Chapter 162: Reappearing the Trail

Vampires are a very widespread non-human race in the Elder Scrolls Realm, and their origins may be similar to that of Morag, one of the fifteen most powerful demon god princes in ancient times. Baal, enslavement is associated with the advent of the Demon God of Destruction, known as the "Father of the Beasts".

In the world of the Elder Scrolls, eight holy spirits (excluding the missing god, the sealed legendary demon god Luo Khan) brought order to this world, and among them, Akai, the god of death, brought the cycle of life and death to this world. According to the laws laid down by Akai's divinity, all life on this planet, no matter how powerful, will eventually fall into the embrace of death.

But the demon god Morag. Baal challenged Akai's realm when he descended on a man and raped a virgin, leaving her physically and mentally devastated. The young woman eventually died of her wounds, but during the cremation ceremony, the dead body came back to life, killing everyone present, including children, in the flames.

This is the birth of the original vampire "Blood Mother" in this world.

The essence of the existence of vampires is a distortion of the rules of life and death in this world, and it is an abnormal and aberrant product. Their father, Morag. Baal is indifferent to them, but they have the closest bloodline and power to the Demon Gods, immortal life, great power and magical power...... Later, some demon gods also began to intervene in the affairs of this race, and according to the influence of different sources, the creatures of this race began to continue to diverge, and gradually transformed into many different clans over time. Vampires who are hostile to each other.

And the vampires of Skyrim Province are very special in that they ...... The sunlight of this world could not kill them, it could only weaken their strength.

When fighting them, it is easy to be altered by their vampiric spells. Contracted a condition called "scarlet blood-squeezing fever". If not healed in time, it will soon be transformed into the same creature. Most of the time, humans who become vampires need to ingest small amounts of blood in exchange for their own strength and calm. Unlike the settings of other worldly realms, vampires in this world will not become weak by not ingesting blood for a long time, but their strength will gradually increase with pain, until their bloodthirsty nature completely overwhelms reason. Become an irrepressible mad vampire form.

And Lu Mengyao is eyeing this Sibilee. Miss Staunt, like most of her kind, hides her identity and survives in human society. And thanks to her immortal life, she can gradually hone her magical skills, so as to slowly improve her status in human society. Over the course of his centuries-long career as a mage, his magical attainments have become so powerful that even the High Elves, who are born with a great talent for magic, are in awe.

According to Lu Mengyao's judgment. Measured by the strength of the adventurer. She's at four stars or higher, and the humanoids in the entire Elder Scrolls universe are probably only below Greybeard at the Heights of Hosga, as well as the Ancient Blood King and another Dragonborn in the expansion. Considering that a large part of his four-star peak strength evaluation is due to a variety of props, it can basically be said that in the case of a head-on attack, the opponent still has a better chance of winning......

However, there is one thing that is more beneficial to her plans: the vampires of this world are also afraid of silver. For them, silver is a toxic substance. According to the investigation of Su Jing's demon hunting insects in the past few days, this Sibili. There was not a single piece of silverware in Stant's room. Everything was replaced by wooden objects.

In order to facilitate Su Jing's assassination, Lu Mengyao specially found a batch of silver ingots to make a silver nitrate solution that was highly toxic to vampires. The silver can also be applied to the blade of a weapon. Make it a weapon with special effects on evil creatures. For a mage, the making of these things couldn't be easier.

Then it was time to observe the young lady's every move.

Sibilee. Stint is a secluded person, and as the court mage of Dugu City, she doesn't need a lot of time to do magic research like other mages. In addition to being a magical advisor to Queen Regent Elixifer, she also worked with Foco. Like a firebeard, help Queen Elisifer deal with various government affairs. The experience and wisdom she has accumulated over hundreds of years of life have given her more strategic and political vision than ordinary people, and the queen has great trust in this vampire mage.

On weekdays, she hardly leaves the Blue Palace, day and night. Daytime is her time to sleep, and she only gets up at dusk. Once a week or so, they secretly go to the dungeons of Dugu City at midnight to suck the blood they need from the prisoners...... And that's the best opportunity.

Want to get close and then control Queen Elisyphus, Sibli. Stant, the court mage who guards the royal family of Dugu City, is the biggest obstacle. In front of the blood clan, which is the best at fiddling with people's hearts, Lu Mengyao realized that he couldn't hide his methods. After completely disappearing this blood clan, he will inherit her position and become the new court mage of Dugu City.

And the reason why she didn't start by herself, but let Su Jing come, on the one hand, was to save some hands and feet, and on the other hand, she wanted to see what level Su Jing's current strength had reached......

In fact, it was not too difficult for her to assassinate this Miss Staunt, with her intention or not, even if the other party's magical attainments were extremely profound, she still did not have much advantage in front of a cross-dimensional traveler like Lu Mengyao. And another question: how to settle Su Jing in the duel later, this is the focus of her thinking.

Undoubtedly, the two are similar in mentality, they both belong to reserved and proud people, and their ways of acting have their own bottom line. They don't like chaotic and quagmire games, preferring to use a more stylish approach, such as a "game" to decide the winner. This kind of random game is an entertainment that they used to play, test each other, and use it as a training to polish their abilities.

In this kind of game, the two often make some off-the-board moves as "embellishments". After all, cheating is also part of the game.

Three days later, the court mage of Dugu City, Sibili. Stint mysteriously disappears. Someone found her remnants of clothing in an underground storage room in the Blue Palace, with large patches of damage. From this point of view, Miss Sibilly may have been killed, but her body has never been found.

In the course of the investigation. No one noticed the gray dust on the storeroom floor, or they thought it was a big bag of flour leaking from the storeroom, and no one thought that this was the last trace left by a powerful vampire in this world.

Because having previously eliminated the Queen of Wolfheart, a historically notorious butcher and power stealer, as well as an unknown necromancer, Lu Mengyao took over as the court mage as the honorary knight of Dugu City. She had also inspected the pantry that day, and before anyone else had noticed, she quietly took some dust back and analyzed it.

Composition of dust. In addition to the ashes of the vampires and the flour in the storeroom, there is also some light silver powder. The purity is very high, and the size of the particles is so delicate that it can only be detected by special testing. She couldn't think of how Su Jing had managed to get these things.

In the process, she quickly pieced together the whole process of Su Jing's assassination of vampires. He somehow put Sibilee. Stint lures to the underground storeroom, and after that...... I guess I'm going to fight her. At this time, Sibili. Stint will find himself gradually weakening and bleeding internally. She wouldn't have thought at first that the dust in the basement was mixed with a lot of silver dust. Because there are bags of flour everywhere here, and it is estimated that Su Jing will deliberately break some of the flour bags...... If her mind is nimble enough, maybe after a minute or two, she will realize what desperate situation she is facing. And at that time, Su Jing's strength had surpassed that of the vampire mage who was suppressed by the environment......

Lu Mengyao tugged at the corners of her mouth slightly, she was now in a secret room. In front of her was a complete skeleton, a blue nightshade flower, a human heart, and a dagger. Inside a circle of magic painted with black toner and white candles, she is performing a ritual to summon the Night Mother.

The Night Mother is the patron saint and mediator of the Dark Brotherhood, the most powerful killer organization on the entire continent, and some say that the Dark Brotherhood originated from a group of killers called the Morrag Gang in the ancient Elven Empire. Some people say that the Dark Brotherhood is a branch of the Thieves' Guild that sprang off because of their different philosophies. Either way, however, the Dark Brotherhood cannot be mentioned without mentioning a woman known as the "Night Mother".

Legend at the beginning. The "Night Mother" is a position in the Morrag Gang, and later a dark elf who became the Night Mother claimed to have heard the voice of the god of nothingness, Citis, and was favored by Ceditus, who killed her five children with her own hands (according to one version, Caxis impregnated her and gave birth to them), and sent her children to Citis's side. Because of her heinous and evil crimes, she was tied up and burned to death by the locals.

Then, about thirty years later, a follower of Certis heard her whispers and founded the Dark Brotherhood, becoming the first "listener". Since then, the Night Mother has become a ghost in the service of Caxis and the leader of the Dark Brotherhood. As long as a dark ritual is performed and the person she wants to assassinate is named, the Night Mother hears the narrator's request and communicates it to the killers of the Dark Brotherhood through the "listener".

After chanting the incantation, Lu Mengyao gently said the message she wanted to convey to the Dark Brotherhood.

"I want you to kill ...... The court mage of Dugu City, Lu Mengyao. ”

Perhaps because of the mage's sensitivity to elemental and spiritual powers, she sensed that some kind of "power power" seemed to hover in this secret room, and just as she said her assassination target, she seemed to hear a voice in her ear:

[The contract is formed.] 】

How does this ritual work? After confirming the success of the contract ceremony, Lu Mengyao spent about half an hour studying the spells and ritual items that summoned the Night Mother. After sorting out a rough idea, she heard another voice:

【How's your mission going?】 】

Indifferent words came from the mobile phone she carried with her, but it was not Su Jing's voice.

“…… Don't be in such a hurry, Mr. Thousand Nights Lion Roar. After hearing this voice, Lu Mengyao's original good mood disappeared completely, and she replied with some impatience.

【…… It's your induction test, and it's too late to quit now. I am your overseer, and naturally I have a duty to execute you after your defeat......]

"Enough. Stop talking nonsense. I'll get rid of that man. Lu Mengyao interrupted the other party's words.

【…… If only you hadn't forgotten the purpose of our Chaos Insurgency. Only in the struggle between life and death can the best life be chosen...... Don't forget. 】

"That's nature."

[In order to speed you up, I may give you a little push...... Be prepared. 】

“………………”

The call was cut off, and Lu Mengyao sat gloomily alone in the secret room.

“…… Su Jing, Su Jing...... Why is it your ......?"

After a while, she exhaled. (To be continued......)