The Journey of the Demon Hunter

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Zelin raised his head and looked at the Temple of Talos, which stood at the highest point of the city not far away. This temple is one of the few temples in Skyrim that still worships Talos, right next to the Temple of Dibera. This temple was originally to be demolished by Talos hunters sent by Somo, but the subsequent peace agreement allowed this temple, which was built for an unknown period of time, to survive. After the storm cloak took over the city, the Talos Temple became the most important in the city. In an eye-catching place, the Talos sacrifice from Windhelm turned the dusty temple into the best place of worship in the sky, second only to the Holy Spirit Temple in Solitary City.

Putting away the notebook, holding the note in a ball and throwing it into the stream beside it, Ze Lin walked into the Silver Blood Hotel.

In the hotel, some miners who have stopped work are in the lobby, drinking beer that they don't know how to make, while complaining that the wine in the glass is lighter than the stream outside. Virginia was staying in her room preparing things for dinner, packing up by the way.

"I brought things back." Zelin put the things he bought in the market on the dwarf metal table. This is in the territory of the storm cloak, but it's better to be careful."

The Demon Hunter had already told Virginia about the plan for Winterhold College mentioned in the documents he found in the Somo Embassy. Although the embassy was destroyed, no one knew whether Somo would take the risk for the Magnus Rod and the Magnus Eye, which was once kept by Winterhold Academy.

"I'll be careful." Virginia smiled slightly, indicating that Zelin doesn't need to worry. She is facing the door, and hangs the iron bucket for cooking soup on the barbecue rack she has built, and the table beside it. There is a gourmet book written by Brighton people "Where are you going? When will you be back?"

"Soon, I don't think it will take long."

Chapter 897 The Disturbed Dinner

Zelin didn't care what kind of rights disputes existed in this city, but he didn't mind to take a look at the reason why the young man wanted to ask an outsider for help in this way.

The demon hunter has met many people, all kinds of people from all walks of life. He knows that when a person encounters a threat to his own safety, he wants to ask others for help but he doesn’t know what the other person is. What kind of person will show what appearance and demeanor. If this Aitres intends to ask Zelin to do something for him, he doesn't need to contact Zelin in this way at all.

After discussing with Virginia, Zelin just opened the metal door of the room when he saw a middle-aged man wearing a sacrificial robe hurriedly to the hotel.

"The situation is very serious, Ms. Virginia, in the Hall of the Dead... Oh, sorry, I didn't expect you to have a guest." The priest looked at the demon hunter, and after introducing himself, Zelin learned This is the priest of the city of Liakai, who is in charge of the Brother Verurus in the Hall of the Dead in Markas City. When Virginia first came to this city, he came to seek the help of the chief mage of Winterhold Academy.

"It's okay, Lord Verurus." Virginia put down the spoon in her hand. "Are there new problems in the Hall of the Dead?"

"Yes, I went to the Hall of the Dead yesterday, and I found that some corpses were...eaten, the flesh was bitten off, and the bones were broken to reveal the marrow. I didn't understand what was going on, so I closed the Hall of the Dead again. But Lord Songvar Silverblood asked me to solve the trouble in the tomb immediately, and threatened me that he would judge me for desecrating the dead body." The priest of Akai sighed, "He is the lord, but I don't understand why. Kay’s blessing didn’t work here. There must be something more evil here."

After some explanation, Zelin almost understood what happened here. Verulus had already asked Virginia for help once because of the Hall of the Dead. However, because Virginia herself is a Cyrodir, Lord Songwa Silverblood, who came to power after the storm cloak took control of the city, hates Cyrodir’s empires, so he does not allow an empire who plays with spells to defile them. A sacred sleeping place for ancestors.

But this time, no matter how much Lord Sonvar Silverblood respects the Nordic tradition, this is no longer a problem that tradition and the Holy Spirit priest can solve. Some people think that this may be related to the disaster of the Eye of Magnus. Although Virginia does not think so, she is the chief mage of Winterhold. It is her duty and responsibility to eliminate any disasters that may be caused by the changes in the college.

"Uh..." Virginia looked at the things she had prepared, and couldn't help sighing. "I think our dinner may be postponed. Well, I will find a good opportunity next time. This time there are indeed some In a hurry."

"Don't mind, Virginia, until next time, I will prepare a banquet for you in the castle, and then invite you." Seeing Virginia's disappointment, Zelin said to her.

"No, this should be prepared by me." Virginia blinked. "If you want to compensate me, promise me that when I invite you, if there is nothing else, I will not find another reason to refuse. Me."

"Of course, when the time comes, I will be happy to go."

Arranged a time with Virginia. According to the plan, they will meet at the stables outside the city tomorrow morning, and then head to Helgen in Falkreath. After leaving the hotel, Zelin did not go straight to the temple of Talos in the city, but went around the city. After making sure that there were no people watching him or trying to follow him, he became like a tourist. Walk to the gate of the Temple of Tarros.

"Welcome, are you here to pay homage to Talos?" A priest of Talos stood in the temple, opened his hand to Zelin who came to the temple at night, and welcomed him, "You have come to the right place, although you are not a promise German, but I still welcome you."

Zelin also responded kindly to the welcome of the priest of Taros. He chatted with the priest. The priest kept telling him the great achievements of Talos, the experience of unifying the mainland as a dragonborn, establishing the Septim dynasty, and as a human being, one of the gods who became one of the holy spirits. Trace. And the demon hunter listened in silence most of the time, sometimes following the priest's words, but he didn't wait too long. When the priest stopped temporarily, he suddenly asked.

"I have an acquaintance, his name is Atris, and he told me that if you want to find the altar of Talos, you should come to Markas City. I thought I would see him in the temple of Talos."

"Oh, yes, Atris, I know him." The priest akimbo his hips, coughing and clearing his throat. "He came to the temple and he mentioned you. I didn't expect you to be his friend. Yes, He is now in the room inside the temple, hoping to be blessed by Tarros."

The scale of this temple was small, but it was kept clean and solemn by the priest. Passing by the statue of Talos illuminated by candlelight, in the believer's room on the inner side, Zelin saw Atrix who had stuffed his notebook and paper in the market.

"Thank the Holy Spirit, I'm sorry to involve you in the trouble of Marcus City, but after this market attack, I didn't have much time to think about it." Seeing Zelin come alone, it made him relax. Tone "I saw that you are a foreigner and you can save people in the market. I think you should be able to accomplish this."

"I have to tell you, according to the plan, I will leave Marcus City tomorrow." Zelin spread his hands. "I see danger in you. No matter what you plan to do, I must warn you that you may I’m doing something beyond my ability."

The demon hunter has seen people similar to Atris, and in Vizima's private detective, there are more such people.

"I've been investigating these murders for many years." Aitres waved his hand and signaled that he knew what he was doing. "You see, someone is going crazy in the market. Everyone knows his swearer, but the guard Just busy cleaning up the mess. This is not the first time, and certainly not the last. A few years ago, my father had a mine in Markas, which is very rare for a non-Nord. But he died. An oath-abstainer attacked, and the city was full of vows-abstainers, but the guards would not do anything except to come out to clean up the mess after the attack!"

"So you suspect that someone behind the scenes instigated the vows to attack and kill your father?" Zelin narrowed his eyes slightly. "This situation has been going on for several years?"

"For many years, after my father died, the family’s mines were forcibly acquired by the Silver-Blood Family. In the past, there were many mines controlled by different people in Reach. Basically, those people died in the abandoned oaths. During the attack, the Silver Blood Family took this to control all the mines of Rui Chi." Aitris waved his hand, "Please help me, I must figure it out, or I must confirm my guess."

Chapter 898: The Silver-Blood Family

Aitris has been investigating for the death of his father for several years. He encountered a lot of trouble, the family mine fell into the hands of the Silver Blood family, so he had to go to the mine to earn bread money by his own strength, just like other civilians in Marcus. He is already married now, and his young wife who works in the jewelry store is also pregnant and will have a child of his own right away.

For the sake of his children and his wife, Atrix planned to give up this incident several times, as if nothing had happened. But he has been investigating for so long, and he has even found the truth of the matter. Whenever he thought of giving up, he felt that he would hear his father's question in his dreams. Atris has been trapped in self-blame on himself for some time in the past. Until the attack on the market this evening, he made up his mind to make one last effort to investigate whether it succeeded or not.

"Please help me investigate Tornar of the Silverblood Family. After his brother became the new lord of Marcus, Tornar has been in charge of the ordinary affairs of the Silverblood Family. And the woman who was attacked today, maybe we I can find clues from her identity. There are rumors that she is a... outsider. There is also Wei Lin. The swearer you defeated in the market today is called Wei Lin, a miner in the shed. He is usually very Talk less, no one would have thought that he was an oath-sworn person, and he might find some valuable information in his room."

Atris told Zelin all of his plans, "I hope you can do your best to help me find valuable clues. As long as you can help me bring the clues back, I will pay you."

"I don't need your payment, Atrix." Zelin shook his head. "You should leave the money you earn from mining to your wife and your unborn child. Listen well, Atrix , I will help you once, but I have one condition."

"What conditions?" Atris sighed. "As long as it is within my tolerance, I will promise as much as possible."

"Tonight, go back to find your wife, pack your things, take your wife and leave Marcus City." Zelin said to Aitres, "go anywhere, don't stay here anymore. In short, I'll help you once, you don't care about it anymore, forget it."

"Why? I have been investigating my father's death for so long. I must find a truth."

"If the facts are the same as you think, then you have come to a very dangerous point. Marcus's guards are colluding with the oath-sworn. They can ask the guards to deal with you at any time, they can kill you directly, and then You are guilty of a renunciation." Zelin stretched out a finger. "There are only two reasons why the city guards did not investigate the attack by the renunciation. The first is that their chief does not allow the investigation. They belong to the same group."

"I understand, so I hope I can find an outsider who seems dangerous enough to help me. They killed my father and ruined my family." Aitres took a deep breath. "No one wants to help me, this Everyone in the city, there are murderers who want to kill people in the city, but everyone is indifferent to it. This time the market attack was stopped, next time? There will be an outsider holding a sword coming out to block the oath. The dagger of the thief? I don’t have enough power, but I hope you can help me. I need evidence, a clear evidence! An evidence that can convince people to believe me that the Silver-blood family is colluding with the swearer."

The real estate of the Silver-Blood Family in Markas City is the famous treasure house of Rui Chi Ding, which is the real estate of the Silver-Blood Family. Although Songwa Silverblood became the lord of Markas, most of the silverblood family's affairs are still managed by Tonar Silverblood in the Treasure House. But there was one thing that surprised Zelin. Atris's wife was working at the counter of the Treasure House, and Atris's wife had no idea that her husband was doing such a dangerous thing.

"I don't want to involve her in such a dangerous thing." Atris shook his head.

"Listen, I don't plan to see you die here when I come back." Zelin stretched out a finger and shook it. Seeing what Atres wanted to refute, the demon hunter interrupted him directly." Nothing, but they can kill your father in order to take the mine, or they can kill you again in order to stop you. Think about your wife and children, if you die, what should they do?"

In the end, although it seemed a little reluctant, Atris accepted Zelin's suggestion.

The Jewelry House is on the upper floor of Markas City, standing on the platform in front of the door, almost overlooking half of the city. Atris walked to the door, he looked back at the demon hunter hiding in the shadows, took a deep breath, and then reached out and pushed open the door of the jewelry house.

"Welcome...oh, Atris, why are you here?"

"My dear, I have something to tell you. I...I plan to quit my job in the mine."

"Why?" Atris's wife asked in surprise

"I... got a new job in the chess room invested by the local baron in Hafingal. The job there is good, much better than in Markas, so I want to take you to Solitary City. "Atrix told Zelin about his work and told his wife truthfully.

The layout of the Treasure House is different from other rooms in Markas. Behind the door is a long and slender corridor with hard stone walls on both sides. There are obvious traces of reformation here. The narrow corridor makes it difficult to walk side by side. A soldier holding a shield can rely on this corridor to keep many intruders out of the door. While Atris took his wife to the other side to talk, Zelin took the opportunity to walk sideways into the jewelry house.

After walking past the front desk, the demon hunter walked a few steps inside before he came across a servant holding a broom.

"Who are you?" The servant watched guardingly at the demon hunter who walked in. "Why did you come here?" His questioning voice was not like a servant, but like a guard. Zelin felt that he was a little abnormal, perhaps because the members of the Silver Blood family were so alert to outsiders. After all, a stranger walked past the front desk to the residential area at night, and someone would be surprised. It's just that Zelin didn't intend to entangle the servant, he raised his hand and drew a rune of Aksifah in front of the opponent's eyes.

"You didn't see any strangers."

Looking at the servant's suddenly loose eyes, Zelin walked past him and walked to the back of the treasure house. After a while, another servant walked over and saw his companion standing on the spot in a daze, so he walked over and pushed him.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Um... I..." The recovered servant lowered his head and scratched the back of his head. "Nothing, I may be a little sleepy."