<h4>Chapter 612 - The Mammoth Anchors</h4>
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The Great Lift of Alftand descended slowly and with every gear rotation, the hearts of the men present in the lift began to squeeze like crazy.
Are we ready for what''s about to unfold? Asked Ivar, a young Nord who had followed Jon Dare since the days of Neo Saarthal''s establishment.
Ivar was just a young mason when the Battle of Winterhold urred as he was one of the few who managed to get into the recruitment of the Dare Company Corps and be a Dare Trooper. While it was a hard road to climb, he became a Sergeant in House Dare''s security detail and followed Jon and Alina Dare a few times so he was aware of their shenanigans as well as their absolute annihtion mode.
He was also one of the 100 Troopers who descended with Jon in the leading force which opened the road to the ancient Dwarven city of ckreach. After that, Ivar was promoted to the head of the security in the ckreach exploration site after ying a score of Falmer and destroying many Dwemer Animunculi.
But today, Ivar was apanying Jon and Wulfur along with many other sergeants down to ckreach and everyone was just silent..
Today is the day after all.
As the lift stopped descending, the whole squad realized that they reached their destination and when the heavy Dwarven Gate was opened, the sight of ckreach was not what greater them. Instead, it was the sight of a sturdy wall reinforced with Dwarven Metal that cked their way.
The group walked out slowly throw a doorway in that sturdy wall and what they entered was a courtyard in the middle of a fortified hall filled with many Schrs and Researchers as well as Falmer Corpses that areid on autopsy tables as well as other workshops working on barely-functional Dwarven Animunculi and a fewbs studying minerals and flora.
Ivar always thought that those nerds in robes who would get paid twice his sry are nothing but worthlessb rats kept by the Dares to work on the magic stuff they don''t want to waste their time with but after two weeks of establishing this ckreach station, Ivar couldn''t respect anyone as he respects those schrs.
Spending this much time underground made a Nord like Ivar miss the sight of the sky just by the first night thus he would always go above ground every couple of days and instructed his subordinates to do the same in order to keep some sanity in this senseless ce.
However, some of those schrs were working here since day one and most of them haven''t gone above ground not even once. Even Ivar felt horrible for them.
On the other hand, the construction of the ckreach Hub was a tedious job that consumed half of his sanity trying to protect the masons from getting attacked by Falmer arrows while facing off whatever ckreach may throw against them.
Among those horrors was one roaming the ancient city from afar and patrolling it extremely slowly. The thing, which is rumored to be a Mechanical Dwarven God, would make terrifying mechanical grunts and sometimes watch the people of Winterhold while constructing their small fortress without getting close at all.
Still, the horror was beyond anything anyone can take and if not for the emergency escape system which was used too many times during the first week, people would have died just from the sheer worry they were having. That worry made many insist that the secure stronghold should always be monitored from outside by a standing force of troopers in case anything undesirablees close.
But today is the day where this tense peace was about to end. The one taking initiative is obviously Jon Dare who was putting on his new ebony armor and mysterious Dragon Priest mask before being presented with two sealed chests.
Wulfur, Jon''s right hand, opened the first chest and took out two boots.
"Boots of the Apostle with Ebony ting to fit the Lord''s Mail." He described before handing them two Jon''s servants who helped Jon to put them on.
"Lastly, the thing you ordered." Wulfur opened the other chests and showed it to Jon first, who had to put up his mask and whistle in surprise.
"This is just an overkill at this point." Jon said.
"I had fun designing it." Wulfur replied and carried out the first gauntlet helping Jon slide his hand into it.
The second was equipped as well and Jon raised them together as the servants tightened their straps.
"Can the chef exin what disaster he cooked this time?" Jon asked.
"I call them the Mammoth Anchors. Each of the gauntlets is made from an entire cold ebony ting and orichalcum mail. The ting covers a mechanism of enchanted slings made from the tempered mammoth tendons. On top of each gauntlet is a Convertible Anchor that you can release or keep suppressed. Each of the anchors is held by two chains of cold ebony that are enchanted to extend with range. Alteration at its best if you ask me. Finally, I added a little extra to the anchors. If you convert them on without releasing them at something, you can use the incredible tension of the mammoth tendons to make them incredibly tense then link their two ends with the chain and BAM… you have yourself an equipped crossbow over your arms."
Jon kept looking between Wulfur and the monster he made with a half funny face and a half confused one.
"Alright… that''s too wild… even for me." Jon sighed.
"Keep up with the trend, man. You have a gauntlet that canunch projectiles,unch anchors, and extend with chains. Also, it is too heavy that it would back an incredible punch. And that''s just the beta." Wulfur made excuses.
"Alright. Let''s end it here. I feel like I am winning already." Jon said and put back his mask before ying with the gauntlets for a bit.
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[ Mammoth Anchors ] <mammoth tusk="" &="" cold="" ebony="" gauntlets=""></mammoth>
- Launch/Retract Anchors
- Artillery Mode
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"So, you never revealed what the Lord''s Mail is actually capable of." Wulfur asked.
"Let''s just say that one Divine Artifact can put all the Daedric Artifact we knew to shame." Jon replied.
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[ Lord''s Mail ] <ebony muscle="" armor=""></ebony>
- Health Regen
- Stamina Regen
- Resist Magic
- Resist Poison
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Four functions are just something so game-breaking that would normally surpass the Daedric Artifacts which usuallye with up to 3 functions and even Jon fused artifacts which can bebined to make 3 functions at max.
Aside from that, Jon had his Krilon Mask which fortifies and resists all the Destruction Elements as well as the Boots of the Apostle which makes him fly effortlessly. Aside from the essories, Jon was heading into battle with his new favorite toy in hand.
"Ivar." Jon finally called, "Bring it."
The sturdiest and heaviest weapon he had was to be used in this battle. A weapon made entirely of metal that two men had to carry just to get it to Jon.
Ivar and his lieutenant brought over an oversized polearm with a hammer on one side, an axe''s de on another, and a spearhead on top of them. Jon''s Cliffhanger. A durable lump of metal shaped into a weapon just to give Jon the satisfaction of the weight.
Jon held it up without much bother and rested it on his shoulder while looking at the people around him.
"I know you guys have been tense the past few days and overworked as well but today is the final push. Everyone is getting a raise and a vacation after this so make sure not to die."
"""AYE!"""
"That''s the spirit." Jonughed and looked forward, "Open the gate."
Ivar and other sergeants ran to the gate of the ckreach Hub and dragged them back to clear the way to the overgeared Jon. He slowly walked out with his armor making an incredible noise and his squad followed him like a pack of hungry wolves.
The outside was just to be expected, beautiful yet dark. While it is still morning on the surface, ckreach was a ce of an ever night that was only illuminated by an array of stars on the roof of this ginormous cave. Millions upon millions of illuminating nts filled the roof with an incredible color that felt beautiful and sickening at the same time.
On the ground was a city of marvelous craftsmanship. Marvelous yet abandoned and dead. What filled it were the cold machines, the hot steam pipes, and the warmongering Falmer.
At the doorstep of the ckreach Hub which was stationed in front of Alftand''s Great Lift was a barricade of vicious defenses which turned both the Falmer and the Dwarven Animunculi into shreds as the defenders obliterated whatever came near them.
Currently, the Force of the Dare Trooper followed Jon again to battle and their presence alerted all the machines and the Falmer in ckreach.
The Invasion of the Dwarven City in ckreach was about to unfold.
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[ Krilon ] <ebony dragon="" priest="" mask=""></ebony>
- Fortify me, Frost, Shock
- Resist me, Frost, Shock
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[ Lord''s Mail ] <ebony muscle="" armor=""></ebony>
- Health Regen
- Stamina Regen
- Resist Magic
- Resist Poison
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[ Mammoth Anchors ] <mammoth tusk="" &="" cold="" ebony="" gauntlets=""></mammoth>
- Launch/Retract Anchors
- Artillery Mode
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[ Boots of the Apostle ] <ebony ted="" leather="" boots=""></ebony>
- Fortify Speed
- Levitate
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[ Cliffhanger ] <ebony halberd=""></ebony>
- Not Enchanted
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