23. The figure of Larov
Bidding farewell to Adrian, the blacksmith, Asa soon found the Talos priest named Hemsko in front of the statue of Talos next to the Dragon Palace. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The seemingly high-profile priest was surprisingly rigorous, repeatedly confirming that Asa had only sought out the altar to worship Talos before secretly telling him the location of the altar in the wild.
After that, the three of Asa did not hurry outside to look for the altar, after all, it was not easy to go back to the snowman, so Asa and Dianster, who claimed to be the head snake of half of the snowy city, accompanied Serana to play in the snowy city for a day, and in the evening the three of them went to the mare banner that had changed to a new owner to stay overnight, and the next day they walked out of the snowy city to find the altar of Talos.
The Hidden Altar was located at the foot of the Figoro Fortress Hill northeast of Snowy City, and it would have been hard for Heimsco to remind Asa that it was here, and it turned out that the Altar of Talos was in a ravine below a not-so-high cliff, similar to the shelter where Asa and Serana had spent the night in the Forgotten Valley. The bronze statue of Talos sits silently there.
"It's obviously the same as the statue in Snow City except for its size, but for some reason, this statue feels a little different to me." In Serana's time, Talos was obviously not born yet, so the eldest lady has always been very curious about this mortal god, although the statue of Talos in Snow City does not seem to see believers openly worship except for Hemsko, but the huge bronze statue that is not stained with dust is too much to be maintained by Heimsco alone. The bronze statue in front of him is undoubtedly much smaller than that of Snow City, and the luster on the surface of the bronze statue has dimmed, but it has made a deeper impression on Serana.
"Probably because of this Talos more Taber-Septin." Asa is not a believer in Talos, but this does not prevent him from respecting the former overlord of the continent, but his respect only ends there, although Somer's hatred of Talos has his own personal grudges (ps: Talos once let the forging of Mogundam Namidian sweep the island of Twilight, and forced the city of Twilight to surrender by force, which is also the main reason why the Somer people on the island of Twilight hated Talos), but the sentence that a mortal should not be worshiped as a god is quite agreeable.
The statue of Talos is placed on a stone stake, and there is a low table in front of the statue, and there are a lot of tributes placed in front of the Talos totem on it, which looks quite fresh, Asa can't help but laugh and say: "Don't look at the appearance of people who are not as glamorous as the city, at least the incense is much more prosperous than the own brothers in the city." ”
"Okay, okay, stop talking patronizely, hurry up and put your things away, and be careful of being caught by the Sommer people!" Serana had also seen the arrogance of the Somers during this time, openly arresting and executing the so-called "Worship of Talos" believers without trial, if only in the Province of Summer Twilight, but it is still very telling that it is still the case in the Empire's Skyrim Province. Being caught by them can kill people and kill people, but it is always a hidden danger.
"Got it." After saying that, Asa placed the war horn that Elysif had given him in front of the statue of Talos, and said, "This is the end of the story, let's go back to Xueman first, and then go back in the carriage tomorrow." ”
Serana and Dianster were about to respond to Asa's proposal, their faces changed, not only them, but also Asa himself, who also had pointed ears, heard it, and there was a dense sound of footsteps coming towards this side, the steps were steady and neat, and when they heard it, they knew that it could not be ordinary people.
(You won't really meet Somer!?) Asa sighed in his heart, fortunately, neither side should have seen each other's figures at the moment, Asa looked around, and soon found a place that was okay to hide, and took the hands of the two women to hide there, which was fast and did not make footsteps for the other party to notice.
"It can't really be the Somer Arbiter!?" Dianster asked a little nervously, obviously thinking of going with Asa, but at this time, Asa couldn't admit it, but instead changed his words and said: "Not necessarily, it may be just an ordinary Talos believer." The possibility of patrolling soldiers from Snowman City coming in groups is not impossible. ”
"Shhhh Even though they were both speaking quietly, Serana reminded them to silence just in case.
"Huh? How is he? Although he was prepared for the worst, Asa was taken aback when he saw the appearance of the person who came. There were about a dozen people who came, and Asa knew only the man who was in charge. Although he had only met him once or twice, Asa was very impressed with him, and that person turned out to be the Stormcloaked soldier Larov who was still chatting with Asa before Helgen's execution! Now the identities of the people behind him were clear, of course they were the Stormcloaked Soldiers, although they were all wearing dark gray jumpsuit now, but they couldn't be wrong.
"Didn't I tell you to keep my voice out? …… How? An acquaintance of yours again? Although she blamed Asa at the beginning, she was a curious baby in her bones after all, and Serana couldn't help but whisper.
"Sort of...... The relationship with the guillotine on Helgen's front and back feet almost couldn't have been born on the same day and month of the same year, but the kind that I wanted to die on the same day and month of the same year. ”
Helgen's situation was once mentioned to Serana and Dianster as a story, and Serana quickly reacted and said with some surprise, "You mean they are Stormcloaked soldiers?" ”
"The man in the lead...... The man I know is called Larov, who is supposed to be a close confidant of Ufrijk, or a die-hard kind, and it's not uncommon to have a bunch of minions following him. Strange, why did the Storm Cloak come here? ”
"Could it be just a pilgrimage?" At this time, Dianster interjected, and Asa patted the little girl's head very speechlessly, and scolded in a low voice: "You didn't hear it when you told you not to talk!" Even if you want to speak, you can go through your brain! It's not that you can't worship Talos in Windhelm City, why did you come so far. ”
"Well, isn't there any Greybeard here!" The little girl looked aggrieved, thinking to herself, don't you two talk very happily, why do I have to "shoot cucumbers" when I interject.
"Graybeard's family is much closer to Windhelm City than here, how can they run here! In addition to an abandoned fortress, you can ...... Well? As he spoke, Asa's face suddenly changed, and he looked at the Figoro Fortress next to him in some amazement.
The Figoro Fortress next to the Altar of Talos also used to exist as a military fortress, but now the main body of the fortress is dilapidated, and it is not at all the same level as the Grey Swamp Fortress, another important military fortress to the west of Snowman. Although it is not a ruin, but this dilapidated appearance of the Figoro Fortress is actually not useless, Asa remembers that Lydia and Jane Sara once mentioned with emotion that there is a very wide dungeon under the Figoro Fortress, how wide is it?
"It's absolutely fine to put in one or two full legions." -- That's the answer the two guards gave themselves at the time.
"Do you mean!?" (To be continued.) )