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"Ulfric Stormcloak, Jarl of Windhelm."
Hadvar, the soldier standing next to the Imperial female captain, held a list, and the first person he called was Ulfric.
However, Ulfric wasn't immediately taken to be executed. Instead, he was first escorted to General Tullius on the other side.
Evidently, Tullius wanted to thoroughly mock and curse his foe before Ulfric died, to vent the hatred in his heart.
After Ulfric was named, a dozen more Stormcloak soldiers were called out and lined up next to the chopping block, including Ralof from Riverwood.
After them, it was his turn: "Lokir of Rorikstead."
George didn't try to flee in fear like in the game, only to be shot and killed by the Imperial soldiers. Instead, he obediently allowed himself to be escorted to the execution block.
After him was the Dragonborn. Although he was captured by mistake and wasn't on the list, the presiding female captain still didn't let the Dragonborn go and had him brought over as well.
George kept his gaze away from the Dragonborn, as he didn't want to attract the attention of the Dragon God Akatosh.
While Akatosh wasn't the Creator, in George's judgment, he was likely a personification of a part of the Creator's consciousness. His power probably reached the peak of the single-universe level.
Fortunately, he recalled that for some reason, it wasn't easy for the Aedra and Daedra to descend directly into this world.
Therefore, with him being so careful to hide, it should be even harder for them to discover he was an outsider.
Still, it was definitely safer to avoid being noticed at all.
The world of The Elder Scrolls wasn't just home to humans; it also had vampires, werewolves, trolls, giants, and other magical creatures, as well as various powerful Aedra and Daedric Princes.
Furthermore, humans were not the sole masters of this world. There were actually three main categories of intelligent life.
The first was the human lineage, divided into Nords, Imperials, Bretons, and Redguards.
The second was the elven lineage, divided into High Elves, Wood Elves, Dark Elves, Orcs, Snow Elves (Falmer), and Dwemer (Dwarves).
The third was the beastfolk category, divided into Argonians and Khajiit.
"Roar!"
Just as Tullius finished his judgment of Ulfric and was about to begin the execution, a strange sound suddenly echoed from high in the sky.
"Ignore it! Proceed with the execution!"
Tullius paid no mind to the strange noise and continued to preside over the execution.
Right now, nothing was more important than beheading Ulfric.
A slight smile tugged at the corner of George's mouth, because he knew "Aldy" was making his entrance.
"Aldy," also known as Alduin the World-Eater, was the final main-quest boss of the game, the most powerful dragon, the firstborn of the Dragon God Akatosh.
In ancient times, dragons were worshipped as gods by the Nords, and Alduin, as the leader of the dragons, ruled over both dragonkind and mankind.
But Alduin and the Dragon Cult's tyrannical rule eventually led to a rebellion by the Nords, and the Dragon War between Nords and dragons subsequently erupted.
During the war, a dragon named Paarthurnax led several other dragons who were more amicable toward humans to defect to the human side, fighting alongside them against Alduin.
Paarthurnax also taught humans how to use the Dragon Shout, which was how humans were able to create the "Dragonrend" shout, specifically designed to be used against dragons.
This plot actually reminded him a bit of the Fairy Tail world.
In the Fairy Tail world, there was also a war between dragons and humans. A portion of the dragons defected to the human side, and humans learned Dragon Slayer Magic from them.
In the end, the dragons also went extinct, and the most powerful one, Acnologia the Black Dragon King, was similarly a dragon of world destruction.
He suspected that these Creators might have seen the stories of other worlds, and that's why they arranged similar destinies for the development of their own worlds.
Sidetracked thoughts over, back to the main topic.
As the Dragon War progressed, the leaders of the rebellion—Hakon One-Eye, Gormlaith Golden-Hilt, and Felldir the Old—prepared for a desperate, last-ditch effort to defeat Alduin at the Throat of the World using Dragonrend.
In the battle against Alduin, although the three heroes successfully used Dragonrend to weaken Alduin's power, Alduin still gained the upper hand and killed Gormlaith Golden-Hilt.
Just as Hakon and the others were on the verge of defeat, Felldir the Old used a prepared Elder Scroll to banish Alduin, casting him from that era into the present day.
So, from Alduin's perspective, one moment he was in a decisive battle with the three heroes, and the next, he had arrived two thousand years in the future.
His arrival at Helgen to breathe fire everywhere wasn't really to save the Dragonborn, who was fated to kill him later.
He was simply depressed and angry, and he came down to vent his frustration on a nearby human town, coincidentally saving the Dragonborn who was about to be executed.
After all, no one would be happy after being banished two thousand years into the future.
Regarding the three heroes' actions, many people felt they were just screwing over future generations. George, however, felt that what they did was not wrong at all.
Using the Elder Scroll to banish Alduin at least allowed the world to continue for another two thousand years.
If they hadn't done that, the world would have been destroyed by Alduin on the spot, beginning a new era.
As for whether the descendants two thousand years later could defeat Alduin, no one knew. Why worry about what happens after you're dead? Live for as long as you can.
If it were him, he definitely would have done the same thing.
"May your soul go to the gods. Pray to the noble Eight Divines!
For you are... of Nirn..."
Following a prayer from the Priestess of Arkay, one Stormcloak soldier after another was brought to the chopping block.
The burly executioner, holding his axe, took off the soldiers' heads one by one.
"Not here yet?"
Seeing that he was about to be pushed onto the execution platform, George frowned slightly.
In the game, after the first Stormcloak was beheaded, the Dragonborn would be pushed up next, and then Alduin would appear, indirectly interrupting the execution.
But in reality, seven soldiers had already been executed, and it still wasn't the Dragonborn's turn. Instead, it was about to be his turn.
It didn't matter if it was his turn. After all, even if that sharp executioner's axe struck his neck, it would probably just put a large chip in the axe, while he wouldn't even lose a single hair.
But that would be far too shocking. What he wanted now was a low profile; he didn't want to attract too much attention.
"Looks like this is the only way."
Just as two Imperial soldiers walked over to him, intending to drag him to the block, his right foot lifted slightly and then began to tap rapidly on the ground.
Following this action, the ground suddenly began to tremble, as if an earthquake had struck.
"Don't panic! Watch the prisoners! Concentrate on the center of the square!"
Seeing the soldiers starting to panic due to the earthquake, Tullius immediately drew his longsword and roared.
The earthquake itself was nothing; he was afraid the chaos caused by the earthquake would allow Ulfric to escape.
"Finally!"
After using the "earthquake" to stall for a few minutes, George's ears suddenly twitched. He snapped his head up to look at the sky.
A massive, fearsome dragon was flying rapidly from the distance. It landed on the castle tower and let out a heaven-shaking dragon roar.
(End of Chapter)