1st POV.

Turns out there was no key at all to the metal gate though there is a wooden gate to my left, and a pull chain.

I sincerely do not wish to meet Alduin's snout ever again like in that tower, sure, it's all fun and games when you see it from a video games perspective, coupled with the countless bugs in Skyrim, until you saw that unholy black dragon with your own eyes, yeah, no more playing around, this is a serious life and death matter, especially since this is my second chance to live.

I pulled the chain and the gate was opened, slowly, Hadvar was still searching for potions and useful things in the chests and wardrobes, I approached him and poked his shoulder, I didn't say a thing but simply pointed my finger on the opened gate, we then walked through the pavement and deeper into the keep, when I heard voices, most likely stormcloaks, I made an eye contact with Hadvar, he began to draw his sword, and so did I.

The sword is quite heavy, unlike anything that I'm used to, its a generic iron sword, unlike the gladius that Hadvar is wielding, the sword is also off-balance, but I guess beggars can't be choosers, I should be glad that I am still alive instead of burning with the rest of the town.

"We need to get moving! That dragon is tearing up the whole keep!" one of the Stormcloak soldier exclaimed, "Just, give me a minute... I'm out of breath." a female soldier said, tiredly, might I add.

Hadvar then pulled the chain to open the gate, "Hear that? Stormcloaks. Maybe we can reason with them." said Hadvar, unwilling to commit a murder, "No, I don't think so, these people are desperate, they won't see reason." I reasoned with my logic, I mean, in game, you can't even say anything to them, they will just attack, Hadvar then began to walk through the gate while still holding his sword, "Hold up now, we only want to-" Hadvar used diplomacy, It's not very effective! Scratch that, it's not effective at all!

"If you want to die imperial, then I will be glad to end your life!" one of the Stormcloak soldier exclaimed loudly, he, along with his companion began to draw their sword, I then put my shortsword into a reverse grip, and using my superior agility, drove the sword unto one of the soldier's abdomen, the stormcloaks looked taken aback, I can understand that, I look quite thin and frail, but it's good that they underestimated me, it will be easier to stab their bodies with my sword.

"Die, Breton!" one of the male soldier said, enraged, drawing his greatsword and driving it towards me, he is slow, but I can see the devastation of his blow in the floor, he is certainly strong, I jumped away from him and saw an archer drawing an arrow towards Hadvar, "Hadvar! Look out!" Hadvar's honed instinct shone brightly in this battle, as he instantly bowed down his head to avoid the arrow, instead, the arrow stroke some poor fool that Hadvar was battling with.

I then swung my sword towards the unsuspecting archer and perfectly cut her head, blood began pouring out of hear neck, I feel quite sick, witnessing it for myself, but this is either I kill, or be killed, so I choose the former and drove down the trauma to the back of my brain and instead focusing on the fight.

While I was battling the archer, Hadvar had killed 3 of the more inexperienced and young soldier, there is only two left, they drew their sword and Warhammer respectively, I then speed through the win to stab my blade unto the sword wielding man, unlike the archer or the greatsword-bearer, this one is more cunning as he avoided my sword entirely, I tried to stab him again and again, but he drew his shield from his back and effectively repel my blows.

Knowing this would be futile, I began to retreat towards the corpse of the archer and brought his bow towards my hand, I then drew an arrow from my quiver and released it towards the speeding man, I successfully landed a blow unto his heart, I wasn't completely uninjured, however, as he managed to land a blow on my hip.

It was simply a minor setback as I drank the health potion that I took from the chest, after I finished drinking the potion, the pain on my hip lessened, and now I can fight once more, Hadvar seemed to have an upperhand on battling the man that use a Warhammer, but he looked overwhelmed and a bit tired, so I came to the rescue and sliced the Warhammer bearer's tendon, rendering him to be unable to battle, Hadvar stroke the man in his heart, ending his life.

We take a moment to rest a bit before I smiled to Hadvar, "See, I told you they can't be negotiated with." I said to Hadvar with an amused tone, "Cheeky bastard." Hadvar whispered, though there is no venom in his word.

Hadvar then stand up, "Let me see if I can get that door open."

He then opened the gate to a series of stairs, we then descended towards the stair into the basement of the keep, after we fully went down the stair, there is a straight path to the outside of Helgen, "LOOK OUT!" Alduin then out of nowhere, crushed the keep, releasing the boulders and stones into the way, luckily, there is a door to our left, "Damn! That dragon doesn't give up easy." we then entered through the door into my least favourite room, the torture room, well, the corridor towards the room.

I then pull out my sword, knowing that there is a bunch of Stormcloaks here, I made an eye contact with Hadvar, conveying my meaning, he too, drew his sword and his shield, "Hiroki, you should pull out your bow, you are better with it than with the sword." Hadvar said his opinion on my fighting ability, but he was right, the iron sword isn't for me, the bow on the other hand, fitted just nicely.

I then put the sword back into its place and drew out the bow and took an arrow out of my quiver, I readied my bow, just in case, I then told Hadvar to be silent, I sneaked towards the Stormcloaks and the arrow began to fly unto the man that looks stronger than the rest of his compatriots, the arrow pierced his heart and he falls down, the other two looked taken aback.

It was at this moment that Hadvar decided to sliced down a head of one of the Stormcloak, while I draw my arrow once more, and sent it towards the last Stormcloak, the arrow didn't pierce her heart like I hoped it would be, instead, it just sticks out from her spine, it was Hadvar that took her life.

I took the pouch of gold and potions from the desk and looted my arrow and some gold from the Stormcloaks, "We're done here." I relayed the message to Hadvar, he nodded and opened the door towards another corridor, there was a stair and we descended through it.

"The torture room, Gods, I wish we didn't need these." Hadvar commented, disgust visible in his eyes, we then approached the torture room which is filled with cage and unholy mechanisms, some Stormcloak is there, battling the torturer's assistant, the assistant casted spark towards one of the soldier, the Stormcloak were then killed from the spell.

The other Stormcloak soldier was overwhelmed by the prowess of Hadvar and the torturer.

"You fellows happened along just in time. These fellows seemed a bit upset at how I've been entertaining their comrades." The torturer said with a twisted smile, I sincerely hate people like him, one who enjoy the suffering of others.

Hadvar was angered by the impudent sentence that the torturer said, "Don't you know what's going on?! A dragon is attacking Helgen!" Hadvar angrily exclaimed, "A dragon? Please. Don't make up nonsense." The man denies, mockingly might I add.

"Although come to think of it, I did hear some odd noises coming from over there." said the man, "Come with us. We need to get out of here." Hadvar asked the man.

"You have no authority over me, boy." The old man mockingly said, "Didn't you hear me? I said the keep is under attack!" Hadvar said to the man, "Forget the old man, I'll come with you." The assistant, seeing the opportunity to escape, agreed with Hadvar.

Wait a second, looks like there is something in this cage." Hadvar then ran towards the cage that he mentioned, "Don't bother with that, lost the key ages ago, poor fellow screamed for weeks."

"Hiroki, see if you can get this open with some lockpicks, we're going to need everything we can get if we are to escape this accursed keep." Hadvar handed the lockpick to me, this is rather nostalgic, in highschool, the teacher's room are locked after the day ends, so me and some of my friends decided to break in, I use some technique that I know from watching a YouTube video about opening a lock using a pick.

I use a tong unto the down side of the lock and twisted it to gain a pressure for it to be possible to use lockpick, then I inserted the pick into the lock, it was fairly easy, I broke the first two picks, but after my third try, the cage opened to reveal a mage wearing a novice robe and a flame spell book along with some gold, I undressed the mage and wore the robe and inserted my belt for my sheathe to be able to fit in.

Then I opened the spell tome, and almost instantly, I absorbed the knowledge of 'sparks', and how to cast it, the thing with this universe is that, even if you are from another world, when you land in Nirn, you will instantly have Magicka, because Magicka is not a hereditary power, it is simply there, the source of it can be traced back to when Magnus and the Magna-Ge tore open a whole in oblivion into Aetherius.

The spell tome acts like it would be in the game, so I concluded that it is not really a book, more like an 'understanding' sealed in a tome, as is scroll, though to a limited extent, I try casting the spell, first, I pulled my magicka and imagining the thought of fire, how it is processed chemically, I use magicka as my 'fuel', then I use oxygen as the oxidizing agent.

Shortly afterwards I use the kinetic energy of atom rubbing against each other constantly and in high speed, this is possible by the use of magicka, then almost instantly, a flame could be seen levitating above my palm, I then extinguished it by stopping the flow of my magicka.

"Are you finished playing with magick?" Asked Hadvar, a tad bit exasperated, "Yes, let's go." I replied while smiling, excited at the prospect of the use of magicka, we then began to walk through a path that leads to a cave system, then we heard the stormcloaks talking at a bridge, I drew my bow and arrows and strike one of them, the assistant and Hadvar killed another until there are no one left.

We then came upon a draw bridge with a lever on the side, I pulled it and the bridge fell down, letting us pass, we then ran towards another corridor in this cave, then suddenly, the dragon sealed our way from going back, "Damn! We can't go back that way, though I guess we're lucky that didn't come out on top of us."

"We better push on, Hiroki, I'm sure the others will find another way out, we speed through the series of cave, but then we came upon a dead end, fortunately for us, there is another way out, we then walked into a place, filled to the brim with giant frostbite spiders, "Did I ever mention that I hate arachnids, Hadvar?" I said, Hadvar didn't say anything as he took out his sword and strike at the spiders, I use my new ability and roast those motherfuckers until they are dust, though, it did take a toll on my magicka, but it was worth it.

"What's next huh? Giant snakes?" Hadvar frowned as we walked throughout the cave, then we came upon a bear, not just any bear, but a black bear, "See her? I'd rather not tangle with her right now, though we might be able to sneak by, just take it nice and easy, and watch where you step."

I too, don't want to risk my life for killing a bear, besides, I'm exhausted as hell, "Let's just sneak through it." I told Hadvar, half way through our sneaking, the bear woke up, seemingly smelling a prey, we stood frozen in place, my right hands if holding the handle of my sword tightly, but then, fortunately for us, the bear come back to sleep.

When we are out of the bear view, we came upon a light in the tunnel, a way out of this accursed cave and to the outside world, "This looks like the way out! I was starting to wonder if we'd ever make it alive!"

We finally went out of the cave, but then, Alduin started soaring through the air, his roar loud, we hide upon a small boulder, invisible from Alduin's perspective, then Alduin is gone from Helgen, for good this time, "Hadvar, I don't think we should stick around here for too long, do you know any nearby inn that we can rest upon?" I asked, "Closest town from here is Riverwood, my uncle is the blacksmith there, I'm sure he would help us out."

"Good then, because I am very, very exhausted." I tiredly said to him, "I think we should split up then, and thanks for helping me out, I don't think I could have made it without you. You should talk to General Tullius on joining the Imperial Legion in solitude, we need someone like you there, but for now, I think you should keep a low profile, we shall meet again, under a different circumstances I hope." Hadvar then ran off alone, while I'm still out on the open.

I walked through the forest and saw some hunter's gear, the tent, fireplace and all that, unfortunately, when I walked a bit further, the hunter that owned the tent are dead, teared up by a pack of wolf, I put my sword in my right hand and cast flames on my left, and killed the wolf, their den are probably near, but I really want to sleep first.

I also need to take a blessing of the guardian stone after I wake up, the guardian stones, and all standing stones are an ancient relic of Nedic architecture, unfortunately the art was lost to time, an the nedic people are gone after their enslavement in the hand of the Ayleids and Direnni, their culture assimilated, producing Imperials and Breton respectively.

I casted flame on the fireplace to ease the cold of skyrim, and sleep on one of the cot, sigh, never before did I feel so alive and terrified at the same time, though I could not deny that this sure is exhilarating.

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Author's Notes

I updated this story at last, please fav/follow and review if you like this story, I'm probably not going to update any of my story in the near future, I'm going to be busy with my internship, I hope you like this chapter, good bye.

Word Count : 2,711.