Chapter Seventy-Two—Election of the High King

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And what this has led to is obvious......

The entire Skyrim Province is completely desperate for the Empire, and at this time, there is no need to care about the Empire or the Storm Cloak, and the Skyrim Province has been completely abandoned by the Empire.

Ulfric later learned the news, and he couldn't help but sigh that his decision was really right at the beginning, and now that this empire really has no need to follow, it is better for Skyrim Province to be independent.

After all, the province of Falling Hammer has long been independent, and although people are not doing well now, they are at least free and will not be killed by this mediocre empire.

Now that it has reached this point, it seems that there is no problem in restoring the faith of Talos, and Somer has already received the news, without the assistance of the Empire, coupled with a series of encounters a while ago, what can Somera do in Skyrim Province now? Alan Wen was still waiting for Barguff to stand in line, but before she could wait for the news about Barguf, she reluctantly received an order from the headquarters that all Sommer members should leave Skyrim Province as soon as possible, otherwise they would bear the consequences - this time, the lord has already sent troops to openly hunt down Sommer members, and even the lords who used to stand in the Empire's camp have made this decision, and it is right to think that they cooperated with Somer's work at the beginning because they were still interested in the Empire at that time, and they did not hesitate to sacrifice the faith of Talos for peace, but now, what ...... What is the point of following such an empire? Marcus City is already preparing to move the Altar of Talos out, and Dugu City is already gathering people to build a huge statue of Talos.

However, Alan Wen could never have imagined that she had ordered the destruction of the Altar of Talos in Snowman City before, and what this order would lead to later.

The atmosphere in Skyrim Province was much lighter for a while, and the clouds of war seemed to have dissipated, and people seemed to be about to live happily ever after......

However, there are still a large number of soldiers stationed on the borders of the major territories.

Because at this time, Barguf stood up and announced something to the whole sky: "The province of Skyrim needs a new High King, and I hereby sincerely invite all the lords to go to the Horsgar Peak Monastery to participate in this High King election meeting. ”

This is simply too big, it is actually on the Heights of Hostgar, Graybeard and Dragonborn have a very high status in the hearts of the Nords, if it is the Heights of Hostgar, even Uffric does not dare to refuse.

As for why Horsga Peak...... Of course, this is the credit of Grabbing Genbao, he brought back the horn of Jorgen and completed the trial, and then Graybeard told him that he could go down the mountain, and after he returned to Snow City, he happened to encounter the forced independence of Skyrim Province by the Empire, and when he found Barguf to inquire, he realized that he had been in the mountain for a while and that there were so many things going on below.

Even Tang Yuan didn't expect things to develop like this, originally he had already planned to develop slowly, and finally suddenly took down one of the empires or the storm cloak directly, but he didn't expect Tulius to go directly to the entire Skyrim Province to calm down, that is, the lords were angry with each other, and they didn't plan to retreat for the time being.

At this time, Barguv didn't know what to do, and finally Tang Yuan came up with an idea - since the Skyrim Province has become independent, it means that it is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Empire, and in this case, the Supreme King unilaterally appointed by the Empire has become a joke (Toig: ...... Not to mention that the High King has long since died, and now his wife sits on the lord's seat, and the little widow of Elysiphus is said to be a lord, but in fact, she was also put in front of the stage by Turlius as a vase, such as today the province needs a new high king, and it is no longer the high king hand-picked by the empire, but by the traditional election assembly, the next high king is elected from the existing nine lords.

Now Ufrik has also received an invitation.

The reason why he led the rebellion was because of Talos's beliefs, and secondly, because he was already dissatisfied with the current empire, and wanted to become the supreme king and make Skyrim Province independent, he believed that Skyrim Province would be better under his rule, but if the province was directly abandoned by the empire today, it would not be much like him if he continued to organize the Storm Cloak - after all, he was under the banner of Long live Talos.

Now the invitation to this lords' assembly is exactly what he wants, if he can ascend to the throne of the High King without blood, it is undoubtedly a great thing, and the Nords themselves pay attention to tradition, even if it is a Nord like Ricky who joins the imperial camp and no longer believes in Talos, he will be complained by General Tulius in peacetime, "Your Nord habits are simply BlaBlaBlaBla" or something, it can be seen that if the Supreme King is elected from the current nine lords, no matter who is elected, All lords are sure to be convinced, because if they don't, they can raise objections on the spot.

Even Ufric himself had this plan: if he didn't get elected by then, it wouldn't matter if the new High King could be recognized by him.

But it's just that he thinks about it, in his opinion, among the lords of the province today, he is the only one who can be qualified to be the supreme king, at most one Balguf.

With the Dragonborns convincing, Greybeard himself wanted Skyrim to stop the chaos, so they agreed to hold a council of lords on the Heights of Hosgar, and quickly cleared up the chamber.

The lords arrived as promised, and on this day they climbed the peak of Hosgar.

The Snow City of Barguff, the City of Marcus Igmund, the City of Phocles City of Sidgale, the Morning Star City of Scud, the Solitary City of Elisifer, the City of Mosal City Ed Grod, the Winter Castle Collier, the Rift City of Leila, the Windhelm City of Ufrik, and the nine lords were all present.

Came to the conference hall and sat down around the round table, Master Ayngail and Grabbing Genbao also had an honorary seat, Tang Yuan was not embarrassed to sit up, just stood on the side and leaned against the wall to listen to them.

First of all, Eengail spoke: "Everyone gathered here this time, and it must be clear what they are going to do, today, we will abandon the rules of the empire, and elect a new supreme king according to the tradition of the Nords...... I won't say anything superfluous, but first of all, if you think you are qualified to be elected High King, stand up. ”

Without suspense, Ufrik stood up, and Barguf, who was sitting next to him, also stood up, and Sidgail, who was unaware of the height of the sky, also moved, but before he could stand up, he was held down by Aunt Edgrod and Daddy Scud, who were sitting on either side of him, and knocked a melon seed on his head.

"Don't you seem to sprinkle?" Edgrod, the old raven, whispered to Sidgail, "You still want to be the High King?" You see, Elysiphus sat upright and didn't speak. ”

"That's right, can you be a little kid to get involved in this?" Daddy Scudder also whispered, "We just need to vote for it then, if you want to go up, everyone will be knocked down at the first time, what are you going to do when you go up?" What a chicken shame! ”

Sidgail touched his head and smiled awkwardly.

At this time, Master Eingail continued to speak: "Lord Ulfric and Lord Barguf...... Well, I really miss the time back then. ”

Barguf bowed to Ayngail, "Long time no see, Master Ayngail, your health is better than anything else. ”

"I have a long time to live, don't worry about this......" Eingail smiled at Barguf, "Speaking of which, thanks to your help to the Dragonborn, although you are a little less talented in cultivating the way of roaring, your talents as a lord are not inferior to Uffric. ”

Then he glanced around at the round table and asked, "Is there no one else?" ”

The crowd shook their heads.

"That's good." Eingael nodded and continued, "Now, please raise your left hand for the lord who supports Ufrik as the High King, and raise your right hand for the lord who supports Bargulf as the High King. ”

Ulfric knew that there were seven lords present who needed to vote in addition to him and Barguf, and four of them were in the imperial camp in the previous civil war, and if nothing else, they should vote for Barguf, but he was not worried, because this was the election of the High King, and it was judged according to the reasonableness of serving as the High King, not a simple camp issue, after all, it would be no different from telling jokes about the camp now.

Of course, it is impossible for Alisifer to vote for him, after all, Ufric himself knows that she killed the High King Toig with her own hands and caused Elysid to become a widow, and no matter how mad she is, she will not vote for Ufric to make him the High King.

Soon, the lords all finished thinking and raised their hands one by one.

Supporting Ulfric are Rift City Lord Lyra, Winter Kell Lord Collier, and Mosal Lord Ed Grod.

And there are obviously more people supporting Barguv than Uffric, after all, if the seven votes are either three or four, there is no talk of a draw.

Scard, Lord of Morningstar, had also belonged to the Stormcloak camp before, and it stands to reason that he knew a little more about Ufric than Barguf, but he was afraid that if the two fell out, the Skyrim would continue the civil war, so he voted for Barguf - because he felt that if Barguf and Ufric fought, Barguv would have a better chance of winning; Igmund of Marcus City is only because Lin Xiaoyu has helped Marcus City, and Lin Xiaoyu and Tang Yuan obviously have a good impression of Xueman City, so he also feels that Bargulf is more reliable than Ulfrick; Phocles's Sidgeel simply felt more accustomed to Barguf; Elisifer was clearly unhappy with Oufrik, so he supported Balguf......

"In this case, it should be that Barguf has more support, and he will ascend to the throne of the High King and rule the Skyrim Province......" Master Eyngail looked at Uffric and said, "Do you have any opinions?" ”

Ufrik shook his head helplessly: "No opinion, Barguf is a pure Nord like me, and I have no objection to him being the High King." ”

"Then a new High King has been born, and he is Barguf-the Great One." Master Eingail turned to look at Barguf, "As the High King, do you have anything to say?" ”

Barguf glanced at Tang Yuan not far away, and Tang Yuan nodded at him.

So he coughed dryly and said loudly, "We're going to keep fighting." ”

"Whoa-" The hall roared into a lively scene, and both the lords present and the guards and butlers who were listening next to them all exclaimed in surprise when they heard Barguf's words.

Barguf looked at everyone's reactions, not surprised at all, he continued: "Honestly, speaking out may offend you, before I stationed troops in the territory to prepare for war, what I did was actually to wait until the empire and the storm cloak were both defeated to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but now that the empire has given up the Skyrim Province, then the Skyrim Province has become independent, what I have to do is to skip the Supreme King stage and carry out the second plan...... Of course, I also feel very honored to be the Supreme King. ”

"Balguf, what you mean by continuing to fight......" Ufrik interrupted him and asked, "Who are you going to fight?" Now there is no reason to fight each other. ”

He glanced at Ufrik, smiled, and replied, "In your plan, when you conquer the entire Skyrim Province and simply cultivate for a while, who are you going to fight?" ”

Ufric smacked his lips and replied with a smile, "Empire, and the High Elves." ”

"That's right." Barguf knocked on the table and continued, "So we have to continue to fight, this time the blade in our hands is no longer facing our brothers and sisters, but Somer, the ancestor Shenzhou, without them, the empire would not have surrendered, and it would not have caused all this to happen." ”

Elysiphus weakly raised his hand and asked, "That...... Shouldn't we fight empires? ”

"......" Everyone was silent, it seems that this little widow still has a lot of resentment towards the empire.

The corners of Barguf's mouth twitched, but he still replied: "Not now, if the Skyrim Province and the Empire start a full-scale war, the power of the human race will continue to be consumed in the civil war, so now we have to use the limited power in our hands on Somer, in this way, as long as the people of the Empire have a conscience, at least they will not come to disturb us, if the people of the Empire are really so mad...... The only way to do this is to leave it to the Dragonborn and the two heroes of Helgen. ”

"The three of them? Even if you count the two retinues of the heroes of Helgen, there are only five people. Sidgail, as a stunned young man who only knows how to drink and talk about dogs all day long, opened his mouth and questioned, "How big of a climate can five people become?" ”

Barguf replied calmly: "The Celestial Imperial Capital Somer Embassy was blown up by Tang Yuan with magic, and then ...... I believe that your territory has also been attacked by the dragon, and Tang Yuan can fight the dragon and even defeat the dragon with the strength of one person...... I've only heard of one other person who has matched this record, and that is my ancestor, Olaf the One-Eyed. ”

The lords present also knew what had happened in Helgen, but they were all a little skeptical, and now that they heard Barguf say this, it was hard to say anything more, even if they didn't believe it.

"And then there's the Dragonborn, as everyone knows, the Dragonborn can kill dragons and absorb dragons' souls, so to speak, the more dragons he kills, the stronger he becomes......" Bargulf glanced at the Rootborn, "Maybe the difference between him and Dragons now is that he can't fly......"

“……”

"So, if the Empire wants to thwart us, Tang Yuan and the Dragonborn will help us contain the Empire so that we can focus on revenge against our enemies...... Now that I am the High King, my first order is to collect all the territory, collect the troops, recuperate, and build ships in Dugu City and Wind Helmet City with all our might, and when the number of ships is enough to transport our army to the Isle of Summer Twilight, we will take our weapons and our own heads and set foot on the High Elf base camp! Talos guides us! ”

[To be continued]