Chapitre 219: Taking Fort Frostmoth
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Fort Frostmoth was the primary Imperial military base on the south coast of Solstheim, in the Hirstaang Forest. It was established some time in the Third Era, after the Imperial discovery of the island. The fort acted as the area office of the East Empire Company, established on Solstheim to mine the rich deposits of ebony from Raven Rock, and was also the main link to Vvardenfell.
During the eruption of the Red Mountain, the fort suffered a lot of damage and lost a lot of walls and towers, the Ash Storms piled up over each other and buried a large portion of it too, what led to the Ruins with an army of Ash Spawns that we see now.
Ash Spawn are creatures found in the Ashlands of Solstheim. They began to appear on the island after the massive eruptions of Red Mountain. Their spawning from the ash is caused by Heart Stones, which contain some trace of the Heart of Lorkhan's power and give life to bones found buried in the wastes.
"Okay, listen up. We are about to enter an area with a lot of those pesky Ash Spawns. Remember to always step on hard grounds and watch the areas with a lot of ash… technically the whole place is covered in Ash but try to feel the difference between the Ash based on its heat. Now, move out!"
With my orders, the twenty so Troopers with formed a protection formation, the Shield Bearers on the outside and the Mages on the inside. Jullanar had some arbalists (crossbowmen) following her and started scouting the south of the fort towards the coast.
"There is an old dock with some Ash Spawns, a tower and an entrance to the fort."
"Good, eliminate them."
Jullanar gave the order and the arbalist, released their bolts. The sound of then bolts cutting the air sounded vividly and all the Ash Spawns around the dock area were hunted down right away. Jullanar the raised her crossbow and fired a bolt, the bolt traveled through the air and landed on a very far small group of Ash Spawn. As the bolt was covered with a Magical Rune, it exploded right away and a layer of frost was seen on the Ash Spawns covering them all and causing them to freeze, another three fast bolts broke them to pieces.
"Damn, girl. You've become good at this." I couldn't help but to admire.
"Learned from the best."
True, undoubtedly true.
"Okay, charge."
The team started advancing forward to the pier securing our back, then we moved ahead towards the fort through an big entrance. I teleported Jull and Nefertiti on a tower so they can act as our sniper and spotter.
As we passed the gate of the run-down fort, we heard a voice I wasn't really expecting to be there.
"Men, invaders have entered the fort! Prepare yourself for an ambush! Fort Frostmoth will never fall! Long live the Empire!"
The Troopers around me all looked at each other not understanding what the situation is, the Empire had no presence in Solstheim since almost two centuries.
What answered them was the sight of tens of Ash Spawns rising up from the ash all around the fort and looking at our direction.
"Steady men! What we are up against are old undead creatures from the time of the Empire on Solstheim. I beseech you to put these men to rest so they can find peace." With a stern voice, I announced the identity of what we are up against.
Ash Spawns are the bones of those who died in the ash and got affected by the power of the heart so it is safe to say that they are undead in a sort, and the voice that spoke just now was General Falx Carius, a General of the Imperial Legion, was an Imperial posted to Fort Frostmoth sometime before 3E 427 as a Knight Protector and Garrison Commander. He had numerous dealings with the Nerevarine during the latter's journeys on Solstheim. He died in 4E 5, but was raised from the dead by a new Necromancy Technique.
Clearing Fort Frostmoth and taking down General Flax is my ultimate goal in this expedition.
"Shields, UP! Mages, FIRE!"
***
The fight started as the Dare Dragon Troopers took a circle formation around the Mages and the Arbalists. Outside the encirclement, there was the team of six fighters taking down the horde of Ash Spawns like treating children.
Bjorna was excited to test the new Greatsword in her hand, Stormfang was an incredible artifact created by a manish hand and Bjorna was most pleased with its performance.
Wulfur wasn't happy facing the Ash Creature as the Fork of Horripilation wouldn't work on them, he took a mace and a shield from Jon's storage ring and started bashing the creatures around. He was covering for anyone who gets outnumbered.
Nefertiti transformed into her Beast Form and used the Shadow Magic to her heart's content, she would sink into her own shadow and it would creep so fast towards a target, she then would jump out of her shadow and strike the target. To deal with the Ash Creatures like the Ash Spawns, Nefertiti formed a mace head on the end of her tail, she would run past an ash spawn and her tail would strike turning it back to a dead ash.
Jullanar lied prone on top of the broken tower and started shooting with her lever-action crossbow, her shots were as fast as that of a rifle, she was counting how many she killed with a song. An ash spawn sneaked up behind her and was about to shoot his flame but a burst of Frost Magic exploded sending it away to pieces. As her fun was over, jumped down from the tower with a short sword and a small shield in hand, she started bashing and kicking the ash spawns to let out some steam.
Alina was going around easily pushing any ash spawn that gets near her direction with Wind Magic, her Wind Magic can be considered the nemesis of all Elements so the Ash Spawns that were based on the Fire Element were being broken easily be her hand.
All these amazing warriors were having their cinematic movements done and Jon was having his own little fun on his own.
"This is truly magical! Ash, bones, stones and Heart Energy, what a beauty!"
He broke the arms and the legs of an ash spawn and started an immediate field research.
The energy of the Heart of Lorkhan in these Ash Spawns was really attractive to him. He was very well aware of how many people tried to use the Heart's Energy many times before, while most has ended up in a miserable failure and lost the most precious of what they possessed, some used the Heart to ascent to Godhood.
Examples on those who were harmed by the Heart's Energy were countless, if one wanted to give a specific example then one would just say 'The Dwemer Race'.
The Dwemer, also known as Dwarves or Deep Elves, were the most advanced race in the Magical Technology, they have surpassed any other mortals in the field and became one of the strongest if not the strongest race during the First Era. This advanced race used Magic like none other, they have scorned both the Aedra and the Daedric Princes not seeing them as Gods but as Rivals. This is how great the Dwemer was. However, when they tried to use the Heart of Lorkhan to achieve ascendance for all their race, they all disappeared from existence with a 'Poof'! Their disappearance is the Number One Mystery in the world and the only lead is the Heart of Lorkhan they tried to use.
An example for those who succeeded in using the Heart of Lorkhan were the Tribunal; Vevic, Almalexia and Sotha Sil. The three were Chimer (North Elves), a race of Elves who later became the Dunmer (Dark Elves), after the disappearance of the Dwemer, they acquired some powerful artifacts called The Tools of Kagrenac and used them to harness the Heart's Energy for them three and becoming Gods… Living Immortal Gods who walk and talk in the world of Mortals. They build their own faith and all the Chimer reverted to it which caused them to become the Dunmer until the Tribunal fell from glory on the turn of the Fourth Era.
This was how the Heart of Lorkhan reshaped the world every time it was used or exploited. This heart is now is in the deepest of the Red Mountain, that volcano south to where Jon was standing. With the large eruption of the Red Mountain during the Red Year 4E-5, these stones called the Heart Stones, carrying a small portion of the heart's Red Energy, were now all across Solstheim. And even with such a tiny portion of energy compared to the Original Source, these Heart Stones still possessed the incredible power of the God responsible for the creation of the Morthal World, Lorkhan.
Jon kept examining the Ash Spawn and how lively and wild it was, they were controlled by not only the Heart's Energy but with Magicka, Jon met Ash Spawns before and could tell that the Magicka inside them are different, Wild Ash Spawns have Natural Magicka but these had Used Magicka which meant they are controlled, still, that is not a news for Jon.
'If that Energy could be cultivated!'
A strange thought popped up in Jon's mind and his eyes widened from the uncertainty he felt.
What would happen if he used this Energy?
What would happen if he cultivated it?
Will he be harmed or will he become powerful?
The Tribunal used the Tools of Kagrenac to harvest that Energy and become Living Gods but it didn't end well for the Dwemer who tried to do the same?
The Tools of Kagrenac? Mostly destroyed but there were still one… Jon was uncertain of what he should do but he had that discovery not too long ago.
When he crafted Alina's Crown, he enchanted it with a Heart Stone instead of a normal Soul Gem because Alina's Eye energy were very wild and only a wild energy can stop another. But what he found was not only Alina's Eye Power that was resonating with energy of the Heart Stones but also his own Energy… not only his Magicka, Life Force or Aura but the Heart Stone's red energy resonated with him to the point of Harmony.
It wasn't a good news for him by any mean, he was scared and he came to Solstheim with the first goal in mind and it is to confirm the theory on a being like the Ash Spawn.
When his head could no longer understand how to deal with that Energy, he punched the Ash Spawn turning it to ash dust and went away from it.
"Nefertiti 10, Alina 9, Jullanar 11, Wulfur 9, Bjorna 8. Jon however is 1. Congratulations on coming at the last place." Jullanar mocked Jon's attitude as he only killed one Ash Spawn after he spent all the time in the fight researching.
"I'll make you Chicken Shawarma for your grand victory." Jon mocked back.
"Oh, thanks. I want it with Tahini and Pickles." Jullanar was relentless.
Jon was regretting the fact that he recreated many dishes from his past life but it was always nice to see a smile on his family's face. Anything for their smiles.
"Good Job, everyone! Now, to the fort."
***
The main building of Fort Frostmoth was a large and sturdy one with very thick and powerful walls. As soon as the team went it, they were faced with Ash Spawns.
Jon took the lead started the fight with a strong 'Chain Lightning' spell. The Ash Spawns were trying to respond with their Flame Magic but Jon was completely taking down whatever they throw at him. The team behind him, who were the mocking how lazy the Boss became just now, got their memories refreshed on how mighty Jon can be when he goes all out with Magic. He took almost half of the Ash Spawn waves on his own.
On the way in, the team discovered a spider nest in some cave tunnel filled with Albino Spiders. Unlike Skyrim's giant Frostbite Spiders that could be as large as bears, these Albino Spiders were as small as cats. Jon recognized them and ordered that the living ones should be killed and the Eggs should be all harvested, these were really precious materials that Only he knew their real use.
"Look at all these beauties, I really want to adopt one." Jullanar felt sad killing these Albino Spiders that looked cute in her eyes.
"Soon, my dear. Very soon!" Jon replied nonchalantly and kept pointing at the resources in the cave which were the rare and precious Ruby and Emerald ores and all that.
The team returned back to the Fort following the fast paces of Jon who obliterated everything in his way.
Not until the reached the centermost room in the Fort, the Ash Spawns stood on halt around the room and a man was standing around them. Once he saw Jon and Jon saw him, Jon simply charged at him like lightning.
This man was General Falx Carius, a formidable warrior and a champion in the Imperial Legion but that was too many years ago.
General Carius saw Jon charging at him so he carried his large Warhammer and waited for Jon's to strike but Jon suddenly stopped and aimed his hand forward with a spell.
It was Telekinesis.
Jon plucked out something from the chest of the General that looked like a glowing red round stone. Just like that, the General fill on the ground like a motionless corpse.
"How easy!"
Jon exclaimed and looked behind him at the dumbfounded team.
"Clear the place from the Ash Spawns, Loot everything with value. Wuflur, that man's hammer is yours."
He said and turned around to a table on the side, on it there were some notes and pieces of paper scattered everywhere. Jon quietly pulled out a chair from his ring and sat in front of these notes with the Heart Stone in hand.
"Sweet Research Time!"
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Chapitre 220: Breakthrough
What happened in Fort Frostmoth? This is an interesting story.
In the notes and scattered journals I found, there was a certain Necromancer who came here for the body of General Falx Carius, this necromancer wanted to resurrect the General by installing a Heart Stone into the body of the General, Tony Stark way. The Heart Stone indeed resurrected the General but it made him paranoid, suspicious and didn't listen to the Necromancer. In the end, the General forced the Necromancer out from the Fort and started amassing Ash Spawns as soldiers. One of the unique powers that the resurrection with Heart Stone's gives is the power to manipulate the Bones and the Ash, in other words Raising the Ash Spawns.
I am not sure how idiotic that necromancer was but to control a being with such power, I am sure that having a superior amount of the same power is the main factor here. This is basic knowledge as the Thrall can't be stronger than the Binder. This is why General Falx Carius contained a whole Heart Stone in his chest while his Ash Spawn minions only had a spick of power from the same source. The Necromancer here seemed to have tried to look to control the Heart's Energy with its regular Magicka, an idiotic move that only an amateur about Energies would commit, one need to converse their Magicka into a Heart Energy to give an order to a being like General Falx or use a tool with the Power of the Heart, like a Heart Stone!
I remember that in the game, one can Conjure a new being called 'Ash Guardian', which is basically an Ash Atronach, but the only requirement to control it is to use a Heart Stone.
All in all, to Control a being with the power of the Heart of Lorkhan, one needs to contain a higher amount of Heart Energy in themselves or use a tool with a higher amount of Heart Energy as well.
Basic theory but still… amazing!
The Heart Energy is a wild Energy because it is alive and seeks freedom, if one can understand both the nature of the Wild Energy and that it has a personality, one may be able to flay, tame, converse and harness it.
People before used many reckless methods and godly tools like the Tools of Kagrenac and here I am going to use Cultivation. The others used way to extract the energy with force exploit it regarding its attitude but the 'Cultivation' as its name suggests, is slow and patient. It is the hard way but clearly the sure one.
Even though my personal Cultivation Technique was flawed greatly, I was handed a gift from heaven to enhance it through today's encounter.
I stood up from the chair and turned around to General Falx's corpse, with the notes I just took and the Tome of the Acupoints in hand, I started doing a check on his body.
I was amazed by how fresh his corpse was, this body was dead for a long time but the Heart Stone restored its appearance to this shape.
You may argue that this is a perfect resurrection but I will stop you right here. General Falx turned into a psycho once he was resurrected (even he was a psycho before it) and the body has no vital functions. So to say, the heart was replaced with a Heart Stone so the body instantly became inactive for a real resurrection (if there is any) and the Heart Stone influenced the corpse the same way it influenced the Ash Spawns and put back a creature suiting its new environment which in that case was something close in looks to a human and possessed the same memories. The important point about the technique that the Core in that human is different which makes it a different being than any zombie or incarnation. It is immoral and just wrong.
Still, I benefited greatly.
I followed the Acupoints and the Energy Channels that had some residual Heart Energy and managed to get a clear drawing for these channels and the points they pass on.
What will I call from now on the 'Energy Input/Output Channels', or the 'Meridians' like how they were mentioned in my past life's fictions, are twelve energy channels that contain the residual Heart Energy and are used to transfer the Magicka, the Life Force and the Spirit Force in and out of the body. These channels pass through the Acupoints which number can reach 361.
With all these information from the book and the body combined, I started drawing a new picture for the necessary Acupoints I need to Cultivate my Magicka through. I don't know how many time passed but I reached 64 Acupoints that has the ability to circulate, restore, exert and release the all kinds of energies in the Soul. These were the Acupoints that held the most important significance in Cultivation.
And now, for the moment of the truth.
I dispelled all the Magics I activated and depleted half of my Magicka then followed the drawing I made bit by bit and traced all the Meridians and Acupoints I am going to use. Just like a child who was walking for the first time, I started memorizing each step and how to not off balance while training. It was hard to define from where should I start but with trial and error, I felt like it was easier in some certain points than the other. I picked the easiest Acupoint and directed the Magicka slowly towards it, following the Meridians I reached the other but I hardly got any harmonious response like the first, it felt like it was blocked but I bypassed it to the next.
It was hard, losing focus was a big no no. It felt like that it will all go away if I was interrupted…
'Oops! My thoughts started straying away! I had to go back to focus once again. Calm your heart and continue.'
It kept going, most of the Acupoints were hard to go through and others were easy. It was like there were 22 points from 64 that can be accessed while the rest were blocked. It would be safe to assume that these are Acupoints that need to be unlocked somehow.
With that In mind, I decided to put all my focus on the second round and passed the energy right away through the Blocked Acupoints, some of these Meridians were hard to go through and most of their Acupoints were blacked so I started to adjust the path once again and kept going through the second round till its end.
The third, no adjustment was added but the speed started to increase.
The fourth was the same.
The fifth was better.
The Sixth started giving me a feeling that I am faster than I should be, if I lost control then I may be like the car that crashed because it was fast at a sharp turn. I put more control on the speed and kept going once again,
The seventh… I think I did this round with perfect speed and accuracy.
The eighth… I may have got proud and lost focus. Damn this is hard!
The ninth, back to normal.
The tenth, my body started sweating.
After the tenth, many changes started to be visible, I was following the path of the Meridians blindly just now only got through it with best of my imagination but I started to feel the new bath in my body as if I have grown some new organ and could see with it inside myself.
I could even feel a new swirl of energy near to my abdomen that was rather strange but it rhymed perfectly with my training.
This is… my Magicka Pool! Should I call it the Elixir Field? Nope, sounds otaku… Magicka Pool is good.
Ignoring all the weird ideas, I put all my heart into the training and decided to see how far can I go.
Some time passed and my body started heating up a bit, I could feel that the Magicka I drained from myself before the training has all returned a long time ago in an instant. My body also started sweating like crazy, my inside, however, felt the cold sensation of healing right after I passed a certain threshold. I cut the training right away and opened eyes.
"The hell! Why do I feel like my body is getting healed?"
I am not sure what happened but I will make a full body check right away.
'System, star…'
"Jon, are you okay?" Alina's voice interrupted what I was about to do.
"Yes, I am fine… where is everyone?"
"What do you mean fine? You kept your eyes shut for such a long time and sweated a ton!"
"I am fine, really. You can check me yourself."
She looked at me up and down and gave a sigh.
"What in the name of Kyne was that just now?" She asked with a worried face, she even removed her eye mask and looked directly at me.
"What are you talking about? The training?"
"Training? Didn't you feel what was going around you?" She said and pointed at the floor.
I followed what she pointed at and noticed a strange pattern of Ash on the ground, it was like the ripple caused by a drop falling in water and I was at its center.
"Each now and then, some force wave would come out of your body. You almost shocked me senseless."
Force wave?
I checked the ash patterns on the ground and detected 7 circles around me.
"Never felt a thing? How long did this all take?"
"Dammit, Jon! You stayed motionless for almost eight hours!" Alina held her forehead and showed a tired expression.
"EIGHT HOURS?"
The hell!
"You didn't feel time at all?"
"It only… I thought one hour was all that is I took… Damn!"
I took me a while to put my thoughts straight once again!
"Where are the others?"
"Sigh! Some went to the pier of the fort, the ship arrived and Wulfur is healing the injured Troopers. Jull went back to Raven Rock to with Bjorna to inform them that 'We stumbled upon a large number of Ash Spawns and started killing them' as you said."
"I see."
I stood up and dusted myself off. However, I spaced out for a bit and started sensing the Magicka once again.
"What's going on this time? Are you fine?"
"Yes, I am feeling like… wait a minute."
'System, full body check!'
<Condition: Perfect!>
'Good, no Astral Damage!… then Status!'
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● States ●
Name: Jon Dare
Race: Human (Nord)
States:-
◇ Vitality: 716
◇ Magicka: 1242
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It increased!
Eight hours of training boosted me up by 22 Magicka Points and 6 Vitality Points? All that with no Astral Damage? Crazy!
This is getting exciting!
I evoked my Magicka on my palms once again and tested one last thing.
In fast casting speed, I disappeared from where I stood and appeared on the other side across the room. The casting speed was… perfect!
'Teleport' is an 'Expert Level' spell and I used it with some effort this morning… to use it with no effort just now only means...
Since the time I left Riften, I was an Adept Level Mage with a lot of Magicka to spare but now…
I can learn the new spells I have shelved all that time...
I am an Expert Mage!
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