place, but due to Storm Cloak's blatant rebellion, it was naturally impossible for the cities in its sphere of influence to accept a single Somo envoy, and this plan could be regarded as a failure overall.

At present, the few surviving envoys, the best of which is Alan Wen, who established the Somo Embassy in Dugu City, basically does not care about the beliefs of Talos, but only makes friends with the nobles through banquets and social interactions, and after giving them enough benefits in exchange, she asks to help limit Talos's beliefs, and the result is much better than borrowing the threat of force from the Imperial Legion.

The second is Ondolma of Makas City, he advocates the use of forceful means to arrest the believers, and the city lord is having a headache due to the problem of oathbreakers left over from history, so the two sides hit it off, the city lord supports him to eliminate the believers of Talos, and Ondolema deals with the oathbreakers by the way, so there are many more prisoners in the mine prison of Marcus who can't tell whether they are the avoters or the believers of Talos, and in Ancano's eyes, there will be chaos there sooner or later.

Then there was the neutral city of Estomo in the snowman, the lord of Barguf had neither opposition nor support for Somo, so he could only rely on his own guards to capture the followers of Talos, but the first target he wanted to capture, the famous missionary Heimsko in the snowman, Estomo and his guards were bagged and beaten out of the city during the arrest, and since the lord did not intend to pursue them, he could now only operate in some villages, and from time to time he would be driven away by the vicious villagers.

The other envoys either returned home after learning of the rebellion in the Stormcloak, or left on their own after staying in a remote town for a while with nothing to do, and the only one who penetrated into the Stormcloak's sphere of influence was Ancano.

The Stormcloak rebellion was actually happy to be seen by the Somo side, or rather, part of the purpose of the Platinum Agreement's prohibition of belief in Talos was to achieve such an outcome, and a divided empire would naturally not be able to win in the next inevitable war.

With Wintercastle nearly completely destroyed by the "Great Collapse", Ancano naturally looked down on the lord of the ruined village, and with his superb magical knowledge and Somo's letter of appointment, he was given the position of "Special Advisor" at the Mage Academy, and although he had no real power, he could investigate anything he felt necessary.

The first thing Ancano wants to investigate is naturally the reason why the mage academy was safe and sound in the "Great Collapse", although everyone thinks that the academy was spared because of magic, but Ancano, who is also a magician, thinks that it is the biggest irresponsibility to throw the cause to magic, demon gods, holy spirits and other mysterious factors whenever something strange happens, not to mention that the temple of Summer Twilight Island has some records about Winterhold, although the language is unknown, it seems that a high elf saved Winterhold, if confirmed, That's enough to force Winterhold or Mage Academy to break away from the Stormcloak.

"You must be the saint of eighty years ago, 'Fortune Teller Duran'." Beneath Wintercastle, in the dungeon known as "The Shell Mound", Ancano is speaking to a magic well that glows with a faint blue light.

The blue light trembled slightly, turning an angle, giving Ancano the feeling that he was being watched by "something".

"Those mages said you caused the collapse and sealed yourself in order to atone for your sins," Ancano said smoothly as he made up a lie, "We all know that that's not the truth. ”

The blue light grew brighter, a sign that he had caught the attention of the saint, and Ankano adjusted his facial expression slightly to appear believable.

"The truth is, you fused the flow of mana that ran through the mana well throughout the Mage Academy, and thus ensured that it was not destroyed in the Great Collapse, so it makes no sense for those stupid Nords to accuse you of not protecting their city unless they dig a mana well in every house." Ankano voiced his findings. If you want to convince others, you can't just lie, you have to mix one or two percent of private goods with undoubted facts, so that you can achieve your goal.

"Is that what they say about me? A crisp, slender and slightly soft voice sounded: "[Hmm...... I don't care. 】”

If you don't care, you won't say it deliberately, Ankano smiled, although she still didn't know the name of the saint who died that year,

But judging from the clues obtained, there is indeed a part that pronounces the "Duran" sound.

"Duran, I'll call you that," Ancano waited for a moment without being refused, and then continued, "The mages you've been desperately protecting have got another thing that could destroy them along with the whole of Winterhold, and you should know what it is. ”

"[Eye of Magnus? Duran's voice still sounded like that of a girl who hadn't grown up, but it was clear that her knowledge had grown rapidly over the years due to her ability to read the entire Mage Academy, and if she could regain her body, she would definitely be a powerful mage.

"Yes, Eye Magnus," Ancano nodded, "why do they think they can harness the power of the sun (Magnus)?" When that thing was activated, it was the day of the destruction of all of Nairn, and I had to stop this group of short-sighted mages, and now you are the only one who can help me. ”

This statement is enough to sublimate his purpose, from "mastering great power" to "saving the world", so that it will be very affectionate to the saint who is willing to sacrifice herself to save the unrelated Wintercastle, and the saint who is full of sacrificial spirit.

"But Atayum is not ......," Duran said hesitantly.

Ha! Those fools who hid on the islands where they lived, founded the Issyk-Kul Order, and thought they were qualified to govern all the mages in the world? The incongruity that they had felt several times before was when they intervened, and it seemed that they had fallen in love with the apprentice named Zerapes.

"Yes, they say you can take the eye away, but it's just sealed, which means that one day it will be activated," said Ancano, feeling good after characterizing his actions as saving the world, saying, "We can't sit idly by and watch it become a threat, we must destroy it before it is taken away." ”

"[That thing can't be destroyed, it can only be controlled,] Duran's tone seemed to be slightly anxious: "[To control it, you need the 'Staff of Magnus', but that staff is in 'Brasilian', and you can't get it for the time being.] 】”

It worked! Ancano's heart was full of joy, the biggest goal has been achieved, and then he just needs to send guards to explore the ruins, he has been performing since he entered the academy, and sure enough, he was regarded as his own by this saint and confided important information, and then, if it is not expected, there should be some gains.

"[I will teach you a self-created magic called 'Energy Absorption',] the blue light trembled slightly, and then one of the lights shrouded Ancano: "[It can absorb the power of the 'Eye of Magnus', but you can't contain it yourself, you can release them when the time comes, let me receive them.] 】”

Boom! Boom! Boom! Looking at the powerful spell that appeared in his mind, as clear as it was engraved, Ancano's heart beat uncontrollably.

Getting the Staff of Magnus, it was already a surprise to Ancano that he could borrow the power of the Eye of Magnus in a limited way, but he didn't expect "Duran" to give him such a big gift, he originally thought it was the information about Labcillin in the dusty books, but he didn't expect that he could put aside the "staff" and use the "eye" method directly, so what kind of staff would he find!

"Of course I can't use such a powerful power," However, the words on the face still have to be said, Ancano stared at the blue ball of light: "But if you absorb it, although you can turn to strengthen Winter Castle, your consciousness will completely disappear in this transformation process." ”

"I'm sure you'll protect the Academy and Wintercastle for me, won't you? Duran replied.

"Of course...... Then I'll go. Ancano bowed his head slightly, almost unable to control the ecstasy on his face.

Of course it will be protected! While it's true that the power of that eye can't be used by individuals, it's no problem to use it to support a giant teleportation magic, and it's predictable what kind of reward you'll get by teleporting Winterhold, the Mage Academy, and this stupid saint back to Summerwilight Island, and how Somo will sweep Tamarel again!

——14:44——

"Hahaha! That's it! "Ancano used energy absorption in the Elemental Hall to absorb the powerful power in the eyes of Magnus, and then continuously poured into the huge teleportation circle, and the academy mages who tried to interfere with him have been driven out by the "mana anoma", and Duran was completely isolated by him, unable to absorb any power at all.

It only takes a little while, and this eye is-

Squeak! With a strange downturn, the huge green sphere that had been spinning slowly stopped and closed its armor, and the Eye of Magnus, which had not unfolded its own armor, was completely unaffected by energy absorption.

"Y-how is that possible?" Ancano glared at the mages of the academy who were rushing in, and a dozen hooded members of the Issyk-Kul Order walked up to him and skillfully fastened him with the forbidden device.

"You will be imprisoned on the island of Atayum for the rest of your life." An Ancano had a relationship with a member of the Order named Quaranir who spoke to him.

"That's the 'Staff of Magnus'!" Ancano didn't care about this at all, he looked at the blonde Zerapes, who was waving a gorgeous staff at the Eye of Magnus, "How can it be in your hands!?" ”

"Ah......h ”

In the next instant, he vanished, along with more than a dozen members of the Order, the Eye of Magnus, and the teleportation circle that had been redirected.