The Collection of The End

——4E, 201, Last Seed Moon, 25th, 14:00——

Ancano is a typical high elf, with bright silver long hair and blue eyes. Although his face is thin and long, his slightly hooked nose and thin lips make him look a bit mean, but no one can deny his handsomeness. He is now an advisor to the College of Wizards of Winterhold and one of the many "envoys" sent by Thalmer to Skyrim.

The duty of these "special envoys" is to ensure that the Nords do not continue to believe in the so-called "Ninth Holy Spirit Talos". Banner rebellion, it is naturally impossible for the cities within its sphere of influence to accept a Somo special envoy, and the plan as a whole can be regarded as a failure.

At present, there are only a few special envoys left, and the one with the best achievement is A Lanwen, who established the Somo embassy in Solitude. She basically doesn’t care about Talos’ belief issues, and only focuses on making friends with nobles through banquets and social interactions, and is giving them enough benefits. After the exchange, the request to help limit Talos' belief turned out to be much better than the threat of force from the Imperial Legion.

Followed by Andorlema ​​of Markas City, he advocated the use of strong means to capture believers, and the city lord was having a headache due to the problem of swearers left over from history, so the two sides hit it off. Reining horses dealt with the Forsworn by the way, so there were a lot more prisons in the mine in Marcus, who couldn't tell whether they were the Forsworn or the prisoners of the Talos believers. From Ancano's point of view, sooner or later there would be a prisoner. chaos.

Then there is Estomier in the neutral city of Xueman, the lord of Balgruuf who neither opposes nor supports Thalmer, so he can only rely on his own guards to capture Talos believers, but in the first The target he wanted to capture - the famous missionary Hemsko in Snowman, hit a snag. Estomer and his guards were thrown out of the city after being wrapped in bags and beaten violently during the arrest operation. I don't plan to pursue it, and now I can only be active in some villages, and I will be driven away by vicious villagers from time to time.

The other special envoys either returned home after learning about the rebellion of the Stormcloaks, or left on their own after staying in a remote town for a while without doing anything. The only one who penetrated into the sphere of influence of the Stormcloaks was Ancano.

Regarding the Stormcloak rebellion, Thalmer is actually happy to see the results. In other words, part of the purpose of the Platinum Agreement prohibiting the belief in Talos is to achieve such a result. Naturally, it is impossible for a fragmented empire to come next time. won the battle.

Winterhold has been almost completely destroyed by the "Great Collapse". Naturally, Ancano looked down on the lord of that dilapidated village. He obtained the position of "Special Advisor" at the Mage Academy by virtue of his superb knowledge of magic and the appointment certificate of Thalmer. , although he has no real power, he can investigate anything he thinks it is necessary to investigate.

The first thing Ancano wanted to investigate was naturally the reason why the Mage Academy was safe and sound in the "Great Collapse". Although everyone believed that the academy survived because of magic, Ancano, who was also a magician, believed that anyone who encountered It is the greatest irresponsibility to throw the reason for strange things to mysterious factors such as magic, demon gods, and holy spirits. What's more, there are some records about Winterhold in the Temple of Summerset Island. Although it is unclear, it seems that a high elf saved Winterhold , if confirmed, would be enough to force Winterhold or the Wizarding Academy out of Stormcloaks.

"You must be the saintess eighty years ago, 'Duran the Divinator'." Below Winterhold, in the dungeon named "Beiqiu", Ancano was speaking to a magic well emitting faint blue light.

The blue light trembled slightly and turned an angle, making Ancano feel that he was being watched by "something".

"Those mages said that you caused the big collapse, and you sealed yourself up for atonement," Ancano said smoothly, "We all know,

That's not the truth. "

The blue light gradually became brighter, which was a sign that he had attracted the attention of the saint. Ancano slightly adjusted his facial expression to appear believable.

"The fact is that you fused the flow of mana that ran through the mana well of the Wizarding Academy and thus ensured that it was not destroyed in the Great Slump, so it makes no sense for those stupid Nords to accuse you of failing to protect their city , unless they dug a magic well in every household." Ancano said his findings. If you want to convince others, pure lies are not enough. One or two percent of private goods must be mixed with certain facts, so as to achieve your goal.

"[Did they say that about me?]" A clear, slender and somewhat soft voice sounded: "[Well... I don't care.]"

If he didn't care, he wouldn't say it on purpose, Ancano smiled, although he still didn't know the name of the saint who died that year,

But judging from the clues obtained, there is indeed a part that pronounces the "Duran" sound.

"Duran, I'll call you that," Ancano waited for a moment without being rejected, so he continued: "The mages you desperately protected got another thing that could destroy themselves and the entire Winterhold together." something, you should know what it is."

"[The Eye of Magnus?]" Duran's voice still sounded like a girl who hadn't grown up, but it was obvious that her knowledge had also grown rapidly over the years due to being able to read the entire Mage Academy books freely. If he regains his body, he will definitely be a powerful mage.

"Yes, the Eye of Magnus," Ancano nodded, "Why do they think they can control the power of the sun (Magnus)? When that thing activates, it will be the day of destruction for the entire Nirn , I must stop this group of short-sighted mages, and the only one who can help me now is you."

This rhetoric is enough to sublimate his purpose, from "mastering powerful power" to "saving the world". In this way, for the saint who is willing to sacrifice herself to save the irrelevant Winterhold , will definitely feel very cordial.

"[But Artayum is not...]" Duran said hesitantly.

what! Those idiots who hid on the island where they lived, established the Issyk Order, and thought they were qualified to manage all the mages in the world? The incongruity I felt several times before was indeed when they intervened. It seemed that they had fallen in love with the apprentice named Zerapesh to handle related affairs.

"Yes, they say that the eyes can be taken away, but they are only sealed, which means that one day it will be activated," Ancano said with a good feeling after characterizing his actions as saving the world: "We cannot sit by and let it become a threat, we must destroy it before it is taken away."

"[That thing can't be destroyed, it can only be controlled,]" Duran's tone seemed a little anxious: "[To control it requires the 'Magnus Rod', but the staff in the 'Brasilian' ', you can’t get it for now.]”

It worked! Ancano was overjoyed. The biggest goal has been achieved. Afterwards, he only needs to send guards to explore the ruins. He has been performing since he entered the academy. As expected, he was regarded as one of his own by the saint and revealed important information , Next, if not expected, there should be some gains.

"[I teach you a self-created magic called 'energy absorption',]" the blue light trembled slightly, and then one of the beams of light shrouded Ancano: "[It can absorb the energy of the 'Eye of Magnus'. The power, but you can't hold it yourself, you can release them when the time comes, and let me receive them.]”

Boom! Boom! Boom! Seeing the powerful spell that appeared in his mind, as clear and clear as an engraving, Ancano's heart beat endlessly.

It was a pleasant surprise for Ancano to get the Staff of Magnus and be able to borrow the power of the Eye of Magnus in a limited amount, but he did not expect that "Duran" would give him such a big gift. There is information about Rabsilian in the dusty book, but I didn't expect to be able to use the "eye" method directly without the "staff", so what kind of staff are you looking for!

"Of course I can't use such a powerful power." However, I still have to say something for face, Ancano stared at the blue light ball: "But if you absorb it, although it can be used to strengthen Winterhold, but Your consciousness will completely disappear during this transformation process."

"[I believe that you will protect the academy and Winterhold for me, won't you?]" Duran replied.

"Of course...then I'll go now." Ancano lowered his head slightly, almost unable to control the ecstasy on his face.

Of course it will be protected! Although the power of the eyes cannot be used by individuals, it is no problem to use it to support a giant teleportation magic. What kind of reward will I get if I teleport Winterhold, the Mage Academy and this silly saint back to Summerset Island together? How Thalmor will sweep Tamriel again is predictable!

——14:44——

"Hahaha! That's it!" Ancano used the energy absorption technique to absorb the powerful power in the eyes of Magnus in the Hall of Elements, and poured it into the huge teleportation circle continuously, trying to interfere with his The mages of the academy had been driven out by the "abnormal mana", and Duran was completely isolated by him, unable to absorb any power at all.

It only takes a little while for this eye to—

Squeak! With the strange down-tuning, the huge green sphere that had been spinning slowly stopped and closed its armor, and the Eye of Magnus, which had not opened its armor, could not be affected by the energy absorbing technique at all.

"You -- how is it possible?" Ancano glared at the academy mages who filed in. A dozen hooded members of the Issyk Order walked up to him and skillfully buckled the magic-proof device on him. .

"You will be imprisoned on Atayum Island for life." A member of the order named Quaraniel, who Ancanor had met once, said to him.

"That's the 'Stand of Magnus'!" Ancano didn't care about this at all, he looked at the blond Zerapesh who was waving a gorgeous staff at the Eye of Magnus: " How could it be in your hands!?"

"This..." Zerapesh smiled at him, and Ancano suddenly saw a black-haired and black-eyed girl who was exactly the same as the saint in the records, but had grown up a lot. At the same time, a very familiar soft voice came from the side: "[Guess]?"

In the next moment, he disappeared together with more than a dozen religious members, the Eye of Magnus, and the teleportation circle whose destination had been changed.