*Progress is slow, I know. I'm sick right now (again) and I had to work longer at my job than expected because they couldn't find a replacement in time... On a side note, I'm surprised at the amount of people still supporting me! Thank you so much all of you. I will continue to write this fanfic for you guys, because I am lonely and sometimes I cry in bed and I mutter in my sleep and-
anyway thanks.
Chapter 26
Nirn's group took shelter in the mouth of the cave, as they began searching it for clues. Without the vampires, the cave seemed quiet, and only the howling of the blizzard could be heard. Shakh stood close to the horses, leaning against the cave wall, picking his nails with his massive axe. Nirn and Faren were deeper inside, using their magic to detect any traces of magic left behind.
"This is where he turned into a dragonborn…" Nirn murmured.
Faren turned, the candlelight spell bouncing off his gray Dunmer skin.
"I've found something!"
Nirn raised an eyebrow and walked towards Faren, who was pointing at a pile of blood, still wet and surrounded by a great pile of vampire dust.
Nirn crouched down and ran her fingers along the pool of blood, and her fingertips began glowing. Her eyes widened.
"This is… His blood." She gasped.
"Someone actually managed to scratch him?" Shakh laughed from afar.
"No… It looks like it was used in some kind of ritual. Maybe this is a clue as to how he gained his powers." Faren added.
"Can you figure out what exactly happened here?" Faren asked.
Nirn closed her eyes and began to focus. The Psijic order had many spells, and some of them were very effective in their use of arcane investigation. If the mage was talented enough, he or she could find out what magic was used, and how – as long as there was some residual magic left in the area.
Several images flashed in Nirn's head as she ran her glowing fingers along the blood. A moon and a sun, the imposter Vivec, and the face of an old high elf she didn't know.
Before she could make sense of what her vision was, her eyes fluttered open. The spell had stopped. She had run out of magicka. Nirn sat still for a moment, her blank face reflecting in the blood, then she stood up.
"We're leaving." She said.
"To where?" Shakh asked.
"It's just a hunch but… We need to go to Azura's shrine."
"You think a Daedra will help us?" Faren snorted.
"No." Nirn replied.
"If I'm right, she will have no choice to."
End of Chapter 26
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