"Here we go…" I bent down and helped Danica sit down on one of the benches inside the Temple of Kynareth as she sighed tiredly and leaned back, my hands clenching into fists at the sight.
"There is no need for you to be angry dear…" Danica hummed, grabbing one of my hands and giving it a comforting squeeze. It helped me calm down a bit, but the guilt burning in my belly just kept on growing. She is aging fast, far too fast. At the rate this is going, she won't survive another month. "I'm sorry that I won't be able to assist you in the battle that is soon to come, but it appears that the more Mana I use, the faster I age…" I grit my teeth at that, shooting a furious glance towards the statue of Kynareth before releasing all my anger through a sigh.
"You have nothing to be sorry about Danica. I have several plans and tricks up my sleeve, so everything will turn out fine." I reassured both her and myself as I gave her hand a comforting squeeze that made her sweet smile grow wider. "I can always trade a few Enchanted items to the College of Winterhold in exchange for their Master Class Restoration mage, but I'd rather not resort to that." Good thing I have the Enchanted Staffs I made, I can just add another Enchantment on them to make them even stronger and better. I should also make a very powerful one that can boost some of my skills, like Geokinesis.
"A Master Class huh…" Danica hummed, before suddenly standing up and slowly walking to the altar where the massive statue resides. She knelt down at the last step and I watched with wide eyes as she removed a brick from the steps, then pulled out a dusty old box from the secret compartment. "These should come in handy then…" She turned around and offered me the dusty box, which I took after I had a slight realization.
I gently grabbed the box and opened it, revealing the two glowing rolled up scrolls inside it. Scrolls with Master Class spells inscribed on them! One was glowing a brilliant gold, the other a brilliant platinum.
"The gold one is a the Master Class Spell known as 'Field Of Grace', it repels the Undead and constantly heals those inside it's range. The platinum one is 'Arkay's Wrath', a Master Class Spell that targets the Undead." Oh damn, these will definitely be incredibly useful in the fight! Especially the 'Arkay's Wrath' one, if I can use it on Hevnoraak then I am confident that it will be more than enough to take him out.
"Say, how are Spell Scrolls even made?" I asked Danica as I put away the scrolls in my inventory. If I can find a way to replicate them then it would be amazing, or maybe I can learn that type of crafting art myself.
"Shouldn't you know? I believe it's a lost art related to Enchanting…" I blink and raise my head to stare at Danica in confusion. I am quite sure that was not in the game and that you could only find them at random inside the dungeons. "These were scrolls found in very old, abandoned temples of Arkay and Kynareth. There is no known way to replicate them or make new ones, we can only recognize the type of spell placed on them." I nod my head, and decided to set aside some time to study them later and see what I can find out. Enchanting Spells on a piece of paper, I feel like that's going to be both simple and complicated.
"Now, don't let this old lady hold you back. Don't you have people to heal, miss Wolf Saint?" My eyebrow twitched at the 'Wolf Saint' bit. I gained that title yesterday after I healed more than a hundred people with Lycanthropy among the Companions, and just this morning I healed more than two-hundred of them. While Purge is single target based, I can simply spam cast it over and over and heal around fifty people before I need to down a Mana Potion.
There's even voice going around that they want to build a statue in my name…
Though, seeing all of those people so happy and crying with joy is more than enough for me to know that it's incredibly worth it. Hell, Kodlak wanted to make me the leader of the Companions, and even though I refused, I know very well that they all see me as their leader now.
"Before I go, there is one last thing that I wanted to ask…" My gaze turned serious and I glanced around to make sure none of the other priestesses were eavesdropping on us. "The Ebony Blade is buried beneath Whiterun, isn't it?" Danica's eyes widened at my question, then her gaze turned serious and she gave a quiet nod that confirmed my suspicion.
My Domain has increased in size so much that I can feel everything in a span of almost ninety meters all around me, and that's how I found Mirmulnir too. Because of that, when I came back to Whiterun I instantly felt this oddity in my Domain and found this small five meter large room buried seventy meters beneath Whiterun that had a very thin and long blade chained up right in the middle of it. It's surrounded by a maze, and the only path leading outside is right beneath the Temple of Kynareth, specifically, right under the statue of Kynareth.
"I'll see if I can come up with some additional seals for the entrance then." I doubt that anyone can find the entrance under the statue, but I'd rather be safe and create some sealing Enchantments to put on staffs just in case. My words made Danica smile gratefully and give me a gentle but tight hug that I reciprocated fully.
"Oh right, one last thing…" I pulled back and gave her a toothy grin that made her blink in confusion. "I know the general location of the Eldergleam, so I'll go and grab it once we are done with the Dragon Priest!" Danica's eyes lit up with hope as a massive grin spread across her own face and she hugged me even tighter. While it is true that she doesn't mind her current state, she is still afraid of dying and leaving the priestesses without someone to lead them.
"Do not underestimate a Divine Trial dear, it is not something you can simply push through with brute force." Danica warned me, and I nodded my head with a serious look on my face. I already expected that it won't be so simple, but I'll prepare myself to face anything either way.
I left the Temple soon after and walked towards the Guild to check on Aurash and her progress in making the Fake Ebony armor for us and Dinara while Eourlund focused on making the weapons since he is the best in Skyrim at it.
The streets were now less crowded as the survivors of Falkreath were slowly being moved to their new housing, some of it was also being occupied by the large group of people and werewolves that were healed by me, with more of them coming into Whiterun as the voice spread. I wonder how long will it take for some vampires to start approaching me too… Harkon won't be happy about that, meaning that I probably should go and unseal Serana when I can.
Good thing that the Jarl is planning to expand the city, something that I'll very likely do myself since it's additional training for my Alteration skill.
I walked through the Guild and out the back, then walked around the large clearing and turned the corner where the massive Skyforge lay. Unlike in the game, the Skyforge isn't open, but it's a smelting furnace. It's actually quite amazing since it can smelt even Fake Ebony in just a couple of hours.
I saw Eourlund hammering at a large, white-hot rod of metal with a large hammer while Aurash was far off to the side and pouring the liquid form of Fake Ebony into a large metal pillar through a small hole. I dunno what that's for though, probably to shape the armor.
"How's it going?" I called out, making Aurash turn towards me with a large grin. I had to say that she looks quite sexy while covered in sweat, but I'm already used to the sight at this point.
"One set of armor is cooling down, second is almost done and third is getting melted right this second." I hummed and nodded my head, turning to stare at the half stripped claw from where the Fake Ebony came from. There's still quite a lot left, but I don't know what to use it for so I'll probably just let Eourlund use it however he wishes.
If only I could somehow animate a suit of armor and turn it into a powerful Enchanted metal soldier. Kinda similar to the Dwemers automatons. Hell, they wanted to do the same to the dragon's bones before they erased themselves from existence!
Turning a massive dragon's skeleton into a powerful war machine by filling it's insides with-
And then the idea hit me.
"Say, can I ask you to make another suit of armor and another weapon, just a much bigger size? Maybe around six meters tall with a weapon fitting it's size." Aurash perks up at my sudden and strange request, giving me a confused glance while wiping some sweat from her brows.
"I guess we can, but why?" Aurash asks, and I give her a very ferocious grin in response.
"That, my dear Aurash, is a surprise!" I cackle madly as I turn around and start walking away. I have to go back and see if my idea can actually work, but if it does, then Hevnoraak is in for a massive ass whooping.
I go back into the Guild, then take a detour to the Alchemy room where the Alchemists are working like madman. Good thing I refilled them again yesterday.
"Flora!" I smiled and rose my head to gaze at the approaching Ariana, then received a very tight hug from the sexy Elven Milf and got a face full of boobs. "I was just about to come and look for you, there's a few things I want to give you." I gave Ariana a confused glance as she pulled back, then dragged me to the other side of the room and to her Alchemy table where a few potions were laying.
"Here, take these two." Two dark blue bottles were forced into my hands before I could even blink, making me wonder if today is my birthday since I am receiving a lot of good stuff. "I wish I could make more of these, but I lack a key ingredient that only grows underground, which is full of Falmers." Ah yeah, I've read up on them and it turns out they are even worse than the Skyrim ones. Not only do they kidnap children, but they also rape anything, be it male or female, they don't care. They are cunning and lay all kinds of traps, are incredibly sensitive to sound and are ferocious warriors that are always in large groups. So needless to say that it's no wonder no one wants to dive underground. I'll see if I can gather some when I take a trip down to Blackreach.
"Anyway, these potions are the best of the best, things only Master Alchemists can make." She reached up and tapped the round bottle with a finger, "This one will help you recover your Mana at a faster rate for a whole day, but I do not know just how high the recovery rate increase is as I've never wanted to waste it for simple research." My eyes widened as I rose the small round bottle and stared at it like it was the most precious thing in the world. No matter how much I grow in power, my Mana reserves will always go back up to full tank after a whole hour. I can shorten it up by drinking Mana Potions, but of course there is a limit to how much I can drink no? If this potion can cut that time in half, then it'd be more than enough to make we want to go straight to Blackreach and find at least one of these plants.
"This other one instead will amplify your magic for a few hours at most, maybe two or less. It will make any magic you cast two times stronger, maybe even more. Wish I had saved the herbs back then if I knew a miracle like you existed." I snorted and rolled the square bottle in my hands. I wonder if it will amplify the magic I will cast through scrolls, if so, then hitting Hevnoraak with a Master Class spell that is two times stronger than normal would surely erase the fucker from existence. Again, I must really take a trip down to Blackreach as soon as I can.
"Oh right, Ulfric is coming to meet the Jarl soon." I blinked and sent the potions into my inventory, then met Ariana's gaze with my very shocked one. "Apparently he didn't take the destruction of Falkreath and the few villages around the area well, and plans on bringing an army to take care of the threat. I think he wants to create a temporary alliance." So more places other than Falkreath were destroyed huh? Meaning that the force we will have to face will very likely be more than two thousand, not counting the additional Draugrs that were already buried in the Nordic Ruins. This temporary alliance will be useful, hopefully the Imperials shut the fuck up about it because I don't want to deal with their bullshit now.
"I almost forgot, think you can save up a couple hundred Mana Potions for me? Can't believe I am almost running out…" Ariana snorted at my words but merely nodded her head with a kind smile. Making hundreds of potions for them is incredibly easy since they boil everything inside giant cauldrons. Each cauldron alone can bring out more than a hundred potions per batch every few hours, and they have more than twenty of them.
"Should we try and contact the College of Winterhold? A Master Class mage would be very welcome…" Ariana hummed mostly to herself as she turned back to her Alchemy table while I walked to the side, ready to leave the room.
"Savos Aren is too much of a pussy to try and fight a Dragon Priest again after the humiliating defeat he suffered a century ago. He'll first piss himself than actually be somewhat useful, same for his merry band of misfits there at the College." Ariana and some of the Alchemist burst out laughing at my words as I shook my head and left the room.
Seriously, asking that idiot for help would just be detrimental. He'd first get in my way than actually be useful, or he'd just make outrageous demands that will just make me want to kill him.
I sighed, then my eyes widened when a hand was placed over my mouth and I was pulled into a dark room filled to the brim with boxes.
I was about to lash out with everything and pull away, but I stopped when a pair of very hungry and soft lips slammed against my own in a very rough and wild kiss.
I blinked several times at the suddenness of this but I relaxed when I recognized Aela's red hair and her bright eyes. God, she scared the shit out of me…
I gasped softly into her mouth when her hands grabbed a handful of my ass and gave it a rough squeeze. I soon started reciprocating the kiss as her hands kept exploring my body hungrily by touching, rubbing and groping anything she could.
"Sorry, but I couldn't hold back…" Aela pretty much purred after breaking the kiss, and I was left panting softly from how good that was. Me and Aurash did kiss a few times when we had sex, and she is very, very good, but Aela is just… damn. "This is to make you remember that after everything settles down, I'm taking you out for a wild night." I bit my lower lip at her sexy purr, her hands sliding into my shorts and making them drop on the ground.
"It's a good thing that I came up with a few tricks then…" I hummed as a large grin spread across my face. This one had actually been Dinara's idea after I was done making her scream and cum with just my fingers, and I would have used it on her if she hadn't been exhausted.
Aela's eyes widened as she pulled back and stared down at my crotch, where a very large and thick dick had suddenly appeared thanks to my Shapeshift skill.
I tested it's limits yesterday and I found out that I can even change my gender with it, become an animal that fits my weight level, and other stuff like that. So of course Dinara would wonder if I can grow a dick! And of course I'd make it the same size as Aurash's.
"Well, damn…" A massive grin spread across Aela's face at the sight, her soft hand wrapping around the large shaft as she started to gently and slowly jerk it, making me bite my lower lip and lean back at the new but very pleasurable feeling. "You really know how to spice things up, don't ya?" Aela purred as she gripped my newly grown dick a bit tighter, making me gasp and jerk my hips as it twitched. Fuck, it's so sensitive!
"What can I say, I'm a woman of many talents…" I chuckled before Aela cut me off with another very hungry kiss, making my back arch as she started jerking me off faster and faster, flooding my whole body with a new kind of pleasure.
"Let me give this puppy a taste." Aela hummed as she broke the kiss and slowly kissed her way down my body, making my breath quicken when I realized what she was going to do.
She soon grabbed my shaft and lifted it slightly as she squatted down, then licked her way up from the base all the way to the head before wrapping her very soft lips around it. I started clawing at the wood behind me as her tongue swirled around the head, the warmth and wetness making my hips jerk and my breath hitch from how good it felt.
Aela winked up at me as her tongue rolled around the head, making me jerk my hips again and push my length further inside her mouth, only for her to surprisingly take it with ease.
I groaned and leaned my head back as she licked my shaft, her soft lips locking around it and sucking on it like a vacuum while she bobbed her head back and forth, slowly picking up speed as she jerked off what she wasn't sucking while her other hand either groped my ass or simply rubbed up and down my sides.
I rubbed her hair with a hand while rolling my hips, panting and groaning in pleasure as I got more and more used to this new pleasurable feeling.
I started thrusting deeper into Aela's mouth as I felt myself edging closer and closer to my orgasm, her sucking growing stronger as I did so as she very clearly enjoyed doing this.
I grinned and reached down, grabbing her head with both hands as I started thrusting faster and faster, deeper and deeper, making her gag and move her hands to grope my as she held on while looking up at me with hunger in her eyes.
"Fuck, I'm about to cum!" I groaned aloud, leaning my head back against the wooden wall behind me while Aela's grip on my ass grew stronger, clearly not wanting me to pull out.
I wouldn't have pulled out either way, this just feels so damn good!
After a few more thrusts, Aela pushed herself down on almost all of my cock, pushing me over the edge and release a rather large load down her throat. This feels good but also weird…
"Yeah…" Aela pulled back once I was done, licking her lips clean as she slowly stood up, "We'll definitely have a lot of fun together." She purred before giving me a spank and a kiss on the cheek, then walking out of the room and leaving me still panting and flustered.
That's one hell of a woman… I like it!
My dick feels so weird right now thought, damn. Is it just me or do guys always feel like this after cumming? This shit's weird.
I used Shapeshift again to go back to normal, then fixed my clothes and hair before leaving the room after making sure the area was clear.
Now I can hopefully get back home before being assaulted by another very horny woman.
And the loud sneeze that came from the Alchemy Room left me with a foreboding feeling.
(Three Hour Later)
I stared at my right hand as glittering little platinum starts danced around it, my eyes wide with both shock and excitement. This was going to change a lot of things.
Once I got home I got to work on putting Double Enchantments on all of my staffs, but I did that only after I tested out if I could create the Enchantments I wanted to put on the massive armor set I requested Aurash to make.
What the Enchantment? It's a Gigantification Enchantment, one that makes the Enchanted Item grow in size when Mana is poured into it.
But of course that's not all! I'm going to fill said armor with stone and use my Stone Golem Skill on it, then make it move even faster by adding Speed Enchantments on the rest of the armor alongside Strength Enchantments, plus manipulating it with Alteration, Psychokinesis and Geokinesis.
I'm going to create a literal monster made capable of taking on dragons and pilot it myself. I wish I could see the faces of those College idiots when they see it!
Good thing I also plan on giving it a weapon, probably with a lightning Enchantment since it has a powerful Mana erasing effect.
But then I suddenly remembered how Danica told me that making Scroll was probably a skill related to Enchanting, and so I got to work on finding out what else I unlocked when I reached the Adept Class level in the skill.
The test for stepping into the Adept Class for any school of Magic is creating a placement Rune for said class, which is incredibly difficult.
A Healing, Poison or Sunfire Rune for Restoration.
A Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water or Earth Rune for Destruction.
A Teleportation Rune for Conjuration, which teleports someone between the two placed Runes, no matter the distance.
A Pitfall or Spike Trap Rune for Alteration, and an Invisibility Rune for Illusion.
As for Enchanting? I'm not tied to the Arcane Enchanter anymore. I can't create the Runes myself and inscribe them onto my items, making my Enchanting several times faster than before and even less Mana consuming!
Right now I can Enchant multiple items at once while using Psychokinesis to move the Soul Gems around, which I really should go and buy more since I am running out. Guess another trip into the dungeon to refill them is soon to come.
It was so easy to multi-task for me now, it was just natural at this point. My speed was even greater thanks to my Domain since I can cast anything inside it's range, meaning that I can perfectly control the Enchanting Runes and Enchant dozens of items at once without a problem. I'm actually terrified of myself now.
So now, thanks to my new skill in Enchanting, I start farming highly explosive wooden staffs with Sunfire and gigantification Enchantments until I almost run out of Soul Gems.
Wait, I wonder if I can Enchant this…
Oh well, I'll test it out in the Dungeon! I really wanna cause some havoc inside that bitch's place!
"Fenrir, let's go!" I call out as I adorn my Enchanted Gear, receiving a small cute howl from upstairs as the large Hellhound rushes down the stairs with the power of a freight train and almost barreling into me. I really hope she didn't destroy anything up there.
"We're going into the Dungeon, so you can finally go as crazy as you want!" Fenrir face lights up, and then she starts doing a little victory dance by pretty much spinning around incredibly fast by trying to catch her tail. Thank the Divines that she doesn't do this when she is in her full size…
I quickly exit the house with her right behind me, walk into the guild and empty their stocks of both full and empty Soul Gems, then walk into the still very ugly Dungeons.
Aaaand the red boxes are spamming in front of my eyes. Guess Mephala is spamming her Mind Reading in anger. I couldn't help but wear a massive smug grin on my face even as enormous waves of giant spiders keep charging at me from the moment I appear in the dungeon.
Only for me to roast them with seas of fire while Fenrir blew them up into smithereens with her highly explosive fireballs. This was actually going to be incredibly useful to level up my Destruction Skill, so maybe I should piss off the spider bitch even more.
I quickly create two staffs and add a Double Enchantment that boosts my Destruction Skill and hold one in each hand, grinning like a lunatic when my Fire grew hotter, wilder and stronger but also more abundant.
Creating Enchanted Items on the fly is a cheat ability, especially if it will work on other things other than just weapons, armor and staffs. Which is exactly something that I want to test out.
Runes are often used for Boundaries and Arrays, which are extremely terrifying things that can turn the tides of a battle. Boundaries are more on the defensive type and are incredibly hard to push through or into. Arrays instead are incredibly deadly, once inside you'll have very small chances to make it out.
I doubt I can create them with my Enchanting Skill, mostly because I haven't heard of any ancient Boundary or Array still existing to this day, or even if they exist at all, but that's for when I reach the Expert or Master Class in Enchanting.
The glittering stars that represented the Runes appeared around me again before flying off towards a massive dragon-shaped earth formation that I created with Alteration.
I couldn't help but grin like a lunatic when the Enchantment stuck, pretty much proving to me that Enchanting is the best skill ever because of it's versatility.
I threw the dragon head at an approaching Arachne, and watched as the construct bit down on the monster before exploding in a massive explosion that annihilated anything in it's range while the shock-wave sent the rest flying.
Yeah, Enchanting is the best!
I blink, then realize that my clothes only have one Enchantment on them, so I quickly put a Destruction boost on them and watch as my flames just skyrocket in heat while the amount I release through a simple Flames spell has gone up by dozens of times.
I free one of my hands and Conjure a random weapon inside it, then grin when the Enchantment does stick to it too. This is something the player couldn't do inside the game because the weapon would disappear once sheathed, and it wasn't even a game mechanic, but here I actually can!
The best thing is that they can handle my strongest Enchantments without a problem, which are sevenfold boosts! I don't even know how it's possible for Enchantments to stick on them since they are both corporeal and incorporeal. Bound Weapons are manifestations of one's Soul, and the stronger their Soul, the stronger the weapon summoned is.
Oh well, I don't really care anyway. This opens a lot of options for me so it's very welcome.
I conjure two Bound Staffs to take place of the wood ones I created, and Enchant them both with two sevenfold Destruction Magic boosts. The difference is immense as I bathe the entire surroundings of the first Tower with a sea of fire while Fenrir happily runs through said flames without a problem. Thank the Divines that Hellhounds are pretty much immune to fire.
I throw a glance around while downing a Mana Potion just to refill my reserves before I have Fenrir rush forward and past the fist Tower. I want to reach Depth Three at least and see what else I can find inside the towers, but I mostly want to do this because the deeper I go the more spiders will come at me, and the more my Destruction Skill will level up.
Fenrir easily blasts through the massive sea of fire, a spider leg in her jaws as she happily runs while picking up speed and going faster and faster. The world starts to blur around me before a deafening explosion rings out, almost making me loose my grip on Fenrir's back.
Did she just fucking break the sound barrier?! And she's still speeding up! Holy shit!
The giant spiders that try to get in our way end up being pulverized by how fast Fenrir is going, and she simply barrels through them as if they are made out of paper.
It doesn't take long for the second Tower to finally come into view, showing just how fast Fenrir is going, so I simply have her slow down and feed her a few Stamina Potions to make her recover all the energy she lost. She is still very young and it will take a couple of months, maybe less, for her to get used to her constant and massive increases in power.
The spiders around have changed, and now the Arachne are the common ones around. Luckily they all use Ice type spells so the immense sea of fire I have around is more than enough to protect me and Fenrir.
There are some bigger ones too with more than one head, and with faces full of eyes, and they are the stronger variants from what I can see since they are capable of throwing Adept Class Ice spells that are quite annoying since they cover a large area, but I can simply focus half of my firepower on them for a few seconds to kill them.
I use a vine to tie the Enchanted Bound Staffs to my back before I summon a Bound Bow and then quickly Enchant it.
I turn towards an incoming wave of Spider Daedra, then pull back the string to make it summon a Bound Arrow, then release it and watch as the arrow splits into seven different arrows and falls onto or around the incoming monsters before exploding and tearing them apart.
Multiplication and Explosion Enchantments, very fitting for bows.
I wave away the floating box telling me that I unlocked the 'Bow Mastery' and simply focus on raining more bombs on the enemies around, and also cover the area in fire since I am still in contact with the Enchanted Staffs.
This is definitely a good way to level up Skills, especially since a certain bitch is clearly very angry at me and is sending her minions to their death.
Me and Fenrir quickly approach the second Tower, and I release two giant Stone Golems behind me so that the enormous waves of Spider Daedra don't come in to bother me while I fight the boss of this Tower in case it's a very strong one.
The place was darker than then previous tower, which had nothing inside it for some reason, and there were way more webs than usual. I can feel something moving around the place thanks to my Domain showing me a large blank spot blitzing around at incredible speeds.
I lazily raised a hand to create a massive Ward to block the large ball of caustic acid that was thrown at me from a small gap between the webs then erase it with fire.
Fenrir growled and whipped her head to the side, releasing a massive wave of scorching flames that incinerated all the webs in the vicinity and making the creature that attacked me screech in pain as it blitzed out of the flames and under the cover of the remaining webs.
I wonder if this is going to be a sort of theme. The boss of the first tower was pure size and power, while the second one seems to be pure speed and stealth. The next one will probably be pure magic then? Should I expect and Expert Class Ice mage spider daedra as a boss?
Oh well, questions for later I guess.
I reach over and grab the quick monster with my Psychokinesis, then drag it over into the burnt clearing to stare at it. It's a very ugly and short but large spider with a mostly quasi-flat body and at least two to three dozen legs.
It was barely taller than a meter and a half, but it was at least ten meters long and wide. This one doesn't have a human-like upper body though it seems, not that I really care.
I let Fenrir blow it up with a fireball before turning my attention to the altar at the other end of the Tower's lobby. There was a dagger on the altar this time, not a staff like inside the first Tower.
I narrow my eyes at it, weighing my option and wondering if I should really bring another one of Mephala's Daedric Artifacts on Nirn, but then a sudden idea hits me.
Why not use Purge on the dagger? If it can remove the evil presence of the Daedric Princes from people, then it should be able to do the same with weapons, right?
I walk up the altar and cast Purge on the dagger, grinning when platinum light envelops the small weapon. It actually worked!
I don't get time to cheer for my success when suddenly everything starts to shake and a formless pressure settles down on my shoulder. Guess I pissed the spider bitch even more! I better skedaddle!
I grab the dagger and throw it inside my inventory, then mount on Fenrir and have her rush back at full speed even as titanic spiders burst out of the ground and the walls of the Tower.
I wave my hand and throw out several dozen Enchanted Staffs, grinning when they grow to seven meters in size before exploding in massive spheres of fire, only for my eyes to widen when the titanic spiders appear to be completely unharmed by the onslaught.
Like hell I'm letting that shit slide!
Another massive spiders explodes out of the ground in front of us, but Fenrir simply grows in size and howls in fury as she rams her sharp claw into the massive monster's face, then bathes it in scorching white-hot flames.
I cancel the Bound Bow and grab my Enchanted Bound Staffs again, then raise them up into the air as I start releasing the hottest flames I can and gather them into a titanic ball of fire. I'm pulling a Freeza on these fucker's!
I create several massive Fire Pillars to help me gather even more fire, panting from the strain of using so much Mana in one go, but grinning like a lunatic as I stare at the titanic fifty meter wide and tall sphere of fire that took more than half of my Mana to make. It was so hot that the few rocks around were starting to melt!
I have Fenrir jump back as I throw the massive sun at the incoming wave of titanic spiders and the smaller army of Spider Daedra, then down a Mana Potion to refill myself as much as possible.
I watch in mad glee as some spiders instantly turn to ash when they approach the massive sun that I create while the titanic ones try to scurry back, but simply stumble over each other until the sun swallows them all before exploding in a bright and deafening flash.
BOOM!
Me and Fenrir are almost thrown into the air from the immense shock-wave that slams into us from the explosion, but we quickly recover and turn around as more monsters are quickly appearing.
I down another Mana Potion as Fenrir hurries back with me on top of her, staring wide eyed at the absolute destruction that I just caused. I was even about to throw the explosive dragon heads made out of stone to finish off the remaining monsters, but I didn't expect for that massive ball of fire to explode! Not that I mind, it did erase everything in a one-hundred meters radius at least, good thing we were outside of it.
I shake my head and pull out a few Stamina Potions from my inventory, then floated the liquid into Fenrir's mouth with Psychokinesis as she starts speeding up more and more.
I pull out the dagger out of my inventory and hold it with both hands to stare at it more closely. The handle was blood red while the guard had what looked like spider legs reaching towards it. The blade was a blackish red, jagged and with a slight curve at the tip. It kinda resembled a Daedric Dagger now that I stare at it more closely, albeit it looks more like a small sword since it was the length of my forearm.
I pour my Mana into it to see what kind of effect it has, then blink when my arm disappear- no, my whole body just disappeared alongside the dagger.
So it makes me invisible? That's quite useful actually, but I didn't expect for Mephala to create an assassination tool. Well, one of her domains is Secret Murder so…
Well, the dagger will be useful for when I want to sneak and assassinate certain targets or eavesdrop on others. Though I should test it out later to see if it has any additional effects, maybe some sort of poisonous effect or something else.
I suddenly narrowed my eyes and glanced around, noticing how the Spider Daedra were nowhere and now there were just normal giant spiders. Those titanic ones, which were around forty meters in height and width maybe, were nowhere to be seen either, mostly because I turned them all into ashes with that powerful spell from before.
Is something big about to come or are there some limitations to what Mephala can summon and control within this realm? That can't be it, this is something she created herself so it's impossible for her to have limitations. Perhaps there is a limit to how many things she can summon, else the realm gets unstable? I don't know which it is, but I'll keep my guard up either way…
Fenrir soon blasted past the first Tower and shot back towards the Daedric Gate much to my relief as I downed another Mana Potion to refill myself. I wonder if my order for paper has been taken care of, I really want to get to work on some scrolls and see if I can make them.
I throw one last glance around as we approach the gates, ignoring how Mephala kept trying to read my mind or maybe even attack it, then simply walked through the gate with a shrunken and tired but very happy Fenrir. Now she'll finally go to sleep instead of wrecking the damn house.
Oh right, let's check my gains! I keep forgetting to do that!
[Name: Flora
Race: Nymph
Title: "Child of The Earth"
Job: Druid Lv 46/100
[Mage Skill Tree: [Warrior Skill Tree:
Destruction (43) One-Handed Mastery (18)
Restoration (29) Two-Handed Mastery (9)
Enchanting (53) Bow Mastery (4)]
Alteration (51)
Conjuration (32)]
Another four levels and I'll be halfway done with my Druid Job. Still, I killed so many monsters and I gained so few levels! It's going to be a real pain in the ass later on.
The best thing is that my Destruction reached a high level. Another seven levels and I can cast those terrifying Adept Class spells. Those will be incredibly useful and powerful, so I'll dive into the Dungeon again tonight to finish leveling it up.
I need to reach the Adept level with Conjuration too, as for Restoration, I can only do that after I've dealt with Hevnoraak and when I visit Meridia's Daedric Dungeon in Morthal. I should also really go around the other Holds and sign my name into their Waystone so that I can easily teleport between them in case of emergencies like dragon attacks.
I shake my head and go collect my order of papers from the main desk, then retire back home only to still find it empty. I hope Dinara takes my offer and starts living with me and Aurash since I love her company, she is fun to be around.
I sit down in the garden and pull out some papers, then summoned the glittering Runes and started trying some combinations. I can Enchant the paper to explode, but that isn't a spell, just a simple effect.
Spells are more complicated than just simple and direct Enchantments. Spells manipulate Mana to act in a certain way, all according to the caster's will. The stronger the spell, the more complicated it is.
So the question is, how do I place a spell into a scroll? And the answer is actually incredibly simple. Just write the Spell's name. Or at least, that's my theory.
My theory is based off by the fact that as long as I have the right class, I can simply think the name of the spell to summon it in my hands. Meaning that all spells need a name for them to be accepted, and I can simply use that name to instantly summon the spell, something that no one else can do.
Deciding to see if my theory is correct, I pulled out the Master Class Restoration spell scroll and gently opened it. I wasn't afraid of accidentally activating it since I needed to pour just a bit of Mana into it to activate it, and then I took a bit to get used to the light pouring out of it before I was finally able to gaze at the scroll.
The blinding light was coming from the glittering stars that formed into words, then into the spell's name, thus proving my theory to be right. God, I love being such a magic nerd!
Still, I doubt it will be so easy to inscribe a spell onto a scroll so I decided to go with a simple Fireball spell, which is actually an Adept Class spell.
The stars stuck to the paper, but then I noticed that it kept sucking up my Mana for a few seconds before they released a bright red glow and stopped. I pulled back with shock and mulled over my new discovery, then a giant grin spread across my face.
I can create scrolls containing spells of a higher class, but I need to feed it the same amount of Mana said Spell takes. Meaning that I can also inscribe Master Class spells onto scrolls as long as I constantly keep feeding it Mana until it's full.
This opens a lot of doors for me, but I doubt that I can create a Master Class scroll even with my very massive Mana reserves. I'll probably need more than an hour, maybe even more.
Master Class spells can demolish an entire city, and while the spell I created inside the dungeon is incredibly powerful, I'd say it's around Expert Class at most. It wouldn't even be able to destroy a third of Whiterun if I were to throw it.
"But maybe I can cheat my way to making at least one…" I hum to myself, then bring out the Destruction Spells book that Farengar gave me some time ago and swiped all the way to the Master Class section. Too bad that there are only three Master Class spells for each element, it doesn't really give me much choice so I'll just go with the one I like the most.
I ignore the Earth and Water ones as their scale is far too big, so I focus on the other three elements. The one I want to use the most is a Lightning Master Class spell because hitting Hevnoraak with something that powerful will surely devour a lot of his Mana, and that's the one thing we must do.
One of the Fire Master Class spells creates a literal meteor, and while that's incredibly cool, it's also far too powerful. In fact, it's the most powerful spell of the Destruction school.
The strongest Ice spell instead froze everything in a very massive range, which is another big nope.
And lastly, I finally turn to the Lightning spells. The first one I ignore is a massive scale storm spell similar to the Storm Call shout, just with a much greater scale. But then the one that caught my attention had a simple name, and was also exactly what I was looking for.
I quickly write it down and put it aside for later, then focus on making scrolls with Expert Class Restoration spells, both for healing and offense, but also the defensive ones. I want as any as possible before we go after Hevnoraak. I'll also create scrolls with the spell I created in the dungeon, and because I am a big fan, I'll call it 'Cruel Sun'.
It wasn't until half an hour later that I stopped from creating yet another scroll because the door to the garden opened, and in came a slightly tired looking Dinara.
"Hey, I haven't seen you in quite a bit…" A large smile spreads across her face as she comes over and sits down beside me, then leans against my shoulder, this action alone making my heart soar. God, am I falling in love with both her and Aurash? I've started to notice the change in my feelings towards them recently, but I'm still not too sure about what I feel, so I'll just wait.
I smile and lean my head against hers while holding her hand, kinda hoping for Aurash to come back so that she could join us too, making everything so much better.
I leaned down and kissed her cheek, making her flush slightly at the action, but she clearly very much enjoyed it.
"I had to take care of the kids at the orphanage in Whiterun since so many lost their parents in Falkreath. For now they will all have to sleep in bunk beds together until the Jarl can make the place better." I hugged her closer to me as she explained what she had to do all this time, making my heart ache for those poor children.
"I'll go pay them a visit later, leave the orphanage a great deal of money and make their building bigger so that it can house everyone." Dinara gives me a large and warm smile, and we would have shared a nice kiss if Fenrir didn't tackle her to the ground.
I just sighed and shook my head with a fond smile as Dinara battled Fenrir off of herself behind me, then I ignored her pleas for help and turned back to making even more scrolls.
Only for a loud knock to interrupt me just as I was about to start.
Me and Dinara shared a look as Fenrir sniffed the air before growling, clearly not recognizing whoever it was behind the door, so I just put everything away and went to answer. Turns out it's just a guard.
"Forgive me for the disturbance Lady Flora, but the Jarl has asked for your presence in Dragonsreach." I nodded my head in confusion as the guard excused himself, then a realization hit me. The Jarl must be having his meeting with Ulfric right now.
I quickly get ready then walk out of the house with Dinara and Fenrir who was now trying to annoy the poor woman as much as possible for some reason.
We quietly make our way up to Dragonsreach and enter the main hall, then roll my eyes when I see Savos Aren and his two ladies right behind him at the table. I was hoping I didn't have to see him again for a long while.
At the head of the table was the Jarl with Irileth and Farengar behind him, while at the other hand was a tall muscular man in a dark furred cloak, bright blue eyes with dark blonde hair and full beard. And behind him was a massive man with a large war-ax on his back and cloaked in sabretooth fur and armor.
Fenrir barked and jogged off to join Ariana as she was sitting off at the table, making the woman chuckle and turn to start giving the apocalyptic puppy some scratched behind the ears.
I didn't miss how Savos Aren's eyes widened at the sight of Fenrir shrunken form. He must've clearly realized that she was an Elder Hellhound now.
"Flora, we were just waiting for you!" The Jarl nodded his head in greeting with a friendly smile, then gave Dinara a more respectful one as I nodded my head back, then waved at Irileth and Farengar behind him.
"Ulfric, this lady is Flora, the Thane of Whiterun and the one responsible for the flourishing of the city. The lady beside her is Dinara, the vice-leader of the Blades." The man in the black furred coat gave a respectful nod towards the both of us while the man behind him slammed a fist above his heart and gave a respectful bow towards Dinara. Clearly he is a big fan of the Blades.
"Thank you for accepting a meeting on such short notice old friend." Ulfric speaks up in a booming voice, "I presume you already know the reason for my visit, but I'll ask either way. I'd like to form a short alliance between us to deal with that damned Dragon Priest before he destroys anymore villages." My eyes widened slightly when Ulfric actually bowed deeply at the end of his request, and the Jarl seems to be just as shocked as me.
"I have already lost all the villages under the watch of Falkreath to that monster. The closest villages now are those under your watch, and I refuse to let you fight that monster alone without giving my men a chance at revenge." He's… very honorable it seems. He could have easily left everything to Balgruuf, but instead he offered himself to help even if it might mess up his chances at winning the current war. I guess he deserves a bit of respect.
"An army won't be enough to fight against a Dragon Priest." Dinara suddenly spoke up with a harsh tone, "Those monsters can destroy cities without breaking a sweat, they can easily wipe out entire armies and turn them into their minions instead." Ulfric gritted his teeth at her words, punching the table hard enough to make it rattle as he sat down heavily on his chair.
"Then we won't throw an army at him." I spoke up with a shrug, making everyone turn towards me in confusion. "We throw our army against Hevnoraak's army, then we can focus on taking on Hevnoraak himself." Dinara blinked, then her eyes widened in realization as a grin spread across her face before she nodded at me.
"Hevnoraak?" The massive man behind Ulfric wondered aloud, making me nod seriously.
"That's the name of the Dragon Priest. He has a past of mind controlling minions and being one that loves torture, making everyone under him gladly throw themselves to their death because they fear his torture even more. He had plans to attain a form of immortality in the past by constantly draining his blood, then fusing back with it after he became a Draugr so to become a living being once more. As a Draugr, he won't be able to regenerate his Mana, so that's why he destroyed so many villages, to make up an army to keep himself safe while he recovers." Everyone's faces paled at my words, even Dinara didn't know the full story behind the vile bastard, something that I do not like speaking about.
"How do you know so much about this Dragon Priest?" Savos Aren asked with narrowed eyes, making Fenrir snap her head towards him and growl viciously as she started growing in size, but I simply shrugged and calmed her down.
"I know a lot about all the Dragon Priests in Skyrim and where they are." I raise a hand up, then raise a finger, "There's Hevnoraak near Falkreath." Another finger goes up, "There is Otar right north of Markarth." then another finger, "There is Volsung in the mountains near Solitude." another finger, "There is Vokun in-between Solitude, Morthal and Dawnstar." another finger again, "There is Morokei, Savos Aren old friend deep in Labyrinthian, the ancient capital from where the dragons ruled over Skyrim. There is Krosis in between Windhelm and Whiterun, up in the snowy mountains. Then there is Nahkriin north of Riften, and Rahgot sleeping inside the mountain right south of Riften." I reached over and grabbed the cup of water, then drank it down while staring at the very horrified and shocked Savos Aren straight in the eyes. "Satisfied?" The Archmage gulped loudly and leaned back, clearly out of words.
"Don't worry about those near the cities, they won't wake up unless you approach their tombs." That made them all relax, albeit I noticed that Dinara noted them all down just in case. I'll give her more precise locations later since I can trust her with this information. "Going back to the attack plan. I can personally go there and raise a fortress to keep the enthralled army busy. If they are still alive I can heal them, but if Hevnoraak has already killed them, then we can only put them out of their misery."
We went on to share our plans and ideas while the Archmage just sat there, not even saying anything or saying that they will do something. What they for, I don't know, and I don't care.
I reminded them all that we will also have to likely face some dragons, or wyverns and drakes at most. The focus of the army should be on making sure that none of Hevnoraak's soldiers get past them, while I can take care of the dragons and the rest. Aurash can easily slaughter the wyverns and drakes with how strong she is now, and once her armor is done and Enchanted, she'll be even more terrifying. To not speak about how Dinara will be the same.
All we have to do is just follow the damn plan perfectly.
(Two Days Later)
I blinked as the raven I sent to scout ahead sent me an image that showed the massive army of undead walking around the massive plains in front of the Nordic Ruins.
The place was different from the game, but I just ignored that as I twirled my Fake Ebony Staff. My armor was quite heavy, but I was strong enough to be able to ignore the weight right now.
I had a pitch black breastplate, elbow length gauntlets, armored pants, a black cape made out of Fake Ebony and other fibers woven together, and a mask that Aurash made after I told her how the Dragon Priests have Enchanted ones.
I have a total of six items that can be Enchanted twice, and yet I only placed a Psychokinesis Enchantment on the gauntlets, and a Geokinesis one on the Staff, as for the rest, it's empty.
Why? Because I can remove the Enchantments without destroying the item now. So I can instantly switch out between what boosts I want in under a second, an incredibly terrifying ability if I do say so myself, and it was an idea that my sweet and beautiful Dinara came up with.
I analyzed the zombies and noticed that they were all unharmed, and the only thing they had over us was a massive advantage in numbers.
We had two-thousand or so people. They were more than five thousand at least.
Because of that, we had to rethink our strategy, and the new one was slightly better. I created a massive pair of walls all around the plains, making the zombie army unable to get past it no matter what, they can only climb over each other if they want to get past the immense thick walls.
The walls had three massive gates all positioned five dozen meters away from each other, and on the other side was our army waiting. The zombie army would flood through the gates and swarm our army that would keep them busy, while the archers and mages on the walls of the gates fired down arrows and spells constantly to thin out the numbers, and they all had a massive reserve of Mana Potions and arrows to help them go forward. I was going to leave behind a stone giant and some Malboros to help the soldiers thin out the numbers even faster.
The Master Class Restoration field wasn't going to stop the zombies since they were all being mind controlled, and the fear effect of the field wasn't going to push them away. But thankfully, the field was going to last for at least half an hour, so as long as one didn't die in one hit, their injuries would instantly heal. Behind our spread out army was another set of walls so that no zombie would get past them and they'd be stuck with the army.
"I'll try to lower their numbers as much as possible before they get here." I told Ulfric and Balgruuf, both of them wearing armor and ready to go down there to fight alongside their soldiers, an action worthy of respect.
Meanwhile, the College of Winterhold had sent their own people, Savos Aren had come too, but they weren't doing anything of course. I'm pretty sure he just wants to examine my Enchantments at work as see if he can crack them like that. What a fucking idiot.
I turned towards the left gate, a fond smile across my face when I saw the hundreds of werewolves lining around it and waiting to slaughter the incoming zombies. They had all volunteered to come after learning of this fight, saying that they'd willingly die for me after what I have done for them. Their devotion made me cry a little bit, I'll be honest. I hope not many die thanks to the Master Class field…
"We are ready to start." I looked around and received a nod from the hundreds of mages and archers, none of the mages being with the College of course. "Then I'll invite them all over." I smiled and walked on top of the wall, summoning a bound staff to hold together with my Fake Ebony one, then placed all double sevenfold Destruction boosts on all of my equipment before drinking the Mana Boosting Potion, the Mana Recovery one I already used two days ago to make the Master Class Destruction scroll, which took me more than four hours to make, thanks to the recovery potions mostly, but it took a huge strain on me. That's why I don't think I'll be making any for a while now.
The temperature spiked up more and more as a massive sun made out of white-hot flames appeared far above us thanks to me. I stopped making it bigger only after I felt like it reached the perfect mass, then I threw it forward as hard as I could, making it release a shock-wave as it flew across the soon-to-be battlefield.
The explosion was barely felt from how far we were, and it didn't kill as many as I hoped since right now the zombies were all spread out, but this was more than enough to attract their attention and make them rush towards us, grouping up together more and more. I want to clear several hundred of them with a single attack before the big guys come out.
"Now, for the stronger blow." I hummed, then switched my Enchantments from Destruction boosts to Alteration as I waved my hand and summoned the massive set of armor made by Aurash, which I Enchanted with speed and strength boosts, then the secondary Enchantment was the gigantification one of course.
I threw it over the wall, then willed it to grow to a massive size of forty meters, making the ground shake when it landed. I couldn't help the psychotic grin on my face as I stared at this beautiful beast!
I quickly filled the insides with liquid earth, then solidified it and turned it into a Stone Golem, allowing it to gain sentience.
"By the Divines, did you just make the Numidium…?" Ulfric awed as I snorted, throwing a massive sword up in the air and letting the giant grab it as it grew to a fitting size for it.
"Maybe in the future I will!" I laughed as I pulled my arm back, the massive armor following my movement as powerful crackles of lightning came from the giant sword. If I had to give this bad boy a name, then I'll go with Hercules! Sounds fitting for someone meant to be just pure fighting power.
I grinned, watching the stunned faces of the mages of the College as I swung the massive blade down, splitting the ground apart and releasing a massive shock-wave followed by a wave of thunderous lighting shaped like a crescent moon, and I watched with mad glee as it tore apart the incoming wave of zombies, definitely killing more than the couple of hundreds that I wanted and doing much better than I expected.
An image appeared in my mind, making my glee die down as my face became more serious under the simple black mask covering my face. I watched as more than three dozen large flying monsters rose from behind the mountains where the Nordic Ruins were. There was a massive dragon there too, but it seemed to still be waiting for orders it seems while the flying monsters that were coming were just wyverns.
They are much weaker than drakes as they can only attack with their tails, wings and jaws and cannot breathe fire apparently, but their spikes are very poisonous so there's that.
"Aurash, Dinara, you two can go now. I'll deal with the dragon myself." I turned to my lefts, gazing at the massive armored form of Aurash. Her armor was incredibly menacing, with spikes and claw like gauntlets. It was also incredibly heavy, but for her it was like paperweight. Especially after the Enchantments I put on it.
Aurash nodded her head and rolled her shoulders, then she walked forward as a silver glow enveloped her body, showing that she had just activated Ironflesh.
She vaulted over the edge of the wall and fell down, falling on her feet and slightly cratering the ground on impact. Then proceeded to shatter the sound barrier as she charged at the incoming wave of wyverns and zombies.
Another sonic boom rang out as Dinara sped after her, being invisible since I gave her the Daedric Dagger I got from the dungeon. I wanted her to focus on destroying the jars of blood before going back to help Aurash stall Hevnoraak.
I throw a glance at the flying wyverns and narrow my eyes. I might as well shoot them down to try and level up since I am very close to level 50.
[Name: Flora
Race: Nymph
Title: "Child of The Earth"
Job: Druid Lv 49/100
[Mage Skill Tree: [Warrior Skill Tree:
Destruction (51) One-Handed Mastery (25)
Restoration (30) Two-Handed Mastery (12)
Enchanting (59) Bow Mastery (16)]
Alteration (55)
Conjuration (46)]
I don't know what skills I may unlock, but hopefully I can gain something useful.
I had Hercules pick me up and put me on it's shoulder as I changed my Enchantments to Destruction boosts again and downed a Mana Potion to refill any Mana I have lost, but thanks to the Mana Boosting Potion I don't use too much now so I can throw incredibly powerful spells without a problem.
Seeing the zombies grow closer, I pull out the Field of Grace scroll out of my inventory and activate it, causing a shower of golden light to spread through the plains as the sound of a church bell rang out, revitalizing people's spirits and making them feel even stronger.
The warriors all downed their strengthening potions and roared out towards the snarling zombies, lifting their morale as a bloody battle soon began.
Now I can focus on the rest and leave Hevnoraak to Dinara and Aurash.
(Aurash)
She ignored the blood and limbs that flew around her as she tore her way through the hundreds of zombies. She knew all too well how important her task was, and that only she and Dinara could take care of it, so like hell she was going to let Flora down.
A roar drew her attention and she lifted her head up to see a large crimson wyvern land in-between her and her target. It would have been a terrifying sight, but she faced two dragon before, this thing was nothing more than a puppy compared to them.
"Out of my fucking way." She snapped, stomping on the ground with enough force to crater it and send any nearby zombie flying as she sped up even more and rammed her shoulder into the wyvern's jaw, caving it's head in before she tore through it's body and scales without slowing down, leaving behind a mangled corpse.
She did make sure to tell Flora that she couldn't absorb Wyvern's soul though.
"Strun!" She rose her head to the sky, causing it to quake and rumble as the clouds grew darker.
"Bah!" The blue sky disappeared as harsh winds started to pick up, the dark clouds growing darker and darker as a terrifyingly loud rumbling came from them.
"Qo!" An immense shock-wave was released from the last word, and the sky roared in fury as enormous lightning bolts smashed onto the wyverns and the zombies, blowing them to bits as storms of winds forced the wyverns to land while the zombies were toppled over.
She'll never get tired of this power. Shaping the world with a couple of words, no wonder Flora wanted her to learn Shouts so much, they were amazing!
A powerful roar shook the land as a massive beast rose from behind the Nordic Ruins, making her eyes narrow. She wanted to go and fight it, but she focused on her task. Only to grin when a massive white-hot sun slammed against the giant dragon's head and exploded, making the beast roar in fury as it turned towards it's new target.
This one was an enormous fifty meter tall fire dragon, but luckily it was very old and must have been one of the survivors from the Dragon War, so she knew Flora could handle it, especially with that giant armor of hers.
She watched with wide eyes as Flora piloted the armored giant to meet the roaring dragon's charge, and slammed a giant fist into it's face that released an immense shock-wave that sent the dragon reeling back, but it quickly retaliated by releasing a sea of flames that Flora easily diverted.
She shook her head and turned her gaze away from the epic battle between giants to focus on the approaching large doors. Just staring at them gave her the chills, making her understand just how terrifying the monster waiting for her inside was.
"Knock knock!" She called out loudly as she kicked the massive doors down, sending dust flying everywhere. She walked through it and quickly entered a massive and almost destroyed hall filled with empty graves. At the other end of it was a large throne, and sitting on it was her target, Hevnoraak.
"Would you like to learn more about our Lord and savior Arkay?" She asked the dumb question that Flora put into her mind, and did her best to try and not snort and shake her head as the Dragon Priests glowing blue eyes narrowed.
"The Dovahkiin…" He mused aloud, making her roll her eyes as she got ready for the fight about to come, and hoping that Dinara had already sneaked past the bastard.
"The one and only. Now bend over bitch, time to get spanked." She sneered and stomped her foot, causing the entire hall to shake as the Dragon Priest floated up from his throne while holding a dark yellow staff with a dragon head on it's tip. She'll have to watch out for that.
"You remind me of that foolish Miraak… insolent, the both of you." Aurash narrowed her eyes at that name, remembering how Flora once mentioned him and said that he was the First Dragonborn, while she was the Last. And that he was someone supposedly strong enough to slay Alduin herself.
"But don't worry, I'll make sure to discipline you well." A blinding white glow erupted from the dragon staff, causing the room's temperature to skyrocket to impossible heights as Aurash's eyes widened before narrowing as a feral grin spread across her face. She watched as Hevnoraak flicked his staff towards her, releasing an immense beam of concentrated fire.
"Yol-Toor-Shul!" Only for her to fight the beam of fire with a literal sea of it. A second sun was born within the hall from her Shout as the very stone melted in seconds, forcing Hevnoraak to raise his other hand and summon an immense Ward to stop the sea of fire. His head snapped to the right when he thought he felt something, but when he saw nothing he decided to focus once more onto the Dovahkiin.
"You know Lord Paarthurnax Shout… That traitorous bastard…" He hissed viciously, lowering the ward and staring at the fully ruined and melted hall with indifference. Another blinding glow rose from his staff, ready to send another beam towards his target.
"Wuld-Nah-Kest!" Only for him to get folded over her arm as a sound-barrier breaking punch slammed into his guts and sent him crashing through the walls of his ruins and into the mountain.
He floated out of the debris and patted the dust off his shoulder while staring straight towards the visibly annoyed Dovahkiin. He did his best to hide his shock as he activated Ebonyflesh, knowing all too well that this woman was a monster when it came to physical might.
His eyes rose up and widened when he saw a giant suit of armor fight off the massive dragon he had called over for assistance, but his gaze soon landed on the small figure resting on the giant's shoulder. He couldn't see much as a mask and hood covered her face, but he could tell she was a woman and that she had blonde hair, but just that.
Looks like this Era had terrifying people he had to be wary off. He had been too hasty to attack the nearby cities and villages.
"Done mulling over your mistakes?" He lowered his gaze to meet the Dovahkiin's and noticed that she had now pulled out a massive Enchanted Greatsword. A Double Enchantment too. Looks like someone as skilled as the Dragon Priests served this Dovahkiin.
"The only mistake made here is you picking a fight with me." Hevnoraak bit out, clenching his fist and opening several portals to Oblivion to call out some Atronachs for further assistance.
This woman was dangerous, and in his weakened self she was a fearsome opponent. But if worse comes to worst, then he shall use his Mask.
(Dinara)
"I don't have time to waste with you fucks!" She roared as she tore apart yet another massive armored draugr with her large butcher-like blade, slamming her foot on the ground and releasing a shock-wave as she blasted down the tunnel.
This place was a damn maze and she already went down seven different tunnels, and they were all dead ends! Plus they were filled to the brim with draugrs and skeletons. Good thing Flora leant her and Aurash several dozen scrolls to use in case of emergencies.
Her eyes soon widened when she reached a large hall filled with graves. She quickly scanned it with her eyes, and then looked up before grinning. She finally found one of the blood jars!
The only problem was that it was sealed within several magic circles and ancient runes, and she didn't know if she was strong enough to smash her way through those defenses.
She clicked her tongue as the graves started popping up, making her rush into one of the nearby tunnels and throw three scrolls back into the hall, three scrolls containing Flora's personally made Cruel Sun spell. The explosion of three of those was definitely going to take care of that blood jar.
Boom!
She rushed back and waved her arm hard enough to clear the smoke, then rushed away when she saw that the blood jar had been destroyed. Now, if what Flora said is right, there should be two more.
Even with the immense boost in speed given by her new armor, it was taking her too much to just move around because the deeper she went, the more resistance she met. Traps and draugrs everywhere!
She pulled out another scroll, releasing an immense sea of blinding Sunfire through the tunnels as she ran through it as it destroyed all the undead creatures around, knowing very well that she can't be harmed by it.
She quickly found the second blood jar, and gave it the same treatment as the previous one and blew it to bits alongside the dozens of graves within the hall, then rushed even further down the ruins as fast as she could.
She stomped her foot and twirled her butcher-like blade as she blitzed through the armored draugrs that tried to stop her, only for her to just split them in half as she rushed by. She was sure she had killed hundreds of these bastards, but no matter how many she killed, more would take their place. This went to show how many people Hevnoraak enslaved before he was sealed, at least now she was putting them out of their misery.
It wasn't until a few minutes later that she reached an even bigger hall, this one looking more like a torture room that a hall though. It was the last room of the ruins too since she couldn't see any other tunnel.
At the other end of the chamber was an altar with a glowing blood jar on it, making her grin viciously. This was definitely the last one, and after this she could finally go back up and kick that psycho's ass!
The hair on the back of her neck suddenly stood up and she threw herself to the side as the ground she was just standing on blew apart, but she didn't have time to wonder what that was before a massive figure wielding a massive war-ax appeared in front of her.
She leaned back and let the massive ax sweep past her armored face and watched as it released a massive shock-wave that turned the walls behind her to dust.
This new draugr was definitely different and wearing Enchanted armor too, making her groan as she spun around and slammed her foot against the back of his knee, making the draugr buckle down as she jumped up and delivered an ax-kick on the back of his head, slamming it into the ground hard enough to make the chamber shake.
The draugr roared and tore it's way out of the ground, swinging the massive war-ax at Dinara again and again but she easily danced through the large and powerful swings, delivering her own blown when she caught a few openings, but the draugr barely recoiled back from them.
"You're built different huh…" She groaned, back-flipping out of another slash and kicking her butcher-like blade back into her hands. "Guess I'll just chop you up then." She released a deep breath, then blurred in front of the charging draugr and met his war-ax with her blade, making the ringing sound of their clash echo around the whole chamber, followed by another and another as the clashing just grew quicker and quicker, with Dinara's arms turning into blurs as she wailed onto the clearly struggling draugr.
Cracks and chips started appearing all over it's armor from the powerful impacts, and Dinara suddenly pulled out yet another scroll and drop kicked it into the draugrs chest and threw him across the room and onto the altar.
"Good fucking riddance." She spat out as the scroll exploded in a sea of fire that almost engulfed her too, but she quickly dodged out of it's blast range and sighed, satisfied with her work. She threw three more scrolls back into the room for good measure before hurrying back into the tunnels, hoping that Aurash and Flora were alright.
(Flora)
This fucking guy just won't stay down!
I gritted my teeth and waved my hand, summoning more Cruel Sun scrolls and raining them all onto the massive dragon and letting them explode in a terrifying shock-wave that ruffled my cloak.
Hercules followed up with a powerful slash that left yet another massive cut across the dragon's side. It's wings were already destroyed and it was now a fight on ground, but this bastard was tenacious! I'd admire that but I am in a damn hurry!
I throw a glance back towards the walls and notice that more than half of the zombies were now killed, and there were now a few massive Malboros and two Stone Giant wreaking havoc among their midst too together with the lightning striking down from the Storm Call shout Aurash used. I also covered the area where the soldiers were with Pollen Garden and spread Caustic Fog in random places to just take down as many zombies as possibles, but they looked to be endless! There was a literal mountain of corpses beside the gates! Thankfully all the wyverns are dead at least…
Another roar makes my gaze snap up in horror my eyes landed on a second dragon that must have wandered here after having heard the commotion. God fucking damn it! Not another one! If this bastard targets the walls then everyone will die!
I gritted my teeth and raised my staffs towards it, ready to switch it's attention to me even though it's going to be incredibly dangerous for me to handle two dragons at once even though one was gravelly injured.
I quickly downed a Mana Potion and prepared to send a Cruel Sun flying into that floating lizard, only for a lightning shaped meteorite to slam against it at the speed of sound and smashing it into the distance.
My eyes widened when the storm grew even more terrifying, the rumble of thunder turned into a monstrous roar as lightning rained down on the second dragon mercilessly. What the fuck is going on?
An eagle-like cry drew my attention as the lightning bombarding the second dragon dispersed, revealing the majestic and massive form of the dark and sky blue griffon that I met before fighting against the Blade Dragon.
Our gazes met, and I understood the silent message; "I'll take care of him."
I couldn't help the massive grin that spread across my face as I laughed and watched as the griffon rained hell onto the second massive dragon, the storm itself seemed to abide to the griffon's commands as lightning and thunder boomed across the skyline. He's so fucking cool!
"Fenrir, go help deal with the zombies!" I finally let out Fenrir, sending her to deal with the zombies at the gates as I rose a hand and punched down, driving the fire dragon's face into the ground with another terrifying punch from Hercules.
Fenrir howled and grew massive in size, blasting across the field and breathing fire upon the hordes of zombies while stomping them to death. She is the only other bits of help I can send, but right now I must fully focus on the dragon in front of me.
I downed another Mana Potion as it roared and threw a massive claw at Hercules chest, pushing it back and making me glare at it hatefully. I needed to put an end to this now before I waste too much Mana. Piloting Hercules to make it go faster is a massive chore.
I had Hercules step back as the dragon rose and stood on it's hind legs, making my eyes brighten up at the welcoming opening.
The dragon roared and breathed out a sea of fire on us once more, but I easily diverted it as Hercules grasped his giant blade with both hands and leaned forward, making the dragon stop his breath attack and take a ferocious swing that we easily ducked under.
And then we followed it up with a rising slash that split the fucker in two and released an enormous wave of lightning across the sky as the dragon's roar died down and it's two halves fell down with a massive dust explosion. The scales under the belly are truly very weak, thank the Divines that it gave us such an opening.
Anyway, that should be enough for a level up right?!
[Name: Flora
Race: Nymph
Title: "Child of The Earth"
Job: Druid Lv 52/100
[Mage Skill Tree: [Warrior Skill Tree:
Destruction (53) One-Handed Mastery (25)
Restoration (30) Two-Handed Mastery (12)
Enchanting (58) Bow Mastery (16)]
Alteration (58)
Conjuration (46)]
[New Druid Skills learned!]
(Electrokinesis): Grants the ability to control all kinds of electricity within the available range. Range gains one meter for each Leve.
(Lighting Strike): Grants the ability to summon a bolt of lightning from the sky to strike your foes. The more Mana is poured into the spell, the greater and stronger it's effect will be.
(Quake): Grants the ability to cause a powerful tremor over a large area that destroys the ground and landscape. The more Mana is poured into the spell, the greater and stronger it's effect will be.
(Healing Spring): Grants the ability to create a spring of healing waters that quickly heal any kind of small injury and slowly heal the harsher ones. Doesn't work on poisons. The water can be drank, but it's effects are the same.
(Gravity Zone): Grants the ability to create a large bubble over a specific area, granting you perfect control of gravity within said bubble. The more Mana is used, the bigger the bubble will be. Controlling the gravity within the bubble expends Mana.
Oh my fucking God! I can control gravity?!
I mean, yeah, it's one of the Four Fundamental Forces of Nature like electricity, but I didn't expect to actually learn such a skill! Still, the Mana cost will be terrifying, thank the Divines I have so many Mana Potions, and that the Mana Boosting Potion is still active.
Anyway, let's go put an end to Hevnoraak!
(Aurash)
"You damned mongrel!" Hevnoraak roared as she blasted through his spells and tore apart his summons for what must've been the twentieth time, but she probably lost count.
"Talks the moron that keeps spamming the same shit over and over!" She called out from her cover, snorting as the Dragon Priest roared in rage as the temperature skyrocketed again, warning her of an incoming heat beam. Those things are no joke.
She slid out of cover and swung her blade, releasing an enormous wave of ice and causing the temperature to drop as Hevnoraak roared and waved his staff, shattering the ice covering his body. He was getting desperate, and she was capitalizing on it. She knew that Dinara had destroyed all the blood jars since Hevnoraak seemed to feel it, and had tried multiple times to go back into his ruins, but she made sure to keep him outside.
She threw out a scroll that exploded into a massive blast of lighting, but Hevnoraak was quick enough to protect himself with a massive Ward, making her click her teeth in annoyance. If only she had a chance to get close and land just another good hit…
"Eat this motherfucker!" Aurash perked up as Dinara appeared out of thin air right beside Hevnoraak, then kicked the bastard straight in the face hard enough to send him smashing into one of the ruined walls.
Aurash instantly followed up and smashed her way through a Ward and punched the bastard right in his guts with as much strength as she could muster, releasing an immense shock-wave as Hevnoraak was thrown further back and into a crumbled wall of the mountain. But Aurash wasn't done just yet.
"Nin-Vey-Luv!" The sharp, ear-piercing ring of the shout rang out as Hevnoraak's eyes widened in horror, and he rose his staff and summoned a Ward in defense, but they were both torn apart by the Shout as the crumbled mountain wall was cleaved in half, then erased out of existence together with anything in the vicinity.
"You survived that too? Damn…" Aurash sighed and stroked her throat, feeling the toll for using so many shouts one after the other.
Hevnoraak's ancient robes were torn all over and his staff was completely destroyed by the shout, some of his fingers were even missing too. All in all, he didn't look too good.
"Fine… You forced me to do this." Hevnoraak slowly floated up, a sickening green mask appearing in it's hand before reverently placed it on his face, causing a dark green pulse to spread across the area as a sickening stench started to rise, making Dinara and Aurash tense up.
The ground soon shifted, then turned into liquid, then into a dark green liquid that surged towards Aurash and Dinara, who jumped back and watched with horrified gazes as the land slowly turned into a poisonous and acidic swamp.
They weren't able to mull over this too much before a mutilated dragon corpse landed behind them, with Flora standing right on top of it with a massive grin on her uncovered face.
Aurash grinned when the dragon started crumbling and the wisps of energy flowed into her body, revitalizing her and making her feel much stronger than before.
"Am I too late to join the party?" Flora asked, throwing a glance back towards the gates and smiling when the zombies where almost fully taken care of, making her relax and focus on the Dragon Priest in front of her.
Said Dragon Priest that had weirdly gone quiet the moment she appeared.
"No…" Hevnoraak whispered, his head starting to shake, then the shaking grew more frantic as he floated back in utter terror. "No, no, no, no! You cannot be alive! This has to be an Illusion! A mere eye trick!" Hevnoraak shook his head, then snarled towards Flora, the sea of poison and acid below him surging with large waves.
"First Paarthurnax, now you. Am I famous or something?" Flora mused before shrugging without a care, then lowered her head to share a glance with Dinara and Aurash, making them understand.
(Hevnoraak)
He had to be hallucinating! There was no way she was still alive! And even if she somehow managed to resurrect herself, there was no way a weak dragon like that could keep her busy for so long!
She was a monster capable of Alduin herself afraid of her! A monster that many knew was going to ascend to godhood!
And yet! And yet! This woman in front of her is the spitting image of that monster! She just looks slightly younger!
He roared in fury and fear as he commanded his Domain to assault her, unleashing giant waves of poisonous acid against her as her allies retreated back into the distance.
But his poison was easily repelled as she swung her staff and released a sea of Sunfire, then threw out dozens of scrolls and staffs that exploded into massive waves of said Holy Fire, making his anger soar as his roar grew louder.
He was running out of Mana! Summoning his Domain was too cost expensive! He couldn't keep this up for long!
He had to find a way to escape, and quick!
"Trying to run?" The woman in front of him hummed, a smile that sent chills down his spine spread across her face as her emerald eyes seemed to glow.
And for just a second, maybe even less, he saw the phantom of a hooded woman wearing a mask with tusks standing right beside her.
That simple vision alone almost made his soul flee from his dried up body. He knew he was just hallucinating, but now the fear within him just kept growing bigger and bigger.
"Sorry, but you'll be staying here. Where I can kill you for taking so many lives." He suddenly lost control of his flight, and he smashed down onto the ground like a meteor, causing him to loose control over his Domain for a few seconds, which were more than enough to erase the poison he had summoned with Sunfire.
He slowly pushed himself up as his Mana quickly ran out, making his Mask slip off his face and clatter on the ground as the ground kept caving in under the insane invisible pressure. What kind of spell was even this?!
He watched as the woman collected his mask and tossed it inside her Spatial Storage, then gazed at him with those same cold emerald eyes that made even dragons shudder. But he glared back defiantly, refusing to lower himself and beg for mercy.
"What's the name of the woman that I resemble?" She questioned in a cold tone, and he almost answered out of fear, but then he just snapped his mouth shut and intensified his glare, making her roll her eyes and then sigh.
"Oh well, I'll find out sooner or later. For now, I'll just erase your existence." A blinding scroll appeared above her, the platinum light searing at his skin and making his soul burn as he retreated back, wondering if he should actually beg from mercy when he realized that she was aiming a Master Class spell at him.
"You'll be caught in the blast too…" He whispered, and an almost insane grin spread across her face as she laughed and tapped her staff on the ground.
"That's the thing, moron." Her grin grew wider as the blinding light erupted, "Sunfire doesn't harm the living."
Those were the lasts words he heard before his very soul was burned to out of existence by Holy Fire.
(Flora)
I sighed as the titanic platinum pillar of sunfire pierced into the clouds and reached all the way to the walls, erasing the remaining zombies and their corpses, granting them eternal rest.
I shook my head from the thoughts of the woman that I resemble and pulled out the Dragon Priest Mask, but just staring at the runes on it made my eyes hurt. Guess these must be Master Level Enchants, especially since they summoned their own damn Domains.
Too bad that Hevnoraak barely had time to shine with it since my appearance scared him enough to just focus on running away.
I tossed the mask back into my inventory and stretched myself as the massive pillar finally faded, allowing me to gaze around with a smile.
The battle was finally over. The zombies were put to rest, the Dragon Priest was slain and so were the dragons and I didn't even need to use my Master Class scroll. I guess I'll keep it for other emergencies.
I gazed at the sky and wondered where the griffon had gone off to, and I hope I'll run into him again so that I can thank him for helping me.
I give my head another shake, then float myself towards the walls by manipulating gravity and join the others. I send Fenrir into my Pet Space to rest as I watch the soldiers cheer their victory with a smile, having suffered barely two dozen casualties thanks to the Master Class Restoration spell. The outcome was even better than I hoped.
Thankfully everything ended well, now we can finally go home.
My eyes widen as I get a sudden chill down my spine, and flip around to stare towards the destroyed ruins for anything dangerous- only for a titanic meteor to smash into them and obliterate the land for hundreds of meters in every direction, crumbling mountains themselves.
The impact shock-wave was so powerful that it eradicated all the Wards that I summoned and the walls I erected behind me, sending everyone flying and screaming as the raging winds and the storm quieted down.
I sat up in horror and gazed at the titanic cloud of dust, and my horror only grew when a pair of pitch black wings blew the dust apart with yet another horrifying shock-wave, this one barely reached us thankfully.
And for the second time since coming to this world, I laid my eyes upon the personification of the Apocalypse.
A titanic beast the size of a mountain and with a wingspan just as big, two massive glowing red eyes and an aura that just instilled pure terror in anyone.
I found my legs shaking at the sight as I retreated back, then screamed when Alduin roared.
White cracks appeared in the space around her as the clouds were completely obliterated out of existence by her roar that almost deafened me.
Paarthurnax was right. There was no way we could win against a being that seemed to make reality itself crack by simply standing there.
A.N.: This is a big boy! Longest chapter I have written for sure, hope you all enjoy! If you did, drop a like and review as they motivate me to write things like these!
Btw, feel free to keep giving Daedric Artifacts suggestions, I love hearing y'all ideas. And if any of you want to ask questions or speak your theories, then do it! Lemme hear 'em!
