"It's been a while, Paarthurnax." I greeted warmly as I landed on top of the Throat of the World, making the old massive Dragon open one of it's eyes and regard me with a friendly and warm look. "I've bought you a present too!" If he had eyebrows, I'm sure he would have raised them as he stared at me in slight amusement.
"I am glad too see you in such high spirits little one." He greeted back, slowly standing back up to full height. "But I am a little too old for presents, don't you think?" I chuckled at that and then shrugged. Even Grandpas deserve presents sometimes!
"You are never too old for anything!" I smiled, then pulled out a large barrel from my Inventory. A barrel filled with the sap from the Eldergleam. Paarthurnax clearly understood what it was instantly, his eyes going wide as he gazed at me in confusion. "You've done a lot for Mankind, and I feel like you should be rewarded for that. I don't know if it will work, but I hope that this barrel of Eldergleam Sap can help you regain your youth." I stated, then lifted the barrel and placed it in front of his giant claw, truly hoping that he would take it.
I'm afraid that me and Aurash aren't going to be enough to stop the coming onslaught, and that maybe Paarthurnax could lend us his aid sometimes when we need it.
"Do you know why Dragons grow old?" I blinked at his sudden and strange question, but I shook my head to answer him. "Us Dragons are attuned to time, so how could we ever be able to age and grow old? It is simple, we chose to. I have weakened myself so to pay for my sins, so that maybe one day, someone may slay me. It is the only way to pay for me to ato-"
"Your daughter forgave you." I cut him off, causing him to freeze as I glared at him. I know he did horrible things in the past, but it's normal to make mistakes, everyone fucking does! "I met Folizbrii not too long ago. She asked me to tell you that she forgives you for everything that happened back then. I know not of the atrocities you have done, and even if I did, I wouldn't care. What matters is what you do with your life from now on Paarthurnax. Will you stand and fight for what is right, or will you keep wallowing and blaming yourself when you can make a change?" I asked with a slightly angry voice. I hated this about him, about how he just stands here all depressed just because he fucked up. I know I can help him, and I will try my best to do so, but right now I am pressed for time so I can't do my best at it.
"I will not force you to join me Paarthurnax, but maybe if I had you, then just maybe, we'd be able to save some of the Dragons, to bring them on our side. I do not want to kill all of your brothers and sisters just because they are forced to follow Alduin's orders. So please, just think about it…" I begged softly, tapping my staff on the rocky ground and causing the barrel of Eldergleam sap to sink into the ground, clearly leaving it there for him to use in case he decides to join us. "And don't worry about loosing yourself to your instincts, I'll just beat the crap out of you in case that happens!" I waved my fist at him, causing Paarthurnax to raise his head as he laughed loudly, a large toothy grin on his face. Or at least I thought it looked like a grin.
"You truly remind me of Konahrik…" He stated fondly with a shake of his head, and I simply shrugged. It's normal for people to look or act alike sometimes, or maybe the Gamer System made my body similar to hers when it made me a Nymph. "If you wish to win the coming war, you'll need a lot of help. Go to Labyrinthian, look for Morokei, he was my Dragon Priest all those years ago and the only disciple of Konahrik herself. Gain his help to gather the other Dragon Priests, only then will you have a high chance of victory." My eyes widened at the mention of Morokei. I didn't know that he was Paarthurnax's Dragon Priest, and I can't believe that there are good Dragon Priests either! But if Paarthurnax says that it's possible to gain their assistance, then I'll believe them.
"Thank you Paarthurnax. The next time I come over we will go visit your daughter, and I won't take 'No' for an answer!" He chuckled and I smiled, stepping back and taking flight before throwing myself down High Hrothgar after giving him one last wave and leaving him alone with his secret guest.
I barely even noticed the presence of that titanic dragon in my Domain! Holy crap! I hope Paarthurnax won't throw hands with whoever that is.
[Paarthurnax]
Each time he stared at that little Nymph, he couldn't help but see Konahrik in her. They were just the spitting images of each other, and even acted the same sometimes!
But… Konahrik wasn't pregnant back then, of that he was sure, and she couldn't have hid a pregnancy for entire months without Alduin or him finding out. So it's impossible for Flora to be Konahrik's daughter, as much as he wished she was.
"So, have you heard enough, Odahviing?" He asked, looking to his right as the air rippled, and a massive dragon with dark purples scales came into view. "Will you finally leave my sister's side now?" Paarthurnax dared to hold hope once more. Hope that was torn away from him the moment he learned of Konahrik's assassination. If Flora could achieve what that woman could have, then he was willing to join the fight once more, and this time, they were going to win. They won't banish Alduin into the future and leave her to be dealt by the future generations once more.
"She may be weakened, but even against her weakened self we stand no chance." The purple Dragon, Alduin's right hand, stated as his gaze was drawn away from the flying form of Flora. "But I guess you are right… if she wins, we will all die either way. We dragons are not cowards, but we do fear death all the same." Paarthurnax nodded his head, his eyes trailing on the spot where the barrel was buried as his gaze softened. Perhaps if he became younger, he could contend against Alduin for a bit.
But what about his daughter and son? Those two were monsters back in the day, and they should be much stronger than him now. So maybe…
His son would gladly join, but his daughter is far too kind to do that. Perhaps she could protect Flora instead.
"Go, gather everyone. Us dragons will fight alongside a Nymph once more. Let us make Konahrik proud." He stood straight, his body growing imposing and fierce as Odahviing lowered his head. He was strong, but he knew very well that there was no one else better at using the Voice than Paarthurnax himself. "For peace, and for Konahrik." Paarthurnax stated softly, yet his voice boomed across the sky.
"For peace, and for Konahrik." Odahviing repeated, unfurling his wings and taking to the skies.
[A few hours later, Flora]
"...she said 'Never!', so I picked up the Blue Palace and threw it into the sea with her inside of it." Aurash wheezed, trying her best to hold her sword as I recounted what happened when I visited Solitude and how I 'gently' convinced Elisif the Retard to put the war on hold.
Not that she'll start it up again if I have a say in it, but she doesn't need to know that.
"I've met many crazy people in my life, but you are the first one that I know of that has thrown a Jarl into the sea… together with their palace." Serana hummed as she rolled her glass of blood in her hand, a very amused smile on her face. "Still, was it wise to announce your attack on the College a week prior? They will definitely be ready for you once the time comes." I shrugged and twirled the sword in my hand, having grown much better at using it when I had both Dinara and Aurash as teachers.
"She wants to beat them at their own game." Dinara spoke up with a fond smile on her face, her pretty face that now held no scars. She was beaming when I got back home and hugged the life out of me. "They will definitely make use of all of their resources to protect themselves, as they know very well to not underestimate her. They will definitely set up quite a few Master Class defensive spells, maybe even some precious scrolls, most Mages are cowards and rather not take any risks." She then smirked and pointed her sword towards a table in the corner, where I was currently creating scrolls and Enchanting equipment while training my swordsmanship with Dinara and Aurash. Being able to multi-task is very useful for me, especially since now I have the Mana Boosting Potions and the improved Mana Potions from Ariana. "They must have forgotten that Flora can create Scrolls herself, and that her spells hold power almost on par with Master Class spells even though she is just an Adept Class, all thanks to her Enchantments. She is just that amazing." I probably had a large dopey grin from being praised by her, mixed with those stupid butterflies in my belly, but that's just natural. Both she and Aurash can do that with a simple kiss.
"I believe that's because her way of Enchanting is just terrifying. Boosting an entire School of Magic instead of an element makes a lot of difference, to not speak about the other Enchantments that she told me about. The Impact Amplifier ones are horrifying, especially if put in the hands of the likes of me or Aurash." Serana shuddered, giving me the stink eye as I just blew a raspberry towards her. I tested out the Impact Amplifier with a forehead flick on her an hour ago and she is still holding a grudge.
I couldn't help but shudder myself when I remembered how she managed to keep up with Aurash during a single arm wrestling match.
"That's kind of one of the reasons, but the other one is to have the students and some of the teachers leave. I'd rather they don't get caught up in the crossfire." I explained while i pulled out a Mana Potion, then quickly drank it as I kept going. These new Mana Potions can restore more than half of my Mana reserves in one go, while the Mana Boosting ones make me waste a lot less Mana for each spell or Enchantment while also somehow making spells much stronger. Alchemy can be almost as terrifying as Enchanting if put in the right hands.
"I should really get started on making the walls of the city stronger." I shake my head and put my sword away, making Aurash pouts as she puts away her own. She enjoys training me a lot, and it's a good way for me to spend more time with them when I'm not Leveling up my Skills, mostly Enchanting. I literally have tens of thousands of Enchanted staffs inside my inventory right now, the majority being protective ones just in case Alduin decides to pay me a visit again. I won't be caught unprepared again.
"Then I'll go prepare a large meal for when you come back." Aurash stated as she stretched her back, making my eyes snap towards her in a nearly predatory way. I don't know what I love the most about her, the fact that she can cook nearly divine food, or the facts that her hugs are absolutely divine. Well, there's the sex too but that's not nearly as important.
"It better be with Wyvern's meat!" I waved my small fist at her, making her roll her eyes fondly. "Else, I'll have Dinara beat you up!" I hid behind said woman, who just sent me a very amused look as she turned around to hug me and lift me in the air as if I was a teddy bear.
How's everyone so frigging strong here!?
"Hiding behind a woman's back, shame on thee!" Serana jeered quietly from the side, taking another sip from her glass as she very clearly faked reading a book she pulled out of somewhere when we turned to look at her. How did I know she was faking reading it? Because it was upside down. Who know that this old vampire had a sense of humor.
"You know what, I won't even comment on that." I deadpanned, gave Dinara a kiss and then wiggled out of her hug before unleashing the Fenrir on her. I don't know why Fenrir loves chasing and tackling Dinara down so much, but it's too fun to stop her.
"Before you go…" Surprisingly, Dinara caught the charging Fenrir and gave me a nervous look, making me blink in confusion before my eyes widened as I remembered what she told me before I went to pay Elisif a visit. I shared a glance with Aurash, who nodded at me with a smile and then hinted towards our garden.
I smiled gratefully and took Dinara's hand and walked into the garden with her and Fenrir, where we took a seat under the miniature Eldergleam tree I had planted there after snapping a branch off from the copy. It's funny how I can grow infinite numbers of Eldergleam trees now.
"So, what did you want to tell me?" I asked her softly, sitting down so that I could face her while she nervously petted the quiet Fenrir, who was looking up at her with cute red eyes, clearly supporting her.
"I… Dear Talos, this is going to be hard…" She sighed, running a hand along her long beautiful hair before she reached forward to grasp one of my hands tightly, making me smile and lean forward to give her a kiss to calm her down. "Okay, I needed that… I… please, I hope this doesn't change what you think of me and our relationship… I don't want to loose you." She whispered, almost begging, her eyes reddening slightly as I smiled and lifted her hand up to my cheek, giving her palm a soothing kiss as I rubbed my thumbs against it.
"Dinara, I love you. Nothing will change that, not even your past. You saved my life when you shouldn't have. You can be so damn adorable sometimes, you are fun to be around too, beautiful, cool and so much more. Nothing will change, I promise you that." I smiled when she pulled me into a tight hug, making me hug her back as Fenrir panted and tried to get between us to join in, but I simply reached out and started scratching behind her ear, making her whole body lock up as her paws started kicking. This is the only way to stop this apocalyptic puppy.
"Thank the Divines for bringing you into my life…" Dinara chuckled, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand as she broke the hug, then took a deep breath and straightened herself, and I did the same, ready to listen to her story.
"My real name is Nadira Mede, I am the one and only descendant and daughter of Emperor Titus Mede II, and the next in line to the throne." My eyes blew open at the reveal, my mouth hanging open as I blinked several times. I did not fucking expect this! Wait… am I dating a princess!? Holy crap! "That is, if I wasn't declared dead many years ago." I snapped back to reality at her words, blinking in confusion as I held her hands.
"I… was captured by the Thalmors when I was young, I don't remember much about how it happened or why they did it, but they tortured me, a lot. I think I was their captive for at least two years before I managed to escape, then made my way to Skyrim, where I joined the runaway Blades after my 'Father' found me. I mixed my name to come up with a different one, abandoned my heritage, and swore revenge against the Thalmors… until I met you, that is." At that, her face bloomed into a brilliant, sweet smile as she pulled me closer and rested her forehead against mine, her loving gaze making my heart flutter. "Now all I want to do is build a family with you and just live in peace." I couldn't help but tackle her to the ground and plaster kisses all over her face at words. She is just so cute! God, I love her so much!
"And you were worried anything would change between us just because of this? You worry too much, I swear!" I laughed as I pulled her into a tight hug as she laughed softly, clearly very relieved by my reaction.
"To think that I've been making out with a princess on a daily basis! Dear me, how improper!" Dinara threw her head back and laughed as I teased her, pulling me in for a tighter hug and warm loving kiss, but then the moment was broken when Fenrir slapped a branch on top of our faces, then walked on top of us without a care of her weight.
Fenrir glanced at us, snorted, then turned her head away while dragging the large branch of the Eldergleam tree on the ground.
Did she just sneer at us!?
[One Week Later]
[Name: Flora]
[Race: Nymph]
[Title: "Child of The Earth"]
[Job: Druid; Lv 57/100]
[Divine Mark/s: Kynareth]
[Blessing/s: Stone of the Mage]
[Mage Skill Tree:
Destruction (62)
Restoration (68)
Enchanting (70)
Alteration (72)
Conjuration (64)]
[Warrior Skill Tree:
One-Handed Mastery (30)
Two-Handed Mastery (24)
Bow Mastery (42)]
My status has grown a lot during the week, especially my Restoration Skill since I was finally able to spend some time inside Meridia's Dungeon.
Let's just say that Sunfire is overpowered against undead being, and that Auriel's Bow is a near nuclear weapon that has to be handled very, very carefully. It's not a Divine Artifact for nothing.
What does it do? Rains scorching light beams from the sky, creates immense explosions of heat, and eats Mana like a damn Black Hole.
Well, at least I don't have to be afraid of Harkon in case the moron decides to try something. I'll just drop the fucking sun itself on his ass if he tries some bullshit, I swear to the Divines.
Serana actually wanted to go and shoot some arrows at the castle just for fun after she saw how powerful the bow was, and let's just say I was very, very tempted.
Elisif had survived her trip to the sea somehow, and ended up spreading the word of me being a Nymph, not that I really cared anymore about keeping it a secret. Albeit I wasn't prepared by the literal chaos that came from the reveal.
People started begging me to stop the dragons, to put an end to everything and end their fears. It was honestly terrifying seeing so many people just break down and beg me for help, not knowing that I couldn't really do much regarding that.
No matter where I went, I had people beg me over and over for help, and all I could do was just bite my tongue and strengthen the walls of the cities as fast as I could. I hated not being able to give them a response, and it left me with a bad taste in my mouth for the whole damn week.
At least I was able to turn every remaining Hold into a fortified large fortress with massive and small crossbows for sniping the dragons out of the air, and with several protective Wards inscribed onto the walls.
Whiterun was the best one so far. It was now quite a lot bigger, had giant walls bigger than Mirmulnir himself, massive siege weapons and dozens of protective Wards onto it. It was a masterpiece, but I know very well that dragons can tear that masterpiece apart like it's paper.
Oh well, it doesn't matter anymore. I'll deal with the College in a bit so I won't have any backstabbing fuckers to worry about, then we'll leave for the first Valkyrie so that we can finally gather the Dragonslayer armor and have Aurash be able to use Dragonbane. As long as we have that, then everything should be much easier hopefully.
I shake my thoughts away and decide to not have Aurash and Dinara wait at the College for too long.
My smile widens when I feel the static in the air, together with the rumbling of thunder in the distance, followed by loud and heavy steps, thus making me turn around to finally greet my possible new friend.
"Hi there." I smiled and reached forward to rest my hand onto his beak, feeling it getting zapped quite a few times, but nothing that could hurt me. "I never had the chance to thank you for helping us before, and I've always wanted to meet you again."
[College of Winterhold]
Savos Aren gritted his teeth in anger and worry as he stared at the massive lightning bolts that slammed against the Master Class barrier they had erected around the entire College.
He dared not be careless and used all of his resources to create multiple layered Master Class Wards around the College, covering it in a nearly unbreachable spherical barrier.
But that did not stop all of the students and even some of the teachers from leaving and never coming back after Flora was revealed to be a Nymph.
Everyone was just too terrified of the thought about the woman coming to attack them with several dragons in tow. That would spell doom for them and the College, and even he felt his knee shaking at the mere thought.
And then the Dragonborn came just an hour ago, simply gave them the middle finger from a distance, and then summoned a terrifying storm above them that had been bombarding the barrier with lighting incessantly for the past hour. His head was pounding from all the thunderclaps.
"Is this all they are going to throw at us? How pathetic." Ancano, the moron from the Thalmors that he had allowed to walk inside the halls of the College for some reason, sneered as walked around the massive magical circle that was the center and the catalyst of the Master Class spell that was protecting them all as if he owned it.
Savos decided not to point out how Ancano was on the verge of a panic attack when Flora's race was revealed, yet now he's acting all cool when he did nothing to help.
"Was it truly a wise choice to just hole ourselves up? We could have simply apologized to that young lady… well, you could have." The wizened voice of Tolfdir came from behind Savos, but the Arch-Mage promptly ignored his words. He'll never admit to his mistakes.
Tolfdir was one of the few teachers that did not leave the College, the others being Mirabelle, Colette and Phinis. He doubted that damned woman could take on all of these Master Class mages including himself and come out on-
A roaring thunderclap silenced his thoughts. A thunderclap dozens of times louder and stronger than the previous ones.
The clouds grew darker, going pitch black in a matter of seconds, leaving the lighting snaking across their surface as the only source of light.
The air grew heavier and started vibrating, the static caused their hair to stand on end as the very sky seemed to grow furious.
Savos Aren gulped. The barrier was going to hold… right?
His eyes widened when he caught a twinkle, a low pressure whistle akin to a tea kettle entered his ears as a small dot in the distance appeared right above them within seconds.
The twinkle was akin to a miniature sun, it's extreme temperatures could be felt from where they were even when it was in the distance, but and the closer it got, the hotter the air grew.
The snow evaporated instantly, the buildings started smoking and the glass of the windows melted in seconds.
And then the miniature sun slammed against the barrier and exploded in a deafening explosion that lit up the horizon, deafening and blinding them for what felt like years as the heat scorched their skin.
The explosion threw them on their asses, and Savos instantly checked the core of the barrier to assess the damage from that terrifying spell. His face paled when he saw that three runes had gone dark, showing that three percent of the barrier had been taken out by that single spell.
But he instantly relaxed at that. That was likely a Master Class spell, one he never heard about too, so he doubted that Flora would be able to throw multiple of them, even with her Enchantments boosting her.
His confidence was boosted again, and he swiftly poured his Mana into the magic circle to repair the damage. The barrier was definitely going to hold against Flora's pathetic attacks.
"Ooooh, so it's a Layered Ward! No wonder it handled a Comet so easily!" They all froze at the sound of that very familiar voice, coming from right above them. Savos Aren slowly rose his head, his eyes widening as he stared at Flora, was was standing on top of the barrier without a care even as massive lightning strikes slammed against it all around her. "It's actually layered so well too, placed together on top of each other like sheets of paper so that they can absorb the impact together and nullify most of it. I'll have to do the same with mine in the future." She hummed herself, not even sparing them a glance as she tapped her staff on the invisible barrier, causing his fists to clench.
"You won't be able to get through the barrier, so stop this idiotic attack." He stated loudly and clearly, finally making her emerald eyes snap towards him. She rose an amused eyebrow before shaking her head and ignoring him as she went to look at the others, then her gaze finally stopped on Tolfdir.
"Tolfdir? I didn't expect for someone like you to stay behind." And there it was again. She spoke and acted as if she knew everything about everyone she met, the same she did when they first met. He was still wondering how she knew about his humiliating defeat in Labyrinthian.
"I was hoping we could talk things out. Is there really a need to destroy the College?" He asked softly, trying to quell the woman's anger. He watched as Flora blinked, then her eyes grew colder as they landed on him, giving him a fully body shiver.
"Ah I see. I presume your dear Arch-Mage has not told you about the assassins he sent after me then. I did not come here to destroy this place because you ran away, I came here to destroy this place because you tried to kill me." Everyone other than Savos Aren froze for a few seconds, then their gazes snapped towards him. Tolfdir eyes were full of disgust as he took a few steps back, finally understanding the reason behind Flora's anger. "So, do you want to leave now before I tear this place apart? This will be my last show of mercy, and that doesn't include you, Thalmor. I'll make sure to erase your ashes too." Her icy voice made Savos Aren's confidence take a dive once more. She looked so sure that she could tear the protective Ward apart that he was starting to believe her and doubt his choices.
Tolfdir said nothing and just stared at the Arch-Mage with eyes full of disgust for a whole silent minute before he finally shook his head and walked towards the Waystone near Shalidor's statue, then promptly left without saying a word.
Ancano took a few steps back, then turned around and rushed towards the Waystone… only for it to explode into hundreds of pieces right in front of their stunned eyes.
"Now now, I did say you couldn't leave did I?" She stated coldly as a chilling and terrifying smile spread across her face as the air grew heavier, the static growing even worse as the lighting strikes stopped bombarding the Ward and instead simply scattered across the clouds. "Just wait for me to break this turtle shell of yours." She hummed, then floated herself up into the clouds without saying another word, thus leaving them alone in their thoughts, tense and ready for any kind of attack to rain down on the barrier.
Their shoulders slightly relaxed after a full minute went by without nothing happening.
BOOM!
The sky boomed, then roared and sparked with millions of lightning bolts, akin to a God of Thunder expressing it's wrath, ready to unleash Divine Punishment upon the world.
Lightning scattered across the heavens, causing the world to flash black and white before a thunderous roar caused the land to shake, and made anyone in range almost go deaf.
The land shook, cracked and then split apart. The sea started raging, massive waves crashing against the Ward over and over, doing minimal but constant damage.
"She won't be able to keep this up for long…" Savos Aren whispered to himself, almost like a mantra, trying to convince himself that it was impossible to break the Layered Wards. It had to be.
And then, through the clouds, came the stars.
Miniature sun after miniature sun slammed against the Ward and exploding, before the explosion was followed by another and then another. It was a widespread bombardment that could raze down entire mountain ranges in seconds, and half of the runes in the magic circle had gone out before he gained back his senses and started pouring all of his Mana into it to repair the damage.
But the sky just. Kept. Falling!
Savos couldn't hear nor see anymore. The lights from the explosions being far too bright from so close, and the sound was strong enough to shake even his organs. He did not know, nor care, about how the others were faring, but he hoped that they were doing the only sane thing and were also pouring their Mana into the magic circle.
The bombardment started slowing down after a minute, and Savos Aren rose his head to stare at the sky in hope, only for that hope to vanish the next second.
Right above them, the clouds had started spinning around, forming a pitch black tunnel right above them, akin to a cannon's barrel pointed right towards them and ready to fire.
But that was not what bought him despair. What made him despair was the gigantic star-like projectile that had been bombarding them for who knows how long, just hundreds of times bigger.
And then that star fell, and the horizon went white.
The sea was vaporized, the land and buildings were melted beyond recognition, but the Ward was still standing somehow. On the verge of breaking, but it still stood.
Winterhold was spared from the onslaught somehow, probably one of Flora's machinations, but Savos did not care anymore now.
Everything hurt, his ears were bleeding, his eyes were unfocused, and he was sure he had thrown up quite a few times from the horrifying vibrations caused by that one final explosion.
Only for the sky to stop raining fire, and start raining lightning.
So he simply stared as the King of the Skies, the lightning Griffon that had killed a dragon with ease during the battle against Hevnoraak, descended from the dark clouds together with an enormous pillar of lightning, and closed his eyes to accept death.
[Flora]
I'm starting to wonder if I am becoming a monster right now.
I must stop being too kind and merciful and keep trying to find the good in other people. All that matters now is for me to survive with my loved ones.
At least I gave them all a quick death.
I took a deep breath and released it, then turned around to stare at the mighty massive Griffon that had recently become my new Pet and companion.
He was terrifyingly powerful, a bit prideful, but also very lonely. For some reason, he liked that fact that we could communicate, and it didn't take me long to convince him to join me.
"Good work, Kirin." I said softly as I caressed his fur, making him close his eyes and enjoy the pets as he remained perched there while the clouds dissipated, allowing the sun to finally shine down onto the slightly destroyed land.
Thankfully, Winterhold's citizens were all being moved into Windhelm, so not many should have felt the aftershocks of my overcharged Comet. That thing came out more powerful than I thought!
"I thought you wanted to grab their books." Aurash's voice made me perk up as both she and Dinara landed onto the melted rock that used to be the College, both of them staring at Kirin in awe while Fenrir instantly tried to play with him, only to get promptly ignored. Not that it deterred her one bit.
Dinara was the only one that knew that I was going to try and tame the Griffon, also known as the King of the Skies here in Skyrim. I had asked her to see if the Blades could find his location, and luckily it didn't take them long to pinpoint where his nest was.
"She did." Serana's voice made Aurash jump as she appeared out of nowhere right beside her, holding Mephala's Daedric Dagger in her hands. "Well, I did. I used this dagger to sneak in this morning while everyone was leaving and before they had finished setting up the Layered Ward to steal everything, then leaving soon after. Who knew that being a thief could be so fun!" She chuckled and tossed me the dagger, which I instantly threw back into my inventory as I grinned at her. "Also, are all mages of this Era really stupid enough to keep important and rare texts inside chests hidden by weak illusions instead of their Spatial Storage, or was it just them?" I just shrugged at her question, not really knowing how the mages of this world worked myself. Farengar is very normal, he is just some dude with a very extreme passion and interest towards magic.
"Well, now that our job here is done, it's time to go pay a visit to a Valkyrie." I stated grimly, not really looking forward to such a fight. They must truly be terrifying opponents for them to be so famous and feared. "Do you want to come too Serana?" I asked, but she quickly shook her head. She might have come if I didn't tell her about how powerful they could be, but swiftly refused after she learned about it. She is far too weak for her to get into a fight right now, and I don't blame her. In fact, it's better like this.
"I'll wait for you three back in Whiterun, and will use a Conjuration Scroll that you gave me to inform you all if anything happens." I nodded thankfully, then waved at her as she disappeared in a flash of purple light before me, Aurash and Dinara hopped onto Kirin's back after I pulled Fenrir back into the Pet Space.
It won't take long to reach the location where we know the first Valkyrie will be thanks to Kirin's terrifying speed, and I can't help but have a strange feeling while he shoots into the sky and starts flying towards our destination.
I can't really describe that feeling, but it's like I'm being watched. I don't know by who or what, but I decide to just ignore it and keep my guard up.
The feeling fades quickly once we fly past Windhelm, making me relax and smile as we quickly fly past High Hrothgar, then past Whiterun. Having a flying mount is truly amazing, now I can finally move around Skyrim within minutes.
"There, that's the mountain range." Dinara spoke up, making me have Kirin slow down and start flying around the location she pointed out. If one were to stare at it normally, the all they would see was just a normal mountains next to others, but since it was within my range, I could feel that the mountain was actually fake and it was hiding a small structure that looked like a small house.
We quickly descended and entered the range of the illusion spell, allowing us to gaze upon a very well kept house with a massive garden with beautiful trees and flowers of all kinds. This was so… confusing.
I pulled Kirin back into my Pet Space as we landed, then walked up the steps leading towards the large doors of the house.
"By the looks of it, the Valkyrie we might face is Eir. She was Talos personal medic and oldest friend, the first of his concubines." Dinara mused as I gently reached forward to knock on the door, because it's good manners, and because Aurash looked like she was about to kick them down so I had to stop her. After all, we might be able to do this the peaceful way.
But even after an entire minute, nothing happened, and I couldn't feel anything inside the house since it was a massive blank spot that somehow was cut off from my Domain.
We shared a glance, then just shrugged and opened the large doors together and stepped in, ready to face the Valkyrie-
"Live a future of Loss, Insanity and Wrath."
I blinked, and stopped.
When did it start raining? And when did it get so dark?
"Please, please, pleasepleasepleaseplease-" Huh? I'm… speaking? Am I crying?
I finally managed to regain my bearing to stare down as I felt like I was holding something heavy, and my heart instantly stopped.
"Aurash… please, open your eyes…" I begged, my hands rising up shakily to remove her blood soaked white hair from her face. Her eyes were closed, Dragonbane lay shattered besides us, and blood kept pouring out of the massive gaping wound in her chest.
What is this? What is happening?! Why is Aurash-
"Please, just wake up, please!" I cried out, holding her closer, cradling her body. But why am I doing this?! She isn't dead- we had lost. Alduin had won. We were too weak. I was too weak, and ended up paying the price.
And Dinara… she was probably lost in the crossfire.
Why am I so useless?/ That's… not true…
Why am I so weak?/ I'm strong… right?
Why can't I do anything?/ Am I really worthy of being a Gamer?
Why must I loose those that I love?/ If only I could bring her back…
If only I was stronger.../If only I was stronger…
I can save her.../I can save her…
I need power.../ The Gamer System, I can use it…
Yes, if I become the strongest then.../Then I can bring her back…
I need… to kill…/ Everything is Experience… I don't care about anyone, as long as I can get Aurash back…
Yes… I must kill everything…
"Wait for me Aurash, I'll bring you back…" A nearly insane smile spreads across my face as I stored her body away to not let it decay, then slowly stood on shaky legs.
I walked through the puddle of blood and piles of corpses, from both humans and dragons, with a sole goal in mind.
Kill everything and everyone.
A.N.: Y'all are gonna fucking hate me for this, I know it. Next chapter is going to be fucking heavy and insane, trust me.
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