Traveling through The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

Sizzle...accompanied by a flash of lightning, the fire element summoned by Helgi disappeared, while the one I summoned was still standing there intact.

"No more competition! I want to sleep!"

The little girl pouted, tears welled up in her eyes, and she lay on the bedding holding Babas, with her back facing me.

Since Helgi learned this magic, we found that the duration of each summoned creature is different. During the same casting process, my fire element lasts three to ten minutes longer than Helgi's, and the duration of the summoned creatures of the same person is also different. This is strange. In the game, the only way to extend the duration of the summoned creatures is to light up the elemental fortune teller perk of the summoning system and cast with two hands. In other cases, the duration of the summoned creatures should be the same. In order to find out the reason, we each summoned several times every night, but today Helgi was in a bad mood and refused to pay attention to me after casting the spell once.

Barbas raised his chin and looked at me. He seemed to want to say something, but Helgi held his head and made him lie down. I smiled bitterly and shook my head. Anyway, Barbas's mission was on track, but there were still many difficulties ahead. It was unlikely that I could go to Hafengarn before driving away the imperial army, but if I didn't go there, I couldn't complete the mission and I couldn't take back the Howling Bastion. If we couldn't take down the bastion, we couldn't burn the imperial army's supplies, nor could we gain a strategic advantage, and naturally it would be difficult to drive away the imperial army. This formed a perfect closed loop, and the mission was completely locked.

Let's ignore these troubles for now and go home! I wonder how things are going with Rigel and the others during the half month I was away. It only takes a day and a half to get from the Cave of Seamar's Shame to the town of Helgen. We took a short rest and then set off in the sunset. Helgi stayed close to Babas all the way, as if the dog would not be around tomorrow. The girl looked really angry and refused to talk to me. I didn't care. How could a child get everything she wanted? Even if she really wanted a dog, I could just go to Markarth City and buy her one in the future.

On the morning of the 14th day of the month of Morning Star, I finally returned to Helgen. There were a few more wooden houses in the town. Although most people still lived in tents, it seemed that the reconstruction work was proceeding in an orderly manner. In addition, there was a festive atmosphere. The gates and houses were decorated with pine branches and snow berries, which looked very much like the Christmas ornaments in my previous life. Walking through the east gate into the town, many refugees from Richland were working on both sides of the street, some forging tools or weapons, and some sewing animal skin clothing. Due to my father's publicity, I was quite famous among them. These people greeted me warmly when they saw me, and I also chatted with them warmly to learn about the recent situation.

Today, the town of Helgen is under military management. Food and other daily necessities are managed by the baron and distributed per capita. The residents of the town, those of appropriate age, must enlist for training, while others are assigned various logistical tasks. Only those who complete the quota can receive the full amount of daily necessities. In this way, the entire town has become a large barracks. The number of soldiers has soared from less than 30 at the beginning to nearly 200. However, every household has only enough food to barely survive. People don't even need to barter on a daily basis, and their lives are very hard. However, for these Rich people, human lives are like grass in troubled times. Surviving is already a blessing. Now they can eat 60% to 70% full, so what else is there to complain about?

Helgi was staying at Eddie's inn before, so I planned to settle her down before meeting Rigel. The place near the west gate is inhabited by refugees from Falkreath. Unlike the numb refugees from Reach, this place is much more lively, not only because everyone is an old neighbor from the same city, but also because of a victory a few days ago. Since we went to Howling Bastion, Danger and Dad have been sending troops to harass the Imperial Legion in turn. Lucius, who was fed up with it, finally made up his mind to attack Helgen Town, but was ambushed by the Sorav Legion on the flank and lost more than a dozen people. Although we also suffered casualties, this small victory boosted everyone's morale. The Imperial Legion is not invincible! However, the enemy who suffered a loss retreated into the city again, tightening the fence and holding on. Our new recruits were not well trained and unable to attack the town, and the two sides fell into a stalemate again.

The lobby of the hotel has been cleared out and is no longer used as a dormitory. Eddie and others are busy preparing today's meal. Now everyone in Helgen has two meals a day, which Eddie leads to prepare and distribute. He divides the town into several blocks, and then counts the number of residents in each block. After preparing food according to the number of people, a special person will take it to the corresponding block for distribution, which is very similar to the operation method of express delivery in the previous life.

Seeing Helgi and I coming back, Eddie wiped the sweat from his bald head and came up to us with excitement on his face.

"Brother, you're finally back! You knew this a long time ago, right?"

This question left me confused. What did I know?

"Don't play dumb! You knew that the eldest daughter was pregnant, so you made fish soup for her, right? I thought you were coming up with a new product for our restaurant. Hehe, that child couldn't be yours..."

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Eddie is really unreasonable. Can he just say anything when telling the truth?

Eddie quickly covered his mouth when I yelled at him. Then he noticed Helgi following behind me and gave a dry laugh.

"Ms. Helgi is back too. Your original bed has been assigned to someone else. I'll take you to find a new bed."

"Okay, Brother Eddie, I want a bed that the dog can sleep on."

Eddie was stunned for a moment, but decided to escape from my murderous gaze first. Murray and Nari also lowered their heads to work, pretending not to hear anything. It seems that I have to find an opportunity to give this guy a good beating. If the matter between me and Rigel is spread to the Danger brothers, it will be very detrimental to unity. The key issue is that the child is really mine. I don’t know if there is magic in this other world that can achieve the effect of paternity testing. If the truth comes out, everything will be ruined.

According to Mori and Nari, Rigel vomited a lot a few days after returning from Howling Bastion, so the news of her pregnancy spread. Dad naturally sent someone to inform his son-in-law and in-laws who lived in Newgra Bastion. Tagel excitedly ran to Helgen Town to express his condolences, and drank a lot of gin with Dad. Eddie also made a small fortune because of this. He immediately bought a fur coat for Mori, and the two were in a very happy mood. As for Sidgel, he never showed up from beginning to end, nor did he make any statement. Instead, Danger sent someone to send some snacks such as preserved fruits after receiving the news. It was said that they were bought from the tiger people. Since then, Rigel has lived in seclusion and rested her mind to take care of her baby. Dad was in high spirits, stepped up military training every day, and cooperated with Danger to trick Lucius. The first batch of equipment produced by Jingyue Camp has arrived. Now all the garrisons in Helgen Town have begun to practice formations. Dad is also thinking about how to make each team cooperate and turn small formations into a large one.

Rigel used to be in charge of the daily financial revenue and expenditure of Helgen Town, but now it is Lund and Varga who are responsible for handling specific affairs and reporting to Rigel every day. Since we need to use a lot of cash for transactions with villages and towns in other territories, Lund issued a Septim requisition order shortly after taking office. To put it bluntly, it was a robbery. Eddie's small fortune was robbed of half, and others also suffered heavy losses, which made Lund's reputation among the townspeople very bad. However, the news that Nari got from Varga was that our finances were unsustainable, materials and currency were in short supply, and the guards' salaries could not be paid. Since daily necessities were rationed, everyone did not have money on a daily basis, so the robbery order was approved by the Baron and Rigel. Lund was just taking the blame for the leader. Moreover, when he robbed the money, he signed the receipt. In the future, when he drove away the imperials, he would repay the money in cash and in kind in a 50-50 ratio. Of course, for people like Eddie and Murray who were robbed, this explanation was very weak. Not to mention the issue of how to value the 50% of the physical goods, let’s talk about Danger. He still had some spare money to buy preserved fruits for Rigel, so why didn’t he rob him first?

The two women were both sharp-tongued, and they each had their own opinions. The situation was a little awkward, so I quickly laughed it off and made an excuse to report to the baron. The situation was clear. Lucius could continue to stay in Falkres for the winter, but we had to attack as soon as possible. A small victory would only boost confidence. If we couldn't make substantial progress, once everyone no longer believed that we could drive away the imperials, there would be trouble within the army. By then, I'm afraid that Rigel and I would both be beheaded and receive a reward.

The news I brought was not optimistic. My father and Rigel did not agree that I should go to Hafengarn under the current situation. Firstly, it would take more than ten days to go back and forth. If the mission did not go smoothly, it would be even more difficult to say. We could not wait. Secondly, it was the headquarters of the Imperial Legion. Although I was not well-known and had a low status, I was also a relatively active person recently. My name was likely written on Tullius' wanted poster.

There are two pieces of news from Rigel.

First of all, Cindy came back to report that she was safe. She had officially joined the Dark Brotherhood and was taken care of by a vampire senior. She had already started to carry out assassination missions independently and would probably not be active in Falkreath for some time to come. What I was worried about happened. Cindy no longer rejected her vampire identity. On the contrary, because the Night Clan's talent in stealth and disguise was very suitable for the profession of assassin, she was actually quite satisfied with her current situation.

She also left behind a booklet titled "Mother's Kiss", saying that if there is a target that they want to kill secretly, they can perform a dark ritual according to the method recorded in the book, but they must make sure to let the person who contacts them specify that she will complete the task. It is said that this can help her improve her status in the organization.

"Can she help in assassinating Lucius?"

"Yes, Cindy specifically said yes, but the other party is a senior officer, so the price will not be low. She said it might be more than 10,000 Septim, and the mission may not be completed within this year."

"Forget it, the Dark Brotherhood isn't very powerful."

"Cindy said that the Halward mission had been on their list for almost five years, but she managed to complete it by accident. Don't even think about being lazy. Take a look at this first. This is the letter Eric sent you."

It is said that handwriting reflects a person's character, but Eric's handwriting is really ugly, at least far worse than Rigel's. The first sentence of the letter made me open my eyes wide.

"Locke, Ennis really messed up..."