Is this even Skyrim? !

by Musashi The Samurai Cheem

Have you ever gone to sleep then woke up in a different body, and inside a world that you thought was once a game? No? Because that's what happened to me. I'm not even the main character! I'm just the sidekick! I guess my long painful days of being Shouted off mountains and the likes begin now... [AU Skyrim Gamer]

17. Chapter 17

(Guess who's back?)

(Labyrinthian)

"It is time." A light voice echoed through the large hall, the sound of soft footsteps accompanying it. "Have you made your choice, Dragon Priest?" A snort coming from the other end of the immense hall answered the question.

A man clad in blackish-blue light armor sat on the massive throne at the other hand of the hall, a glowing light blue mask covering his face. His armor had a scale pattern to it, with the scales being the scales of a dragon.

"You seem to be getting more and more desperate these days." The man hummed, speaking the dragon tongue instead of Tamrielic. His clawed armored fingers tapped against the armrest of the throne as he gazed at the woman in front of him.

"The dragons will soon descend upon Skyrim and kill all living beings on it." The woman from a long extinct race hummed. "I'd say I have a good reason to be urgent. Flora cannot handle all of that alone." Morokei's hands clenched into tight fists at the mention of that girl, his beloved teacher's doppleganger.

"And why would that be any of my business?" He questioned lowly as he lightly leaned forward, his sheer magical presence causing the pillars within the hall to crack slightly.

"Are you truly willing to just stand by and watch as the world is destroyed? What would Paarthurnax say?" Morokei released a sharp breath from his nostrils so to contain his anger. "Aurora would be disappointed in you." Yet his exhale turned into a snarl of fury the moment he heard those words.

"You dare speak my teachers name!?" His voice boomed across the entirety of Bromjunaar, causing the very land, mountains and sky itself to shake as the throne he was sitting on was all but pulverized by his outburst.

Yet the woman didn't even blink at his outburst and simply remained standing there with a calm expression on her face.

"So what if I speak her name?" She sneered. "You are spitting on her teachings by merely remaining idle as Alduin ends the whole-"

"You think I don't know that?!" Morokei roared as he stomped down the stairs leading to the now pulverized throne, each step causing the whole hall to shake and crack. "There is nothing I can do! I am no match for Alduin, so why slow down the inevitable?" The woman merely sighed at his words as she shook her head, infuriating Morokei even more.

"You'd buy Flora precious time." Morokei merely sneered again at the mention of his teacher doppleganger, but the woman continued. "Her growth is extraordinary, far surpassing even Aurora's. She will soon come to me to grab the last piece of the Dragonslayer armor, and I have something prepared for her that will further turn the tides of this war in our favor. All she needs is someone strong enough to protect those she cares about until she is ready, else…" Morokei felt a chill go down his spine when the woman's eyes somehow met his own. "Alduin will be the least of our problems." That shook Morokei to his core. He knew to not take the woman's words lightly, thus he forced himself to calm down and reign in his Mana.

"Why do you put so much trust into that girl?" Morokei asked as he turned around, his eyes dragging across the dozens of coffins laying down within the hall, each one filled with the corpse of a Dragon Priest.

"Because she is Aurora's daughter." Morokei froze. "Do you really think that their similarities are just a mere coincidence?" The woman laughed softly as he turned his head to stare at her, his hands shaking at his side. "She is Aurora's very flesh and blood. Her one and only daughter-"

"That's impossible." He interrupted her, voice even, yet shaky. "Teacher wasn't pregnant. I buried her body, and I found no signs of pregnancy. Even if I missed those signs, why didn't she tell me? Why didn't she leave her child in my care so I could help her grow? And why did she appear thousands of years after Teacher died?" The woman's smile softened as Morokei barreled her with questions, and the man quickly drew back once he realized that he had lost his composure.

"You know very well that a mage can barely bring out even a tenth of their power when pregnant, and Aurora was about to bring peace to the whole world by uniting all the races and the Dragons. So what do you think would have happened if her pregnancy was revealed?" Morokei froze, his eyes widening more and more as his mind quickly understood why his teacher would hide her pregnancy.

"The Thalmor would have rebelled, and so would have the majority of the Dragons. Back then no one had witnessed Alduin's might aside from Teacher, so Dragons barely held any fear for her…" Morokei sighed, but then quickly shook his head and looked back at the gray skinned woman. "How do you know all of this? How are you so sure that Flora is actually Teacher's daughter?" The desperation in his voice was apparent, and the woman's smile only grew warmer at that.

Morokei blamed himself for Teacher's death. He had been her one and only disciple, the one she had chosen as her future successor, and she treated him like her beloved son.

For him, Teacher was like the mother he never had. His real parents died before he could even walk and he was taken in by Paarthurnax himself, who raised him to be a friend for his daughter and son, and to be his future Dragon Priest.

And then he met Konahrik when she was crowned as the High Priest of the Dragon Priests, and his sheer fascination and talent with magic had instantly caught the eye of the terrifyingly powerful Nymph.

All of his greatest achievements were all thanks to her teachings. He wouldn't be the man he was today if he didn't up under Aurora's care.

He supported his teacher's dream of World Peace with all his might.

Yet years later he could only watch as all of her hard-work came crumbling down.

The sky rained fire and meteors, the earth bled, and the entire world whimpered under the fury of Alduin.

And he could only stand by and watch while holding the lifeless corpse of his beloved teacher.

"My fellow wives don't know about this, but the Prysm of Time had a secret function. The ability to stare into the past." Morokei's eyes widened at that. He knew of the Prysm of Time, an ancient artifact created by Akatosh after the Merethic Era. It allowed one to stare into the future, a dangerously useful ability for a strategist. "I won't say anymore. I'll let you be the final judge. All you have to do is just meet her, and you'll know the answer." The ancient Dragon Priest went to raise his hand to protest, but dropped it to his side with a sigh. He knows that the woman most definitely won't budge, so he won't waste the effort.

"Fine, I'll help her." Morokei sighed again, receiving a brilliant smile from Queen of Valkyries. "What or who do I have to protect? And how are you so sure that the Dragons will come to Skyrim first?" A large draconic golden staff appeared within his right hand as he stood straight, the many coffins in the hall starting to tremble and crack as the powerful Dragon Priests within start to slowly wake.

"Skyrim is where Aurora died, and Alduin is led purely by fury. She wishes to annihilate the whole of Skyrim before the rest of the world." The Dragon Priest hummed and nodded his head. He'd very likely do the same thing. "As for what you have to protect; the city of Whiterun. Flora cares deeply for those that live there." Morokei nodded, then turned around as the coffins burst open, and out of them floated the living corpses of his fellow Dragon Priests, all ready to move at his command.

"Oh, one last thing." The Dragon Priest hummed and turned slightly so to look at the woman, who now had a very serious look on her face. "Never mention Konahrik's real name when around Flora." The man found himself lift a brow and turn to fully face the woman. The request was very weird for him, after all, if Flora is Aurora's daughter, then why shouldn't he mention it to her?

"She has a panic attack whenever Aurora's name is bought up." She answered his unasked question. "It's like her very Soul knows who her real mother is. She'll have to learn of her past by herself." Morokei found it weird, but he could only nod and accept it as he turned back towards the floating Dragon Priests that were awaiting his order.

"There is something I want- and she already left." The ancient man groaned when he noticed that the insufferable woman had already left.

Right when he wanted to ask who his teacher's murderer was.

(Whiterun)

"Serana just came back. Flora and the others have gone to visit one of the Valkyries." Danica told Aela as she took a seat at one of the many benches within the Temple of Kynareth.

Even though now she was young once more and the ache in her back was gone, she still slowly sat down. This made some of the young priestesses make fun of her, not that she minded, it was nice to see them in such lively spirits.

"I thought they were just legends…" Aela hummed, clearly anxious and hoping for Flora success in her endeavors, her anxiety being visible through the tapping of her foot on the ground and the nervous chewing of her nails. "I just hope they'll be back soon. We've been seeing Dragons all over the place, and Riverwood has already been evacuated. I'm afraid that they'll swarm us by the end of the week… or sooner." Danica could only smile softly to herself as Aela sighed. Albeit the Companions welcome an honorable death in battle, that doesn't mean that all of them are unafraid of death.

Many of them were afraid of dying and ending up in Hircine's hunting ground, but now none held that fear thanks to Flora. Especially the many werewolves that had migrated from all over to be freed from Hircine's curse.

"We'll be able to hold on for a little while, don't worry." Danica reassured Aela. For some reason, after Flora healed her, her power had grown a great deal, more than three times what it used to be, thus granting her the ability and skills to cast at least two Master Class spells.

She believes that this is surely a sort of apology gift left behind by Lady Kinareth herself, so of course she'll use this newfound power to help protect Whiterun and the innocent people within.

"Well, at least we now have another Master Class mage to help us out." Aela hummed while wiggling her brows, making Danica shake her head with a small smile.

One needs to cast a Master Class spell in front of an audience in order for them to be classified as a Master Class mage, and Danica casted one such spell recently. A city wide Restoration Spell.

She did give everyone a big fright, but it was quite worth it since it helped ward off the majority of the chaos within the city and cheer up her fellow priestesses.

"I'll go inform the Jarl of Flora's whereabouts, do come over to the Guild later!" Danica's cheeks flushed slightly when Aela gave her a wink before walking off, making her interest in her very visible.

It wasn't a secret that Aela was very sexually active, and Danica did not miss the glances the huntress would throw to her behind whenever she thought she wasn't looking.

"Miss Danica?" The priestess jolted out of her thoughts and rose her head, her limpid eyes meeting the honey ones of one of her fellow priestesses, one of the youngest.

"Yes?" Danica stood once she noticed the girl's troubled expression, making her brows furrow. She hated seeing her fellow priestesses sad, so she did her best to always be there for them. "Is something wrong dear?"

The girl looked away from her and chewed on her lips while clenching the bottom of her golden robes in her fists. "It's just… I'm unable to cast the Restoration Rune, even after all these years of training… everyone else has long since surpassed me while I…" Danica cooed softly and bought the girl into a tight hug, rubbing her back soothingly. She knew very well of the girl's dilemma, and she knew that there was no way to fix it.

As harsh as it was, the girl just wasn't talented in magic. Her Mana reserves weren't that large, and her control over every spell was incredibly shaky, yet she pushed on so she could be a Priestess of Kynareth.

"Dear, this happens, it's totally normal." Danica soothed. "Many of the other girls are stuck either at the Apprentice Class or at Adept Class. I myself remained an Expert Class mage for over a decade." She broke the hug to cup the girls cheek, and for a second she thought she saw a very malicious expression on the girls face before it was swiftly replaced by a sad frown with slightly quivering lower lip.

"But then you got past it…" The girl whispered, her eyes suddenly brightening up. "Y-you grew so much stronger after you were healed by Lady Flora! C-could the same method be replicated for me perhaps?! I want to protect Whiterun too!" Danica flinched slightly at that. Flora is now Kynareth's Champion and bore her Divine Mark on her back, that most definitely bought forth a great deal of powerful boons that she did not pry into.

Flora is the first one to ever gain a Divine Mark since Talos himself, with the man having gained Akatosh's Divine Mark back in the day before ascending to Godhood, or so history says.

If words were to spread of Flora's achievement, then it would bring chaos. People willing to pay to become younger, immortals even, would swarm her in the millions, and the Thalmors would surely launch a full-scale attack towards Skyrim just so to kill her, especially since she was a Nymph.

They were so proud of saying that they were the most ancient and pure race, so of course they'd want to erase the last remnants of a race that was birthed by a Divine.

One that was said to command the very Dragons in the past.

"I'm sorry dear, it can't be replicated." The girls expression soured instantly, and Danica could only lovingly pat her head to comfort her. "Just keep practicing. It doesn't matter if you can't grow anymore. Power isn't always everything." She kissed her forehead before pulling back, the girls expression now being much better than before as she gave a low nod.

"I guess… sorry for bothering you." Danica could only sigh as the young priestess turned around and started walking back towards the sleeping quarters, pausing only for a few seconds to look at the statue of Kynareth before resuming her walk.

Danica failed to notice the malicious snarl on the girl's face as she turned around to exit the temple.

"I told you, all they do is lie and keep that power for themselves…" A silky voice whispered inside the girl's mind as she stomped her way into her room, slamming the door shut behind her. "You don't need their help… you just need me… I can give you everything… even immortality if you so wish for it…" The girl's eyes kept flashing red as she breathed in and out, trying to control her anger even as she clenched her fists hard enough to draw blood.

"What do I have to do?" She whispered, finally giving into the temptation as a malicious smile spread across her face, her eyes gaining a red tinge to them.

"Good girl…" The voice praised her, making her smile grow bigger. "Have you ever heard of the 'Ebony Blade'?" The voice asked, making the Priestess pause and blink for a few seconds.

"Danica never told us much, just that's it's a cursed weapon that was sealed years ago." She frowned as a sneer rang into her head, her mind already thinking that it was another way to achieve power, yet Danica kept it from them.

"A cursed blade? Oh dear no, it is a Blessed one! You grow stronger by cleansing the Evil from people's Souls! It's a weapon of Justice!" The voice spoke reverently, slowly causing a greedy and ecstatic look to appear on the young priestess's face. "We can't grab it right now… but chaos will soon spread across the city, and that'll be our opportunity. For now, let us just bide for time." The voice soon faded, leaving the young priestess alone with her traitorous thoughts.

Her hand soon rose and reached for her neck, then proceeded to roughly snap the Amulet of Kynareth and smash it on the ground.

(Flora)

"Turn your anger into a deep, bottomless ocean."

I breathed in, the breathed out.

I chanted Paarthurnax's words within my head over and over as I pushed away all those horrible memories from the vision I just went through.

Turn my anger into a deep, bottomless ocean. Let it swallow everything. Don't let it be a raging inferno that leaves nothing behind, let it be an ocean that buries everything under it.

My eyebrow twitched. "Fenrir, could you stop licking my toes?" I look down at my adorable little Hellhound, who merely gave an adorable whine and booped her nose against my leg before barking towards Kirin, who was laying down beside me, looking as majestic as ever with his eyes closed and wings folded.

Ah, she's mad that he doesn't play with her…

"Let's play fetch then." I smiled softly and scratched her behind her ears, gaining a blissful expression from her as one of her legs started kicking while I grew a large branch into a ten meter long pole.

Then proceeded to launch it across the landscape, a sonic-boom following after it as Fenrir swelled in size and all but howled fire while running after it.

I should really find some time to spend with her and just play around.

I turn around as Kirin leans down, allowing me to gently stroke his long beak as his wings rustled, showing that he liked being caressed like this. He might act a lot like a big cool guy, but he is just a softy beneath all of that.

"-Fucking stay still for the love of Akatosh!" My lips twitched as I turned to stare at the bickering Aurash and Dinara, with Aurash being in the middle of trying to help Dinara patch up since the Valkyrie got a few good hits on her before she woke up.

"I'd do that if ya weren't so damn rough!" Huh, didn't know Dinara had an accent. I like it. "Ya keep making the bandages too damn tight- ack! Like that!" I snorted softly as I walked towards them while they bickered.

"You do know that I can just heal her, right?" They both froze, looked at me, then Dinara instantly snapped a smug look towards Aurash.

"Yes please. Aurash's bandages are cutting off my damn blood flow." I snorted and flicked my finger, instantly healing the both of them to full health, albeit Aurash wasn't really injured, just slightly battered.

"She's about to heal a cracked skull if ya keep that going." I snorted again as Dinara skipped ahead and wrapped her arms around my shoulders, blowing a raspberry towards Aurash before pecking my cheek and hugging me close.

Needless to say that I all but melted against her. I kind of need all the hugs and cuddles from them after the shit I've seen.

Aurash goes to speak up, but her eyes flicker behind us, and her expression becomes very smug as she crosses her arms and just stands back while I step away from a very confused Dinara.

She flips around when the sound of panting and stomping grew clear, and her face blanched when she saw a wolf sized Fenrir charge towards her at full speed.

"Fuck." That was her last word before Fenrir bodied her to the ground and started slobbering all over her face while Dinara could only weakly protest and try to push the Hellhound off of her.

I turned my attention away from the comical sight to gaze towards the distant wrecked building where the Valkyrie used to reside.

I had slightly panicked when I realized that I may have killed the Valkyrie while the Dragonslayer armor piece was within her Spatial Storage, but I relaxed after a bit once I focused on my Domain and noticed the secret compartment beneath the building.

It was small, and seemed to hold a mechanism that was now broken, perhaps to bring out the boots that are hidden within once all was said and done.

Pretty sure the Valkyrie did not expect us to turn hostile after the bullshit she put us through.

Still, I reached towards them and split the ground apart, pulling the pair of boots towards us just as Dinara finally managed to escape Fenrir's clutches.

"I found the piece of armor!" I announced, making my lovers perk up as the large and bulky pitch black boots finally reached us. They were bigger than my head and had a sort of scale-like pattern to them, and had a miniature pair of Dragon wings stretching backwards from the ankles.

"Holy shit!" And Aurash almost fell on the ground when she went to hold them, showing that they were horrifyingly heavy.

Good thing I didn't drop them in my hands, else my face would have met the ground instantly…

"What kind of metal is this?" Aurash hummed as she lifted one of the heavy boots up to look them over. At a glance they seemed to be made of Ebony, especially since I remember that Ebony is the 'Blood of the Gods' according to lore, yet the metal of the boots felt incredibly different from Ebony.

To my senses, Ebony is very dense, incredibly so too. But these boots are so dense to my senses that they appears as a damn blank spot in my Domain!

Weirdly enough though, I can't feel anything coming from them. Not even a speck of Mana, similar to Dragonbane, so perhaps it's a set?

"That's one, four more remain." Dinara hummed out before sighing, and I could understand why she was so wary and tired.

Just one Valkyrie caused as so much pain and distress with a sudden test. What will the next ones do? What test will they put us through?

I destroyed the Prysm of Time, so I highly doubt they will put us through another horrible vision of a future we can create with our mistakes.

"I'm not thrilled to do this either, but we must do it." Aurash sighed too as she threw the boots into her Spatial Storage before turning towards me and patting my head, making me pout slightly. "I'd do anything to get enough power so that I can stand and fight alongside you until all this bullshit is over." I felt my eyes burn slightly at her words, and I stepped forward to bring her into a tight hug as I took slow deep breaths to calm myself.

"The moment the next Valkyrie pulls any bullshit is the moment I drop a Nova on her ass." I mumbled, making the both laugh. And yes, Nova is the name I gave that incredibly powerful spell I just created recently. "But I'm snatching her armor before doing that. I'll give it to Dinara." I nodded sagely as I pulled back, while Dinara and Aurash could only snort at that.

I'm being totally serious here too. The Valkyries's armor is so much stronger than our current ones, and I'm sure I could put stronger and better Enchantments on them.

Especially since now I reached the Expert Class in Enchanting.

[Name: Flora]

[Race: Nymph]

[Title: "Child of The Earth"]

[Job: Druid; Lv 69/100]

[Divine Mark/s: Kynareth]

[Blessing/s: Stone of the Mage]

[Mage Skill Tree:

Destruction (71)

Restoration (69)

Enchanting (75)

Alteration (76)

Conjuration (64)]

[Warrior Skill Tree:

One-Handed Mastery (30)

Two-Handed Mastery (45)

Bow Mastery (42)]

69… Nice~

Still, I reached Level 59 when I killed Savos Aren and his idiotic pals, and then after I killed the Valkyrie I reached Level 69? A whole ten Level jump? What the fuc- she was holding back, wasn't she?

Yeah, there's no fucking way that she wasn't holding back. Her armor most definitely had powerful Enchantments on them, but I never felt them being activated, especially those on her wings and swords.

She was a woman that lived and very likely trained for thousands of years, there's no way I could have kept up with her if she had gone all out. She always planned on dying after testing us. Are the other Valkyries the same?

This kinda pisses me off. I wanted to beat the shit out of her while she was going all out, but I just now realize that it was very foolish of me.

At least my Two-Handed Mastery had a huge jump in levels after I kept up with her in a weapon fight. I kept getting better and better the more we clashed, but in the end her skills were those of a Master.

Still, this did give me an idea on how to cheat my way to quickly level up my weapon mastery aside from bows.

Just boost myself and Aurash or Dinara, then just start swinging at each other until the boost runs out. Rinse and repeat until I'm at max Level. This is the Chad way of Leveling Up.

Either way, I now have some new Skills too! Finally!

[New Druid Skills Gained!]

[Summon Spirit Shark]

Grants the abili-

Huh, even the Skills now receive a new display… But a Spirit Shark? Are you fucking kidding me? I'm going to have so much fun throwing sharks at people now!

[Create Treant]

Grants the ability to grant spirituality to a tree, allowing them to evolve and turn into a violent Treant. Their strength varies depending on what tree is used.

An Eldergleam Treant… Holy shit. I could create a titanic Eldergleam Treant… Yeah, the Druid Class is the best Class.

[Sunflower]

Grants the ability to summon a massive Sunflower that absorbs sunlight before shooting it out in a powerful beam. The absorption can be sped up by pouring Mana into the Sunflower. The Sunflower's size can be altered.

Is the System taking inspiration from other Anime to give me Skills? This looks painfully like the Sunflower move of King from Seven Deadly Sins. Not that I mind.

[Fossilization]

Summon flowers that release spores in the air which slowly petrify the insides of those that breathe them in.

That sounds powerful, but far too dangerous to use. I'm sure I can't pick targets with it so my allies will be in danger of being petrified too.

[Conflagration]

Grants the ability to instantly blanket a large area in a sea of raging flames. The more Mana is poured in the spell, the bigger the area covered and the hotter the flames.

Ah… so this is the Skill I used to blanket all of Skyrim in an ocean of flames within my vision of the future.

I also remember summoning tornadoes, lighting storms and volcanic eruptions, so I think I know what kind of Skills I can expect within the final Levels.

Either way, these Skills are incredibly good, useful and powerful, so thanks a lot System!

You are welcome.

Eh?

Wait a fucking second! Did you just talk!?

…

You can't keep quiet now! Dude! Speak!

…

Ugh… fine, keep your secrets. I'll make you talk in the future!

I kind of thought that my System wasn't one of those that talk, but perhaps he or it couldn't talk before because it wasn't strong enough? Either way, I guess it's kind of good to know.

I wonder why my System is so different though...

"All ready to move out?" I pulled myself out of my thoughts and turned towards Dinara and Aurash, and soon received a nod from the both of them. Dinara's armor was quite banged up and broken in several places, but there's nothing I can do at the moment even though I can alter Ebony.

"Then let's go." I hummed out as I bought Fenrir back into my Pet Space before we mounted Kirin, who flapped his wings a few times before blasting into the sky and shooting straight north in less than a second, easily breaching the sound-barrier and going way past it as lightning flickered across his glowing light blue fur and wings.

North of Solitude, a kilometer into the sea. That's the location I was told about, and I truly hope it's right.

It doesn't take us long to fly past the fortified Solitute, where I had Kirin slow down so that Aurash could cackle at remnants of the castle that were still visible near the shore before we shot forth.

I instantly noticed our target, and I am very sure that it was most definitely not there last time I looked at the sea from Solitude, especially since I spent a whole night there when I went to the Forgotten Valley where I met Folizbrii and grabbed Auriel's Bow.

It's a small island, completely barren and without any trees, just a mass off rocks, and I only noticed the open spot in the middle of it once we started landing.

And my eyes met the glowing red ones of the second Valkyrie, who was sat upon a throne while her helmet covered head rested on her fist. Just looking at her gave me the chills, and now that I wasn't thoroughly pissed off I can easily feel the sheer aura of pure power that was rolling off the woman.

Aurash was the first to jump off when Kirin landed, followed by me and Dinara while Kirin kept his eyes on the Valkyrie, the sky above us growing dark and starting to boom with lightning.

We might have met just today, but he is incredibly overprotective of me, and seeing how a Valkyrie bought me so much stress and turmoil while he couldn't do anything clearly pissed him off.

And that's also why I am not letting Fenrir out. I'd rather she doesn't throw herself at the woman the moment she sees her. Unlike Kirin, she has no self-restraint.

"So, you're the Dragonborn, eh?" The Valkyrie spoke in a very deep voice which had a slight metallic echo to it due to the helm she was wearing.

Aurash tensed and clenched her fists as the Valkyrie hummed and leaned forward on her throne, then proceeded to stand while her massive metallic wings unfolded behind her.

I felt my eyes widen more and more as I looked at the Valkyrie. She was massive! Taller and bigger than even Aurash herself!

"I didn't get much time to mourn for that idiot of my Sister, but I've never been one for sentimental stuff." The woman hummed as she rolled her necks, then took a single step forward and stomped down on the ground.

And the whole island shook.

The water surrounding it was blasted high into the sky, and proceeded to come down as the sky kept booming above us while Kirin himself took a simple stomp forward that made the whole world flash black and white.

He is truly a force of nature…

"Down boy, this between me and the Dragonborn, I won't harm the cutie over there." I rose a brow at that before glancing at Aurash. She nodded at me with a smile before stepping forward while me and Dinara worriedly stepped back to give them some space.

"No more mind fuckery this time?" Aurash questioned with furrowed brows, her sword appearing with her right hand while the massive Valkyrie merely crossed her arms, easily towering over Aurash.

"Not a fan of that. Besides, I've fucked with you more than enough." That bought Aurash to a pause, her brows furrowing even more as the Valkyrie chuckled. "Who do you think let your sweet little brother die? Your whole family?" My eyes widened in horror at that as Aurash all but froze, hands starting to shake to her side.

This fucking bitch…

I went to step forward to give the bitch a piece of my mind, but ran straight into an invisible barrier. It appeared just as I stepped forward and completely cut me off from the inside. I could see what was going on in there, but it appeared as a complete blank spot to my Domain.

"I'm the source of that 'Bad Luck' of yours. I pretty much manipulated entire years of your life just to make sure you'd pop into Skyrim at the right time. Didn't you notice how your 'Bad Luck' all but stopped once you arrive here?" I clenched my fists hard enough to draw blood with my nails as I heard that.

Aurash had told me about this Bad Luck of hers back when we were in High Hrothgar, telling me how she almost died several times, was poisoned even more, and a lot more stuff. And to think that all of that was because of a Valkyrie…

"Yet, even after all of that, you still remained a coward…" The Valkyrie sighed and shook her head as Aurash started shaking, veins throbbing all over her neck and temples. "What a disappointment." That was the final straw that finally broke Aurash, and she instantly launched herself at the massive Valkyrie with a roar of pure fury.

The air whistled as she swung her blade with enough force and speed behind that I could see the air condense around it, showing just how much power there was behind that swing.

And yet the Valkyrie grabbed the blade with a single hand, and proceeded to shatter it by simply clenching her fist.

That didn't deter Aurash though, who instantly flipped around and clenched her right hand into a fist, then punched the armored woman straight in the gut with enough power to fold her over her shoulder and release a monstrous shock-wave that displaced the air.

"That's it?" My eyes widened when the Valkyrie straightened herself after taking that horrifying punch straight on. "This all the strength you have achieved so far?" The woman sneered, then paused and glanced down, her red eyes staring at Aurash's armor. "No, you are even weaker. Is relying on others all you can do?" Aurash went to move, but the Valkyrie was faster, and she quickly hooked her fingers around the collar of Aurash's armor.

And proceeded to just tear it off, leaving her in the chainmail she was wearing beneath it.

"What power do you have?" Again, she tore Aurash' gauntlets off and crushed them in her hands. "Have you killed a Dragon by yourself?" Next were the pants. "The answer to all those questions is a big and fat 'No'!" And then she stomped on the boots, cracking them enough that the weight of the Enchantments on them finished them off.

"Come on! Use your only ability! Go Berserk!" The Valkyrie taunted, and Aurash obliged, her skin gaining a reddish hue to it as she snarled and threw herself at the massive woman once more.

Yet, it was clear as day that she was a lot slower than before since she didn't have any Enchantments on her right now.

Seeing this made me feel horrible. Not only because my lover was being easily manhandled and beaten into the ground over and over, but also because I feel like I spoiled her by giving her all these power ups in the form of Enchantments instead of helping her look for Dragons so she could raise her base strength.

Not only would she have grown stronger, but I would have grown too! Yet I didn't do it!

A blast of compressed air pulled me out of my thoughts, my eyes widening when I noticed that Aurash was now a lot faster than before. And stronger too.

What the hell is going on?

"Now that's more like it!" The Valkyrie praised as she and Aurash clashed again, my lover's punch sinking into her gut once more, only for her to be smashed into the ground by the Valkyrie's retaliation.

I clenched my fists even harder, wanting nothing more than to smash this barrier apart since I know very damn well that I have the firepower to do so, but I held back only for one reason.

This was a test for Aurash. It will help her a lot very likely, and I can't in my good conscience get in the way of that, especially if what the woman said is true and she truly orchestrated the death of Aurash's family, then I can't take away her revenge.

The ground burst apart as Aurash stood, using that chance to deliver a terrifying uppercut to the ancient woman's jaw, the blow holding so much power that the barrier and the island itself shook.

The Valkyrie's head was thrown backward from the blow, and for the first time she was even forced back a few steps.

"Heh… I felt that." The woman chuckled, cracking her neck as she did so. This made Aurash give her a feral grin through her bloodied teeth, chapped lips and broken nose. Seeing her so wounded hurt me so much, but I simply held Dinara's hand to calm down.

"Now you have some ability! This is the true way of using the Berserker Rage!" They clashed again, this time evenly matched surprisingly enough. Was Aurash… getting stronger the angrier she gets? "The Berserker rage doesn't only double our strength when we use it! It makes us stronger and stronger the angrier we are, until our bodies can't handle it!" My eyes widened as I processed that information. The stronger the orc, the greater the increase they gain through abusing this aspect of the Berserker Rage, but at the same time the backlash from when they stop using this aspect will be immense, it could even kill them instantly.

Aurash has an incredibly strong body already, so she could successfully make use of this aspect and raise her power to terrifying levels, like how she is doing right now. In just a few minutes of using it, she reached a point where she is already overtaking the Valkyrie.

Another punch to the guts was delivered, and this time the Valkyrie actually released a pained grunt before she rocked Aurash's head to the side with a punch of her own, yet Aurash barely staggered.

The slug fest turned into a head punching contest, where both women just took turns delivering horrifying punches to each other's heads.

"The last time I felt my blood boil this much was when that idiot of my husband beat me into submission!" The woman laughed as she removed her dented helmet and threw it away, revealing that she was an Orc with blood-red hair. "Let's put an end to this, Dragonborn. I-"

"Aurash." My lover spat out alongside some blood, interrupting the Valkyrie and shocking her. "My name is Aurash." The ancient woman blinked, and for but a second I saw a soft and warm smile spread across her face.

"Indeed. You are not defined by what you are, but by who you are." The Valkyrie reached up and removed her own heavy armor before rolling her shoulders and squaring up once more. "My name is Hildr." Both mine and Aurash's eyes widen at that. "I apologize for manipulating your emotions like that, but alas, that's how I do things. I never go the painless and nice way." I couldn't help but snort softly at the deadpan stare Aurash gave Hildr, but the massive woman just grinned proudly. I guess she kind of had us from the very start.

"I'll make sure to beat the shit out of you as thanks." Aurash grunted, yet received a very proud and grateful nod from Hildr. How the hell did Talos tame this woman? And who the hell is the top when in bed? I very much want to know but also don't want to know the answer.

"That's the spirit! Now less chatter and more punches!" And they both charged at each other, making me sigh and pinch the bridge of my nose. At least Hildr had the decency of apologizing to Aurash for manipulating her emotions, the previous Valkyrie most definitely did not. Not that it would have mattered.

I watched as Aurash rushed forward, ducked under a wide swing, spun around Hildr's to reach her back, then proceeded to wrap her arms around her torso, and then German Suplex her into the island with enough force to split it in half and destroy the barrier protecting them.

I could easily interfere now, but they do look like they are having fun so… I'll let them slug it out?

"Thank the Divines I'm not the one on the receiving hand of those punches." Dinara mumbled softly from beside me, and I could only nod. I highly doubt that anyone other than the Valkyries can take the punches those two are throwing out.

And now they are back to punching each other's heads… I better make sure Aurash doesn't suffer any kind of brain damage… How the fuck is her skull not even cracked after all that?!

It doesn't take long for Aurash to gain the upper-hand and start pushing Hildr back. Punch after punch was delivered, and I could see and feel the ancient woman tiring out incredibly fast, yet the smile on her face never faded.

Then finally, with one last charge, both women threw a punch at each other with all of their strength.

Only for Aurash to suddenly twist her feet and body, leaning out of the way of Hildr's punch, causing it to miss and release a blast of compressed air.

And then with a roar, she ended the battle the same way she started it, with a punch to the guts. A punch that went straight through Hildr's body and came out of her back.

"Fuck… that hurt." The woman laughed as Aurash pulled back, legs starting to shake as her eyes grew hazy, but I stepped forward and coated her in a powerful Restoration Spell, bringing energy back into her exhausted body while Hildr dropped down on her knees. I turned towards Hildr to do the same, but she rose her hand and shook her head. "This is it for me. I finished my duties, taught her what I needed to, and got a good fight out of it. I'm satisfied." She dropped on her ass, the hole in her guts seemingly not even bothering her even as it poured blood down her body and on the destroyed rocky ground.

"So you just pissed me off to get a good fight out of me?" Aurash groaned out as she sat down in front of the woman. She was still sore after that fight, but she'll recover quickly enough.

"Hey, I was bored." Hildr shrugged, making us snort in amusement. "Also, about that 'Bad Luck' of yours, I really had nothing to do with it. I don't fucking know how you were so unlucky back then…" Aurash sulked as Hildr gave her an incredulous look, making me reach out to gently stroke Aurash's hair in comfort.

"Why are you testing us like this?" Dinara spoke up, drawing Hildr's gaze towards her. The massive woman smiled softly as her eyes trailed down to Dinara's butcher-like blade strapped behind her waists. "Why don't you join us? With how strong you Valkyrie's are, we'll surely have a greater chance against the Dragons." Dinara isn't wrong. I don't mind them testing us, as long as they don't fuck with our minds, but they could have done so as teachers or as allies.

"What she said." I nodded with a hum. "You did all of this to prepare us for the Dragons that will soon swarm the continent, but couldn't you have just joined us? Why fight us with the intent of dying at the end?" I hated this. I hate pointless deaths, and I hate being manipulated by others, especially since they seemingly know exactly how to make us tick.

"It's because we are tired." Hildr answered as she looked straight towards me. "We spent thousands of years just fighting and plotting and making sure nothing crumbles or goes to shit before Alduin's return. We didn't interfere too much, and we planned on training the Last Dragonborn ourselves… and then the Prysm of Time saw you." She pointed at me, making my eyes widen slightly before I narrowed my brows. "We learned of your return to this world more than a hundred years ago, so we carefully planned every single day around it after we figured out that the Prysm of Time just couldn't calculate the future with you in it. We laid down the groundwork, each one of us doing their own thing to help you, and then decided to finally take our much deserved rest and leave everything to a wildcard such as you." That's… understandable. They grew reliant on the Prysm of Time to lead them to victory each time, and to make sure their choices are the best ones. Constant planning and fighting… yeah, they really do need a break.

"So will the next Valkyrie test me?" Dinara hummed as she crossed her arms, brows furrowed together, though the challenging grin on her face showed that she was eager to show her worth.

Meanwhile my eyes slowly widened more and more as I processed what Hildr just said.

"Wait a second." I interrupted Dinara as I turned a frown towards Hildr. "You just said 'return to this world'? What do you mean by 'return'?" I didn't 'return' to this world, I was dragged here… somehow.

My question made Hildr's eyes blow wide open in slight alarm before she averted her gaze. "Fuck, I spoke too much." She cursed under her breath, and I flared my nostrils as I stomped on the ground.

"No you didn't speak too much, you spoke too little. What do you mean by 'return'?!" I don't know I am panicking so much, nor do I know why I want to know the answer so much. It could have been a mere slip-up, yet I instantly clung onto it with a sudden burst of desperation and desire.

Am I… a native of this world?

But that doesn't make any sense! I remember living my life on Earth! I remember playing the game! I remember my-… I don't remember my old name… What…? I-I don't remember my parents or brothers and sister's! What is going on?!

Why can't I remember my own family!?

I gasp tore through my throat as a strange, soothing and warm lullaby started ringing out in my own head.

My muscles relaxed and my breathing slowed down, yet I still couldn't hear Aurash's and Dinara's voices. I know for sure that this isn't the effect of Gamer's Mind, but of the strange yet so familiar lullaby I was hearing.

It's like… a woman's humming?

"Flora!" I gasped as Aurash shook me, the lullaby in my head fading away as I blinked a few times, regaining my senses and finally calming down.

"I suggest you don't think too much about it. It never ends well…" Hildr's voice drifted into my ears, followed by a slight grunt.

I turned towards her and noticed that she was now a lot paler than before, and the hole in her guts had all but stopped bleeding.

I have so many questions I want to ask, and for but a second the cruel and evil part of me that was born within that twisted vision almost came out to torture the Valkyrie.

I took deep breaths even though I was already calm, and I tried my best to recall where I heard it from, but I came up blank every time.

"You okay?" Dinara asked me as she rubbed my back soothingly, and I gave her a nod with a smile. I don't know from where that lullaby came from, but it made me… happy. Incredibly so, and I don't know why.

"I'm okay." I sighed softly, then stood back up once I noticed that I was on my knees. "I don't know what came over me." They both gave me a worried look, then looked at each other before sighing softly.

"As I said, don't think too much about it." Hildr repeated as she rolled her neck, then turned her gaze towards Dinara. "As for your question; You won't be tested. Second Sister left us many years ago. She was your teacher." That made Dinara's eyes blow wide open, and she reeled back in shock, one of her hands landing onto her butcher-like blade. It wasn't the one she used to wield when we met, but perhaps the type of blade is the same as what her teacher used?

"My teacher was a Valkyrie?" Dinara paused. "Wait, is she the reason the Blades survived the hunt? She used to be the previous leader before my 'father'." I blinked at that. So that's how the Blades weren't slaughtered in this world! They had a Valkyrie guide them!

"The Blades are skilled, but back then those morons of the Thalmors threw entire armies at them, and there was no way they would have managed to escape into Skyrim or the surrounding regions without being found and slaughtered to the last bit." Hildr nodded in praise at Dinara's deduction. "Second Sister refused to let the Blades die, so she went to lead them personally while disguising her identity, and without the use of the Prysm of Time. And that led to something she regretted. Your capture by the Thalmors." And the Emperor decided to let this slide? He didn't declare a war, even a loosing one, against the Thalmors after they kidnapped his daughter? I don't know if there's more to it, but damn, this really doesn't make me regret killing the guy in the game.

That also explains how she had Dragonbane. Her teacher very likely passed it down to her before she died.

Though now that I think about it, twenty-thousand Septims ain't in no way a big enough amount of money to hire an assassin and have him try to kill an Emperor…

"They wanted to use me to drive the Blades out of hiding, yet it didn't really work out in their favor." Dinara deduced, and Hildr nodded her head in praise once more. "I don't blame her for it. As horrible as that was, it put me on a path that led me to Flora so…" Dinara shrugged and gave me a love filled smile that made Hildr's nose scrunch up, which again made me question how Talos tamed this giant and who the hell was the top in the bedroom.

"Well, that worked out I guess?" Hildr snorted with a small smile on her face before shaking her head and raising her right hand. A massive piece of armor soon appeared within her large hand, and she smashed it into the ground, showing just how heavy it was.

It was the chest piece of the Dragon Slayer armor, which also had the gauntlets attached to it. The hand of the gauntlets was claw shaped and was coming out of the jaw of a dragon, which was the forearms of the armor piece.

The shoulder pads were were the top and upper jaw of a dragon head, and the rest of the chest piece had Dragons carved all over it.

Did I already say that it's very Dragon themed?

"Come on, put it on." Hildr grunted as she pushed it towards Aurash, who gulped and looked at me, and I simply gave her a smile and a nod.

She took a deep breath, then leaned down and pulled out the boots from her Spatial Storage, then proceeded to slowly put them on as Hildr watched with a fond smile on her face.

She then grabbed the upper armor, which also had a pair of pants attached to it that reached all the way to the knees, where the boots stopped.

Dinara walked forward to help her put it on as they opened it's back up and Aurash pushed her arms in first, tested the gauntlets, then finished putting on and closing the armor up.

"It's so damn heavy…" She heaved a breath as she rolled her shoulders, then lifted her knees up and down to get used to the weight.

"All you need now is the helm." Hildr nodded as she leaned back, and my eyes widened slightly when I noticed her arms fall limply to her sides. "Now you have something that'll allow you to stand alongside her, and a good source of anger to use as fuel." She sighed softly, her voice growing softer and fainter as she spoke. "It's alright to be afraid, but do not let that fear push you back. Let it be what drives you to become better, understood?" Aurash nodded, her hands clenching into fists as Hildr gave her a proud nod before closing her eyes and sighing softly. "I'll leave the rest to you girls. Sigurd, they're all yours now." My eyes widened as the island shifted, the once broken island quickly merged back together and repaired itself within seconds as Hildr slumped down on the ground.

And then the island started rising out of the water.

I grabbed Hildr's body and armor, then jumped on Kirin's back as we watched the island become bigger and bigger, showing that beneath all those rocks was a large mansion covered in a large and powerful Ward.

And an illusion too since I didn't even detect it's existence within my Domain. Seems like that powerful enough illusions can get past my detection…

The water bounced off the powerful Ward as the new and bigger island finally settled above the water, yet I could tell that there was something else beneath it, something a lot bigger.

We landed in front of the mansion once the raging waves settled down and the Ward peeled back, granting us access.

I landed on the ground and turned towards Hildr lifeless body, but platinum flames erupted around her body before I could decide if I should bury her or cremate her.

"I thank you for giving her the death she wanted." A soft and warm voice spoke from within the mansion as the massive doors at the front started opening.

I watched as Hildr's ashes floated towards a grave alongside her armor, and I swiftly noticed the other three graves right beside Hildr's.

"Looks like this is where they used to reside…" Dinara mused softly from beside me as I turned towards the now open doors, then freeze once I take in the appearance of the woman that walks out.

Stone gray skin, electric blue hair and eyes, a tall and slim body clad in pitch black robes with a pair of mechanical gloves covering her hands.

Even Aurash freezes once she notices the smiling woman, only Dinara looks slightly confused at our reactions.

"You're a Dwemer." I point out, almost breathlessly. I never thought I'd run into a Dwemer, the most intelligent species on Nirn, especially since they shouldn't exist anymore after they just yeeted themselves out of existence somehow.

"That I am." The woman chuckled softly, then turned sideways and waved her hand towards the open doorway. "Do come in, I prepared some food for everyone." She looked towards Kirin as she said so. "Even for him and that Hellhound of yours." Of course she knows everything about us too. I hate this so much.

I still summoned Fenrir out, mostly because I know for a fact that this woman is a Master Class mage far outclassing that incompetent Savos Aren, and I'd really need all kinds of firepower the moment she turns hostile, if she does.

Fenrir growled at her once she was out, but the woman merely flicked her wrist, causing a massive mammoth to appear on the ground beside the door.

Fenrir instantly fell in love. Tch.

Thank the Divines that Kirin is a lot more cool-headed and simply sat down and closed his eyes, but the storm above us didn't cease booming and raging, showing that he was still on alert.

I shared a glance with Dinara and Aurash before we followed Sigurd inside the mansion, a slight scent of incense being the first thing that greeted us, followed by the sight of an incredibly long hallway filled with Dwemer automatons like the Centurion and the Dwemer Spheres, each one being inactive and just on display.

And Aurash's eyes were outright glowing as she took everything in. She's like a child right now, and it's adorable.

"If I may ask, how did you escape what happened to the Dwemers?" I finally spoke up, deciding to ask the question that I really want to know the answer of. What happened to the Dwemers happened a long time after Talos ascended if I remember right, so how did she not disappear? Is it related to the Prysm of Time.

"I merely decided not to leave with them." Sigurd answered cryptically as she sent me a fond and warm smile, one filled with familiarity. I decided to focus on her answer and that made me furrow my brows.

Her answer implies that the Dwemers left, they did not disappear, and she had been given a choice to leave with them, but to where? Where did they go? Did they… leave this universe? But how?

Ah whatever, I'd just waste time trying to find answers.

"So what is this going to be? Another test?" Dinara asked as I pulled myself out of my thoughts, and Sigurd simply chuckled at her question and shook her head.

"Of course not. I may be a mage, but I highly dislike fighting, especially after all these years." We swiftly reached another large pair of doors, which opened automatically once Sigurd neared them, showing the large dinner hall behind it with a large dinner table filled with all kinds of cooked food. "You all are simply going to spend the entire day resting for tomorrow." I approached the table as I lifted a brow, studying her face to try and catch any kind of lie, but of course someone as inexperienced as me wouldn't be able to catch a lie from someone that is thousands of years old.

"Why? What's going to happen tomorrow?" Aurash as she eyed the table, clearly visibly hungry and about to dig in. Strangely enough Sigurd didn't seem to care much that she is already wearing the Dragon Slayer armor. I was expecting some sort of reaction, but nope.

"The Dragons will launch their first attack on Skyrim." Sigurd answered as she took a seat at the head of the table, as if she didn't just say something incredibly horrifying.

"Hm…" I hummed, then turned around and started walking towards the doors. "It was nice meeting you, but it appears I have things to do." Like hell I'm going to waste my time just eating and chatting around when people's lives are on the line.

I was forced to stop when the door slammed shut, making me sigh through my nostrils.

"Fuck it, I'm done being nice." I turn around and look straight into Sigurd's eyes as I create a Nova in my right hand, causing the wind to start roaring as it rushed straight towards the rapidly expanding ball of fire, making Sigurd's eyes widen in shock. "Open the doors, or I'll turn this entire place into a molten crater. With you in it." I'm just so fucking done being nice with people now. They piss me off, they get what they fucking deserve, especially when they waste my very precious time when innocent people are in need of help.

"I'm afraid I'll have to refuse." Sigurd quickly regained her composure and folded her hands above the table, making me snort as I pulled my eyes away from her and looked down at the still intact floor, then the walls and ceilings.

Quadruple Tenfold Protection Enchantments. Everywhere. This fucking place is a damn nuclear bunker. I highly doubt that even a Nova as powerful as the one I used against the previous Valkyrie would have enough power to break through one of these walls.

But what about a highly concentrated one focused in a single beam?

I need a lot of power, meaning that I need a lot of energy. Mana isn't a problem, so…

Well, since Magic manipulates everything through imagination, then this will be easy.

I drop the oxygen devouring aspect of my Nova and simply add Deuterium, Helium, Tritium and a Neutron, then start raising the temperature of the small ball of intense flames higher and higher, to the point where it turns into a blinding white.

I really hope Restoration Magic can deal with radiations…

I paused what I was doing to glance towards Aurash and Dinara, then sighed and deleted the spell before it could take shape. I may be immune to my spells, but they aren't. I almost implicated my lovers.

All right then, she wants to play this game? Fine by me.

"Open the doors, or I'll order Kirin to blast apart the graves of your sisters." I demanded as I crossed my arms while staring straight into Sigurd's wide eyes, a powerful thunderclap echoing around us as the whole house shook, showing that my threat wasn't empty.

I don't give a fuck about disrespecting the dead. I'm not the sweet old me anymore, from now on I'll kill or cripple anyone that gets in my way and endangers the innocents for whatever reason.

"Flora…" Dinara spoke up as she walked up to me, resting a comforting hand on my arm as she glanced towards the still calm Sigurd, the threat having seemingly flown into one ear and out the other. "There has to be a reason she isn't letting you out-" I stopped her by shaking my head, my glare never leaving the smiling face of Sigurd.

"I don't care. You two can stay to get the last piece of the Dragon Slayer armor and hear whatever bullshit she needs to say, but I need to be out there. Every second I waste here lowers our chances against the Dragons." Dinara pauses, clearly seeing the logic in what I have to say, but she still seems to have some doubts, which makes me sigh softly.

"Even if I can tell you about your past?" That makes me freeze. My mind instantly drifts towards that lullaby that I heard not too long ago, and the longing I feel towards it is indescribable.

"Not interested." It's probably just some dumb backstory related to this body that was created for me. It's not rare that Gamers gain some type of backstory or whatnot the moment they transmigrate. "I hold more interest for the present and the future, the past is of no importance to me at the moment." Sigurd's eyes widened again at my answer, and I quickly took note of that. My reactions and answers seem to be totally not what she expects, so perhaps she has already played out this scenario several times with the Prysm of Time some time ago.

It can't calculate and process the future with me in it, but the artifacts could certainly do some sort of simulation that goes day by day, Perhaps I shouldn't have destroyed it, but it's too late for regrets.

"You have changed so much…" Sigurd chuckles as I narrow my eyes, but she shakes her head and doesn't explain what she means. "The first attack will begin tomorrow afternoon and be led by roughly three-hundred Dragons, and there is a fifty percent chance of Alduin joining the fray. The chances become one-hundred percent if she feels your magical signature in the battle." She gives me a pointed look, making me chew my lower lip in anger. I stand no fucking chance against Alduin, that's clear as day. No matter what I can do to prepare, I know very well that no amount of preparations or Wards are enough to hold back the incarnation of the Apocalypse.

She isn't called the World Eater for nothing. Fucking game, making her look like a weakling that can be killed by a super enchanted fork.

I wish I could do the Potion-Enchanting Loop…

Why the hell does Alduin even have the hots for me? Is it because I look like Konahrik? How bothersome.

"So, what do you suggest then?" I scoffed as I walked forward and sat at the table with a frown. I can't get out of here, nor can I stop Alduin, might as well waste some time to listen to what she wants.

"That you take a much deserved and needed rest." I scoff again at that even as Aurash and Dinara slowly take their own seats beside me, but I can't see a reason to argue even more. I'm tired, mentally tired, incredibly so. I just went through a vision that showed me the death of someone I love. Several hundred times.

I really need some sleep and peace of mind, and so do both Aurash and Dinara.

"That kind of doesn't explain how we can deal with Alduin and the invasion." Aurash grumbled under her breath, then proceeded to snatch the large cooked chicken for herself. Fuck, I wanted that!

"You'll have the Dragon Slayer armor and Dragonbane, alongside your Berserker Rage." Sigurd hummed as she turned her eyes down to grab some food for herself. "As for Flora and Dinara? I have prepared a few things for them. With that, all three of you will be able to fight against Alduin without being on the defensive." That made my eyes widen a great deal, and I almost dropped the plate that I was floating towards me.

I mean, she is a Dwemer, so she very likely built some armor or something for us, right? That kinda excites me.

"What does the Dragon Slayer armor even do? I experienced a bit of Dragonbane's power some time ago, so I kind of know what to expect from it." Aurash asked before chomping down on a chicken leg, then chewing the meat together with the bones. I couldn't help but shiver as I heard the cracking of the bones under the force of her jaw.

Why do I find that hot though?

"When my husband was about to ascend, he forced himself to stay with us for a little while longer. To do that he had to reign in his overflowing power and Divinity, so he created a set of armor to do that. That set of armor ended up absorbing the immense excess of power flowing out of him for a long time, and in the end, it ended up becoming a Dragonborn in armor form." Aurash whistled as she looked at her gauntlet covered hands. Not only was the armor incredibly cool, but apparently it's horrifyingly powerful too. "Once you put on the helmet, you'll have the power of several hundred Dragons flowing through your veins and empowering you." That's… a lot. Just a single Dragon gave Aurash a huge boost in power, especially in her Shouts, I can't imagine what she can do with the power of several hundred flowing through her veins.

Especially since she'll add a lot more of those Souls to her hoard tomorrow.

"As for Dragonbane, it used to be my husband's weapon in the past, and it bathed in a lot of Dragon blood, gaining natural Dragon Slaying abilities while also being bathed in Talos budding Divinity back in the day." So a set of armor that makes you a lot stronger, and a weapon that is just made to kill Dragons. Perfect for the Dragonborn, and for what is about to happen tomorrow.

I thought about asking her about my past, but in the end I just closed my mouth and decided not to. As I said before, it's not important at the moment. No matter how much I want to know who is singing that lullaby.

The rest of dinner went by fast, and Aurash did most of the talking. She mostly asked about Dwemer and forging related things, which Sigurd looked more than happy to answer. She also seemed to give Aurash some pointers on certain things related to forging, about how to better cast specific types of metals and how to make sure they come out at their strongest.

I excused myself once I ate enough that I was satisfied, then asked direction for the baths, which I was thankfully allowed to use. I didn't eat as much as I could, but I doubt I can keep the food down since I still have all those memories running through my head.

The baths were just as massive as I had thought, and I didn't waste time and threw myself into the hot steaming water, releasing a content sigh as I did so.

I leaned against the edge of the baths and rose my head, my eyes widening slightly once I noticed the massive set of paintings that covered the ceiling.

They depicted some kind of battle. A pitch black Dragon and a blonde haired woman.

The Dragon seems to have lost and the woman comforted it by gently stroking it's scales and tending to it's wounds.

They seem to grow close and become friends, and there are more scenes depicting both Dragons and people bowing towards the blonde haired woman.

The more I looked at the paintings, the more it looked like they seemed to flow, one after the other, and I felt my heart start beating faster and faster as each scene flowed past my eyes.

The blonde haired woman resting her hand onto the head of a kneeling boy wearing a light blue mask.

The blonde haired woman looking down on Skyrim from the Throat of the World with two massive dragons on her left and right.

The blonde haired woman turning her back on the eight stars glowing brilliantly behind her, a faint glowing brilliance wrapped around her.

And then the last painting, where she was seemingly depicted in her last moments, on her knees, from a stab wound from her back that definitely pierced through her heart.

There was a content smile on her face even as tears poured down her cheeks, and her hands rested on her flat belly, glowing a faint purplish blue color.

My hand flew out of the water and pointed straight towards the paintings, which soon exploded and burned to ashes in less than a second as I turned away, trying to slow down my breathing.

What the fuck was that? Why did those paintings captivate me that much? Why did seeing that woman last moments hurt me so much?

"Stop fucking with my head." I ground out through gritted teeth as I lifted my eyes to meet Sigurd's. My patience is really running thin right now.

The woman merely smiled as she sank into the water beside me, completely naked. She was incredibly beautiful, but I wasn't in the mood to appreciate another woman's beauty.

"How regretful. It took me years to paint those." She sighed softly as she glanced at the now scorched ceiling, making me sneer and turn away from her. "Do you hate me?" I paused and rose a brow at the sudden and weird question, but I decided to amuse her.

"You're wasting my time." I answered as I crossed my arms under my bust, faintly noticing that it most definitely grew a bit from the last time I checked it out in the mirror.

"That's not a 'Yes' though." Her smile twitched in amusement, making me roll my eyes as I leaned back against the edge of the baths. "Is taking a rest before a large battle such a bad thing?" She hummed softly with a lifted brow, which made me pause again. I really do need a rest, but…

"I don't need to rest." I reply as I turn away. Gamer Body and Gamer Mind might not be the omnipotent real things, but they still work wonders and allow me to push forth without collapsing. I can take my rest whenever everything is over.

"Is it because of that 'Gamer' power of yours?" I froze. "Aren't you relying on it a bit too much?" I slowly turned my head to look at her even as I felt my heart pounding in my ears, my arms dropping beneath the water.

How the fuck does she know about- Oh.

"The Prysm of Time." I spat out as I clenched my fists. "Let me guess, used it to simulate yourself approaching me at my weakest point and manipulated my emotions? Perhaps when I awakened in Helgen? That's your game?" This finally bought a reaction out of Sigurd, an honest one at that too. Her relaxed expression melted into an angry frown, but she swiftly recovered, albeit the frown didn't fully disappear.

"I did not manipulate you. Not even once in any of the simulated visions I went through." I had a hard time believing that, but again I decide to amuse her and just listen. "My fellow sisters simply wished to test you and leave everything to you, while I found it harsh to just drop everything onto someone else, especially someone we do not know."

"So I simulated myself being a fellow prisoner in Helgen. I helped you, stayed by your side, taught you magic… and grew to care about you like you were my own daughter." The fondness and distant look in her eyes made my anger all but fade away in a flash. "It all went very fast. Several hundred simulations in the blink of an eye. And then you finally came. It took me so much willpower to stop myself from meeting you once more." She gazed into my eyes and reached forward, gently cupping my cheek and rubbing it with a fondness and love that I've never experienced before.

I've never really experienced motherly love, so could this be it?

"Why didn't you?" I found myself asking, my voice barely a whisper. I don't know how, but I can instinctively tell that she isn't lying. This is so strange.

"Because I am not your mother, and this is the best outcome." She smiled warmly, then stood up, grasping my hand in hers and taking me out of the warm water. "You have found your own path. You have people you love. You have a reason to grow stronger. This is the best you." She dried both of our bodies by rising the temperature around us while taking me into a room and picking out a white sundress for me to wear. "As much as I wish I could stand alongside you and teach you once more, I must stand by the sidelines." She sat me on a stool in front of my mirror, where my eyes met hers through the reflection and her warm motherly smile made my stomach churn and twist.

"That woman in the paintings…" I licked my dry lips as my hands clenched the sundress into them. "Is she my mother? My real mom?" My lower lip quivered, my eyes burned and my heart started hammering at the mere thought.

"If you seek answers, then go to the Soul Cairn." I blinked through the tears forming in my eyes and met hers through the reflection, yet she didn't explain and simply kept brushing my hair.

The Soul Cairn… that's where Serana's mother is imprisoned… I guess I know what my next destination is after the invasion.

"You should take better care of your hair dear." She chided me, and I realized that I never cared about myself since I came to this world. Probably due to my low self-esteem. I was used to being the ugly duckling wherever I went, and I never got used to just how beautiful I am right now.

I watched as she braided my hair into twirls, then connected them behind my head in a sort of crown.

And then, for the first time in my life, I wore some light make-up.

"I don't like it." I instantly grumbled as I looked at my reflection. Just some light blush on my cheeks and lip-gloss, mixed with eyeliner.

"You never do." Sigurd laughs, then spins me around on the stool to make me face Aurash and Dinara, who are both standing in the doorway in more casual clothes. "But what you two?" She asked with clear amusement in her voice.

"I approve." Both Aurash and Dinara state instantly, both hands lifted up to give Sigurd a thumbs-up. "I didn't think she could get anymore beautiful than she already was…" Dinara mused in a dreamy voice, and is that drool I see?!

I feel my cheeks burn, and I turn away with a huff, though I can't help but look at my reflection with a slight smile on my lips.

This feels… nice.

"See? They both love it." I hummed softly as I stared at my reflection, then slowly turned and stood up to face the smiling Sigurd. I didn't even notice that she is shorter than me.

Unable to stop myself, I bring the older woman in a tight hug, causing her to freeze before she wrapped her hands around my back. I whispered out an apology as I felt her shake slightly, clearly unable to hold back her own emotions.

I apologized for the way I acted, and for the ugly threat I made. It was unsightly of me even though I had my own reasons to act that way.

"Come on then…" Sigurd pulled back, wiping her teary eyes with the back of her hand before grasping mine. "We don't have much time left together, so let's make good use of it." She smiled softly as she bought me along, leading me and the others through the long hallway.

I should have really paid more attention to her words.

[The Next Day]

"It's time." Sigurd announced as she stood in front of us, a sad smile on her face. "I wish we could have spent more time together, but the invasion will start in exactly one hour." She folded her hands in front of her and tapped her foot on the ground, causing the dinner table to shift and move aside, alongside the ground, showing a long staircase going deep underground.

Sigurd was the first to go down the steps, and I followed close after her. Each step she took caused the lights in the long staircase to turn on, lighting the darkness with a sky-blue flame.

The walk was quiet, and it took a full minute before we finally reached the bottom, which was an immense storage room.

I blinked when one of the lights above shone down on a small altar, which had the Dragon Slayer armor and Dragonbane on it, minus the helm. And Dragonsbane is completely clean now too, there's no rust on it.

"So that's where you put them." Aurash hummed softly, then stepped forward once Sigurd beckoned her to come closer. She had asked Aurash to give her the Dragon Slayer armor and Dragonbane yesterday, and she didn't really have a problem in doing that since they were kind of useless without the helm.

"Come, let me help you put it on." Sigurd smiled fondly as she led Aurash on the small altar, and I watched as she slowly but perfectly and easily went through the motions and easily helped Aurash adorn the large set of armor. "It only misses one piece, but first…" Sigurd turned around and walked down from the altar, then this time beckoned Dinara to step forward.

"Back in the day, any woman that was trained by a Valkyrie had the honor of becoming one if they so wish to." Dinara's eyes blew wide open as Sigurd's smile grew bigger, a long golden blade appearing in her hand. "Do you wish to become a Valkyrie, Dinara?" My lilac haired lover instantly fell on her right knee, lowering her head and resting a fist on the ground.

"I do." She answered in a shaky voice, chocked full of emotions and happiness. She probably felt like she did her teacher proud by becoming a fellow Valkyrie.

"Then I, Sigurd the Queen of Valkyrie, grant Dinara the honor of becoming a Valkyrie. Make me proud." Sigurd declared as she rested the tip of her golden blade on Dinara's head just as another light lit up above us, shining down right behind Sigurd. "Go ahead and adorn your armor." Sigurd stated as she turned to the side, revealing the blackish golden set of armor on the small altar behind her.

This one was different from Hildr's and the other Valkyrie we faced. This one had four golden wings, and the helm was shaped like a crown, yet it still covered one's whole head. This was definitely Sigurd's armor back in the day.

Dinara took a while to stand up, but she finally managed to muster up the courage and power to walk forward and start putting on the heavy set of blackish golden armor.

"It's your turn, Flora." I blinked, then stepped forward as Sigurd took my hand in hers, then led me onto another altar, this one having a set of armor that didn't cover my whole body, and was dark blue in color.

"Is this…?" I couldn't find my voice as I gazed at the light armor floating in front of me. I might be getting ahead of myself, but this has to be Aetherium.

"It's a set of armor made out of Aetherium. It will amplify your magic explosively, but alas, it needs a powerful Soul Gem." I blinked at that. I did notice that it seemed kind of off. Aetherium is a fluorescent blue, not a dark blue. Still… how is it going to help me if it's not even activated? "You'll need to go and grab the power source yourself, but you must first pass His test." I shed my sundress and threw it inside my inventory as Sigurd spoke, then helped me adorn the very heavy set of armor.

It left my feet bared but nearly fully covered my legs, only leaving an opening in my inner thigh. It also had an opening over my hips and belly, showing my belly button, and plenty of cleavage.

I gave Sigurd a look, but she simply whistled innocently. I don't really mind the skin exposure since I'm getting used to not wearing much around people due to my Nymph heritage, but still… sexy armor?

It also has a cool looking azure cape flowing behind me! And I love capes!

"Hm? What's this hole?" I traced the empty circular hole beneath my breasts with my fingers, and this allowed me to notice the faint lines running around the armors, all of them starting from the hole beneath my breasts.

"That's where the Soul Gem will have to go. You'll find it in Saarthal." Saarthal? That sounds… oh… Oooh shit. Is the Eye of Magnus the so called Soul Gem she is speaking about?! Don't tell me that it holds the Soul of the God of Magic himself! Wait! Could that spot be where his Divine Trial is?!

Sigurd finally stepped back far enough so to take a look at all three of us, her lips spreading into a wide smile as she nodded proudly.

"The Last Valkyrie." She looked at Dinara with a proud motherly smile. "The Last Dragonborn." She gave the same proud smile to Aurash. "And the Last Nymph." Her love filled smile finally landed on me, making butterflies fly inside my belly. It felt weird growing to care about someone so fast, but Sigurd is just so lovely. I doubt anyone could dislike a woman like her.

"Now, for the final part." Sigurd rose her hands and clapped twice, causing the massive storage room to light up with light, and I turned around to stare at what was hiding behind me since I couldn't feel anything within my Domain, and I could only gape at the sight that was awaiting me. "You'll need an army to fight an army, so Dinara, I'll leave these Valkyrie automatons in your hands." Hundreds of Valkyrie armors, all standing right behind us in a line. I'd say that they numbered roughly around a thousand, probably. And each one of them was covered from head to toe in Quadruple Tenfold Enchantments boosting speed, defense and power. These things are overpowered!

"Pour some Mana in your armor and give them a command." Sigurd instructed, and Dinara could only give a dumb nod as she followed said instructions, and not even a second later all the Valkyrie automatons instantly knelt on one knee, making Sigurd smile proudly.

"Now for you." She turned to Aurash and approached her, instructing her to lean down as she pulled out a heavy looking Dragon head shaped helm. "Be ready, the rush of power will be immense." She instructed before slowly placing the Helmet on Aurash's head.

And then the armor released an intense golden brilliance the moment it clicked into place, especially Dragonbane. "Huh… I don't feel anythiiiiiiii~!" I burst out into laughter as Aurash all but squealed when the rush of power started. Her voice always sounds so deep and sexy, I never heard it reach such a high pitch!

"I did warn her." Sigurd shrugged as Aurash gave a full body shiver, coughed into her fist, stretched her body, turned towards me, then flicked her finger.

Boom!

I recoiled back as a blast of air hit me full force, almost making me fall off the elevated altar. "Oh you wanna go?! Why I oughta-" I was stopped when Sigurd pulled a large war-hammer out of her Spatial Storage and just bonked Aurash on the head with it, making her jump and wince.

"Be nice." She chided Aurash as she threw the war-hammer away before pulling out a large book from her Spatial Storage. "This is my last gift to you. This contais every last bit of knowledge about forging I have gained through my life. I'll leave it in your hands." She pushed the book in Aurash's hands, my lover having completely frozen in place as she just kept looking at the book. I couldn't even feel her breathing…

Oh dear, Sigurd just broke Aurash.

"This is everything I have to give you. The invasion will start soon, so it's best you girls split off." She walked up to me and gave me a compass as the ceiling opened up, showing that it was built right underneath the sea, but it was still near the mansion since both Kirin and Fenrir peeked down at us from the edges.

They were both a lot bigger than before since I used my Growth Manipulation skill to make them bigger, with their consent of course. Kirin was the biggest of the two by far, I turned him into a true titan, making him nearly a hundred meters in length and height. Albeit he too seems to have some sort of magic that allows him to control his size like Fenrir.

Fenrir instead was just over fifty meters in length and height. I would have made her bigger but I respected her wishes to remain at that size, probably because that's around the size an Elder or Ancient Hellhound reach at their peak. No shit the Hellhounds are hunted down.

I lower my head to look at the compass Sigurd gave me, and I'm pretty sure it's pointing in the direction of Saarthal. This is actually a godsend since it's buried underground and one can't see it from the surface, so it would have taken me far too long to find it.

"I'll go cover the area from Riften all the way to Winterhold." Dinara spoke up as she gave her wings a flap, clearly able to control the with a mental thought thanks to the incredible armor she was wearing.

"Then I'll cover the area around Solitude, Dawnstar and Markarth. I'll see if I can check up on Whiterun as I do that." Aurash nodded her head as she placed the book she got from Sigurd within her Spatial Storage before rolling her shoulders and grabbing Dragonbane.

"I can move around incredibly fast with Kirin, so I'll cover as much ground as I can. I'll leave Fenrir with you Aurash." I nodded my head before smiling towards Sigurd as I start floating myself and Aurash out of the storage room, Dinara taking off into they sky alongside her army of mechanical Valkyries, each one of them shattering the sound barrier with a flap of their wings as they shot off after Dinara. "I'll come back to tell you everything once we're done!" I waved at Sigurd, who merely waved back at me with a proud yet sad smile. I hope she doesn't worry herself to death…

I floated myself on Kirin while Aurash landed on Fenrir, then shot off while shouting something I didn't understand. She either told me that she loves me or to be careful… or both.

Either way, Fenrir was big enough to cross the water and reach the shore now, so I had Kirin flap his wings and fly into the sky as I looked back down at the mansion with a smile.

Only to watch as it blows up.

The storage room, the mansion, the piece of land above it. All of it exploded in a massive ball of fire.

What…?

This… is this what she meant by her not having much time left? She killed herself after she was done… she just wished to spend some time with us and prepare us for the final battle before going off to join her husband…

I took a deep breath to calm my raging emotions even as tears poured down my cheeks, my eyes burning in anger and sadness.

"No time to mourn now…" I breathed in and out, then told Kirin to fly as fast as he could in the direction the compass was giving me. I'll mourn her later, first I'll have to make her proud and put an end to this bullshit.

I wiped my tears away as I focused on my Domain. Kirin was floating low enough that I could feel the land below, especially since my Domain was now nearing the 150 meters in size.

"We're here!" Thunder boomed as Kirin slammed down and dragged himself to a stop at my shout, having barely taken two minutes to reach our destination with his immense speed. "I'll be back soon dear." I stroked his fur before jumping down on the ground below, gulping softly as I felt the enormous amount of Mana just pouring out from beneath me.

There's a huge blank spot a few dozen meters down below, so I reached forward and pulled the ground apart all the way down to the ruins. My Alteration had reached the Expert Class now, so my control over the land mixed with my Geokinesis has skyrocketed to terrifying levels.

I made the hole bigger and deeper as I floated down, all the way until I reached a glowing azure wall. It seemed to be made out of wind as it kept moving and flowing towards the right, kind of similar to the bullshit Ancano caused when he messed with the Eye of Magnus.

I warily touched the wall with my clawed gauntlet, then blinked when my finger phased through it with ease. From this wall began the blank spot, meaning that beyond this wall is Magnus Divine Trial. It's similar to Lady Kynareth's Divine Trial, but he didn't come out to welcome me or anything, meaning that I can probably just waltz in.

I took a deep breath, then floated myself through the wall made out of pure visible Mana. And found myself staring straight at the floating and utterly massive Eye of Magnus.

It was as big as a house and spinning slowly while releasing enormous amounts of Mana in the air constantly. How the fuck is that thing supposed to fit in the small hole in my armor?!

"Uhm… hello? Anyone home?" I called out as I looked around, yet everywhere I looked I could only see azure light. No buildings, no nothing- ah wait, there's three Draugrs here!

I paused as I looked at them, then shivered. Those three dudes are fucking juiced! They basked in the excess Mana the Eye of Magnus was pouring out for who knows how long, so these guys could very likely bench press a damn city! Dear Lord Arkay…

"Hm?" A voice suddenly rumbled from within the Eye of Magnus just as it stopped revolving. "A Nymph? It's been so long since I saw one. Here to take my Divine Trial are we?" The male voice asked, sounding quite young and… smug? Cocky? Both? The hell is up with this guy…

"Uhm… yes?" I scratched the back of my neck nervously as I looked at the massive glowing sphere in the air, which started floating lower and lower. And then an ethereal azure body made out of Mana floated out of it.

It was completely featureless, yet it was the size of an eight year old kid… Is Magnus a shota? That's kinda adorable…

"Well, I might as well waste some time…" He sighed, making my eyebrow twitch. This little shit… "I don't know much about the state of the outside world, but I do know that the capabilities of Mages of this Era are… pathetic. I don't hold much expectations…" My eyebrow twitched again, and now I really wanted to strangle this little shit, but I'm pretty sure those three big juiced fucker's in the corner will attack me the moment I pull some stuff.

Why are they even just sitting there?

"Hm? Oh, them? They insulted me after they failed so I turned them into Draugrs. Sucks to be 'em." Alright, not messing around with this annoying brat. Let's just get this shit over with before I snap.

"So, what's the trial?" I asked, then winced when I could feel the smugness just radiate out of Magnus ethereal body. I can definitely even see his cocky smile! This little shit!

"I'll go easy on you. Just Enchant a thousand objects in five minutes and I'll accept you. Maybe." I ignored that maybe and just blinked as I processed his utterly ridiculous request. A thousand Enchantments in five minutes?! That's just so… easy… He's really looking down on me.

"You're on." My grin might have turned a bit too feral as I accepted his trial, then called out the Eldergleam copy and started creating dozens of staffs within seconds.

"Hm? Is that… the Eldergleam?" Magnus hummed as he stared at the floating tree behind me, then fell silent as I created a small mountain of wooden staffs beside me, Enchanting them by the dozen while creating them. "Wait, you passed Kynareth's Divine Trial?!" The God of Magic squeaked. Yes, he squeaked. What the fuck is even happening right now?

A cocky little shota God of Magic. Ain't that something.

"Yeap, and I'm about to pass yours too, I'm already halfway through in less than a minute." I smugly replied, making Magnus squeak in shock once more. He really did overestimate me! I'll make him regret it!

"You have a Domain too, quite the rare Mage…" He whispered to himself, but I heard him clearly. So my Domain isn't unique to me? I did suspect that when I met Sigurd since I'm pretty sure she had one too. That's quite fascinating. "T-That still doesn't mean you'll pass my tr-"

"I'm done." I interrupted him as I threw my hair over my shoulder with a smug smirk on my face as I looked down at him. This was easy peasy!

"I did say 'maybe'." Magnus coughed into his fist, his voice barely a whisper as he was clearly caught of guard by my capabilities. Yet that still made a vein throb over my temple as I gnashed my teeth together.

"Then give me another trial. I'll pass that one too! I'll pass any trial you give me!" I taunted the little shit as I crossed my arms, and the little fucker actually stomped his feet on the ground! A God, stomping his feet on the ground! Hah!

"F-Five hundred triple Enchantments!" "Done."

"N-No- A thousand!" "Done."

"U-Use Alteration Magic on this block of Ebony and make it round!" "Done."

"C-Cast Ebony Flesh in less than a minu-" "Done."

"Just who the hell are you!?" The God of Magic all but screeched at me as I looked at my nails with the smuggest look in history plastered on my face.

"Just your friendly neighborhood Nymph." I yawned out as I dusted my nails on my hip. "We done yet? Or must I shock you with a unique spell?" That seemed to catch the attention of the stomping brat- I mean God. Heh.

"A unique spell you say? Of what kind?" He hummed out, having instantly regained his composure as he turned towards me.

"A simple Novice Class spell with the power to end the world." I shrugged with a cocky grin, which made Magnus freeze.

"Impossible. No such thing can be done." He stated out, yet his voice held a clear tone of anticipation and slight excitement.

"Look closely." I raise my right hand and create a head-sized fireball. "First you create a fireball, and then you add a slight change to it. Grow hotter by devouring oxygen." And then the roaring vacuum began, and the small fireball soon became a brilliant ball of white fire.

"This is… incredible!" The fireball in my hand floated towards Magnus ethereal body as the roaring of the vacuum of air faded away. "This is a spell that with enough time can grow to surpass even the might of Grand Spells! How truly extraordinary! And all of that with a simple change that anyone can add with a mere thought!" He exclaimed in pure excitement, clearly being a pure geek regarding magic, kind of like me. Though I am more cool-headed than him…

"Fine, you have impressed me. You can have my Divine Mark." He sighed, then waved his head, causing the Eye of Magnus to glow and release a burst of light that aimed straight for my chest.

I hissed slightly as I felt a slight burning sensation right above my cleavage, and looked down to see a glowing azure tattoo right there. It depicted a series of four pointed stars of different sizes, which kind of makes sense since in the game powers are related to how you shape the constellations.

[Divine Mark of Magnus obtained!]

[Grants the user the ability to control Mana itself, allowing them to instantly restore their reserves or use it to amplify their spells to new levels.]

Holy fucking shit… this is broken… I have unlimited Mana right now… Sigurd, I fucking love you!

"Now you have what you came here for." Magnus hummed and went to turn around, though I quickly noticed the sadness in his posture and voice. Was he lonely? Or did he enjoy having people good at magic around him? Or both?

"Actually, I have a proposal." That bought Magnus to a pause, and he turned around to face me once more. "Why don't you come with me? Isn't it better to witness your magic in action instead of just staying here doing nothing? You can give me the knowledge of your spells and look as I utilize them to kick Alduin's scaly ass." I really hoped I could convince him to join me, else Sigurd's hard work on this armor would go to waste. It could amplify my spells and magic even more, and I'll need all the power I can find to be able to fight against Alduin.

"Seeing how my own spells can fare against the World Eater would actually be quite the sight…" Magnus mumbled to himself, then glanced at me and tilted his head. "But how can I come with you?" He asked, and I pointed at the floating Eye of Magnus, his Soul Gem, then pointed at the hole in the armor beneath my chest.

"I know that I may be overstepping my boundaries, but I feel like it's idiotic of you to just stay locked up here. If you come with me you can see your own spells in action, you can experience the thrill of fighting and see the wonders and destruction magic can bring." I don't know why, but I enjoy fighting with magic. It's such a thrilling experience, but it's probably because I love magic as a whole and subsequently love everything related to it, and testing my improvements against some good opponents is always good.

"You do make a good point…" Magnus hummed, then shrugged as the Eye of Magnus slowly shrunk down. "Fine, I'll come with you. But I'll come back here if I don't like what you do with the power I've granted you, and I'll kill you too while I'm at it. I didn't sacrifice my body to create this world, only to watch you as you fuck it up." I gulp nervously at his serious voice, this making me realize that he is a fucking God and that he could kill me with a simple thought. He might be a cocky little shit, but I better watch myself around him.

The azure space I was in disappeared, and I found myself within a large ancient hall. Huh, so the Divine Trial took place in some kind of separate dimension, that's very cool.

I looked around the hall and quickly realized that it was actually a throne room of sort, albeit half collapsed. And I wasn't alone, but whoever the other party was seemed to be invisible and hiding themselves.

Magnus ethereal body had faded and the Eye of Magnus was now floating right in front of my chest. I gently grasped it and guided it towards the hole below my chest just as the hidden figures blurred towards me.

"Man you guys are so annoying…" Magnus's voice rang out from within the Eye of Magnus as a burst of azure light came out of it, releasing an immense burst of Mana that knocked my would-be assailants back, giving me enough time to insert the Soul Gem in it's rightful place.

And then the Aetherium armor lit up with brilliant luminescent blue light, lighting up the large hall I was in, allowing me to gaze upon my now visible assailants while I felt the enormous rush of power flow through my veins.

Dear Kynareth, now I'm the one that is juiced up!

"You know these guys?" I asked Magnus as I stared at the Dark Elves in dark purple robes, all of them quickly getting up on their feet and glaring towards me.

"They are apart of this Psijich whatnot order and have coveted my Divine Mark and Soul Gem for who knows how long. Just kill them." Magnus sighed out, and I turned a rather feral grin towards these pieces of shit. It's the fault of these fuckers that magic has stagnated so much in the world. I'm very sure of that.

"That's good to know." I nodded, then turned away from the idiots just as they all collapsed on the ground and started making my way for the visible hole in the ceiling that I left behind.

"Fascinating. You just increased the size of their hearts until they exploded." I grinned at that. It's a way of using Growth Manipulation that I learned from my vision of the future where I went psycho. A bit brutal, but quite fast and efficient, though I doubt I can use it on Dragons… maybe the weaker ones.

I floated myself out of the hole- and found myself standing in front of a titanic dark purple Dragon, with Kirin sitting right next to him.

"Hello there." I greeted the Dragon, albeit I acted before my mind could process the sight in front of me. And then the Dragon proceeded to bow his head down towards me, something akin to reverence in his posture.

"Greetings to you, Lady Flora. My name is Odahviing." Uh oh. This dude's Alduin's right hand, ain't he? "Please, allow me to be your wings in this battle." Never-fucking-mind, he seems to be a good guy, and since Kirin isn't dropping the sky on his ass it means that he somewhat trusts him too.

And then a horrifyingly loud roar shook the very sky and land, making me frown and shiver. I know of only one Dragon that can unleash such power with a single roar…

"We must not waste time, Alduin has joined the fray some time ago."

You could have fucking started with that dude!

[Ten minutes earlier, Whiterun]

"I won't be able to hold on for much longer!" Danica shouted out, her face pale and covered with sweat as her hands were stretched out towards the massive Ward covering all of Whiterun, Serana being right beside her and assisting her to keep it up, albeit it was covered in cracks all over the place now.

The Dragons were everywhere! Dozens of them, and they were bombarding the Ward one after the other while also destroying the land around them. All the farms and the fields around Whiterun had been reduced to dust and ash within minutes of their arrival, and Riverwood was very likely in the same state.

Danica's head was throbbing like never before, and her stomach was roiling too after she drank so many Mana Potions to keep her Mana up and going. Serana wasn't faring much better.

"If you can't hold on, then give us the word and we'll send everyone inside the Daedric Dungeon! It's far less dangerous than here!" Aela shouted through the roars of the Dragons above them. They were trying to last as long as possible while hoping for Flora to come back, but they were running out of power fairly quickly, especially since they could only rely on two mages!

"I don't think we can stall for mu-" "Incoming!" Serana's shout interrupted whatever Danica was about to say, and she turned her head just in time to see a titanic fireball come straight towards them.

The Master Class Ward shattered instantly under the horrifying power contained within the castle sized fireball.

Danica watched as the ball of death drew closer and closer as she slowly fell back, only for a hand to land on her back, and another one, covered in pitch black gauntlets, to stretch out towards the fireball and snuff it out with a single touch under her stunned eyes.

She rose her head to meet her savior, and her eyes widened when they met electric blue eyes resting upon an incredibly handsome face that made her stomach churn for a different reason.

The man with pitch black hair gave her a charming smile as he gently helped her down on the ground. "Looks like I made it on time." Danica found herself gulp at the sound of his voice.

This man was dangerous…

"Who the hell are you?" Aela asked as she run up right beside Danica, who had a very red face and could only gape at the handsome man in front of her.

"My name is Morokei. Fear not, I am an ally." He bowed slightly towards the two women, then stepped forward on the halls to face the dozens of Dragons, who had all gone quiet at his arrival.

The man swept his gaze across all the Dragons, then took a long and deep breath before shouting. "Strun-Bah-Qo!" His voice echoed across the world, and as he commanded, the very skies turned dark within seconds, and the roar of a raging storm made the land shake.

"Now this is better." The man nodded with a smile, then rose his hands and clapped them together.

And the land turned into a sea.

Those standing on the walls could only gape as the land around Whiterun became an endless sea that stretched all the way towards the horizon. It had appeared in a flash. No sign of spell being casted or chanted, just a single clap.

Morokei floated himself in the air, his eyes coldly glaring towards the now wary Dragons. "You all are a disappointment." He sighed out, then waved his hand, causing the sea beneath him to churn and change. An enormous snake-like beast made out of water rose out from the sea at blinding speed and chomped down on a flying Dragon before it could react, then dragged it back down beneath the water.

It didn't resurface.

That finally spurred the other Dragons to act, and they all shot towards Morokei from different directions, but the man didn't even blink and simply snapped his finger.

The world boomed and flashed black and white as a titanic lightning bolt slammed down from the dark clouds up above, swallowing dozens of Dragons at the same time and killing them on the spot, their smoking lifeless corpses soon falling down into the sea below.

"This is a bit too easy…" Morokei's eyes narrowed as his eyes traced the horizon. He knew that this was just the first of many attacks, but these were just low class Dragons, they weren't that strong.

"Ah, I see…" Morokei's eyes flashed with understanding when he saw a small figure approach from the horizon. "You wish to end everything yourself don't you, Alduin?" Several dozen figures appeared with a wave of his hand, and with a mental command Morokei had all the Dragon Priests under his control float down on the walls and create an immense Ward around Whiterun.

This clash wasn't going to be pretty.

A black meteor soon slammed into the sea, followed by a horrifyingly loud roar that all but erased the water that flew in the air, alongside the land beneath it.

Morokei felt the air on the back of his neck stand on end as he gazed at the much bigger Alduin that stood in front of him now. Nearly double the size of when she appeared in front of Flora.

"I doubt words will work, so I'll simply use might." Morokei scoffed as Alduin growled, her growl being so loud that the air itself vibrated.

The Dragon Priest breathed in, then clapped his hands together before Alduin could move. The sea beneath him obeyed his command and turned into an enormous wave that crashed against Alduin as the dark clouds up above crackled with lightning.

The enormous wave stuck against Alduin, becoming bigger and bigger and quickly becoming a tornado that spun faster and faster, trapping the World Eater within it as all the water across the landscape rushed over to join the rest.

The immense tornado of water rose towards the sky, while the sky itself started spinning and descend towards the water.

Morokei's Mana flared explosively around him, and the world went white as tornado of water exploded in a brilliant white column that grew bigger and bigger, pure white lightning flashing all around the enormous pillar that pierced the dome of the sky, leaving behind an enormous crater in it's wake.

And a steaming but unharmed Alduin, who proceeded to release an enormous roar that displaced the air and clouds.

"Of course, even a concentrated Grand Spell can't make you flinch." Morokei sighed as he rose his hand, a light blue mask appearing with it the next second.

He floated himself down on the ground in front of Whiterun as he went to put the mask on, only for him to notice Alduin twitch, then raise her head towards the sky.

The land shook as another enormous Dragon slammed into the ground right behind it, it's dark purple scales glistening in the faint light descending from the hole in the clouds.

Morokei's eyes narrowed when he recognized the Dragon as Odahviing, Alduin's right hand. A fearsome Dragon in his own right, and if he were to fight against him he couldn't possibly hold Alduin back too.

Yet Alduin growled loudly, and shockingly enough, took a slight step back. Almost like she was… scared.

An enormous sky blue griffon soon landed right beside Odahviing, wings unfurled to it's side and crackling with loudly, the very sky up above booming with far greater might than the storm he summoned with his Shout.

"Looks like I made it just in time." A faint, painfully familiar voice spoke up from on top of Odahviing's head, and Morokei found his breath fade away when Flora came into view.

He had already seen her through a magically conjured screen when she fought against Hevnoraak, but this… seeing her with his own eyes and being so close to her… it was different. Incredibly so.

She was the exact copy of his beloved teacher.

The same hair and emerald eyes, and just as beautiful.

Her eyes landed on him, and she tilted her head curiously. "Who the hell are you?" She asked bluntly, and he almost snorted. That's eerily like Aurora, that woman was incredibly blunt. And foul mouthed, especially when drunk.

"Morokei." He introduced himself as he nodded towards her, making her eyes widen with recognition. Had she already heard of him?

"Oh, Paarthurnax told me about you! Wish we could have met under better circumstances though." His old master spoke of him? That… made him very happy indeed. Maybe he should pay the old man a visit if he survives this battle.

Their meeting was cut short by Alduin roaring once more, which made Flora groan and glare at her. "Yeah I already heard you…" She grumbled, then floated herself down from Odahviing's head and swept her gaze towards the remaining Dragons still flying above. "But first of all, you fucker's are going to hell." Morokei watched as Flora reached out with her hands, clutched them into fists, that slammed them down.

The land collapsed and flattened, the Dragons still flying around dropping down like meteors as the very started shaking and vibrating, making Morokei's eyes widen in pure shock at what he was witnessing. He held some suspicions before, but now he was sure of it. Flora was manipulating Gravity!

How!? That's not even a branch of magic!

"Now that the fodder is out of the game…" Flora rose her gaze to meet Alduin's glowing red eyes. "Time to whoop your scaly ass." She grinned, then stomped on the ground.

The land shifted and liquefied around Alduin, swallowing her enormous claws inside as Alduin jerked in surprise and tried to pull free, only for enormous roots to erupt out of the quagmire and wrap around her neck, wings and limbs and start to pull her down, growing bigger and bigger as they did so.

Enormous pillars of stone arose all around the edges of the quagmire as Alduin struggled to free herself from the bindings, each time she shattered some of the roots they would just recover the next second, and become more numerous as they did so.

The pillars of stone soon glowed as Enchantments were placed upon them, as did the all the roots covering Alduin.

But it didn't end there, and Morokei could only watch as dozens of enormous plant-like monsters soon rose from the grounds, each one of them half the size of Alduin and having enormous mouths and tentacles all over their body, which they pointed towards Alduin before spraying her with what was very likely acid. Entire rivers of acid.

And then enormous sunflowers were next, dozens upon dozens of them, all of them a hundred meters tall and glowing with brilliant golden light, their core aimed straight towards Alduin.

The enormous plant like monsters were soon covered in massive blood-red flowers, and they threw themselves straight towards Alduin, slamming against her acid soaked trapped body.

And then finally, Flora gave her the bird. "Get fucked, bitch." And everything exploded.

A titanic sphere of flames and heat came into existence, blasting the clouds apart with the sheer force behind it even as the dozens of titanic sunflowers rained giant rays of pure concentrated heat into it. Constantly.

"Yeah, that did nothing." Flora mused as she scratched her chin while gazing at the sphere of pure heat that she created, and Morokei found himself gulp nervously at the sight. That amount of power was nothing compared to the Grand Spell he conjured, but it was still great.

And then Alduin spread her wings, erasing the sphere of heat that had swallowed her and using the blast of wind to tear the sunflowers shooting her apart, and Morokei's eyes widened when he noticed the blinding glow that soon appeared within her jaws.

He turned towards Flora to warn her, but he stopped when he saw the grin on her face.

The titanic multi-elemental beam tore through the land and air and shot straight towards Flora, who still didn't move an inch and kept grinning.

Morokei went to move to block the beam, only for a golden meteor to land right in front of Flora, and he saw the figure within the golden glow rear it's right arm back, and then punch the beam.

A roaring sonic boom tore through the landscape as the enormous beam was blasted apart, becoming multi-colored specks of light that scattered across the air.

"Now I'm pissed." A deep female voice rang out from the draconic looking armor that had just punched Alduin's beam out of existence, and the voice sounded very, very pissed.

The woman that was very likely the Dragonborn blurred forward, and even Morokei failed to follow her as she shot towards Alduin.

The only thing he was able to see was the Dragonborn punching Alduin in the face with enough force behind it to topple her over, making her massive body roll over the ground over and over.

"Well, she deserved that." Flora snorted, and Morokei couldn't help but agree with her. Alduin really deserved to be decked in the face, he just didn't think there would be anyone with enough courage and power to do it.

Aside from his teacher, who even used to whip Alduin.

Flora finally took action once more as the Dragonborn shot back, and she waved her arm, causing thousands of brilliant miniature stars to flash into existence all around them.

They then proceeded to whistle through the air and launch themselves towards Alduin, each one of them growing bigger and hotter as they traveled through the air.

"Morokei, can I leave the protection of Whiterun to you?" Flora asked as she turned to gaze at him with those familiar emerald eyes, and he could only nod as he stepped back.

"Any plans?" The Dragonborn asked as she landed beside Flora, a massive glowing swordspear in rested over her shoulder.

"Yeah, I need to vent so I'm going to throw a Sun at that whore?" She definitely has teacher's foul mouth…

Wait, what did she just say she is going to throw at Alduin?

[Flora]

"Is Fenrir alright?" I ask Aurash as I walk forward while my Comets kept bombarding the seemingly invincible Alduin. So far I'm just testing her out and see if she has any kind of weakness, but the fact that she can use all elements very likely means no, so I can only use pure power to harm her.

"Yeah, I had her hide nearby." I breathed a sigh of relief at that before focusing on Alduin.

"Conserve your strength, I'll see if I can weaken her scales enough that you can pierce them with Dragonbane." As much as I trust Dragonbane's dragon slaying abilities, this is the World Eater we are up against, she's not a normal Dragon.

"Alright. Give her hell." I bumped my fist against Aurash's before launching myself towards Alduin, then called out the Eldergleam behind me and swiftly made it grow bigger and bigger, until it's crown reached the very sky.

Then swiftly turned it into a Treant. A pair of pitch black eyes appeared on the tree, and it's trunk soon split apart to form a giant mouth that released a monstrous roar before it's roots whipped out towards Alduin, slamming against her body with enough force that they shattered on impact, yet they healed in less than a second.

"Magnus, I'll need the strongest Grand Spells you can give me." I asked as I floated myself in the air. I want to weaken her a bit, or try to, before I throw my new spell at her.

"There's 'Heaven's Fall', which summons a massive flaming meteor. Then there's 'Elemental Singularity' and-" Magnus listed off the names of several spells, and I swiftly planted them onto several slips of paper and poured Mana into them while keeping my eye onto Alduin, who threw herself at the Eldergleam Treant to tear it apart.

I created a massive Earth Pillar behind me, lifted it in the air, Enchanted it to explode, then threw it at Alduin, who easily tanked the explosive blow and turned her furious gaze towards me.

She lashed out with her enormous claw as she roared, smashing the Eldergleam Treant aside as she rushed towards me, the land collapsing under her weight.

The wind rushed past my face as she smashed a titanic claw down at me, but I simply slammed a massive Earth Pillar against it to slow it down, then an enormous one against her chest to push her back, followed by many more that decked her under her chin and the rest of her lower body.

A Nova formed in my hand, but this time I added a different change to it. Devour Mana to grow hotter and bigger.

I then launched the rapidly expanding ball of flames towards Alduin as I floated myself back while commanding all the Mana within my Domain to rush into the new Nova.

Boom!

I rose a Ward in front of me as I narrowed my eyes, then turned my eyes away from the blinding glow of that explosion to check on the progress of the scrolls. Nearly done…

I guess I'll have to make use of my new Skills that I gained from reaching Level 70 once I killed the leftover Dragons…

[New Druid Skills Learned]

[Aerokinesis]

[Tornado]

[Blizzard]

[Earthquake]

[Create Elemental]

Grants the ability to grant spirituality to the elements, turning them into elementals with immense control over their own element. The more Mana is poured inside them, the greater their power.

Yeah, I love my Druid Class. That last skill is going to be abused a lot.

Hercules's armor appeared beside me, and I swiftly Enchanted it, enlarged it, created a Stone Golem inside of it, then turned it into an Elemental.

Then swiftly watched as the giant Hercules threw himself at Alduin as dust and enormous boulders started floating around him.

He won't survive long, but the big guy has already helped me a lot and the armor is nearly destroyed. I'll let him go out with a bang.

I created another improved Nova, then turned it into an Elemental that swiftly took the shape of a phoenix. Said Elemental Phoenix still had the 'grow hotter and bigger by devouring Mana' addition, so it soon shot towards Alduin and started breathing and raining down fire upon the giant Dragon, who was now facing both Hercules and the Eldergleam Treant.

I blinked, then turned my Eldergleam Treant into an Elemental too, which granted it an ability to summon roots from the ground, said roots being just as hard as it's natural ones.

I'm not done though! I have so many more elements at my disposal!

Thought I don't create them yet since the Elemental Phoenix is now reaching insane levels of heat. The land below Alduin had already become a lake of glowing lava, and Alduin had realized that the phoenix was the greatest threat so she was trying to take it down with her breath attacks, but alas, the elemental was too fast.

Hercules punched Alduin, who was swiftly wrapped in the burning branches of the Treant, and Hercules followed it up by putting the massive Dragon in a chokehold, holding it in place as the Elemental Phoenix shot into the skies, then dove down at crazy fast speed.

It was soon followed by a titanic flaming meteor that erased the clouds around it.

I poured all of my Mana inside the diving phoenix, and with one last bird cry, I watched as the Elemental slammed against Alduin and detonated itself.

The explosion was titanic in proportions, but it was soon followed and intensified by the meteor that I conjured, which caused the land to collapse and crack more and more.

Good thing I distanced myself from Whiterun, else all of this could have easily taken out the city.

Either way, now was the time to drop the Sun on Alduin.

I shot into the sky as the meteor detonated, and I rose my hand above my head as I commanded the Mana of the world to flow into the massive fireball that I conjured above me.

It kept growing bigger and bigger. And bigger. And bigger.

Deuterium, Tritium, Helium and a Neutron mixed with immense heat, all of that to bring Thermonuclear Fusion into existence. Unlike with the Sun, this Thermonuclear Fusion is kind of controlled as I was forcing the heat inside of it so that it wouldn't grow hot enough to set the atmosphere on fire.

I don't even know if it can be set of fire since Mana will kind of protect the world.

The Sun above me rapidly surpassed the size of Whiterun and became so brilliant that everything was just white.

I looked down at Alduin, who was looking up at me from the enormous crater I left her in. She roared, flapped her smoking wings, then shot straight towards me, easily breaking the sound barrier and nearing me faster and faster.

The titanic sun changed shape and turned into a drill that started spinning faster and faster, and I slammed it's tip straight into Alduin's body.

"Go fuck yourself Alduin." The dome of the sky exploded and went white as I released the titanic drill, having it release it's explosive power and fall down towards the land below with speeds far greater than my Comets.

The land didn't even have time to collapse before it melted, lava splashing everywhere as the titanic blinding drill kept going deeper and deeper while dragging Alduin along.

I breathed in and created a scroll with Dragonflesh on it, activated it, then covered myself in dozens upon dozens of Wards.

I then let the Drill explode deep underground.

My whole body shook as pain flared in my ears, the explosion being so loud that it destroyed my earbuds instantly, the heat being so great that I couldn't even breathe as any and all oxygen was incinerated.

All I could see was white, and the Wards I erected had all but collapsed instantly, showing that even though I distanced myself, the enormous explosion still reached me.

I swiftly healed myself and flew out of the titanic mushroom cloud to survey the damage I caused to the land. It was all an ocean of lava, nothing I can't easily fix within a week or month… but I doubt I can fix that enormous hole I left behind with the explosion of my drill.

Fucking hell, I just melted a tenth of Skyrim…

Nevertheless, this was the time to act. I know that Alduin isn't dead even thought that spell was incredibly powerful, and it's power was contained since it was underground, but Alduin took it on head on, so she should be very weakened.

I called for Kirin to bring me Aurash as I unleashed a massive Blizzard to low the temperatures, directing all over the place to instantly cool down the sea of lava down below and allow oxygen to flow in once again.

"Magnus, can you give me a powerful Restoration Grand Spell?" I'd better make sure there are no radiations around the place, just to be safe. Hopefully Restoration Magic can erase it.

Oh wait, I can just create a spell for it!

I create a small flame, then give it a simple command to devour the radiation around the place to grow hotter, but it didn't change even as I sent it down the enormous pit the drill left behind with it's explosion.

"Flora!" Thunder clapped as Kirin swiftly arrived beside me with Aurash on top of him. "I thought you were joking when you said you'd throw a Sun at her!" I simply snorted and shrugged, then floated her towards me.

"Now is the time to strike, so get ready." She gulped, then nodded her head, and I left behind a Teleportation Rune before I launched us both down the enormous and incredibly hot pit.

We fell faster and faster, and I sent several Will O' Wisp in front of us to light up the darkness.

Aurash's armor started glowing more and more together with Dragonbane as she readied herself, but before I could say anything I finally felt Alduin enter my Domain.

"Throw it now!" I shouted at Aurash as Alduin was still in the middle of recovering from the last blow and was lying on her back, giving us a massive opening.

Aurash reared her arm back as golden lightning arched and roared to life around Dragonbane, then she launched it down towards Alduin with enough force that the massive swordspear instantly reached the titanic Dragon.

And pierced several inches through the scales in her chest.

"It pierced through!" Aurash shouted as I sped up our fall so we could force Dragonbane deeper, only for a golden meteor to shoot past us at far greater speeds and slam into the back of Dragonbane, forcing it to stab deeper into Alduin, deep enough to make her bleed and roar in pain.

"Dinara!" I called out with a smile once I realized who the golden meteor was. I was kind of worried since she didn't show up sooner, but I guess it was for nothing since she had an army with her.

Aurash landed soon after me and used the speed of her fall to add much greater force to her punch, which connected with the back of Dragonbane just like Dinara's blow did, once again forcing it even deeper.

"Kirin!" I called out as I knew I couldn't do much to force Dragonbane deeper with pure force.

A loud cry rang out from above us, followed by the roaring clap of thunder as the whole pit lit up in brilliant light while both Dinara and Aurash jumped back.

Kirin came down with horrifying speed and power, and used it all to land a horrifying lighting blast into Alduin while slamming one of his talons into Dragonbane.

The pit collapsed, and my eyes widened when we all started falling deeper.

Right into Blackreach.

Fucking hell, that drill of mine really went deep…

Alduin landed heavily on the ground below as I floated myself and Aurash in the air while Dinara and Kirin flapped their wings to stay afloat.

This could be my chance to grab the Elder Scroll for Dragonrend, but Blackreach is just so enormous! Finding it would take some time, which I currently don't have since Alduin started to stand up.

She growled lowly as Dragonbane fell out of her bleeding wound, allowing Aurash to call it back with a mental command.

"You…" My eyes widened as Alduin spoke for the first time, and I swiftly noticed the fact that her eyes were now white, with visible pupils in them. "Where am I…?" She breathed out through heavy pants as she looked around, only to suddenly freeze, her eyes starting to flash white and red once more.

"What the fuck is going on?" Aurash growled out as she tensed, ready to fight Alduin again even thought the titanic Dragon started clawing at her head, seemingly in pain.

"No…" Alduin whispered, almost like a whimper as she shook, her claws tensing and digging deep into her own scales. "Don't leave me… Aurora…" I froze once that name was uttered.

"My little flower." A warm, mature and motherly voice rang out in my head as my breathing grew quicker and quicker, my strength fading away as I dropped on my knees.

Only for that familiar soothing lullaby to start playing in my head once more.

"-what's wrong!? Come on, answer me!" Dinara shook my body and I looked at her through teary eyes even as I could see Alduin trashing around behind her.

"Aurora…" I whispered softly while the paintings made by Sigurd flashed by in my head. "That's my mother's name…" Dinara froze at my words, then she proceed to slap me. Hard.

I blinked, then shook my head, then blinked again. The lullaby faded away, and Gamer's Mind swiftly calmed me down enough for me to regain back my strength.

"That hurt." Dinara shrugged, then flicked my forehead before glancing back towards the trashing Alduin. "But thanks, I don't know what came over." I really don't. I felt like I became someone else for a second, and all I could focus on was this 'Aurora'.

I gotta go to the Soul Cairn as soon as possible…

I breathed in and stood up, narrowing my eyes towards Alduin, who now had several gashes across her head due to her own claws.

Her eyes flashed white and red once more, before she stood on her hind legs, breathed in, and released a roar of pure fury.

"MIRAAAAAAAAK!"

I slammed my hands against my ears as Alduin roared in fury, her eyes finally settling down on the same dark red before she flapped her wings and shot straight through the hole above us, heading for the surface.

What the fuck does Miraak have anything to do with this shit now?!

Either way, I grabbed the girls and pulled Kirin in my Pet Space before taking us to the surface through the Teleporation Rune, just in time to see Alduin fly out of the massive pit and straight into the distance.

"Well, at least she's gone now?" Aurash helpfully pointed out, only for Dinara to kick her ankle as I frowned, still staring at the quickly disappearing figure of Alduin.

This all just doesn't make any sense… I'll have to talk with Morokei and Paarthurnax about this.

"Come on, let's go home." I sighed out as I called out Kirin, then floated onto his back as I stretched. This went better than I expected, though my mood soured instantly when I thought about Sigurd.

I'll have to prepare some graves for her and the other Valkyries. The fact that they don't have one anymore just irks me.

It didn't take us long to land in front of Whiterun, where we were met with roaring cheers by the guards and Companions on the wall, making me chuckle as I looked up towards Danica, Morokei floating down below beside Odahviing.

"Missed me?" I called out towards Danica with a smile as I spread my arms, her own smile growing bigger and bigger as she opened her mouth to answer.

Only for the Ebony Blade to pierce through her chest right in front of my eyes.

A.N. Back, and with a cliffhanger, because fuck yes. I already finished writing this fic, am just slowly editing out and adding A.N.'s at the end before posting them. Updates will be incredibly irregular, so don't expect 'em weekly like before.

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