My name is Akatosh,

Mercer you ......

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 13th, 7:20 a.m.

"Awaken the bloodline, absorb the dragon soul, learn the dragon's roar, promote the baron, and hunt down the silver hand...... Heh, our friend Arthur Pendragon is busy, isn't he? ”

If the Blue Palace at the northern end of Dugu City is the political center of Skyrim Province, then Dul's Castle, located in the middle of the city, separating the civilian residential area from the noble villa area, is a veritable military center.

It occupies a large area, with thick walls made of gray masonry on the perimeter, and many spacious halls and rooms inside, as well as secret passages and mechanisms that allow soldiers to quickly reach any location around Dugu City, including but not limited to underground passages and aerial slings, so it is also the base camp of the Dugu City garrison, the headquarters of the Imperial Legion, and the temporary garrison of the "Sharp-Eyed Eagle" troops.

According to historical records, when the construction of Dugu City began, the first permanent structure to be completed was this castle, and the rest of the city was gradually built around it, and the attached walls, watchtowers, and almost all the outer defenses were breached and occupied by the enemy, but the castle of Dur was never lost.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Legion, the bald General Tulius, was in a command room in the castle of Dur, staring at the sand table of the Skyrim Province with red and blue flags intertwined on the table in front of him.

"Yes, General," replied Governor Regie, looking at the information in his hand, on the other side of the table, "all the information so far indicates that this new baron is committed to clearing the surrounding environment for Lord Barguf the 'Great Shore' after joining the Brothers-in-Arms, but these actions are not due to the lord's orders - in fact, Barguf has not given him any orders directly. ”

Regie was a tall woman even among the Nords, dressed in Imperial heavy armor, with a cold and determined countenance, with traditional blue eyes, but her long hair in a shawl was a very imperial tan.

"Heh, although Krako Whitemane has not shown his face for a long time, his ability to guide others to act unconsciously is still so outstanding," Tulius sighed, "and only he and Bargulf can make the comrades-in-arms and the Snow Man Leader live together so harmoniously - there is no need to continue to pay attention to Arthur, he may be able to solve this 'Dragon Resurrection' event like the legendary heroes, but it is impossible to participate in the conflict between us and the Storm Cloak." ”

"Yes, General," Ricky said, flipping the page of the intelligence record, "Next is the information from Miss Margaret, who you sent to Markas City to investigate the Oath Abandoner, but was accidentally teleported to Wintercastle and temporarily unable to leave. ”

"Wintercastle? The magic of the Mage Academy is abnormal? Tulius frowned and thought for a moment before realizing what Winterhold was referring to.

"Yes, according to Margaret's intelligence, that violent magic fluctuation not long ago was due to the fact that the Academy found the legendary ' Eye of Magnus', but it was transferred to the Issyk-Kul Order of Atayum and the Shino Scholar because it was unable to use it, and the Academy's Chief Mage gained the ability to teleport at a fixed point, and it was with this ability that she brought her directly from Markas City to Winterhold, and she seems to be using this ability to bring more people, according to Margaret's investigation, the initial speculation is that it is to establish a new magical system, and as it stands, the Academy shows no signs of falling to the Storm Cloak. ”

"Just let them remain neutral," Tulius, who didn't know anything about magic, pressed his forehead, "Wintercastle nominally belongs to the Storm Cloak, if we want to attack there, we just need to quickly master the lord, if the Storm Cloak wants to force the Mage Academy to work for them...... Hehe, next. ”

"The next one is a compilation of multiple pieces of information from Stormhelm," Ricky read, "Due to the influence of the Shawl Blondes, most of the orders of the Buffric Stormcloak could not be carried out smoothly, so several attempts were made to weaken their influence, but all failed. ”

"Ulfrick has degraded enough to deal with a group of little girls? The most important thing is that he still lost? Hahaha! Tulius burst out laughing.

“…… After all failed attempts to weaken, he decided to fight by increasing his strength, and eventually determined the location of the [Sawtooth Crown] through various legends and historical records, and has sent a force to excavate it, which, if successful, can make his leadership more justified. After reading the information, Ricky herself was lost in thought.

The "Sawtooth Crown" belonged to the great Sgrammer and was the royal symbol of the original Skyrim Supreme, which was eventually lost with the death of Sgrammer's last descendant, Bogarth, King of Winterhold, and caused the division of the original Nord Empire and civil war.

"Toig is still alive as the High King of Skyrim, so it doesn't make much sense for Ufric to get the Sawtooth Crown," General Tulius is an Imperial, and although he understands the legends of the Nords, he doesn't have much sense of it, so he quickly makes a practical decision: "But even so, he can't be allowed to get such a symbolic crown - the specific location?" ”

"South of Wintercastle and north of Snowman, it is the tomb that Bogas built for himself, but all the archaeologists before did not think that the Sawtooth Crown would stay there, and many tomb robbers almost emptied it without defense, if the Sawtooth Crown was really inside, it should have been discovered a long time ago." Ricky added.

"This position ......" Tulius' finger swiped across the sand table, quickly identifying Covan Jond's position: "It's too close to Xueman." ”

"That's why Stormcloak didn't make a big deal of it, but sent an elite team to carry out this mission," Ricky said, "If we send too many people, this team will probably flee when they get the information, and they won't be able to defeat them if they are outnumbered." ”

"Then we will also send an elite to intercept and snatch the Sawtooth Crown," Tulius tapped on the sand table: "It's up to you to lead the team, Governor Ricky, you can decide the specific size and candidates, my only request is as soon as possible, after all, it will take time for the information to be transmitted from Windhelm City, and it is likely that they have already set off." ”

"Yes, General Tulius!" Ricky raised her hand in salute and walked outside the command room.

It's not a bad thing for Xue Man to remain neutral, Tulius touched his chin and observed the sand table, after ruling out the possibility of attacking from the middle line, the northern and southern fronts are basically dominated by the Imperial Legion, whether it is the Morning Star with a high-quality port or the rift valley that occupies one of the "ancient passes", Storm Cloak cannot give up, so the forces are more and more dispersed, and at that time, only -

"Governor Regie? I'm looking for you, here's the latest information. ”

"New here? Put them in my office, and if there's any information marked red or higher, send it directly to General Tulius. ”

"There's no red above, but they're—"

"Then wait until I get back!"

"Boom!"

Through this series of sounds, Tulius easily imagined the scene of an indecisive soldier being quickly sent away by the urgent Governor Regie and taking the door.

"Bring that intel in." He shouted out loudly that after dealing with a large amount of "important" information, it was also a kind of relaxation to properly deal with some information of less importance and urgency.

"Yes, General." The Imperial soldier outside the door walked in with a stack of intelligence folders, he seemed a little nervous because he had never come into contact with the Supreme Commander of Dur Castle, and after placing the information on the table under the sand table, he stood there at a loss.

Hehe, is he that scary? Tulius glanced at the soldier's face as he picked up the information, well, it was a raw face.

"Ah, that's two pieces of information that need to be read together," the sluggish soldier seemed to finally react, took out another piece of information and handed it to General Tulius, and began to explain, "They are Baron Erricul's application accusing the captain of 'Grace Stade' of buying and selling the enhanced 'Skuma' without permission, and the lawsuit in which the captain accuses Baron Ericourt of using magic to 'confiscate' all of his small ship's cargo." ”

Ha, looking at the descriptions of "a huge dark horse", "shrouded in black fog" and "disappearance of the cargo" in Baron Erecourt's confession, Tulius almost immediately determined the truth: the baron, who coveted the wealth of Grace Stade, somehow framed the captain, and the captain immediately used some kind of magic prop to destroy all the goods and bite back.

As for why it was ruined and not hidden? From this description, it is clear that the Annihilation Realm is involved, and it is the reason why this information will be sent here instead of the Blue Palace.

After giving instructions for Erikul to compensate the shipowner, Tulius turned his attention to the next one: in the city of Marcas, the goddess Di Bella was very popular for unknown reasons...... What does this have to do with our Dugu City?

A large part of this information is a routine report of "everything is normal" and "nothing unusual" of the "green" level, and a small amount of "yellow" level information about the general movements of other cities and forces, indeed, as the soldier said, these information do not indicate the important information of the "red" level of important people, special operations, large-scale troop movements of hostile forces, attacks or battles, and other special reasons, and they will not appear in front of him at all after being screened by Ruiji.

The last piece of information is a thick "yellow"-level information: due to the successful proposal of Esgael of the Snowhoof family in Rift City to Princess Emilia, the Emperor will soon arrive in the skyrim, and the wedding will take place, asking General Tulius to strengthen security.

Poof-

If General Tulius was drinking honey wine, he must have sprayed it, wasn't it because the princess had been away from home for too long, and her personal guards couldn't be contacted, and His Majesty the Emperor couldn't rest assured that he wanted to come and see it for himself after the sharp-eyed eagle sent the news back to the empire? What does it mean that the Blue Palace sent such a message? Are you really planning to marry off the princess stand-in?

"General, this is additional information, about Esgael Snowhoof's encounter with Her Majesty the Princess, who is also out and about, because of her travels, according to the description, the place where they met should be Loristed, in the snowy territory, and they developed feelings for each other when they killed the ice dragon that attacked there, and it was initially confirmed that it was just a coincidence and not a conspiracy." The soldier pulled out the following analysis reports: "However, due to the complete control of the Black Thorns in Rift City, the scouts there are not of high status and have not received further information, only information about Esgael Snowhoof's strength and personality has been transmitted. ”

Yes...... Indeed, Tullius's gaze turned on the soldier, very few people knew about the princess's family, even the guards of Dugu City only knew that the princess liked to hang out, and the highest record was to rush into the army to retrieve the doughnuts that had been taken by herself, and no one would have thought that she would run to the rift without saying a word.

"Put them in Governor Regie's room," Tulius waved his hand, "Although this information is not important, if it is leaked, you will not escape punishment, go ahead." ”

"Yes, General."

——8:52——

"Hehe......" In a vacant villa in Dugu City, Mercer Frey changed into the uniform of an imperial soldier and looked in the direction of the Blue Palace with a strange smile.

"The complete disappearance of 'Lut', coupled with the wound of the dragon of Loristed, can confirm that the claim that Princess Emilia can 'kill the gods' is not the nonsense of those demons whose souls are trapped in the 'Star of Azura'," a hint of frenzy appeared on Mercer's face: "As long as you find a way or artifact treasure for her to do this, then what is the pursuit of one or two demon gods?" ”

"As long as it's a living thing, even if it's a god, I'll kill you."