AN: Past few weeks are quite busy for me, and there are still many things to be dealt with in my near future. So that's why my update rate is going to hell in a handbasket…

"A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!"

Saitama retracted his hand from the white ball instantly, and checked around for something looking like a beacon. Certainly the white ball in the chest could not be it, since it was not glowing or anything.

"Hey King! Did you touch something?"

Before Saitama received a response from King, the deafening female voice continued her speech.

"Listen. Hear me and obey. A foul darkness has seeped into my temple. A darkness that you will destroy. Return my Beacon to Mount Kilkreath. And I will make you the instrument of my cleansing light."

That still did not explain what was the beacon.

"Maybe…" King was wiping the trace of vomit off his face. "Maybe she is talking about one of the brazier in the cave?"

The female voice rose again, sounded annoyed this time.

"In the chest you opened lies my Beacon of Light. Foolish mortals."

"Is it the sword, the necklace, the boots or the white odd ball?" Saitama turned his attention to content of the chest again. "Wait, lady. Is this your chest?"

As Saitama talked, King moved forward to take a look at the content of the chest as well, hoping that there lied some explanations to many unanswered questions, such as what was the voice was talking about? What was the source of the voice?

There were many odd happenings in Skyrim, and King would not be surprised if the voice came from some sort of spirit or magic. For a second, King was worried that it could be another Daedric Prince, but casted off the notion as he remembered how rare those mighty beings were.

Saitama, on the other hand, was quite used to strange voice coming out of nowhere these days. Not caring much about who this female was, Saitama chose to state the obvious. "Lady, since you're already here, why don't you get your beacon yourself?"

What a lazy woman.

Or maybe she did not get the beacon herself because…

Thinking of something, Saitama asked before the female voice replied. "Do you have disability?"

If that were the case, Saitama supposed he could offer some assistance.

Then the woman's voice returned with raised volume, and the tone turned unpleased.

"You dense mortals do not know who you are talking to! I, Meridia, shall return to Skyrim with my glory. You will comply."

"Meridia? Another Daedric Prince…" King recognized the name and whispered, not feeling well again.

Saitama was calm as ever. "So she is probably not disabled. Just lazy."

King really was not feeling well. Sensing that he was about to throw up once more, King gripped around instinctively. And by instinct, King puked inside the closest container within his hand's reach.

That was how King vomited right inside the treasure chest holding the Beacon of Meridia.

For a minute or so, the only sound could be heard in the cavern was the retching noise coming from King.

In the meantime, Saitama made a decision of leaving the place as soon as King finished puking – Saitama did not really want to deal with King's vomit in the chest or the pending assault from that loud voice. Besides, Saitama did not feel particularly guilty about leaving the puke there since a Daedric Prince should be able to get rid of it fairly easily.

The lazy lady should get something to do other than bossing people around anyway.

Therefore, when King finally lifted his head from the chest, done with vomiting, he was immediately dragged by Saitama towards the exit of the cave. Due to the lightheadedness from his second time of retching, King did not spare much of his mind dreading about the possible reaction of the Daedric Prince, neither did he notice much about his surroundings when following Saitama out of the chamber.

However, King was pretty sure that the female voice exclaimed something about her disapproval his puking. So it was perhaps the best if he did not know what exactly she said. As people said, ignorance is a bliss…

Eventually, Saitama and King exited the secret door, whose existence was completely overlooked by the two, since it had already been opened by the unfortunate Forsworn group before the they arrived.

This time, while King still did not notice the door, he did notice the sword sticking out from an altar – the sword served as the key to the secret entrance. On a whim, King drew the sword, thinking of all the dangers he had encountered and would probably encounter in the future when traveling with Saitama. It would be good if King got some sort of weapon on him as insurance.

Then the two trotted out of the cave, as the secret door closed behind them with the key removed.

And that was how Meridia's beacon was locked inside a tomb along with the stink of vomitus.

After leaving the cave of the lazy Daedric Prince and several hours of searching, Saitama and King managed to find the large head sculpture they were looking for in a totally different location that also fit King's description.

The real Karthspire was actually at a place across the river from Red Eagle Redoubt.

The head sculpt they were looking for was, just as King said, inside a cave, and there was indeed some Forsworn camp around. But there was no Forsworn warrior inside, probably already taken out by Delphine and Esbern in their previous visit.

This should be right place.

King had to admit the sight of the sculpture and its surroundings was spectacular. The Akaviri stonework around them seemed ancient yet majestic. Tall concrete walls recessed in the center, where the head statue was built. In this atrium-like cavern, several braziers scattered and shrubs strewed, covered by the mist pervading the air near the ground.

The site was quite impressive to King, but not to Saitama.

"What now?" Saitama only wanted finish this information-gathering trip, which was dragging way too long.

Not that King did not wish to get this over with.

"According to Esbern," King walked to a large circular carving in the middle of the clearing. "This is a blood seal. The gate to the Sky Haven Temple will only open when the seal is triggered by blood."

"I don't see any gate around here…" Saitama said.

"I think it's the head-like thing there."

"Oh, okay. Let's find some blood first. Umm… Ah, there seem to be some goats outside this cave. We can catch one and use its blood. That will also take care of our dinner."

"There is a problem though…" The strength in King's voice weakened as he realized he should have mentioned this much earlier. He had simply been too distracted ever since the incidents in Markarth. "The blood has to be from a Dragonborn."

There was the awkward silence. Both King and Saitama did not know where to find a Dragonborn.

After some consideration, Saitama spoke up. "Is there anything unique about the blood of a Dragonborn?"

"Uhh… I am not sure either. I think some say they have dragonblood. Whatever that means…"

"So what if we find a dragon and ask for some blood?"

King's ever presenting frown deepened. "I don't think it works that way."

"Right… And dragons are quite hard to find these days anyway."

"Maybe just try goat blood first…" King concluded, partially because he started to feel hungry.

Of course goat blood did not work.

After a dinner with roasted goat as main course, Saitama and King once again tried to figure out how to open the gate. Breaking it was always an option, but Saitama worried that he might have to pay for the repairing.

King shared a similar sentiment about breaking the sculpture. He would have to face Esbern eventually, and he had not come up with any good explanation about such destruction. It was not like that he could simply tell the Blades he was not a Dragonborn at any rate, AND he let another guy destroy the property of the Sky Haven Temple… Delphine would definitely kill him.

Unfortunately, that seemed to be the only option left now.

Saitama and King looked at each other.

"So, we need the info inside to defeat Alduin…" Saitama stated.

"It's the only way, isn't it?" King sighed. "In that case… uh… Mr. Satiama, just don't hit too hard, please."

Then Saitama smashed the head sculpt into pieces.

When Saitama and King were solving the problem about the sealed door, another two persons were on the way to the Sky Haven Temple.

Delphine and Esbern.

Not receiving any message from the Dragonborn for a while, the two Blades departed from the Solitude City a couple of days ago. They estimated the Dragonborn should have already found the Alduin's Wall, but was delayed for some reason.

During their journey to the Temple, they passed through the City of Markarth and overheard some peculiar news about the Dragonborn's appearance there. Wanting to hear the firsthand information from the Dragonborn, they picked up their pace, and should be arriving at their destination the next morning.

The next morning, Saitama and King woke up in the Sky Haven Temple.

The night before, after the gateway was cleared, the pair entered the Temple through a corridor behind the shattered scuplture.

Just as King said, they found a large Akaviri mural in the Sky Haven Temple standing in the main area of the sanctuary. The exquisite artwork on the wall was stunning, depicting the stories among men and dragons that were lost in time.

Lost also were Saitama and King.

They were completely clueless about what the mural was portraying, let alone knowing where to find the means to vanquish Alduin. The bright side was that they did discover something useful – several ownerless beds were aligned against the walls in one of the chamber.

At least, they had found a place to stay the night.

After the night had passed, Saitama and King were ready to depart from the place.

While Saitama did not have a particular destination, back to his shack in Helgen seemed to be a good option, that was, before King's contact managed to decipher the message on the mural.

King intended to stick with Saitama, since he did not feel good about his chance of survival in the wilderness of Skyrim without the other around. Also, King really thought this was not a suitable time for him to return to Solitude and face Esbern or Delphine after the sculpture was broken. No, he would simply send a letter to tell them the seal was opened, and waited for those Blades to interpret the meaning of the Alduin's wall.

But the two's plan, which actually was hardly a plan in a manner of speaking, was disrupted when another two showed up.

For better or for worse, Esbern and Delphine turned up just in time when King and Saitama were exiting the Temple.

What was most definitely on the for worse part – the two Blades were standing right by the broken sculpture and staring at it…

"Dragonborn, how can you let this happen!?" Esbern blurted out, widening his eyes at the shattered stone pieces. "This is… was an ancient Akaviri stonework built in the image of Reman Cyrodiil himself. A foundation stone of the Second Empire… This shrine was an invaluable heritage of Akaviri history. Now it is destroyed by…"

Esbern paused, remembering to whom he was talking. He had been too agitated by the sight to get a hold of himself.

"There must be a reason for the Dragonborn's doing." Delphine took over the conversation, and looked at King expectantly. "Why don't we let the Dragonborn explain his insight first."

Apparently, the two new arrivers both did not register Saitama's presence, or chose not comment on it.

"Uh, King. Who are these two guys?" Saitama asked.

King, at the center of everyone's attention, was at a loss at what to say, so he chose to answer the easier question. He whispered to Saitama, who was standing next to him. "These are Delphine and Esbern, the guys I've mentioned before. We got the info on the Alduin's Wall from them."

"Oh…" Saitama nodded.

That was one question taken care of, yet it did not solve the most crucial problem – why the sculpture was destroyed. And King was starting to get uncomfortable under Delphine's gaze.

Gritted his teeth, King spouted out. "I don't know what happened."

There was hint of skepticism in Delphine's eyes, while Esbern… Esbern had his attention drawn to something else.

Esbern walked to the blood sealed on the ground and looked at the dry fluid on it. There was quite a lot of blood, since Saitama and King nearly bled the goat dry last night trying to open the gate.

"Is this your blood, Dragonborn?" Esbern inquired.

Rigidly, King nodded.

"That's a considerable amount of blood!" Esbern exclaimed with a posture of contemplation. "Too much… Hmm, I think… I have a theory on what happened. These lost Akaviri arts, such as the blood seal, are intricate. The blood seal can only be triggered by the blood of a Dragonborn, and it's most likely hinges on the magical power within a Dragoborn's blood to activate the mechanism. We all know the dragonblood within the High King is strong, rivaling Talos himself. And he spilled this much blood on the seal, while it only requires drops under normal circumstances. The odds are, the Akaviri device simply cannot withstand such power."

"You're saying the magic force in the Dragonborn's blood broke the blood seal and thus the gate?" Delphine raised her eyebrows.

"Yes. A result of a design oversight, or the erosion of time…" Esbern concluded.

"That sounds…" Delphine paused with rumination and disbelief. "Remarkable!"

"That makes no sense…" Saitama muttered, but Delphine and Esbern either did not hear or preferred to ignore the statement.

Instead, Delphine brought up the main purpose of everyone.

"Dragonborn, since you've already been inside the Sky Haven Temple, did you find Alduin's Wall?" Delphine inquired.

"Yes." King finally calmed himself down a bit. "But we were unable to decipher the meaning of it."

"Hmm…" Esbern calmed down as well. "Let's go inside and take a look."

And inside the group of four went.

AN: Not sure when the next chapter will be up. I hope that it won't take as long as this one. Sorry for the slow update and the lack of reply. And thank you all for reading!