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Chapter 43: Sly Sorcerer
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'It's a 1 item!'
Even though it was still considered as an uncommon item, there weren't many people in Feinan that were able to enchant an item!
Marvin felt happy. Holding the Kingfisher Jade Dagger, he couldn't help but twirl it a few times, feeling overjoyed.
[Kingfisher Jade Dagger (1)]
Quality: Uncommon
Attack: 6 – 9
Effect: Armor Break 5
Enchantment (1): Parry 5
It looked like this dagger was used by that shepherd for self-defense. Armor break and parry properties were on two totally different sides.
"A dagger that can parry, what the hell…"
Marvin couldn't help but want to mock the enchanter who added that property to this dagger. However, after thinking it over, he felt that this seemingly useless parry attribute might actually be useful depending on the situation.
Along with the fact that Marvin wasn't a thief, even if he was able to keep up great offense and flexibility with a curved dagger in his right hand and a dagger in his left, it would still weaken the might of his two-weapon fighting.
As a result, Marvin could only use this dagger as a third weapon.
He replaced the common dagger at his waist with the kingfisher jade dagger. At a critical time, he could let go of his curved dagger and grab this dagger to attack
This gave him a wide range of attack patterns.
The only unfortunate thing was that the treasure chest hadn't given a curved dagger.
If it had been an uncommon curved dagger, Marvin's fighting would have gone up one rank!
'After dealing with the problems with the territory, I must get a pair of first-rate curved daggers,' Marvin thought.
Dual wielding rangers made a living through their blades. Wielding a pair of common daggers all day long… Isn't that shameful?
Besides the bottle and the dagger, there was still an envelope inside the chest.
The envelope was sealed with wax. Well, this shepherd was already dead… After inspecting the envelope and confirming that there wasn't anything like a trap or a curse, he opened it.
It contained a letter written in the shepherds' special code.
Marvin searched through his Noble's language mastery. But unfortunately, he found out that he wasn't able to read the shepherd coded language.
This wasn't surprising.
The Shepherd Organization, the Plague God followers and the Twin Snakes of Doom were all active evil forces in Feinan Continent. They had a special system and internal secret codes used for communication. And everyone who wasn't a shepherd would find it quite difficult to pierce the coded language.
Their arch-enemy was the northern [Migratory Bird Council]. This was a powerful force formed by druids which had no lack of powerful legendary level druids.
The shepherds were sowing highly toxic seeds everywhere, seeds that agitated living creatures. This made the druids quite resentful.
As people in charge of maintaining nature's harmony, they were giving their all to annihilate the shepherds.
Perhaps the druids would understand shepherd language.
After taking care of the loot, Marvin no longer needed to stay in the mine.
After checking the surroundings one more time to make sure that he hadn't missed anything, he started going back toward the mine entrance.
He didn't meet any earth spirits this time.
But he soon found out that when he arrived, everyone at the camp was already awake, and fully prepared for battle!
Most of the adventurers were hiding in gaps in the walls by the mine entrance, or behind obstacles in the camp.
Only the White River Valley garrison members were standing behind the fortification, ready to fight.
Far away in the darkness, a torch was raised. A few flickering glowing eyes could be seen along with it.
The gnolls had arrived!
'They came so fast!'
'I thought it would take them at least until noon tomorrow. I didn't expect that gnoll Sorcerer to be so decisive. They actually came before dawn.'
Marvin quietly and stealthily walked to Anna's side. He made some inquiries to understand the situation.
This pack of gnolls had rushed here and just arrived.
Fortunately both rangers were on lookout at the time, one of them an archer named Joey.
Joey had the same class. However, he had an innate specialty: [Farsight].
His eyes were very sharp. He was even able to detect the stealthy gnoll scouts in the dark.
It was thanks to this guy's formidable power that they were able to avoid being sneak attacked!
Reportedly, there were four gnoll scouts stealthily approaching the camp.
But Joey reacted and ruthlessly shot them down!
This made Marvin have a whole new level of respect toward him.
These guys had some skills indeed.
"He used a six-arrow scatter shot; of them four arrows hit their targets," Anna whispered. "This kind of marksmanship is rarely seen even among pureblood elves."
Marvin nodded.
He didn't need Anna to say a lot, as he also knew that this kind of ability was outstanding.
Also, apart from [Farsight, Joey definitely had another amazing specialty or he wouldn't have been able to do that.
'Such a talented person, ah...' Marvin had this thought.
"What do we do now? After the gnolls' sneak attack failed, they decided to be cautious and didn't attack again," Anna asked, whispering.
She made the adventurers hide in the mine, where the gnolls couldn't see.
That way they only displayed a part of their strength, the garrison team members and Joey.
This was a very smart move.
"Roughly how many gnolls?" Marvin asked.
As there was no moonlight tonight, his vision was around 0. Unable to see the amount of enemies was normal.
"I don't know." Anna gravely shook her head.
Their group only consisted of ordinary humans with no dark vision.
Joey only had relied on his perception to notice the scouts, nothing more. He wasn't able to tell how many gnolls were eyeing them.
"It doesn't matter, we can wait. It'll be dawn soon. If I'm not wrong, this pack of gnolls will attack after dawn!"
"We follow the original plan," said Marvin after thinking it over.
After saying that, he found a bunker and took a proper rest.
Why would the gnolls attack after dawn?
It's simple. Their eyes were similar to those of wild wolves. In the middle of the night they would glow with a weak green light.
And humans are able to completely hide themselves in the dark.
Thus, they would turn into live targets if they failed to sneak attack. They would suffer a lot more.
That gnoll Sorcerer wasn't a fool. On the contrary, a Sorcerer able to control a tribe was usually very clever.
He would certainly not waste the lives of his own subordinates.
They would attack after dawn. It was the best alternative.
Little had he imagined that Marvin had already set up a bigger trap.
Everything went just as Marvin expected. With the failure of the sneak attack, they didn't have to worry about the gnolls attacking.
They were resting and reorganizing outside the northern part of the mine. Aside from a few mutated aardwolves howling from time to time, the rest of the gnoll troop was waiting.
This kind of situation was actually quite rare.
Because it didn't match the gnolls' characterics.
Marvin was actually quite happy about this because those always unruly gnolls being organized like this meant one thing.
That gnoll Sorcerer was among their formation.
'That guy came. Don't even think of leaving!'
Marvin was quite excited, even though he was still taking a nap.
A 1st rank Ranger killing a 2nd rank Sorcerer was actually quite challenging, let alone on a chaotic battlefield.
Thinking of this made his blood boil. Even with Marvin's strength and experience, he also needed some luck.
But if it actually failed, Marvin still had a way out.
He had faith in his skill and strength, but he had even more faith in his brain.
In Marvin's opinion, a real expert would never hesitate when fighting.
Rather, he would firmly raise his weapon, while having already thought several moves in advance...
Marvin was definitely that kind of person.
Time slowly passed by and dawn was about to arrive.
The garrison members picked up their weapons one by one and made battle preparations. They were mostly in charge of close ranged battle. There were only two archers among them.
After all, archer training had high cost, and they still needed to be born with talent. And as for expenses… Arrows were quite expensive.
Fortunately, Joey was also an archer. Not only did that guy have impressive shooting techniques, he could also provide a large amount support.
The gnolls in the distance began to get restless.
Suddenly, six aardwolves howled and broke away from the gnolls' formation, charging at the frontline!
"A greedy one indeed!"
"He actually wants to use aardwolves to take care of our frontline, destroying our defenses in one move."
An idea popped into Marvin's head.
Indeed, mutated aardwolves' charging power was quite astonishing, but Marvin already had a way to counter that!
He suddenly broke out into a sprint and shouted to Joey, "Help me find that Sorcerer hiding within the pack!"
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Chapter 44: Wall of Fire
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The battle had already started. The gnolls took the initiative to start the fight.
Just as the first lights of dawn could be seen, the six mutated aardwolves rushed forward. They were followed by a dense wave of gnolls.
Ordinary people would feel shivers running down their spine when looking at this.
Even though gnolls weren't that strong, those numbers were enough to overpower anything.
Without troops from River Shore City, it would be quite difficult to face those gnolls with only White River Valley garrison members.
Everyone was hiding behind the fortifications and holding their breaths.
They picked this mine entrance because it was the closest to the edge.
There was a hill on the left and a forest on the right, making it relatively easy to defend.
The garrison's young men were tightly clutching their weapons, ready to deal with any surprise attack coming from the gnolls.
The last time they were in this situation, Marvin had ordered them to retreat due to being heavily outnumbered.
But they couldn't retreat this time!
This was the only way for them to get back their homes!
"I need some time!"
Hearing Masked Twin Blades calling for him, Joey the archer didn't make things difficult. On the contrary, he was straightforward.
All veteran adventurers knew what to do in battle.
Although they agreed to let Marvin handle the gnoll Sorcerer, but he was only a lone Ranger. If he couldn't find his target, the hiding Sorcerer, the battle would turn quite troublesome.
Joey was indeed quite outstanding, or else he wouldn't have been able to become famous in River Shore City by only relying on himself.
His farsight specialty wasn't only used to restrain those using stealth. It was also extremely useful for reconnaissance!
Despite the lack of light, he soon found that short gnoll!
That peculiar short gnoll was standing in the southeast hill. He had a few dozens of guards protecting him.
They didn't charge with the others. They were merely standing there.
As for the other gnolls, they split into three waves and kept a fixed distance from each other while charging toward the human camp.
'Seems like that gnoll knows some military tactics!' Marvin thought. 'This guy really seems to have high intelligence.'
Usually, when gnolls attacked, it would be messy and disorganized. But they seemed a lot more organized under the Sorcerer's orders.
This wouldn't be easy to handle.
Under Joey's directions, Marvin also quickly found the Sorcerer.
As long as he was able to kill that gnoll, the battle would become a lot more simple.
But there was a problem.
They were quite far from each other. Marvin was hiding in the camp and that cunning Sorcerer was quite far in the southeast hill.
And he also had guards.
Stealth would definitely not work. This Sorcerer had the eye of pain, so anyone using Stealth around him would be in for a lot of trouble.
"Joey, help me!" Marvin thought hard, and then called out to the archer.
The latter straightforwardly rushed to Marvin's side.
He moved very carefully and wasn't noticed by the gnolls.
"I'll go kill that gnoll Sorcerer."
"But I need your help. First we have to approach from behind."
"Can you use Stealth? Never mind, we don't really need to get too close. The eye of pain has a range." Marvin quickly explained his battle plan.
After hearing the plan, Joey thought about it for a short moment and felt it was doable.
Marvin waved at Anna, and then the two used stealth and left from the eastern part of the camp.
As for the front line of the battlefield, the six rushing mutated aardwolves would soon reach the camp.
"Is that woman, Anna, frozen in fear?"
"The time has come and she still hasn't called for us?"
Inside the mine, Cat was looking at the situation and was somewhat unable to hold back.
Everyone else in the Lynx team was also restless.
In their eyes, White River Valley garrison would simply be unable to resist this assault.
If they collapsed, they would also fall into a crisis.
They should have been sent to kill those gnolls in one breath.
Why hadn't Anna given the order yet?
This made them quite puzzled.
However, Gru, the other captain was actually very calm.
He kept watching the situation while holding onto his heavy sword. He only said one sentence to his restless team members:
"Wait a bit more."
The Bramble members immediately relaxed.
After experiencing a lot of battles, they had total trust in their captain's words.
Since their captain told them to wait a bit more, there was definitely no issue.
But they were also quite curious. When those from White River Valley built the fortification yesterday, a few of them had disappeared for some time. What they did was unknown.
How would they stop those seemingly unmatched aardwolves?
They quickly had their answer.
Just as the aardwolves were about to charge on the fortifications, Andre who had been watching the situation, suddenly shouted, "Cut it!"
"Slam!""Slam!"
A few sounds started echoing in the forest!
Everyone blankly looked to the side.
At that time, the reckless adventurers paid attention, unaware of when it had started. The two big trees near the mine entrance had a few ropes attached.
The ropes were tied to other big trees.
Andre just ordered those two garrison members hiding in the woods to cut those ropes.
"Snap!"
The two big trees began to tilt!
And surprisingly, they were falling in the direction of the battlefield!
The mutated aardwolves were startled and attempted to slow down, but their previous speed was extremely fast. How could they suddenly slow down that easily?!
Two breaths later, those two big trees hit the ground with a loud sound!
"Rumble!"
Dust flew everywhere.
The ground was shaking!
"That's why!"
"Those two trees were cut down before and were only remained standing thanks to the ropes. That pack of gnolls didn't pay attention to this. Serves them right."
"The one who thought of this tactic is really a genius."
Verne's eyes were shining while giving out praises.
The other adventurers were also showing admiration. For them, getting rid of their opponent without fighting was the most beautiful thing in the world.
The big trees falling down frightened the gnolls!
Wails could be heard coming from the rushing mutated aardwolf in the frontmost position, due to being flattened by those falling trees.
The aardwolf directly behind was also not able to stop on time and his head burst open from knocking against the tree at such a speed.
Unfortunately, the rest of the aardwolves had some good luck. They managed to slow down and attempted to jump on the thick trees!
But at that time, a garrison member threw a torch!
The torch fell on top of the tree. The tree trunk which was fully covered with pine grease immediately burst in flames!
Two fire walls were formed in an instant between everyone in the camp and the gnolls.
The two mutated aardwolves who had jumped on the trees ended up with their fur on fire.
The other two were scared to move forward.
As for the gnolls, they were even more frightened. They didn't know what they should do.
The humans on the other hand, were full of energy due to the great victory!
Anna lifted her sword and yelled, "Gru! Verne!"
"Move in!"
The two captains immediately rushed out from the mine.
The two mutated aardwolves who had jumped past the fire walls had just managed to avoid a calamity… But ended up surrounded and killed by the adventurers!
The tables have turned!
Outside the mine, White River Valley's garrison members tactics of chopping down the trees and setting them on fire attracted the attention of the gnoll Sorcerer.
The short and thin gnoll Sorcerer had a stunned expression on his face.
He didn't think the enemy would use this kind of strategy to block his attack.
He immediately roared a few times, taking advantage of his innate racial skill, [Communicator] to give new orders to all the gnolls.
The [Communicator] skill was a very rare innate skill. It would help the gnoll Sorcerer to issue better orders a lot faster.
Ignore the fire walls. Go around. All out attack!
These were his orders!
Under the gnoll Sorcerer's commands, a lot of gnolls found a path to follow and began an attempt at circumventing the wall of fire from the east side in order to attack the enemy camp.
But at that time, two stealthed people stopped 80 meters away from the hill.
"Almost there," Marvin whispered. "Any closer and he might notice us. Do your best to make it work."
The archer Joey silently took out his bow and said with a serious expression:
"I'll do my best."
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Chapter 45: Earth Puppet
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The effect of the fire wall was quite obvious, blocking the gnolls' attack.
But this was just delaying the inevitable, and wouldn't injure the gnolls.
As gnolls kept pouring in from the east side gap, the pressure on the adventurers and the garrison kept rising.
But the fire wall at least created a relatively narrow and confined space, making the gnolls unable to swarm them.
In these kinds of circumstances, humans had the advantage due to being stronger.
Gru, as the captain of the bramble team, was naturally very talented.
He blocked most of the frontline by himself, each swing of his great sword ending two or more gnolls!
His strength was quite astonishing!
The other adventurers were also doing their own parts.
They all had their own skills. It might be hard to display on the battlefield, but this kind of small area would actually maximize their abilities.
This was something Marvin had thought about.
Adventurers really couldn't be used as an military troops, but they were quite efficient in small scale encounters.
Right now for example, they didn't even need the garrison. The Lynx and the Bramble teams were able to stop the gnolls together.
But this kind of resistance was only temporary.
Because even though the adventurers were strong, they would eventually run out of stamina.
The gnolls had the numerical advantage.
If there was no way to lower their morale… The human side would be defeated.
'You must make it!'
Anna pierced a gnoll's heart with her sword and cast a quick glance toward the east.
Joey's movements were very slow.
It was because even at this distance, quick movements might be noticed by that Sorcerer.
He didn't plan to sneak attack that Sorcerer. That would be useless.
This guy had a faint barrier around him. This kind of barrier that could alter the path of an arrow was an archer's bane.
And his eye of pain was an assassin's nemesis.
These two things made that gnoll Sorcerer quite difficult to kill.
To succeed, Marvin and Joey needed to have perfect coordination!
Joey took a deep breath and firmly nocked an arrow on the bow!
The wind was unsettled.
However, the gnoll Sorcerer's focus was completely locked on the battlefield.
He didn't seem to have noticed the two planning a stealthy attack.
"Lucky…"
Joey aimed and finally, let go of the arrow.
Woosh!
Joey was exposed when the arrow shot through the air.
The Sorcerer's guards immediately noticed something wrong, but at that time, the arrow had already flown past them.
The Sorcerer was startled, stumbling back half a step, but shockingly found out that the arrow was not targeting him.
On the contrary, the arrow was shot at a crooked angle and landed in front of his feet.
'Was that a really bad human archer?'
The Sorcerer's guards who were startled soon began to laugh at Joey's aim.
But the Sorcerer suddenly let out a weird roar!
He found out that there was a rope tied at the end of the arrow!
The Sorcerer also noticed that not far from there, roughly 60 meters away, there was a silhouette crawling on the ground.
Marvin quickly recited an incantation!
That seemingly ordinary rope was actually alive, detaching itself from the arrow and quickly twisting itself around the Sorcerer's legs!
Wishful Rope!
Even if it was only an uncommon item, if it was used cleverly during a battle, it could influence the outcome of the fight.
The Sorcerer turned pale with fear!
He mumbled a spell, trying to remove the binding rope.
But even though his casting speed was fast, Marvin was faster!
He pulled on the rope and chanted another incantation!
The rope immediately started shrinking!
The Sorcerer stumbled, fell on the ground and was dragged by its legs.
He arrived next to Marvin in less than two breaths.
The gnoll guards were startled, and a loud roar could be heard.
But it was already too late.
Joey had a relaxed smile on his face.
He drew his bow and started killing all the gnoll guards.
"It's over."
He thought.
Marvin would never be lenient when facing a prey in his hands.
The gnoll Sorcerer reacted fast, but not as fast as Marvin's twin daggers!
A caster this close to a ranger in a fight would only have one end, death.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Three dagger slashes broke the Sorcerer's barrier into pieces. Marvin slashed one more time with enough strength to cut the Sorcerer's throat!
"Thud."
The gnoll's neck was cut, but it sounded a bit weird.
'Hold on…'
Marvin immediately felt something wrong!
'This Sorcerer's body…'
The next second, the gnoll Sorcerer started turning to dust. In an instant, it turned into a gnoll shaped earth puppet.
"Damnit!" Marvin cursed, "It's actually an earth puppet! Fuckin' Sorcerer! This was really crafty!"
Marvin hadn't killed the gnoll Sorcerer!
This was only an earth puppet with the face of the Sorcerer!
The real Sorcerer was still hiding among the gnolls.
Joey saw this scene and was shocked.
But at this time, numerous killing voices could be heard from the back of the hill!
A gnoll adjutant riding a mutated aardwolf led another aggressive gnoll unit over there to kill!
Their target was Marvin!
'We are screwed.' This was what Joey thought at that moment.
"Joey! You go back first!" Marvin yelled.
He made a prompt decision at the critical moment and gave the order.
Marvin was in too deep. He couldn't run away from the gnoll adjutant and his mutated aardwolf mount.
But Joey was far away, if he put his all in escaping, he might be able to escape and return to the camp.
The archer planned to turn away and run!
Since Masked Twin Blades said so, he wouldn't stay there for no reason.
The plan had failed.
That gnoll Sorcerer was really too crafty.
But before he ran away, he pointed at the center of that new gnoll army!
A faint flickering ray of light appeared, and suddenly a big imprint consisting of two swords crossed landed on a short gnoll's body.
That was the true gnoll Sorcerer!
Joey had displayed his own strength.
This mark was enough for Marvin if he still wanted to carry on with the execution.
After doing that, the archer no longer hesitated and immediately fled.
Only Marvin was left, alone against more than sixty gnolls!
Along with three mutated aardwolves and one Sorcerer.
There seemed to be trouble in the camp.
The fire wall was gradually weakening and the burning fire was slowly reducing, increasing the pressure on the human group.
In fact, many adventurers had paid attention to the situation when Joey shot the arrow.
They shouted happily when Marvin successfully used the wishful rope to grab the gnoll Sorcerer.
They thought they had already won.
The gnolls were nothing more than a pack of mobs without their gnoll Sorcerer commanding them.
They definitely won!
But they hadn't expected what happened next.
Even though it was far away and what happened was hard to see. But Joey turning around to flee along with another gnoll army emerging from the hill was bad news.
Masked Twin Blades failed!
This was what everyone thought.
The gnoll Sorcerer divided his army in two. The two previous attacks reckless attacks were nothing more than a bait
His goal was to force the humans' trump card out.
And he was clearly successful.
The adventurers looked dispirited.
They caught sight of Marvin standing alone at the bottom of the hill and facing more than sixty gnolls.
Only someone of the 2nd rank with outstanding defensive melee abilities would have a chance of surviving this kind of siege.
Ranger? Even if it was an all-rounder type of class, they were probably unable to deal with that kind of situation.
Even if it was Masked Twin Blades, he would still be screwed!
Verne's eyes looked everywhere, already thinking of a way to escape .
This mission had failed.
It wasn't that the human side was too bad. Rather, the gnoll Sorcerer was too cunning.
But even if the adventurers had nearly given up, White River Valley's garrison members had yet to give up!
They closely watched Marvin's back and Andre roared on an impulse, "Rush out to save him!"
Bramble team's captain unexpectedly nodded, "I agree."
He didn't wish for anything to happen to Masked Twin Blades. If his daughter really had caught the plague… Maybe even a high level priest wouldn't be able to cure her.
But at that time, Anna calmly said:
"Out of the question!"
"All of you defend this place."
"No one is allowed to set out."
Everyone looked at Anna, shocked.
Could she be planning on coldly watching Masked Twin Blades die in the mouth of a gnoll?
"Watch closely." Anna's voice was somewhat excited.
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Don't miss it."
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Chapter 46: Peerless Ranger!
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Marvin stood alone at the bottom of the hill.
The gnolls were just like a violently surging tide.
They still hadn't rushed up to him, but he could already feel a gust of wind. If Marvin was an average person, he might have already fell to his knees, shivering!
But Marvin wasn't.
He stood like a strong reef inside that tide.
"Bang!"
His foot stepped on the earth puppet's head. The clay gnoll Sorcerer's head was smashed into pieces by him!
Under the mask, Marvin took a deep breath. By using some incredibly fast movements, he took out an unmarked bottle in a flash.
It was filled with some potion.
"Gulp gulp!"
Marvin took a sip from the bottle in an instant. His movements were fast and hidden, so the humans standing in the camp didn't notice.
They just saw Marvin tilting his head, apparently taking something out.
But the gnolls on the hill saw clearly.
And they didn't care.
Nothing more than a potion.
What could it do?
They were so many more of them, and that human… He was only a man, nothing more.
The gnoll adjutant riding on a mutated aardwolf roared, and all the gnolls excitedly rushed down.
Using the downhill speed made them look unstoppable!
Yet Marvin took out two daggers after taking a sip.
'Even though I didn't want to use it for this, it looks like I have no choice.'
'It is fortunate that there was enough potion for four portions. Else it would have been a waste.'
'Stupid and ignorants gnolls, it's time to end this!'
Marvin's blood began to boil.
Come on! The more the better!
Because more gnolls would simply mean more corpses, nothing more!
Thinking this far, he sent strength to his lower body and broke into a sprint. He looked like an arrow leaving a bow, rushing toward that gnoll army.
The human camp burst into an uproar!
This guy wasn't planning to flee; he actually wanted to kill his way in!
Who does he think he is? A 3rd rank Virtuous Diamond Martial Monk?
Even 2nd rank Fighters wouldn't dare doing that.
That was a whole army of gnolls. Fighting in the battlefield was different from a duel!
A random gnoll might be able to kill an expert in a war.
Adventurers didn't believe in miracles. They were only convinced in what they could see with their own eyes.
As for what Anna said, they totally ignored it. Masked Twin Blades, whose name had become famous recently, would die. This was quite a pity.
"Captain, shouldn't we retreat…"
A member of the Lynx team whispered.
But he suddenly turned quiet.
Because what he saw completely shocked him.
Marvin clashing with the gnoll army wasn't what the adventurers imagined, him quickly falling from the gnolls' numbers.
But instead, he was slaughtering his way through!
Marvin's actions were steady. Blood spurted when he swung his twin daggers. But what really made people speechless was that when he slashed for the first time, the heads of the first two gnolls rushing toward him flew into the air.
Their heads flew!
Those two gnolls weren't cut to pieces. Their corpses also flew like kites and smashed into the gnoll group, leading to chaos.
An empty area appeared in the gnoll army.
And Marvin himself was still kicking the ground to keep rushing forwards!
He looked like a whirlwind passing through the gnoll army!
The twin daggers in his hands were quickly and efficiently cutting down gnolls, harvesting their lives as if they were vegetables.
Every slash killed one gnoll. He was like a demon. Gnolls' swords, and even arrows couldn't get within his reach.
His speed and reaction had reached outrageous levels!
What felt the most terrifying was his strength which was completely crushing those gnolls!
Probably only Gru was able to do something like that among the adventurers!
But as a ranger, Marvin was actually able to.
The adventurers were speechless. They didn't know what to say.
"Damnit! Is he still a Ranger?" Verne's eyes were red and he couldn't help but curse!
'This is clearly a freak!'
But if Marvin was next to him, he would say with a deadpan face:
"This is indeed a Ranger, a peerless one!"
At this time, if someone told Verne that Masked Twin Blades was in fact a dragon using an advanced shape-shifting technique to turn into a human, he would definitely believe that person.
"Eh!" Marvin shouted.
His ability to combo with his twin blades reached such a level that he didn't even need to focus on it.
Because every slash wouldn't just stab a gnoll to death, it would cut it and send it flying!
He was close to the strength of a 2nd rank fighter and his attack speed was at the level of a 2nd rank assassin!
Indeed, these were the heaven-defying effects of [Dragon Strength].
His attribute window already quickly changed.
Strength 6! Reaching 17!
Dexterity 4! [Chaotic Battlefield Expert] title added! Reaching a high 25 points!
25 dexterity would give another dexterity threshold specialty, [Uncanny Dodge]!
[Uncanny Dodge: You are so fast that you seem illusory. Archers are unable to target you. Close range enemies Accuracy -3!
Don't look down on this "Accuracy -3." With gnolls already having low accuracy, this led to them being completely unable to hit Marvin.
Marvin looked like some kind of ghost inside the gnoll army, appearing and disappearing unpredictably and reaping their lives.
He looked like a true fighter, and any slash of his blade would be as simple as cutting a watermelon!
But fighters didn't have such a frightening attack speed!
Gru predicted that Masked Twin Blades would have the time to attack three times during the time he attacked once.
And only with that abnormal strength could he fight alone against sixty gnolls and a Sorcerer!
As the adventurers were resisting the gnolls attack, their mind was completely focused on Masked Twin Blades' side.
Anna said it would be fine, and this was a great show.
A ranger was actually able to fight like that?
They might not see anything like that in their whole life!
They had this feeling: 'Maybe that Masked Twin Blades could reverse the situation with his own strength!'
Marvin had already killed one third of the gnolls in just a minute of fighting!
Over 20! Dead from his efficient attacks!
And Marvin himself didn't receive a single cut!
This kind of achievement, no one would believe it!
"Hey… Ivan, you are a ranger too, right?"
A member of the Bramble team couldn't help but poke one of his teammates next to him. The latter speechlessly mumbled, "I am… Definitely a ranger."
"But are you sure that Masked guy is also a ranger?"
Everyone remained silent.
These low level adventurers had never encountered a kind of high-end potion like Dragon Strength. After all, Marvin had to risk his life in the dangerous scarlet monastery to steal this thing.
As for the garrison, they didn't think of it that much, but it did raise their morale!
Masked Twin Blades had already led them to avenge their Old Lord's killer, Miller. Now they firmly believed he could once again lead them to success.
In the battlefield, Marvin was moving like the wind, even a lot faster than the mutated aardwolves.
The gnoll Sorcerer overseeing the battle was also stunned.
He roared several times, and the adjutant on the mutated aardwolf brandished a thick wooden club, gnarling his way over.
'Courting death? Let me first get rid of a big one.'
'The potion lasts for 10 minutes anyway, so exterminating this pack of gnolls isn't an issue!' Marvin sneered.
He sprinted, his whole body looking as if he were flying.
"Bang! Bang!"
He leapt high in the air and stepped on the head of two gnolls caught by surprise, adjusting his body in a flash.
This was why Marvin loved this kind of class!
Once dexterity reached a high level, you could move like a wuxia character.
He didn't really pay much attention to those gnoll fighters.
His body was gliding in the air for a moment, when he suddenly threw something with his right hand!
Wishful Rope!
Marvin chanted the incantation and the wishful rope tied itself around the adjutant's right hand!
Marvin gave a sharp pull!
The gnoll adjutant's strength was still quite good, managing to stay stable by using the help of the mutated aardwolf.
But it didn't matter!
Marvin quickly chanted another incantation and the rope abruptly shrunk. He avoided two arrows and ruthlessly threw himself toward that gnoll adjutant!
The adjutant was also decisive. His right hand was bound by the wishful rope, so he released the reins with his left hand and took out a dagger from his waist before ruthlessly thrusting it toward Marvin!
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Chapter 47: Reason for switching weapons
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The gnoll Adjutant's reaction time was faster than an ordinary person's by a whole level, but Marvin's was even faster!
After transmigrating, Marvin's biggest advantage compared to the other class holders was his control over his body!
An extremely tough soul that made him aware of every inch of his body.
He could adjust his body as he wished by quickly exercising control over it. Even though those minute adjustments used up a lot of stamina, and might cause minor injuries to his muscles and bones, there was no time to hesitate in a fight.
He tugged on the wishful rope, leaning his body backward, his legs abruptly coiling around the gnoll adjutant's left hand.
"Bang!"
The dagger fell to the ground, Marvin quickly thrusted his twin daggers in the aardwolf's back between the ribs!
"Roar!"
The aardwolf suddenly let out a painful roar, his whole body violently twitching. The gnoll adjutant turned pale with fright and lost his balance.
Marvin stood on both daggers, his left hand quickly reaching to his waist, drawing the Kingfisher Jade Dagger!
"Woosh!
As fast as lightning!
[Cutthroat]!
Using cutthroat from the front would definitely lower the success rate of the skill!
The gnoll adjutant tried his best to dodge it. He moved his head, trying to let the small amount of armor on his neck block the blow!
But it was no use!
The Kingfisher Jade Dagger's armor break skill, with its powerful armor penetration strength, made the dagger directly cut through that small steel section covering his throat.
Blood flew everywhere. The gnoll adjutant's carotid artery was cut open and much of the blood was sprayed on Marvin.
He looked like a devil, one foot trampling the corpse of the gnoll adjutant and the other on the squirming aardwolf!
"Wuwuwu…"
An extremely vicious mutated aardwolf was actually whimpering...
It was completely subdued by Marvin's aura!
For humans with their relatively low perception, aura might be something ethereal. But monsters could distinguish if someone was powerful thanks to their keen instincts.
The aardwolf wasn't just scared by Marvin's terrifying strength, he actually laid down on the ground.
Marvin ruthlessly pulled his twin daggers from the aardwolf's ribs and then put a dagger away.
The body shivered and then twitched to death.
A large empty area appeared around the aardwolf's dead body.
All the gnolls were retreating. They surrounded Marvin in the center while closely clenching their weapons. But their eyes were filled with fear.
The gnolls' morale already reached an extremely low point.
And they broke into an uproar; Marvin's incredible fighting strength made them afraid!
The gnoll adjutant was only second to the gnoll Sorcerer in the gnoll tribe.
His death in battle gave a large blow to the gnolls.
Normally, if something like this happened during a battle, most of the gnolls would flee.
Those fickle things were unreliable!
However, these gnolls didn't run this time.
Because they had a leader.
The gnoll Sorcerer!
'White River Valley will be back on foot as long as that gnoll Sorcerer is eliminated.'
'That gnoll Sorcerer is very sly, but he already used an earth puppet, so this is definitely his real body this time.'
'Not only do Sorcerers have a much lower mana pool than Wizards, but this one trained so many mutated aardwolves. This is definitely some kind of blood magic.'
Marvin grasped his twin daggers, coldly looking at the angry gnoll Sorcerer in the pack of gnolls.
The other side was also staring at him, unwavering.
Eye of Pain, Earth Puppet, Mutated Aardwolf Taming...
This guy shouldn't have many more powerful skills.
Marvin made a very clear estimation.
According to the results of his Inspect skill, this guy was a level 6 Sorcerer, he had just reached 2nd rank. A gnoll Sorcerer's charisma shouldn't be too high. Marvin estimated that his opponent shouldn't have learnt more than three powerful spells.
As for the basic spells, Marvin wasn't worried.
After thinking this far, Marvin burst into a sprint, aiming at that gnoll Sorcerer!
The gnoll Sorcerer truly didn't have more 2nd-circle spells.
As a level 6 Sorcerer he was able to learn 2nd-circle spells, but he learned [Earth Puppet] and [Wild Animal Taming].
These two 2nd-circle spells had no real attacking power, but they were quite good for developing a tribe.
But his fighting strength was actually really bad!
He already began panicking when Marvin charged toward him!
He kept using his Communicator skill to force other gnolls to block the path.
But he decided to flee for a reason.
His stats were really bad and his legs were short; he wouldn't be able to run away from this killing god!
His only plan was to hide in the crowd and try to use a 1st-circle magic to kill this ranger!
But unfortunately, this plan was doomed to fail.
Because before Joey the archer had fled, he put an eye-catching mark on top of the gnoll Sorcerer!
This mark was stuck on his head, he couldn't lift it!
Marvin was thankful for this mark or he would have had to go through all those gnolls to find that gnoll Sorcerer.
The Sorcerer was quite short after all. If he crouched… How could he be seen!
But with the mark showing the way, Marvin moved with an imposing God-Slaying Buddha-Slaughtering aura. More than ten gnolls would die in an instant.
Finally, he dashed in front of the gnoll Sorcerer!
There weren't many gnolls left blocking in front of the Sorcerer now.
Facing Marvin's frightening killing efficiency, the gnoll troops seemed to fall apart for the first time.
Although the gnoll Sorcerer ordered them using [Communicator, they still remained still!
Because Marvin already caused them to be under [Fear]!
The gnoll Sorcerer snarled. He suddenly extended his right hand and pointed toward Marvin!
But unexpectedly, Marvin, who had been sprinting all along, suddenly slowed down. He dodged to the side with a roll as if he had already expected the Sorcerer's move.
A claw of ice shot up from the ground, at Marvin's original position, hitting nothing.
The Sorcerer's casting speed was fast!
Especially for a 1st-circle spell.
This hand-shaped ice spike was effective for sneak attacks. Quick and ruthless, and also adding a freeze effect. This was the favorite spell of many casters!
Ordinary people would usually find it difficult to dodge.
But this masked person had managed to!
The gnoll Sorcerer shivered. This human was really too abnormal. The 1st rank estimated by his Inspect was definitely wrong!
That was definitely a 2nd rank powerhouse close to 3rd rank!
But what could he do now... He could only brace himself and keep using his remaining 1st-circle spells.
But in reality, Marvin's roll was a fluke.
Luckily he had lowered his speed!
Because even though his dexterity was really high, his perception stayed the same so he hadn't predicted this ice claw!
The reason he slowed down was because he suddenly found out that his twin daggers were bent!
'Those damned common weapons!'
Feinan didn't have a durability stats, but weapons and items would progressively wear down due to daily use.
If they weren't properly maintained, they could turn completely worthless.
Those curved daggers weren't anything good to begin with, as Marvin had found them barely good enough to cut down people.
But during that charge, Marvin killed a great deal of gnolls. His curved daggers in his hands bent out of shape due to being unable to bear Marvin's tyrannical moves.
He had planned to slow down and quickly switch weapons.
He unexpectedly sensed something fishy in front of him after slowing down, so he then rolled and avoided the claw shaped spike.
"Lucky, lucky…" Marvin whispered.
Luck was also very important in a fight.
He took advantage of the roll to ruthlessly throw the two bent daggers toward the gnoll Sorcerer!
Marvin didn't focus on the accuracy, but he scared the gnoll Sorcerer into jumping. He thought it was a [Throwing Knife] technique and actually used a [Leap] to dodge it.
But when he noticed that the two curved daggers were only something Marvin had discarded before taking two spare common curved daggers from his void conch...
He nearly fainted!
Everyone in the camp was speechless.
"Why did he switch daggers?"
The adventurers were hesitating.
Gru used [Sweep] on three harassing gnolls before taking a quick glance and said, unsure, "Maybe… The blades broke?"
They were all doubtful.
An expert like Masked Twin Blades would definitely not use common daggers. How could they have been broken?
But they didn't have time to find the answer, since Marvin had already arrived less than ten steps away from the Sorcerer.
The gnoll Sorcerer clenched his teeth and took a step forward, spreading both hands!
A big mass of green liquid took shape in the sky!
An [Acid Spray] spell!
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Chapter 48: Disciplinary Knights
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Even if a magic like acid spray was only a 1st-circle magic, it still inflicted a lot of negative effects.
Skin would blister so much that it would putrefy. If it got in the eyes, it could even make someone permanently blind!
This was a caster's horrifying strength. Even if it was a 1st-circle spell, it still had quite a bit of firepower!
But Marvin was already prepared for it.
At low level, acid spray was the second favorite spell of Sorcerers and Wizards, the first being Circle of Ice.
Marvin tilted his body and simply rolled away, dodging the acid spray.
"Bang!"
As he evaded, he stunned a gnoll standing nearby with the handle of the dagger, sheathed it, grabbed the gnoll, and held it in front of him while he ran toward the Sorcerer!
The gnoll Sorcerer was really panicking this time!
Marvin's actions were quite obvious, using that gnoll as a shield!
An Arcane Missile flew toward them.
"Bang!"
Marvin swiftly threw the gnoll at the Arcane Missile to block it.
Marvin suddenly sped up, reaching a ghost-like speed, and finally reached the Sorcerer!
Cutthroat!
Even though the gnoll Sorcerer was wearing a low level mana armor, it would directly crumble in front of the powerful cutthroat.
This move fiercely sliced the Sorcerer's head due to Marvin's 17 strength.
It was like a hoe in a vegetable field!
The gnoll Sorcerer's neck was missing a part, from which blood was spurting. The gnolls in the surroundings were thoroughly stunned!
Their leader died like that?
Though, they'd all had a faint premonition when Marvin charged to the Sorcerer.
But when it became reality, they still received quite a bit of shock.
Even a pack of dragons without a leader would turn chaotic, let alone a pack of gnolls!
As for the human side, they burst into a loud cheer!
The archer Joey was also displaying a proud expression. After all, without his mark, Marvin wouldn't have killed that gnoll Sorcerer that easily.
He also contributed to this!
The next instant, a bloody Marvin revealed two daggers.
He didn't wait and kept fighting, thoroughly taking care of the remaining gnolls!
They began to scatter and flee toward the castle, frightened!
'Still one minute of Dragon Strength left…'
'Can't miss this pack of exp!'
Marvin had never been soft-hearted. He roared and started swinging his daggers!
These gnolls were thoroughly defeated!
The gnolls in the camp also turned into a mess.
They began to flee and throw their armor and helmets away!
"We chase!" Anna decisively ordered.
Now was the time!
They had to take advantage of the gnolls fleeing to pursue and behead a few more.
Andre roared and all White River Valley garrison members took the lead in chasing after them!
Then the adventurers followed. They didn't really mind something like chasing gnolls.
In any case, these things had already turned into headless chickens. Their morale was pitifully low and their resistance was merely a front; they were only waving their weapons in panic.
Even though there was a huge difference in numbers, a massacre had already begun.
Of course, even if this side of the battlefield was a slaughter, they didn't have Marvin there!
The adventurers and the garrison all saw Marvin chasing more than thirty screaming gnolls, alone!
His speed was frightening, and the short-legged gnolls couldn't outrun him!
Dagger rising, dagger plunging!
Repeating the same action over and over again.
Corpses were spread across the hill a few minutes after!
Not one escaped. They all became dead bodies.
This was Masked Twin Blades' strength!
They were all deeply shocked!
He stood alone on top of the hill, motionless. They couldn't clearly see his expression.
But the eyes of all those onlookers were full of reverence!
It was thanks to his strength that they turned the battle around.
He first killed his way into the army and created an empty spot inside. He then beheaded the gnoll adjutant. Finally, he took advantage of the chaos to forcefully eliminate the gnoll Sorcerer.
This achievement was amazing enough.
'Such an abnormal guy…'
'That young White River Valley noble definitely can't invite this kind of powerhouse. Looks like Masked Twin Blades didn't trick me…'
'That guy really has someone more powerful behind him.'
Cat was killing gnolls on the side, absent-mindedly looking at Masked Twin Blades.
He was suddenly deeply worried.
Because just two days ago, he had stealthily sent a carrier pigeon.
That pigeon flew toward River Shore City.
If he didn't get the time wrong, that person should have sent people over...
'I hope it's a 2nd rank class holder, at least two of them, or more.'
Otherwise Cat would really feel frightened.
Masked Twin Blades was quite fierce, he wouldn't overreach himself, right?
But things already reached this point. He also didn't have any other way. Since he had already sided with that person, he had to take some risks.
Being an adventurer for a lifetime was definitely not his goal.
The majority of the gnoll Fighters were soon killed by the humans. The gnolls became defenseless when they started fleeing.
They weren't particularly fast, so only a few gnolls managed to escape.
As the war completely settled, White River Valley's recovery was a success!
Under Anna's orders, everyone took a quick rest and burnt the gnoll corpses.
They then kept moving toward the castle.
Most of the gnolls inside the castle didn't have any fighting ability.
They were all elderly or young.
Their fighters had already been cleanly eliminated. And their leader had already been beheaded by Marvin.
This only left them with one end. Death!
This world was this ruthless.
In wars between races, they wouldn't leave any seed behind. Even if it was a newborn, they would also cut off its neck.
This was even more of a massacre than the earlier pursuits.
It was already common for the adventurers.
As for the garrison, they had been living in Feinan world since they were born, so they naturally knew this kind of rule. Moreover, the gnoll invasion had also caused a lot of civilian casualties.
They had no reason to show mercy.
More than two hundred gnolls were tied up before being slaughtered.
Their corpses were piled up on the hill and completely burnt in a raging fire in the middle of the night. There were still some embers left the next morning.
"We won!"
"We made it!"
"We are home!"
Standing on the castle walls, the White River Valley garrison members were crying tears of joy.
Even if the castle and the surrounding farmhouses were still deserted, they knew that those civilians that left to take refuge in the mountain would soon return after their lord called!
White River Valley would definitely recover its past glory!
The adventurers rested for the night and were also full of vitality. They stood on the walls, enjoying the morning breeze.
Anna just settled their commission, and there were no casualties. This mission was really worth it.
The reward of a mission with no casualties would normally be quite average.
But the casualties of this mission had disappeared thanks to Masked Twin Blades!
The most serious injury was a White River Valley garrison member who had gotten a sprain because he was too excited when he chased and stepped on a gnoll head.
The rest was slight pulled muscles, bruises and other such things.
This kind of enjoyable task, with large rewards and not too dangerous battle, adventurers wouldn't see them often.
"Many thanks for helping us."
Anna emotionlessly said to the adventurers, "I now formally announce that everyone has fulfilled their duty. You can leave at any time."
"We will of course welcome you, should you wish to stay. But you'll have to comply with White River Valley rules."
The three solo adventurers left after receiving their money, as they had no interest in White River Valley.
As for the two teams, they stayed.
Cat squinted, looking in the distance, apparently waiting for something.
Soon, a few shadows appeared in the distance.
It was a few knights!
"Where are those knights coming from?" Anna frowned. "Andre!"
"Got it!"
Andre gave a meaningful glance to one of the garrison members.
The latter immediately drew a bow, swiftly aimed at those oncoming knights and shot three arrows!
These guys had quite ordinary shooting skills, not as good as Joey's when it came to long range. But it was still useful as a warning!
Sure enough, due to the warning arrows, the three knights slowed down and slowly arrived at the bottom of the castle's hill.
One knight among them walked in front and loudly yelled, "We are River Shore City's [Disciplinary Knights]!"
"We have come to catch the wanted criminal [Masked Twin Blades]!"
"We hope that everyone would not obstruct us from carrying out the law!"
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Chapter 49: Overlord Dignity!
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Arresting Masked Twin Blades?
The few knights' words created a commotion on the walls.
River Shore City actually dispatched disciplinary knights?
Wasn't this too ridiculous?
Disciplinary knights were troops directly under the wizard regiment's chief. They were tougher than the patrols.
River Shore City's disciplinary knights troop didn't have more than twenty members, but every single one of them was a peak 2nd rank expert.
Dispatching three of those?
This was definitely not to arrest an evil follower...
All the members of the Bramble team were shocked. Gru was staring at Cat.
The latter was calm. He was sneering inwardly.
While Masked Twin Blades was threatening him, of course he would listen. But despite Masked Twin Blades' backing, he also had the backing of that person in some way, and his position was quite high.
He was ready to gamble!
He obviously didn't want to participate in the intrigues of the upper layer of River Shore City, but giving information could lead to a huge reward. Why shouldn't he do it?
As for Masked Twin Blades' retaliation, ahahahah, such a joke. Masked Twin Blades was quite strong, but he still hoped to escape three disciplinary knights?
Surely not!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but show a complacent expression.
His eyes suddenly twitched.
What about Masked Twin Blades?
He was just standing there, how did he suddenly disappear?
Not waiting for Cat's reaction, a weak but firm voice echoed from the depth of the castle:
"Disciplinary Knights? Are the disciplinary knights free right now?"
"When my White River Valley was occupied by the gnolls, where were you?"
"Where did your oath of loyalty toward the wizard alliance go?"
"White River Valley is my territory. You trespassed into my territory and still think of capturing someone? This is a grave violation of the wizard alliance regulations!"
"Your actions have already seriously offended me! I don't know who urged you to do this, but I'll now ask you this. Get the fuck out of my territory!
Words kept pouring, each one harsher than the previous.
A pale, thin and weak youth appeared on the castle walls. He looked like he was recovering from a serious illness.
It felt like a gust of wind could blast him off the walls.
However, he was standing perfectly straight. The three knights below could clearly hear his loud and clear voice!
Their faces changed!
"My Lord!"
"My Lord!"
"My Lord, when did you come back!?"
The garrison members immediately rushed over!
They thought Marvin was still in River Shore City waiting for their good news.
They didn't expect that Marvin had already arrived inside the castle!
Cat looked at Marvin who just arrived, cursing his bad luck.
'This young noble is smart!'
'He should have been following us all along. He probably entered the castle yesterday night, covered by Anna and the others!
As for Masked Twin Blades, he likely had been told to escape!
'I'm done for!'
Verne covered his head. A swift mind like his already knew what would happen next!
Marvin was indeed a destitute noble.
But nobility was still nobility.
In River Shore City, he became penniless due to losing his territory. Even gangs and casino dared to bully him.
The city hall dared to fool him because of this too. 'Unable to keep your own territory, even if you are a noble, so what?'
'River Shore City isn't your territory, you have no authority here.'
But it was different in White River Valley.
This was Marvin's territory!
Marvin had the most authority in this land. This power was bestowed upon him by the wizard alliance.
Any attempt at challenging the overlord's decisions would be a provocation toward the south wizard alliance!
No one would dare to do something like this!
Even those disciplinary knights with extremely high status in River Shore City wouldn't dare to.
White River Valley and River Shore City had no relation with each other. White River Valley was completely independent. Even if it was a warrant from River Shore City's Lord, Marvin could choose to ignore it!
Because this territory belonged to his grandfather, a hard-working high level wizard. The south wizard alliance would safeguard Marvin's power!
Because of the wizards' supreme rule, at least for now, not many people dared to take risks for a bit of benefit.
The three disciplinary knights immediately turned flabbergasted.
Their backer seemed to have underestimated White River Valley's young baron.
The latter was not only not as weak as the stories said, he was also quite unyielding!
Their group rushing in without Marvin's permission was definitely an offense to avoid.
Want to arrest someone in White River Valley? Without Marvin's permission, it was simply impossible!
The three men looked at eacher in dismay, somewhat angry.
But they had no other way. Even if the castle gates were closed, they could still use their strength and kill their way in. Furthermore, they could act together with the Lynx team.
But they didn't dare!
This was an overlord's dignity!
It came from the era of wizard supremacy!
Since the Calamity had yet to come, Marvin could definitely scare people using his connections!
The three disciplinary knights were silent for a moment before one of them yelled, "Baron Marvin, Masked Twin Blades is a very dangerous criminal…"
He was forcefully interrupted by Marvin, "I haven't seen the official warrant from River Shore City's city hall!'
"I only saw an anonymous warrant in the major guilds. This kind of warrant, as long as they were wealthy, anyone could do it, right? As I see it, Sir Masked Twin Blades has earned the hatred of a very wealthy family."
"But I don't care about these kinds of things. You can look for Masked Twin Blades elsewhere if you want to catch him. This is my territory. He is welcomed like any civilian, craftsman, or merchant."
Stopping there, Marvin feigned a severe coughing fit, and then added in a strict tone, "Leave!"
"We just cleared the gnolls and quite a lot of work is left to be dealt with."
"When I was at my worst, River Shore City didn't give me any help."
"So, from now on, White River Valley will not welcome any official from River Shore City!"
Those words shocked everyone!
Even Anna was startled!
Marvin's sentence was akin to breaking off diplomatic ties with River Shore City!
This wasn't a joke. Never mind the rest of the things, but when it came to food, White River Valley would buy from River Shore City every year!
How would they solve the food issue after breaking off diplomatic ties? How would they solve the trade issue?
This was a huge issue.
"Lord…" Anna wanted to say something.
Marvin waved his hand, pretending to be quite angry, "I already made my decision."
"I'll go rest now."
"If those three knights aren't willing to leave, I can use use the [Ninth Month Medal] to ask for a wizard alliance's arbiter."
He silently left after saying this.
Everyone on the wall was left dumbstruck.
The adventurers all showed different expressions. Gru was actually relaxed. He bet that Masked Twin Blades should be in the castle.
With Baron Marvin's unyielding attitude, those three disciplinary knights didn't dare to break in.
Sure enough, after hearing that Marvin was willing to use the [Ninth Month Medal, their faces immediately turned dark. They left without saying a word.
They had no way. They could only report this.
Those three knights were burning in anger. They had originally thought that it would be a piece of cake. But they didn't expect this young noble to actually be this tough.
They hadn't expected this kind of outcome at all.
But now that they thought about it, it seemed like this young noble had been quite bullied in River Shore City. Loathing the law enforcement and falling out wasn't surprising at all.
"Since our mission has already been completed, our team should also depart."
Verne had an ugly look on his face as he saw Anna's smile.
He didn't know whether Masked Twin Blades had already noticed him leaking information. But staying in the castle was clearly not a good idea.
Hurrying back to River Shore City was good.
'If I was really noticed by Masked Twin Blades…'
Thinking of this, Verne felt something cold on his back. He clearly saw Marvin fight sixty gnolls and one shaman by himself yesterday.
Even if his team was well equipped and tough, it wasn't worth mentioning when compared with Marvin.
Of course, he didn't expect that Marvin had actually taken a potion; he thought that Marvin had been hiding his strength.
"Of course, you are welcome to come back to White River Valley as a guest."
Anna lightly smiled, immediately releasing the Lynx team.
This was Marvin's idea. Even though she didn't know much about Young Master Marvin's plan, she still did as she was told.
In any case, ever since that serious illness, Young Master Marvin hadn't made any bad decisions.
The Lynx group left the castle.
Night arrived and the castle looked somewhat cold and desolate. After all, besides the garrison, there were only a few people.
Most of the territory's inhabitants were still in the countryside. Anna would send people early tomorrow to request those inhabitants to come back.
At that time, the reconstruction of White River Valley would start.
However, inside Marvin's study in the middle of the night, Bramble team's captain Gru was restlessly and worriedly sitting in front of a desk.
An extremely thin and weak looking Marvin feigned surprise. "Is what you said true? Sir Masked Twin Blades already left?"
"He said that the way to solve your daughter's plague is in my study?"
Gru nodded heavily. Masked Twin Blades had said those things. He remembered quite clearly.
"Ah, that's great. I'll look through those books to see if by any chance there is something about a [Dark Sweet Poison]. You shouldn't worry; According to your statement, your daughter still has some time. I hope that I'll be able to find the relevant book during that time."
"Thank you for this Sir Baron!" Gru had a grateful look.
He left the room.
After a moment, Anna walked in from a side door and faintly asked, "Why not cure his daughter?"
Marvin quietly smiled, "I will."
"But not now."
It was obviously not the time. The dark sweet poison was the plague god's experiment. Curing it too early would attract the attention of the plague god.
Marvin didn't fear the gods, but he would also not brainlessly turn this into an antagonistic situation.
Especially now that he had a lot on his hands.
First, he had to solve the food shortage issue.
T/N - Overlord is a landed lord/feudal lord.
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Chapter 50: The Awakened White River Valley
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Early morning, in the dense forest next to the castle.
A figure was travelling back and forth in the forest.
"Whoosh!"
Shadows swiftly flew out from Marvin's hands!
"Tuff!"
All the shadows hit the circles on the great trees in the dense forest.
But while some were relatively accurate, some were on the edge of the circles.
Marvin stopped after throwing a set of dart in one breath and meticulously looked at the battle logs.
'Even though dart is the easiest hidden weapon to to master, my accuracy is still a little low.'
'Accuracy is a bit tied to strength. Even if my dexterity is quite good, I've seldom used long range weapons. All hidden weapons take some training to be able to be used effectively.'
'But I should be able to reach 30 SP if I keep at it for a while.'
Marvin silently looked at [Hidden Weapons – Dart (24)] in his skill list and was somewhat speechless.
The most valuable thing he gained from the Scarlet Monastery was definitely that Dragon Strength potion. But this – Introduction to hidden weapons – was actually pretty good. Marvin learned three hidden weapons skills from it.
The three skills were:
[Hidden Weapons – Dart (24)]
[Hidden Weapons – Throwing Knife (5)]
[Hidden Weapons – Flying needle (5)]
Aside from the darts, Marvin would lose some accuracy with the other hidden weapons, even if he used the skill.
This was the result of Marvin using the noble skill [Quick Study]. His hidden weapon talent was quite average so he picked the easiest to learn.
Because he was reluctant to use his valuable skill points on hidden weapons, Marvin insisted on training his dart skill every morning.
Thirty sets of twenty darts every day. Twenty sets in the morning, and ten in the evening.
Marvin's dart skill rose quite fast due to the intensity and amount of time he spent on it. After all, he already had a good dexterity base.
But in the end, hidden weapons were long range offensive weapons, and he wasn't making a lot of progress on accuracy.
For someone like Marvin who was fond of "One strike, One kill", he wasn't really satisfied with that.
Apart from practicing darts, Marvin's strength also increased from the great amount of gnolls killed during the expedition.
During the battle to recover White River Valley, Marvin got 2194 battle exp, the earth spirits included.
He had already reached ranger level 5 and met the conditions to advance. But to reach level 6 ranger, he needed 4800 exp.
It was quite clear that the gnolls couldn't meet his advancement needs.
So he thought about it for a while and decided to put 1000 battle exp into [Shadow Steps].
It was the same as [Cutthroat: due to Marvin repeatedly using the action in battle, he could use battle experience to turn it into a personal skill.
Shadow Steps and Cutthroat formed the phantom assassin's signature combo, second only to Desperate Strike.
After Marvin used 1000 exp, a new skill appeared in his skill list:
[Shadow Steps (30)]
Shadow Steps not being as high as Cutthroat was quite normal. Even though Marvin had practiced this kind of footwork when he was playing the game, it wasn't done as accurately as cutthroat, so it was impossible to completely emulate it. But 30 points in Shadow Steps was enough to use it.
Now Marvin was completely able to use [Stealth] or [Hide] [Shadow Steps] [Cutthroat, a powerful assassination skill.
These skills made his assassination abilities not at all inferior to the assassin path of the thieves. And his melee abilities were a lot stronger than ordinary rangers. Coupled with his battle experience, even without dragon strength potion, Marvin had confidence in fighting any 2nd rank expert.
"Tuff"! "Tuff!""Tuff!" Darts kept flying out.
Time quickly passed, and all the darts in his hands had soon been all thrown.
Numerous darts were stuck on circles on the surrounding big trees.
This was today's final round of training.
Marvin picked up all the darts, and then ran in the castle from a side door.
It was four days after White River Valley recovery.
Just as Marvin expected, the disciplinary knights that were sent away didn't come back to look for trouble. And the people harboring evil intentions were apparently also shocked by Marvin's boldness. There were no signs of movement from them for the time being.
Marvin knew that even if they had plans, they could only set them up secretly.
This was the era before the Great Calamity, the era of the wizard alliance. Aside from guarding for a possible assassination, the rest wouldn't be a problem.
And after those gnolls were thoroughly expelled, White River Valley gradually began to regain its past atmosphere.
Anna led half the garrison and they worked tirelessly, visiting each house in Green Village, Fog Village, Coiling Water Lake and other places. They invited those civilians who had fled, terrified from the gnolls to come back.
The village at the bottom of the castle town gradually became thriving with people again. All the originally abandoned farmhouses were once again cleanly put in order and the farmers began to come back.
Craftsmen and artisans took their children back to the castle town.
The current White River Valley was no different from the other territories. The core was naturally the overlord and the overlord's people.
Marvin and Anna lived in the deepest part of the castle, with garrison members guarding the outside.
Also, all kinds of craftsmen and artisans lived outside the castle, in the city. They groomed their children as apprentices, and they would inherit their parents' occupations and become tailors or maybe masons.
Farmers were outside the walls. There were also some peddlers, but these sly guys would often be thieves.
Looking at it from above, Marvin's castle town was surrounded by cliffs, with a grove on the side.
There was a lone rock bridge in the south with a man-made canal below. The canal drew water from the White River. The water was quite deep and some pikes were placed inside, pointing up.
Anyone that fell in would definitely not have a good end.
Farmhouses were at the bottom of the castle town. The farmhouses spread apart from each other were still considered as just starting. It was quite difficult to grow crops in the vast stretches of barren soil, except wheat or maybe okra.
The White River in the distance was just like a belt flowing through the White River Valley, this vast yet unfertile land.
The northern mine could still be seen from the top of the castle town walls.
The White River Valley curled around the west of the northern mine and it had an abandoned wharf.
This was White River Valley.
An unfertile rural territory.
But Marvin still had to protect it with his life.
The sun slowly rose as people began their work.
Fortunately, Marvin managed to drive out the gnolls on time or he would have delayed the summer cultivation. If that happened, the already awful food shortage would have turned even worse.
"It's time to work."
Marvin ate breakfast, changed and returned to his study.
Anna was already there waiting.
After successfully recovering White River Valley, Marvin had fulfilled the youth's wish, and the last fragment of soul dissipated.
But his oath to the youth hadn't changed.
He would guard this place. He was totally confident in his ability to do this!
After accepting the 1000 general exp, his quest menu turned empty.
This made Marvin somewhat surprised but it wasn't the most important thing right now.
"The food shortage? I can settle this issue," Marvin softly said to the anxious Anna.
He was discussing the territory's situation with Anna while skillfully writing a decree with his quill.
There were too many documents that need to be handled for the reconstruction of the White River Valley.
But Marvin was dealing with it smoothly. Even if he wasn't someone working in administration in his previous life, he was quite smart. The small White River Valley still had to deal with crooked and no-good travelers.
He released five overlord decrees in one breath.
1st Decree. White River Valley's garrison recruitment decree. Any man of age in any village in White River Valley may enlist in the garrison. This would mainly be overseen by Andre.
Marvin intended to enlarge the garrison; twenty men were indeed too few. For the two thousands people in White River Valley, the garrison needed at least fifty people.
Marvin wasn't lacking in funds. He had brought out enough money from the inner area of the scarlet monastery to provide for the garrison for many years.
2nd Decree. It encouraged the inhabitants to raise livestock. Marvin found out that White River Valley's south pasture fields were especially fitting to herd livestock. It had not been developed in the past due to the threat of gnolls and wild animals. Now, with Marvin increasing his territory's military force, this should be able to safeguard it. Every household herding livestock would have a certain allowance.
3rd Decree. Recruiting artisans, craftsmen and merchants. They would give energy to the territory.
4th Decree. Also a recruitment decree, but it was for class holders, especially those who had army experience. Marvin needed some people with leadership experience or adventuring experience to lead the new garrison members. This recruiting decree gave out some generous rewards, and even made Gru and the others interested.
5th Decree. It was a repair decree. Marvin hoped for the farmers and some craftsmen to send some people to repair White River Valley's abandoned wharf.
This was a time consuming and large scale engineering project. Anna thought it was unwise.
But Marvin had his own reasons. Under his urging, the five decrees were issued.
White River Valley was shocked for a while. The overlord hasn't taken this many actions in a row for quite a long time.
This was a very inspiring feeling.
Marvin could feel the change.
The next day, when he stood on the wall, watching the faces of the people coming and going, he could feel some kind of energetic atmosphere.
This made him feel especially satisfied. This was a completely different kind of achievement from dealing a killing blow.
A flute's melody could suddenly be heard in the distance.
Marvin focused on it; the tune came from the windmill of the former castle town bakery.
The melody was quite familiar, Marvin recalled this song name from his deepest memories.
– White River Valley Awakening. –
The fragrant aroma coming from the bakery, the distant crystalline and silvery river.
Marvin took a deep breath.
So beautiful.
But suddenly, rushed footsteps could be heard behind him!
Anna's anxious voice also followed:
"Young Master Marvin! Something bad happened!"
"Young Master Wayne was cursed by someone in Magore Academy! He is now bedridden and unconscious!"
Marvin turned around, clenching his fists.
1 - Okra, also known as ladies' fingers or ochro. It's a green vegetable. (Never seen one here.)
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Chapter 51: Curse and Adventure
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The old butler had sent a letter, informing them that Marvin's younger brother Wayne had a hard to remove curse. Even Magore Academy's great wizards were helpless.
There weren't much news on the letter, but fortunately, the old butler who followed Wayne to Magore Academy precisely described Wayne's condition.
"Twin Snakes Cult's skill!"
Upon reading the few details, Marvin had more or less figured out what happened.
The twin snakes cultists were actually that fierce. They dared to extend their grip to the Three Ring Towers area?
Wayne's location, the Magore Academy, was part of the three ring tower. It was safe to say that it was East Coast's safest area, or so Marvin had thought. He hadn't expected a problem to happen at his brother's location just as he recovered his territory.
This was something unforeseen by Marvin.
Why would a twin snakes follower put his hand on Wayne?
'Could it be that the patriarch saw me? Surely not? I definitely dug out Miller's eyes before killing him.'
Marvin quickly denied this line of thinking.
According to the old butler's statement, Wayne was apparently in the middle of preparing for a very important competition.
In the three ring towers area, the three wizard tower's academies would compete against each other. It seemed that recently, the three high level wizard towers joined hands to hold a real combat competition for the first time.
They divided their disciples into a few different levels and let them fight.
Even though Marvin's younger brother was quite young and had joined the academy not that long ago, he still displayed fairly outstanding magical talent.
With talent like his grandfather's, as long as Wayne diligently studied, becoming a 2nd rank wizard wouldn't be an issue. He might even reach the threshold of a 3rd rank wizard.
This kind of talent in the three ring towers was considered quite good, especially in the weakest Magore Academy.
And it was said that this guy had an unusual battle wizard specialty. Thus, under his teacher's recommendation, he would participate in the upcoming selections for the competition.
Wayne's performance was very impressive. He surmounted all the obstacles, finally reaching the last round.
But on the eve of the selection, this 9 year old child suddenly fell sick.
This was clearly a set up.
Magore's teachers did their best but could only delay Wayne's curse.
He still remained unconscious and clearly couldn't proceed with the competition.
The one who benefitted the most from Wayne's coma was obviously his opponent, a wizard named White. Magore's teachers couldn't catch White. This guy apparently had powerful backing.
Although there were suspicions, there was no conclusive evidence. The couldn't do anything about it.
'Indeed, divination spells already lost their effectiveness.'
Marvin carefully read the letter, not wanting to miss any details.
There was at least a 3rd rank diviner among Magore's teachers. However, they were powerless.
It was quite obvious that divinations had already stopped working or a [Truth Recollection] would have been enough to catch the culprit.
Wizards had gradually begun to display powerlessness.
Next, the other schools of magic would also begin to weaken and the wizards' rule would slowly waver
After all, they were about to face gods that were a lot more powerful.
"Young Master Marvin, let me go," Anna said spontaneously.
Marvin shook his head.
This matter wasn't that simple. Wayne remaining unconscious like this was similar to the effects of a twin snakes follower's methods.
The average person, even wizards, were unclear about the twin snakes techniques due to not having fought them for years.
After all, curses were the most troublesome. Want to remove the curse? You just had to remove the curse's source. Magore's academy didn't have an expert able to do that.
'Unless She is willing to take care of it.'
'But this is clearly impossible.' Marvin silently thought.
Magore's academy was affiliated to the rainbow tower's master, a wizard close to reaching the legend rank, Hathaway. It was said that she was the wizard with the highest chance of rising to the legend rank in the South Wizard Alliance. Marvin clearly remembered that during the game, this woman had successfully ranked up before the Great Calamity, luckily avoiding that split second of severe damage caused by the universe magic pool exploding.
She was one of the few legend level wizards active after the Great Calamity. Sadly, she was killed by a god one year after the calamity.
It seemed it was the work of Shadow Prince, just like Anthony. That guy didn't use the appearance of a god. He would commonly use an incarnation to mount a sneak attack on mankind's legend wizards. He would never miss a hit.
If Marvin didn't guess wrong, Hathaway was definitely in seclusion, trying to break through the final doorstep to the legend rank.
Even if something like the sky and earth turning upside down happened at Magore's academy, she wouldn't take care of it.
Let alone a very young wizard apprentice suffering an inexplicable curse.
If not for Magore's teachers treasuring Wayne's talent, he might have already been abandoned.
The medicine and spells to delay the curse's outbreak were quite expensive after all.
The old butler's letter was quite clear about it. Wayne's current situation could only be kept up for ten days at most.
And the selection had been delayed, but the deadline was two weeks, leaving Marvin with little time.
"I'll go personally." Marvin firmly decided.
"But the territory…" Anna awkwardly said.
"Tell anyone outside that I'm recuperating. There is nothing to be done about it," Marvin muttered. "Keep proceeding with my decrees. I'll have to trouble you with the specifics."
"I understand." Anna nodded solemnly.
"The strength of the territory is still a bit weak. But I'll take care of this issue."
"Gru and his Bramble team are pretty talented, and they probably won't be willing to be adventurers all their lives."
"Don't worry about money, do your utmost to recruit them."
Marvin instructed, "With the Bramble team, White River Valley would be a lot safer."
Anna nodded.
"I'll let Agate follow you. Even if she is still somewhat weak, she should be able to deal with a few things."
"Also, if a young girl comes, bringing her mother from River Shore City, take care of her. Her name is Isabelle."
"Also…"
Marvin quickly gave her a series of numerous strategic decisions.
It took no less than an hour. He gave Anna a lot of arrangements, in order to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance.
And this diligent butler had been taking continuously taking notes on Marvin's orders.
Marvin finally clapped his hands, "Help me get Gru, let him know that I found a book which has the cure to his daughter's plague."
Anna hesitatingly said, "Could it be that you want to tell the truth?"
Marvin laughed, "Of course not."
"I'll tell him that Masked Twin Blades told me that he can join up with him in River Shore City."
"There, go. After taking care of these, I'll need to make some preparations for the journey."
Things happened too quickly; even though Marvin had always been good at handling all kinds of tasks quickly, he still felt it was a bit tricky.
Taking the normal route, you would go down the road through River Shore City toward the northwest and cross the Deathly Silent Hills and the Despair Hills in the middle, before reaching the Moonlight Forest.
Then continue north and you'd arrive at the three ring towers domain.
This was close to a week long journey.
He would be delayed.
'If I directly cross the Despair Hills, I can arrive at the moonlight forest in two days. If my luck is good, I'd be able to catch the moonlight forest hot air balloon and arrive at the three ring towers the next day.'
Marvin drew a straight line on the rough map, memories about those places surfacing before his eyes.
His rich adventuring experience played a great role at this moment.
There were a lot of dangerous places on this route, but there were also a lot of areas with plenty of good things.
Despair Hills was after all close to Jewel Bay, the area Marvin was most familiar with.
'If I'm lucky, before arriving to the three ring towers, I should be able to get a few first-rate curved daggers.'
As Marvin stared at some areas on the straight line, a few memories began to emerge.
But before that, he still had to make a trip to River Shore City.
Regardless of how, Gru's daughter's plague had to be taken care of.
If Anna failed her recruitment, lending help this time would be a major bargaining chip.
He hoped that before he left White River Valley this time, the armed forces could be a little bit stronger.
After all, the recruitment for the garrison was still in progress but it was still somewhat weak.
'More or less like this.'
'Rest for an hour, then set off.'
Marvin put survival necessities into the void conch, and began to rest.
At midnight, a fast horse left the castle town, going straight for River Shore City.
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Chapter 52: Follower
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Late Night River Shore City, Commoner District, a small two story house.
A very dense steam spread through a messy room in the two story house.
In the room, a girl was lying down on the bed, continuously moaning. Her skin was yellow and she seemed to have no strength.
Yet her eyes seemed to be unusually lively.
"Father…" She said in a low voice, "I might die soon."
A tall person was sitting on the bedside, holding his tears with great difficulty. He grabbed his daughter's hands and said, "Lyle, rest assured, I already found a way to save you!"
"You'll be fine, everything will get better."
There was also a third person in the room. She was the same age as the girl and from her clothes, it could be seen that her family situation was similar to their own. She was also sitting at the bedside, looking at the seriously ill Lyle.
"Thank you, Chini," Gru said in a low voice. "Thank you for taking care of her when I wasn't here."
"This is what I should do Mr Gru." Chini displayed an expression full of grief. "Lyle is my best friend."
"Looking after her is something I should do. But her body…"
She turned after saying this, apparently not able to bear looking at Lyle.
This was Gru's house. As a low level adventurer who had worked hard for half his life in River Shore City, Gru being able to buy a house like this in the commoner district was already not an easy thing to do.
This evening, White River Valley's Baron Marvin had given him a book and told him that Masked Twin Blades would look for him at his house.
This made him overjoyed.
There was finally hope for his daughter. Even if it was slim, he still wanted to give it a try.
The steam in the room was a kind of very old treatment method. Increasing the room temperature and humidity level was said to be effective against all kinds of sicknesses.
Gru also invited a lot of doctors, but they were unable to do anything about Lyle's condition, they could only try methods that were at least better than nothing.
Chini, who had just woken up, sat around for a while before excusing herself. "Since you already returned, I'll head back early."
Gru nodded.
He was about to send off his daughter's friend, but suddenly, a silhouette rushed in from the outside!
"You can't!"
Clang!
A curved dagger was drawn and pushed against Chini's neck.
"What are you doing?" Gru asked, startled and furious.
Chini tried to loudly scream… But Marvin had already covered her mouth before she could emit a sound.
He was wearing the [Ghastly Gloves] anyway. He wouldn't feel anything even if that girl bit him.
"What am I doing?"
"Maybe you should ask what she is doing?" Marvin sneered.
He tore off Chini's shirt!
An odd imprint could be seen on her neck. It looked like half a tattoo.
"I'm not sure what you mean. Chini is Lyle's good friend," said Gru in a deep voice. "Mister Masked Twin Blades, let go of her quickly."
"Open the book you have. Page 670, look at the illustration." Marvin coldly said.
At the same time, Chini's body shook quickly.
Fear could be seen in her eyes.
She tried to struggle, but even if Marvin's strength was average, it was more than enough to subdue a young girl.
Under the threat of the curved dagger she eventually stopped struggling, frightened.
Gru hurriedly took out the book and turned the pages till he found the one Marvin had indicated.
His face instantly changed!
"Are you a Plague God follower?"
"How could that be? Chini?"
Gru was thoroughly stunned!
This book was found in Baron Marvin's study. It was an ancient book passed down by his grandfather. Inside were some secrets about evil cult followers.
This naturally included some notes about the Plague God.
Gru wasn't blind; he could clearly see that tattoo on Chini's neck. If it was completed, it would be a perfect copy of the one in the book!
That represented the Plague God's followers!
They were a group of loathsome human beings. They firmly believed in the plagues, wanting plagues to spread everywhere, yet they would be immune thanks to the plague god's blessing.
These kinds of people were the most hateful.
Lyle lying down on the bed clearly didn't understand what was happening. She anxiously asked, "What are you doing?"
"Father, please don't let this weird person harm Chini."
Marvin was not amused, he directly struck the back of Chini's head, making her lose consciousness.
"Lunatic!" Lyle said, furious. Her face flushed.
"Shut up!" Gru gloomily yelled.
Lyle was thoroughly stunned. As far as she remembered, her father had never spoken to her like that.
"It was Chini's work!"
Gru had a placid look on his face, as he repeated, "Your sickness was Chini's work."
"What? Impossible!?" Lyle shook her head. Yet suddenly, she displayed a kind of very painful expression!
Her left hand covered her stomach and tears began to crazily fall down. Her right hand was clenching the bed sheet, even going so far as tearing the sheet.
This kind of pain was clearly quite severe!
Gru hurriedly hugged Lyle, begging Marvin with his eyes.
Marvin took a deep breath and said to Gru, "If you want to save her life, listen to me."
Gru forced himself to nod.
Reaching this point, he could only listen to Masked Twin Blades' arrangements.
The steam stove was removed, only leaving a huge brazier.
A strange plant was burning in the brazier. This plant was known as [Amethyst Sprout, a kind of bitter grass with no nutritional value. Only the poorest and lowest people would use it to rear some animals and such.
The burning of the Amethyst sprout would form a kind of very irritating purple smoke, yet Marvin still told Gru to close the door and window.
Then, they tied Lyle's arms and feet to the bed.
"Now, you can go outside."
"You might not want to see what happens next," Marvin calmly said. "If you want to stay, just promise me that you won't stop me regardless of what I do to your daughter!"
"Father! Don't leave me! I don't want to stay in the same room as this lunatic!"
Lyle shouted in a hoarse voice.
Gru showed a painful expression.
Masked Twin Blades had no reason to harm him. He bit his lips and went to Lyle's bedside, "Darling, trust me. Even if this person is somewhat unreasonable, he did come here in order to save you."
"You have to trust me. I love you. Darling."
He then kissed Lyle forehead's before taking a deep glance at Marvin, before leaving the room.
Only Marvin and the sobbing Lyle were left in the room.
"You are a stupid woman."
"But surely you aren't stupid enough to not notice that your best friend had a hand in your situation?"
Marvin took out the kingfisher jade dagger from the void conch while calmly speaking.
The purple smoke had already covered the whole room so much that Lyle even began coughing.
She was silent for a moment, before shaking her head. "Impossible, Chini has no reason to do something like that."
"People would do anything to survive."
Marvin arrived next to Lyle and said in a low voice, "Your father loves you very much."
Lyle painfully looked at Marvin. "What are you going to use to cure me?"
"Pop!"
She didn't even finish her sentence when Marvin already used his dagger to cut open her clothes!
"Aaah!" A shriek echoed in the room.
Gru sitting outside fighting the urge to run back in, before finally deciding to endure.
All kinds of screams could be heard for the next hour.
By then her voice had become very hoarse.
Blue veins were palpitating on Gru's forehead. He had thought about breaking the door and rushing in many times.
If Masked Twin Blades was really doing something to his daughter...
He was unable to imagine what he would do.
At that time, the door creaked open, showing what was inside.
Masked Twin Blades walked out from the inside, carrying someone on his shoulder.
"I'll take this one away."
"Your daughter has no more issues."
"At worse she might have had a severe fright. You should comfort her. I think a change of environment would do good. River Shore City isn't very peaceful these days. She would mix with those low people all day long, so naturally it would be hard to avoid danger. Don't you think? Mister Gru?"
Gru was already looking at the sleeping Lyle. Even if she was still pale, she was actually sleeping peacefully.
She had never been able to sleep properly lately!
"What do you mean, Mister Masked Twin Blades?" Gru woke up from his trance and asked.
Marvin quickly walked down the stairs, still carrying Chini, "White River Valley is a good choice."
"The atmosphere there isn't bad, and the people aren't bad either."
Gru deeply saluted Marvin, "
"I understand."
As the night grew darker, in a room of an abandoned warehouse.
"Splash!"
A basin of water was thrown at Chini's face.
"Tell me where you normally preach, or gather."
Marvin said in a cold voice.
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Chapter 53: Black Worm
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Chini regained consciousness. Seeing the vicious Marvin, a look of despair appeared on her face.
"No, I can't say…"
"They will kill me."
"That wasn't my idea. They forced me to do something like that. Or else they would kill me, they would force those insects down my throat…" Chini said, weeping.
Marvin remained indifferent.
She might have her fair share of troubles, but her poisoning her own best friend with [Dark Sweet Poison] was an incontestable fact.
Marvin had never been one to show mercy. The only reason she was still alive was because he wanted to follow the lead.
Originally, Marvin only wanted to quickly cure Lyle's plague and then recruit Gru to White River Valley.
But an unexpected piece of news made him change his plan.
A quest had quietly appeared in his quest menu.
[Plague Purge: You found traces of dark sweet poison in River Shore City, and successfully helped a small girl get rid of it. Perhaps you should try to help more people; of course, you can choose to eradicate the source before the upcoming storm.
The quest reward was 3000 general exp and at least 1 point of regional myth.
Marvin's experience requirements were extremely high. Even if he had many ways to level up quickly, many of those methods were extremely risky.
But clearing this quest seemed quite worthwhile.
'The quest had two options. Being a healer would mean that I have to keep treating people infected by the dark sweet poison like I did for Lyle until I reach the fixed number of people. Then the mission would be completed.'
'Or simply get rid of the plague envoy spreading the dark sweet poison in River Shore City. This was the quickest method. The only risk was the plague envoy's rank.'
'From Lyle condition, that plague envoy's strength should be quite average, at most 2nd rank. But plague god's followers have always been relatively weak. Even if I don't get involved, River Shore City would also be able to deal with those brainless guys.'
Therefore, if he got information about the plague envoy's location, Marvin wouldn't mind taking care of it.
After all, he was already quite used to things like killing. Not to mention an evil follower, killing those wouldn't be a psychological burden at all.
He was short on time so he would definitely not go with the first option.
Marvin actually didn't do anything bad to Lyle that night.
After tearing her clothes, Marvin used the kingfisher jade dagger to open up a small hole in her abdomen.
This hole was neither too big nor too small, roughly three centimeters.
The clueless Lyle naturally shouted very loudly because she was scared of Marvin's grim action.
As for the later shouts, it was because she saw something terrible!
Because soon after Marvin opened up the small hole, something crawled out of her abdomen, a maggot. It actually looked like a black worm.
She nearly passed out from the scare!
There were actually so many horrifying worms crawling in her body!
But Marvin quickly caught those worms, throwing them into a jar.
Under the amethyst sprout smoke, more and more black worms were lured out before filling three jars.
After the last black worm was caught by Marvin, he told her that she was fine.
Marvin simply helped her sew her wound shut and then gave her a sip of red wine to help her sleep. The excessively frightened young girl fell fast asleep.
That's right, the dark sweet poison plague was in fact a parasitic disease.
This kind of parasite was known as the black worm.
They first entered the body during a meal. Black worm eggs were put in the food and these worms started to grow inside her body, plundering her vitality.
Usually, most of the worms would gather around the neck, forming disgusting black spots.
Black worms were a kind of god-made lifeform, completely designed according to the preferences of the plague god. Once a person's body had a certain amount of worms, all the black worms would explode!
This explosion would also make the host's body burst open. Blood would splatter everywhere, creating a very frightening scene.
The most horrifying part was that black worm eggs would spread through the host's blood. If the blood was splashed on someone else's skin, they would also catch the same illness.
In this era of relatively underdeveloped medical science, this kind of plague was definitely very frightening.
But Marvin was an exception, as he knew the way to treat dark sweet poison.
The smoke from burning the amethyst sprout was extremely enticing to those worms.
They would crawl out of the body of the host, and were then caught by Marvin who was wearing gloves.
All the jars were half filled with vinegars.
The black worms were most afraid of vinegars. They would thoroughly die from being soaked in it for an hour.
And these liquids would turn into a nerve paralysis venom!
For Marvin, this was like killing two birds with one stone. He had always been lacking poison. He had always wanted to dip his curved daggers, straight daggers and other weapons in poison but couldn't do anything about it.
Those three jars were in fact a good substitute.
He originally wanted to leave then, but then that quest appeared, forcing him to change his plans.
"I don't know what they did to you."
"But you only have two options now. Speak and I'll let you keep your life, but you'll stay away from Gru's family. Don't speak and I'll kill you now."
An ice-cold curved dagger was lightly pressed against Chini's neck.
The masked Marvin looked especially frightening.
His emotionless voice was totally in line with ordinary people's image of crazy murderers.
Chini opened her eyes wide. She shrieked, close to falling apart, "I'll talk! I'll talk!"
"Don't kill me. I'll talk."
"It's a church in the commoner's district, it originally belonged to the Silver Church, but they rented it from a silver church priest…"
Marvin smiled.
'Silver Church priests are indeed too greedy. He rented his own church without being clear about the other party's background.'
'Would the Silver God be angry? Someone spread the Plague God teachings in his church, tsk tsk…'
This god and his priest were considered famous.
After getting his answers, Marvin didn't immediately release Chini. Rather, he knocked her out again.
He had to check the situation first.
The commoner's district was made of a group of people who had certain amounts of family property, but weren't overly rich.
These people for the most part were ranked adventurers, merchants, craftsmen, and so on. The security here wasn't the best, but wasn't lacking either.
In the northwest of the commoner district was a small church. It was originally a church with a silver church priest preaching, but later, the silver church priest turned his back on this area's people with their impure faith and their lack of generous contributions. He simply rented it out and left.
A ceremony was underway in the basement of the church late at night.
More than ten youths were kneeling on the ground, crazily chanting the plague god's teachings!
A man with a black gown was standing on stage, coldly looking down at them.
Their faces was filled with fanaticism!
But their belief might not necessarily be pure!
He had to pick the purest ones to instate as his own subordinates. That way he would curry favor with the plague god.
After all, among the plague god's envoys, he was just an average existence.
But even so, he still mastered the most basic cleric magic.
[Distinguish Faith]!
A black halo was emitted from his hand;
Light surrounded the ten youths, coiling around their bodies several times.
A few of them had their sight flicker, while some others remained unconcerned, as if they didn't notice that ring of light!
Threads immediately appeared in front of the man dressed in black.
These threads were coming out of the youths bodies and were tied to their bodies.
The threads were thin, representing whether or not their beliefs was firm.
The black clothed man was very satisfied. In this group of people, there were actually two firm believers!
They would supply the plague god with a good amount of faith power and have a quite a great future.
But he wasn't totally happy!
Because there was one youth who actually had no line!
"There is actually someone among you that pretended to be a follower and mixed in!"
"Do you think you can cheat the great god's eyes?"
He fiercely smiled and pointed at one of the youths showing a terrified expression. "I'll let the others see how non-believers end!"
Saying that, numerous dark colored fabrics appeared in his hands!
"Don't! Don't…"
The youth struggled, frightened, but it was no use!
The other youths were rushing to push him down, trying to prove themselves.
The black clothed man coldly laughed, and slowly walked past.
At that time, a blurry shadow hidden in the darkness was quietly approaching.
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Chapter 54: Enemies are Bound to Meet on a Narrow Road
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Marvin moved very carefully.
Ever since he entered the church, every single movement of his was reaching the pinnacle.
But he was still somewhat worried; after all, ranger stealth couldn't be compared to a thief's. It had a 40% penalty inside the city. If this cleric's perception was rather high, his sneak attack would fail and it could turn into a tough fight.
Marvin wasn't really worried of being forced into a tough fight. He had quite the advantage in this kind of narrow place.
He was more fearful of the black clothed man's spells. Plague envoy spells, though they were few, weren't easy to deal with.
That kind of spell wasn't deadly, but they were able to throw a curse that would weaken the target's attributes substantially. Even if it was temporary, it would still be quite troublesome.
Killing in one blow would definitely be for the best.
Marvin slowed down and then stopped where he was..
The youth was restrained on the ground ten steps away. As long as the plague envoy took a few steps forward, he would enter Marvin's attack range.
'Using Hide might be safer!'
Marvin forced his body to stop moving and then used hide.
His body stuck close to a seat in an empty row, like a cat crouched but ready to jump out at any time.
This kind of posture was quite straining, but it would give the best guarantee to do a sneak attack.
The plague envoy approached.
His eyes were focused on that youth all along!
To every sect, non-believers passing themselves as followers was something they were unable to tolerate. Kind gods might forgive them, but the plague god had never been one of those!
He had to show his might.
The silk fabric in his hand was an uncommon item, known as suffering silk, bestowed upon him by the High Priest. Once that silk fabric was tied to the youth's body, he would shortly begin to suffer all the pain in the world.
In the end, he would try every method to kill himself... In front of the other followers.
He had experienced this kind of cruel scene many times in the past, but it was the first time he would be the one carrying it out. He felt somewhat excited.
'One more step.'
Marvin was silently gripping his curved dagger, his right foot prepared to kick the ground at any time!
But the plague envoy suddenly came to a halt at that moment.
A shadow had suddenly appeared in the basement passage!
"You're late!" The plague envoy looked at that person and said, dissatisfied.
Marvin's pupils shrunk!
'Damn, he surprisingly stopped at that time.'
As long as that plague envoy took one more step forward, Marvin would only need one breath to take him away!
But this one step made Marvin's situation extremely awkward, if the cleric reacted, it would be quite troublesome.
'Fuck! Who was it?'
Marvin was angry. He turned his head to take a look.
That man had a thin figure and his footwork was quite fast. He seemed to have come in from another passage.
He quickly arrived in front of the plague envoy, indifferently saying, "It's not that late. Those stupid knights are already on their way."
"Are you going to leave your young followers?"
'Knights?'
Marvin was stunned but before he could react, he saw the man's face!
That man's appearance seemed somewhat twisted under the light of the torch, but Marvin still remembered it perfectly.
'Enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road…'
Marvin bitterly smiled.
It was that shadow spider assassin!
River Shore was so big yet he actually met this guy three times in such a short period of time!
The first time was in the Deathly Silent Hills. At that time, the other side let him off the hook with a warning for some reason Marvin didn't know.
The second time was outside Miller's house. If at that time Marvin hadn't tricked the other side, he might have ended up in a tricky situation!
This time during the plague god's follower ceremony was the third meeting!
'Not good! This guy has an extremely high perception!'
'If he notices me…'
Marvin's heart skipped a beat. His hiding skill had already been seen through in the wilderness!
This assassin had an advanced thief class, [Dark Murderer, which had a high perception and dexterity. His blade skills were also exceptionally vicious.
If he joined hands with the plague envoy, Marvin might eat a big loss this time!
He definitely didn't dare to move!
Stealth was inferior to Hide, so if he remained motionless, he might be able to stay hidden. If he moved, there was a 99% chance that he would be found by that dark murderer!
'Why did it turn out like this!'
Marvin inwardly shook his head. He already began his preparations. Even though taking dragon strength once again was quite extravagant, his life was more important.
"Don't worry, I've already decided."
The plague envoy squinted as he said, "Apart from two seedlings with especially firm beliefs, the rest, humphf…"
The dark murderer obviously understood his plan. The other followers would become sacrifices.
He shrugged and took a step forward, seemingly wanting to say something.
But his shoulder suddenly shook!
This was an incredibly small movement!
But this move was seen by Marvin who had been watching each of his actions attentively!
'Discovered!'
This was the movement of unsheathing a blade. When Marvin was hiding under that tree, he had carefully watched that guy skinning the brown bear alive. Marvin also noticed a few things concerning his dagger skills.
Nothing could be done about it; since he was discovered, he could only fight!
In a split second, Marvin's shadow burst out from his hiding spot, throwing himself at the plague envoy.
At that same time, the dark murderer's body also turned into a quick and powerful shadow, ruthlessly rushing forward!
"Crack!"
The dark murderer's blade slashed down at the empty seat, breaking a few pieces of chair!
Surprise was apparent on his face, "Eh?"
That sneaky guy was actually able to foresee his attack.
'Isn't this extremely complicated?'
And at that moment, Marvin had already arrived in front of the plague envoy. The latter was briefly startled, but wasn't flustered!
The envoy was obviously an experienced fighter too.
Because that one step of distance gave him enough room to leave!
But he didn't retreat. Instead, he used a simple Putrefaction Whirlpool!
Marvin squinted as he helplessly jumped to the side, both legs gracefully landing on a chair, getting out of the way of that rotating mass of gas!
[Putrefaction Whirlpool] was a 1st circle cleric's spell, specifically magic of the plague god's clerics. The effects were quite outstanding. If the Putrefaction Whirlpool came into contact with skin, it would start to fester.
This kind of festering wouldn't be deadly, and a tough person would recover in two or three days.
But it would severely affect Marvin's fighting strength in the short term!
He had no choice but to dodge it!
But dodging this made the plague envoy safer. The distance between them grew larger.
Marvin gracefully landed on the other side.
"It's you? Masked Twin Blades?!" The dark murderer shouted, startled and pleased.
He excitedly looked at Marvin, adding, "I am very pleasantly surprised."
"I remember our last meeting, I'll definitely chop you into minced meat today… Oh, no. Remember that pitiful brown bear? You'll share the same fate!"
On the other side, the plague envoy was also watching him like a tiger eyeing its prey.
"Trying to sneak attack me? Who told you to do so?"
Marvin frowned.
A new foe added to the old foe, this was truly troublesome.
The two completely surrounded him. It would be quite difficult for Marvin to break out of the encirclement in a short amount of time.
Not to mention, these two guys were 2nd rank class holders and Marvin was only a level 5 ranger.
Even one on one, these guys were enough for Marvin after he drank the potion.
"Hand this guy over to me!" The killer said, looking around. "I have a past enmity with him!"
The plague envoy frowned and said, "Get it done quickly, we don't have much time."
"Rest assured, since I received your money, I'll certainly settle your matter! I, Black Jack, always do what I promised."
As Black Jack's voice stopped, his body burst forwards like an artillery shell!
Excellent speed!
Marvin was almost not able to keep up with his speed!
"Clang!"
He barely managed to block a slash with his common curved dagger!
As a result, severe pain spread through his wrist. Even though the other side's strength didn't crush him, it wasn't far from the doing so!
Both of them were using twin daggers, but Black Jack's mastery of his twin daggers was at least [Master] level!
And Marvin was only at the [Beginner] level!
This weapon proficiency took time to master and couldn't be improved overnight. It could only be tempered over time. Even though Marvin was very familiar with twin daggers in his past life, that experience could only be displayed by fine control and dagger skills, nothing more.
One should know that the difference between Master level curved dagger mastery and beginner level dagger mastery, was enough to completely crush him!
"Clang! Clang!"
Marvin struggled to block the other side's ruthless attacks. He rolled a few times in the process, dodging the attacks.
But at this time, the plague envoy suddenly took a step forward, as if he wanted to take care of it!
"Shitty luck!" Marvin gloomily said.
The situation could hardly get more difficult!
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Chapter 55: Blade Techniques
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"What are you doing? Stop!"
Just as Marvin was worrying that that plague envoy would join in, Black Jack suddenly shouted, "He is mine!"
Dissatisfied, the plague envoy replied, "I only wanted to help you…"
"Many thanks, but no need!"
Black Jack sneered, "I can take care of him by myself!"
"You had better go take care of your group of followers!"
The plague envoy stomped his feet angrily. He then moved toward that group of youths.
'A chance appeared!' Marvin felt lucky.
Even if he wasn't Black Jack's opponent in a one on one, he should be able to flee.
Facing the latter's rain of attacks, Marvin began consciously dodging.
He would end up in a difficult situation at every move.
It looked like he would be cut down by that dagger each time, but he would always make a dangerous dodge!
Furthermore, each dodge would reduce the distance to the exit.
Marvin's idea was quite simple: if you are no match then run. Even if his own dexterity was lower than Black Jack's, in this kind of complex terrain, the difference wouldn't amount to much.
Without the plague envoy's obstruction, as long as he found an opportunity, he would be able to flee!
He might even be able to reverse the tides and kill this guy!
Marvin possessed a Ring of Prayers.
Rainbow Jet was the strongest 1st-circle spell, and was one of Marvin's trump cards. But it was very likely that Black Jack would dodge it thanks to his high dexterity if Marvin forcefully used it in front of him.
So Marvin had to find the perfect timing.
Clang!
A black curved dagger smashed onto the wooden floor, cutting a strand of Marvin's hair on the way!
This was another close dodge!
The dark murderer displayed a sinister smile. He already seemed weary of this chase. Both of his shoulders slightly adjusted!
'Damn it, this guy actually mastered a kind of [Blade Technique] skill!'
'From his posture, it shouldn't be [Whirlwind Blade, it looks like [Rushing Thunder Slash]!'
Marvin's face became pale. This time he was really in trouble.
He could withstand normal attacks. But this blade technique, with his current abilities and that common curved dagger, he definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it.
He clearly understood at that time.
Black Jack had already seen through his intentions!
This frightening guy, he knew that Marvin wanted to take advantage of the situation to flee, but he still pretended to be unaware.
He was playing with his prey!
Destroying Marvin's confidence in one move.
After all, in front of that devastating skill, even if the escape passage was close, Marvin wouldn't be able to make it!
"Hopeless I presume, Masked Twin Blades."
"After killing you, I'll take off your mask and finally see what you look like!"
"Hahahah!"
While the dark murderer was crazily laughing, a strange light appeared on his blade.
This was the sign of the use of the blade skill.
Escaping was useless, blade techniques were special skills and usually had a quite large range. Especially used by a powerhouse like a dark murderer. If Marvin had the [Flicker] specialty, he would have been able to dodge it
But now, the dragon strength effect had already ended, so those temporary stats also faded away.
Marvin already had nowhere to go. He could only meet it with force!
Thinking this far, he suddenly raised his curved dagger, pretending to block!
But in reality he had already begun chanting the incantation, the ring of prayers already aiming at the rushing dark murderer.
[Blade Technique – Rushing Thunder Slash]!
The dark murderer shouted out. His curved dagger was like a shadow, it's tip aiming at Marvin!
Rushing Thunder Slash had a total of six moves, each known for their speed.
This blade technique could increase someone's attack speed three times.
For example, if Black Jack could normally attack five times in one second, after using it, he would be able to attack fifteen times in one second!
Marvin couldn't block this sort of abnormal attack speed because he wasn't able to keep up.
He could only meet force with force!
He was hoping for rainbow jet's [Repel] effect.
This was Marvin's only chance to turn defeat into victory!
This guy didn't even give Marvin time to drink medicine!
He deserved being called an elite hitman of the Shadow Spider.
The blade tip was like a shadow, rushing to cut down Marvin. And Marvin's rainbow jet was also about to be released.
But at this moment, the sound of the ground being leveled echoed!
A huge hole surprisingly appeared above the two men's head.
Countless pieces of broken rocks fell and both of their skills were forcefully canceled!
Not because of the falling rocks, but because of that roar!
In the corner, Marvin took the opportunity to hide and check his battle log.
His skill was interrupted by a skill called [Divine Grace – Mind Blast]!
Someone used this [Mind Blast] skill through the whole basement. This was an intimidation type skill with large area of effect range, able to interrupt most skills.
'Who is it?'
In the corner, Marvin saw the silhouette of a tall person jumping down the hole!
That person was blonde and looked upright. He was carrying a sharp sword and wore a silver badge on his abdomen!
[Silver Light]!
'Turns out to be the silver light knight!'
'Knight? Hold on, hold on.. They previously talked about a knight, could it be him?'
Marvin recognized him. This guy was one of the most famous knights in River Shore City. As one of the Silver Church's guardians, he would often appear in public.
Because Silver Church and River Shore City had reached some agreements, they had to dispatch some guardian knights to join River Shore City's patrols.
This Gordian guy was one of them.
He was in charge of the wealthy district patrol.
The day Marvin wanted to kill Miller, he sent the patrol away. It included Gordian, this powerful 2nd rank silver light knight.
"Plague God's follower, die for me!"
Gordian stood above the ruins, coldly looking at the scene in the basement.
But everything had disappeared from the surroundings, leaving no one behind, aside from those few lost youths.
The dark murderer and plague envoy seemed to have disappeared.
Marvin's heart tightened; he smelled a hint of conspiracy.
After all, based on the earlier conversation between that dark murderer and plague envoy, they were aware that this silver knight was coming.
'However, it seems that the silver church is also not easy to deal with. They profited from the plague god followers by charging high rent while also sending their own knights to catch them… Just not too greedy,' Marvin guessed.
Afterwards, a few men following Gordian took those youths away.
Yet Gordian was still standing there, his eyes sweeping the surroundings. He suddenly took a step forward.
The area was empty.
But Marvin knew that a class like Guardian Knight also had some detection type spells.
Finding traces of the plague envoy shouldn't be too hard.
As expected, Gordian sneered, "Want to escape me? Dream on!"
He rushed into the darkness, alone.
There was actually a hidden passage in that spot!
The destination was unknown, but it should definitely lead somewhere in this city.
'I got it!'
Marvin, hidden in the corner, was massaging a place that had gotten hit by a falling stone, suddenly enlightened.
This was a trap. The aim was precisely to lure Gordian into chasing that plague envoy alone.
This Silver Light Knight had probably caught a lot of plague god followers recently, making the plague envoy very angry.
Thus, he simply invited the shadow spider assassin to set up a trap. With both of them acting together, they would kill Gordian.
But the plague envoy and the assassin hadn't expected to meet this [Masked Twin Blades] halfway through the operation.
'Truly interesting.'
Marvin smiled.
'You just forced me into a miserable state. I won't let go of the opportunity this time. I'm very sorry, Black jack.'
'But I have to be careful this time, as even if the silver light knight clearly hates the plague envoy, I also have an arrest warrant.'
'Anyway, time to follow and take a look.'
Marvin quietly used Stealth and remained far behind Gordian.
Two men, one in front and one behind went through the passage, finally reaching another basement.
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Chapter 56: Divine Spell
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This basement was a few times smaller and apparently only had one exit.
The plague envoy stood on a raised platform, his back facing the silver light knights.
"You knew I would chase?" Gordian wasn't an idiot.
He also felt that something was wrong.
But he didn't retreat.
This came from his unwavering confidence in his own strength. It also was because he firmly believed that he had the favor of the silver god.
Divine grace wasn't a skill every silver light knight could have.
Not to mention the long sword in his hand which possessed a bit of divinity and had been blessed by a high level silver god priest.
This bit of divinity turned his originally good long sword into a weapon able to endure stronger enchantments!
Its attributes were very fierce.
As a result, Gordian was fearless.
Even if this plague envoy had some plans, he would still be unable to escape.
He had already chased this plague envoy several times after all, and he always needed just a bit more to catch him. This made him quite annoyed. He didn't want to lose this chance.
He put his left hand on the hilt of his long sword.
"Evasive man, I, as a captain of River Shore City's patrol, will enact justice and capture you!"
His voice was full of righteousness.
The plague envoy slowly turned his body, his face full of deceit.
"Ha ha ha, Gordian, you are so full of yourself."
'This silver light knight is quite smart.'
'If he killed or banished that plague envoy in the name of the silver church, it might lead to the plague god being resentful. Even if the silver god didn't fear the plague god, it would be troublesome to handle.'
'This guy took advantage of his position as a River Shore City guard. This way, even if the plague envoy was killed by him, the plague god wouldn't be able to say anything.'
Marvin, still following behind, heard Gordian's pretext and couldn't help but have a whole new level of respect for him.
A silver church guy indeed. Every single one of them was a businessman; they clearly knew what kind of strategic decision would maximize their benefits.
Even this manly guy was no exception.
Gordian sneered. "You only invited a few helpers, I'm not worried."
He took a step forward after talking, but at that moment, two shadows suddenly jumped from both sides!
Assassins!
Both of the 2nd rank!
Marvin squinted his eyes, thinking, 'Not good.'
'Gordian has too much self confidence right?' Facing such an obvious trap, he actually didn't try to probe and just walked right on it.
But thinking about it, Guardian Knight perception wasn't that high. Missing assassins in stealth was normal. It would be quite difficult to notice stealthed assassins without using a detection Divine Spell after all!
'Hold on!'
'Black Jack isn't one of them.'
'Shit! Both are using [Desperate Strike]!'
Marvin nearly rushed out from his hiding place in the shadows!
If Gordian was one-shotted, staying here would be quite dangerous.
Two advanced assassins' desperate strikes!
This time, the plague envoy spent a lot in order to get rid of Gordian. Not only did he hire a shadow spider hitman, he also paid for two 2nd rank assassins.
As the two shadows were about to hit Gordian, the silver light knight suddenly drew his sword!
He was left-handed, but his posture was still exceptionally smooth!
In that split second, the sword lit up, and a silver mark condensed in a flash!
[Divine Grace – Silver Protection]!
Seeing this Divine Spell being used, Marvin immediately felt relieved.
Gordian was indeed not an ordinary guardian knight. This guy was definitely an elite Guardian Knight!
In an instant, some kind of silver liquid flew out from that silver mark and wrapped, layer upon layer, around Gordian.
The two assassins' desperate strikes did hit the target, they truly hit Gordian with the skill!
However!
Silver Protection's effect made him immune to damage for three seconds!
Desperate strike was a skill with high priority, but it was only a mortal skill after all. Most of those came from the elves in the old eras.
But Silver Protection was a Divine Spell. It came from someone directly under the protection of the silver god.
The two assassins used all of their strength to attack, entering a near death state, but Gordian came out unscathed due to the protection!
He looked like a silver statue, standing there, motionless, as if nothing could knock him down.
The silvery light disappeared three seconds later, and Gordian disdainfully kicked away the two assassins at his feet, walking toward the plague envoy.
"I see you still have some tricks!"
He laughed. "Desperate strike doesn't work on me!"
Although he said that, Marvin noticed that one of the three kinds of light surrounding the sword in Gordian's hand had actually disappeared.
'It had three Divine Spells attached?'
'He already used one of them.'
Marvin knew a bit more about the situation. The plague envoy's strongest card to deal with Gordian should be that dark murderer!
As expected, Black Jack appeared at this time.
Even if dark murderer was an advanced stealthy class, it wasn't an assassin, so his stealth effect was average.
He simply swaggered in front of Gordian.
"Shadow spider's man?" Gordian frowned, displaying a serious expression for the first time.
He could feel that this guy was quite strong.
"Got paid for the work." This time, Black Jack surprisingly looked quite professional.
He didn't say much and attacked!
The twin daggers in his hands were extremely sharp, like a storm. Even his normal attacks would leave afterimages!
'He must have a personal or class specialty increasing his attack speed!' Marvin speculated.
Marvin knew a few decent trained specialties, and among those was one that he must definitely get.
And this dark murderer displayed a fast attack speed. It indicated that he must have a specialty that raised attack speed. This was something Marvin needed the most.
Gordian was indeed strong. At least stronger than Marvin by a whole lot.
Facing the dark murderer's attacks, he used his sword to block and was also able to counterattack.
'In a duel, Gordian has more chances to win!'
'It's a pity that this fight is not a duel.'
Just as Marvin had this thought, the plague envoy joined the battlefield.
He didn't have a lot of divine spells, but they were all deadly and had to be used carefully.
His presence was the most threatening to Gordian, because if he were hit by some curse, it would change the course of his fight with Black Jack.
As expected, the plague envoy found an opportunity and under the cover of the dark murderer, a Weakness spell hit Gordian!
His speed and strength were reduced by at least 30%.
Although Gordian immediately used a Divine spell, Weakness Immunity, he was a guardian knight, not a priest.
He could only use a few divine spells. He had already used Mind Blast, Detect Trail, Silver Protection and Immunity. Even with the divine skills added to the sword, he shouldn't be able to use more than three spells.
And the plague envoy was prepared.
He even took out two powered magic staves, made in the Southern Wizard Alliance. Even though it was a consumable item, its price was astonishingly high, and its effect was outstanding!
Gordian's situation was far from good!
Black Jack laughed nastily. Taking advantage of Gordian dodging a divine spell, he launched a fierce blade technique!
Rushing Thunder Slash!
'Can't wait anymore!'
Marvin no longer hesitated. Still in stealth, he rushed out.
But this time, he craftily removed Masked Twin Blades's mask and put on a mouth mask!
He was still using twin blades, but there were many people using twin blades. Who would imagine that he was Masked Twin Blades?
"Give me a hand, we have a common enemy."
Marvin rushed out from the shadows and said one sentence to Gordian before rushing back toward the plague envoy!
The plague envoy paled. He immediately whispered something and a stone wall appeared in front of Marvin.
"Pointless!"
Marvin sneered as he rushed on the vertical stone wall and took a few steps on it!
Anti-gravity steps!
On the other side, Gordian sneakily threw a ring of light over there.
[Divine Spell – Divine Gift]!
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Chapter 57: Locusts and Exorcism Pouch
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[Divine Spell – Divine Gift: Strength 2 for 6 minutes.
This divine spell was quite good for Marvin.
His strength had always been his weak point. When he fought the with dark murderer earlier, it was because of his strength that he was completely suppressed.
His mission was to kill the plague envoy; the rest could be dealt with later.
It only took a few steps before he arrived in front of the plague envoy.
This time, the plague envoy couldn't use a divine spell like putrefaction whirlpool.
Because he already used it before Gordian's arrival and it was one of the very few interrupting divine spells.
Facing the charging Marvin, the plague envoy gloomily cursed. He unexpectedly put his hand behind his back and grabbed a large two-handed sword!
Marvin was startled and dodged in a hurry!
'Shit!'
'This guy is actually a fighter!'
This gave Marvin a headache!
He hadn't expected that this plague envoy wasn't a priest but a fighter.
Where did the plague god find this freak? Although this kind of strange advancement wasn't impossible… Advancing from a fighter to plague envoy would make his ability to use divine spells worse than the average plague envoy's by half!
No wonder Marvin felt that this guy was overly cautious when using divine spells.
'As it turns out, the fucker is a fighter!'
Marvin hadn't used inspect because he was afraid that the other would detect him when he was getting ready to sneak attack.
This time, he hurriedly used inspect after dodging the two handed sword.
Marvin didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw the results. The other side had the following classes:
[Fighter lvl5 – Plague Envoy lvl2]
'Please! If he was a fighter, shouldn't the advanced class [Plague Knight] be a better pick?'
Marvin sneered. After the initial surprise, he started to relax quite a bit.
Because this plague envoy turned out to be a lot easier to deal with.
What Marvin feared the most was that the other side would continuously throw curses. If he was hit, even if he killed the plague envoy, he would also be in trouble.
But the other side was a fighter, which basically meant that his divine spells were already used up!
He was swinging the two-handed sword skillfully, but...
Marvin was someone who reached the 20 dexterity threshold, and rangers originally restrained fighters!
His footwork became ghost-like, suddenly taking advantage of the plague envoy's swing. A small body sneaked under the plague envoy's arm!
[Shadow Steps]!
He was as fast as lightning! The plague envoy couldn't do anything about it!
Marvin's curved daggers were raised horizontally, skillfully linking to the next skill, [Cutthroat]!
[You used cutthroat (46) on your target…]
[Skill failed…]
"Crack!"
A weird sound echoed, cutthroat was unsuccessful!
Because the plague envoy used his last life saving divine spell at the critical moment, [Locust Division]!
The plague god's favorite animal was the locust.
The moment that divine spell was launched, the plague envoy completely turned into locusts, flying with a buzzing noise.
Marvin's cutthroat only hit one or two.
The rest all flew out in panic.
"Locust division? You want to flee?"
Gordian, suppressing the dark murderer on the other side, loudly shouted. He immediately took out a huge pouch!
This pouch looked like it was made from linen, but nevertheless, it was a real magic item!
'Worthy of being a silver church kight; he actually is quite well-off. He is a 2nd rank knight with two magic items!'
Marvin watched with envy!
As a transmigrator, how many uncommon items did he get? Even his twin daggers were both common weapons. How could it be!
Marvin recognized this pouch, it was an exorcism pouch made by a high level silver church priest.
This pouch was like the wishful rope, having many different uses. It was quite helpful and very much worth it.
He watched as Gordian opened the pouch. A gust of wind blew out from inside and the majority of the locusts fell down on the ground!
The plague envoy wanted to flee, but Gordian had been prepared for it!
The wind blowing out from the pouch had the special effect of scattering divine power, though its efficacy was rather light. It would have no effect on real divine spells.
But locust division's nature was a divine power split into countless small parts that would escape by themselves. Even though it was convenient for escape, they would be unable to withstand this peculiar wind.
Locusts fell on the ground, one after the other!
Once they fell, they could only crawl.
The plan was successful. The plague envoy couldn't escape!
Gordian displayed a proud smile.
But at this time, Black Jack suddenly launched a reverse slash, not taking advantage of the situation to escape… But counterattacking instead!
[Blade Skill – Abyss Phantom]!
His body warped into a black mist, throwing himself toward Gordian!
Gordian's expression changed!
This was a high level blade technique, not something like the common Rushing Thunder Slash blade technique. 'Where did that guy learn that?'
If he kept using the exorcism's bag, he would be cut into pieces by the abyss phantom!
But there were still a few locusts trying to fly away!
"Damn it!"
The silver light knight angrily stomped his feet, put away the pouch and raised his sword to meet Black Jack's trump card!
The wind scattered in the dark basement.
There were still three locusts doing their best to fly upward. There was an air duct above; they apparently wanted to escape through there.
They were already quite high, and Marvin couldn't reach them with a jump!
But it's not like he didn't have a solution.
'Can only rely on luck!'
Marvin put away his curved daggers and grabbed two darts from a pouch tied to his belt.
[Hidden Weapon – Darts (24) launched!]
"Woosh! Woosh!"
Darts flew out one by one
The sixth dart hit managed to hit a locust, nailing it to the ceiling!
The thirteenth also hit the second locust.
But the third locust was approaching that tiny air vent.
As long as a single locust escaped, the plague envoy would escape.
All of Marvin's and Gordian's efforts would go down the drain!
Marvin had time to throw two more darts before the last locust escaped.
But his accuracy was quite low.
'It's a gamble!'
In an instant, Marvin made a decision.
He grabbed five darts in each hand. If his accuracy was no good, he might as well use coverage!
Anyways, that air vent was so small!
Marvin put power in his throw, and the ten darts flew together in a messy formation, all flying toward that small air vent!
The locust's body was quite small, but when the small swarm of darts flew toward it, it flapped its wings faster. It was quite difficult to avoid that swarm.
"Thud!"
A clear sound could be heard. One of the darts pierced the body of the locust.
At that instant, the small body grew larger, turning into the plague envoy and falling to the ground.
Already dead.
Marvin took a long breath. He had been quite lucky; it was a blind throw.
It was also thanks to Gordian releasing the wind of the exorcism's pouch, weakening the locusts.
Otherwise, with the locusts' nimbleness, Marvin wouldn't have been able to hit!
After killing the plague envoy, Marvin's quest was also completed.
[Plague Purge] (Completed).
Quest reward obtained: 3000 general exp.
As for the regional myth, it still didn't appear. Marvin guessed it should appear tonight, once the story of what happened there spread.
The plague envoy's kill exp wasn't too bad either, giving 560 battle exp.
Marvin was already quite satisfied by this.
On the other side, Gordian saw Marvin successfully killing the plague envoy and was immediately overjoyed.
When he freed his hands to face Black Jack, the latter wasn't offering much resistance any more!
Those two assassins who had failed their desperate strikes had moved cleverly and slipped away at some point.
Marvin felt some regret for letting those two experience packs go free because he had urgently needed to take care of the plague envoy.
"Since my employer is dead, I don't have any reason to keep fighting!"
Black Jack suddenly retreated, gloomily looking at Gordian, "Silver light, I'll remember you."
"But do you know who that masked man at your side is? I can tell you, he is the one making noise in the troubled River Shore City, Masked Twin Blades!"
"Maybe you should catch him now!"
His voice faded and he suddenly disappeared!
[Secret Skill – Vanish]!
Marvin's heart sunk. This guy's strength was quite amazing, yet he would still use this kind of method. No wonder he had felt perfectly safe.
But it was bad now, as only Marvin and Gordian were left in the basement.
The silver light knight slowly turned and looked at Marvin solemnly:
"You are Masked Twin Blades?"
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Chapter 58: Night Walker
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Marvin didn't answer. He simply went to the plague envoy's body, gently and cautiously groping the corpse for a moment.
Gordian frowned, obviously annoyed at Marvin's action.
But since the plague envoy was indeed Marvin's kill, it was logical that he would look for loot.
Marvin didn't get a lot of things, just a pouch containing a few wizard gold coins, followed by three powered magic staves.
These were the lowest level of powered magic staves, yet they were still very expensive. Two of them had already been used, but they could still be used again once charged.
The three magic staves all had a 1st-circle spell attached. After examining the runes for a bit, Marvin found that the usable magic staff had a [Freezing Rain] spell attached to it.
A very average Area of Effect (AOE) spell, it would actually be quite useful to scare away large groups of gnolls.
Marvin didn't dare to take the rest of the stuff.
The plague envoy was a plague god follower. It would be quite sad if he took something he shouldn't and attracted the plague god's attention as a result.
Marvin stood up once he was done sorting the loot.
"The words of a shadow spider hitman, do you believe him?"
Gordian took a deep look at Marvin.
Even though his battle with the dark murderer was fierce, he still managed to see Marvin's astonishing skill.
This was definitely not an ordinary guy. As for famous dagger wielders in River Shore City these days… It seems that there was only Masked Twin Blades.
But he merely shook his head, leaning to the side.
Marvin calmly left.
The Silver Light Knight originally came to arrest or kill the plague envoy. Since he got what he came for, he would naturally not look for additional trouble.
Even if that guy was really Masked Twin Blades… He did save his life. If it wasn't for Marvin joining the fight, no matter how powerful Gordian was, he would have had a bad end under the joint attack of Black Jack and the plague envoy… Thus, Gordian simply turned a blind eye and let Marvin go.
Even though they got rid of the plague envoy, River Shore City's dark sweet poison incident wasn't completely settled.
Because the plague envoy had already spread eggs in some pitiful guys, the dark sweet poison would still be spreading, just on a lesser scale than what had happened in the game. This would certainly affect the course of history as Marvin knew it. He didn't know what kind of result it would bring.
3000 general exp greatly helped with Marvin's current crisis.
An advanced class needed a large amount of experience. Even if it was just to get ranger to level 6, it would require as much as 4800 exp. Marvin had already planned his advancement path.
Rangers had a lot of advanced classes, covering all kinds of paths. There were at least 15 advanced classes. It was the most complicated class. Ultimately, it was because ranger was a jack-of-all-trades class.
They were able to shoot from a distance, able to fight in melee range, and also able to tame beasts and connect to nature. That's why there were all kinds of advancement paths.
But there was only one that could lead to the final advancement Ruler of the Night!
[Night Walker]
A seemingly very average 2nd rank class, it didn't have the fierceness of [Dark Murderer, nor the cold-blooded feeling of the [Elite Marksman]. This was an advanced class that was usually neglected. All the skills seemed to be relatively mediocre. At least it was so in the game. Very few ranger players had picked the Night Walker class at the start.
Not only did this advanced class have mediocre abilities, but the advancement was also very troublesome. No one likes to do something arduous and thankless.
Until later on, after a Night Walker property was found. That group of weird rangers had unprecedented fighting strength at night time.
It was all because of the existence of the hidden [Night Kill] specialty in the Night Walker class.
[Night Kill:
Level 1: Attack 2 at night.
Special effect: Upon killing at night, you will receive the target's soul fragment.
Continuously gathering these soul fragments would increase the [Night Kill] level.
Level 1 Night Kill only gave a 2 attack.
But it would become very frightening later on. Attack and Attack Speed and even Piercing effect would appear!
During nighttime, a Night Walker with level 3 Night Kill would be capable of dealing with three experts of the same level.
As a result, the Night Walker class was also known as the [Night Demon]!
At nightfall, they would ready their knives. They were the demons hiding in the darkness of the night.
Even if this specialty couldn't completely make up for the mediocrity of its skills, it still created a lot of experts.
It could even be said that this was a very unbalanced class. Weak during the day, extremely powerful during the night.
This kind of imbalance made this class' stability inferior.
However!
Marvin was an exception!
He wasn't lacking killing skills. He was proficient in all of the phantom assassin's skills. He could use the moves in battle and then use battle experience to learn them. He had all the means to make up for [Night Walker]'s shortcomings.
'Moreover, the fall of the Universe Magic Pool would attract an ancient heavenly beast to Feinan Continent.'
'Even though the gods worked together to kill that heavenly beast, its dead body still covered a good part of Feinan's sky, casting a huge shadow.'
'From that point on, Feinan's night would last longer than the day. The night would last about 14 hours and the day would last about 10 hours.
This was also one of the reasons Marvin firmly decided to pick the Ruler of the Night advancement path.
Night Walker was definitely one of the most fitting classes for Feinan's environment!
But, if he wanted to advance to Night Walker, Marvin still needed to find a teacher.
This kind of secret class was not as simple as the ranger class, where one only needed to settle the matter of the recommendation letter.
Night Walkers had an organization with few members. However, to join their organization, one had to pass a strict examination.
Marvin knew the location of one of the members of the Night Walkers' organization. He just happened to be in the Three Ring Towers region!
But that guy… Was a bit quirky.
Regardless, after his fight with the dark murderer, Marvin found out he was still lacking!
Even though he leveled up very quickly, it was still not enough. If he was unable to protect himself, what about his loved ones?
The advancement had already been planned. As for enhancing his strength, there were many options.
For example, it was time to get a couple first-rate curved daggers. He knew a place where he might be able to get weapons he wanted.
Maybe he could increase his own dagger mastery level on the way.
Still being at the [Beginner] level for an ex-Ruler of the Night… This wouldn't do!
However, he still needed to do something before leaving River Shore City.
A shadow was quickly approaching the city gates.
A 2nd rank phantom assassin!
Marvin, hiding behind the city wall, saw him coming and quickly went out.
"Lord!"
Kyle Amber noticed Marvin and quickly gave him an elven salute.
As an elf created by the old elven god, Amber couldn't increase his strength. But Marvin's subordinate was a 2nd rank assassin, a force to be reckoned with.
In order to kill those two barbarians, Amber and Agate had both used desperate strike. It had been a long time and they were gradually recovering bit by bit.
Their strength was still not at their peak, clearly displaying the ruthlessness of this skill.
It wasn't only ruthless to others, but also to themselves.
Amber's presence in River Shore City was naturally planned beforehand by Marvin.
He let the Lynx team safely leave only to follow the trail and catch the one hiding behind.
In fact, when they left, Amber had been secretly following them back to River Shore City.
"Have you found anything?" Marvin asked.
The Lynx team was only a group of adventurers. Marvin didn't really care about them.
He cared about the one behind them.
"I have," Amber bluntly replied. "I already discovered the one hiring Verne to make troubles."
"His name is Toshiroya, the son of a northern city lord who arrived a while back."
"He is quite wealthy and it is said that he is related to the current city lord's proxy."
"I eavesdropped on his conversation with Verne. He wants something inside White River Valley. But based on what he said, something happened… And his plan against White River Valley was put on hold."
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Chapter 59: Despair Hills
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The son of a northern city lord, Toshiroya, apparently had something secret planned for White River Valley.
The only good news was that he had temporarily put his plan on hold.
This was the information Amber heard, but combined with Marvin memories, it was enough to make an accurate guess.
As an ex-legend Marvin was familiar with the game's history, whether it was official announcements of various events, or players' clues from various missions. Everything was recorded in his mind.
In "Feinan Continent," players who joined the world as the "golden generation" arrived half a year after the Great Calamity.
But there were still six month until the Calamity. If it was anyone else, they might have felt familiar yet unfamiliar with this world.
But they weren't like Marvin who just remembered everything regardless of its importance.
'If I'm not wrong, the River Shore City Lord is a 3rd rank wizard. She had been studying magic for a long time, so a proxy was put in place.'
'As a result, River Shore City's officials are extremely corrupt. They lack someone supervising and managing them.'
'But in a short time, just a bit after the dark poison outbreak, the River Shore City Lord would come out and settle the plague god followers and purge the city hall."
Marvin recalled those details.
If he wasn't wrong, it was highly probable that Toshiroya's issue was this.
He was good friends with the city hall officials thanks to his relationship with the city lord's proxy. But what about it?
In the end, River Shore City was not his territory!
The true City Lord had probably come out, so no wonder he had such a headache.
On the other hand, Marvin was relieved.
At the very least, in the short term, White River Valley shouldn't have much trouble.
This was the critical summer sowing time. This year's harvest was very important. White River Valley had just experienced a gnoll invasion, so it wouldn't be able to withstand another crisis.
"Keep watching. If you find anything harmful to White River Valley, report to Anna straight away!" Marvin ordered.
"Understood, Lord."
After acknowledging that she'd heard, Amber disappeared into the shadows.
And Marvin wouldn't stay idle either. He left River Shore City very late in the night.
Following his planned itinerary under the moonlight, Marvin didn't use the main road, going through small paths instead.
He would lose too much time if he went there normally. Marvin took a crisis-filled shortcut!
Of course, after this crisis, he would likely come out with considerable gains.
There were two mountainous areas north of River Shore City.
In the northwest were the criminal-filled Deathly Silent Hills. Marvin previously went to the abandoned altar in the deathly silent hills to sacrifice the lich's finger. He had gotten a 1 dexterity blessing along with two elven subordinates.
In the northeast was the Necromancer territory, the Despair Hills.
The true main road fortunately went between the two hills. It curved toward the northwest and then after passing through [Crow's Claws, it would curve once again northeast.
It was more or less a Z-shaped path.
The main reason was because of the strength of necromancers.
There was a Death Monarch many years ago who had turned this place into a paradise for the dead. Even River Shore City's Lord wouldn't rashly step into this area.
A legend monarch was sleeping there, and there were also three 3rd rank Great Soul Wizards watching the place. There were also mentions of liches, bone devils and so on.
Ordinary people wouldn't dare enter the Despair Hills. In fact, they couldn't enter even if they wanted to.
The necromancers viewed the Despair Hills as their domain, and as such, they put barriers in the north and the south so that non-necromancers would find entering very hard.
The Ghost Valley was at the southern barrier.
After following the path for a long time, Marvin arrived at the Ghost Valley!
[You found the Ghost Valley – Knowledge 1]
[Knowledge – Geography (Ghost Valley): The Necromancers' southern barrier. The living are not allowed inside!
At dawn, Marvin was standing in front of the Ghost Valley. A cold wind was blowing, making him with his 9 constitution clearly uncomfortable.
But he still walked in without any hesitation!
After ten steps, a stele with scarlet words appeared in front of Marvin.
[The living are not allowed inside!]
This is the land of the dead!
Non-necromancer living beings were not welcome.
Marvin was a ranger. He couldn't enter the Ghost Valley under normal circumstances. If he tried to force his way in, the guards wouldn't hesitate to tear him into pieces!
Behind the stele was an endless thick fog. If one recklessly charged in, he would end up eaten by the monsters in the fog.
Marvin stopped in front of the stele and lightly knocked on the scarlet words.
His knocking followed a certain rhythm. Three light knocks, one heavy knock.
He repeated this three times, when suddenly, a mournful shriek echoed beside his ears!
"Damnit! Another fear check!"
Marvin covered his ears and couldn't help but mumble something.
With his platycodon flower badge, he would naturally not be afraid of a minor ghost's fear skill.
[Fear check success! Fear ineffective!]
This event reflected the importance of the headless girl's gift. Without the platycodon flower badge, Marvin might have hesitated to cross the Despair Hills.
But with this effective item, he was confident enough.
But even though the fear skill was ineffective, that ghost voice was still quite sharp, making Marvin quite uncomfortable.
This was a female ghost, whose appearance was actually quite pretty. But it seemed her brain was a bit lacking.
Because she had been continuously shrieking ever since she appeared. If there were any animals in the surrounding 5 kilometers, they were definitely woken up.
"Shut up!" Marvin angrily roared.
"Quickly open the door!"
The woman ghost suddenly threw herself at Marvin, shrieking, "The living are not allowed inside! The living are not allowed inside!"
"I am not a normal living being!" Marvin said unperturbed.
He took out Heiss' spell book from his void conch!
This was a necromancy spell book given as a result of a transaction between the grave robber and a low level necromancer!
On the book was a identity imprint. It could let Marvin smoothly enter Despair Hills!
"It turns out to be the Filthy Grave Robber!"
The ghost intelligence was very low, but she unexpectedly recognized this imprint. This scared Marvin witless.
The next instant, she pulled on the stele and the entrance opened.
"Why did you change your look? You must have used a weird technique to make yourself more handsome!"
"Get in quickly, Filthy Grave Robber!"
Marvin was stunned for a breath. That low level ghost was really tricked. He then silently entered.
Cold wind.
Dark sky, dark land, bones everywhere, wails everywhere.
'Are people really living in this place?'
As Marvin walked quickly on the Despair Hills, he couldn't help but ridicule those people inside.
From time to time, ghostly wails could be heard. It made one feel numb. 'Is anyone able to sleep in this place?'
Those necromancers must have quite the nerves...
A flock of bats flew in the sky. They flew around Marvin for a moment, not doing anything.
Most spirits would have their intelligence corroded from the negative energy, making them easier to trick.
But necromancers were different. These guys were too crafty.
Marvin definitely didn't want to meet a necromancer.
Especially a high rank necromancer, as Marvin wouldn't be his match.
But fortunately, this territory was wide enough. Necromancers were basically nerds. They would enter a coffin, or research in a cemetery for ten days to half a month and rarely come out.
So Marvin was still relatively safe.
'From the Ghost Valley to the north's Skull Valley would take at most 10 hours.'
'Crossing the Despair Hills, that guy's territory, then the moonlight forest in the north, and finally riding a hot air balloon for the three ring towers.'
'As long as there is no problem on this part of the road, the rest would be smooth!'
Marvin was thinking while maintaining an uniform pace.
This kind of pace was the most stamina efficient. Marvin's constitution was average, resulting in mediocre stamina. He had to save what he could.
He followed the route he remembered for about six hours, not meeting any dangers so far.
Until he arrived under a large locust tree.
There clearly was a problem at this locust tree.
Marvin stopped.
At that time, someone jumped out of the locust tree!
It was a pale youth. He said to Marvin, "A disaster is imminent! Flee! Flee!"
Before Marvin could react, a loud rumbling noise echoed behind him!
Marvin's face changed. He couldn't help but curse in a rough voice, "Damn it!"
"Is it a ghost uprising?"
That youth nodded. "Yes, I accidentaly…"
"Run!" Marvin didn't bother talking further and broke into a run!
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Chapter 60: Mad Lich
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Marvin's dexterity was quite high, so his running speed was quite fast.
But he hadn't expected that this feeble youth would also be able to run just as fast.
And from the way he was fleeing, he seemed quite proficient.
Marvin looked at him for a moment. He then suddenly realized that this guy had used [Haste] on himself.
Wizards were still great at this before the fall of the Universe Magic Pool era… They could casually use a spell to take care of their speed weakness, it would make them not any slower than the front line classes.
A great number of skeletal warhorses were chasing behind them. These skeletal warhorses were overbearing, their hooves made the hills shake!
In the sky above the warhorses was a huge wave of flying crazy ghosts.
Looking at those ghosts, Marvin's face turned green.
These ghosts weren't like the low level ghost he met earlier; they were intelligent high level ghosts! If he fought alone, Marvin could barely rely on the holy water to get rid of a dozen, but against so many… Marvin could only flee for his life!
"What have you done? How did you cause so many ghosts to rebel?"
Marvin angrily roared at the youth.
He had totally suffered an unexpected disaster.
This kind of scene should be rare in the despair hills.
Necromancers naturally had an extremely strong urge for control. Very few would have this kind of uprising when controlling their ghosts. It was simply too rare.
The youth was panting while following Marvin:
"Ah? I didn't do anything?"
"I just proposed, nothing more!"
Proposed?
Marvin was stunned.
He had always been quick-witted, but shouldn't proposing and a ghost uprising have nothing to do with each other?!
The skeletal warhorses were very fast and the two humans had limited stamina. If they kept running like this, they would be overtaken sooner or later!
'What can I do?' Marvin was scratching his head.
Regardless of how rich his experience was, he couldn't have foreseen running into a ghost uprising in the despair hills!
Hide?
In these boundless hills, where could he hide? And there were really too many skeletal warhorses. If he hid somewhere, he might end up trampled.
Break away?
Even more impossible! Those ghosts in the sky were clearly watching those two. It would be difficult to flee from those flying ghosts!
'It wouldn't be this tragic, right,'
'There is still some dragon strength left from the battle with the dark murderer, should I drink it here?'
Marvin was once again cursing the youth as useless. In the current circumstances, besides taking dragon strength to raise his dexterity for the [Flicker] specialty, there didn't seem to be any other option!
But it was really too extravagant!
He was unwilling to take out the bottle from the void conch.
But at that moment, the youth suddenly pulled Marvin closer. "Follow me!"
Marvin staggered, nearly falling from being dragged.
This guy's strength was very high!
Marvin was startled and furiously scolded, "What do you think you are doing?"
The youth panted and pointed to a tomb not far away. "My home."
"They can't enter."
"Follow me, it's safe."
He didn't say anything else and dragged Marvin inside the tomb.
Marvin was unable to do anything. This seemingly frail guy had huge strength for some strange reason, making Marvin unable to get free!
Two men jumped one after the other in the rather shallow tomb. A black barrier suddenly covered the tomb!
"Tu tu tu!"
"Tu tu tu!"
The horses' hooves could be heard on top of the black barrier, as numerous skeletal warhorses gathered above them.
More and more high level ghosts began attacking this black barrier.
But even though this black barrier seemed quite weak, it was actually extremely hard.
"Gosh, scared the crap out of me!" The youth sat down on the ground, legs crossed. "I'm completely exhausted…"
Marvin remained silent.
He still hadn't understood what was going on.
"This tomb is your home?"
"And what's going on with these ghosts?" He asked.
The youth patted his head, chanting an incantation. Marvin only felt his body calm down.
The youth who caused the ghost uprising in the despair hills was called Fidel. Even though he looked young, he was in fact more than forty years old.
His home was actually under the tomb, a spacious underground cave.
Someone living in this kind of place was definitely a necromancer, but this guy… Was a freak.
In general, necromancers didn't have good opinions of regular people. But Marvin didn't sense the least bit of evil intent from Fidel. This guy was simply a freak necromancer. Not only was he familiar from the start, he also loved chatting… To the point of being a chatterbox.
While hiding from the ghost uprising above them, Marvin also had to endure Fidel's complaints.
But the truth made Marvin dumbfounded.
"You said, you fell in love with a lich? Hold on… Aren't liches genderless?"
"Well, she used to be a beautiful woman? I understand… so you proposed?"
"It looks like your proposal was rejected. Then you offended her, and she used her ghost army to deal with you? So it turns out it's not a ghost uprising but someone controlling them?"
Marvin felt that this was ridiculous.
A necromancer and a lich, this kind of pairing… There weren't a lot of those in all of Feinan, right?
Wait a minute...
Something suddenly clicked together in Marvin's brain!
"Necromancer… Fidel… Lich!"
Could it be that this guy would be the famous Mad Lich Fidel of despair hills in the future?
That abnormal mad guy that made every player who entered the despair hills lose out greatly?
He didn't look the same at all though.
Marvin recalled the players' description of Mad Lich Fidel. It didn't look like that chatterbox necromancer… Wait, someone did mention him being a chatterbox.
Even though Marvin had first appeared in the Jewel Bay last time, but he had been living mostly in the areas north of Jewel Bay, seldom setting foot south of the despair hills.
With regards to the mad lich story, he knew a bit, but he didn't remember much.
"Damn… Even if I failed this time, It'll definitely work next time!" Fidel said to himself.
He made some tea for Marvin, but the latter didn't dare to drink. Heavens knew what necromancers liked to put in their tea.
"I spent a large amount to buy 999 roses from an unscrupulous northern merchant… Why did Sasha not like it?'
Fidel sat there, distressed. He started pondering, completely ignoring Marvin.
Sasha?
Marvin saw the light.
He remembered!
Sasha was the name of that lich. It was said that before she turned into a lich, she was a very beautiful woman.
A few memories flashed through Marvin's mind, and he finally remembered the whole story of the mad lich.
It's just that, he suddenly felt a little sad.
He stood up and went to pat Fidel's shoulder. "Hey, rest assured. Maybe next time will be a success?"
The mad lich's story was a bit funny, yet quite miserable.
Fidel and Sasha were a pair of close friends. They were wizard apprentices who liked each other.
But because of an unusual accident, Sasha turned into a lich.
A good looking young girl suddenly turned into a skeleton. No one would be able to stand it, so her temperament changed.
Even if she had huge magic power, she had forever lost her human body. She became violent, irritable, and stayed away from other people.
But one person didn't abandon her. That was Fidel.
Fidel followed Sasha to despair hills, advancing to become a necromancer on the way.
For a long time, Sasha completely ignored Fidel. Whenever Fidel tried to get close, she would use strong magic power to drive him out.
But she didn't want to harm him.
It was precisely because of this that those skeletal warhorses, which should normally be able to catch them, were lagging behind.
This was the lich controlling them from the back.
She didn't want the man she loved to look at her current miserable state. So she chose to repel the man far away.
In the game, Fidel didn't give up on pursuing Sasha, even though she turned into a lich.
After one of his failed attempts, he thought that the reason why Sasha didn't want to meet him was because he was human and she was a lich.
Therefore he asked a high level lich to turn himself into a lich. This way, he would be able to be together with Sasha.
The ceremony was a success.
But the ending was a little sad: After turning into a lich, Fidel looked for Sasha, but he found the good looking youthful girl he remembered.
Fidel had worked hard to turn himself into a lich while the lich worked hard to get back her human body.
He was successful. She was successful. She recovered her body by using the body revival skill.
But he was no longer human at that time.
They both missed each other.
This was simply the most painful joke Fate picked for them.
The two met each other one day and Fidel fell into madness.
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Chapter 61: Nature's Leaf
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Fidel becoming mad wasn't because he turned into a lich, but rather because Sasha's first reaction when she saw him was surprise and the urge to flee!
Even though she quickly reacted and controlled her behavior, this still made Fidel extremely upset.
People said that liches don't have feelings, but Fidel had just completed the ceremony. His soulfire was seriously upset, making his mind act strange.
From then on, he wandered the northern part of the despair hills, turning into the infamous [Mad Lich].
After Marvin heard the story, he had felt a bit sympathetic. But when the character of the story was in front of him, it was quite difficult to control his feelings.
Fidel was definitely a different kind of Necromancer, as he had a good heart.
Marvin decided that he would help him the best he could.
Proposal?
Marvin thought and asked, "Wouldn't naturally grown roses wilt when in contact with negative energy?"
Fidel suddenly realized, "No wonder!"
"Sasha's body carries heavy negative energy. The roses I sent didn't even reach her before they turned into ashes!"
"Turns out the reason she rejected me was this."
Marvin forced a smile. 'Definitely not because of this.'
But it would stop Fidel from turning into a lich for some time, so this was good.
In this kind of situation that required him to do his utmost, Marvin wouldn't decline to help. After fleeing together and hearing his constant chatter, Marvin had a slightly good opinion of him.
This kind of person was born with this sort of charisma. Even if they just met, they felt like old friends.
"'It's probably like this," Marvin mumbled. "You don't need to worry about proposing."
"Maybe not wanting to see you is for a different reason."
Fidel nodded, then said, stunned, "How do you know she doesn't want to see me?"
Marvin shrugged. " If she wanted to, she wouldn't use those skeletal warhorses to see you out, right?"
Fidel sighed.
"What can I do…"
"Well, forget about it, let's take a break. I don't believe I won't be able to move her!"
"At worst, I'll also turn into a lich!" He loudly said.
Marvin wanted to facepalm, this guy had such a foolish idea this time too.
"Have you ever heard of a pair of liches going out?" Marvin kindly reminded him.
"Maybe you should think of another way? Like helping her regain her body?"
"This… This is a lot harder than turning myself into a lich."
Fidel scratched his head.
Indeed, lich's body revival was a legend spell. Yet even legend level liches wouldn't necessarily be able to collect all the materials for the spell.
"I know of one flower in the elven kingdom's forest, north of the three ring towers. It is unaffected by negative energy and is forever blooming, never withering."
Marvin looked to one side and said, "I just happen to be on a trip to the three ring towers. I can bring you a flower on the way back."
"Really? Are you talking about the [Eternal Flower]?"
Fidel was quite surprised. He grabbed Marvin's hands, abnormally excited. "I already heard about the eternal flower before. Unfortunately I cannot leave despair hills for the time being. This is a necromancer rule."
"If you are willing to help, I'll be very grateful!"
"Ah… Haven't met someone kind like you in quite a while. I'll look for something to gift you."
He then began searching, and all kinds of weird stuff was thrown aside by him.
"No need…"
Marvin suddenly swallowed the words he was about to say!
Because he noticed the jade colored leaf in Fidel's hands!
That leaf was completely emerald green and was still full of life even in the despair hills filled with negative energy.
Nature's Leaf!
Even if he wasn't a ranger in the past, he was still familiar with this thing. This was the most cherished treasure of ranger players!
If it was something else, he might refuse, but he wouldn't be able to refuse something like a nature's leaf.
"Looking at your appearance, you should be a ranger, so this nature's leaf will be the advance payment. When you bring back the eternal leaf, I'll give you a few rewards."
Fidel excitedly rubbed his hands, "How long will you need?"
"Hard to say."
Marvin couldn't help but receive that nature's leaf. He really couldn't reject this thing.
He muttered. "At most, I'll be back in a month."
"Good, I'll wait for you for a month!" Fidel waved his hands. He seemed to have recovered.
Truly a simple-minded guy.
For the sake of his beloved, he was ready to do anything. Perhaps because of this, when he saw his beloved's frightened appearance upon meeting again, his simple mind couldn't take it and he went mad.
Marvin thought so.
If possible, he really wanted to change this guy's fate.
'Let's give it a try.' He grasped that nature's leaf, thinking.
He knew that his arrival in this world would change the fate of a lot of people. Sometimes he had to be vicious and merciless. And sometimes, he wouldn't mind doing a good deed.
The two spent the rest of the time happily chatting.
In reality, Marvin was listening and Fidel was talking. This chatterbox talked about his life's experiences.
He kept going until the skeletal warhorses and ghosts left and Marvin took his leave.
He had already been delayed for a while. He had to hurry to the exit in the northern part of the despair hills, Skull Valley.
Rangers used nature's leaf to learn some magic.
In fact, the ranger class was originally unable to learn magic. They could only learn divine spells by following a god.
Among these gods, the most typical one was the old nature god.
But after the 2nd Era, the old nature god went into seclusion. Before he left, he delegated the privilege to grant divine spells.
He let the World Tree control all nature magic. Thus, leaves grew on the world tree; nature's leaves containing pieces of of divine spell privileges.
The nature god was very magnanimous. Even if you didn't believe in him, you could learn magic through nature's leaf.
The prerequisite was to be a ranger or a druid.
Nature's leaves were very rare and were firmly controlled by the Migratory Bird Council. How this nature's leaf ended up in Fidel's hands was a mystery, but it was definitely very precious.
Marvin placed it on his palm and whispered a simple incantation.
This incantation was a job incantation shared after one became a ranger. Marvin only needed to search for the ranger class introduction to get it.
After whispering the incantation, the nature's leaf merged with Marvin's body.
And his first spell appeared on his skill window!
[Vine Metamorphosis: You can turn a part of your body into a barbed vine. Usable three times per day.
'It's unexpectedly this spell…'
'A very fierce nature spell. But this description… Seems a bit wicked…'
Marvin felt a bit ashamed.
A part of the body... What part?
The nature god was just like the myths said, bold and unrestrained!
After learning his first spell, Marvin hurried north with a cheerful mood.
The atmosphere was quiet on the way and he didn't meet another unusual ghost uprising.
But when he was about to arrive at the Skull Valley, he met another necromancer.
More precisely, a necromancer apprentice.
When Marvin passed by, he suddenly appeared from the cemetery to the side with a small army of twelve skeletons .
It seemed he was training his skeleton group control.
When he saw Marvin, he didn't even say anything and directly ordered that group of skeletons to throw themselves at Marvin!
This was normal for necromancers!
They were extremely hostile to humans, and weren't like that freak Fidel who entered the despair hills to chase after his girl.
Marvin wasn't afraid and unsheathed his daggers!
It might have been troublesome if it was a 2nd rank necromancer.
But a necromancer apprentice was daring to be arrogant in front of him?
He was asking for death!
Marvin took a step forward and kicked a skeleton, the curved dagger in his hand flashing with a cold light!
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Chapter 62: Versatile
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There were only 12 skeletons!
Just a small group.
In general, this kind of summoning magic had a limit of 6 summons.
But necromancers didn't have this limit. As long as they had a constant supply of ghosts or corpses, and enough spells slots, they could continuously create obedient subordinates.
This was what made the necromancers frightening. After all, even a strong expert would feel afraid when facing an army of ghosts.
But, as Marvin thought, apprentice necromancers weren't that scary.
'Looks like a level 3 or level 4.'
'He is unexpectedly able to summon twelve skeletons with poor control. Isn't that really bad?'
'Thinking of killing me with just this?'
Marvin was sneering inwardly. He crouched, stabbing his curved dagger into a skeleton's right knee cap!
It was a simple reverse attack!
"Crack!"
The sound of the skeleton's knee being scrapped out echoed!
The skeleton immediately lost balance, falling to the ground.
It wasn't a flexible [Blue Bones Warrior, only a group of skeletons that didn't even reach level 2. They were too weak for Marvin!
With his skill and dexterity, he fiercely attacked all the surrounding skeletons.
Their speed wasn't even close to Marvin's.
To the shock of the apprentice necromancer, Marvin barely took half a minute to tear apart the group of skeletons.
"You… You… How?"
The apprentice necromancer was scared, blurting incoherent words. He took a moment to regain some focus. After his skeletons were completely annihilated, he turned and ran!
Marvin would obviously not let him off!
He took a big step forward and abruptly sped up. He caught up to the running apprentice necromancer in a few breaths.
But who would have thought that just as Marvin caught up to him, the apprentice necromancer would suddenly turn around, shooting a fierce dark light from his finger?
1st-circle spell, [Ray of Darkness]!
If someone was hit by ray of darkness, they would be infected by a random disease! This kind of disease would quickly break out. Even though it wasn't deadly, it was still quite troublesome.
Marvin's eyes twitched; his 9 constitution wouldn't be able to bear the weakening from the ray of darkness!
[Shadow Steps]!
In an instant, his left foot kicked the ground with force. While still advancing, he managed to shift his position to the right by half his body width.
"Woosh!" A pitch-black ray passed by his ear.
He dodged it!
But the necromancer suddenly exposed a fierce smile and said, "Can you dodge twice?"
While speaking, he raised a finger from his other hand and shot a dark light!
This was another Ray of Darkness!
But this time, the enemy used a ring to cast the spell from his other hand!
They were pretty close to each other, so according to common sense, Marvin should be unable to avoid it.
This was a good plan from the apprentice necromancer. That guy wasn't completely brainless. After finding out that Marvin might be an expert, he immediately came up with an emergency plan!
He first pretended to flee, but then shot two rays of darkness in a row!
A flawless plan. If Marvin was hit by one, the apprentice necromancer would have the leeway to use his other spells.
It's a pity that his plan needed Marvin to fail to dodge a ray of darkness!
But it didn't happen like that.
When the second ray of darkness was shot, Marvin didn't think.
He immediately followed his instincts.
This time, his right leg kicked the ground, dodging to the left!
This was exactly the same movement as the previous shadow step!
"Woosh!"
He dodged once again!
The apprentice necromancer was thoroughly stunned!
'How could this happen?'
'That guy's dodging skill could be used twice in a row?'
Not waiting for his reaction, Marvin had ruthlessly thrown himself forwards!
He used a powerful cutthroat from the front with his two curved daggers!
[You used Cutthroat (46) on the target...]
[Skill successful, critical damage!]
[Target eliminated, you gained 49 battle exp.]
Even if the apprentice necromancer forced himself to withdraw his neck when facing that powerful melee skill, he was still unable to dodge Marvin's ruthless Cutthroat.
Up until his death, he still didn't realize how Marvin was able to use two shadow steps in a row!
Marvin was panting a little after getting rid of the apprentice necromancer. Those two moves had used up quite a lot of stamina.
This was the strength of wizards; even an apprentice could make Marvin go all-out.
A 1st-circle spell was fast and ruthless. Marvin's constitution simply couldn't handle it. He could only dodge.
And that double dodge was a reflection of Marvin's experience.
He had actually used the shadow step skill for the first step!
For the average person, if they were right handed, they would send power through their left leg to make a step to the right. Marvin was also like that.
But he had practiced the reverse skill!
That is, kicking the ground with the right to take a step to the left!
This kind of two step combo often helped Marvin kill his enemies.
Even though the second shadow step wasn't a skill and didn't have the same effectiveness, after being tempered by Marvin, it had been trained to the point of perfection.
This technical move was as good as the skill.
This kind of instant decision would have been impossible without years of practice. The reason Marvin was able to use this move was his instinct.
After his soul fused with his body, his bodily control reached the realm of perfection.
Despite that, after the two uses of shadow steps, he still felt some pain on his right leg.
'A slight sprain.'
'My constitution is still bad, not good enough to support this kind of skill that uses explosive strength.'
Marvin shook his head and began to examine the apprentice necromancer's loot.
This apprentice necromancer must have a master, so Marvin didn't want to stay there much longer. He would grab the apprentice's stuff and leave.
This guy was quite poor, having no money.
The only thing worth something on his body was that ring. Marvin examined it, finding that it was like the powered magic staff. It could store a spell and would shoot it when needed. However the workmanship was many times inferior to the powered staff, and it also couldn't be re-charged.
'Still able to use ray of darkness once.' Marvin put it on a finger of his left hand.
The rest of the loot only consisted of a few necromancer's basic books. These things were useless to Marvin.
'Hey? This pass is actually great.'
Marvin was pleasantly surprised to find a sheepskin scroll on the corpse. This was a standard pass for despair hills.
Apparently this apprentice was actually part of a group. Relying on this pass, Marvin could freely leave despair hills.
After tidying up everything, Marvin didn't feel like taking care of the corpse, so he just left it there.
Necromancers have always profaned the dead, and the other side was the one to start the attack, so Marvin didn't feel guilty at all.
Walking on a small path in the despair hills, Marvin started browsing the previous battle logs.
He was pleasantly surprised by one part:
[Because you repeatedly used other classes' moves in battle, one of your specialties will be close to this field. Personal specialty progress: 100/100]
[Because you skillfully and frequently used other classes moves in battle, a relevant personal specialty has already formed!]
[You received a personal specialty – Versatile]
'It's actually Versatile!'
Marvin was somewhat excited.
This specialty was a very uncommon and mysterious specialty. Even in his previous life, Marvin didn't obtain it.
He hadn't expect to turn into a ranger, but this was his luck! Because if he had picked thief, he wouldn't have used other classes' moves.
[Versatile: You can receive one additional secondary class. The first secondary class would be exempt from experience penalties.
The specialty description was very simple, but the content was very impressive.
In Feinan's world, the classes' restrictions were very harsh.
A person could have at most two battle classes, one main class and one secondary class.
And once you picked a secondary class, you would get a very serious experience penalty. In spite of that, a lot of people still chose to have a secondary class.
It was because getting a secondary class came with benefits: numerous extra skills. This would be very helpful in battle.
Now, Marvin obtained this Versatile specialty.
This meant he could have two extra classes and that his first one wouldn't receive the experience penalty.
This was really too useful.
But Marvin was soon distressed. What should he pick as a secondary class?
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Chapter 63: Scarlet Copper Dragon
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The matter of the secondary class was very serious because once you picked a secondary class, you couldn't change it.
Marvin was knowledgeable enough that in an instant, he thought of six outstanding secondary classes.
Every one of them could perfectly match with Night Walker.
If it wasn't for the universe magic pool being destroyed, the wizard class would have been the best pick. Unfortunately, Marvin didn't dare to choose the wizard class. In half a year, non-wizards would be slightly affected, but wizards would be in the middle of the calamity.
Even if he wanted a wizard secondary class, Marvin would wait until after the collapse of the universe magic pool and then pick one of the new kind of spellcasting being pioneered by mankind.
Thus, the current wizards didn't enter his sight.
As for the remaining classes, getting the class itself would be no less troublesome than getting the night walker class.
'I'll settle the things I have to do first, and then take care of the secondary class after upgrading my main class,' Marvin decided.
He really had too much on his hands and it would take some time. Fortunately, there was still some time before the universe magic pool collapsed.
Marvin didn't meet another necromancer after killing that apprentice.
His luck wasn't bad, and he smoothly arrived at the northern Skull Valley.
This was a region similar to the Ghost Valley. Without the pass, Marvin could only use Heiss' spellbook to try to trick the low level ghost guard
But he had a pass now! He simply left the despair hills. It was a lot more convenient.
The sky was still dark after he left the despair hills seeming like the sun had just set.
Marvin estimated that he had been in the despair hills for a day or so. He entered at dawn and left at dusk.
This was really lucky. He hadn't suffered any loss.
The next path would be slightly easier. But Marvin decided to rest for the night.
Because Marvin would enter the territory of an expert.
Few people in the surroundings knew of his existence because he used Dense Fog, Illusionary Voices and other spells to create an unusual environment. If he didn't take the initiative to make the first move, very few people could bother him.
But Marvin was getting ready to pay him a visit.
Even though the other side wouldn't do anything to hurt him, he still needed enough energy to deal with everything after that.
'A nap would be good. This body's constitution is too bad. The stamina is already quite lacking.'
Marvin lied down in a hole inside a dried up tree. He ate some rations, drank some water and fell asleep shortly after.
The next morning, Marvin kept going north.
Outside of the despair hills was a small basin, and in the center of that basin was a foggy forest.
Marvin was standing on a small hill, watching the area. It was noon, yet the forest was filled with fog.
The moonlight forest was north of this basin. It was part of the elven kingdom, home of a few wood elves, mostly merchants. The trip from the moonlight forest to the three ring towers only took half a day because of the hot air balloon.
'I'm good on time.'
Marvin went down the hill and decided not to avoid the foggy forest; in fact, he went in without asking.
The forest was extremely quiet, and not a sound could be heard. Apparently all the animals were scared into hiding.
The further he got, the more dense the fog was. From Marvin's feet, it gradually reached Marvin's waist.
'Should be close.'
Marvin gently touched a tree, the abnormal feeling made him smile.
This didn't feel like a tree.
Even though sight confusion was very effective, the sense of touch was the weak point somehow.
He suddenly took out a black bandage and covered his eyes.
He kept moving forward like this for two hours!
Until a deep voice echoed beside his ear. "Seems like you have seen through my small maze."
"Intriguing ranger, take off your blindfold. Let me take a look at you."
It was standard common language.
Marvin took off the blindfold.
His surroundings had completely changed.
The dense and hazy forest had turned into a mountainous rock cluster. There was also a huge cave not far from there.
The rest was completely deserted.
'Oh? It walked past me?'
Marvin noticed he was facing the wrong direction and quickly turned around.
On top of a huge rock lay a huge monster!
The other side looked at Marvin with a lazy sort of expression, its wings covering his body. His tail happily swung twice.
This meant he was in a good mood.
This was a red copper dragon!
Marvin smiled. He was too familiar with this guy.
[Professor, a ancient red copper from times immemorial. He had a legend level strength and a very kind heart.
Among all dragons, red copper dragons always had a good reputation. They fed on metals and ore, very few would injure living beings.
They like interesting things, especially riddles. Most wandering bards would be welcomed by red copper dragons because they would bring stories from faraway places.
Rangers would also receive the approval of red copper dragons. Especially Marvin after he used a simple technique to break the red dragon's maze.
That's right, the center of the basin was actually a small hill.
It was only the red dragon using a few tricks and turned that hill into a forest with dragon spells. At least in appearance.
But the red copper dragon's mazes weren't flawless. They had been cracked by Marvin repeatedly in the past.
The current Professor didn't look injured from the blow from that ancient red dragon living on a neighbouring volcanic island. He still looked very lively.
"Hello Ranger." The red copper dragon amber eye blinked. It seemed curious, "How did you see through my maze?"
Marvin laughed mysteriously. "Will you accept my challenge if I tell you the answer?"
"Challenging me?" The red copper dragon wasn't angry. He was actually interested. "Sorry for being blunt, you aren't my opponent."
"I only need to use a bit of strength to crush you."
The red copper dragon seemed very sincere, extending a huge claw and imitated a swing. As if telling Marvin that as a red copper dragon he was very powerful.
"Of course I'm not your opponent."
Marvin laughed and said, "No, I'm thinking of challenging myself."
"I heard of your reputation from a wise man, I heard you were wise and witty. Thus I dared to look for you."
"I want to challenge your [Mirror World]."
"Intriguing, intriguing," the red copper dragon murmured. He nodded, saying, "[Mirror World] is very dangerous, are you sure you want to challenge it?"
"Of course," Marvin replied. "I came for this, in order to hone my skills."
"I can tell you now. The reason I was able to see through your maze was because no tree in this world feels like a rock!"
The red copper dragon laughed. "So it was that, looks like it's not a big deal. Next time I'll add a [Confuse Perception]."
"I guess I won't find you next time," Marvin said.
"If your performance in the mirror world pleases me, I'll allow you to come in."
The red copper dragon flung his tail to catch a piece of ore and swallowed it.
"I like warriors daring to challenge themselves."
"There are too many wizards in this world. They are cowards who would never do anything unless they were 100% certain of success. No wizard ever entered my mirror world."
"Please wait a moment. I'll make a mirror image of you. I'll also add a reward at every level for you."
"Stay here, it'll start ten minutes later!"
Then the fog slowly rose and covered Marvin.
Marvin took a deep breath, closed his eyes and silently counted.
That ancient red copper dragon's mirror world was a place for brave people to continuously challenge themselves.
If one didn't pay attention, they would lose their life.
But it was also very attractive!
Defeating yourself in the mirror world would constantly hone your skills. For Marvin, it was to increase his dagger mastery level.
And each time he defeated an opponent, he would receive a [Professor]'s reward.
Red copper dragons loved to collect treasures, his reward would surely be something good.
Author's note: About the secondary classes, I recommend you to keep guessing, everyone can discuss it over. There was some foreshadowing hidden previously and at least one secondary class had already been confirmed.
Translator's note: Ugh. I'm ashamed to say that I totally missed the foreshadowed class. Time to comment and guess what it is!
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Chapter 64: Mirror World
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The fog enveloped Marvin and time quickly passed.
Soon, the ten minutes were up.
But the expected enemy didn't appear.
"Erm?"
It seemed somewhat different.
Marvin was surprised, but he immediately got on guard!
The red copper dragon would never lie. He said ten minutes, so it was ten minutes!
In that case, he was already in the mirror world?
Marvin felt a strong sense of crisis.
He almost instinctively swung his dagger while turning around!
It's was completely empty, there wasn't anything!
But Marvin knew that it had already arrived!
Rangers could stealth!
'Cunning indeed…'
Marvin looked all around the thick fog, frowning.
This was a bit fishy. Based on the game's circumstances, the enemy shouldn't be this cunning.
They would normally directly rush to fight.
'Really… The game and reality have some differences?'
Marvin took a deep breath and focused.
He didn't expect to lose his advantage right off the bat. It was quite inconvenient.
The Mirror World was a place where class-holders challenged themselves.
This place didn't allow anything else apart from skills and weapons. And Marvin's enemy was a clone of himself made by the red copper dragon.
This copy roughly had the same attributes and fighting strength.
The first layer's clone had the same level of dagger mastery, [Beginner] level that is.
As long as it was defeated, Marvin's dagger mastery would gain one level.
It would reach [Intermediate]!
After Intermediate was Expert and after Expert was Master. That shadow spider's dark murderer had a master level dagger mastery.
It was mainly because of this that he could overpower Marvin!
When he used daggers, even if they did the same blow, his attack power would be at least 60% stronger!
This was the strength of weapon mastery.
Marvin was quite familiar with daggers, but was far from having that kind of expertise. This time he would make use of his past experience to properly raise his dagger skills.
And the red copper dragon's mirror world was the quickest way to do it.
Marvin silently clenched the curved dagger in his hand. Every three seconds he would turn in one direction.
His perception was a bit low.
Although he had points in Listen, Marvin knew that with his own perception, it would be quite difficult to notice his own stealth.
And the mirror world's enemy was basically himself.
Defeating oneself has always been a very difficult matter.
The red copper dragon Professor was fond of finding fun things. He also appreciated those who were brave enough to challenge themselves. He thus created the mirror world.
"Seems a little unfair." The red copper dragon outside the mirror world grabbed a piece of ore and swallowed it. He burped and said, "Using my fighting consciousness to bully a newborn ranger. Although this guy deserves praise for his courage, it's a bit too much for him."
He then stopped controlling the clone inside the mirror world and picked the [Magic Intelligence].
This kind of spell simulated intelligence. It was naturally a lot weaker than the red copper dragon controlling the mirror world.
Marvin inside the mirror world naturally was unaware of this. He simply felt something move behind him!
'Getting impatient this quickly?'
Marvin was a bit surprised, but he didn't move.
He had already started tracking the sound of the other side's footsteps.
Marvin was clearly aware of the distance his own shadow step could reach in an instant. Thus, he simply pretended to be unaware of the other side.
'Almost close enough.'
'It's… This step!'
In an instant, Marvin took a step forward!
The next instant, a shadow burst out from the fog, that person looked exactly the same as Marvin, and the curved dagger in his hand was also similar!
Shadow Step!
Sure enough, as Marvin expected, the mirror image's first move was shadow step. It ruthlessly arrived at Marvin's previous location.
If Marvin hadn't dodged, the next move would have been a frightening cutthroat!
What Marvin once used on enemies was now used against him.
'Unfortunately… This isn't enough!'
'Marvin sneered and smoothly turned around, twin daggers ruthlessly swinging!
After using shadow step, the mirror image was clearly immobile for an instant.
Not moving was a huge gap in Marvin's eyes!
Even if both sides' strength were totally identical, their fighting knowledge weren't on the same level!
In addition, there are some things that attributes can't reflect.
After his mirror image exposed itself, Marvin clearly knew that the outcome of the battle had already been set.
"Clang! Clang!"
Curved daggers kept colliding inside the mirror world. Marvin's smooth and unrestrained assault made the mirror image unable to strike back!
One and a half minutes later, Marvin successfully killed the mirror image!
Even if that guy looked like him, Marvin wouldn't show mercy.
After the curved dagger cut its throat, the mirror image turned into a lump of earth before falling apart into sand, splattering everywhere.
"Congratulations, you passed the first floor."
"In fact, clearing it in such a short time amazes me!"
"Regardless, the second floor's mirror image will be many times more frightening than you imagine. But first, I'll give you your reward."
The surprised voice of the red copper dragon came from the outside of the mirror world.
He hadn't expected that Marvin would manage to kill the mirror image just when he was distracted!
Was magic intelligence too stupid?
'What should I reward him with? The 1st floor reward shouldn't be too big. But for this kid to show that kind of display, I have to show my generosity!'
The red copper dragon pondered for a moment and then took out something out of nowhere.
[You defeated a mirror image and won against yourself. Your skill has been honed in battle.]
[Dagger Mastery 1]
[Your Dagger Mastery level rose: Intermediate]
Marvin meticulously examined the battle logs. He also checked his dagger mastery.
It really leveled up.
Marvin's grasp on his twin daggers suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.
His attack power rose by at least 5%.
This was the benefit of leveling up weapon masteries. Especially for those melee classes.
The fog slowly receded, leaving a treasure chest behind.
Marvin knew it was the red copper dragon's reward.
He opened the treasure chest. To his surprise, there was a book inside!
"Skill Book?"
"It's actually a blade technique!?"
Marvin was a bit surprised.
He had been worrying about not having time to learn a few skill books, especially blade techniques. He definitely remembered the blade technique from that dark murderer. Blade techniques were what he needed the most right now. They would maximize his superior skills with daggers.
The red copper dragon rewarded Marvin with this book called "Blade Technique – Rapids". It was the most basic kind of blade technique and Marvin could now decide to practice it.
Because of dagger mastery, any blade technique could be learned and then turned into Marvin personal skill. As for the level of skill, it depended on Marvin's level of understanding of the skill. This field seemed a bit related to intelligence.
[Blade Technique – Rapids: One of the basic blade techniques. You can slightly increase your attack speed for a long time.
'It's a bit average, but better than nothing." Marvin put away the blade technique book.
Compared to the dark murderer's [Blade Technique – Rushing Thunder Slash, [Blade Technique – Rapids] was a bit weak. Rushing Thunder largely increased attack speed for a short time, while Rapids slightly increased attack speed for a long time. It looked like each had their own strong points. But in fact, rangers, and especially a dual wielding ranger, looked for a short term burst of strength.
But since it increased attack speed, it could be considered as another hand in battles. Better than nothing anyway.
Marvin with his current lack of resources couldn't afford to be picky.
"Why haven't you learned that skill immediately?" A curious voice could be heard, coming from outside the mirror world.
"Because I want to continue my challenge."
Marvin calmly added, "If I learn it now, the next mirror image would definitely know this blade technique. I think that not learning it is better."
"Smart youth." The red copper dragon let out a satisfied burp:
"Careful, the 2nd floor mirror image has 120% of your ability, and also a dagger mastery one rank higher!"
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Chapter 65: [Fang]
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As the professor's voice faded, a shadow appeared inside the fog.
This shadow was the same as the one before.
But Marvin felt a thick killing intent from the shadow!
It didn't choose to use Stealth or Hide, but instead a direct assault!
In that instant, Marvin even had the feeling of fighting Black Jack again!
'Definitely controlled by the red copper dragon's consciousness!'
"Clang!" Both sides collided, and Marvin immediately felt that this opponent was out of the ordinary.
Mirror image 2 is not only had 120% of Marvin's abilities, it also had an [Expert] level dagger mastery!
What was even more frightening was that an ancient dragon was controlling it.
Even though Marvin guessed that the red copper dragon wouldn't shamelessly go all-out, instead using roughly a tenth of its battle consciousness to control this mirror image, but that was already enough for Marvin to eat the dust!
Mirror image 2 was very clever and very vicious.
He understood his own difference in strength with Marvin. He didn't need to stealth and would engage in a direct battle!
This made Marvin quite uncomfortable!
He had to keep dodging to avoid the opponent's fierce attacks.
It looked like his fight with Black Jack in the basement.
But this time, Marvin's suppression wasn't as powerful. He could still occasionally strike back, just not often.
The speed of the other side's dagger was faster than his own.
This made Marvin very gloomy.
Meeting an expert with dexterity that reached the threshold was what he was most afraid of. Not someone with impenetrable defenses, because even if he was facing a Shieldbearer with unrivaled defenses, he could still rely on his high dexterity to escape unscathed. But when facing someone with a higher dexterity...
When Marvin killed, he relied on speed to win. So facing someone faster than him was very troublesome.
Because his biggest advantage had already been suppressed, and instead turned into the enemy's advantage!
"Clang! Clang!"
Both sides' curved daggers kept meeting each other. In addition, Marvin kept using every kind of skill to try to pry the daggers out of the mirror image's hands. But every time, the mirror image would slyly dodge!
This was completely due to suppression.
An on top of that was the ancient dragon's tenth of battle consciousness. Even if it was far from equal to Marvin's, because both sides were limited to a lower level body, the former was still dominating!
'Too depressing!'
Marvin rolled, increasing the distance between both of them.
He understood mirror image 2 a bit after the previous exchanges.
That guy was a bit troublesome.
The main reason was the red copper dragon's battle consciousness, or else, even with the attribute suppression, Marvin had all kinds of methods to exterminate it.
In the game, when players went through tempering in the mirror world, it was purely magic intelligence. At most it would be a high level magic intelligence. When did this ancient dragon personally control it?
That completely shameless piece of leather!
Marvin was originally ready to reach master level dagger mastery in one breath in the mirror world.
His original plan was even to pass three levels!
But it seemed like it wouldn't work now.
His strongest skill was originally set aside for mirror image 3, but he probably had to use it now.
Or he would be unable to defeat mirror image 2.
After using this skill, the red copper dragon would definitely notice it. Thus, mirror image 3 would also possess Marvin's skill...
Then he would be unable to do anything about it.
It was bringing his own destruction.
"Two floors, just two floors. In the end there are still some variables."
Marvin wasn't one to hesitate, and he immediately made a decision.
Mirror image 2 on the other side didn't want to let him off, and overbearingly rushed over.
Marvin took a deep breath, having already used a lot of stamina. He undoubtedly was the one that lost the exchanges.
'Let's do it!
The curved dagger in Marvin's hand suddenly revolved in a circle. This small pattern didn't attract mirror image 2's attention. A ruthless slash made its way to Marvin.
[Shadow Step]!
Using the move, Marvin forcefully moved half his body to the right!
Mirror image 2 sneered, suddenly coming close!
It was the same [Shadow Step]!
With two people having the same shadow step skill, the first one to use it would definitely land in big trouble!
"Indeed, he's still a young guy. What a pity."
The red copper dragon outside the mirror world talked to himself. "Seems like it's finished. It's close to bedtime."
After mirror image 2 used shadow step, its dagger nearly pierced the back of Marvin's head!
Even if the red copper dragon was kindhearted and would normally not injure a living being, the inside of the mirror world was an exception!
Only in the border between life and death could one truly understand the real meaning of fighting skills.
Thus, the challenger had high chances of dying.
Each person who entered knew this part.
Marvin naturally also knew. He dared to enter, dared to challenge. It proved that he was completely certain.
After all, this wasn't the game; it was reality!
Death, was really death, there was no cure for it!
In an instant, his foot touched the ground. His ankle almost turned 90 degrees!
All the power focused on his right leg and burst out once again!
He copied shadow step!
In an instant, both sides' positions were changed, and Mavin ended up behind mirror 2.
Cutthroat!
Target eliminated!
"Bang! Bang!"
Mirror image 2 also turned into quicksand and splattered on the ground!
The red copper dragon outside the mirror world shivered!
"How could that be? This wasn't a skill?"
"Wow, shadow step, this ingenious step, this guy can actually use it with both feet?"
"Highly interesting indeed! Hehe, I must add this feature to mirror image 3. I'd like to see how many cards you hold!?"
But surprisingly at this time, Marvin suddenly said from inside the mirror world, "Respected Red Copper Dragon, I choose to end my challenge."
"It was very hard for me to reach the second floor, this victory was a fluke."
"And I also think I might have wounded myself."
He pointed to his right foot.
Indeed, continuous use of shadow step followed by the imitated shadow step in 24 hours brought great pressure to Marvin's leg.
His ankle ached.
This was the problem of his low constitution. He relied on his strong willpower to use his strength. It also was a huge burden on himself!
The red copper dragon on the mountainous area seemed somewhat spirited.
"You're really clever. I like clever people."
"Not continuing the challenge is a very sensible thing because you would surely die in the third floor."
His mood wasn't bad and he unexpectedly used a Treat Illness on Marvin.
Dragon spells were different from common spells. They formed a system that didn't use the universe magic pool to cast spells. Thus, after the universe magic pool's collapse, dragons weren't really affected.
Treat Illness had a really strong effect. Marvin felt that more than half of his stamina recovered. The right leg sprain also seemed good, very good.
"Thank you," Marvin genuinely said.
There are very few legends that are this approachable.
The red copper dragon professor was a very rare one.
In the game, players had always loved this kindhearted red copper dragon.
It was a pity that after the professor and the nearby ancient red dragon broke out in an intense conflict, both sides suffered and were then attacked by the sneak attack of a god. It was indeed that shadow prince. This guy roamed around and very often came out during the era of turmoil. He was at least among the top three most shameless gods. He frequently used his godly identity to mount a sneak attack on a legend, killing them or inflicting heavy losses. The amount of legends he attacked could be counted on two hands, including East coast's legend wizard, Anthony, three ring towers' legend wizard, Hathaway, and others. After that, the red copper dragons disappeared from people's sight.
Up till Marvin transmigrated, he never heard news of the Professor. Maybe it really died from the shadow prince's sneak attack.
After defeating mirror image 2, Marvin successfully leveled up his dagger mastery to [Expert].
Even if it wasn't the [Master] level he wanted, Marvin was still satisfied with this outcome.
In addition, the red copper dragon's reward was very good.
It was a pair of curved daggers.
Marvin just happened to be short a pair of curved daggers.
These curved daggers were named [Fang]
[Fang]
Quality: Uncommon.
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Chapter 66: Slander
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[Fang]
Quality: Uncommon
Attack: 7 – 13
Effect: Armor Break 4
This was a pair of decent curved daggers.
At least the stats were pretty good. As an uncommon item, it should be considered middle-grade. The armor break attribute was very useful after all.
The other hidden attributes would have to wait. It took a high appraisal level to see through them. But based on Marvin's experience and after a short examination, the initial estimation was that the material used for these daggers was pretty good, they were durable and the edge was pretty sharp.
The only shortcoming was that they hadn't been used in a long time; they weren't even oiled.
This was the consequence of a lack of maintenance. After receiving the daggers, Marvin first started doing some simple maintenance, making them even sharper.
The friendly red copper dragon gave Marvin a pair of scabbards. The scabbards were made from some unknown leather. They felt very soft and were very suitable to sheathe the sharp curved daggers.
Marvin rested for a bit in the Professor's territory before bidding farewell to this kindhearted red copper dragon and continuing his journey north.
It only took a bit over half a day after leaving the mountainous area before he arrived at the Moonlight Forest.
The Moonlight Forest was part of the Wood Elves' Kingdom. It seemed to have been an agreement between the original Elven Kingdom and the Three Ring Towers' wizards to have this place as a frontier.
This was equivalent to a wood elven outpost in the south, also acting as a buffer zone between the elves and the humans.
There were some half-elven villages scattered there. In fact, half-elves were very unwelcome. Elves definitely rejected them and humans looked at them differently. Thus, adult half-elves usually had their own villages.
The elves in Moonlight Forest were mainly merchants in charge of dealing with the surrounding human forces, and considered talking as reasonable.
They were different from some conservative elves living deep in the elven kingdom. They still hadn't forgotten the glory of the High Elven 2nd Era Rule. They had always considered mankind as the lowest kind of lifeform, comparable to gnolls and kobolds.
The Moonlight Forest had close ties with the Three Ring Towers in the north, with two hot air balloons flying every week in direction of the Three Ring Towers.
Hot air balloons were dwarven technology but were reproduced by the Three Ring Towers' wizard craftsmen. They were used daily in the Three Ring Towers and the surroundings. You could always see hot air balloon caravan in the sky.
This was considered a unique East Coast scenery.
Marvin was a bit unlucky when he arrived; the relay station's hot air balloon had just flown away.
He could only endure and wait for the next one.
Marvin managed to buy a ticket very easily after showing his baron emblem issued by the South Wizard Alliance. Nothing happened while waiting.
Three days later, Marvin was sitting in a hot air balloon, on his way to the Three Ring Towers.
A day and a half later, Marvin successfully arrived in the Three Ring Towers region.
A sharp tower was getting increasingly closer. Under the control of a somewhat low level wizard, the hot air balloon slowly landed onto a vast open space.
Finally arrived at the Ashes Tower of the Three Ring Towers!
Ashes Tower was huge, and Magore Academy was but a small part of it.
After Marvin got down from the hot air balloon, he followed the signs toward Magore Academy.
He soon arrived in front of the Academy, but he still needed to line up to enter the Academy.
There was a checkpoint in front to verify each visitor's status.
'What day is it? So many people are visiting Magore Academy?'
Marvin was stunned by the number of visitors.
A lot of those people seemed wealthy. They should be nobles from the nearby East Coast.
They were followed by their whole family. A family with more than ten people definitely had a young child.
'Turns out it's almost time for the apprentice recruitment.'
Marvin suddenly realized. No wonder there were so many people today. He had no other choice but to endure and wait.
Magore Academy was Ashes Tower's apprentice wizard nurturing ground.
Like the other Academies, it was in charge of receiving apprentices with magical talents from the South Wizard Alliance and training them to be qualified wizards.
Marvin's younger brother Wayne had to leave White River Valley to study in Magore Academy because of his outstanding wizard aptitudes.
When Wayne took a trip home after their father's death, six month ago, the Marvin from back then had yet to notice anything strange.
That 9 years old younger brother had already displayed intelligence and a way of thinking that didn't match his age.
He never complained to Marvin. Actually, Marvin had guessed that Wayne must have been the target of bullying in Magore Academy.
White River Valley was quite small, and they could barely afford Wayne's tuition. And wizard was a really expensive class.
'Such a stubborn kid.'
Remembering that Wayne was so young, yet so strong-willed, Marvin couldn't help but shake his head.
He hadn't expected this kind of thing.
Did those wizards think that since his grandfather, White River Valley had completely declined?
Regardless who acted, Marvin would make them regret!
Killing intent flashed in his eyes and his hands couldn't help but press on the curved daggers on his belt.
At that time, a "Next" could be heard from the checkpoint in front.
My turn?
Marvin squinted and quickly walked forward.
There weren't many people responsible for checking the visitors, only one apprentice wizard and two fighters.
These fighters didn't have a high rank. They were only of the first level and seemed to be followers of that apprentice wizard.
This apprentice wore the symbol of Magore Academy but the two followers didn't.
He was only in charge of the most simple identity inspection. He would let people pass as long as they proved their identity.
This was Magore Academy's self-confidence. In their territory, no one would dare to look for trouble.
"Baron Marvin from White River Valley?"
The apprentice wizard sneered from the corner of his mouth.
"That's right." Marvin seemed very calm.
The apprentice wizard was holding onto Marvin's Baron emblem which was also a proof of identity as it had come from the South Wizard Alliance.
"I never heard of that place," the apprentice wizard said.
"There are a lot of places you haven't heard of." Marvin frowned. "Denyo, Sovaa, have you heard of them?"
The two places Marvin introduced were some very dangerous regions of a lower plane, so an apprentice wizard would obviously not understand.
What made him quite unhappy was this apprentice's attitude.
'This guy… Looks like he knows me…"
Marvin looked at that apprentice and felt that something was wrong.
It was safe to say that this apprentice's identity was the same as a receptionist, and that there was no need to argue with him this much.
His eyes twitched with a bad feeling.
That apprentice holding onto Marvin's emblem was already sneering inwardly.
Indeed, Boss White's information was very accurate. That bastard older brother heard of his illness and definitely hurried here.
But Boss White had said that it was more than a week's travel from White River Valley to the Three Ring Towers. He didn't think it would be that fast.
'Anyway, since Boss White ordered so, I must deal with it appropriately.'
'That White River Valley had already declined. This Marvin is also a waste that couldn't become a wizard, nothing more. Once his brother dies, he will lose all hope to rise up.'
'There is no one behind them, I can act without any risk. And I can also please the Unicorn clan's heir. There is no need to hesitate.'
This kind of thought flashed in his heart.
He suddenly yelled in a loud voice, "There is something wrong with your proof of identity! It's clearly a counterfeit!"
"You actually dare to impersonate a noble!?"
"You two, arrest him!"
The other people were startled.
Impersonating a noble? Wasn't this a capital offense? Is there really someone that would do this?
But not waiting for their reaction, the two fighters immediately rushed from the left and right.
"Hmm? Is there really something wrong? You actually dared to slander me."
Marvin's heart was on fire. "Since when am I easy to bully?"
He didn't say anything else and unsheathed his daggers!
Nicely waiting to be captured had never been in Marvin's vocabulary! Only two 1st rank fighters, it wasn't a big deal for Marvin!
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Chapter 67: Killing
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The apprentice wizard didn't move; it seemed like he trusted his subordinates!
Marvin was expressionless, but in his eyes, those two fighters were already dead.
To Marvin, killing was this simple.
These two fighters clearly couldn't progress further due to their mediocre talent, so they chose to become a wizard's followers. This was the nice way of putting it. In fact, they sold their own lives and those of their families to this apprentice wizard. They had to do everything he wanted so that they would be protected by the apprentice's powerful strength.
They had no other choice. At least this was a common practice in a lot of places. Wizards had such high status after all, even if it was only an apprentice.
These two fighters had excellent equipment; this was the benefit of clinging to someone influential. But Marvin didn't care about those.
A fang in his hand suddenly rotated. He took a step forward and threw himself in the embrace of one of the fighters!
This movement looked like a fighter's Charge.
But a fighter's Charge could make the enemy [Dizzy] on impact, or even [Stunned]. Marvin's copied move clearly couldn't. His copy was also not good enough, to get an offer to buy the skill for experience in the battle log and turn it into his own skill.
It was fine this way. Marvin rushing right toward them startled that fighter.
He started laughing nastily, both hands ready to catch Marvin.
But Marvin was like a fish! He lowered his body and sneaked to the fighter's right leg, right below the fighter's armpit!
The next second, he kicked off the ground with his left foot and jumped into the air. In the air, he did a 180 degree turn, and defying gravity, he stuck to the fighter's back!
This was a thief battle skill!
Marvin was originally very skilled with these kinds of fighting techniques!
His legs coiled around the fighter's waist and he viciously raised his sharp curved daggers!
Two daggers very slyly thrusted into the fighter's shoulders!
The armor break effect was released!
The chainmail armor's weakest point was captured by Marvin's [Fangs, directly piercing through the fighter's armor!
It was a very bloody scene. The fighter frighteningly shrieked. His shoulders loosened and both arms were cut down by Marvin.
Two arms dripping with blood fell down. The other fighter who was going to surround Marvin was also quite scared!
That apprentice wizard's face betrayed a hint of fear, and the audience was also frightened. They didn't think that this seemingly weak youth would behave like that in the Three Ring Towers territory!
Furthermore, injuring someone! And using such a vicious move!
But this wasn't over.
This set of moves still had a finishing skill!
Marvin loosened his feet and with a movement of his waist, he forcefully turned his body in the air!
Using this sudden twisting momentum, his right hand's curved dagger moved, leaving behind an icy ray of light!
"Thud!"
The curved dagger's swing directly cut of the fighter's head.
The head fell on the ground!
Blood spattered, splashing onto Marvin's face.
Marvin was already quite familiar with this kind of warm feeling.
Thus he was very calm, carrying the same emotionless' expression.
But the others people were all in panic!
"Heavens! This kid is actually killing at the door of Magore Academy!"
"What child? This is clearly the most ruthless assassin."
"Martin! Protect the Young Master."
Those nobles displayed an alert expression one after the other, and kept their distance from the battlefield.
They had come to sign up their kid for school, not to fight. At most, they had a few experts with them.
Most of the fighters and followers were left in the surrounding areas of the Three Ring Towers.
No one anticipated that someone would kill at the front door of Magore Academy.
The last time a violent event happened in the Three Ring Towers, it was because a poison dragon mistakenly entered the region!
Its outcome was very miserable. The three Tower Masters came out together. Not only did they kill it in the most cruel way, but they also used its dead body, refining all kinds of medicine, enchanting items, and so on.
This youth, regardless of his reasons, might suffer a calamity!
This was what people thought!
The apprentice wizard was deathly pale, blankly staring as his own follower died in front of him in such a vicious way.
This was definitely some kind of provocation.
"Why are you still distracted? Kill him!" He yelled.
"Actually daring to insult Magore Academy's prestige? I'll let you die an ugly death!"
He then took out a magic staff and aimed at Marvin.
Marvin immediately rolled, dodging an overbearing ray of flame!
'This guy's spell is too obvious…'
Marvin sneered inwardly, raising his daggers once again, aiming directly at the warrior!
The fighter was clearly panicking.
He had followed that apprentice wizard for a while and had already been used to an easy lifestyle. Every time he went out he would make use of the apprentice wizard's identity and very few people would dare to look for trouble.
He had clearly stopped working on his martial skills!
Facing Marvin's vicious attack, he didn't know what he should do to resist. He actually directly fell back, wanting to flee!
But this was exactly what Marvin wanted!
He followed behind the warrior, not going too fast, nor too slow. The fighter completely blocked the apprentice wizard's line of sight.
"Move! Stupid pig! You are obstructing my spells!" The apprentice wizard was furious.
He angrily stomped his feet!
'These guys have been in the Academy for a long time. As expected, they don't have any fighting ability.'
'He is a waste with the leisure to learn powerful spells, but doesn't know how to use them. No wonder he could only be sent to be a guard here!'
'Since someone wants to frame me, there is no harm in blowing this matter out of proportion!'
Marvin was calmly dodging a few low level spells while thinking of several things.
These spells were all thrown without any skill. Not a thread of battle awareness.
If he had been a wizard and the other side was a rogue, he would have ten thousands way to toy that rogue to death!
Wizards were very powerful, at least for now. But it depended on the person. Someone like that guy was basically a good-for-nothing!
Suddenly!
Just as that fighter was distracted by the apprentice's scolding, Marvin used Blade Technique – Rapids!
His dagger's speed was slightly increased.
This was a slight increase, but it greatly increased Marvin's fighting strength.
The fighter sensed danger behind him and hurriedly turned his body to block.
However...
It was too late!
"Clang! Clang!"
Even if Marvin's daggers weren't as fierce as Black Jack, they were a lot more precise!
The sixth cut easily got the greatsword out of the fighter hands by cutting his tendons!
The seventh slash cut open the fighter's chain mail.
The eighth stab and ninth thrust together ended the fighter's life.
The audience shivered.
This kind of killing method could only be seen from the best of the best elite assassins.
Marvin didn't hesitate at all when attacking. He seemed set on getting rid of this guy.
"Truly a lawless guy…"
"Is he not afraid of angering the wizards?"
No one understood what he was thinking.
Killing two followers was still not enough to Marvin!
He wanted to blow this matter out of proportion!
Someone dared to slander him.
Ahahah… Did they really think that White River Valley's Baron Marvin was as easy to bully as before?
Thus he didn't stop after killing that fighter!
Instead he crouched and used that corpse that was just about to fall to the ground to maneuver and circled around using it as the apprentice's blind spot.
The latter was still not clear about what had happened to his follower. He was just very angry, hesitating about whether he should cast a spell or not. That fighter would also get hit!
But just as he was hesitating, Marvin rushed over in a demonic way!
Shadow Step!
A very practical skill. It made Marvin look like a ghost, directly appearing in front of the apprentice wizard.
"Ah!"
The apprentice wizard let out a cry and hurriedly aimed at Marvin with his magic staff. "Bang!" Marvin neatly kicked his staff away.
Without a magic staff, his casting speed was doubled at least!
"What do you think you are doing?" The apprentice wizard was still unaware that he was going to die. He still shouted with a stern voice. "This is the Three Ring Towers! What do you think you are doing?
"Killing."
Marvin answered truthfully.
The sinister fang ruthlessly ran along the apprentice's neck. The latter painfully covered his throat with his hands, pitifully dying on the ground!
The audience was thoroughly shocked!
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Chapter 68: Ninth Month Medal
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"He actually killed the wizard!
"Heavens!"
"That was a real wizard!"
While everyone was watching, an alarm suddenly resonated in the sky!
This meant that Magore Academy's law enforcers were about to set out.
They already felt that something was amiss!
Marvin stood there and didn't show any trace of panic.
Everything was as he expected.
Magore Academy law enforcers were also under the supervision of the Ashes Tower, but there was also a stronger power above them.
The South Wizard Alliance.
"Woosh!"
Weird lights and shadows lit Marvin's surroundings. It was someone using [Pathfinder Powder] to do a short teleport!
The people coming to Marvin had absolute confidence. They set their teleport close to Marvin.
Marvin knew how to interrupt this teleport, but he didn't do so.
In a short ten seconds, six 2nd rank wizards with serious expressions appeared around Marvin.
Each of them was wielding a magic staff and aiming at Marvin.
In the sky, a light flashed and a witch wearing a pointy hat was sitting on a slowly undulating magic carpet. She coldly said, "Kill him!"
She clearly saw what just happened, but she didn't think Marvin would be so decisive and ruthless!
She wanted to stop it, but she didn't have enough time and could only blankly watch Marvin kill that apprentice wizard!
The two followers dying was not an issue, but the apprentice wizard was part of Magore Academy. And this apprentice was charged with receiving visitors today!
This was simply a provocation to Ashes Tower's prestige!
The 2nd rank wizards' magic staves flickered with rays of light with different colors.
But at this moment, Marvin leisurely took out a medal!
He put away his curved daggers and raised the medal. He said with indifference, "I apply for an arbitration!"
"I was slandered.This apprentice wizard had an ulterior motive, trying to frame me. And everything I did was in self-defense."
"I am Baron Marvin from White River Valley. This is my Ninth Month Medal!"
Ninth Month Medal!
When Marvin took out this thing, all the 2nd rank wizards were stunned. They then helplessly interrupted their casts!
The witch on the magic carpet was also astonished and landed.
The affair had become very troublesome.
The audience also didn't imagine that this seemingly poor noble was actually the owner of a Ninth Month Medal.
Ninth Month Medal's owners was strictly protected by the South Wizard Alliance.
In general, Marvin could use it to request an arbitration and other things. The medal's effects were actually far from its reputation. If you met with trouble, you couldn't count on the South Wizard Alliance to uphold justice. However, this thing might come in handy after you caused trouble.
Marvin's medal was passed down from his grandfather. A Ninth Month Medal could be used three times, and White River Valley's previous overlord had treasured this medal very dearly, rarely taking it out.
But Marvin was different. He knew the South Wizard Alliance would be done for very soon. If he didn't use it now, it would only be a piece of scrap iron later.
What's more, he really needed to make things bigger now, to attract many people's eyes.
At this time, the use of the Ninth Month Medal was the most fitting.
The witch got off the magic carpet, and with a wave, she got one of her subordinates to step aside.
She quickly walked in front of Marvin and used an appraising spell with a stiff complexion.
The medal was genuine.
Marvin's identity was also genuine.
She said with confidence, "You do have the right to apply for an arbitration. However, during that period of time, you'll need to stay in Magore Academy, and you won't be allowed out."
In fact, she wanted nothing more than to use a spell and kill this ruthless youth in front of her. But every wizard or witch that wanted to become a member had to make all kinds of oaths to the [Holly Tree Throne]. To not abuse their authority to injure a Ninth Month Medal's owner was one of them.
Breaking her oath was the same as betraying the South Wizard Alliance. This wasn't a price she was able to bear.
"I'll naturally stay in Magore Academy."
"As a matter of fact, I came here because my younger brother was set up by other people. I won't go anywhere until he wakes up." Marvin said with indifference.
"Now, Madam, Can I go in?"
The witch coldly answered, "You can."
After saying that, she left a magic mark on Marvin's back to prevent him from fleeing without approval. She then prepared to leave.
But Marvin suddenly said, "Hold on."
"What else do you want?" the witch snapped, dissatisfied.
"Arbitration requires a witness. Although there are many people here that could act as a witness, I still wish for someone with a good and honest heart, someone that wouldn't lie, as my witness."
Marvin was talking while quickly walking toward an isolated young girl on the side.
He smiled at the girl, "Will you testify for me?"
The girl was stunned. Her expression changed a few times.
Why did he choose her out of that many people?
That girl wasn't ordinary...
The young girl was extremely astonished. She had two pigtails and her eyes were a bit large. She was wearing a purple skirt and seemed naive and innocent.
She hesitated, before nodding.
Marvin quietly said, "Thank you."
Then he left, toward the depths of Magore Academy.
Everyone was stunned, not knowing why Marvin had done that.
Yet, the female wizard was standing there hesitating, apparently wanting to go and greet that young girl, while not daring to.
Instead, the young girl walked over and told her, "I'll be his witness."
"You properly take care of the following process."
Saying that, she looked toward Marvin's back, revealing a strange smile. "Quite an interesting person."
What the young girl didn't know was that Marvin also revealed a knowing smile while walking inside the Magore Academy:
'Didn't expect to meet her.'
'Fortunately I noticed that she suddenly appeared after the incident, and there wasn't any magic power fluctuation.'
'Now that I've the Ashes Tower's Master as my witness, the outcome of the arbitration is already decided.'
Sure enough, that little girl Marvin recognized was Ashes Tower's Master, Hathaway!
Great Witch at the peak of fourth Rank, Half-Legend!
Hathaway practiced a kind of unconventional shape-shifting skill that could let her change her own age between 6 years old, 16 years old, and 26 years old.
This spell that could allow her to change as she wished made players drool… There was a lot of gossip between the male players about Ashes Tower's Legend; in short, "Marrying Hathaway was like having two wives."
As for the third change, only some people with very peculiar tastes would be interested.
In short, this legendary witch who always appeared and disappeared unpredictably appeared in this situation, making Marvin's plan a lot smoother.
The apprentice wizard slandering Marvin was a fact, and since Hathaway was aware of it, she would definitely not make a wrong judgement.
This use of the Ninth Month Medal was very worth it!
Following the path he remembered, Marvin soon crossed Magore Academy's largest area and arrived at the apprentice dorms.
Marvin had once visited Wayne when he was attending school. He still remembered a bit about that.
The apprentice dorms were set up on the hillside. There were six small paths, each path leading to the entrance of a tunnel.
As long as you displayed proof of your identity at the entrance of a tunnel, a domesticated goblin would lead the visitor to the needed room.
Soon, Marvin arrived at Wayne's doorway after being guided by a young goblin.
He knocked on the door, which was then opened by the old butler.
"Young Master Marvin!"
The old butler was shocked.
He didn't expect Marvin to arrive such a short time after he sent his letter!
"You came alone?" The butler noticed no one behind Marvin.
"Yes, that's right."
Marvin walked inside, and said with a serious expression, "I want to see Wayne."
"Hold on!"
The old butler pulled him back, his face showing a heavy expression. "Young Master Wayne's current situation is very bad."
"Please be prepared."
Marvin nodded.
"He is in the side room." The old butler pointed to a curtain on the side.
Marvin could smell the dense aroma of magic medicine coming from behind the curtain.
He walked in without any hesitation.
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Chapter 69: Culprit
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"What?"
An angry voice echoed from the inside of the room. It came from a charming blonde youth.
"You said that guy was killed?"
"And the killer is that bastard's older brother, White River Valley's Marvin? Isn't he a waste? Someone who didn't even have a battle class?"
He stood in front of a small black clothed man. The latter said in a low voice, "Young Master White, according to our intelligence, Baron Marvin really didn't get any battle class."
"Then how did he kill my subordinate along with two fighter followers, under the gazes of countless people, before the law enforcement team stopped him?"
White looked extremely angry.
He got that guy to take care of that matter, but he didn't even manage to settle it. Instead he lost his own life.
That small bastard was already a bother; he didn't expect that the older brother would be this troublesome.
"I do not know. Maybe there is something wrong with the information."
The black clothed man bowed once again and apologized, "I hope Young Master can understand; a small place like White River Valley is too remote and our intelligence network hasn't been set up there."
"No matter how, it impossible to make a mistake this big!"
White took a deep breath, displaying a pondering expression. "This Marvin isn't as simple as he looks. He is shrewder than his brother."
"Being able to kill an apprentice wizard and his followers is a proof that even if this guy's strength is of the 1st rank, he is at the peak."
"Decisively using that Ninth Month Medal, it looks like he want to makes this affair big…"
"I have to admit, he is smart. But in front of the Unicorn family, these tricks won't help him. They will instead send him to the underworld!"
The black clothed man nodded.
The Ashes Tower is in the middle of getting in touch with the South Wizard Alliance's arbitration staff. I guess they will go through a process."
"It'll be easier to handle the process." White sneered, "The arbiter, the judge, switch them with our people."
"I'd like to see what trick this Baron Marvin could use!"
"Yes! I'll take care of it right away!" The black clothed man immediately withdrew.
Meanwhile, in a side room next to the dorms.
A dense smell magic medicine filled the atmosphere. There was even some mist in the room.
An incense burner was set up by the bedside, emitting some kind of peculiar smell. It had the effect of increasing focus.
Marvin silently entered. There was another person apart from the unconscious Wayne lying down on the bed.
It was a young girl, looking about 11 or 12 years old. She was surprised to see Marvin coming in.
"I'm Wayne's older brother, White River Valley's overlord, Marvin."
He introduced himself in a simple manner.
"Ah! Greetings." A hint of shyness could be seen on the girl's face. "I am Lulu, Wayne's classmate."
Classmate?
It wasn't that simple, right?
Marvin speechlessly looked at the girl and the unconscious Wayne. Feinan's nobles matured very early in that regard. They usually wanted to experience the forbidden fruit at around 11 or 12 years old. Wayne was only 9 and already had a girlfriend?
This was too fast.
But with the wizards status being very high, looking for a few women wasn't very hard. Marvin looked at this Lulu girl. An apprentice wizard with the potential of an alchemist. But her talent wasn't high. Thus progressing any further would be very difficult. Her looks were pretty good, but still not to the point of attracting upper layer's wizards.
She stood at Wayne's bedside, somewhat pale.
"Miss Lulu has stayed to take care of Young Master Wayne after he caught the illness." The old butler's explanation arrived just on time.
Marvin nodded and thanked her.
But he soon changed the discussion. "Miss Lulu, you probably exhausted yourself these days. Since I already arrived, you can go rest as I'll take care of my younger brother."
After looking blankly for a moment, she glanced at Wayne, reluctant to part with him. Then she nodded and left.
Only the old butler and Marvin remained in the room. The two looked at each other as the former seemed somewhat surprised by Marvin's changes.
That was a kind of spiritual transformation. Even though Anna sent a letter mentioning this, when the real Marvin was standing in front of him, it felt like an illusion.
The current Marvin was like his grandfather when he was young.
Wise, full of energy and full of determination.
These were essential qualities to be an excellent overlord.
"Young Master Marvin…" The old butler said in a low voice, "You don't need to be too worried. The Academy's teachers were quite angry, they are working hard to look for the culprit."
"I believe they'll find an answer soon."
Marvin didn't say anything. Rather, he silently look at Wayne lying down on the bed.
A thick blanket was covering his own younger brother. His pale face looked terrible, his cheeks were hollow and his hair had started to wilt like a withering tree.
"Hmm?"
Marvin frowned.
He softly opened the blanket. Wayne's stomach was ice-cold but his heart was still beating vigorously.
"He would wake up three times everyday in the middle of the night due to nightmares, and then keep crazily vomiting."
"The things he keeps vomiting are… Filthy things," the old butler explained.
"Toads, poisonous snakes and so on. I already explained everything in the letter."
"Wayne's teacher said it could be the work of a twin snakes follower."
Marvin calmly covered him with the blanket and slowly shook his head. "It's not a twin snakes follower."
"Ah?" The old butler was somewhat stunned.
"It's not the work of a twin snakes' follower. It's someone copying the twin snakes cult's tricks."
Marvin's eyes turned cold.
"This isn't an ordinary curse. It's some kind of compound curse."
"On the surface, it looks like the twin snakes cult's [Hibernation]'s curse. But in fact, under the disguise of Hibernation, there is one more curse that's constantly draining Wayne's vitality."
"He is currently very weak and I have to immediately remove the cause of the curse!"
Marvin firmly readied his two fists, overworking his brain.
Sure enough, it was not the twin snakes' skill; this was just a pretense, nothing more. Someone else was behind it.
And it was definitely someone in the Academy.
And someone close to Wayne!
"Hold on…"
Marvin suddenly raised his head.
He seemed to have guessed who!
Magore Academy, in a certain meeting room.
"I think I found the origin of Classmate Wayne's curse." A gloomy voice echoed.
"We have to severely punish this culprit."
"What did you find? The final qualifying round will begin in a week, I'm afraid your apprentice won't be able to take part in it," said a sharp voice.
"How come?" The first voice angrily yelled, "Don't tell me that someone openly framed my disciple, openly cursed Magore's apprentice, and everyone standing here aren't the least bit concerned?"
Everyone was silent.
Finally a voice broke the silence. "Hanzer, since this is your student, you suffered the biggest loss and you set out."
"But that person should be a student at our affiliated college, if she wishes-"
"If she hands over the antidote to remove the curse, I'll spare her life," Hanzer firmly said.
"Thud thud thud! Thud thud thud" Someone was knocking on the door
The old butler was surprised.
Who would pay a visit at this time?
Following Marvin's gesture, he opened the door.
A man was dressed in a full set of black clothes and wearing a black hat. It seemed very old fashioned, but very awe-inspiring.
Peak 2nd-rank wizard.
Marvin guessed in a split second. He didn't dare to use inspect, as that would simply be an offense to that wizard. It might anger him.
He estimated from experience.
"Sir Hanzer?" The old butler said surprised.
"This person is?" Hanzer was looking at Marvin in a odd way.
"I am Wayne's older brother, White River Valley's overlord, Marvin." He introduced himself once again.
"Greetings. We quickly met when Wayne's entered the Academy."
Seemingly recalling something, Hanzer's severe face displayed a slight smile. "And you also dared to kill at the gate of Magore Academy. You are the first in 300 years."
"Someone wants to frame my younger brother."
"I'll make them pay the price."
Marvin's voice was very calm, but exceptionally cold. Even Hanzer, this kind of Master, couldn't help but take a second look at him.
This youth seemed somewhat different from last time. When he heard about Marvin killing at the gate, he thought he was quite hot-headed.
But apparently he wasn't.
But he didn't come for this.
Hanzer said, "I already caught the culprit that put Wayne in this state."
"It was his young girlfriend, Lulu, right?" Marvin finished his sentence.
"You knew?" Hanzer choked.
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Chapter 70: Blue Morphine
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"It's not the work of the twin snakes cult."
Marvin pointed at Wayne's thin face and said, "If it was the twin snakes cult, Wayne wouldn't suffer that much."
"On the surface it looks like [Hibernation, one of the twin snakes cult's trademark curses, which makes the target enter a permanent coma. But hibernation wouldn't kill someone."
"His heartbeat is also extremely strong, and this isn't a symptom of hibernation."
A hint of shock passed through Hanzer's eyes. He couldn't help but ask, "How do you know?"
"My grandfather was a high level wizard."
Marvin had already prepared his reason. "Before setting off, I read through many books in the study, learning a lot of knowledge."
"You and Wayne are just as smart, it's a pity you didn't have the talent to be a wizard."
Hanzer nodded. "Right, I also felt that some people deliberately imitated the work of the twin snakes cult."
"But how did you know it was Lulu? You should have just arrived?"
Marvin smiled. "Under the disguise of the hibernation curse is another curse that drains vitality. This kind of curse needs at least a week of daily contact and constant chanting of the curse incantation."
"Wayne is a little antisocial, so he wouldn't stay close with many people for a long period of time. Apart from the old butler, who is left?"
The only person remaining that had daily contacts with him was his little girlfriend, right?
A very logical deduction.
Hanzer shrugged helplessly. "You must be a very capable overlord!"
"Since you are here as well, do you want to join me in visiting the culprit behind Wayne's situation?"
"This is your right."
Magore Academy's prison.
A young girl was sitting alone on the edge of a fence, looking exceptionally frightened.
This prison was set up on a nine story tall tree. Every branch ended in a wooden prisoner cell, hanging in mid air.
She was looking at the vast black liquid below.
If she fell down into this black liquid, she would dissolve and not even a bone would remain!
There weren't many prisoners in the prison because most people that looked for trouble in Magore Academy would die.
Just as she was looking around, frightened, the prisoner's cage started moving!
She was scared at first, but she soon reacted. 'Someone's is controlling this branch!'
There were two faint silhouettes on a distant platform.
The tall silhouette was chanting an incantation and that branch carrying her began to slowly move.
In the end, the prisoner's cage landed on the platform.
She saw two people standing in front of her as the cage opened.
"Come out, Miss Lulu," Hanzer said in a low voice.
Lulu timidly walked out from the prisoner's cage.
"I don't understand, why did you do this?"
"Who did I offend?"
Lulu displayed an innocent appearance. She looked completely clueless.
"A woman's acting…" Hanzer surprisingly said before Marvin could say anything.
"I have to say, I am deeply impressed by your acting skills."
As a 2nd rank wizard, Hanzer had a sense of humor that didn't fit with his outfit.
"As an apprentice alchemist, why would you do this? You've been with Wayne for more than half a year, why curse him? Did you really think we, the teachers, are blind?
Lulu turned silent.
She had already prepared herself for this. But once things really happened, she was still bewildered.
She knew that Hanzer had enough proof since she had already been put in jail.
Anything she said would be useless.
"I love Wayne. Really."
She began to sob. "But, I really couldn't do anything about it."
"Looking at him everyday was so painful, I also felt like a knife was being twisted in my heart."
"Someone forced me to do this. If I didn't, I… In short, I would die in a very frightening way."
"I was scared. Thus I did what he said. I didn't expect it to be this serious."
"I know I'm wrong. I truly didn't want to put him in this state."
The girl's weeping became more and more mournful. Making people feel pity for her.
But it only gave Marvin the urge to vomit.
Using a pitiful appearance to gain sympathy, trying to come out clean after committing such a crime...
A 11 year old girl could be this shrewd?
This cruel world was truly forcing children to mature early.
"Shut up!" Hanzer strictly interrupted Lulu's weeping.
"I only want you to do two things. First, tell us who made you do this."
"Second, remove Wayne's curse!"
"If you do that, I, in the name of Magore Academy, will pardon your behavior!"
Hanzer's words had an immediate effect.
Lulu immediately stopped weeping. Her eyes displayed a hint of hope, "Really?"
Hanzer glanced at silent Marvin.
"Of course it's true," Hanzer affirmed.
He only wanted his disciple to recover at the moment. The rest…'Hmph, the debt will be written down, no need to worry.'
Lulu stopped weeping and instead began to sort through her thoughts. She slowly said, "Firstly, I actually don't know who. Don't misunderstand, I truly don't know. About a month ago, I got into gambling… In the end, the people schemed and I lost a lot. It was a huge amount and once Wayne knew, he said he would think of a way."
"He was quite good to me, I knew this. But how could he find a way? He was struggling to pay for his own studies. There was nothing he could do to help me deal with that debt."
"The people I owed money to were very frightening. Their power covered all of Magore Academy. I think Sir Hanzer might be able to guess."
"I really couldn't do anything about that debt and these people drove me crazy. In the end, one of the people in charge gave me an opportunity to settle my debt."
She took a break after saying this.
"It was to curse Wayne?" Marvin asked.
She nodded timidly.
One must admit, even if Lulu's charm could only be considered above average, her pitiful appearance could truly make someone sympathize with her.
"Who? The name." Hanzer firmly said.
"[Blue Morphine]... That person's name is Earl." Lulu said.
"Earl? What kind of name is this. It's a nickname at most," Hanzer snapped, dissatisfied.
"I already told you everything I know," Lulu said. "Removing Wayne's curse is also very simple. There is a box under my bed. Burning it would be enough."
Hanzer and Marvin glanced at each other.
"What's Blue Morphine?" Marvin asked.
Hanzer stiffened. "An organization in Three Ring Towers. A group made up of children from great wizard families."
Marvin nodded, no longer saying anything. But he kept in mind this Earl nickname.
Lulu shouldn't have lied. Since the people behind the scenes wanted to do something like this, they certainly wouldn't reveal themselves.
They were ready to use this terrible plan. After all, this was the wizards' domain and Lulu being investigated was also a matter of course.
"Sir Hanzer…" Lulu looked at him full of hope.
"I love Wayne! If it wasn't because I was forced and had no way out, I wouldn't have done something like this."
Hanzer was disgusted, but he still said, "I, in the name of Magore Academy, pardon your crime for the time being. If something comes out during the investigation that you didn't explain beforehand, then the consequences… Hmph!"
"Thank you Sir!" Lulu was overjoyed at the good news.
But how could she have expected Marvin to suddenly walk toward her.
Hanzer looked distracted, apparently wanting to stop Marvin, but he ultimately didn't move.
"Magore Academy pardoned you, but White River Valley hasn't."
"Wayne is White River Valley's first heir. I am his older brother, and I still haven't forgiven you."
Marvin's voice was very calm but it made Lulu very frightened!
"Sir Marvin! I really didn't do it because I wanted to."
"I really love Wayne! I looked at him suffering like that, and I felt pain as well. For real! I would have burnt the box a week later, and Wayne would have woken up. They only wanted to make him unable to compete, that's all."
"And he also loved me!"
Looking at Marvin getting closer step by step, she started talking incoherently. A magic seal had been put on her body, so she had no mean to resist.
"You said he loved you?" Marvin leaned to her ear and whispered, "But I don't think you two go well together."
The next second, Lulu felt a pain in her stomach!
Marvin had ruthlessly kicked her and the girl fell down from the edge of the platform!
She let out a miserable shriek, before ultimately falling in the black liquid. Her body and bones were corroded in an instant, only leaving black liquid behind.
That scene was simply too frightening!
However, Marvin didn't blink once.
"Whoever harms my brother must die," Marvin muttered in a low voice, before turning around.
Hanzer looked at him for a long time and then asked, "Why did you not use a dagger?"
Marvin walked past him and stopped. "Filthy."
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Chapter 71: Arbitration
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Marvin wasn't being pretentious.
He really thought that killing this woman with his dagger would dirty his weapon.
She kept on saying that she loved Wayne, yet she had cursed him. Marvin was already restraining himself by not torturing her to death.
Hanzer shook his head and actually showed a hint of pity. "Maybe I should've broke the Alliance's law and turned her into a lab specimen."
Marvin thought he was already ruthless enough. He hadn't expected this teacher to be even more ruthless.
But that said, this Sir Hanzer seemed especially protective of Wayne. His disciple suffered such a serious injury. It would have been weird if he hadn't been angry.
Wizards have always been lawless. They wouldn't bow their heads to any power aside from the South Wizard Alliance.
Hanzer had probably been holding back a lot of anger these days.
Thus, when Marvin wanted to kill Lulu, he did not stop him, but instead subtly encouraged him.
After all, there was no issue with Marvin using his name. Magore Academy pardoned Lulu, but the victim, Wayne, was someone of White River Valley. Marvin also had the authority to punish Lulu. It's just that the priority on this authority came after Magore Academy. After Magore Academy gave up the authority to take care of her, he naturally had the right to exercise his authority.
This was the advantage of status. As a noble, even a small noble, Marvin had some benefits.
And the Great Calamity would destroy all social order. Marvin would also be a victim.
He couldn't do anything to prevent the disaster and could only protect his people.
"And Wayne's curse?" Marvin mentioned.
"I'll go settle everything," Hanzer replied. "I hope he can still make it to the qualifying round."
A hint of worry could be seen on his face. Wayne's body suffered such a great injury that even if he could make it, his strength might be bleak.
In any case, the top priority was still removing his curse.
The two parted outside the prison. Marvin returned to the where Wayne was resting in the dorm.
The next morning. The sun slowly rose, illuminating the inside of the room from the window.
From the open window came a morning breeze. The strong magic medicine smell was already quite a lot weaker.
Wayne, lying down on the bed, slowly opened his eyes.
He was still as pallid as before, but he had already begun to regain consciousness.
The old butler was at his side.
"Young Master Wayne, you wake up at last!" The old butler was somewhat moved.
"Uh?" Wayne shook his head, suddenly saying, "Brother…"
"Brother came."
The old butler looked at Wayne, stunned. "How did you know…"
Wayne looked everywhere but didn't see Marvin, seeming very disappointed "What about Brother? Where is he?"
"I clearly saw him arrive."
As it turned out, Wayne wasn't completely unconscious while cursed. Instead, his consciousness was wandering. He clearly remembered Marvin's arrival.
"Young Master Marvin, he…"
"He is now receiving arbitration!" The old butler said.
"What?" Wayne eyes widened.
"He killed someone at Magore Academy's gates. But fortunately he used the Ninth Month Medal, so there shouldn't be any issue," the old butler comforted.
"Ninth Month Medal? Useless!" Wayne was very clear-headed.
Even if he was only 9 years old, due to this vicious environment, he had quite an outstanding line of thinking.
He immediately shouted, "The power of the family behind White is too great, they probably took over every arbitration staff!"
"Brother has no chance of success!"
"Where is he now? I'm going!"
As he said that, he immediately crawled up from the bed.
"But your body…"
Hearing what Wayne said, The old butler was startled. He didn't understand these kinds of things very well.
"I'm alright! I'm already fine."
Wayne firmly commanded, "Bring me there!"
Ashes Tower's Arbitration Hall hadn't been used in a long time.
But today, it was filled with wizards coming from all over the Three Ring Towers. They came to see the event.
Someone openly killed an apprentice at the gate of Magore Academy. This was a quite novel situation.
It was safe to say that that guy should have been screwed.
But no one thought that this young noble named Marvin was in possession of a Ninth Month Medal!
Ninth Month Medal!
This was an honor bestowed by the South Wizard Alliance. Only members of the South Wizard Alliance who rendered all kinds of meritorious services would be able to receive this reward!
There weren't that many nobles in the south with that kind of honor. And the reason why it was called the Ninth Month Medal was because the South Wizard Alliance was established in the Ninth Month.
The owners of the Ninth Month Medal were all famous people.
Of course, there are also a few declining nobles. Such as that Baron Marvin receiving arbitration today.
Apart from wizards, there were a lot of nobles in the audience.
These people happened to be registering their children and some even witnessed the scene of Marvin killing. They naturally came to take a look.
How is that matter going to end?
No one knew the outcome.
Marvin stood alone in the corner of a high platform, as if he was isolated from the world.
The arbitration process was already finished. Now was just the outcome of the discussion of a few arbiters sent by the South Wizard Alliance.
"There shouldn't be any issues," Marvin muttered.
When they asked for a witness, the little girl also took the initiative to participate and truthfully described what she saw.
She also mentioned that Marvin had been previously slandered.
In this situation, it should be quite easy for the arbiters to judge the situation.
But this matter seemed a bit wrong. Those three arbiters had been fiercely arguing all this time.
'Is it necessary?' Marvin frowned.
Roughly ten minutes later. One of the arbiters seemed to compromise.
Another one stood and loudly said, "I'll announce the outcome of the arbitration."
"Baron Marvin openly killed in Magore Academy, furthermore, he killed an apprentice wizard. This is the highest offense."
"We recommend this matter to not be appraised by us, arbiters, but through a court."
"Thus, the outcome of the arbitration is to follow the next process, a trial for Baron Marvin's criminal charges!"
A trial!
These words started an uproar!
This outcome was like convicting Marvin!
There was clearly an issue with those three arbiters.
Everyone, no matter if they were a wizard or a noble, understood something about the details of this arbitration. With the witness's substantial testimony, this was still the outcome?
According to the arbitration customs, at most it would end up in an economic penalty for Marvin.
But the outcome was actually to put Marvin on trial!
This meant that Marvin was convicted by the South Wizard Alliance's court!
"Could it be that this wizard he killed had a huge power behind him?"
"I heard the Unicorn family was involved in this matter."
"I also heard that. This Marvin thought he could run amok with the Ninth Month Medal. The result was crashing straight into a wall."
"He is screwed."
Everyone was discussing.
Marvin stood there, his face sinking.
Someone was playing tricks.
He felt very angry.
But he wasn't afraid.
A trial?
Hmpf...
He couldn't help but look at that small girl sitting in the witness stand.
As expected, her face also displayed an angry look.
If she wasn't there, Marvin might have been anxious as to how he could cleanse himself of the criminal charge.
But since she was there, there shouldn't be any issue.
He requested for an arbitration from the South Wizard Alliance. These arbiters have probably been replaced.
As for the court, it would be the Ashes Tower's.
The trial would be judged and he had the Ashes Tower Master on his side, so Marvin wasn't really afraid.
At this time, a shout could be heard not far away, "Brother!"
Marvin was stunned. He noticed a person walking over with the help of the old butler.
'That kid woke up this quickly?'
A smile appeared on Marvin's face.
The scene stirred the audience.
They apparently knew of Wayne's affair, since Marvin had come to the Three Ring Towers because of Wayne. Otherwise he wouldn't have had a reason to leave his territory.
Wayne was pale and his lips were even paler.
He ground his teeth and arrived in front of Marvin.
Seeing Wayne, Hanzer also couldn't stay seated, and quickly appeared at Wayne's side. "You need to rest. We will take care of Baron Marvin's matter."
"I want to see my elder brother," Wayne firmly said.
Hanzer helplessly stepped aside.
"Kid, I killed your girlfriend. Don't you hate me?"
Marvin joked.
Wayne saw Marvin standing alone on the stage, about to receive a trial. His eyes immediately reddened.
"Don't cry. Remember, You are a man." Marvin's voice was a bit strict.
"I understand, Brother." Wayne ground his teeth.
He stood there like this, looking at Marvin.
Everyone was somewhat moved. This pair of brothers' situation was very tough.
Marvin looked Wayne in the eyes slowly and solemnly said:
"Look for a place to sit. You need to rest properly."
"I am fine."
"Relax, I'm here, no one will harm you!"
'I'm here, no one will harm you.'
'I swear by my daggers.'
This was an oath pledged from the bottom of his heart.
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Chapter 72: Competing!
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With Hanzer helping him, Wayne looked for a place to sit.
His body was currently very weak, and it would be very easy to fall ill.
But he was full of vitality because his older brother had come.
Even if the previous Marvin was a bit too kindhearted, to the point of being timid, in Wayne's eyes, he would forever be that almighty older brother.
The two brothers cared for each other.
According to the Wizards Alliance's rules, Marvin was merely an acting overlord, nothing more.
White River Valley's true overlord ought to be an adult Wayne.
Because he was a wizard. Even if he was the younger brother, his wizard inheritance made his right of inheritance greater than Marvin's.
It's safe to say that the two brothers had a conflict of interest. But they apparently didn't seem to mind this part.
They only cared about each other.
This was true brotherhood.
After the arbiter announced the results of the arbitration, he consciously left.
Next would be Ashes Tower court taking over this event.
The audience was full of energy.
They originally came here for an arbitration, but they hadn't expected to even be able to see a trial.
It might be difficult for this pitiful Baron Marvin to avoid imprisonment.
The South Wizard Alliance's rule was very harsh. A trial was different from an arbitration and Marvin didn't even have the right to defend himself.
The outcome would be decided by a judge.
The Ashes Tower had three judges all year round. But two among them had something to do and couldn't come.
The one coming today was an old man with a grizzled beard.
He was a 1st rank wizard with limited aptitudes. He probably didn't have any hope to advance in his lifetime.
But with the help of a powerful family or clan, getting a relatively useful position was still good enough.
A judge for example.
The judge pretended to read through the summary of the incident.
Then, he feigned thinking for a while.
Everyone patiently waited for the outcome of the trial.
Marvin sneered while looking at that old man putting on an act.
'This guy had already decided the result of the trial, hadn't he?'
'An execution is impossible. That's too excessive, I guess it would be imprisonment. But once in prison, with their family's strength, killing me wouldn't be hard, right?'
'This old man's acting skills are really bad, the folder is upside-down… And his expressions are too exaggerated.'
Just as he was ridiculing him in his mind, the old man suddenly said in a loud voice.
"Cough cough. I'll now announce the outcome of the trial."
"Regretfully, because the other two judges had something important to do, I'll be the sole judge for this trial."
"Baron Marvin openly provoked Ashes Tower, this is a serious violation of the wizards protection rule of the South Wizard Alliance."
"My verdict: Three years of imprisonment."
When the verdict came out, the audience burst into an uproar.
Some nobles fighting for justice roared, "Three years imprisonment? Damnit, he was slandered first. He is innocent and should be released but you actually imprison him for three years?"
"Shameless!"
"That person of the Unicorn family is way too shameless, isn't he?"
There were also a few members of some great wizard families. They mocked and ridiculed this.
They weren't sympathizing with Marvin, they just seized the opportunity to speak up and give a blow to a competitor.
As for those average nobles, they actually felt sad about this.
What if Marvin's situation happened to them one day?
If someone slandered you and said you were impersonating a noble, could retaliation be impossible?
Marvin was still the owner of the Ninth Month Medal! This couldn't save him?
But regardless of how angry everyone was toward this injustice, the verdict had already came out.
Marvin would be imprisoned for three years.
In a corner, Wayne suddenly stood up.
Even if he was young, he also knew Unicorn's tricks. If Marvin went to prison, he would surely face extreme danger!
They definitely wouldn't forgive his brother that easily.
"Don't be agitated." Hanzer dragged Wayne back to his seat. "I noticed that Marvin doesn't seem worried at all."
"He looks awfully calm."
"Could he still have something?"
Wayne was stunned; Hanzer's words weren't wrong. His older brother really looked very calm.
It was as if he didn't care about going to jail!
How come?
After Marvin heard the verdict, he faintly smiled.
'As expected.'
'The Unicorn family? Vicious and merciless, indeed. This is like driving us brothers into a dead end.'
'You are still sitting?'
He silently looked at the small girl sitting in the witness stand.
The latter's expression had already turned awfully calm.
It looked like she had no feelings.
But Marvin could still feel her anger.
'I have to say, my luck is really good.'
'If I hadn't met her, I would have truly been fucked,' He thought.
At this time, the judge said, "The verdict has already been announced. Law enforcers, please lock up Marvin…"
At this instant, his sentence was interrupted!
It was naturally a young voice. "This verdict is invalid."
Even though that voice was very gentle, it suddenly echoed in everyone's mind.
The judge was stunned.
He looked at that young girl sitting on the witness stand and lightly smiled. "Young girl, this is not a decision you can make."
As Ashes Tower's Master, only a few people knew Hathaway's three shapes. And this witch hadn't shown her face in public for a very long time.
People said she was in seclusion, attacking the legendary threshold.
Who would have thought that this small girl was one of the three big shots of the Three Ring Towers!
The young girl raised her head, coldly watching that old man.
"I said, this verdict is invalid."
This time, her voice rose an octave, turning extremely loud!
Everyone looked at her, startled!
What happened to this girl? Did she lose her mind? A witness giving order to a judge?
"Where did this little girl come from? So adorable…"
"It looks like a witness. I guess she is very dissatisfied with this verdict. She is too young."
"But she seems very sensible. I don't know which family she came from, but I guess she also came to enroll."
Everyone was discussing.
But there was a small number of people that were stunned.
They already began to look at the judge with pity.
Marvin included.
His expression was still as calm as before, but he had already started crazily laughing in his mind.
'This idiot actually told the Ashes Tower's Master that she couldn't make a decision in her territory?'
This would surely make Hathaway mad?
If Hathaway had originally joined for the fun, just casually participating, now, this half-legend had been completely angered by that Unicorn family's subordinate.
"Don't look for troubles!"
The old man still hadn't reacted. He then said strictly, "Law enforcers! Bring this child away."
But no one paid attention to him.
The law enforcers had suddenly received a notice from the Ashes Tower's Master!
They were shocked. It has been a very long time since Dame Hathaway gave them a direct order.
This actually made them very shocked.
They didn't dare to move!
"Law enforcers?!" The old man was furious, "Enforcers?"
The audience was looking at each other in dismay, not clear as to what happened.
Marvin almost burst out laughing, but managed to endure.
The small girl's body suddenly levitated, both eyes turning crimson.
"Unicorn family's subordinate, are you a pig?"
Just as she finished talking, a "Thump" echoed, and the judge turned into a pig!
It blankly walked in circle in the high platform, embarrassed and anxious.
Everyone laughed heartily.
'Instant Shapeshift!'
Marvin squinted, recognizing Hathaway's spell.
"You can shut up," the small girl coldly said.
"A Unicorn's subordinate, fuckin telling me to know my place!"
"If there is a next time, we'll turn all your people into pigs!"
"This is the Three Ring Towers, not your Crystal Palace!"
After saying this, her looks suddenly changed, turning into a blonde woman in her twenties!
"Dame Hathaway!"
Everyone exclaimed in alarm. Ashes Tower's wizards kneeled down one after the other, displaying a humble expression.
Hanzer was also completely stunned. He pulled Wayne to salute.
Only Marvin was left standing in the Arbitration Hall.
"I declare Baron Marvin Innocent."
Hathaway coldly said.
She then opened a door and left the place.
Leaving everyone in the Arbitration Hall dismayed.
"I didn't expect Dame Hathaway to be the witness!"
In Wayne's room, Hanzer was closely watching Marvin. "You must have known something."
Marvin stretched, replying, "I only have good luck."
Hanzer's face showed that he clearly didn't believe that.
Marvin changed the topic. "Even if Wayne's body has been recovering very fast, isn't that competition about to start?"
"There is nothing to be done about it. I reckon we can only give up," Hanzer said with regret, looking at his own disciple.
The competition would start in three days. At that time, Wayne would at most be able to use a few magic tricks. 1st circle spells would be unlikely.
He wouldn't let his own disciple throw his life away.
Marvin looked at Wayne and said in a resolute tone:
"I heard every wizard can bring along one follower."
"In that case, let me use your follower status to compete."
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Chapter 73: Battle of the Holy Grail
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The Battle of the Holy Grail came from an ancient story.
Feinan was originally surrounded by primal chaos. Great amounts of magic power surrounded various regions of the world, and the chaos magic turned people with low willpower crazy. They would fight each other tooth and nail.
This was a chaotic land.
Then, the Wizard God Lance arrived. He made a Holy Grail and used it to absorb magic power all over the world.
In less than a millennium, Lance absorbed all the parts of Feinan's [Source of Magic] scattered in various regions and created the Universe Magic Pool with it.
He hid the Holy Grail in the depths of the Universe Magic Pool. The one who got the Holy Grail would be able to control Feinan's Source of Magic and dominate the entire world!
A lot of people had been constantly coveting this Holy Grail and tried to enter the Universe Magic Pool to look for it, only to come up empty handed.
The Holy Grail ultimately turned into a tale. The symbol of wizards' supreme authority.
In the Three Ring Towers, the Battle of the Holy Grail was the symbol of the cooperation and competition between the three wizard towers.
The Battle of the Holy Grail was split into two categories: the best apprentices of the Academies and the best 2nd rank wizards.
The winner would be able to get an enchanted item as a reward, an enchanted Holy Grail.
The enchanted Holy Grail's uses were endless. It was a very powerful magic item and also the crystallization of the knowledge of wizard craftsmen.
The Battle for the Holy Grail would take place every 5 years, so the timing could be considered very good.
And Wayne being able to fight his way through to enter the last round of the apprentice selection tournament was not easy.
Marvin didn't wish for him to stop there. Moreover, he had been coveting that enchanted Holy Grail for quite a long time.
This thing was very useful.
Thus, he decided to use Wayne's follower spot to take part in the competition.
Everyone was opposed to this decision.
But they couldn't do anything about it.
Marvin's attitude was unyielding, and he also displayed outstanding strength. As such, Hanzer couldn't be uncompromising.
The old butler was the most astonished. When he left White River Valley, Marvin was just an ordinary noble.
Marvin was now surprisingly able to take part in battle.
'How much did Young Master Marvin change in that time!'
And Wayne actually seemed exceptionally excited.
He had always trusted Marvin. Since his older brother said he would take part in the competition, he would take part in the competition!
'Brother said he could win, that mean he would definitely be able to win.'
The only concern was...
"Using a follower's identity, won't you feel wronged? Brother?" Wayne asked.
"I won't." Marvin shook his head. "As long as I can win, I won't bother about these small things."
"That's good." Wayne, who was still lying down to recover, nodded.
"You only need to rest now."
"Listen to Sir Hanzer. Tomorrow we will get the notification of the final qualifying round. Let's wait and see," Marvin said.
In another room in Magore Academy dorms.
"Why did Dame Hathaway suddenly appear? And she became Marvin's witness??"
"How could there be such a coincidence? Could it be a plot targeting my family? Which clan is responsible?"
"Not likely, no one is able to accurately grasp a legendary wizard's thoughts. Is it really a fluke?"
White was walking in his room, somewhat impatient.
After the end of the trial, every member of the Unicorn family working in the Ashes Tower received a personal warning from Hathaway herself.
This was the Ashes Tower, this was Hathaway's domain, not the Unicorn clan headquarters!
As for that pitiful judge, he was taken away after having been transformed into a pig.
A Half-Legend wizard's shapeshifting spell… Who knew how long it would last?
Nevermind this.
The important part was that this event made the upper echelon of the clan very dissatisfied about White.
His father even sent a letter to scold him!
He was only the thirteenth successor of the Unicorn clan! Although there were numerous heirs, he was relatively outstanding. He reached peak of 1st rank wizard at only 13 years old. If nothing unexpected happened, he would advance to a 2nd rank wizard by the end of next summer!
However, he definitely couldn't act on behalf of the Unicorn clan. What he did had definitely harmed the benefits the Unicorn clan received from the Three Ring Towers.
Hathaway's fury was directed at their whole family.
This made White very gloomy!
How did it suddenly became something like this?
Could that little bastard really be his nemesis?
"Sir, don't be worried," The black clothed man coldly reassured. "As far as I know, even if that Wayne's curse was removed, his body hasn't recovered."
"He'll definitely be unable to participate in the final round."
"Sir must quickly prepare for the Battle of the Holy Grail."
White slowly stopped and nodded. "You are right, we need to calm down now."
"Maybe Dame Hathaway sent people to watch us."
"Even if the outcome is not as great as I expected, I still got what I wanted."
The next day.
Hanzer brought the notice about the final round of the selection tournament.
"Forest zone?"
"For real?"
Marvin looked at the notification and couldn't help but smile, stunned.
Hanzer was also at loss. "The Battle of the Holy Grail had always been conducted in a snow mountain."
"Thus, everyone had always prepared for such… But this time, an order apparently came from higher-ups to change it to a forest…"
From above?
Wayne and Hanzer both looked at Marvin. Marvin was even more stunned.
Who else is above Magore Academy? It's obviously the Half-Legend Dame Hathaway.
It was her idea?
Hanzer suspiciously looked at Marvin. "Mister Marvin, Wayne is my favorite disciple. I think you don't need to hide too much from me."
"If you really have something to do with that higher-up… Some relationship. Everything would make sense."
Marvin forced a smile; Hanzer didn't randomly say that.
Marvin was a ranger. It would be normal in the snow, but in the forest, he would simply be like a fish in water.
After their side signed up yesterday, the terrain was immediately changed to a forest. This made it quite difficult for people not to harbor suspicions.
Now, a few high level teachers from Magore Academy were secretly communicating, guessing about Marvin and Hathaway's relationship.
They felt that they had underestimated this White River Valley's baron. This guy was actually close to the Ashes Tower's Master.
As for the proof?
Sticking out for Marvin in the Arbitration Hall, forcefully changing the rule to the greatest extent to help Marvin. Still not enough?
Marvin also didn't know what to say.
He was really not too familiar with Hathaway. Even though he had heard of her through a few quests, he had only heard a bit about her character.
Eccentric, but detesting evil. Like Anthony, she was one of the few wizards who took care of the ordinary people.
'She wouldn't really change the rules for me, right?'
'What does this mean?'
He felt a little apprehensive.
But in any case, the forest terrain was the best news for the two brothers.
In the competition in two days, there should be many people watching the match.
"What? They'll actually participate?"
White looked at the document in his hands and almost jumped from his chair!
Furthermore, it wasn't the previously decided snow mountain area, but they'd actually changed it to the forest area.
What does this mean in the end?
Who could guess the Dame's thoughts.
"Competing is not an issue." Fierceness could be seen on White's face. "I heard his older brother would replace his previous follower and participate in the competition."
"The two brothers will fight together, so I just have to kill them!"
The black clothed man said in a low voice. "Sir, you still have to be somewhat careful and make sufficient preparations. I have a feeling that this Baron Marvin has some tricks."
"Only a country bumpkin who can play around with two curved daggers, what else could he do?"
White sneered, "This is a world ruled by wizards."
Ashes' Tower highest floor.
A young girl was lazily lying down on a sofa.
A parrot flew in and stopped on her snow white ankle.
"Everything has been settled?" Hathaway quietly asked.
The parrot answered, "The notice has already been sent. Forest area, and the competition will be the day after tomorrow."
"I'm not sure why you suddenly asked for this."
"Was it just because that boy saw through your identity?"
Hathaway stretched, displaying snow white skin through her pajamas.
She snapped her finger, seemingly bored, turning into a 6 years old girl.
"Is that not enough?"
"That youth named Marvin is fun. His younger brother would at most be an outstanding wizard."
"But Marvin himself might become a Legend!"
"It hasn't been lively in a long time. I hope this Marvin would give me a nice surprise. Fighting a wizard and a guardian in a forest would still be very difficult.
1- A/N - If you are interested in the Wizard God Lance, you can take a look at Coconut's previous work, "Headshot Wizard"
T/N - I don't think anyone is translating this right now, but I know some of you like to read raws, so if you are interested. "爆头巫师"
T/N - Guardian (shield-bearer) is different from Guardian Knight (Church's protectors). Class name suggestions are welcomed.
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Chapter 74: Waiting for an Opportunity
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The final stage of Magore Academy's Battle of the Holy Grail was about to officially start.
This time, the competition attracted a lot of people from the neighbouring Three Ring Towers.
After all, it was the period for new student registration, so lots of southern nobles were staying in the surroundings. And stories of Marvin killing in Magore Academy, followed by what happened in the Arbitration Hall, had already spread throughout the Three Ring Towers' surroundings.
Hearing that Marvin wanted to use the follower spot to participate with his brother, everyone suddenly got interested.
White River Valley was an unfamiliar name. A small place in the countryside actually came out with such a pair of brothers?
Most people hadn't expected this.
For this reason, they were especially curious. Dame Hathaway showing her face also covered Marvin in another layer of mystery.
It seemed like this little baron's origin wasn't insignificant.
And their opponent, Unicorn clan's Young Master White, didn't meet any problems on his path to the final qualifying round.
Most people thought White would end up victorious.
After all, in this contest between wizards, just one Marvin would be unable to change anything.
And although Marvin's younger brother, the kid known as Wayne, was apparently very talented, he had barely recovered from the curse. His casting ability was close to none.
He definitely couldn't use much strength in this match, and might instead even become a liability.
Insisting in taking part in the competition in this situation undoubtedly made a lot of people puzzled.
However, most people came for entertainment.
They wanted to see that Baron Marvin who had just arrived at the Three Ring Towers and then became the center of attention by repeatedly shocking people. They wanted to know what else he could do!
Thus, on the day of the match, the audience had completely filled the seats of Ashes Tower's third magic practice field.
"This is your plan? A one versus two?"
In the contestant room, Hanzer anxiously looked at Marvin after listening to his plan.
He didn't worry about Wayne, because according to Marvin's plan he wouldn't need to appear on stage .
Even if he said he would fight as Wayne's follower, he had never once thought of letting his recovering brother get on stage.
He would inevitably fight alone this time.
He knew he could do it.
If it was the normal tournament terrain, Marvin might have a headache. But since it was in the forest, Marvin had great confidence.
Level 5 Ranger, with a Ruler of the Night's experience. This should be enough to teach a lesson to two 1st rank class holders, even if one of them had the current strongest class, wizard.
"White is a level 5 wizard, his follower is a level 5 guardian. You have no way to get near them!"
Hanzer shook his head. "Even if it's a complex terrain, White must have made some preparations, and detection type spells are the counter to your rogue class."
"I'll wait for an opportunity."
Marvin also knew that a guardian along with a prepared wizard would be very troublesome.
A big shield combined with a big cannon was simply unequalled.
But how could they know the result without trying?
Ten minutes later, the competition officially started. With a signal from a staff member, Marvin walked on the contestant path, alone.
Wayne stayed behind in the contestant's corner. There was some worry in his eyes, but he still fully trusted Marvin.
Since his older brother said he was quite confident, he must trust him.
His older brother had previously told him that the only thing he could do now was get better more quickly.
If Marvin won this round, he had to recover to his peak for the next Battle of the Holy Grail. This way, he would be able to fight with those powerhouses from the other two academies.
After all, the Battle of the Holy Grail's terrain was the snow mountain, unlike this forest terrain which was favorable to Marvin.
Marvin walked down the contestant path and went through a sliding door.
In front of him was a vast and obscure forest.
In front of him was a sheepskin scroll on top of a stone.
The rules of the current round were written on the scroll.
The rules were simple. Both sides started on opposite ends, North and South. A golden Holy Grail was put in the middle of the forest. It could be found by following the map.
To win, you just had to get the Holy Grail and reach a set location.
The location was on the western edge of the forest.
Both sides had a scroll with a map of the forest. There was a red point on the map, marking the Holy Grail's location.
Once someone grabbed the Holy Grail and started moving, they would also be seen on the scroll.
'Looks like my side is a bit closer…'
'A guardian's running speed isn't fast. Even with haste, he still wouldn't be as fast as me, and the same applies for the wizard. They should be aware of this.'
'Thus, they'll probably give up on the Holy Grail and wait at the set location instead,' Marvin calmly analyzed.
This was a very decent plan. Marvin was a ranger after all, so his speed would be very fast in a forest.
But if they waited at the set location, Marvin would find it quite difficult to carry the Holy Grail there while being attacked by two people.
It needed to be placed in a very small circle.
'In any case, I'll first get the Holy Grail and think about the rest later.'
Marvin no longer hesitated and put away the scroll before rushing toward the depths of the forest.
"I reckon we shouldn't be as fast as him."
"According to the information, the other side is a level 5 ranger. They might split up, letting the ranger grab the Holy Grail first while that Wayne starts going to the set location."
On the other side, White was muttering while looking at the scroll.
A tall man was standing behind him, wearing full body armor and holding a very large shield.
This was a level 5 guardian. Not much firepower but outstanding defense. It was usually said that guardians are rogues' nemesis.
An ordinary thief who wanted to break through a guardian's defense was simply a lunatic!
Even a ranger with a fierce attack would have a headache.
Maybe even Marvin's curved daggers' slashes couldn't break the other side's armor.
"We are going to the set location first to wait for them!" White Firmly ordered.
He immediately used haste on the guardian and himself and the two quickly headed west.
A shadow kept moving between trees.
Marvin was like a fish in water in the forest. His perception had also risen slightly. Although this kind of increase was very faint and based on the situation, Marvin could still clearly feel himself becoming sharper.
In this forest, the two men weren't the only threats.
There were still quite a lot of beasts and monsters. However, most of them were at the 1st rank.
Ranger abilities could let him easily avoid all kinds of monsters.
On the way, he avoided at least three monsters with strength similar to his. He wouldn't be able to do this in the snow mountain!
'The location of the Holy Grail is ahead.'
After going around a pine tree, the area in front of him turned out to be a large open space.
A stone platform was standing in the middle of the open area.
Marvin squinted. He examined the place and found no traps.
'There doesn't seem to be anything to the north.'
'Seems like they really went straight to the set location to wait for me.'
Marvin took the Holy Grail and put it in his pouch. It was a gold colored cup, the size of a little bell.
He took a look at his surroundings, suddenly displaying a smile on his face.
'Waiting for an opportunity?'
'Let's see who has more patience.'
A bold plan suddenly took shape in Marvin's mind!
"The Holy Grail is on the move, Sir!"
"His speed is very fast, but we should be able to get to the set location first," The guardian reported.
"Good, we are speeding up!" White grimly said.
A moment later, the guardian that was in charge of looking at the map regularly suddenly shouted, "Sir! Wait!"
"It stopped moving!"
"What?" White was surprised. They had shared the work. He had to regularly use a detection spell. Fortunately he carried enough uncommon detection items.
The guardian was in charge of checking the map.
"Look." The guardian pointed at the map. "It suddenly stopped moving."
"And based on the map, he seems to be not too far from us!"
'Uh?' White was confused
He felt a hint of a scheme.
But the other side shouldn't know his location?
Being this close, this was an opportunity!
"He might be resting."
"Regardless, we should go and see!"
White firmly said.
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