Chapter 2128: Grace

"Brother Qiao'an, I was really desperate when I was captured, but I was not afraid of death, but thought suicide was a good idea."
"If I fall into Trim's hands and are subjected to confusing spells to inquire about the whereabouts of the spirit collar, I can't guarantee that I can hold it! Instead of that, I might as well just die. At least the dead are better than the living. Keep it secret."
"However, at the moment when I decided to sever myself, I suddenly felt enlightened. Master Hull encouraged me not to give up the hope of survival, and also provided me with a shelter to ensure that no one could force me to confess."
"That's all?" Qiao An asked inexplicably, "The goddess of the underworld possesses the death power of life and death. It only needs a thought. It shouldn't be difficult to kill Trim's party?"
Clark shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother, you are too overestimating the influence of the gods on this world! This is a long story. In short, limited by the oaths of the gods, the true gods cannot directly intervene in mortal affairs. "
"If a deity wants to achieve a certain purpose in the mortal world, there are usually only two ways. Either his incarnation-also known as the'sage'-descends into the mortal world. The power that the sage can use is at most Legendary level, it may even be killed by other legendary powerhouses; or it can only be acted on by its own believers, and the deity can project a little divine power on his own believers, which is the so-called'divine protection'."
Qiao An had long suspected that Clark had converted to the "Styx Church", and today he was not surprised to hear him personally admit that he is the apostle of Goddess Hull.
"Brother Clark, what exactly does the grace bestowed by the goddess do?" Qiao An asked curiously.
"Well, this...it sounds embarrassing to say." Clark rubbed his nose awkwardly. "Once I am affected by confusing magic or supernatural powers, I can't resist it with my own willpower, and I risk losing my mind. It will automatically enter the state of'eternal stasis', so I have been in jail in Winterhold over the years, Trim has nothing to do with me, and he has never been able to force the answers to the two questions he most cares about from my mouth."
"It turns out that'Eternal Stagnation' was imposed on you by the goddess of Styx..."
Qiao An suddenly realized that he thought this was Trim's masterpiece before.
"Brother Clark, besides the whereabouts of the'Essence Collar', what secret does the Lord of Winterhold want to ask you?"
The Frost Giant smiled and said in a low voice: "Brother Qiao'an, do you remember where we got the'Essence Collar'?"
"Cloud Manor, the castle of the Archmage Wafrunir."
"That's right! The old villain Trim seems to have learned something about Cloud City from his dead ghost dad. He dreams of boarding the Cloud Manor and becoming the master of Cloud City. He learned that I had With the'Essence Collar', I immediately guessed that I had been to Yunzhong City, so I wanted to find out the secrets of Yunzhong City from me."
Qiao Ann frowned and asked in search of the roots: "How did Trim know that we got the'Essence Collar' from Cloud City, did Koschach give him the enlightenment?"
"That's not true!" Clark smiled and shook his head. "Brother Joan, in fact, Trim's father is the previous generation owner of the Soul Collar. When he was alive, he was a legendary frost giant Black Guard. It is very likely that he still possesses mythological power. At that time, Winterhold was far stronger than it is now under his rule."
"However, that ambitious old guy has a good day, but he is so obsessed with his mind that he must go to the Cloud City to explore treasure hunting."
"Trim's father, did he get the magic beans?" Qiao An couldn't help asking.
Clark nodded slightly: "Yes, there are more than one magic beans, we only obtained a small part of them. Trim's father got another one, and successfully planted the magic beans vines leading to Cloud City. A few personal guards climbed up the bean vine, and never returned. Most of them died in Cloud City. Otherwise, the "Essence Necklace" would not appear in the attic of Cloud City and be brought back to Varese. world."
"That's right." Qiao An said thoughtfully.
Clark's narration reminded him of the old book old man once said that the "soul collar" was the spoils he captured many years ago when he killed a group of frost giants who broke into the cloud city.
Gushu Papa also said that the leader of the group of frost giants was a believer of the demon lord Koschurch, a high-ranking dark guard, who was wearing the "spirit collar" at that time.
This person also called out the Snow Demon sleeping in the collar during the battle. With the assistance of the five sisters and brothers of the "Activation Spell", the old man took a lot of effort to kill him and cast a spell to seal the Snow Demon again. Among the collars, it is stored on the seventh floor of the castle.
In contrast to Clark’s narration, Qiao An is convinced that the Frost Giant Black Guard who died in the hands of the ancient book daddy is the father of Trim, the lord of Winterhold. Relics.
"Brother Qiao'an! I just heard you say that we are going to grab Wignier's bride tonight, right? I think it's not too early, let's not patronize and chat happily, we will delay our business! "Clark reminded.
Qiao Ann's cheeks were reddening, and he explained embarrassingly: "It's not to the bride, but to persuade Slud not to marry Vigner."
"Haha! If you can persuade it, then persuade it. If you can't persuade it, let's take the bride away forcibly and stir the wedding for him!" The frost giant grinned.
Qiao An didn't want to admit it, but he thought that way.
I took out my pocket watch and took a look. It was more than half an hour before the engagement banquet tonight. I packed up the treasures in the dragon’s nest, and then used the "Any Door" to bring Clark, Tristan and Zaku to collective transmission. Back to "Brother Crow"'s lair.
During Qiao An's absence, the "magic alarm" set in the ice cave showed no sign of being triggered, the sky outside had darkened, and there was silence around him.
Joan inspires three "mythological powers", namely Clark, Tristan, and Zagu blessed "mythical disguise", dressed them as majestic Winterhold knights, and turned back into the mutant snow monster "Brother Crow" appearance.
Clark combed his haircut against the ice...Yes, after three years in the dungeon, his big bald head actually grew some fluffy hair, Qiao Ann couldn't help but thumbs up. Admire the "Medical Miracle"!
"Brother Qiao'an, we can walk into the banquet hall on the first floor of the Winter Fort after we have changed our disguise to participate in the engagement ceremony tonight, right?"
"I want to be beautiful!" Qiao Ann gave Clark a white look. "The disguise can only ensure that we are outside the Winter Fort. If we want to enter the wedding hall, we must have invitations."