Chapter 6: The Path Is Set
After telling the villagers of what happened in the bandit cave, Auron and Matthew go inside Arrile's Tradehouse to drink and eat. The morning dew is leaving the ground, only to be replaced by the hot summer sun. Auron bought supplies and exquisite clothes for himself with the gold he found in Addammasartus. Matthew and Auron finally started talking. "So why are you here Auron?" Matt asked. "Well, I was a prisoner sent here from Cyrodiil under Emperor Septim's orders." "Emperor Septim?" "Yes. He told me to go here and, well, this is confusing. He, he told me that I am the Nerevarine, a.k.a. the Prophecy of Morrowind and I must kill Dagoth Ur." Confusion struck Matthew like forty axes! "WHAT? So you are the Nerevarine. The savior of Morrowind." "That is correct." Auron knew that Matthew would react like this. Any other normal being would have the same reactions like he did. "Listen, my plan is that I must make for Balmora and see someone there by the name of Arrvis Othreand. He works at the Mages Guild. There, he will teleport me to Dagoth Ur's sanctuary where I will kill him." "Well, good for you sir Auron. Sounds like a great plan!" Matthew started getting scared. He didn't want to go with Auron. Auron replied with a strong voice, " And you are going with me." "Oh no, hell frickin' no! You dirty bastard. Wait, I take that back! Please don't kill me! I don't want to get killed by Dagoth Ur, or his minions of hell!" Auron said comforty, "Don't worry. But there are things that will happen if you stay." "Yeah, I might have a chance to live if I stay here!" "No. Dagoth Ur has returned and he is creating an army so big that it will swallow every city on Morrowind in less than half an hour." Matthew dropped the goblet he was drinking from. The Shalk wine spilt all over the floor. "Why do I have to go with you? I am just a regular Knight Bachelor of the imperial army. I just want to finish my time with the service and die in peace." Auron started to look sad, staring off at the table in front of him. "There will be no peace. There will never be peace. Listen to me very carefully. I had my life planned out perfectly until that jackass Emperor Septim (Matthew outraged at that comment) took my life away and gave me this huge responsibility! Look, your life is going to change. If you don't change now, you will die in a most displeasing way. Not by me, but by Dagoth Ur and his monsters." "This is unfair. I never wanted this to happen to me. This is insanity. I should have let those bandits kill me in the cave." Matthew looked extremely depressed. "Listen to me. If you don't want to go with me, fine. But you must beat me in a fight." "A fight? Right now? I'm for it!" "Let's go outside." Auron and Matthew got up and walked out of the tradehouse. They agreed that they should fight north of Seyda Neen, along the Bitter Coast. There, they should have no problem with killing bystanders. They walked to a flat area that looked like a circle with a small swamp in the center of it. The cicular area seemed that it was the right place for the fight, but it was polluted with trees. Auron looked around and told Matthew to step back. Auron shot fireballs out of his hand that totally wiped out the trees and shrubs in the area. Then he cast a spell that wiped out the remainder of the trees. Now the area was smooth and a great place to fight. The two warriors got into position and said their last rights to each other. Auron started first by casting a spell that summoned a huge pile of rocks at his feet. Matthew looked in wonder. "Is he going to throw rocks at me? How childish!" Matt thought to himself. Auron moved his hand in a way that a rock as big as him was levitating about five feet off the ground. He chucked the gigantic rock at Matthew. Matthew was still wearing his bonemold armor. Matt juked out of the path of the rock. The rock fell to the ground near Matt. Auron picked up another. He threw it again, but with more force that it barely knocked Matt on the ground when it flew by his face! The rock fell to the ground past Matthew, about eighty feet away. But something was different. Matt felt a power within the rock that was just thrown. The rock exploded like dynamite! Shards of dirt and earth flew all over the battlefield. Matthew flew to the ground to get cover from the explosion. Auron completed the process of chucking rocks until there was one left. This time, when Auron threw it, Matthew charged the big rock with his sword! Matthew chopped at the gigantic rock that looked indestructible, and split it in two. The insides exploded with extreme force. There was a cloud of smoke in Matt's area. Auron was sure that Matt was dead. The smoke rose, and revealed Matts' body. He was still standing, but his armor was a mess. His cuirass and his shoulder guards were ruined and fell off his worked body. "I can't be killed that easily, Nerevarine." Matthew then charged Auron. Auron was surprised by the attack and was stunned that Matthew survived the explosion. Matthew swung at Auron cutting his expensive shirt into threads. Auron drew a small tiny dagger from his belt. "Don't tell me you are going to fight me with that!" Matthew yelled. Auron charged Matthew. Matt blocked the onslaught of tiny stabs from the dagger. Every time there was a block, the ground shook with a terrible force. The powers of these two warriors fighting, must have put damnable weight on Morrowind's Surface. They fought well into the afternoon, around 3:00 p.m. Auron was starting to get tired of all of the fighting. But Matthew wanted more fighting. He was not getting tired at all. Matthew had deflected all of Auron's fireballs, lightning bolts, and poison shots. There seemed to be no end of the onslaught. Auron wanted it to end then and there. Once there was a pause for a breath from Matthew, Auron wrote a letter in the air with his right hand, which meant he was going to cast another spell. But this was a grand spell, one that would seriously kill everything in a mile radius. This Auron knew from history. There was an aura around Auron. Auron pointed his index finger at Matthew. "What in the name of Azura are you doing now? Are you going to kill me with one of your explosive frogs again?" Auron fired a small beam of light that rocketed through Matthew's body. "Ack." Panic struck Matt. The beam went through Matt and soon all that was behind him blew up in a dazzling display of fire and destruction. Matt bent down to the ground. Then he looked up at Auron. He wasn't in his aura anymore. Auron seemed like he was looking at the destruction that he created. Rocks and rubble flew in the air once again. Matt got up and grabbed his claymore and put it in thrust position. Auron was still transfixed on the explosion. "Now, kill him so this fake nightmare can be over with!" Matthew thought those words before he charged Auron for the last time. Auron, still watched the explosion. Matt thrusted his sword through Auron. The sword impaled his stomach. "Wha?" Auron said his last words before he fell to the ground. Matt fell to the ground, exhausted from the near death experience he just had. He left the sword inside Auron's body. But then, Auron got up again and said, "Good fight. You have beaten me for the first time and the last time. You can stay here and watch the western side of Morrowind be destroyed by all of your worst nightmares." Auron snapped his fingers and Matthew blinked. Matthew totally astounded, was standing up, with his armor untouched, with no battle wounds of any sort. Auron had no wounds either, except for the cut he had that morning when he was shaving his slave beard. "What was that about? What just happened?" Matthew was astounded. It was like he was in a dream. "That was my arena spell. I can only use it four times in my lifetime. I decided to use one for you and me so we could fight for your justice. You won the battle, so you can stay." "Wow, I feel like I haven't fought at all. Why did we choose to fight out here if weren't doing anything for the past eight hours?" Matt asked. Auron replied, "Look around you. It is still late morning. We haven't done anything. We just got here." "Okay, stop talking. This is way too confusing for me this early in the morning." "Fine. Let's go back to Arrile's Tradehouse.
After telling the villagers of what happened in the bandit cave, Auron and Matthew go inside Arrile's Tradehouse to drink and eat. The morning dew is leaving the ground, only to be replaced by the hot summer sun. Auron bought supplies and exquisite clothes for himself with the gold he found in Addammasartus. Matthew and Auron finally started talking. "So why are you here Auron?" Matt asked. "Well, I was a prisoner sent here from Cyrodiil under Emperor Septim's orders." "Emperor Septim?" "Yes. He told me to go here and, well, this is confusing. He, he told me that I am the Nerevarine, a.k.a. the Prophecy of Morrowind and I must kill Dagoth Ur." Confusion struck Matthew like forty axes! "WHAT? So you are the Nerevarine. The savior of Morrowind." "That is correct." Auron knew that Matthew would react like this. Any other normal being would have the same reactions like he did. "Listen, my plan is that I must make for Balmora and see someone there by the name of Arrvis Othreand. He works at the Mages Guild. There, he will teleport me to Dagoth Ur's sanctuary where I will kill him." "Well, good for you sir Auron. Sounds like a great plan!" Matthew started getting scared. He didn't want to go with Auron. Auron replied with a strong voice, " And you are going with me." "Oh no, hell frickin' no! You dirty bastard. Wait, I take that back! Please don't kill me! I don't want to get killed by Dagoth Ur, or his minions of hell!" Auron said comforty, "Don't worry. But there are things that will happen if you stay." "Yeah, I might have a chance to live if I stay here!" "No. Dagoth Ur has returned and he is creating an army so big that it will swallow every city on Morrowind in less than half an hour." Matthew dropped the goblet he was drinking from. The Shalk wine spilt all over the floor. "Why do I have to go with you? I am just a regular Knight Bachelor of the imperial army. I just want to finish my time with the service and die in peace." Auron started to look sad, staring off at the table in front of him. "There will be no peace. There will never be peace. Listen to me very carefully. I had my life planned out perfectly until that jackass Emperor Septim (Matthew outraged at that comment) took my life away and gave me this huge responsibility! Look, your life is going to change. If you don't change now, you will die in a most displeasing way. Not by me, but by Dagoth Ur and his monsters." "This is unfair. I never wanted this to happen to me. This is insanity. I should have let those bandits kill me in the cave." Matthew looked extremely depressed. "Listen to me. If you don't want to go with me, fine. But you must beat me in a fight." "A fight? Right now? I'm for it!" "Let's go outside." Auron and Matthew got up and walked out of the tradehouse. They agreed that they should fight north of Seyda Neen, along the Bitter Coast. There, they should have no problem with killing bystanders. They walked to a flat area that looked like a circle with a small swamp in the center of it. The cicular area seemed that it was the right place for the fight, but it was polluted with trees. Auron looked around and told Matthew to step back. Auron shot fireballs out of his hand that totally wiped out the trees and shrubs in the area. Then he cast a spell that wiped out the remainder of the trees. Now the area was smooth and a great place to fight. The two warriors got into position and said their last rights to each other. Auron started first by casting a spell that summoned a huge pile of rocks at his feet. Matthew looked in wonder. "Is he going to throw rocks at me? How childish!" Matt thought to himself. Auron moved his hand in a way that a rock as big as him was levitating about five feet off the ground. He chucked the gigantic rock at Matthew. Matthew was still wearing his bonemold armor. Matt juked out of the path of the rock. The rock fell to the ground near Matt. Auron picked up another. He threw it again, but with more force that it barely knocked Matt on the ground when it flew by his face! The rock fell to the ground past Matthew, about eighty feet away. But something was different. Matt felt a power within the rock that was just thrown. The rock exploded like dynamite! Shards of dirt and earth flew all over the battlefield. Matthew flew to the ground to get cover from the explosion. Auron completed the process of chucking rocks until there was one left. This time, when Auron threw it, Matthew charged the big rock with his sword! Matthew chopped at the gigantic rock that looked indestructible, and split it in two. The insides exploded with extreme force. There was a cloud of smoke in Matt's area. Auron was sure that Matt was dead. The smoke rose, and revealed Matts' body. He was still standing, but his armor was a mess. His cuirass and his shoulder guards were ruined and fell off his worked body. "I can't be killed that easily, Nerevarine." Matthew then charged Auron. Auron was surprised by the attack and was stunned that Matthew survived the explosion. Matthew swung at Auron cutting his expensive shirt into threads. Auron drew a small tiny dagger from his belt. "Don't tell me you are going to fight me with that!" Matthew yelled. Auron charged Matthew. Matt blocked the onslaught of tiny stabs from the dagger. Every time there was a block, the ground shook with a terrible force. The powers of these two warriors fighting, must have put damnable weight on Morrowind's Surface. They fought well into the afternoon, around 3:00 p.m. Auron was starting to get tired of all of the fighting. But Matthew wanted more fighting. He was not getting tired at all. Matthew had deflected all of Auron's fireballs, lightning bolts, and poison shots. There seemed to be no end of the onslaught. Auron wanted it to end then and there. Once there was a pause for a breath from Matthew, Auron wrote a letter in the air with his right hand, which meant he was going to cast another spell. But this was a grand spell, one that would seriously kill everything in a mile radius. This Auron knew from history. There was an aura around Auron. Auron pointed his index finger at Matthew. "What in the name of Azura are you doing now? Are you going to kill me with one of your explosive frogs again?" Auron fired a small beam of light that rocketed through Matthew's body. "Ack." Panic struck Matt. The beam went through Matt and soon all that was behind him blew up in a dazzling display of fire and destruction. Matt bent down to the ground. Then he looked up at Auron. He wasn't in his aura anymore. Auron seemed like he was looking at the destruction that he created. Rocks and rubble flew in the air once again. Matt got up and grabbed his claymore and put it in thrust position. Auron was still transfixed on the explosion. "Now, kill him so this fake nightmare can be over with!" Matthew thought those words before he charged Auron for the last time. Auron, still watched the explosion. Matt thrusted his sword through Auron. The sword impaled his stomach. "Wha?" Auron said his last words before he fell to the ground. Matt fell to the ground, exhausted from the near death experience he just had. He left the sword inside Auron's body. But then, Auron got up again and said, "Good fight. You have beaten me for the first time and the last time. You can stay here and watch the western side of Morrowind be destroyed by all of your worst nightmares." Auron snapped his fingers and Matthew blinked. Matthew totally astounded, was standing up, with his armor untouched, with no battle wounds of any sort. Auron had no wounds either, except for the cut he had that morning when he was shaving his slave beard. "What was that about? What just happened?" Matthew was astounded. It was like he was in a dream. "That was my arena spell. I can only use it four times in my lifetime. I decided to use one for you and me so we could fight for your justice. You won the battle, so you can stay." "Wow, I feel like I haven't fought at all. Why did we choose to fight out here if weren't doing anything for the past eight hours?" Matt asked. Auron replied, "Look around you. It is still late morning. We haven't done anything. We just got here." "Okay, stop talking. This is way too confusing for me this early in the morning." "Fine. Let's go back to Arrile's Tradehouse.