Chapter 19: The Beginning of a Journey to Skyrim
Walking south step by step along the main road, Lu Xihua's heart was full of expectation, this is a world of demon gods and mortals, countless demon gods and demons regard this continent as fat, and have invaded here several times, although they were repelled by the heroic resistance of the aborigines here, but they left their faith on this continent.
Creatures always like infighting and dark sides, and when their desires can't be realized with their own strength, they can't help but seek help from external forces. The beliefs and sects of the demon gods have quietly taken root here, and some extremely evil sects have been spurned and forbidden by the world, but at the northern tip of this continent, where the imperial power is beyond reach, there are still some fish that have slipped through the net and are hidden under the calm water, slowly devouring small fish and shrimp, growing stronger day by day.
On this continent live humans, elves, orcs, dwarves and other races, they have lived on this continent for generations, their respective civilizational histories are mixed and blended into a song of ice and fire, yes, this is the story of the famous game "The Elder Scrolls 5" that Lu Xihua played in that world, which takes place on the planet Nairn. And Lu Xihua's location is the northernmost of the nine provinces of the Tamriel continent on the planet Nairn. It is a place where magic and swordsmanship, dragons and demons, warriors and intrigue meet. Lu Xihua wished he could get a glimpse of the mystery of star power, the mystery of mana, and most importantly, the secret of the soul.
The large road paved with gravel blocks runs from north to south, and on the left hand side of Lu Xihua is the mighty White River, which flows from south to north, because dozens of kilometers to the south are towering snow-capped mountains, and then to the south are endless mountain ranges, through which you will come to the political center of the continent of Tamriel: the province of Celerider. It is the largest province on the mainland, surrounded by forests, through endless forests, an island surrounded by rivers, this is the imperial capital of the continental empire, the "Gyeonggi important place" where the emperor is located, and the most civilized area of the empire.
The Skyrim Province is located at the northern tip of the continent of Tamriel, which is home to the Nords. Legend has it that outside the northern ocean of the Tamriel Continent, there is a forest continent covered in ice and snow, which is the hometown of the aborigines of Skyrim Province ~ the Nords, the Ancient Jungle Continent, also called the Atmola Continent, where the Nords originated.
A long, long time ago, because of years of war, a warrior gathered tens of thousands of people from all over the world who longed for a peaceful life and sailed to the south. After a year-long voyage, he finally came to the northernmost point of the imperial continent, Skyrim Province. Here they have achieved long-awaited peace and live with the elves.
However, the strong reproductive ability of human beings has made the elves vigilant, although the lifespan of human beings is only a few decades for the long life of elves, but it is still realized by the wise people of the elven race that humans will occupy the entire skyrim region and become the first major threat to elven civilization. Of course, this may be a few hundred years away, and the change is imperceptibly slow from the perspective of humans, but in the concept of the elven sage, it is equivalent to "the day after tomorrow, we will be surpassed by humans!"
Shortly thereafter, the elves launched a series of massacres against human settlements. On a night known as the "Night of Tears", the elven militia razed the human city to the ground, killing more than thousands of defenders and those unable to escape. The brave and his two sons escaped from the burning harbor on the last battleship. Upon their return to the continent of Atmora, they spread the tales of murderous, scheming, elves bent on erasing humanity from the world.
With the help of various other sects on the mainland, they recruited an army of battle-hardened warriors, known as the "Five Hundred Warriors", to return to the skies in warships, and these skilled warriors began to slaughter the elves and build fortifications to consolidate their power, while at the same time sheltering refugees and warriors from all directions, which aroused long-standing hatred and contempt between the two tribes. Although a thousand years have passed, this relationship is still lightly maintained in the blood, and they are both wary of each other.
To this day, the Nords have evolved into tall, blonde people. They are strong, stubborn, and excellent warriors, skilled in the use of a variety of weapons and armor. They have a strong tolerance for cold and are extremely passionate about war and violence. In addition, the Nords were excellent sailors, and they established extensive trade relations with the coastal ports and riverside areas of the mainland provinces.
"Hello, mage. A submissive voice interrupted Lu Xihua's thoughts.
Lu Xihua followed the voice, and saw a tattered, thinly dressed Nord woman standing on the other side of the low wall of the roadside farm and greeting herself, her back was a little hunched by the heavy farm life, holding a pitchfork in one hand and kneading her clothes uneasily in the other, as if she was uneasy about her recklessness. Her eyes were red, and licorice crumbs covered her clothes and yellow hair, a typical farm maid, and her haggard countenance made her look a little old.
"Ma'am, is there anything I can do for you?" said Russi, who stopped and approached the female hired man, separated by a low wall, about two meters apart.
The female hired man gritted her teeth and hesitated for a long time, and finally said something, "It's really presumptuous, I don't know if you will recover the spell? My child has been sick for several days, and the temple in Snow City doesn't know what's wrong, and the priests can't use the magic anymore." The only mage in the city is the personal advisor of the lord, and it is really not something that we lowly people can see. Expensive spell scrolls are also not something I can afford, so I would like to ask you if you can be merciful and help me see how the child is doing?"
"Sick?" Lu Xihua was stunned for a moment, stepping into cultivation, for a long time, he had long forgotten the word sick, his physical foundation was poor, and he naturally had the secret technique of refining the body, and he had long been away from the trouble of illness, and he remembered when he was reminded by the words of this female hired person.
"Okay, please take me to see your child, I'll try. Lu Xihua said in a kind tone.
"My God, Gina Les is above, thank the Holy Spirit!" the hired woman covered her mouth with her hand in surprise, lifted the corner of her skirt with one hand, and picked up a pitchfork with the other, "Please come with me, the child is in the house." ”
It was a house, but it was actually a utility room, where the hired woman and her children lived, and it was full of farm tools and miscellaneous items, and a wooden bed was covered with straw and straw mats, and a little red-faced boy lay on the bed, unconscious, with dry lips. The female hired anxiously wiped the child with a rag dipped in a bucket of water.
Lu Xihua probed the child's forehead, it was relatively hot, and he had a fever, although he didn't know the cause, but he looked at the environment and conditions in this house, and understood that physical weakness was the biggest problem, and took out the jade talisman issued by the Daomen, one of which was a hundred medicine talismans, which absorbed the essence of herbs and automatically converted them into medicinal power, which could cure all diseases.
Lu Xihua pasted the hundred medicine talisman on the child's forehead, and sure enough, countless points of light emerged from the jade talisman and fell into the child's forehead, and the child's little face gradually became normal.
The female hired man covered her mouth tightly for fear of disturbing the mage's spell, although in her opinion, the young mage dressed in black was obviously different from the priests of the temple when casting spells, and those priests cast their magic with various colored light clusters in their hands. But this mage took out a strange stone, no matter what, the child's situation proved the effect of the mage's spell, and the child's illness was cured, which was the most important thing.
As the sun set, the light in the house dimmed, and after a while, the child finally opened his eyes, the jade talisman stopped working, and the child's illness was cured.
"The child's illness is cured, there is no problem, but the body is weaker, and this is the disease. Lu Xihua put away the jade talisman and stood up.
"Thank you, thank you! I really don't know what to say, thank you so much!" the female hired took out seven or eight coins from somewhere in her clothes, "this is my savings, please don't dislike it, it's very little, but it's all mine." ”
Lu Xihua nodded and took one of them, "I'm also a person who travels far away from home, so let's take one as a reward." Your child has just woken up and needs some nutrition, so keep the money to buy him something to eat. With that, he turned and left the hut.
"Thank you! Thank you!" said the female hired woman, holding her eyes into the coin house, crying, the child had just woken up, and she did not dare to stay away.
"Mom, I'm so hungry~" The child's voice came from the bed, drawing the attention of the female hired worker again.
The female hired worker hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Mom, I'll do it for you." The female hired man looked back at the stove, and there were only cabbage, potatoes, and green onions, all of which were some of the farm's own crops, and as hired laborers, these were their staple food.
With a creak, the door of the hut opened, and the female hired quickly turned around, only to see that the young mage who had left just now had returned, "I caught some salmon from the river to replenish the child's body." Then, before the female hired woman could react, the figure left. There was silence in the room, except for the three salmon plopping on the barrel that showed what had just happened.
Lu Xihua walked on the road, catching fish is too simple for him, not to mention the power of the body, it is the effect of the thunder and lightning, which can instantly stun the fat fish, and the ingredients are easy for him.
The sun is gradually setting, and there are endless wheat fields and vegetable fields on the right hand, with the impression of the game, Lu Xihua found some medicinal herbs in some inconspicuous places while walking, and collected them one after another.
Passing through a large farm, walking across a stone bridge, there are street lights on the road here, and from time to time you can see several patrolling guards, dressed in the same dress, and seeing Lu Xihua walking alone on the road, they all came to interrogate, and when they learned that Lu Xihua was going to enter the city, they all nodded, and they didn't do much to make it difficult.
The air is filled with a sweet aroma of wine, a strong smell of honey, this is the special mead of the Snow Manling Territory, and the Black Thorn Wine of the Rift Territory are the favorites of the Nords of Skyrim Province, and merchants often come to sell these things all over the continent.
In the past, the tall brewery and neat honey wine warehouse were a vast vegetable field, planted with some common vegetables, and there was a frightened cry in the distance, several farmers scattered and fled, and a tall figure suddenly met Lu Xihua's eyes. I saw a figure more than ten meters tall, holding a stone mallet in his hand, and wearing a simple animal skin on his body, wreaking havoc in the farmland in the distance, just like a race unique to Skyrim Province, a giant!
"This giant must have gone mad, and dared to run near the city to make trouble! Look! A few guys from the comrade-in-arms are here, they are all blood-loving guys, I have to stand a little farther away!" a guard with a torch in his hand muttered to himself, shrugging his shoulders when he saw Lu Xihua looking towards him, "It's more important to have a small life, isn't it? I'm not one of those guys who likes to take risks everywhere." ”
In the distance, several figures rushed eagerly towards the giant in the farmland, Lu Xihua saw it clearly, one of them drew out the big sword on his back, the big sword was more than half a man long, two palms wide, with a cold light on it, one holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. Both men were dressed in thick steel armor with different shades of patterns painted on their faces, presumably as a ritual, and in the distance, another figure held a short bow and shot arrows at the giant.
It is estimated that the sharp arrow shot made the giant feel pain, and the giant waved his hands angrily at several people, and then the stone mallet fell from the sky and smashed into the two people on the ground with great force.
"Be careful! Ria!" a male warrior flew to pounce on the other, and the two figures rolled on the ground in succession, finally dodging the giant's gavel. Boom, there was a huge tremor on the ground, countless people stood unsteadily, and the archer hunter who shot arrows in the distance stumbled and threw himself on the ground.
"Farkas, you're crushing me!" a female voice said, and then she was dissatisfied, ready to use the round shield she held in her left hand to lift the black shadow that pressed against her.
"Farkas, be careful!" The archer, who was knocked to the ground, saw that the giant had lifted his right foot, and was about to step on the two people who had just dodged the gavel and were still hugging each other, and he was so anxious that he shouted that this was another woman!"Damn!" The female archer rolled over and shot an arrow at the sole of the giant's raised right foot.
The arrow was like a meteor, nailed to the soles of the giant's feet, but it did not stop the giant at all, and a big foot with a black shadow went to the two people on the ground.
The man named Fakas was shaken in the huge earthquake just now, and his body was unable to react at the moment, but the female shield warrior was helpless, is he really going to die? It is also an honor to be with his comrades, but unfortunately he is next to him at this time, this stupid person.
The female archer kept shooting, and in a moment, four or five arrows shot out, but they could not stop the giant, and the two who watched the giant's right foot slam on the ground. But he found that the giant's body suddenly crooked, and the whole huge body fell to the other side, as if it had lost its balance, and a figure appeared on top of the giant's head, with a palm with thunder and lightning towards the giant's head, and with a bang, the giant fell to the ground and never stood up again.
The female archer was pleasantly surprised, took the short bow, and ran towards her companion.
The female shield warrior over there lifted the male warrior who was pressing on her body and quickly got up, she didn't want to experience the thrilling scene just now, thinking of this, she couldn't help but kick the culprit a few times.
The male warrior stood up after a few kicks, and the three of them looked at each other, but they were not injured, and then they looked at the giant, and saw a slender black figure standing in front of the giant's head.