Chapter 17: Seeing the Light of Day Again
After passing through the ancient and dilapidated hole at the bottom of the fortress, the two of them were greeted by a huge cavern. The howling cold wind skirted the rock, grinding it to a rough and sharp edge.
"The history of this place is probably more than 300 years old." Bernardo touched the stone wall next to him lightly, looked at the Guunod carvings on it, and whispered, "I've seen this kind of thing in a crypt before...... Extraordinary...... Well...... Old. "At the end of the day, the boy was a little unnatural.
"That's?" Hadava barely accosted. In the battle just now, under that picture, the shock that the boy gave him was too strong. Although after that battle, the two of them took a break to recuperate and briefly treat the wound - by the way, Bernardo used magic to conjure a small scalpel, and without blinking an eyebrow, he cut off the rotten flesh of his abdominal wound, causing Hadava to spasm for a whileββ, and disposed of the blood stain on his body - using Bernardo's water magic and cleansing techniquesββ, Hadava still felt that there was still a faint smell of fish coming from the boy's body.
"Ah, in the tomb of some Nord...... The owner there entertained the adventure team, well...... "very welcoming". β
ββ¦β¦ Ghouls? Hadava asked uncertainly. He knew some of the customs in the tombs of the old ancestors of the Gunods, but he had never been there. In Skyrim Province, disturbing the sleep of the dead is not something to be admired, and most of the tomb robbers' bodies are forever left in those ancient grave paths.
"That's right." Bernardo grimaced, "Thousands of ghouls have been awakened, with blue lights in their eyes, rushing towards you...... There were only three of us who went that time, and all three of us were very good, and in the end we blew up several pillars to help us block the way, so we escaped. β
"Those ghouls, they won't chase them out of the grave, will they?" Hadava asked worriedly, hoping that the wayward actions of these adventurers would not bring disaster to the innocent inhabitants of Skyrim Province.
"Impossible." Bernardo waved his hand, "Ghouls are naturally afraid of sunlight, and it has to do with the way they are made...... You don't understand magic, and if you don't understand the reason for explaining to you, I won't waste my words with you. However, it is not impossible for ghouls to leave the tomb, but it is very ...... No...... It's ...... now."
"What are you talking about?" Hadava was puzzled, he had just sworn that it was impossible, but now he was muttering.
"The book says that some of the ghouls in the tombs are undead warriors created by dragon priests during the Dragon Age to help dragons enslave humans...... Of course, the dragon is long gone, and people don't need to worry about it, but recently ......"
Bernardo didn't continue, and Hadava didn't need him to continue, and he understood what was going on.
"Dragons of Helgen!" Hadava was shocked, "This news must be reported to the higher-ups!" β
"Gollum...... Gollum ...... "Hadava's louder and louder voice succeeded in drawing the attention of certain beings.
The cave site that connects the canyon has long since lost signs of human activity. As a result, the underworld has long been occupied by some animals. Frost spiders, fanged rats, and ...... This giant bear.
The giant bear, who had been awakened from his sleep, shook his head, as if to express his displeasure at the disturbance of his dreams.
Its confused gaze quickly locked on the two animals walking upright in front of it.
Simple thinking circuits, they are the ones who disturb the dream of labor and management.
Die!
The giant bear of the Growlers rushed towards Hadava and Bernardo.
"Hadawa." Bernardo narrowed his eyes and looked at Hadava, who was nervously picking up his weapon and preparing to deal with the giant bear's charge, "Do you want to see a good show?" β
"What's the show?" Hadava stared intently at the approaching giant bear and subconsciously replied.
"That's it...... Such! "The magic energy has returned, and several clouds of magic light have shrouded Bernardo's left arm!
He raised his left arm and gently pushed Hadava away. Then, under Hadava's shocked gaze, Bernardo did not dodge, and just watched as the giant bear pounced on the boy in front of him and bit the boy's arm.
Bears have a huge bite force and are able to easily tear human necks. However, the giant bear was surprised to find that he had used all his strength to feed, and his saliva fell down from the delicious taste in his hand, but the young man's arm was bitten unharmed!
Surprised, Hadava noticed that the boy's arm had more burn marks from the camouflage he had when he tried to lure the Storm Cloak soldiers!
The bear let go of its mouth in pain. Where did I bite into the fresh delicacy just now, I obviously bit into a large steel plate of the Old Nord! It adjusted its position in frustration, ready to bite down again in a different placeβ
Hadava's perspective looked over, and the young man at this moment was already covered by a giant bear, and the giant bear was about to bite his neckβ
Suddenly, a sharp ice pick emerged from the back of the bear's head.
Then, the huge magic circle on the ground shone brightly, and the power of frost burst out, instantly freezing the giant bear into a sculpture. The young man who had been pressed under him before slowly stood up.
"......" Hadava found that he seemed to underestimate these magicians.
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"Dragonskin?" After Hadava tried to peel the bearskin with a knife, but gave up after discovering that the bearskin could no longer be sold for a good price due to the damage of ice magic, the two walked a little further. Hadava was amazed by the performance just now, and this slightly comical picture also made the heavy atmosphere of the killing just now cleared up a little. Hadava began to wonder where the magic came from and what it was used for. And Bernardo explained it to him very carefully.
"It is a change spell that strengthens the hardness of the skin to protect the mage from physical damage...... I'm not very good at this, though, it's already one of the most difficult types of transformation spells, and I can't last long. I am a professor in the Department of Variations at the college, Tovdil, who can keep the dragon skin hardening of the whole body for up to ten minutes. β
"How hard can this dragon skin technique be?"
"I don't think it's enough to resist a weapon made of dragon scales or keel...... It can't stop the ebony weapon, let alone the legendary demon weapon...... What is certain, however, is that it is impossible for a normal attack to break through its defenses. β
"That's right...... Oh yes, you said you could use necromancy too, what's going on? The academy shouldn't teach this, right? Hadava remembered what had happened when he left the torture room, how could Bernardo be disgusted with necromancy, how could he have learned it, even better than that creepy torturer?
"No one will take the initiative to teach, but if you stay in the academy for a long time, whether it is for you to complete the research needs of the Soul Stone Enchantment Thesis, or to occasionally explore the ancient tombs and complete the research tasks of the professors...... All had to be touched. Of course, the professors won't teach you this, but these books can be found in the Arcane Hall's collection case. β
"That means you've never actively used this type of spell?"
"Yes. I am also a person who has been through many battlefields and seen many of my companions die. I cannot accept this despicable act of desecrating the souls of the dead. β
"That'...... How do you say that you are more familiar with it than the torturer? β
"You......" Bernardo shook his head and smiled bitterly, "it's hard to explain this question at once...... So, let's start at the beginning. β
Bernardo cleared his throat.
"First of all, you must know that no matter what race or people on the continent, as long as there is a soul, then their soul is essentially made of light...... And the root of magical power also comes from this. Therefore, anyone with a soul can learn simple magic. β
"Including me?" Hadava couldn't help but ask. Rubbing the fireball yourself...... Imagine not.
"Yes, the simplest enchantment technique, it should be possible. However, there is a talent gap between people, and magic is an esoteric science...... Therefore, there are countless genius mages who have compiled their lifelong research into a book for future generations to learn and use. Almost all of the grandmasters of the wizarding world are elves, and only one archmage is a human recognized by the elves. β
ββ¦β¦ Archmage Shalito, huh? "This archmage is also a household name in Skyrim, which is not interested in magic," I heard that the huge labyrinth and tomb circle in Labrincian were built by him. β
"That's right...... But that's not the point of our discussion. In short, in order to study these magics quickly and efficiently, subsequent magicians chose to establish academies to preserve, teach, and pass on this knowledge. β
"Isn't that great?"
"yes...... The problem is that the Archmages are reluctant to teach students who are not talented. And magic is different from the temptation of force, how many people expect to be able to achieve something in magic and then soar? Of course, the inhabitants of Skyrim are martial artists, and many people may not have these ideas.
"And those who study magic also have some people who are not right-minded and are led to the wrong path. They will be expelled from the academy and permanently wanted by the Mage Guild and the court mage groups everywhere.
"These people no longer have the power to appear in the wizarding world in the open. But they indulge in their own delusions...... As a result, they use what they have learned at the academy as a bargaining chip to attract those who are not talented enough and are counting on magic, who are known as wild wizards and are despised by traditional wizards.
"These uneducated have to pay a huge price to get a little bit of knowledge and spell skills from their stingy mentors...... It was for this reason that they hated the academic mages they considered to be pampered. β
"And he's such a wild wizard, and you're on the right track of being a professional wizard, aren't you?" Hadava had a bitter face, he couldn't forgive these people for their outrageous behavior, but he could understand some of these people's feelings. After all, who wouldn't want to soar?
"Yes." Bernardo nodded, "The one in the iron cage, the Eight Achievements is some down-and-out academic wizard, right?" Those two books were the standard textbooks of the academy, written in Old Arantil, and the torturer could not read them, and their tutor would not teach him such profound and valuable things. β
There was silence. As Hadava savored it, he found himself beginning to understand a new world he had never been exposed to before.
"We're here." The unprecedented harsh sun, the fresh air, and the sound of Bernardo remind Hadawa. He looked up, his eyes wide openβ
All the way of the cave has been left behind.
After hours of trekking and fierce fighting, the two saw the light of day again.
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Reply to the previous chapter, this chapter and the message in the book review area (I wanted to reply directly, but the result prompted that I didn't have enough points to ......),The plot of the Dragonborn's side can be appropriately reduced if you don't like to watch it.,But there are quite a lot of artifacts/unions/main line/character plot related that can't be jumped.,Otherwise, it will affect the character building of the protagonist in it.γ Of course, I'll still cut some here.,In addition to the characters that must be mentioned in the outline plot.,I've deleted a few characters that can be written or not.,The rest of the characters and stories I will try to explain some details and background problems in detail when I write.,So that readers who haven't played the old roll or played but are in the fog of the plot can also understand.γ
Another question about style...... That's the case, because the trajectory itself is a brisk and warm story style, emphasizing the beautiful things of friendship, family and love, and even the war of Flash 2 has been dramatized, but Lao Luo's worldview is too dark compared to it, and if you really want to dig it down and write it, the comparison between the two will produce a strong sense of disobedience; That's why I didn't even think about the Daedric quests for Ruit, Boyesia, and Morag Barr in the first place. Coupled with my intentional or unintentional adjustments, it looks like Minoletta, a friend in the book review section, who said it's very unconventional and very Japanese-magical......
My current idea is to change the plot of the trajectory to be more realistic, to highlight more the dark side that is actually essential in the political struggle...... Of course, it won't be added too much, and it won't be used to emphasize the so-called sinister hearts of the characters, and the characters will be randomly sent lunchboxes or feed glass slag to readers...... On the whole, it is still a warm story that emphasizes the truth, kindness and beauty of friendship and love, and in terms of Lao Luo, he also weakened some of the plots that were seriously offended, changed the writing style, and let each other move closer to the middle.
I don't know if this answer is satisfactory to a few friends who put forward opinions? If there is a follow-up, welcome to continue to put forward in the book review area~ Tomorrow should be enough experience for 500, you can post in the book review area......
And,Today's 5K,1K is still 1K away from the 3K owed on the day of completion...... Tomorrow, it should be made up for 4K~ The old rolling plot will end in 2-3 chapters, and then return to a trajectory original plot, and it will enter the FC line, so stay tuned~