My name is Akatosh,

Mephala jungler was counter-killed~

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 13th, 17:50 —

Snow City, Genting District, Longxiao Palace is holding a small-scale banquet.

As planned, Arthur and his comrades rushed back to Xueman before sunset, originally planning to go directly to the Moon Vasca longhouse, but were called to the lord's hall by Krako Whitemane halfway - after all, eliminating the Silver Hand is not a trivial matter, coupled with the influence of this incident and the many intricate power relationships behind it, the old man decided to ask Lord Balguf to listen to the report together, so as not to omit anything when relaying.

"Master Farenga, please help me find information about 'Blackreach.'" In the side hall of the Longxiao Palace, Arthur was asking the court jurisprudence about the name of the place that Septin had implicitly told him.

As for the debriefing? Arthur tilted his head slightly to listen to the discussion in the main hall.

Use the attitude of the Mage Academy towards the Brothers-in-Arms to deduce the intelligence infiltration of the Imperial Legion and the Storm Cloak into them, judge the total number and location of the elven troops by their action patterns and nuances of uniforms, infer the amount of wealth hoarded by the Silver Hand from the price of Wilhelmer Castle and Winter Castle, and guess what other strongholds the Silver Hand has based on the changes in various places after the headquarters was terminated.

Well, except for the last one, it's completely unclear so, so he'd better honestly do the important work of consulting for mission details.

"Oh, black, well, black." Farenga's gaze was closely following the calm drinking of Septin outside: "With the strength of Master Signos, it is indeed possible to find that legendary place. ”

"Legends?" Arthur had a bad premonition.

"That place involves mysteries, the history of the forge, the legends of Nord, and the bizarre events that spread across the sky, and it would be very long to talk about in detail." Farenga got up and rummaged through the bookshelves behind him.

"Please try to make a long story short." The corners of Arthur's mouth twitched.

"It's an underworld about the size of Skyrim Province, and it can connect most of the Forging Mo Ruins." Fa Renjia said, placing a copy of "The Legend of the Black Descent" on the table.

"Uh-huh......" Arthur didn't know what to say for a moment, so he picked up the book and began to flip through it.

The dwarves, or the deep elves or forging mo, were punished for trying to deceive the demon god Azula and the entire clan disappeared, which is a relatively common explanation at present, after all, if there is something weird, just push it on the head of the demon god.

However, the author of this book believes that perhaps the root cause of the disappearance of the dwarves is Azura's interference, but the direct cause is their disdain for magic and spirits, which can be seen from all the creation cores of the forging Mo - if they believe in the power of steam and machinery, why are they powered by soul stones?

The last historical record of the dwarves is the "Battle of the Red Mountain" in the First Age, when they built a huge machine that was said to be able to "kill gods", and fearlessly planned to use the [Heart of Rock Khan], the "largest soul stone of Nain", and then the history of the dwarves came to an abrupt end.

As for the Black Fall, it can be literally interpreted as "Underground Ruichi", probably a kingdom built by the dwarves for themselves, and it is likely to be located under the Ruichi Territory, and its original entrance is naturally the dwarven ruins that have not been completely cleaned up until now under the capital city of Marcus.

After the dwarves disappeared, the various machines that were set up to open up the underworld continued to work without anyone stopping them, and before they finally ran out of energy, they had expanded the scope of the black descent to the size of the entire Skyrim Province, and almost all of the dwarven ruins in the Skyrim Province.

"To put it simply, if I want to go to the Black Landing, I can go from any of the dwarven ruins, and the enemies I have to face are all kinds of automata and underground monsters." Arthur concluded.

"That kind of thing is not affected by illusion magic, and it is also immune to life and soul magic damage, and the only way to deal with them is to fight hard with destruction spells, and the combat experience is extremely poor." Farenga pouted.

"That's fine." Arthur put down the book and patted the hilt of the sword on his back.

"There's also some uncertain information," Farenga said, "If you've ever been in the ruins of Forging Mo, you've come across those ugly snow elves, and it's said that these dwarven slaves have built an underground kingdom of their own after losing their masters, yes, in the Black Fall." ”

"Ugh." Arthur was really a little unacceptable this time, the kind of monster with gray skin, thin torso, no eyes and all by hearing...... of the kingdom?

——18:35——

"Konkrako and his warriors, may they be invincible—" Lord Barguf held his magnum aloft in front of him.

"To my lord, I wish you good health." Krako Whitemane replied with his glass raised.

After asking for information, it was natural to start eating, and Barguf undoubtedly knew that the top brass of his comrades-in-arms were werewolves, and knew very well that they needed a lot of food to replenish their strength after the battle, and the evidence was that the food at the banquet was all deliberately increased.

The three Wilcas brothers and Cisco Moon, who had come to protect Krako, were very satisfied with this, and Ella and Lydia, who didn't need to be added, looked a little distressed, and it was Sophie who came to her father who was really happy about it.

Although she was forbidden by Arthur to take a bite at a plate, she still sat at the table with bright eyes and refused to leave, and even Ria who came to her left the table without paying attention.

Arthur put down the roast chicken in his hand and frowned at Ria, only to see her leave the banquet and approach Dagney in the corner of the hall, and they talked to each other for a few words before walking together to the back house of the Dragon Palace.

Although it seems that two little girls are "meeting to play together" in a normal way, there seems to be something wrong?

Lord Barguf had two sons and a daughter, named Flodal, Nerkiel, and Dageny, and because the lord was busy, they had no mother to teach them, and they could not play like ordinary children, and the servants in charge of their care did not dare to be too strict with them, and as a result, their personalities became very strange.

When Frodal met an outsider, he usually raised his chin and said with a haughty face: "Again to slap my father's ass?" Well done, snap bang. And Nerkiel was slightly better, and he said, "Bow to your future lord!" ”

Well...... Barguf didn't beat them up because he wasn't available.

As for Dageny, the little girl seemed to be afraid of gaining weight, so she was very dissatisfied with the perennial banquets held in the lord's hall, and always said to the banquet attendees: "It is strange that there is not enough to eat in the snow rat nest in the plains." ”

So she couldn't be kind to Ria who came to the banquet anyway!

Arthur looked at Barguf, who was talking to Krako, and the rest of his comrades, who were dining, and quietly followed him from his seat—the fifth star of the "Stealth" constellation lit up.

This at least proves that he is indeed the "enemy" who is sneaking away.

——18:52——

As the sun was about to set, the sky outside the window was dark, and the servants in the Longxiao Palace were gradually lighting candles and torches.

At this time, he noticed another strange thing, the two girls did not have any conversation along the way, and the expression on their faces was always very happy, and it did not change either.

After all, it's a real human girl, and even a little bit of wolf blood power is useless, Arthur thought, but if she has her eye on Sophie, it will be a lot of fun.

Instead of leading Ria to her bedroom, Dagney walked straight to the warehouse in the back house, and Arthur sneaked inside, unsurprisingly seeing Frodar and Nerkill.

"Isn't this the little girl from the Brothers-in-Arms? You idiot! Holding a two-handed ebony sword taller than himself, Frodal reprimanded his sister in a low voice: "If you kill her, you will be in great trouble, go find your other friends!" ”

"Friend, only, her." Dageny's movements and voice, as well as her intonation, are somewhat odd, sounding like marionettes.

"What about you?" Vrodal turned to Nairkill.

"I, no, friend!" The little boy said as he puffed up his chest proudly.

"Hmph...... Never mind. Frodal turned around and raised his ebony sword at Ria, who was standing there in a daze, "'Grandma' said she would make this guy 'disappear completely', and we'll just have to say we don't know." ”

The dark vortex of death rolled up, and Arthur noticed that some of them were enveloping and wrapping around Riya, while the other part converged on the ebony sword to form the image of a wizened old woman.

Because it was the first time he saw that "death" had a specific shape, Arthur couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but it was completely too late to parry the ebony sword that was swung by Flodal, even if he could use the dragon's roar, but these children might not be able to carry even the most powerful unloading power.

"[Kaan Drem Ov] (Harmony of Ginai)!" Arthur ended up choosing this dragon roar.

The healing power enveloped the four children, and the black mist on Rya dissipated instantly, but the image of the old man on the ebony sword in Frogal's hand became furious, and under its silent roar, Frogard raised his long sword and slashed at Rya again.

"What a trouble...... "Arthur, who couldn't think of it, rushed straight over, picked up Ria and turned to run.

"Come on! There are assassins! Get him! The three children of the lord chased after them directly, while shouting for the guards.

It seems to be a low-level demon passing by, Arthur thought as he ran, and with a little wisdom he could judge who would be beneficial if the guards appeared.

Sure enough, several Longxiao Palace guards who heard the news only looked at Arthur slightly, and directly passed him to stop those irritable children.

"Disarm! But don't touch that sword directly! Arthur turned back and commanded loudly.

The guard who controlled Frodal nodded slightly, slapped his arm and elbow, and the ebony sword in the boy's hand flew straight out.

"Speaking of which, no matter what you originally were, but now this state must be 'undead'." Arthur let go of Ria and pulled out the golden sword behind his back and slashed at the flying black sword.

The old lady composed of the vortex of death disappeared directly at the same time as the two swords struck, leaving only a monosyllabic that I don't know if it was a scream or a call.

"Daddy Arthur is amazing!" Regained consciousness, Ria clapped her hands and cheered.

Well, hopefully they'll forget to ask me how I managed to sneak into the backhouse when they're looking at where Frodal got the demon weapon...... Arthur thought as he listened to the approaching noise and footsteps.