Oasis Chapter 2, Trouble with the mages. Options

[jack cloudy]

Alright, welcome to chapter 2 of my fan fic. For those who haven't read part one, please look here:
Oasis, chapter 1

Well, have fun.

Chapter 2: Trouble with the mages.

,,Come one, you stupid rat. Is that the best you’ve got? Hah, missed me! Oops, there goes your head.”
I held up the soulgem that was now emitting a soft glow.
,,And here’s your soul. Welcome to your new home.”
I was happy. It was the first time I attempted to do something other than just taking out the opposition in battle, and it had worked quite well. With no doubt I could sell the gem and the soul contained within it to Galbedir for a nice price.

Yep, things had never been so good. I spent last night in my old shack in Seyda Neen. No one had even touched the small building. Definitely an improvement from the burglary of last time.

And in my pockets, I had samples of four different mushrooms. Ajira would be pleased. Not to mention the favour she would owe me.

It was when the sun had just passed its peak that I came across a small door embedded into a rock wall. Curious, I got closer. Above the door, old Dunmer markings were carved into the rock.

,,Here….last….dead…” I had begun to learn the written language used by the Dark Eves for a little bit. One thing was sure, this was a tomb and probably loaded with wealth just waiting to be taken. Those silly Dark Elves were too serious about this idea that the spirits of the dead stay behind.

Well, I had her mushrooms and I refused to take the Siltstrider. Ajira probably wouldn’t mind a bit of treasure seeking, would she? With some effort, I opened the ancient door and went inside.

Ok, things didn’t look as nice as I expected them to be. At the bottom of a set of stairs I could see what was obviously the corpse of a previous tomb robber. And the corpse didn’t seemed to have been there for so long. I took out my Katana and continued with a slower, more careful pace. I didn’t wanted to be the next victim.

When I reached the corpse, I still hadn’t noticed any sign of life around here. Maybe whatever killed this guy had left? I sat crouched next to the body and took a good look at it.

No stabwounds, cuts, crushed bodyparts, or signs of death caused by magic. Maybe he just fell down the stairs. I stood up again and looked at the corridor that led further into the tomb. It was then that the ghost attacked me.

I’d never seen an undead being before. If I did, I might’ve been more prepared. I performed a overhead chop at the ghost, only to see my blade pass right through it! I got in two more useless slashes before the thing dove on top of me and began to strangle me.

I dropped my sword and desperately tried to create a fireball. No use, I couldn’t focus properly and the best I got were a few miserable sparks. My vision slowly turned to black as I began to lose consciousness.




Sorry about the lack of humor, but there isn't much joking he can do whith that ghost on top of him. He can do a lot of choking though.

[jack cloudy]

Thank you, thank you all. Telendil, are you SURE you want to say that? What if it turns me into a big arrogant, wait for it.....N'Wah?

I just noticed I've slowed down a bit. Normally, I have an update posted by this time. What can I say, I had a lot of fun looking for Maar Gan, only to find that a Siltstrider goes there from Ald-Rhun.

Ok, I won't bother you with my talking. Let's just get to the update.



Let’s see, what would be the best place to place an ambush? Preferably some place where I didn’t had much place to manoeuvre and had to pass through. Got it, it had to be the Dwemer bridge I was supposed to cross.

As expected, the bridge was already taken. One guy wearing a crappy Iron cuirass and nothing else in the way of armour. Only one guy? That fighter’s guild dude really underestimated me. He should have picked at least two. Wasn’t there safety in numbers? ,,Ok, I can handle that.”
Now the guy started waving his hands around and magicka whirled around him. ,,Ok, so that makes one mage and one skeleton. A bit harder, but still doable.”
I ducked to avoid the spark of magical electricity. ,,A skeleton, a mage and bolts of lightning?! Man, this is getting tougher by the second! Alright, here I come!”

I stormed over the bridge at full speed. I considered it best to take out the mage first and worry about the skeleton later.

,,Watch your step, you might trip. Sorry.” The skeleton was as stupid as all members of its kind and easily tripped over my leg. With the skeleton on the floor for the next few seconds, I could focus all of my attention on the mage. Plenty of time to finish him.

My sword swing was stopped by the blade of a really big axe. The situation had just took a bad turn. Taking out a mage would’ve been easy, but a battlemage was a different story.

I traded blows for a bit longer. This definitely wouldn’t end well if I stayed around any longer. I narrowly dodged another swing of the axe, kicked the skeleton in the ribs to send it to the ground again and ran back to where I came from.

I stopped only after I’d entered the fort. Only a fool would start a fight there. The place was crawling with Imperial Legionaires. It appeared that mister axe hadn’t followed me. Good, then I would have a little surprise for him.

I really just wanted to give up on the whole thing, but that was not an option. First, the drugaddicted spy would kill me if I didn’t produce results. Second, it would be a major blow to my ego. Ok, the last one isn’t a good reason. Sorry about that, but I’m just sensitive regarding my ego.

I left the fort and this time, I passed it on the other side. If I was correct, I should end up in the canyon that lead underneath the bridge. From there, I could ambush the ambush.

Why was I trying to kill him? I could just sneak past. But my life was at stake here and I promised I would bring those flowers to Ajira. Besides, he attacked first. ,,Ah, forget this. I’m just trying to ease a damned guilty conscience. I’m just going to kill the freak, period. Now let’s get going.”

I was right and soon found myself standing underneath the bridge. Luckily for me, the stupid idiot never even bothered to look down and his skeleton was gone. Good. I strapped my shield onto my back and started climbing.

I wasn’t all that good at climbing and had the great luck that I didn’t notify the battlemage of my presence. For the last few metres, I took my time. Levitation was still new to me and I found it hard to do rapidly. But after a few minutes of concentrated casting, I could feel myself rising towards the bridge.

Levitation is great, it allows me to float through the air without making a sound. That was what I did now. He never even noticed that I was behind him. It was the oldest trick in the book. The spell cut out just before I reached his back and I landed with a little thump. He spun around just in time to see the flash of the sword that separated his head from his body. The head rolled of the bridge and fell into the canyon.

,,Hmm, he lost his head during combat, that’s not smart.” I muttered as I looted his body for anything of value and ended up taking a couple of coins. Whistling, I finally crossed the bridge to the other side. Dwemer ruin, here I come.

You can say what you like about them, but these Dwemer sure had a strange architecture. Most towers were poking out of the ground at an odd angle, with even smaller towers attached above the ground like little arms.

A Cliffracer was circling the top of one of those towers. It would make a fine soul for my soulgem. Some handwiggling later, the haze of a soultrap spell enveloped the ugly bird.

It dove towards me and slashed at me with its razorsharp tail. I blocked the tail with my shield and then cut it off before the tail got out of my reach again. The Cliffracer stumbled and nearly crashed into the ground. After cutting of its head, it really crashed into the ground.

Strange, why didn’t its soul fill the soulgem? I then noticed the tiny crack in it. Only one soulgem had that crack to recognize it. ,,No, I slipped the real gem into the stupid desk. This is the fake!” No money coming from filled Soulgems for me today.