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Chapter 151: Revelation

"Where should I begin?"

"..."

No one responded. They didn't seem to understand anything from the start.

"Can you make us understand first?" Jonrad asked in a low tone.

I laughed without making much noise.

Alina and Jull were sitting together at a table and seemed to be discussing something. My three parents don't seem to want to involve them in this conversation. I understand that they are worried but I have already told Jullanar everything. Maybe, she is the only person who knows the whole truth about me other than the Augur and Shadow.

I wasn't planning to tell anyone else the ultimate truth and that includes my parents. I love them and I don't want them to think of me as something different.

But that will leave another problem in my heart. I want them to love me as their son for the one I am, not the one I want them to believe.

I am a bit conflicted here.

"Sigh! Fine... the place Hilda and Nurina saw in my Mind Realm is a place from a different realm. Another realm of existence from outside Mundos if I dare to say. I am not sure about many things when comes to that world and this world but I can tell you for sure that the two places didn't hear of each other."

The three looked at each other and started thinking of my words bit by bit.

"So it is a different place?"

"Pretty much so."

"How far away from here?"

"No idea."

"And have you ever been there?"

"Nope."

"""Huh?"""

Well, I, as Jonhild, have never been to that place. That's the truth.

"You are telling me that the place that your mind is mostly attached to is a place you have never been to?"

"Exactly."

"How is that possible?"

It seems that the trio can't understand anything on their own.

"Well, I am not sure what is the correct answer as I also wondered about that world since I was young."

"You also don't know?"

"Well, I don't know a lot about that world, I started seeing it in my dreams when I was young."

That's not a lie. I saw many dreams of my past world when I was young. Back in the day, I was depressed about being reincarnated without having to know how I died. I made peace with it after five years of my reincarnation and started to blend in the new world without thinking too much about what happened.

I mean, I thought about what happened but I didn't find any possible explanation until I heard some theories from the Augur.

"So this world, you only visited it in your dreams."

"It wasn't entirely like a visit or something I can freely move with. I only have memories of a different human who lived in that world and died there. I saw all his memories and arrived at a weird conclusion."

"And it is?"

"This person was me, from a life I lived in the past."

"..."

And that is when they turn speechless.

Reincarnation is not a strange thing in this world. I mean it doesn't usually happen but it happened in the form of people known as the Shezarrine and the Nerevarine.

The Shezarrine are the reincarnations of 'Shezarr' who is the imperial representation of the missing god 'Lorkhan' who the Nords call 'Shor'. These Shezzarine left their names in the history for the great deeds they have done such as Pelinal Whitestrake, Harrald Hairy-Breeks, Ysmir, Hans the Fox, etc.

The Nerevarine, however, is the legitimate reincarnation of 'Indoril Nerevar' as well as the player character and protagonist of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Indoril Nerevar was a Chimer hero who lived during the First Era. He was a champion of Azura, he also unified Chimer and Dwemer, following the overthrowing of the Nordic Empire. However, after the discovery that the Dwemer were creating the Numidium, he led his people against them in the War of the First Council and died at Red Mountain.

[A/N: Chimer: the race that the Dunmer (Dark Elves) originated from after being cursed by Azura.

Numidium: colossal humanoid golem created by the Dwemer, said to have been a thousand feet (304.8m) tall.]

These are known stories to people like Nurina, and also is not something that hidden clan can be oblivious about.

It made them sink into some deep thinking for a while but soon Hilda spoke.

"So, that person you was in your past life, was he someone great?"

I narrowed my eyes and tried to trace her line of thinking. It seemed she thought of the past me as a great person.

"I am not sure about him, he didn't do much in his life to be regarded a hero or anything exceptional. All I know he was a person who studied law and practiced it as a job. He also knows about the Elder Scrolls."

"... Elder Scrolls?"

Jonrad opened his eyes wide and looked deeply at me.

"In that case, you know where the Elder Scrolls are?"

"Naturally."

"And you are going to secure them?"

"When the right time comes. As long as there is no need for them, it is better to keep them hidden as they are."

Nurina smiled and shook her head.

"So, all that talk about your past life wasn't just a way to tell the people to screw off."

"Am I that kind of person?"

The talk continued for a while and no flag was raised so far.

"So, to sum it up. You inherited the knowledge of your past life and it will lead to the three Elder Scrolls of the prophecy."

"That's how it is."

They all nodded and looked at each other.

"Regarding the other thing about Dragons, It is not true, is it?" Jonrad asked.

Well, I guess telling them will keep them safer when the time comes… I don't want to be the only one preparing for the crisis after all.

***

After a while of discussion, I checked with 'Alexa' (System) and it was around 1:15 AM right now.

My parental trio went into a heated discussion with each other about the future threat. I didn't press the matter as me being a Dragonborn but Jonrad was already showing off his knowledge about dragons as a former Blade Agent. It seems that the Blades have inherited some techniques to seal the dragons or whatever they can do.

It doesn't matter with me anyway as I am the ultimate mean to kill a dragon. They only thing that was in my mind right now is about how to prevent the major damages.

If a dragon decided to attack a city in the middle of the day, I don't think your normal run in the mill town guards will be able to do it. I mean, these guys are well equipped and trained but fighting a dragon with that size of Paarthurnax is something ridiculous.

This is the time where the Nords will need Magic the most despite their hate for Magic and Mages.

Also, one of the matters that made me feel annoyed was the matter of mobility.

The dragons can come and go whenever they wished for, which means, if I am in Winterhold and a dragon attacked Markarth then they are royally screwed until the put down the dragon by force, also the dragon won't be dead as it still needs it soul to be absorbed for it to completely die. Dragons can be revived by a certain Thu'um as long as their souls aren't absorbed yet.

The difference between the reality and the game is vast and I need to be well aware when would a dragon appear and how to reach it as soon as possible. Dragons in the game were a random event that strikes based on the location of the player.

It only increased to my headache as I tried to explain these issues to the three in front of me. Of course, I didn't say the word 'Game' or any of what was in my mind. I only explained how vast this task is.

One more thing that added to my problems was this.

"What about the dragons outside Skyrim?"

That was a question asked by Hilda.

"Solstheim will be one of the places outside Skyrim that will also suffer from the Dragon Break as far as my knowledge may go. The Dragons' main task will happen in Skyrim, I am not sure about the other provinces other than Skyrim but I guess Cyrodiil, Hammerfell, Morrowind, and High Rock will manage to do something about it on their own."

The saw my point and nodded.

"Regarding Black Marsh, Elsweyr, Valenwood, and Summerset. This will be the Dominion's problem. Let's not worry about them." Hilda said and we nodded.

Black Marsh may not be a part of the Empire of the Dominion but they assisted the Dominion into weakening the Empire and invaded a lot of land in Morrowind.

"I may ask for someone's guidance to help us with task… I don't want to do so but I will only if it is necessary." Nurina said in a grim expression.

"You are speaking of…" I was wondering who can make Nurina this vexed.

"The crazy old hag."

Hmmm! This is one of the names Nurina calls her master with. I am very curious about that person. From Nurina's tales, her master is an overpowered person with a short temper and a tendency to kill whoever she doesn't like. Nurina, who normally is not afraid of anything, can have nightmares because of the traumas her master caused her.

I really want to meet that person.

As the talk was about to reach an end, someone came into the fort running.

"Lady Hilda!"

It was a man from the clan's guards.

"What happened? Speak?" Hilda ran to the man.

"Lady Hilda! A big problem. A guard came from Kynesgrove! An Elder Mammoth broke into madness, it is raging all over the place."


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Chapter 152: Unease

A/N: Big thanks to Алексей Исланов! When I googled the name, it got translated as Alexey Islanov… Thanks, comrade!

Also about the break I took, I will explain it at the end of the chapter.

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An Elder Mammoth that went mad?

This is what we called in my past life 'shit has gone south and in the worst way it can possibly go'.

Imagine it as an unmanned train or a falling plane... a disaster that is simply unstoppable. The only way for it to end is to fall and it will do damage... Shit, ton, lots of, damage.

Elder Mammoths are huge! Not like an African Elephant huge, it is double the size, double the tusks. Yes, like four tusks. I am not talking about the Gomphothere or anything from my past life, it is just like that colossal and primordial being that lived through the ages. An Elder Mammoth's age is around 300 to 400 years. [A/N: Gomphothere is an extinct type of elephants https://ibb.co/i6Nzjf freaking awesome.]

When the Elder Mammoth reaches the end of its lifespan, there is a chance that it would feel an agonizing pain to the point that it would start rampaging around to find its peace. This is one of the reasons why the elder mammoths get to be hunted on a periodic pace.

There is nothing like zoologists in this day and age but the nearby Nords normally keep an eye on the situation to keep the Elder Mammoths in check. Still, for a mad one to appear... it must have come from the deeper lands in the marshland of Eastmarch.

"I'll go wake them up!"

Hilda didn't wait after she got the news and ran deep into the fort, she has to wake up everyone.

"Sigh! I am not in the right mindset to hunt an Elder Mammo..." Jonrad seemed to want to bail out.

"I am going!" I said.

"Well, I am coming then." He went back on his words.

It is not really necessary for us to join the hunt, Jonrad and I can bail out whenever we like. We are born under the Serpent stars and we are not bound by the rules after all.

Still, I wouldn't laze around.

"I am coming too, I will just observe. Alina and Jull, bring my tools."

Nurina also joined in. She has her own agenda that she wasn't interested in hiding.

After some time, the hall became busy again. Twenty of us Firemanes were all geared up and looked majestic, Grandpa was leading the bunch and the guards were loading barrels of javelins on the horses.

I also got geared up and carried my weapons.

"This will be a good chance for you to learn more about the Flame Magic that the Dragon Guardian grants." Jonrad said.

It is true, if I remember correctly, the Dragon Guardian makes the Fire Resistance and Effectiveness much stronger. For a Dragonknight like Jonrad, this is one of the core aspects of his strength.

Anyway, most of the adults were ready for the ride. But once we reached the stable outside the fort, I almost stumbled from the surprise.

In front of me, there were over ten Flame Atronach Horses.

"You guys... you learned them in less than a week?"

"Haha! Nephew, you did something great, those who don't have companion beasts that can be mounted can use these fancy Flame Atronach Horses now." Uncle Tyr was grinning ear to ear.

He meant that someone like mom can ride on Ylva but someone like him who can't ride his snake is now able to ride my luxurious Flame Atronach Horses.

Still, I only gifted the spell to the clan a week ago. But to think ten has already learned it. I totally underestimated the Firemanes' lust for anything that has the word 'Fire' or 'Flame' in its description.

"Let's not wait anymore, open the gate!"

Grandpa gave the order as he was riding on a large Black Bear and we all followed him.

***

The trail went as usual, we were about twenty members of the family and a hundred member of the guards in addition to Nurina, Alina, and Jull.

The plan was simple! Search, lure, and ambush.

The road to Kynesgrove was not long and we reached the place in less than an hour.

Aunt Skadi talked with the locals and we saw the amount of damage caused by the mammoth and the tracks it left. Looking at its footsteps gave me cold shivers over my spine.

"That's almost a meter in diameter. How large is the damn thing?"

"Don't ask me! This will be worse than expected."

Jonrad wasn't happy with the situation either.

Grandpa looked at Uncle Forseti and the later sent his owl to survey the place. The Owl Guardian grants the trait of sharing the sight with the companion owl as well as making the sight much better. One of the most enviable gifts one can get.

I can do the same with my Familiars but it is not as perfect.

"Found it! It is near the river fighting with another wild beast."

"I understand! Hilda, did you find a good spot for trapping it?"

"Yes, Father! Northwest to our sacred ground, there is a lake that has a bit of a small cliff north of it. If the mammoth ran to its direction, it will not see the lake and will trip over in it."

The clan's sacred ground is 'Bonestrewn Crest'. A small hill with a Word Wall in the center of Eastmarch. The place will later be a dragon lair just like Mount Anthor, the sacred ground of the Moonblade Clan.

"So be it. Who will be on the luring team?"

This is where the arguing will come.

Some of us need to go and make the mammoth chase them until the trapping spot.

"I'll go." Uncle Tyr stepped forward.

"I'll go too." Vladimir also stepped forward.

These two learned how to use the Flame Atronach Horse spell so they are confident in its speed.

"I'll go too." I stepped forward.

"Jonhild, you don't need to…" Hilda almost freaked out on me.

"I'll go with him." Jonrad stood beside me.

Hilda sighed and shook her head. It wasn't a situation a mother and a wife would want to be in.

Well, it was four of us to do the taunting now.

***

"If I remember correctly, I got reincarnated in Skyrim, right?"

"Why are you asking me that question?"

"Well, I went through some weird ritual when I drank a weird potion and saw a weird dragon made of light then became some sort of Beastmaster and now I am tracking a mammoth with a spear in hand while crawling on the ground between the dried grass."

"I still don't know how to link that with the reincarnation?"

"Well, the exact same scenario happened in 'Far Cry Primal', it just made me wonder."

"... What is 'Far Cry Primal'?" Jonrad asked me.

"Oh... Nevermind! Is this close enough?"

We were stalking the Mammoth. It seems to have got into a fight with some bears from the area. The bears were squished though.

"Yes, the trail is fresh. What should we do from now on, uncle?"

"Vladimir and Jonhild, you two survey the situation from afar, make sure that nothing or no one gets involved...."

Tyr and Jonrad started giving Vladimir and me some instructions as the both of us were the ones to keep watch over the situation.

***

"Is it me or this situation is not right?"

Vladimir asked me.

"I have no idea. What situation are you talking about?"

"Look at the mammoth… It is not that old."

"How do you know?"

"There are signs to determine the age of a mammoth such as that but this one is just not that old to fall into madness yet."

I didn't understand what he meant until he started explaining the aging signs and all the mammoth related stuff I don't know.

"Shouldn't we inform them before they make a move then?"

"It won't matter anyway, they have noticed from the beginning and it will make less difference. The mammoth is confirmed mad."

I nodded to what Vladimir said. But he still looked uneasy.

About a hundred meters away, there stood a gigantic creature around five meters in height and was moving around in anger.

The ground was obliterated by the mess that mammoth caused. The area itself doesn't have many trees but nothing was standing in front of that angry fellow.

The problem is that Kynesgrove village was around the corner so that mammoth should be lured in the marshland once again so it can be hunted with ease.

Tyr and Jonrad made sure to keep their Flame Atronach Horses hidden closeby so when things break into a total mess, they get to make a run for it.

Once they were close enough, the started crawling on the ground with javelins in their hands.

The mammoth was just about twenty meters away from them when they stood up and threw the javelins at the mammoth's butt.

A thundering cry sounded from the mammoth as it raised its head and snot high from the pain. It turned around only to see Tyr and Jonrad running to the other side.

Rage appeared on the mammoth's face and it started to move.

"Let's go." Vladimir and I also started to run to our horses.

And the pursuit started.

Our advantage was being easy to spot at the night because all our horses were Flame Atronachs and it was the version that I developed, so not getting caught by the mammoth was not that hard.

"Just keep riding south, look ahead and watch where you go." Jonrad said.

I was riding in the lead according to the formation.

It didn't take much time and we could see the signal of Hilda and understood where the trap exactly is.

"My turn."

I rode forward faster than the rest towards the trap and cast a spell once I reached it. The trap was a small rock slope hidden by some long grasses. The mammoth is tall but it won't see it anyway.

As the person who reached the trap first, there were only five seconds for me to cast two Expert Level spells… Not an easy task!

"Okay, now!"

The other three joined me already and jumped from their horses to ride the Flame Atronach Hawks I just conjured.

Once all of that was done, the hawks rose in the sky and attracted the mammoth's attention. It was now looking at those flaming birds the same way it looked at the horses, it even became faster.

"Damn! That thing…"

"Just go higher!"

I increased the flight speed as much as I could and we barely survived the tusks of one angry elder mammoth, it was still following though.

It didn't look down as we, its target, were going up. That helped when the mammoth approached the trap and….

*THUD* *SPLASH*

It fell just like that.

Under the trap was a big muddy pit-like pond. The mammoth fell from the height of two meters and big splash erupted.

"NOW!"

The Firemanes appeared from their hiding and started the assault. Those who could use magic used it, those had had javelins threw it. It was an all-out attack against the mammoth, but…

The mammoth stood as it was nothing! An angry cry rumbled as the mammoth trumpeted as it stood with ease.

No one expected this!

"Dammit! Is it really a dying mammoth? How can something like that be mad at the prime of its strength?" Tyr roared and asked me to direct the Flame Atronach Hawk down.

"Fine, you three go down, I will bug it from above."

The Flame Atronach Hawks landed on the ground and the three passengers ran to help the rest.

My part was to buzz around the mammoth, it would be better to divert its attention towards something it can't reach.

Still… why do I feel this unease?

The answer came just a second later though... with a roar from another angry mammoth!


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El_Don El_Don

About the break I took, I really needed it because I felt like my head wasn't functioning anymore. It was a decision that I took selfishly out of the blue without a further notice! That's how tired I was.

Regarding RSTUM, I am pausing it until I am done with SDW.

I am really sorry guys.

Life is about mistakes and how to go through them...

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