My name is Akatosh,

The Thieves' Guild questline is finally coming to an end.

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 20th, 17:37 -

South of the Rift Valley, Nightingale Hall.

"Noctunar, Lady of the Night, God of Shadows, Unknowable, Daughter of Dawn—The Dusk Grave is in Danger - The Servants of Night and Shadow are praying for your wisdom—"

After Gallus and Illya stood on the platforms symbolizing the "full moon" and "new moon" respectively, and Sylvia and Joan of Arc and Cicero left the center of the hall, Caria knelt down on one knee on the platform of the "Half Moon" and began to recite the prayer.

The clown named Cicero before said at least a little bit, and the Holy Spirit or the Demon God does need to call the name of the god, and as long as the name is said, they can hear it, but relatively speaking, the Holy Spirit is called by mortals a lot of times, and basically will only respond to his own saints or events that are more interested, and if it is nothing to call the name of those moody demon gods, the punishment of the demon god is a small matter, as for the big ...... Just look at the dwarves that have disappeared inexplicably.

[Noktunar] does not punish the caller at will, because he is the patron saint of thieves, and it is common for thieves who do not know etiquette to pray, and for the same reason, when thieves pray to him, they are likely to perform some dangerous or difficult work, and if they respond directly, they are afraid that they will fail on the spot.

Therefore, if you really need a response from the lady of the night, you must repeat the prayer five times without mistakes, and then the "request" will be classified as the "likely to be answered" section, although the identity of the "former nightingale" has a priority bonus, but in any case, whether to respond or not depends on the lady's mood.

However, judging from the "Nightingale Armor" spell at the door, the chance of getting a response this time should be relatively large, and it doesn't look like it will directly send down divine punishment.

After five prayers, Kalia remained motionless in a half-kneeling position, while Gallus, beside her, looked nervous, and Illya looked around curiously, as if to see how the lady responded.

As for the other three onlookers, Sylvia watched quietly without making a noise, while Cicero seemed to want to laugh, but was violently stopped by Joan of Arc turning around and elbowing violently.

There was a moment of silence in the cavern.

——17:40——

Phorcres West, Twilight Grave.

As the sun approached the ridgeline in the west, its light gradually turned from blazing white to dusk, and even if it had not yet completely set, a cold wind had quietly blown in the mountains, and as the trees swayed with the wind, their elongated shadows seemed to be dancing like ghosts or devils.

And the ancient stone tomb, which was originally ordinary, quietly changed its posture in such a strange atmosphere.

"This ...... It's ......" Eddie Septin's eyes widened.

If the previous stone tomb seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, and it could be judged that there would be no gain at a glance, now it is completely different, under the light of the yellow light of the setting sun, its outer buildings as a whole rose up with a thick black fog, and at the same time, next to the old entrance, a relief stone door with a white light quietly appeared, and the content expressed by the relief seemed to be some kind of bird with two wings raised high, one white and one black.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I've been polite to you along the way, haven't I?" The hijacker who called himself Mercer looked at the strange picture and had the heart to talk to her.

"Yes, yes?" Eddie didn't know what he wanted to say, and nodded stunned, after all, except that she was not allowed to leave, there was not much restraint or bad treatment along the way, and he was not to blame for always having nightmares.

"Then please be assured that any next move I make is for your safety, and that it has nothing to do with me if you try to get out of my control in 'that kind of place.'" Mercer finished her words in a steady tone, and after making sure that Add understood, he grabbed her arm and walked straight to the stone door.

Obviously, you dragged me in the most dangerous way - and the word "that kind of place" sounds bad......

Add bites his lip to prevent himself from making a detrimental gesture like "yelling for help", maybe the rescue team mobilized by the Blade Warrior he met before is nearby?

As Mercer dragged him closer to the strange stone tomb and the glowing gate, Add felt more and more strange about it, which didn't look like some secret entrance hidden by magic, but more like a forcible passage that had been forced through and didn't know where it led.

Mercer walked over to the relief door and pushed it, but the door didn't move, much to Add's relief, but before she could let go of that breath completely, Mercer pulled out a strange key with a skull inlaid and swiped it at the door, and the next moment, the door suddenly opened.

Before being dragged by Mercer to step through the door, Add noticed that there was only black and white, a world of light and shadow.

——17:41——

"[Kalia—you're still alive—]"

In the quiet hall of the nightingale, a lazy female voice suddenly sounded out of thin air, making people feel that she was not energetic, although the timbre can be said to be very pleasant, but it gives people a sense of indifference that does not contain any emotions at all.

Then, the content of this sentence was completely impossible to answer, and Kalia had to forcibly change the subject.

"I'm sorry, my lady, I lost the Skull Key due to our mistake and therefore didn't dare to come to see you until we retrieved it," Kalia said, "but Mercer seems to have been on the move lately, and we would like your advice." ”

"Oh, isn't this Gallus? Also alive? The voice ignored Kalia's plea and spoke to Gallus instead.

"Don't dare to die at will until you have fulfilled the mission you have given you, my lady." Gallus replied with a bowed head.

"[You're still so boring—]"

As he spoke, gusts of cold wind began to blow in the almost closed ceremonial hall, which swirled and created white mist, which converged into a half-human-high "sphere" in the middle of the hall, from which a woman's facial features could be vaguely discerned.

The orb rotated to "look" at everyone in the hall.

"[Hmm-thieves, killers, witches, it seems that Kalia you have gathered a good number of forces,] "The sphere nodded up and down: "[Seven against one, it should be fine-]"

"Seven?" Kalia counted the number of people in the hall in confusion: "Do you want to do it yourself?" ”

[Heh—though Mercer took the Skull Key and closed the way to the Ebony Swamp to the world—so that I could only appear in this form—and caused a lot of trouble by using the key to open the lock—and even attracted the Holy Spirit—he still wasn't qualified to let me do it myself.] The sphere shook from side to side.

That's true, Kalia thought, if a demon god wants to deal with whom, the other party must at least be at the level of a demon god, and now it is basically equivalent to a hunter's hound biting his companion and escaping, if he chases and kills with great fanfare, wouldn't it seem that this hunter is very inferior?

Kalia paused and asked, "So the 'Seventh Man' is?" ”

"[During the years of your absence—who was in charge of the guild?] The sphere asked rhetorically, and an arrow changed in the direction of the gate.

"Some of the new generation of guild masters...... Hey? Don't? Kalia looked up at the door in surprise.

Stealth or invisibility, if you confirm what is there in advance, you can still find it, as for the difficulty is related to the ability of the stalker, at this time Kalia vaguely saw a transparent figure quietly slipping in the direction of the door.

The sphere of white mist instantly transformed into a large hand, and galloped towards the door, accurately picking up the shadow and bringing her back despite the struggle.

"Uh, hello seniors, my name is Sapphire, and I've heard a lot of your deeds." The person who was brought over was a short-haired girl wearing the leather armor of the guild master, although she seemed to be greeting very honestly, but from her constantly rolling eyes, it could be roughly judged that she didn't really respect her seniors very much, but she still said hello obediently under the suppression of the [Ms. Noktunal] mist incarnation.

"Hmm...... The guild's secret entrance is nearby, and you noticed that the Nightingale's Stone was shattered and came to check it out? It's alert. Gallus nodded in appreciation.

"No, it's not a big deal if it's just an ordinary piece of black stone weathered and shattered, it only proves that she's been keeping an eye on this place and has heard of the existence of the 'Nightingale Hall'." Kalia said as she looked at Sapphire.

"There has always been a legend within the guild that 'there is a class above the master', but I didn't expect this to be the case," even though Sapphire was carried in the air, she did not panic, her eyes kept turning to look around, and at the same time she said to the mist-like hand carrying her, "So, as a guild master, am I qualified to be promoted to Nightingale?" 'Patronus of Thieves' [Noktunar]? ”

This casual tone made Kalia frown slightly, but she couldn't make decisions for the lady, after all, even if it was a genuine nightingale, her duties were different from those of other demon gods and holy spirits, and the main priest.

"[Of course—as long as you can pass the 'Nightingale Trial' of the Dusk Grave," the Mist Avatar's large hand dropped the sapphire and reverted back to a round orb with a head: "[But—now there is an opportunity before you—Mercer Frey has entered the Dusk Grave, and I will teleport you there, and if I can stop him from achieving his goal, you can all become Nightingales.] 】”

Already in? While it's true that it's dusk, how did he do it? It's not possible with the Skull Key alone. Kalia thought quickly.

"I think it's nice to be a listener – oh! (Block)" Cicero, who was watching at the door, was beaten for giving the wrong answer.

"Follow your will." Gallus bowed his head and uttered the standard answer.

"[The space in the 'Tomb of Twilight' is very chaotic, but the general direction is the same, you just need to keep 'moving forward'. As Noktunal's voice became ethereal, the ball of smoke suddenly spread, enveloping the entire ceremonial hall in a thick fog that could not be seen.

In the next moment, a dazzling white light engulfed everyone.