The Collection of The End

My name is Akatosh,

I'm getting used to traveling without teleportation... Cicero is annoying!

— 4E, 201, Hearthfire, 4th, 7:13 —

"Hmm... It's hard to imagine that no one in this village, which is larger than Ximu, will die when it is attacked by a dragon."

Looking at the scorched ruins of Helgen, Ella, with a pair of fangs painted on her face, was moved.

Last night, after Calavicus Vile gave his answer, he was completely silent, and seemed to have turned into an ordinary statue, while Babas was much more lively. Since the location of Haima's Shame is relatively remote, he couldn't make it to the vicinity anyway. villages and towns, so everyone temporarily borrowed those vampires' residences to make do for one night.

As long as they don't touch their "drinks", other furniture and furnishings basically meet the needs and aesthetics of ordinary people. This is probably the reason why they finally decided to turn back into humans - but they were tricked by the demon god.

After dawn, after discussing with Ella and Lydia, Arthur decided to go to Ximu Town via Helgen, and then return to Xueman. This route will always be much shorter than the original route. There is no need to go back and report to the harpy about cleaning up ashamedly. After the pine wood watchtower is destroyed, it will surely reach their ears soon.

In addition, neither Arthur nor Lydia had heard of the name "Hestra" spoken by the demon god. Ella seemed to know something, but she was unwilling to discuss it in detail, saying that she would go back and discuss it with Kraco. Make a decision later, but judging from the facial pattern she painted on her face in the morning, this information doesn't seem very good.

"Well, if you want to talk about the reason, the dragon was staring at me for some reason at the time, and I was pretty good at it, so I held it for a long time, and after I escaped into the underground passage, it went to find me. Others, all the residents were evacuated by the Imperial Legion and the Stormcloak." Arthur replied to Ayla's emotion.

"Both of them have to win more support from the civilian population. If either side only fled on its own at that time, its reputation will definitely be severely damaged." Lydia continued.

"However, it's strange that the Nords generally don't abandon their homes easily. After the dragon left, the residents of Helgen should return one after another and rebuild the town." Ella took the bow and arrow from her back: "Unless—— "

"That's the 'unless', get ready to fight!" Babas lost the ax of remorse. Although he was more mobile, he was just an ordinary hound who could talk until he found other weapons suitable for him to hold in his mouth to play a role.

Roar—Jie Jie—With a strange and familiar roar, more than a dozen shaky figures slowly walked out of the ruined Helgen.

"But how is it possible?" Arthur said doubtfully, picking up his two-handed sword.

The withered body, the blue fire in the eyes, and the old armor and weapons on the body all indicate that these things in front of them are "ghouls", but why did they leave the cemetery and appear on the surface?

"Helgen happens to be stuck on the southern pass of the east-west boundary of Skyrim Province. Its geographical location determines that it is a battleground for military strategists. Although most of the war dead will be sent to Falkreath for burial, for hundreds of years there will definitely be There are quite a few soldiers whose bones were buried here before they could be collected." Lydia calmly analyzed.

"It doesn't make any difference between the grave and the surface, as long as these guys who shouldn't get up get down again—" Ella drew her bow and shot an arrow, hitting the eye socket of the ghoul at the front, and the blue light in the eyes disappeared when it fell to the ground.

"Hmm..." Arthur had already built a "gear" in the void, but after hesitating for a while, he finally gave up the idea of ​​using the summoning bow, watching Ella directly use her original bow and arrow in the encounter , which proves that the spell is still a bit difficult for her.

"Drink!" Lydia rushed forward while Ella was touching the arrow from the quiver, and the other ghoul was knocked flying by the large shield.

"Remember, these guys can't be eaten!" Arthur told Sophie, then took his two-handed sword and ran a few steps diagonally to join the battle group from the side, swiping the sword across the giant shield that was heading towards Lydia. The three ghouls who attacked were chopped off in half.

As if attracted by the sound of the battle, the ghouls entrenched in the ruins of Helgen came out one after another. Although their number was not thousands, there were still hundreds, even though Arthur, Ella, and Lydia attacked every time. It can eliminate several heads, but the opponent's numerical advantage still prevents them from ending the battle quickly, and the front is getting further and further away.

"Father said you can't eat it...well..." Sophie stared at the ghouls from a distance in a daze.

"Then it can't be eaten," Babas said, "Only those who intend to become bone dragons will eat undead creatures."

"Ah." Sophie quickly covered her mouth.

"Will it change?" Ria asked while hugging Ha.

"Basically, dragons make up for what they eat." Apparently, there is usually no chance to show such uncommon knowledge. Now that Babas can't participate in the battle, Sophie and Ria put on an "I'm curious" face together, so they simply Lecture: "Depending on the amount of frost, flame and lightning elements in the food you eat, you may evolve into a blue dragon, a red dragon or a bronze dragon, and a vegetarian dragon will become a green dragon. If there is any dragon that likes to eat people or Other living creatures, if not killed by the dragon slayer, will eventually become terrible blood dragons."

"Then what about Sophie who likes human food so much?" Ria held Sophie's arm.

"Hmm..." Babas was at a loss for words for a moment. Regarding this kind of unprecedented question, it chose nonsense: "Maid dragon?"

"Oh——" Sophie blinked, "It's incredible."

"In short, no matter what kind of dragon it is, as long as it is strong enough and lives long enough, it will eventually become an 'ancient dragon'. At that time, they will have no obvious classification, and they can change their appearance into elves or humans according to their preferences... ...Wow?" After saying this, Babas looked at Sophie with bewilderment and doubts.

"So dad is an ancient dragon." Sophie nodded.

Which dad? Arthur or Thalocnir? No, it seems that both are possible... Babas, who was a little confused, raised his hind foot to tickle his chin.

"They've already entered, let's follow." Riya pointed to the three adults who had rushed all the way into the ruins of Helgen.

Roar—click, click——

When the two girls and a dog were about to move forward, they suddenly found that they were surrounded by two ghouls and three skeletons. Judging from the soil still spilling from their bodies, these undead creatures were buried too deep, even from This team began to climb up as soon as it arrived, and it didn't reach the surface until now, just missing the three killing gods.

Arthur will rest assured to keep them here because Sophie is here, as long as a malicious dragon does not appear suddenly, a mere ghoul is not enough for her to claw, but the problem is that he left a sentence "No Eat", and then was alarmed by Babas...

"Huh-poof!" Sophie was halfway through her inhalation, and when the skeleton and ghoul were a little unsteady and about to be sucked in, she was covered by Ria.

"Your father said you can't eat these things." Lia looked at Sophie who was winking at her innocently: "Let's go find Ella and Arthur first."

Compared with the more nimble skeletons with one-handed sword and one-handed axe, the two ghouls with two-handed weapons looked much bulkier. Ria pulled Sophie and rushed towards the gap between them.

"I don't think this is a good idea." Babas, who had no offensive means at the moment, followed the two girls.

For the two girls who rushed in front of them, it was indeed too late for the ghoul to swing the two-handed hammer to attack, but it did not have only one attack method——

"【Fus Ro Dah】!"

The dragon roar that the ghoul only mastered sounded, and at the same time, a whirlwind was set off. To Sophie, this vomit was just a breeze blowing on her face, but Ria and Babas were blown away directly, and they were falling into the other hand. In front of the ghoul with the two-handed axe.

Jie Jie——The two ghouls simultaneously raised their weapons and chopped down.

Boom—“[(Dragon language) go away!]”

Sophie, who instantly turned back into a half-big white dragon, slapped the ghoul that was attacking her flying with one claw, and at the same time flicked her tail to slap the other end in front of Ria.

bump! Crackling...

It hit the target, but the ghoul was not blown away as expected, but instantly turned into many blocks of different sizes and scattered, in other words, it was shattered.

"Uh... Sophie, you're exaggerating..." Ria was standing there intact, making a scratching gesture.

She didn't turn back into a werewolf as expected, but was replaced by a blue light wrapped around her body. From the outside, this group of light looked like a giant transparent blue wolf standing upright.

"Hmm... what is this?" Sophie flicked her tail again to disperse the skeletons attacking her mindlessly, then changed back into the shape of a little girl, and reached out to touch the blue light.

"It's 'Hati'~" Riya seemed very happy. Compared with the silence when she peeled off the wolf soul and after seeing her parents not long ago, now she obviously let go of her worries: "I can still fight, so I can fight." I won't be left behind by Sophie~"

"Falling?" Sophie tilted her head strangely: "If Ria can't keep up, I can carry you."

"Hey, that's what you said, it's an appointment." After the blue light on her body faded and shrunk, and finally turned back into little wolf Hati, Ria grabbed Sophie's hand.

"Well, we have an appointment." Although she still didn't understand, Sophie still replied without hesitation.

"Hey! Babas, what happened there?" Arthur turned back from the ruins of Helgen after hearing the movement, looked at the two girls who were having fun, and turned to ask the listless Babas.

"Ah... some silly stuff going on about friendship and effort and engagement..."

"...Are you infected with rabies?"

"Wow!!"