Mountain range.

Decadence, failure, fear.

The leather armor was covered in burns and scars, and the red cloak was torn and shattered, scattered along the mountain road.

They were once the most elite warriors of the Empire, but now they are like a horde of defeated roosters.

"Major Ma, Maruk. The adjutant whispered: "The brethren are no longer good." ”

"I know they're not going to work, but I'm not going to be able to do it either. The brown-haired young officer, with his blue eyes full of exhaustion, was of medium stature, and looked like he had become a short.

He spoke jokingly, and slammed his leg twice with his left fist, but his right hand did not release the hilt of his sword, and at the same time he looked back with an alert gaze.

He looked at the adjutant's somewhat dull face and exhaled: "But dear adjutant, you have to think about it, if we really can't do it, we will be chased up and hacked to death by the long ears behind, so if it doesn't work, we have to do it." ”

"However, some people have already started to run away. The adjutant said dejectedly: "Sir, I didn't enforce military law, I'm sorry. ”

"Leave them alone, we're running away too. Colonel Maluk looked at the sky, the bright galaxy shone on the earth, and the huge seven planets were clearly visible in the sky.

He glanced at it and stopped talking, and the adjutant took a breath and looked at the ground where snow was beginning to appear, his expression gradually losing focus.

"Hey!" almost stepped on a dangerous stone, the adjutant came back to his senses, looked at the frowning chief, and shook his head: "Thank you, sir." ”

"It's nothing, in fact, I don't think I should call you, let you fall and maybe have a better chance of surviving. The Major looked at the light in the distance and took a deep breath: "If nothing else, we won't survive tonight, adjutant." ”

The adjutant was silent for a long time, also looking at the light under the mountain, and then at the sky, and finally sighed, and shook his head a little dejectedly: "Major, the empire has really failed, an irreparable failure. ”

"You should have faith in humans. The major said, "We will fight back one day, Your Majesty has already retreated in time, isn't it?, if Long Ears catches up, let us use our last lives to buy a little time for Your Majesty, although I don't know if it's worth it now." ”

The words of disloyalty spread, and many of the soldiers looked at them firmly, but surprisingly did not refute them.

"I don't know if it's worth it, Major. The adjutant smiled bitterly: "War after year, the results of the battle are always disappointing, can we really defeat those long-eared elves?"

"Rest assured, they are few and we are outnumbered, take advantage of our weakness, and when we are strong, they will come back. ”

"I hope so. The adjutant nodded, only to see the major stop abruptly.

"Sir, what's wrong?" the adjutant asked curiously.

"Do you think we will be able to cross the hill ahead with our strength and provisions?" the major asked with a sigh as he looked at the snow-covered peaks in the distance.

The adjutant looked at the rugged mountain road and shook his head blankly.

"Then take a break, and at the speed of your long ears, it will be about three hours before you catch up. The Major looked at the location of the Pole Star, who came from a well-known family and knew how to use the seasons and the stars to judge the time: "Rest for two hours, and then prepare for battle." ”

The adjutant nodded, a hint of sadness on his face.

......

The crackling campfire lit up, and the little boy, dressed in tatters and embarrassed, leaned against the fireflies and pulled out the apple pie in his bag.

Apple pie is a popular delicacy in the mainland, the apple pie in the north is salty, the south is sweet, the boy looked at the apple pie with a lot of sugar, and then looked at the hard biscuits in the hands of the soldiers next to him, frowned, got up and broke the apple pie into pieces, stuffed it into each soldier's hand, and finally sat next to the major.

"Thank you. The major thanked him in a low voice: "Master Taibo, if you can survive, maybe you can become a good general in the future." ”

"Maluk, there's no more Childe here. The boy said, "Why did you stop? Is it because we can't get through?"

"Yes, ahead is the most precipitous obstacle in the Georn Mountains, and with the pursuit of the Somos, we can't get through. The major said in a deep voice.

"I'm the one who got you wrong, Major. The little boy said apologetically.

"No, you're doing a great job and you've been holding on to it until now. Major Maluk touched the little boy's head: "What's more, I promised the general that I must protect you with my life." ”

"Thank you for your faith, Major. The little boy's expression was solemn: "After a while, the Somo people will catch up, please give me a sword, I feel the call from Songad." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm not from Nord. Maluk shook his head: "But each soul will have a home, you see, they all took out the idols, those soldiers are praying to Akai, those are praying to Ginaris, and Akin, uh~ I never knew that he actually believed in the Demon God, but it doesn't matter at this time, you see, the adjutant is the most interesting, he is actually worshiping Magnos, did he still want to be a magician when he was a child?"

"Hah! If it weren't for the damn war, I might be a mage by now. The adjutant laughed: "Major, little master, don't look at me like this, I was recognized as smart back then, but unfortunately my family was too poor to buy a place for exemption, and Sino didn't look down on me." ”

He raised his palm and said a mantra softly, and a flame burned in his hand.

"OO~" The little boy exclaimed: "I also want to learn this, but my father won't let me, he said that this is something that only soft-legged chickens have studied, and it is better for Nords not to touch it! If I survive tonight, I must learn it in the future." ”

"Hah! Maluk laughed, and suddenly looked at the idol on the ground, and his expression changed: "Wait, why is this thing a little strange, you look at his shadow?"

"Huh?" the faces of the little boy and the adjutant changed at the same time, and sure enough, they saw that under the fire in the adjutant's hand, the shadow under the statue of Magnos turned instead of opposing the light, and pointed like a black arrow to a bush below the hillside.

"This is a revelation, a revelation from Lord Magnos. The adjutant's expression became solemn.

"Did you search the bushes?" the major called for a soldier.

"No, sir, we'll go at once. The soldier said in a tired voice.

"Let's take a look. The major and the adjutant winked at each other, ordered the soldier to sit down, and quietly walked over to the bush.

Major Maluk frowned, and began to wonder what had attracted Magnos's instructions, and miracles were as common as they were on the continent.

Could it be that seeing his team in a desperate situation, this great father of the sun, star mage, king of engineers, master of stars and magic, wants to help them?

He was excited.

Although I don't know what this great god likes about them, but this kind of god will never give instructions to those who are about to die, can he live through tonight?

What exactly?

Mysterious black indicators flickered on the surface, even if there was no light, there were still starlight points of light attached to the arrows, Major Maluk approached the bushes indicated by the arrows, and suddenly noticed a vague light flickering in the dense snow berry bushes, and the adjutant couldn't help but remove the branches, and then he and Maluk froze together.

A strange man lay in the middle of the bushes, he was dressed in white armor, and he couldn't see any material, Maluk frowned and touched it, and he couldn't feel whether it was metal or leather, but it was a bit like bone, but much smoother.

He looked at the young man's face, white hair was a rare feature, not present in most human races in Tamriel, and his facial features did not look like an Imperial, let alone a Skyrim, nor a Redguard, a bit like a Brighton, but Maluk immediately denied it.

The people of Brighton do not have the courage of youth.

He lay there on his back, his bearing was incomparably graceful, like a sleeping emperor, people could not give birth to contempt, the armor on his body was not as exaggerated as the usual use of imperial generals, it looked mediocre, but it made people feel an awe-inspiring and inviolable deterrent.

This man must be a chieftain, or a highly skilled and powerful man.

Major Maluk immediately made his judgment.

"How can there be anyone here?" the adjutant looked at the front and back, his expression very strange.

"Perhaps it was a gift from His Majesty Magnos. Maluk shrugged, "But his luck isn't good, and it looks like he's going to die with us." ”

"Isn't it possible that it's an emissary of His Majesty Magnos??," the little boy interjected, "Look how cool his armor is! ”

"Demon God? The Demon Lord will not be able to resist thousands of troops when he reaches the human realm, unless he is the Demon God himself and creates annihilation like the Dagon of the previous era. But where are there so many demon gods? How can Your Majesty Magnos be as crazy as Dagon, messing around and destroying the world that he participated in creating. Maluk said: "Perhaps His Majesty Magnos did not do a good job of issuing the oracle, and this person is going to die with us." ”

"Really?" the little boy Taber was a little disappointed, "So leave him here?"

"Rescue. Maluk said, "It's useless to keep our medicine. ”

"But why did he faint?" Maluk frowned and reached for the young man's neck, only to see that the armor popped out of its own accord, blocking his hand, and Maluk was taken aback. After changing his position, he and his adjutant dragged him back to the makeshift camp.

The young man on the road seemed to snort, but then there was no sound, and Maluk secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the young man was fine, and he would wake up after a while.

Is it really good to force such a guy to face death soberly?

Maluk suddenly began to suspect that the Somo army rarely left a living mouth in pursuit, especially when the targets of the pursuit included the emperor, and it might be more merciful for him to let the young man hang up in a coma.

However, from a man's point of view, there is nothing wrong with facing fate soberly.

I hope this armor is not a bluff, and there will be no hysteria when you wake up.

Weighing the young man's somewhat light weight, Maluk thought.