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Chapter 170 - Election of the High King

Chapter 72 - Election of the High King

The imperial army set off in large numbers to return to Cyrodir, which could hardly be kept low-key.

And it is also obvious what this has led to...

The entire province of Skyrim has completely despaired of the empire. At this time, there is no need to care about the empire and the Stormcloaks. The province of Skyrim has been completely abandoned by the empire.

Ulfric also learned of the news later, and he couldn't help feeling that his decision was indeed right at the beginning, and now the empire really has no need to follow, as expected, it would be better for Skyrim Province to be independent.

After all, Hammerfell has been independent for a long time. Although their life is not good now, at least they are free and will not be trapped to death by this fatuous empire.

Now that it has reached this point, it seems that there is no problem in restoring Talos' belief. Thalmer has also received news a long time ago. Without the assistance of the empire, coupled with a series of encounters a while ago, today's Thalmera Skyrim Province any idea?Ai Lanwen was still waiting for Balgruf to stand in line, but before she got any news about Balgruf, she reluctantly received an order from the headquarters to order all Thalmer members to leave Skyrim Province as soon as possible, or they will bear the consequences—it has been a long time Some lords sent troops to openly search for Sommer members, and even the lords who once stood in the imperial camp made such a decision. It is right to think that they cooperated with Sommer's work at the beginning because they still had their hearts towards the empire at that time. Peace does not hesitate to sacrifice the faith of Talos, but now... what is the point of following such an empire?The city of Markas is already preparing to move out the altar of Talos, and the city of Solitude is already gathering people to build a huge statue of Talos.

However, Ai Lanwen never imagined that she ordered the destruction of the Talos Altar in Snowman City before, and what this order would lead to later.

The atmosphere in Skyrim Province became lighter for a while, the cloud of war seemed to have dissipated, and people seemed to be about to live a happy life again...

However, there are still a large number of soldiers stationed on the borders of the major territories.

Because at this time Balgruuf stood up and announced something to All Skyrim: "Skyrim Province needs a new High King, I hereby sincerely invite all the lords to go to the Hrothgar Peak Monastery to participate in the High King Election Conference .”

The reason for this is simply too big. It is actually on the peak of Hrothgar. Greybeard and Dragonborn have a very high status in the hearts of the Nords. If it is the peak of Hrothgar, even Ulfric would not Dare to refuse.

As for why it is the peak of Hrothgar... This is of course the credit of Genbao. After he brought back the Horn of Jorgen, he completed the trial, and then Graybeard told him that he could go down the mountain, and he returned to Snowman City Later, it happened that the province of Skyrim was forcibly independent by the empire. After I found Balgruuf to inquire, I realized that so many things had happened after I stayed on the mountain for a while.

Even Tang Yuan didn't expect things to turn out like this. Originally, he had already planned to develop slowly and eventually a sudden army would take over either the Empire or the Stormcloak. He didn't expect that Tullius' departure would directly lead to the destruction of the entire Skyrim Province. It became quiet, that is to say, the lords got angry with each other and did not plan to retreat for the time being.

Now Balgruf didn't know what to do, and finally Tang Yuan came up with another idea—since Tianji Province has become independent, it means that it is no longer under the jurisdiction of the empire. The king has become a joke (Toig: ...), not to mention that the High King is dead long ago and now his wife is sitting in the lord's seat. It was just placed in front of the stage by Tullius as a vase. Today, the province needs a new supreme king, and it is no longer the supreme king hand-picked by the empire. Choose the next High King.

Now Ulfric had received an invitation, too.

The reason why he led troops to rebel was because of Talos' belief, and because he was already dissatisfied with the current empire. He wanted to become the High King and make the province of Skyrim independent. He believed that under his rule Skyrim Province will become even better, but now that Skyrim Province is directly abandoned by the empire, it will be unreasonable for him to continue to organize Stormcloaks—after all, the banner he used back then was Long Live Talos.

Now the invitation letter of the lord's conference is just in line with his wishes. It is undoubtedly a great thing if he can ascend the throne of the High King without bloodshed, and the Nords themselves value tradition, even if Riggy joins the empire. The Nords who no longer believe in Talos in the camp will also be complained by General Tullius, "Your Nord habits are simply BlaBlaBla". It can be seen that if the High King is selected from the current nine lords If this is the case, no matter who is elected, all the lords will definitely be convinced - because if they are not satisfied, they can raise objections on the spot.

Even Ulfric himself has this plan: if he is not elected by then, as long as the new High King can be recognized by himself, then it doesn't matter.

But that's just thinking about it. In his opinion, among the lords of today's province, he is the only one who is qualified to be the Supreme King, and at most Balgruuf can be counted.

With Dragonborn persuading them, Greybeard himself hoped that Skyrim Province would not continue to be chaotic, so they also agreed to hold a meeting of lords at the peak of Hrothgar, and quickly cleaned up the meeting hall.

All the lords arrived as promised and climbed to the peak of Hrothgar one after another on this day.

Balgruuf in Whiterun, Igmund in Markarth, Sydgal in Falkreath, Skader in Dawnstar, Elisif in Solitude, Edgerod in Morthal, Winterhold Collier, Laila of Rift Valley City, Ulfric of Windhelm City, and the nine lords were all present.

When they came to the conference hall, they sat down around the round table. Master Ain Gaier and Zhuo Genbao also had an honorary seat. Tang Yuan didn't have the nerve to follow them, so he just stood by the wall and listened to them.

First of all, Aingail said: "Everyone gathered here this time, and they must have known what they are going to do. Today, we will abandon the rules of the empire, and follow the tradition of the Nords to elect a new High King... I won’t say anything else, but first of all, if you think you are qualified to be the Supreme King, please stand up.”

Without any suspense, Ulfric stood up, and Balgruuf, who was sitting next to him, also stood up, and the ignorant Sidgeil on the other side also moved, but before he stood up, he was seated. Aunt Edgard and Father Scudder on both sides of him held him down, and each of them knocked a brain on his head.

"Do you seem to be sassy?" Edglord, the old crow, she whispered to Sidgail, "You still want to be the High King? You see that Elisifer is sitting upright Didn't say anything."

"That's right, you little brat can meddle in this matter?" Father Scudder also whispered, "We just need to vote for it when the time comes, and if you want to go up, you will be there immediately." After being bombarded by everyone, what are you doing up there? What a disgrace!"

Sidgell rubbed his head and smiled awkwardly.

At this time, Master Aingail continued to speak: "Lord Ulfric and Lord Balgruuf... Well, I really miss those days."

Balgruuf bowed towards Ein Gail: "Long time no see, Master Ain Gael, your health is better than anything else."

"I can live for a long time, don't worry about this..." Eingail smiled at Balgruf, "Speaking of which, I have to thank you for helping the dragonborn, although you are talented in the way of roaring A little lackluster, but your talents as a lord are no less than Ulfric's."

Then he glanced around at the lords on the round table and asked, "Is there no one else?"

The crowd shook their heads.

"That's good." Eingel nodded and continued, "Now, the lords who support Ulfric as the High King, please raise your left hand, and the lords who support Balgruuf as the High King raise your right hand."

Ulfric knew that apart from him and Balgruuf, there were seven people who needed to vote among the lords present. Four of them belonged to the imperial camp in the previous civil war. If nothing else, they should vote for Balgruuf. But he is not worried, because this is the election of the Supreme King, which is judged based on the rationality of being the Supreme King, not simply a matter of camp. After all, if you say anything about the camp now, it is no different from telling a joke.

Of course, it is probably impossible for Elisifer to vote for him. After all, Ulfric himself knows that when he killed High King Toig with his own hands, Elisifer became a widow. As for voting for Ulfric to be High King.

Soon, the lords finished thinking and raised their hands one by one.

Supporting Ulfric are Lord Lyra of Rift City, Collier Lord of Winterhold, and Edglord Lord Morthal.

And the people who support Balgruuf are obviously more than Ulfric. After all, if seven people vote, it will be three or four, and there is no such thing as a tie.

Scudder, the lord of Morningstar City, also belonged to the Stormcloak camp before. It is reasonable to say that he knows more about Ulfric than Balgruuf, but he is afraid that if the two fall out by then, the civil war in Skyrim will continue. , so he voted for Balgruuf—because he felt that if Balgruuf and Ulfric fought, Balgruuf would have a better chance of winning; Igmund of Markarth City just because Lin Xiaoyu had helped Macarth City, and Lin Xiaoyu and Tang Yuan obviously had a good impression of Snowman City, so he also felt that Balgruuf was more reliable than Ulfric; I simply feel that I am more used to seeing Balgruuf; Elisifer is obviously unhappy with Ulfric, so he supports Balgruuf...

"In this case, Balgruuf should be supported by more people. He will ascend the throne of the High King and rule the province of Skyrim..." Master Aingail looked at Ulfric and said, "Have you Opinion?"

Ulfric shook his head helplessly: "No objection, Balgruuf is as pure a Nord as I am, and I have no objection to him being High King."

"Then a new High King is born, and he is Balgruf the Great." Master Aingail turned to look at Balgruf, "As the High King, do you have anything to say?"

Balgruuf glanced at Tang Yuan who was not far away, and Tang Yuan nodded towards him.

So he coughed dryly and said loudly: "We will continue to fight."

"Wow——" the venue became lively with a bang, whether it was the lords present or the guards and housekeepers who were listening, they all exclaimed when they heard Balgruuf's words.

Balgruuf was not at all surprised by the reaction of the crowd. He continued, "To be honest, I might offend you if I say it. Before I prepared troops in the territory, my plan was to wait until the Empire and the Stormcloaks were both defeated." It’s time to reap the benefits of fishing, but now the empire has given up Skyrim Province, so Skyrim Province has become independent. What I have to do is to skip the stage of the High King and start the second plan... Of course, I am also the one who can become the High King Feeling very honored.”

"Balgruuf, you speak of continuing to fight..." Ulfric interrupted him, asking, "with whom? We have no reason to fight each other now."

He glanced at Ulfric, smiled, and replied: "In your plan, when you take down the entire province of Skyrim, after a brief period of cultivation, who do you plan to fight?"

Ulfric smacked his lips and replied with a smile, "The Empire, and the High Elves."

"That's right." Balgruuf knocked on the table and continued, "So we must continue to fight. This time, the blade in our hands is no longer facing our brothers and sisters, but Thalmer, the ancestor of Shenzhou. , the empire will not surrender, and it will not cause all this to happen."

Elixir raised his hand weakly and asked, "That... shouldn't we fight the Empire?"

"..." Everyone was silent, it seems that this little widow still has a lot of resentment towards the empire.

The corner of Balgruuf's mouth trembled, but he still replied: "Not now, if Skyrim Province and the Empire go to war in an all-out way, human power will continue to be consumed in the civil war, so now we have to use our limited power on Thalmer In this case, as long as the imperial people have a conscience, at least they will not bother us. If the imperial people are really so mad...then we can only entrust this matter to the dragonborn and the two heroes of Helgen. gone."

"The three of them? Even if you count the two attendants of Hero Helgen, there are only five of them." Sidgell, as a stunned young man who only knows how to drink and drink all day long, opened his voice to express doubts, "Five How big a climate can an individual become?"

Balgruuf replied calmly: "The Thame embassy in the imperial capital of Cyrodiil was blown up by Tang Yuan with magic, and then... I believe that your territory has also been attacked by giant dragons. Fighting and even defeating the giant dragon with one person's strength... I have only heard of another person with a comparable record, and that is my ancestor, Olaf the One-Eyed."

The lords present also knew what happened to Helgen, but they were a little skeptical about it. Now that they heard what Balgruf said, they couldn't say anything even if they didn't believe it.

"And then there is the dragonborn. Everyone knows that the dragonborn can kill giant dragons and absorb their souls. It can be said that the more dragons he kills, the stronger he becomes..." Balgruuf glanced and scratched Gen Bao, "Maybe the difference between him and the dragon now is that he can't fly..."

"..."

"So, if the empire wants to hinder us, Tang Yuan and Dragonborn will help us contain the empire, so that we can focus on revenge on our enemies... Now that I am the Supreme King, my first The order is - all the territory, withdraw troops, rest, Solitude City and Windhelm City will build ships with all their strength, and when the number of ships is enough to transport our army to Summerset Island, we will take our weapons and our heads and set foot on the high mountain. The stronghold of the elves! Talos guides us!"

[To be continued]

(End of this chapter)