The Collection of The End

My name is Akatosh,

The so-called boss in the front is the mobs in the back, um...

——4E, 201, Hearthfire, 17th, 15:45——

The interiors of most dwarf ruins look similar: huge rooms, high porches and ceilings, thick and tall doors, and tables, chairs, beds, and living utensils that are relatively small and outrageously small. This vanished race is simply It is a vivid interpretation of what is meant by "the shorter you are, the more you yearn for taller".

Walking through their ruins, you don't have to worry about the spiders or squirrels and ghoul skeletons that are common in various underground caves, because they have been swept away by more powerful things.

"Crack-crack!"

"Wuslad" and a brass-colored dwarf long sword collided heavily, and the latter broke into pieces within two seconds, but the "master" who held it didn't notice it at all, and waved it with only The weapon with the short blade continued to attack Arthur.

"This thing..." Arthur, who was intruded into the attack range, hastily retreated and raised his sword, preparing to parry the attack and then try to fight back.

Boom! Lydia rushed out from behind him holding the huge ebony shield, and slammed the dwarf machine in front of the stone wall hard, and then she swung the shield several times, completely destroying its movable joints, even though it was still unable to attack. The intention cannot be achieved.

"Be careful, Baron, when fighting this kind of thing, many experiences with living creatures will not apply," she said.

"Well, thank you, I understand." Arthur put away his posture, and turned to staring vigilantly at a round dwarf organ on the wall that looked like a spring.

The reason why the Dwemer ruins are not favored by adventurers and thieves is that the dwarf machinery and the snow elves have no money to fish. It is only one aspect. The most important reason is that it is impossible to "clear" here.

The dwarven mechanical guard that was just killed by Arthur and Lydia, if you want to name it, can be called the "spherical guard". Once the enemy is found, the mechanical device that fills the inside of the sphere will be activated, and quickly and automatically form a tall metal figure with a sword. Therefore, it is completely impossible to predict its speed when fighting it.

Since it was originally confined in a sphere, the total amount of dwarf metal that constitutes the body is very limited, so the "physique" of the combat figure is quite thin, and it can be easily hit by heavy weapons or blunt weapons, such as Lydia's shield slam. Knocking down, followed by destroying those joints that are completely unprotected, can completely disable it.

But the problem is, this thing can be mass-produced.

Click, click, touch.

The thick pipes exposed on the wall and the unknown mechanism buried inside the wall roared. The circular mechanism that Arthur was staring at opened again, and a new, still spherical dwarf guard popped out of it.

"Is it all over?" Arthur swung his sword suddenly, cutting the sphere that was about to expand and deform horizontally, and the stacked parts that perfectly utilized all the space inside it were scattered all over the place.

"Wow!" Babas ran over, pulled out a soul stone from the pile of parts a few times, and ate it with a click.

"Oh, it's incredible." Sophie exclaimed as she hugged Rabbit Rabbit.

Kaka—boom—the organ inside the wall continued to roar, and the exit of the organ kept opening and closing, but no new spherical guards appeared.

"The Dwemer's machinery is in an automatic state. If you kill the guards and backup guards in this small area, they will be mobilized from other places and deployed again according to the preset procedures, or simply create new ones. Currently, there are already It's safe, for now." Septim raised his hand and sprayed a burst of ice, freezing the mechanism that kept opening and closing.

"What a pity, woof!" Babas wagged his tail, "I still want to stay here forever,

Maybe you can harvest a lot of soul stones. "

"Aren't you too dirty?" Ella, who didn't get a chance to make a phone call, looked at the fragments of the ball and said slightly dissatisfied.

"It's okay, it's just the souls of ancient beasts, but if they are used as energy sources for those machines, they really can't be eaten, wow!" Barbas and Ayla obviously said different things.

It's not too surprising that the dog raised by the demon god can eat soul stones, but it means that they can't eat them after being used in machinery...

"Let's go. If we encounter this situation again in the future, we will lure the machine away and then destroy it. After all, this is only an entrance, and we don't need to waste time here." Arthur threw away the idea that it might involve the mysterious news. Open, carrying the great sword Wu Slade to the depths of the ruins first.

——16:26——

The name of this Dwarven ruins is "El Tanford", which is the ruins that Septim passed through when he entered the black drop that year, but according to the additional information obtained from Satya, it claims to connect all promises. There are only a few who have a clear record of successfully entering the black fall of the ruins of Germany.

In addition to Altenfold, which is located in the northwest of Snowrun, there is also the "Jincha Ruins" dug out by the miners in Morning Star, and the vicinity of Windhelm City, which was still under the "Shadow of Summer Twilight" until not long ago. The "Drabar Ruins" under the control of the city, as for Macarth City, it's hard to say whether the missing people fell into the black drop, joined the Forsworn, or were captured by the Silver Blood family to mine.

"Turn right at the fork in front." "Don't touch that mechanism." "Open this metal door." "Each step on a mechanism, Arthur, go down and turn the handle."

Since the old mage came here a long time ago, there was no pressure at all to command a relatively strong team to pass through the dwarf ruins with ease. Complaining about why not go to other routes to see if there is any treasure, but of course no one agrees with its point of view.

Along the way, in addition to the occasional spherical guards, there is also a kind of metal spider that is less than knee high. They are not very threatening, but they are annoying to everyone with their numbers, flexible movements, and the characteristics that they may suddenly appear from any corner , especially Babas who has been pinched as a soft persimmon several times - those spiders can just use grapple on it.

"Go to hell, die to me! Bow, woof, woof!" After being thrown down again, Babas went crazy, bounced the spider away with a bang, and then rushed out with the power of soul all over his body. Metal spiders and even circles along the way The ball guards exploded at its touch.

"Oh, forcibly detonating the soul stones in those machines? It's a good idea, but all the soul stones it eats along the way will be wasted." Septin stroked his beard tacitly.

"If it can go all the way to the end like this, it will save us a lot of trouble—" Before Arthur finished speaking, he saw Babas rushing back in panic.

"There's a big guy! Bow woof!"

"Kaka-boom! Boom!"

Even without it being reminded, Arthur and the others could still see the giant machine striding after the dirt dog. It looked like a metal giant wearing a full set of dwarven plate armor. The gears proved its identity as a Dwemer creation, while the head was a clearly carved, completely expressionless face.

"Oh, 'Dwarf Centurion'," Septim nodded tacitly: "No wonder it didn't start up last time I came here, even with the soul stone installed, so does it still need the stimulation of soul magic? The outside world .”

"So you want to activate it too?" Arthur picked up the two-handed sword and put it in a fighting posture, "No, no, so you don't know its weakness?"

"According to the records, it belongs to the strongest military power of the Dwemer. Ordinary attacks can't break through its shell. Generally speaking, each city will only deploy one in the core area. It will not accept any external orders and will actively chase and kill dwarves. And creatures other than snow elves, weak points..." The old mage threw a string of lightning at the dwarf centurion, successfully stopping it for a second or two: "It's not worth it if a dwarf who doesn't study magic doesn't give it magic resistance. Calculate?"

"So, our task is to hold him back so that Master Septim can cast his magic smoothly." Arthur looked at Lydia and Ella: "Let's go!"

"Crack!" The centurion stomped heavily on the ground. The rocky ground cracked deeply and at the same time made Arthur unable to stand still, so it took the opportunity to swing a heavy punch at Arthur.

"Boom!" Lydia swooped on the huge shield to catch the heavy punch, but because she didn't keep her feet on the ground, she was knocked into the air together with the shield. Arthur came to the rescue.

Ding! bump! Ayla launched two consecutive shots to try to aim at the gap in the centurion's armor, but one arrow was bounced off after hitting the armor, and the other arrow went through the gap, but it did not cause any impact, even during the giant's activities. was squeezed out.

Seeing that the giant was about to punch again, Arthur, who stood still a little, immediately slid low and slid from its side to the back, and at the same time slashed at the centurion's leg with a sword diagonally.

According to Arthur's own experience of wearing armor, even if it is full-body armor, those joints that bend inward are relatively weak parts, otherwise, it would be impossible for the person wearing the armor to move his arms and legs, let alone fight. up.

"嗤啦——" There was a sound of tearing light and thin metal, and a hole was torn open at the bend of Centurion's leg, revealing the seemingly complicated metal structure inside. A sword still temporarily extended the distance, and the injured leg kicked back directly.

Crack—an ice-blue rune appeared in front of Arthur, and it exploded instantly, delaying the centurion's kick for less than a second, and Arthur took the opportunity to get out of the attacking range of that leg.

"Arthur, be careful—" Barbas shouted from a distance: "They won't have the traumatic reaction of ordinary creatures—"

"Isn't it? This kind of vengeful behavior is completely the first reaction!" Arthur raised his sword and retreated while responding, and the centurion completely ignored the attack of Ayla and Septim, and turned to him. Step to chase.

Arthur fought and retreated, attacking the centurion's leg joints immediately when he wanted to turn back after being attacked by Ayla and Septim, and always succeeded in attracting the centurion's attention back.

At this time, the battlefield has expanded to the hall where Babas turned around and ran away. Judging from the environment, it is obvious that this is the original city lord's meeting hall. In addition to the routine organs and pipes, there are many stone seats and those Deep pool of water in front of the seat.

There is a thick stone bridge in the middle of the pool leading to the tall throne on the other side of the pool, and there is a huge metal frame in front of the throne, which seems to be the "resting place" of the centurion.

So it seems that the political situation of the Dwemer before disappearing is not good, Arthur thought, the city lord is so far away from his courtiers, and he has to bring a centurion as guard, how many people want to assassinate him?

"Master Septim Apocalypse! Lydia!" However, after seeing the terrain, Arthur immediately had a plan. Shiqiao ran.

"Heh." The old mage, who had been casting "short-time" and "quick" killing magic, stopped his movements, and began to gesture a complicated magic gesture.

"I'll follow you, baron." Lydia replied beside the centurion, she was a little far away because the shield could not cause effective damage, and to avoid being affected by its attack.

"Okay!" Arthur rushed forward for another distance, and returned suddenly before reaching the abandoned throne.

The centurion, who was not in any surprised mood, naturally raised his foot and stepped down without hesitation, and threw his fist along the way.

"【Feim】!" Arthur uttered the dragon roar of "Ethereal Transformation", and his whole body became transparent, passing through the centurion's body.

"[Ice Storm]!" Septim said that he had completed his spell-casting action, and swung his arm directly. The violent ice and snow storm rolled up, freezing the dwarf centurion who raised one foot slightly in the ice layer, but Just looking at the countless cracks that appeared in the ice layer in an instant, we know that this restriction will not last long.

"Lydia!" Arthur lifted the etherification, and stood side by side with his guards. Because he didn't have time to elaborate, he simply called her name, but judging by the state of the centurion, he didn't need it at this time. other explanations.

"Hey!"

The Centurion, who had lost his balance, just sluggishly tilted slowly, and then fell towards the pool. Even though it broke free from the frozen state halfway down, there was no room for struggle, and it sank to the bottom of the water instantly with a thud.

Boom boom boom——everyone gathered by the pool and began to watch the centurion who kept hitting the wall at the bottom of the pool.

"This kind of behavior is useless. Even if it can break the wall of the pool and release the water, it can only go crazy below without the function of flying and jumping," Arthur concluded, and then turned to Septim to imply: "Then , where is the entrance of Heijiang? Master?"

"The roads from the Dwemer ruins leading to the Black Landing were originally just escape routes," Septim said as he walked to the throne and fiddled with it a few times, and the metal wall behind it slid away quietly, revealing a darkness extending underground. Secretly said: "I'm afraid they never thought that their race would disappear one day, in an instant."