The Journey of the Demon Hunter

In the court, the Baroness Brelin, who had just returned safely from the embassy not long ago, reported to Alicia, the blonde sitting on the throne. Although everyone is calling the blonde Alicia the Queen Alicia, she has not yet accepted the ceremony of being crowned the Supreme Queen of Skyrim. Although a year has passed, there is still a trace of sadness in Alicia's eyebrows.

"I feel sad about what happened to you, please rest assured, dear Baron, I will order His Excellency Pogel Bearclaw to add guards to you to ensure that you will not be in danger again because of vampire attacks." Alicia said. Brylin nodded. After Brylin stepped back, the military commander in the court, Bogair Bearclaw, immediately stroked his chest with one hand, indicating that he would immediately follow Alicia's orders.

"Please allow me to express my gratitude to Your Excellency for your contribution to Hafingar." After Brylin stepped back, Alicia nodded to Zelin, who had come to the court, and signaled, "I hope you can discuss it with my palace chief, Fohu. , Regarding the possible reappearance of vampires, I will tell all the soldiers in Havengar to facilitate the operation of the Dawn Guard in Havengar."

"Thank you, sir." Zelin came to the court. Apart from proving the vampire attack, he told the people in the court that they don't need to worry. It should be just a gathering of wild vampires. There is another thing. The liaison officer of the sharp-eyed eagle was also in the palace. When the demon hunter entered the blue palace, he was beside the courtyard road in front of the palace. , Winked at Zelin and motioned to have a chat with him in the courtyard after the interview was over.

After making sure to the blonde Alicia that no vampires would attack the Blue Palace, and assured her that Zelin would search outside the city in the next time to see if there were any traces of vampire strongholds, he left the Blue Palace, I saw this sharp-eyed eagle liaison in the courtyard, who looked uncertain.

Before Zelin could ask him, the liaison officer asked first.

"Did you find that under Hogarth's peak, who did that army serve?" The liaison looked a little anxious. Although the night in Solitary City could be called cool, or even cold, Zelin noticed. There was still sweat on the forehead of this liaison post. Both sides of his boots were covered with mud, and he didn't seem to have time to find a place to rest after entering Solitary City.

"Yes, I think I found their logo." Zelin frowned slightly. "What's the matter with you? I thought you were going to provoke a mammoth, and you were chased from Dragon Bridge by a giant waving a wooden stick behind you. Solitary City."

"Remember the name of the traitor you told me when you were at Dragon Bridge? I, as required, I am going to report this incident and the incident about Inisted to Commander Marlowe." The liaison officer took a deep breath. "But I don’t know why, and I haven’t received a response to my report. Until yesterday morning, a friend of mine in the sharp-eyed eagle told me that I should leave Longqiao as soon as possible."

Zelin half-squinted his eyes and looked at the contact person in front of him. He didn't look like he was pretended. This person would never reveal his name to others, even as a partner.

"What the **** is going on with you? You were fired?" The demon hunter handed the badge mark he found to the man in front of him. "You know this?"

"The Senate, I believe, some sharp-eyed eagles fell to the Senate. My friend tried to tell me the news that the sharp-eyed eagle soldiers guarding the Emperor’s battleship are being replaced, and many of the sharp-eyed eagles originally on the battleship are being replaced. The eagles are dispatched to other places in Skyrim, or are required to return to the Platinum Tower of Cyrodir." He wiped his forehead and looked left and right. "My friend said, they can’t see Commander Marlowe now, report Shu and Commander Marlowe disappeared together. I don't know if Solitary City is safe or not. I hope that the Dawn Guards will really be the same as they claimed, and will not be involved in any wars and disputes."

According to the narration of the sharp-eyed eagle, Zelin quickly understood what he meant.

First, the sharp-eyed eagle stationed in the Dragon Bridge lost contact with the commander of the sharp-eyed eagle on the Emperor’s battleship Cataria. The post was taken over by guards from Cyrodir. Although there were some sharp-eyed eagle soldiers brought by the emperor when he first came to Skyrim, they were not many, and they could only stay at Dragon Bridge after they could not reach Commander Marlow.

Considering the previous Dark Brotherhood’s assassination of the emperor, many sharp-eyed eagles believe that since the Dark Brotherhood’s lair has been destroyed, they don’t need to worry about these assassins. But this liaison obviously didn't think so. The Dark Brotherhood is the killer. They just destroyed the killer’s lair, but they did not find any information about their employer in the sanctuary of the Dark Brotherhood.

Since these employers dared to hire assassins to assassinate the emperor, they would certainly not give up the assassination plan just because of a failure, and put on a good appearance that nothing happened. They will continue to try to assassinate the emperor, more dangerous than hiring assassins from the Dark Brotherhood.

It now appears that the idea of ​​this liaison officer is correct.

"I think my report may have attracted the attention of some people, some people who shouldn't have read the report."

"I think you have found the right person." Zelin rubbed his forehead. "Tell me, what are you going to do next? Are you planning to come to the Blue Palace? I think all the sharp-eyed eagles should be absolutely loyal to the emperor. People. Now, tell me what you know, maybe I still have a way."

Chapter VIII Disaster Remedy

The sea breeze from the Sea of ​​Undead is continuously along the edge of the Hafingal Mountains, carrying the cold from the north, breaking into the streets and alleys of Solitary City. In the second half of the night, the wind suddenly strengthened. In Zelin's ear, the voice of the contact person disappeared in the cold wind. He didn't want to speak loudly, in case someone heard what he was saying, so that the demon hunter would ask him to repeat it from time to time to figure out him. Mean.

"I'm worried whether the emperor knows about this, maybe the emperor hasn't noticed the problem, if now, there is still a commander of'Marlow' he trusts on the ship. Have you heard the rumors of a facial sculptor? My worry It’s not unreasonable.” Sharp-eyed Eagle and Ze Lin said as they walked, “There is also something you asked me to investigate. His Majesty the Emperor has not issued any orders related to the Dragonborn. But I found a letter from the Senate, which was Sent to Rift Valley City. It may be related to the Dragonborn."

The liaison officer came to Solitary City, originally planning to seek the help of General Turius and Queen Alicia. If they could get the assistance of the Imperial Legion, they might be able to figure out what happened on the emperor’s battleship Kataria.

"I already know." The demon hunter took out a list and handed it to the sharp eye hawk. "Look at these, are these all members of the Senate?"

The emperor lost contact. This is not good news for Zelin. In Somo’s embassy, ​​he learned that some people in the empire were cooperating with Somo, and the family list recorded in it mentioned Almond’s Family. Maybe Somo wrote down these family names to get a handle, but now all these materials are in the hands of the Demon Hunter.

Based on the information obtained in the Somo Embassy, ​​it is now basically certain that the person in the Senate-most likely the chief senator, tried to force the Dragonborn to support his family, such as kidnapping close friends with her, or Other things threatened as a bargaining chip. After the emperor was assassinated, they seized the throne of the imperial capital, and they had a very complicated relationship with Somo. Although Gnaiya sent Zelin to Skyrim to investigate the cultists, he would not sit idly by accidentally discovered conspiracies.

"Where did you find this list?" Sharp-eyed Eagle asked in surprise.

"An interesting place. I'm also investigating them." Zelin walked through the alleys of Solitary City. He walked very fast, but because it was night, he didn't have to worry about hitting anyone. It didn't take long for the demon hunter to walk to the place near the gate of Solitary City. He stopped, and the sharp-eyed eagle was barely able to keep up with his pace. Seeing Zelin stopped, the sharp-eyed eagle bent down, holding on to the habit with both hands, panting.

"What's your plan? I don't know when the Senate infiltrated the sharp-eyed eagle. Perhaps they had already begun to do so in the imperial capital. I can't continue to tow, but I can't get close to the ship now. , I am worried about those guards, they are probably not real sharp-eyed eagles."

This liaison officer's concern is very reasonable. It is now difficult for him to determine who is loyal to the emperor and who is obedient to the Senate. Someone wanted to do something to him, and now he wisely left Dragon Bridge and came to Solitary City. However, considering that the assassins of the Dark Brotherhood entered Lonely City twice, once failed to assassinate the emperor's sister, and once successfully assassinated the emperor's stand-in, Lonely City might not be a safe place.

"Tell me, where is the Cataria?"

"What are you going to do?" The sharp-eyed hawk raised his head and looked at the demon hunter in confusion. "My instinct tells me that you have a crazy and dangerous plan."

"Your instincts are accurate, but your plan...too bad." Zelin spreads out his hands. "Don't go to Queen Alicia or General Turius. Since these veteran families can penetrate the sharp-eyed eagle, Placing a spy in the guards beside the Blue Palace and General Turius is just a piece of cake. You are likely to be killed by an assassin the next night after you walk out of the palace."

Although this liaison is a member of the sharp-eyed eagle, he is not a fighter. As a sharp-eyed eagle, the best way he can think of is to report the incident to a reliable person, such as General Turius. This is the most effective way to do this before everything has happened, but now, since the sharp-eyed eagle soldiers on the ship have been replaced by enemies, they can attack Emperor Titus II at any time, perhaps because of them. The plan to replace the sharp-eyed eagle was too smooth and gave them other ideas. Maybe they had killed the emperor, but no one knew the exact news yet.

"We are running out of time. Tell me the location of the Cataria, and I will find that ship."

"You, are you going to kill that warship alone? Listen, it's not that I don't believe in your strength." The sharp-eyed eagle swallowed. "You may not have a clear concept of the emperor's warship. You don't know that. How many soldiers can be carried on a ship."

"Five thousand?" Zelin raised his eyebrows and asked the number "or ten thousand?"

"Uh..." The liaison officer was stunned for a moment. "Three hundred. Probably not the elite sharp-eyed eagle guards, but they are all heavily armed soldiers."

"They won't know that someone has entered that ship." Zelin shrugged. "They won't even know that someone is going to attack them."

The liaison officer stared at the demon hunter for a while, and finally sighed helplessly, "I always feel that we may not be a person of the world."

"Did anyone tell you that your instincts are interesting?"

"My intuition is very unrealistic."

In the end, the sharp-eyed eagle still told the demon hunter the location of the Cataria. In the north of Solitary City, since the Dark Brotherhood assassinated, the sharp-eyed eagle established a simple dock camp on the shore. Commander Marlowe In that camp, directly command the sharp-eyed eagle to protect the emperor's safety. Generally speaking, the emperor’s ship will not dock. There is a drawing in the camp of the sharp-eyed eagle, which will indicate the position of the emperor’s ship that day.

If the emperor needs to meet the local nobles of Skyrim, the sharp-eyed eagle will invite the nobles and **** him to the battleship to meet Titus Maid II.

"What do you need me to do?" Standing at the door of Solitary City, the sharp-eyed eagle asked the demon hunter, "Maybe I can hire good fighters to help you."

The war gave birth to many mercenaries. In taverns in various territories, you can often see fully armed soldiers waiting for hire, but the demon hunter shook his head.

"Prepare a ship for me." Zelin narrowed his eyes slightly. "You can go to the emperor's sister, Victoria Weiqi, you know her. She is the person in charge of the Port of Skyrim in the Eastern Empire Company. She can find a ship. Boat."

"Only these?"

"Enough."

Chapter VIII The Price of a Ship

When the drizzle was floating in the sky, Zelin was wondering whether he had encountered all the bad weather in Hafingar at one time today. The weather was very cold, as if the rain was frozen in mid-air into ice needles, and the raindrops on the face caused pain like needles. He no longer remembers that it was the first time that he wiped off the rain from his forehead that was about to reach the corner of his eyes. The entire Havengar collar was shrouded in a continuous rain, and the sky, the woods and the coast were all plunged into a gray mist, only The lightning flashing in the sky from time to time can provide a little light.

This is the most suitable weather for action.

Sometimes he likes to fight against monsters in thunderstorms. The thunder potion makes him feel that his sword blends with the lightning across the sky. The thunderstorm will inevitably bring clouds. When encountering troublesome enemies, he will be equipped with a small mist demon frying. Medicine and Patricia's potion can just reach his body's ability to withstand the greatest toxicity in the past.

He lowered the branches and leaves of the bushes in front of him, and the camp of the sharp-eyed eagle was looming in the mist, only a vague black shadow outlined the outline of the camp. Rainy weather prevented the soldiers in the camp from setting up a campfire, but there were a few large-scale tents that lighted bonfires to keep warm. The cold weather north of Skyrim made it difficult for these Cyrodir, especially the soldiers from the south of Cyrodir, to adapt.

Virginia is a good example. The cold sky makes her wear a heavy robe all day long.

These flares provided Zelin with a good guide. The rain and fog allowed him to hide his figure, and bad weather blocked most of the camp soldiers in tents. Not many people would be willing to stand in the rain in such weather or be exposed to rain overnight. This can easily bring about all kinds of things. Some diseases can be cured by anti-disease agents, but not all diseases. Otherwise, the fusarium wilt that swept the morning breeze that year would not appear.

There are only two simple guard towers that can provide shelter, standing two guards in charge of guards, looking around, but Zelin doubts how far they can see in the rain and fog in such bad weather.

Hiding behind the shadow of the tent, Zelin tried his best to avoid the fire light revealed from the tent to prevent his shadow from being reflected on the tent and revealing his whereabouts.

"When is this rain going? How long shall we stay in this muddy field? I feel like a mouse hiding in a garbage dump."

The conversation of the soldiers in the camp was transmitted to the ears of the demon hunters through the tent.