In TES:II, Daggerfall, you destroy the numidium, which was a tower
In TES:III, Morrowind, you destroy the heart of Lorkhan, which was powering the Red mountain, aka Red Tower
Towers are weird metaphysical thingy mababobers, but one of the things they do is prop up the Oblivion - Nirn barrier
It's also possible that since Jagar Tharn was using Mehrunes Dagon's help in Arena, and Mehrunes was the one attacking the battlespire, these games might have been either foreshadowing or part of what made Mehrunes so eager to attack.