"Where are you going? That leads out of the village," he said.
"This is the edge of the village?" She asked.
"Yes, beyond here are just the mines," Simon answered. Then, Delphine stabs her greatsword into the ground, and she gently sits herself down on the ground after doing a whole lot of walking.
It is evident that she was done walking, and it was something that she has done through the majority of her whole life.
"What are you doing?" Simon asked.
"Rest time. I've been walking for three days," Delphine answered. Simon started to understand some of the things that she said to him, and he began to keep it all to himself.
He looks back and forth to see if anyone was coming or not, and thankfully, there was nobody to see the two of them. Simon walks next to Delphine, and he also pulls out his long sword, he stabs it onto the ground, and he also sits down. Delphine starts to see something different about this man, far different than anyone she has ever come across.
"What is it? Why have you taken an interest in me?" Delphine asked.
"Well, you're the Ebony Warrior," Simon answered.
"I told you before, your people picked that name," she said.
"Oh... right. Anyway, you came here to kill the Demons. That means you're the one who'll grant everyone's wishes here. I've wandered through this village, and everyone that I've come across has said that it is the castle that's causing all this racket."
Delphine sat there on the ground, and she stared at Simon as he was talking to her of this subject; she was not one to take advice or have someone's wish to be granted.
Then Simon said to her, "You see, I was walking around and minding my own business. I've traveled across the many roads of this world and saw nothing more than death. It has plagued countless villages, and pretty much every town has a sort of barrier to protect themselves from the night hordes. Every single night, there is nothing but death and destruction caused by none other than the demons. Of course, if I was strong enough, I could go to that cursed tower myself. Now that you are here, the people fear you of what you did.
"You are a mighty warrior; you're the only one who's going to kill every last one of them."
And Delphine said to him, "Well, you're half-right. I'm only doing this because it's what I do and because there's no other way. I'm not here to fulfill anyone's wish, and I'm not doing this so these people can have their revenge. I'm just a lone wanderer on the face of the earth, and I hunt the creatures of darkness."
"I know. That's just as good. Speaking of which, are you quite sure you don't need a place to stay?" Simon asked.
"What makes you say that?" Delphine asked.
"Well, you seem tired and worn out. And I thought if I could offer you something that could keep you calm and feel well-rested," he answered.
"I thank you for the kind offer, but I can't stay here for too long."
"Why? Is there somewhere else you need to be at?"
"That's none of your concern. If I told you, you would never believe me. And if I told you, you would be afraid of me. Word would spread all over, and then I would be what they refer to me as. I may be the Ebony Warrior, but in my heart, I'm just a hunter, nothing more."
"Oh... I get it." And so, Simon got himself up from the ground, and he picks up his long sword, and he puts it back to his Scabbard.
"Hold up. Before I leave here, could I ask you a favor?" Delphine asked.
"Yeah. Sure," Simon answered.
"When I come back, can you provide me a place with you to visit?" She asked. It wasn't like her to give a request to someone that she just met, or never met before in her life.
"Of course. There's an inn in this village, the safest place beside the palace. If there's anything you need, I'll help. By the way, my name's Simon. What's yours?" Simon asked.
"Delphine. My name is Delphine. But many people seem to forget what my name is," She said. And then, she also gets up from the ground, picks up her Ebony Greatsword, and she puts it back into her Scabbard.
"I must be going now. We'll meet again," Delphine said. And so, she went her way as Simon went his way back into the village to stay there for a few days.
Delphine went out from Eastmarch, and she started to walk on the long and dark road that went ever on and on. The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began, now far ahead the road has gone, and she must follow if she can. Pursuing it with eager feet, until it joins some more significant way, where many paths and errands meet, and whither, then she could not say. And as she walked on this road, she started to think about Simon being with her and talking to her. He was a fascinating person and far more different than most men that she ever came across as she walked on this Earth.
For a brief moment, she started to feel the breeze around her and she started a small sense of peace come into her. Although she was a warrior that fought against the creatures of darkness, she still knew and believed in God and believed that he never abandoned her.
Suddenly, as she walked, she saw the large castle before her eyes, and the moon started to shine in the sky.
The moon was out in the sky, and the many trees beside the long road stood perfectly still, and the leaves started to breeze away. Delphine of Moria gazed widely upon the giant castle that was before her eyes, and she knew what would lie ahead for her. It didn't seem that difficult, but surely, it is death to walk at night as the demons roam the earth, and a Daedra rules the castle. Delphine didn't care at all, for she fought the many creatures of the night for ten years and never slept at night, for she knew that she had to fight on. The people of Eastmarch knew that the castle had many dark creatures abroad both on the road and in the castle.
In this world, each castle used to have a king or a queen to rule over their kingdom and defend it with everything. Delphine walked on into the night to reach the large castle to fight and defeat the Daedra that governs it and sends out the demons to cause terror onto the people. Of course, the people had a wall to defend themselves against the demons; in fact, all villages and cities had a barrier to protect the people. And then, the moon started to be stained with blood, the wind began to roar violently, and a large group of demons began to face Delphine where she stood. Delphine pulls out her greatsword, and she started to fight back against the bloodthirsty creatures that were charging quickly towards her.
It is the time of the full moon. Yet no silvery shaft of moonlight dares pierce the thickets of this gigantic forest, this spider's web of wood and vine. For demons are abroad this night, and they stalk human prey. What is more, they hunt it in the very shadow of the dreaded.
"Come at me, if you dare! The likes of you will not defeat me. You will not find me a cringing victim!" Delphine shouted. If the demons hear and comprehend, they give no visible sign, but circle ever closer to their chosen quarry; only to find that she strikes back, like a beast at bay.
But lots of courage will carry her safely through this ring of terror, as she swiftly learns. Delphine taught herself and trained herself on how to swing a sword, and she did it to survive the many nights that befell her as she was on her journey to reach the Grim Reaper. Delphine charges quickly towards the demons and swings her greatsword, and she began to kill every single one of the demons brutally and violently. The demons could not even block nor dodge the attacks that Delphine was throwing at them as she quickly charges towards them. She swings her greatsword as fast as she could and cuts off their heads, slices them in half, and she leaves them open in brutal and violent manners.
Lots of blood began to splatter all over the place, and lots of gore started to stain the ground that they were standing on. And so, Delphine continued onward towards the demons, and nothing else ever stood in her way as she fought on.