My name is Akatosh,

The Elder Scrolls Thing......

—4E, 201, Moon of the Fire, 23rd, 17:22 —

'Hmm...... It turns out that the Elder Scrolls is painted with this kind of thing......

I was on the top floor of the Black Drop Zac Tower, pulling out the scroll of the Elder Scrolls and taking a closer look.

Speaking of which, although this is the "Elder Scrolls World", I really haven't read the Elder Scrolls at my fingertips, after all, if you want to know something, you can see it directly, and there is no point in taking such a step.

According to the setting, the Elder Scrolls is a fragment of prophecy left by the previous "Akatosh" when the world was destroyed and reshaped by Alduin, because there is no entity, so its number and content cannot be determined, although this one of Zakta seems to be separate, but as long as it is collected with other scrolls, it will show wonderful characteristics, for example, the fourteen scrolls that are clearly explained, after a certain holy moth priest takes one out for research purposes, and then looks at it, the number of scrolls placed there is eighteen.

The scroll is painted with a spider-web-like radial pattern composed of black background and silver threads, and in various parts of this "spider web", sixteen small oval bubbles are drawn irregularly, and there are also notes in small characters such as "Eternal Dusk", "Moon Shadow", "Land of the Dead" and so on.

If you look closely, the "spider web" as a whole is irregularly divided into 16 areas of the outer circle and 8 areas of the inner circle by the "spider silk" that radiates outward.

It's the Wheel of the World! Those who do not understand this worldview must not be blinded when they see it.

[No, to be precise, it is only a few who are flashed. The stupid system interjected.

'Oh? I motioned for it to continue.

[For mediocre people who only focus on what is in front of them, even if they accidentally open it, all they can see is a piece of black paper or a shining white paper, such as a farmer who only thinks about crops, a worker who only cares about the progress of work, and a nobleman who only thinks about how to intrigue and expand his power......]

'And a guard who only focuses on the baron?' ’

[Hmm...... They are collectively referred to as the 'ignoramus'. 】

'I feel like it's a personal attack......,' I shoved the scroll back, 'and what do you call the rest of the people?' Prophet? ’

[Intelligent beings who can obtain information from The Elder Scrolls, collectively referred to as 'Contacts', generally know its properties before opening the Scroll, and are prepared to resist its effects with their own strength, knowledge, and training. 】

'Like Arthur and his companions?' ’

[They...... It's true, but because there is no relevant exercise, each scroll can only be read once, and the information is also obtained randomly, no matter what kind of information it is, there will be no change if you look at it a few more times. The stupid system played a replay of them reading The Elder Scrolls one by one before my eyes.

'You mentioned exercise? I pulled the scroll out again, but the pattern on it still hadn't changed.

[It's useless for you to open and close it a few more times, whether it's flashing you or providing you with unknown information, it's beyond its capabilities.] 】

'It's noisy, and then let's talk about exercise. ’

[Basically, it's to synchronize your mental state with the scroll, and try your best to make the content of the scroll close to what you want, there was a group of monks who did this in the Second Age, they were called 'comprehension people', but because reading it once would be directly blind, it was almost impossible to pass on what they saw, so almost no one was willing to join them except for those fanatics who 'heard the Tao and died at night', and this organization eventually died out.] 】

'Hmm...... Blind monk? ’

[They don't kick out vacuum waves, and they don't swing their tails.] 】

'You're good at complaining? Moving on, isn't it time to talk about the Holy Moth Priest? Who are they? ’

[Enlightener,] the stupid system said: [By empathizing with the Ancestor Holy Moth, they can watch the Elder Scrolls once without harm, but they will still be blind the second time. 】

Oh...... Because even if it is difficult to convey what you see a second time, you can at least leave the first gain, so is it called an "enlightener"?

[The information that can be obtained from the Elder Scrolls is very random, and even so, no one dares to provoke the 'Platinum Pagoda' where the Holy Moth priests gather for training and research, and incidentally, the Platinum Agreement was also signed there.] 】

'O alliance under the city...... Having said all this, it is still not known how Arthur became like this. I shoved the scroll back again and looked at Arthur, who was still unconscious.

Unlike last time, after reading The Elder Scrolls, Arthur fell into a deep dreamless coma, Valmina's priesthood was useless, and although I could forcibly wake him up, it was uncertain whether there would be sequelae.

[Since all the prerequisites and possibilities are already in front of you, you can use the method of elimination to analyze them,] the stupid system said: [A famous detective said——]

If you rule out all other possibilities, then even if the remaining possibilities are unbelievable, that's a fact – I certainly do. ’

The stupid system lengthened his voice: "What he saw through the Elder Scrolls was—you. 】

This guy ...... How can a person trip over the same stone twice? Change the world and do it again.

——17:54——

Mercer Frey enters Zacta. 】

While I was pondering how to wake Arthur up without injury, a new surveillance screen suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, and Mercerfrey, dressed in shabby black leather armor, was bypassing the dwarven mechanical guards standing guard at the door, quietly touching Zac Tower, and moving briskly towards the upper floor.

I seem to have left him in the path of the Snow Elf Mechanical Army, and instead of attacking the Twilight Zone, he found Zacta in the opposite direction based on the trails they left behind?

Sure enough, if you want to be a nightingale, you have to go off the beaten path.

[He doesn't have any extraordinary strength other than his original skills now, how to deal with it? ] 】

Perhaps he's got the news that The Elder Scrolls is here, and I'll see what he's going to do. ’

Seeing that Mercer was about to reach the top, I quickly used invisibility and teleported to the top of Zactar's tower.

"Whew...... According to the records, there should be a copy of the Elder Scrolls here......" After Mercer arrived at this "starry sky" exhibition hall, he looked around and walked directly to the Elder Scrolls in the middle of the hall: "It seems that yes, if you can control so many dwarven machines, this must be Zacta." ”

It seems that Zacta is also famous for looking for that among the vanished dwarves......

No, wait? Without the power of the nightingale and the blessing of Noktunar, this former nightingale would have been blinded by the rhythm.

[No, you see. 】

Click, Mercer figured out a "welding mask" to wear on his face before he went to touch the Elder Scrolls, well, at least it looked like it, most of its structure was forged from dwarven metal, and there was a gap in the place of the eyes, which was inlaid with pink translucent crystal.

Is that ...... "Snow Elf Eye"?

[That's right, the eyes of this mask are made from two giant crystals that Mercer dug up from the Snow Elf statue, and according to the analysis, it can indeed withstand the "flash attack" of the Elder Scrolls.] 】

'Isn't that a display that can only sell for 2,000 gold coins......?'

[Your statue's posture—] The stupid system made up another diagram showing the pitiful-looking Snow Elf Giant Elephant with no eyes and still soaked in underground water.

It's okay not to pay attention, but if you pay attention, you can tell that the giant statue is in the overall appearance, sitting cross-legged, holding something with its arms outstretched - isn't it reading a huge scroll?

So, when carving a giant elephant for a large person who could read the Elder Scrolls, it was only natural that the eyes should be made of materials that would insulate the influence.

The only question is, Mercer has been shrewd enough to lay out so much in advance? ’

[Probably not, probably out of preparedness, if his own plan hadn't failed, he would have basically not needed this thing.] 】

'Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit...... Wait? If we can't see what a mortal is looking at when he reads the scroll directly, this way of seeing with props? ’

The stupid system didn't seem to be sure......, and zoomed in on Mercer's crystal goggles.

Whew—Mercer pulled open the Elder Scrolls, then froze.

From my vantage point, I could see two phantoms, a man and a woman, on the crystal goggles, talking to a child who looked very similar to Mercer.

Judging by Mercer's fists clenched with excitement, it was most likely his parents.

The phantom began to change, the boy grew up, the man with elven features did not change much, and the woman could clearly see the increase in age, she muttered something to herself, and turned away.

The illusion continues to change, with middle-aged women praying at an altar where the statue is constantly changing, eventually settling on a statue of a tall, thin man with a dog.

The woman stood up, said something contentedly, and then disappeared at the same time as the statue in the next moment, and Mercer, who was watching, subconsciously reached out and grabbed the air.

The focus of the phantom shifts, the "camera" is aimed at the earth dog, the picture gradually changes from virtual to real, and the earth dog also transforms from the texture of the statue to the real dog, in the final freeze, it is Babas lying on the ground napping, next to the unconscious Arthur and Sophie taking care of him.

"Found you, Demon God." Mercer snorted viciously, put the Elder Scrolls back, and walked downstairs with a sneer on his face.

Not...... Did Mercer's mother disappear because [Calavicus Will] did it? Most of it was some kind of trading condition for the deceitful man, but now he didn't know where to hide, so he had to pay the debt to the father and the son...... I mean, the main debt dog repays.

Wait for the two sides to meet, if Mercer simply teaches the earth dog a lesson, if he wants to attack Arthur and Sophie by the way...... If I don't help, he'll be eaten.