LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 113-119
Chapter 113: Snow Demon Lair
p>Two minutes earlier.
From the summit, Marvin coldly watched those three people surrounding Wayne. The snowy wind was biting cold, so they might have been able to see Marvin, but the line of sight wasn’t that great.
But Marvin, towering above them, was still more or less able to see them clearly.
He had made Wayne choose that kind of spell setup. If they really fought now, Wayne would definitely not be their opponent!
Because Marvin’s setup was too extreme!
Thus, Wayne could only run.
‘Wayne has so much faith in me, I can’t disappoint him.’
‘Whatever, let’s gamble! In any case, I have good balance. I don’t believe my luck will keep being bad!’
A decisive expression flashed through Marvin’s eyes.
Most of the things that happened since he transmigrated could be considered as being dealt with through meticulous plans, steadily carrying them out. He had the experience after all.
But today he had no choice but to take a risk.
Because Wayne fell into such a dangerous situation after trusting him. In any case, Wayne was the one that needed protecting!
“Let’s go!”
Marvin took a deep breath and suddenly ran to that shield on the ground!
Indeed, the shield!
The two meter tall shield was still there after the Guardian’s death!
That shield wasn’t too heavy. It was because the Guardian didn’t expect to meet people with great physical power in the Battle of the Holy Grail. At the same time, there would be three Wizards, so he chose a shield with relatively good Magic Resistance.
Thus Marvin’s strength was barely enough to raise it!
But doing any quick maneuvers with it would be totally impossible. After all, his strength was too low.
He pushed the shield to the edge of the snowy slope and adjusted the orientation.
He then suddenly gave it one last shove and jumped on it!
That’s right, Marvin was using the shield as a sledge, wildly sliding down the steep slope!
That was a crazy gamble.
Marvin’s balance was very good and his dexterity was also very high, but sledding wasn’t that simple.
If there was a broken tree stump hidden in the slope… The consequences would be disastrous!
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And when Kate saw Marvin jumping from the summit, she almost cried out!
“Too dangerous!” She couldn’t help but mutter.
“What happened?” Lohart looked at Kate, somewhat surprised.
Kate realized she had lost her composure and slightly shook her head.
Lohart was puzzled. But when he turned to look back at the other screen, he froze on the spot!
Because on the magic screen, a shadow was rushing down the mountain as fast as lightning. He arrived near those three in less than a minute!
That was too fast!
“What happened?” Lohart leapt up from his seat in an instant, alarmed!
His eyes widened, his reaction even more extreme than Kate’s!
…
Marvin was riding the shield, trying to keep his balance.
Snow kept splashing on his face on his way down, along with some bits of ice!
“Woosh!” “Woosh!”
His face had a few deep cuts.
The shield was sliding faster and faster!
Marvin firmly opened his eyes, letting the snow blow against his eyelashes. He tenaciously locked onto Wayne’s position!
He struggled to keep the shield steady, crazily sliding toward the people below.
In an instant, he reached the edge of the slope, approaching that ledge they were on!
“Wayne!” He roared!
The loud voice instantly startled the three people. But Marvin came too fast, and they were caught unprepared.
Before they could react, the shield carried Marvin right past them!
At the last moment, Marvin displayed his Rope Master abilities.
The Wishful Rope in his hand was simply omnipotent.
A simple tug and Wayne was pulled to the “sledge”!
The two brothers immediately disappeared down the slope over the end of the ledge.
Three people were left behind, totally dumbstruck!
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The audience watching the magic screen was frantic.
They didn’t think this year’s Battle of the Holy Grail would actually start in such a wonderful way.
“Heavens! I was actually able to see such a crazy move…”
“He actually made it! He made it! Damn… Is that Baron Marvin a sledding expert?”
“His rope skills are also amazing! I have to ask him for some advice later!”
“Too smart! You see those three competitors’ faces, they have no expression at all, as if they met a ghost!”
A few young nobles couldn’t help but cheer for Marvin’s move!
The others were watching, excited!
Though it had been less than two minutes, everyone’s eyes were focused on Marvin’s body.
It felt as if the other competitors turned into supporting characters in that moment.
The audience carefully watched Marvin, wanting to see what else that shocking guy could do!
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“Very creative.” Hathaway’s eyes shone.
Marvin’s move was definitely beyond her expectations. No one thought that the Guardian’s shield could actually be used like that!
On the vast snow mountain, Marvin carried Wayne and lowered his center of gravity as the two slid down at great speed!
They weren’t safe yet.
The shield’s sliding speed was too high, they simply couldn’t stop it. It wasn’t actually a sledge after all, so there were no brakes.
“Brother! I can’t see anything!” Wayne shouted with difficulty.
“Hold me tight!” Marvin yelled.
He seemed to see a forested area ahead in the distance, rapidly approaching!
If he let the shield hit a tree at such a fast speed, the two brothers would lose their lives.
It was crucial to be able to see clearly now.
Marvin let out a breath and focused his spirit.
He spotted two tall trees ahead, one on either side.
He spread his hands, ready to throw both his Wishful Ropes.
“Yes!” Wayne answered, holding onto Marvin’s waist.
‘Focus!’
The instant the shield entered the forest, Marvin threw both ropes out!
They coiled onto the two trees to the sides.
And at the same time, Marvin kicked with both feet, jumping from the shield!
Because he was carrying someone, his jump wasn’t as forceful as usual, but it was enough to get clear of the shield.
The shield continued rushing downward, spreading a great amount of snow on the way, and directly knocked against a few trees in the dense thicket, almost cutting them down!
And the two were forcefully slowed by the pull from the Wishful Ropes.
Even so, they were still going forward as the two tall trees bent, and then Marvin released the ropes just before they landed.
“Pshh!”
The two fell in the snow while hugging each other.
Even if they cut a sorry figure, they still luckily survived.
Marvin who had gently held onto Wayne let go of his hand. He then sprung back up to a standing position.
Wayne rubbed his nose that had bumped into Marvin, and resolutely stood up.
The two took a glance at the mess caused by the shield and couldn’t help but let out a long breath.
The two fistbumped and then looked up to see that those three had already transformed into faint specks in the distance.
“We got rid of them for the time being.” Wayne forced a smile. “I truly thought I was about to die.”
“But I knew that Brother would certainly come to save me.”
“And then you came.”
Marvin smiled too. “Although we didn’t start out with much luck, it seems pretty decent now.”
He pointed into the forest and said, “We didn’t wander too far from our objective.”
Wayne nodded.
“Let’s go, while they are still far behind,” Marvin urged.
The two immediately began running for the other side of the forest.
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“Damn, even like this the little bastard got away?”
Lohart glared at the magic screen with an extremely ruthless look. The rest of the audience at the side was clenching their fists for the brothers!
Most people were gradually supporting Marvin and Wayne!
Because, since the start of the Battle of the Holy Grail, each climax and exciting event was mostly directed by Marvin.
First was the coincidental fight with the Guardian, with that series of dazzling dagger moves that simply left everyone stunned!
And the Guardian being stripped of his armor was a scene that the audience would never be able to forget.
This was a technique that had never appeared in all of Feinan’s history, because it was a player made skill, making use of the gaps between layers of armor to disassemble it. This required excellent blade skills and excellent weapons! And Marvin was obviously using Blazing Fury, with its [Shatter] property. Only a weapon this sharp could accomplish it so efficiently.
And then after that, the crazy sledding scene.
What normal person would use a Guardian’s shield as a sledge? And Marvin not only made an attempt; it was perfectly executed!
The two brothers finally managed to stop halfway down the mountain.
But this opening half hour scene was enough to make most of the audience cheer in satisfaction.
The anger in Lohart’s eyes became more and more clear as he heard the others endlessly praising Marvin’s skill.
He came this time with a clan order. He had to get rid of Marvin and Wayne by all means, to prove the Unicorn clan’s strength!
That Gemini killer was specially chosen by him. The reason he didn’t pick assassination but instead chose the big stage of the Battle of the Holy Grail, was to display the strength of the Unicorn clan to the East Coast.
But who knew that when the stage was built, the one in the limelight would actually be Marvin!?
This pushed him into a nasty mood.
“They won’t be able to escape!”
“I swear!” Lohart clenched his teeth while watching the magic screen.
Kate frowned and suddenly said, “I’m feeling unwell, excuse me.”
Lohart was stunned for a moment, but then nodded.
Kate stood up, turned and left.
She needed to find a secluded area to at least avoid Lohart’s sight!
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At the other end of the forest, Marvin and Wayne arrived close to cavern that wasn’t really hidden.
“Finally.” Marvin let out a breath.
There were more than a dozen similar caverns nearby in the snow mountain.
‘Since we found the cavern, the next plan will be a lot easier.’
The shortcuts players had found when they participated in the Battle of the Holy Grail could be used.
Although they had a rough start, now that they’d gotten to this point, they’d just go along with it.
“Let’s go, and be ready to use your spells.” Marvin nodded at Wayne. The latter immediately followed.
The two entered the cavern.
Marvin remembered very clearly that there was a nest of Snow Demons in every cavern.
These caverns were actually Snow Demon lairs!
Chapter 114: Shortcut
p>Back on the snow mountain, the two sides were facing each other.
Bergner was clearly at a disadvantage. After Marvin took Wayne on the shield and escaped, he was left facing the Thunder Tower duo alone.
His Guardian had already been beheaded by Marvin, but he wasn’t aware of this yet.
“Hey, listen.” Bergner turned, trying to move the other side, “Didn’t your Unicorn clan contact me before?”
“But you denied us.” Celina didn’t speak, and it was the man on the side who replied while smiling.
“I agree now,” Bergner said, with a forced smile.
“We have a common enemy, those two kids from the Ashes Tower, right? Wouldn’t it be better to split up?”
He slowly prepared to retreat.
But at that time, the Gemini suddenly displayed a very painful expression, “Aaah… Can’t you endure for a bit?”
Bergner was immediately frightened. He didn’t know what this guy was talking about.
Suddenly, a slender white foot came out of the man’s sturdy body!
A seductive woman’s voice also echoed from the spot, “Can’t help it. How long has it been since you killed someone? Isn’t it a waste? I already can’t help but want to taste blood!”
Under everyone’s frightened gaze, a delicate woman forcibly drilled out of that man’s body!
The two people’s flesh were definitely connected! The connected part was separating like mud, or jelly.
One person turned into two under thousands of gazes.
That woman was bald with a very ugly appearance and wasn’t wearing anything. Yet she didn’t seem cold in that freezing wind.
“Zhhh!” Her nails suddenly grew, turning into extremely sharp blades!
“Why are you still stunned?” The woman urged, “Kill him!”
The man helplessly shrugged and shook his head. The originally normal mouth turned into a toothy maw, and his muscles swelled up all over his body, as if he was turning into a demon!
Bergner’s expression was filled with fear!
‘What the hell is that thing?’
But before he could react, “Woosh!”, that woman had rushed in front of him.
The sharp nail directly pierced his magic armor!
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Gemini!
Everyone felt a chill wind in the three towers.
Most of the nobles knew that Marvin and his brother had provoked the Unicorn Clan and would definitely incur their retaliation.
After all, White was killed by Marvin according to the competition’s rules, so the Unicorn clan decided not to do anything under the table to uphold their face as a Wizard clan.
They chose the toughest stance, getting involved in the Battle of the Holy Grail.
The higher-ups of the Three Ring Towers didn’t intervene in that since on one hand, they didn’t wanted to be too stiff with the Unicorn clan, while on the other hand, as long as the competitors agreed, it would be allowable.
Thus everyone was very much looking forward to what kind of person the Unicorn clan would send.
The outcome made people draw cold breaths!
It was actually a Gemini!
Hadn’t this strange race disappeared from Feinan a long time ago?
How could it appear in the Battle of the Holy Grail? And with the identity of a follower!
Where did the Unicorn clan find such a terrible race?
Geminis had a cruel nature. They were born hermaphrodites, able to split in two with both halves mentally linked. When killing, their coordination was flawless.
Geminis reproduced by themselves, and new Geminis would be born from the male and female halves.
This lifeform had been slaughtered by the Wizard Alliance, mainly because most Geminis had a fanatical craving for blood.
In the current Feinan, very few of these innate killers could be seen.
“Baron Marvin is in trouble this time!”
The audience blankly looked at Bergner dying under the joint attack of the Gemini and the witch Celina and couldn’t help but worry about the brothers’ fate.
…
“Good. Now we have three keys and they also have three.”
The Gemini woman picked up the key and threw it to Celina with an indifferent expression. “Go to the summit. I’ll take over.”
Celina didn’t complain. She had reached an agreement with the Unicorn clan. In this Battle of the Holy Grail, she would follow her follower.
She took the key and began to struggle her way up.
And the Gemini duo followed the traces left by Marvin and Wayne!
Their goal was simple: to ruthlessly kill that pair of brothers!
“Hahah… I’m already impatient,” the woman said. “That small Wayne looks very tender and lovely.”
“The flesh on his face will surely be quite tasty…”
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“Careful, ahead is a Snow Demon nest,” Marvin softly reminded.
After turning a corner, a few strange silhouettes could faintly be seen in the obscure cavern.
Wayne nodded.
Marvin hadn’t planned according to common sense from the start. As a veteran player, he’d lost count of how many times he passed this instance of the Battle of the Holy Grail.
He knew that there were two instances split into two ranks. The Apprentice level and the 2nd rank Wizard level had different difficulties.
But they both had a common point, a shortcut!
The Snow Demon Lair! And it wasn’t formed naturally, it was deliberately created by the Legend Wizard Leymann.
These Snow demons were originally planned for the 2nd rank Wizard contestants, because in every nest there were five Snow Demon Leaders. These five Snow Demon Leaders were all 2nd rank creatures with powerful fighting abilities. Without special preparations, it would be very easy to suffer at their hands.
And only Leymann himself knew this information. Even Hathaway didn’t know.
When Marvin told Wayne, he naturally said he’d gotten the information from Hathaway. Wayne also felt that Marvin and Hathaway’s relationship wasn’t ordinary and was thus convinced.
Dame Hathaway was a Half-Legend. And needless to say, Wayne would firmly carry out the plan his older brother had put forward!
Thus he chose his spells yesterday, early in the morning. If others knew, they would be shocked!
He didn’t pick any 0-circle spells to use!
He chose six casts of the same 1st-circle spell. Whether he was able to preserve those six spells before he entered the cavern was the key for Marvin’s plan to succeed.
After all, even though the Wizard class was powerful, it had one big flaw. If they used up all their spells, they couldn’t keep fighting.
It was generally better to use the setup Hanzel had chosen. Marvin’s setup was too extreme…
Of course, it was meant to be used in the most extreme circumstances!
The shadows in front gradually become clear. Although Wayne couldn’t see, he still entered deeper into the cavern under Marvin’s guidance.
Not far away, a Snow Demon Protector was standing in the middle of the cavern.
There were 5 or 6 similar Snow Demon Protectors behind it.
These Snow Demon Protectors were simply 1st rank creatures, not much of a threat to the arriving Marvin and Wayne.
“I’m going!” Marvin whispered, entering Stealth without a change in his expression.
The Snow Demon cavern was also considered as a wilderness area, so a Ranger’s Stealth didn’t have any penalty there.
And on top of that, Snow Demons didn’t have a high perception to begin with.
Soon, Marvin arrived behind the Snow Demon and fiercely slashed at its head!
He was using Blazing Fury!
The Snow Demon’s HP reached 0 in an instant. Its entire body broke down into pieces of snow, collapsing on the ground.
The other Snow Demons immediately sensed something wrong, rushing up while feeling alarmed and angry.
Marvin still didn’t let Wayne act. Because he could take care of those Snow Demons himself!
Snow Demons’ bodies were very weak but they had high resistance to most spells. However, they had no way to defend against physical injuries.
This creature was very sinister. It was said that the spirits of those who died unjustly in this place covered in ice and snow would turn into them.
Marvin had no issues killing those!
His hand nimbly flowed among those Snow Demons and in an instant, those remaining 4 Snow Demon Protectors were annihilated.
“Let’s keep going,” Marvin called to Wayne.
The two continued moving forward.
On their way, the brothers met many Snow Demon Protectors and Marvin still hadn’t let Wayne act, taking care of everything by himself.
Until they met a Snow Demon that was somewhat different.
This Snow Demon was somewhat smaller than the average Snow Demon, but the snow on its body seemed to be a lot more solid!
“It’s your turn,” Marvin softly said.
Wayne nodded, taking out the snake-like magic staff and gently aimed at that totally clueless special Snow Demon.
The next instant, a large fireball took form on top of the magic staff!
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What Marvin and Wayne didn’t know was that their actions had already caused a lot of discussion in the audience.
The audience watched the brothers going deeper in the cavern through the magic screen. They met with many Snow Demons along the way which were all effortlessly killed by Marvin.
They didn’t focus on Marvin being able to kill those Snow Demons, but rather the reason Marvin went in the cave!
It felt as if he knew what was inside!
This really made people puzzled.
And the amount of Snow Demons on the way confirmed one point: Marvin wasn’t just randomly running around, he actually had some kind of goal.
This made everyone puzzled.
How could Marvin look like he knew Leymann’s incomplete plane like the back of his hand?
“He is cheating!” Someone shouted.
“He is clearly cheating! They certainly know something.”
Many similar voices rose up in the crowd, but most people didn’t believe that Wizard Leymann would help Marvin cheat… And so obviously.
Marvin was from the Ashes Tower’s after all, not the contestant of the Thunder Tower.
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Meanwhile, someone uninvited suddenly showed up at the top of the Ashes Tower.
“Sir Leymann, should I take this as a provocation?” Hathaway coldly looked at that old man who suddenly intruded her own Wizard Tower.
“Hathaway, I wouldn’t have been this rude if you hadn’t broken the rule of this competition.” The old man frowned.
“How did they know about the Snow Demon Lair?”
Hathaway coldly groaned, “You think I leaked it.”
The old man didn’t comment on that. “Don’t tell me you believe they mistakenly went in?”
“No.” Hathaway shook her head, a strange expression flashing through her eyes as she indifferently replied:
“Sir Leymann, you should know I’m not the only Seer in this world.”
Chapter 115: Hidden Gate and Treasure Chest
p>”Seer?” Surprise flashed through Leymann’s eyes.
He subconsciously looked at Marvin in the magic screen, a bit relieved, “So it was that.”
“I was wondering why you would dispatch a countryside noble for the competition. Hmph! Young people truly are more cunning.”
Hathaway craftily smiled, “In any case, you wouldn’t bother with us in this small competition.”
Leymann silently nodded, “Since that’s the case, I don’t have a problem with it. Baron Marvin’s identity as a Seer, should we report it to the Alliance?”
“No,” Hathaway categorically rejected.
“Reporting to the Alliance is a mistake. I think you know that better than me.”
“Sir Anthony’s death already raised many questions. I also feel a shadow approaching me these days!”
“If not for the Half-Artifact you lent me, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to hide my presence.”
Hathaway displayed a frightened expression after saying this. “He is looking for me. Because of my Seer identity. They already know. ”
Leymann’s aged face was very solemn as he replied, “Indeed, there is a mole inside the Alliance… I’ll think of a way to keep this matter under control.”
“You have to be careful about your safety.”
Hathaway nodded.
Even though they were both Tower Masters of the Three Ring Towers, Hathaway had actually grown up under Leymann. The two had a teacher and friend relationship.
Even if Leymann wasn’t as popular as Anthony in the East Coast, he was still a fairly decent Wizard.
Unfortunately, there weren’t many people like Leymann and Anthony in the South Wizard Alliance.
Some had already been bewitched by the gods and given up on the Universe Magic Pool, choosing corrupted faith instead.
The inside of the Alliance was rotten. The Three Ring Towers could only preserve themselves. This was the only way for the Three Tower Masters.
If the following Calamity wasn’t handled properly, then this Battle of the Holy Grail might be the last one.
The Three Ring Towers would also become history, gradually forgotten in the sands of time!
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In the cave, the fierce fireball was shot, its flames producing many heatwaves!
1st-circle spell, [Lava Fireball].
This was a variant of the Fireball. It required some volcanic rock powder as a casting material.
Wayne had already smeared a small amount of volcanic powder before taking out his magic staff.
Under his incantation, a Fireball shot out from the end of the snake-like magic staff, quickly impacting the body of that special Snow Demon in an explosion as loud as thunder!
It shrieked in agony, immediately attracting countless Snow Demon Protectors.
“Clang!”
Marvin waved his daggers without any hesitation!
Except for the few special Snow Demons, the rest didn’t enter his eyes.
And Wayne’s spells were specially prepared to break through the Snow Demon Lair.
Wayne’s 150Mp were totally exchanged for 1st-circle spells, six copies of [Lava Fireball]!
This would seem like a completely brainless setup to other people. But Wayne still listened to Marvin’s plans.
Because he trusted his older brother.
The outcome was just as expected. The special spell Lava Fireball turned up useful.
Marvin’s shadow was flashing between these Snow Demon Protectors, turning them into pieces in the blink of an eye.
‘My experience is definitely useful! I hope that hidden area still has the treasure chest!’
Marvin couldn’t help but smile when he looked at the ground covered in snow piles.
That special Snow Demon was a Snow Demon Leader. There were 4 to 6 of them in every Snow Demon nest.
This Snow Demon was a 2nd rank creature, and it also had the [Crystallization] ability!
Physical attacks and ordinary spells would be ineffective. Their attacks also had an extreme penetrating power, making it very difficult to guard against.
This was a very troublesome opponent that even 2nd rank Wizards were unable to defeat.
But Marvin knew of a spell specifically used to deal with Snow Demon Leader.
That was Lava Fireball!
This Fireball was a variation and once it hit the Snow Demon Leader, it would melt it in a second!
Ordinary Fireballs wouldn’t reach this kind of temperature!
And ordinary people wouldn’t exchange their precious MP for a spell in such a neglected branch of magic.
Thus, this hidden Snow Demon Lair was actually prepared by Leymann for 2nd rank Wizards. But it ended up meeting a transmigrator like Marvin!
Not only was Marvin a transmigrator, he was also an expert gamer.
He had explored this path who knows how many times.
A Fire Wizard and someone using a blade was enough to clear the Snow Demon lair.
But the price was that Wayne would lose all fighting power after using up all six Lava Fireballs. When the time came, Marvin would have to protect him!
Wayne getting in a difficult situation earlier was because Marvin had prepared to take a different path!
This path was a complete shortcut after all. As long as he cleared the Snow Demon Lair, he would be able to find that hidden Gate.
The hidden Gate led directly to the summit!
And inside the Snow Demon Lair there was a treasure chest with six spare keys inside!
Now Marvin’s only hope was that this hadn’t changed.
So far it was still normal
The brothers kept going forward, continuously killing all kinds of Snow Demons along the way.
The two brothers had split the work. Marvin was in charge of Snow Demon Protectors and Wayne was in charge of getting rid of Snow Demon Leaders with Lava Fireball.
In a brief 20 minutes, the two arrived at the deepest area of the Snow Demon Lair!
That was a wide open space located in the center of the Snow Mountain.
On the edge of the open area, a statue of four Ouroboros coiling around each other was protruding out of the wall.
In Feinan’s alchemy, the Ouroboros meant [Transformation], while in the Wizards’ eyes, this symbol meant [Transmission].
This was a hidden Teleportation Gate.
Ordinary people wouldn’t know how to activate it, but Marvin had a rough idea.
Activating Teleportation Gates was an important thief ability!
Various kinds of mystical magic locks and combination locks were common in Feinan’s secret doors, so Marvin had some skill in this field.
“Brother, there is a chest there!”
On the way, Wayne had already used five Lava Fireballs, leaving him with only one.
He was currently pointing at a place on the side of the open space.
The two walked over.
The size of the chest was more or less the same as Marvin’s remembered. It was hidden at the edge of the cavern wall. Wayne seemed to have good sight, finding it this quickly.
This chest had no locks or other mechanisms and could be opened directly.
“Bang!”
There were indeed six keys lying peacefully in the chest!
“Let’s go!” Marvin let Wayne put away the keys and then walked towards the hidden door.
Next to the Ouroboros statue was a small platform. On the platform were four sticks of different lengths.
But every stick could only be used once every hour.
This was an active mechanism which could control the opening and closing of the hidden door.
Marvin knew their enemies were definitely tracking them, and even if he didn’t mind fighting them, with so many eyes watching him, he still wanted to hide his true strength.
After the Battle of the Holy Grail concluded, he would secretly take care of the killer from the Unicorn Clan. After that, the ancient red dragon’s rampage would catch the Unicorn Clan unprepared, leaving them unable to recover.
Thus, Marvin had to find the quickest way to crack that door’s mechanism!
‘Four sticks… Ouroboros statue… I don’t seem to have seen that mechanism before.’
Marvin frowned.
What caused the most headaches in the Battle of the Holy Grail was actually this door’s mechanism.
The mechanism was ever changing, a new one almost every time. It wouldn’t be especially difficult, but it would waste a bit of time.
But what Marvin needed the most right now was time!
‘Ouroboros… Wait, four colors!’
Marvin suddenly had an idea! This Ouroboros was composed four colors, four kinds of snakes entwined in roughly concentric circles.
In alchemy, nested Ouroboros were read from the inside out, and they also used a numeric color code1.
Marvin swiftly thought for a moment and figured out the four digits!
He approached the stone platform and examined the rods, find some graduations on top of them. These marked scales could match the digits!
‘It wasn’t that hard!’
Marvin sighed in relief. Under Wayne’s expecting gaze, Marvin moved the sticks up and down based on those four digits.
But what made Marvin surprised was that after finishing his actions, there wasn’t a bit of reaction from the hidden door!
If the code was correct, there would have been a few noises at the very least.
‘Wrong?’ He thought, trying to move the sticks.
But as expected, the sticks were locked and needed one hour before trying again!
And at that time, chaotic footsteps could be heard approaching!
Two people!
Marvin and Wayne were startled!
Did they finally catch up?
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Three Ring Towers.
The audience were attentively watching the biggest scene on the magic screen.
They all watched Marvin and Wayne quickly moving forward. Even if they didn’t know what the two of them were doing, they had faintly guessed that there should be a shortcut here.
But their moving speed was still somewhat slow!
The Gemini had two bodies with two different classes. The male Gemini was a fighter and the female Gemini clearly had a class with high dexterity.
They watched as the male merged into the female’s body, using her high speed to track the two brothers.
That scene was really too frightening.
The female Gemini was clearly more proficient in tracking and she soon arrived near the forested area, found the cavern and chased in.
The audience was sweating for Marvin!
They didn’t think the two brothers could beat this frightening killer race!
The atmosphere turned gloomy. Both sides were now shown facing each other in the magic screen.
And that Celina who was climbing the snow mountain alone, had long been forgotten!
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In the corner of the Thunder Tower, Kate motionlessly watched the scene on the magic screen and quietly summoned Ding!
1 ED/N: I’d like it if it used the resistor color code. Electrical engineers represent!
T/N: Time to play Mastermind till they get it right! (Who cares if it takes days…)
ED/N: If only the door told them which rods were in the wrong position. Since I’m already commenting, feel free to join our discord at https://discord.gg/NmuND4g if you haven’t already!
Chapter 116: Border of Life and Death
p>The atmosphere became tense in the cave.
Marvin took a step forward, moving in front of Wayne to protect him.
Two people stood in front of him, a man and a woman. There was no apparent relation between the two.
However, Marvin smelled something fishy about them!
“Gemini?!”
He solemnly watched those two.
The Gemini looked at each other, clearly surprised. They hadn’t expected Marvin to see through their identity in a glance.
But it didn’t matter, so what if he saw through it?
They came here to ruthlessly kill the two brothers under the countless eyes, thus uplifting the Unicorn Clan’s prestige!
“Wayne, fall back. See if you can open that hidden door,” Marvin said in a heavy voice.
Wayne didn’t act stubborn, as he only had one Lava Fireball left. Facing those two who weren’t to be trifled with, there was naturally nothing he could do to help Marvin. He might even turn into a liability.
He instantly ran toward the hidden door and began studying the relationship between the Ouroboros snakes and the hidden door mechanism.
This was a hidden Teleportation Gate installed by a Wizard and Wayne had previously studied in this field.
…
“We are two, do you think you can stop us?” The Gemini woman laughed softly.
Her laughter was sometimes hoarse, sometimes seductive. The inconsistence was strangely frightening! This was caused by the Geminis’ body structure being unstable, making the vocal cords sometimes be out of alignment, leading to variation in tone!
“You are only one,” Marvin calmly replied.
He had dealt with Geminis in an instance of the Underworld Plane before, and had killed no less than a hundred of them.
The members of this frightening race were innate killers, but they could only become pile of experience in front of a Ruler of the Night.
The current Marvin was obviously not as powerful as back then, but the Night Walker + Ranger class made Marvin confident enough to be able to take both on alone!
Shadow Doppelganger!
A small silhouette slowly appeared from the shadows of the cavern, but immediately disappeared on the spot!
Stealth!
The first time Marvin used his doppelganger, he was in stealth and used it as a probe. This time, he let the shadow enter stealth while he himself started the attack!
This was because he wasn’t alone. He couldn’t retreat or hide.
If he retreated, Wayne would be exposed in front of the Gemini. Based on Geminis’ methods, Wayne’s defensive items wouldn’t be of much use.
“A sneaky helper?”
The female Gemini suddenly started sniffing the air, directly locking onto the Shadow Doppelganger in Stealth!
‘Fuck!’
‘Isn’t this woman too perverted?’
Marvin cursed in his heart, but he didn’t hesitate, instead grasping his daggers and dashing forward!
Direct confrontation!
This was Marvin’s only solution now!
Blazing Fury in his right hand, a Fang in his left hand. Even though the two daggers were different, under the effects of Two-Weapon Fighting, they would be able to display some synergy.
Moreover, Marvin needed Blazing Fury’s spell!
[Arcane Missiles]!
Five consecutive Arcane Missiles chaotically flew towards the male Gemini!
And Marvin was also rushing in that direction.
The man laughed, as the muscles on his upper body suddenly swelled. He let the five arcane missiles hit his body!
“Bang!””Bang!””Bang!””Bang!””Bang!”
Heavy noises echoed through the cavern, sounding like an iron hammer hitting a stone wall.
The male was safe and sound.
‘Force Immunity!’
The name of this specialty flashed through Marvin’s head. Arcane Missile belonged to the school of Force Magic. Geminis are really abnormal. Despite only being level 7, he already had a specialty that was the bane of ordinary wizards.
Marvin reached the male in an instant, slashing down at his arm with Fang!
“Clang!”
A shallow bloody mark appeared on the male’s skin!
‘Steel Skin!” Marvin was fuming!
This Gemini was really an elite amongst elites.
Marvin’s attacks were nearly ineffective.
The male Gemini suddenly opened his toothy maw and lunged down at a ridiculous angle, while his arms reached to surround Marvin!
At the same time, the female Gemini also moved. She glanced at Marvin throwing himself into a trap with a sneer on her face, and ignored the Shadow Doppelganger to dash straight toward Wayne.
…
‘They are done for!’
That was the only thought in the hearts of the audience!
When the male Gemini opened his toothy maw, they had already come to the conclusion: Marvin was screwed!
Because Bergner died the same way!
The female Gemini had broken all of Bergner defensive spells and the desperate Bergner didn’t have time to surrender before his head was cleanly bitten off by the male!
The scene before their eyes was nearly the same!
“Too bloody…”
“This Baron Marvin looks pretty handsome. Dying at the hands of a Gemini, what a pity. How could they let such a monster in the Battle of the Holy Grail? They can’t be considered human!”
“Yeah, but then again, who made him offend the Unicorn clan? Moreover, if you haven’t noticed, this Battle of the Holy Grail is a little strange.”
“Strange?”
While a few Wizards were discussing, the scene on the magic screen suddenly reversed!
Everyone’s eyes widened.
On the magic screen, Marvin was about to be embraced by the male Gemini. He suddenly ducked and sneaked under the Gemini’s armpit like a cat.
Before anyone could sigh in relief, Marvin stepped on the back of the male Gemini’s leg and suddenly spun, coiling his legs around his opponent’s waist. The two daggers suddenly flashed together!
“I don’t believe your throat is protected by Steel Skin!”
Marvin ruthlessly used Burst to push his body to the limit!
He used his most familiar Thief combo.
The two daggers rotated, their sharp edges pointing toward the Gemini’s throat!
…
Marvin’s extremely sharp moves stunned the audience. Could Marvin really have a chance to kill him?
They held their breaths, nervously looking at the screen.
“Clang!””Clang!”
Two consecutive metallic sounds could be heard!
Marvin stiffened on the spot.
His two daggers had actually been grabbed by the Gemini!
Cutthroat failed!
‘Damn! Curved daggers really can’t match the attack speed of straight daggers!’
‘Moreover, my rotating also took extra time, allowing the opponent to counter.’
That was Marvin’s judgement of the situation!
This combo was originally the most commonly used Thief combo when he was playing, but Thieves and Rangers were different.
If it was with the speed of straight daggers, this Cutthroat would have definitely hit, the opponent wouldn’t have had time to react!
And in order to increase the strength of curved daggers, Marvin had to make a larger movement to increase Cutthroat’s effect.
But it was because of this point that his attack couldn’t be perfect, leading to a huge flaw.
Ordinary class holders wouldn’t be able to exploit that flaw.
But it was a very frightening gap when facing experienced experts!
For example, when he fought Diapheis, Marvin had also miscalculated.
Not to mention this frightening Gemini in front of him. His hands were immune to physical damage and actually forcibly grabbed Marvin’s daggers.
“Aaah!” The Gemini bellowed, grabbing the daggers and dragging Marvin out from behind his body.
Marvin didn’t have time to release them before his body was ruthlessly smashed on the ground!
“Plop!”
He couldn’t help but let out a mouthful of blood. Marvin felt his body creaking all over. This wasn’t a light fall!
He could hear the sound of his bones breaking!
His constitution was still too low!
The Gemini smiled sinisterly and extended his hand to grab Marvin’s collar, wanting to lift him up.
Marvin had almost entered the stunned state!
Everything before his eyes was fuzzy, and he couldn’t breathe properly.
He attempted to wave his daggers, but he couldn’t do anything!
In the end, he had underestimated that Gemini’s strength!
He hadn’t expected to have just a small gap get exploited. Marvin was in a very desperate situation!
That throw left him dizzy and unable to do anything.
“Hehe, that one I ate before was too old, this one is pretty good.”
A hollow laugh could be heard from the male Gemini, as his toothy maw suddenly opened, ruthlessly biting down!
‘Am I going to die?’
Marvin’s consciousness was too fuzzy!
…
Everyone was solemn in the Three Ring Towers.
Some people were already protesting that this Battle of the Holy Grail shouldn’t be having a Gemini in it!
It was too abnormal, having both physical immunity and magic resistance!
Its methods were so frighteningly ruthless. Not in line with the goal of the Battle of the Holy Grail.
This was a Wizard competition! But instead Marvin grabbed the limelight and then it was the Gemini who took over!
What about Wizards? Where did the Wizards go?
What about Wizards’ prestige?
The three Academies’ Apprentice Wizards were basically non-existent!
How did it unwittingly turn into a follower competition?
This would have never happened in the past!
Followers usually played the supporting role in the Battle of the Holy Grail. Who could have imagined that there would be such a reversal this time?
Magore Academy’s Wayne, for the sake of some crazy plan, had prepared five Lava Fireballs! And maybe a sixth!
Thunder Tower’s Celina worked together with the Unicorn clan and hadn’t shown any of her strength.
And the pitiful Bergner actually wanted to display his own power, but ended up easily disposed off by the Gemini!
This was a complete joke!
The Wizards shook their heads one after the other. Some already started to talk about whether they should cancel the participation of followers in the following Battle of the Holy Grail!
No one cared about Marvin’s fate.
Because for them, the outcome was already clear!
Thunder Tower won. The Gemini would get rid of the two brothers in only an instant.
But in one corner, a young lady was angrily pinching a plump creature’s cheek, furiously saying:
“Ding! Help, if you don’t act, it’ll be too late!”
Chapter 117: Thunder Fairy Boots
p>”Why do you pinch my face every time you are worried!” Ding quietly growled, in a bad mood.
“And not only do you pinch it when you are worried, you pinch it when you are happy, and when you are unhappy. I am a magnificent Fortune Fairy!”
Kate angrily said, “Then think of a way to stop him from dying!”
“I can’t do anything!” Ding helplessly complained. “My blessing won’t trigger in the incomplete plane of a Legend Wizard.”
“What? You have no solution?” Kate froze.
She had no choice but to raise her head to look at the magic screen.
That toothy maw was about to encircle Marvin!
“Then what’s your use!?” Kate in her worry let her chubby pet fall on the floor!
The latter dejectedly crawled up and wiped a tear. How did she become a pet?
“But you shouldn’t worry…” Ding comforted. “He won’t die.”
“Hmm?” Kate blankly looked at the screen and saw the toothy maw abruptly stopping in mid-air!
…
While Marvin was dizzy, he only managed issue one command!
This was out of pure battle instinct.
Suddenly.
Two strange barbed vines appeared and tightly locked on the male Gemini’s neck, firmly pulling the frightening mouth back in the air.
Shadow Doppelganger!
In that moment of life and death, the Shadow Doppelganger rushed over, using the same skill as Marvin.
Vine Metamorphosis!
It forcefully pulled on the male Gemini’s neck, giving Marvin a lifeline.
The Shadow Doppelganger’s feet were pushing against the male Gemini’s back, and both hands turned into vines, pulling at his neck.
If not for its help, Marvin might have already been swallowed!
But fights were always constantly changing in situation.
The male Gemini suddenly let go and turned to send a heavy fist at the Shadow Doppelganger!
The latter flew out like a broken kite, entering a disabled state!
It didn’t give Marvin a lot of time.
About two seconds.
But it was two seconds he needed!
They changed the battle’s situation.
Marvin took a deep breath after falling on the ground, and then used his willpower to rise and roll aside!
This roll was quiet and was done in anticipation of the male Gemini’s next move!
As expected, after he dealt with the Shadow Doppelganger, the male Gemini turned and stomped where Marvin originally was.
Unfortunately, this stomp was fated to hit nothing!
Marvin rolled farther on the ground and then kicked the back of the male Gemini’s knee, forcing the latter to lower his body.
Marvin suddenly jumped up and extended his right hand, the Ring of Prayers aiming at the back of the male Gemini’s head.
Rainbow Jet!
The frightening Rainbow Jet’s rays landed on his skin!
The crystallization began to take effect, as a layer of colored glassy material appeared on his skin!
“Fuck off!” the male Gemini bellowed, suddenly turning around and throwing a fist.
But Marvin had already retreated!
He coldly looked at the rainbow colors spreading on the male Gemini, a hint of lingering fear flashing through his eyes!
That was really too close.
That guy actually pushed him to this extent.
This was totally because of his Steel Skin being too troublesome!
Skin with Physical Immunity, this was far more troublesome than a Guardian.
To handle a Guardian, Marvin could still use the Armor Strip technique, but Steel Skin was quite a headache.
‘Fortunately, there is still the Ring of Prayers!’
‘His Magic Resistance is very high, but Rainbow Jet has an additional crystallization effect! It will definitely create vulnerabilities in his skin!’
Marvin narrowed his eyes, focusing on the male Gemini’s skin. He saw a spot turning into crystal and peeling off, carrying a piece of bloody flesh with it!
It was really effective!
Even though Rainbow Jet wouldn’t cause too much direct harm to the male Gemini, it caused a Broken Effect!
Thus, Marvin’s attacks would become highly threatening.
The tides had turned.
But at that time the male Gemini coldly laughed, commenting, “Quite a resourceful guy.”
“It’s a pity, you did so much… But what about your younger brother?”
…
Each person in the audience in the Three Ring Towers had their heart stuck in their throat.
They were watching as Marvin was about to be eaten, but then a huge reversal happened. The Ring of Prayers in Marvin’s hand was noticed by the Wizards!
“It’s actually Rainbow Jet.”
“Yes. This male Gemini’s strong point is that Physical Immunity. With his defense broken, Baron Marvin can definitely kill him!”
“Wizards are the strongest after all!”
They were all discussing.
But the female Gemini in the magic screen was chasing after Wayne!
In her eyes, without the protection of the Shadow Doppelganger, Wayne was just a piece of meat that had been delivered to her mouth.
“He did that because he had completely given up on his brother’s life!”
“Hey! No one could do anything about this situation.”
“If it were me, I might have already conceded.”
A few senior nobles couldn’t help but shake their heads.
Even though Marvin was still alive, his move definitely pushed Wayne into a fire!
…
“Seems like your disciple really had a strategy. Maybe it was something leaked by Dame Hathaway.”
The group of Magore Academy’s teachers were gathered together. The one who had complained earlier to Hanzel couldn’t help but say, “At least his spell setup, even if it is unreasonable, was completely tailored for this Snow Demon Lair. But unfortunately…”
“He’s screwed. That Baron Marvin cannot give up his life to save his own younger brother.”
Hanzel’s expression was ashen.
When the brothers were exploring the Snow Demon Lair, he was pleased beyond expectation. It turned out this was the reason!
Apparently they were aware of the existence of the Snow Demon Lair. Even if Hanzel wasn’t happy about Marvin’s move, he also knew that this young noble of White River Valley had his own way of thinking. Moreover, he was close with Dame Hathaway, so maybe he had received some guidance.
Thus he wasn’t too angry.
But when the Gemini rushed in, his heart started beating faster!
If Wayne’s spell setup wasn’t this extreme, the brothers’ coordination would be enough to fight a Gemini!
Gemini, these freaky monsters, were very strong. But a combination of a prepared Battle Wizard and a powerful 2nd rank Ranger was also strong.
But unfortunately, Wayne’s spells were already spent!
Marvin fighting one versus two would definitely be very hard.
The course of events was also more or less what Hanzel expected. Marvin, in order to save himself, ended up unable to take care of Wayne.
Wayne’s screwed!
“No good, I will concede in their place!” Hanzel was very worried.
“Wake up. I know you are worried about your disciple’s safety. But they are the only ones who can choose to concede!” The teacher who was good friends with him instantly pulled him back.
“I can’t just watch my disciple being eaten by a monster!” Hanzel angrily shouted.
“You must trust them!” That man pointed at the magic screen and said, “Watch!”
On the magic screen, the female Gemini was charging toward Wayne, drooling.
And Wayne, standing next to the hidden door, didn’t panic at all.
He whispered an incantation and a bright blue light shone from under his boots!
“Thunder Fairy Boots!”
Hanzel’s eyes suddenly brightened!
He finally remembered, he had personally lent those boots to his own disciple yesterday!
…
Thunder Fairy’s Boots.
Magic Item.
Effect: Increase running speed.
This was a relatively popular magic item among the Wizards, not only because the Wizard God Lance also had an artifact like this, but mainly because this thing was too useful.
Under Wayne’s incantation, this pair of boots personally enchanted by Hanzel displayed its unique effect!
[Super Speed]!
Duration: 3 minutes.
Seeing the rushing female Gemini, he didn’t hesitate to trigger this effect.
Wayne’s silhouette crazily ran across the open space in the center of the mountain with the female Gemini in tow, unwilling to let him go!
She angrily wiped her saliva, doing her best to pursue!
But both of them still had a certain distance between them.
Wayne was very smart. He was running around in figure eights, trying to keep the female Gemini away from Marvin as much as possible!
The two started a game of cat and mouse in the wide open area in the center of the mountain.
And this bought precious minutes of time for Marvin.
…
‘Three minutes? It should be enough!’
The corner of Marvin’s mouth revealed a smile.
The male Gemini in front of him was already in a tragic state. Though his recovery ability was very powerful, the surface of his skin had already been badly mutilated.
Marvin weighed the two daggers in his hands, considering for a moment.
‘It’s time to counterattack!’
The next second, Marvin suddenly rushed forward!
The male Gemini displayed a cruel smile as he forged ahead without showing any weakness.
Without any change in expression, Marvin kicked the ground. Burst! Imitation Shadow Step!
He shifted positions in an instant!
Marvin turned and slashed, cutting into the male Gemini’s waist, and blood spurted out!
…
In the Thunder Tower.
“I got an idea!” Looking at Wayne being chased on the magic screen, Ding suddenly clapped her hands and said, “I can turn that hidden Teleportation Gate on.”
“That’s a hidden Teleportation Gate?” Kate failed to understand.
The Fortune Fairy nodded with assurance. “Never mind the mechanisms, as long as you are lucky, it would open.”
“Let me try, haha…”
…
While running at high speed, Wayne didn’t forget to think about the meaning of that Ouroboros statue next to the hidden door.
But surprisingly, the mechanism suddenly let out a “Tututu” sound.
In an instant, the wall moved away, revealing the flickering rays of light from the Teleportation Gate!
“What happened!” Marvin rolled, shaking off the the male Gemini. He looked at this scene, confused.
Did the hidden door open on its own?
Wayne looked at it blankly for a moment. He then regained his senses and suddenly sped up, rushing into the Teleportation Gate!
The next instant, he arrived at a place covered in snow!
The Snow Mountain Summit!
But he wasn’t alone there. There was someone else, the Thunder Tower’s Witch, Celina!
Celina saw the Teleportation Gate appearing and Wayne rushing out of it and was very shocked!
She immediately took out her magic staff and aimed at Wayne.
Wayne immediately turned back when he saw her reaction, rushing back into the Teleportation Gate.
And at that time, the female Gemini also emerged from the Teleportation Gate!
The two of them just brushed past each other!
Wayne made it back inside the Snow Demon Lair while the female Gemini arrived on the summit!
The next second, the Teleportation Gate lost its radiance!
This Teleportation Gate had only lasted 7 seconds!
Only Marvin and Wayne remained in the lair, along with that male Gemini covered in blood.
Marvin shrugged. “Well, this outcome is a bit unexpected.”
“But it is quite satisfying.”
Chapter 118: Awakening! Hidden Bloodline!
p>In the Three Ring Towers, all of the spectators watching the competition looked at each other in dismay!
They hadn’t expected such an amazing reversal to happen again!
Only the male Gemini remained in the Snow Demon Lair. But his Steel Skin had already been broken thanks to the effects of Rainbow Jet!
The tides appeared to have turned again.
“Today’s competition… It seems like even “full of twists” wouldn’t be enough to describe it!”
“Did anyone see how that hidden Teleportation Gate ended up appearing?”
“Hmm? But Baron Marvin and his brother intentionally went there, didn’t they already know about the Teleportation Gate?”
They all couldn’t help but chat about it.
Even harsh critics wouldn’t be able to raise an issue about the quality of today’s wonderful competition.
It was such a great show.
Marvin’s amazing performance, the Gemini’s overbearing appearance, both sides’ intense melee battle, the sudden appearance of the Teleportation Gate, and Wayne’s quick-witted reaction…
This was something they couldn’t have seen in any previous Battle of the Holy Grail.
The previous competitions mainly consisted of Apprentice Wizards throwing a few spells at each other to see whose spell setup was better, or who had higher Magic Power.
As for the followers, they were there to help the Wizards appear powerful.
But this time was completely different. Both Marvin and the Gemini were dazzling!
They completely eclipsed the other three Wizards’ glory!
“Look! He is moving!” someone exclaimed.
In the scene on the magic screen, Marvin no longer hesitated and brazenly advanced.
…
“You just threw this Lord on the ground and almost made me lose consciousness!” Marvin said imperiously.
“So don’t blame me for not showing mercy!”
Marvin took a deep breath as he craftily slashed forwards, his daggers flowing like water.
The male Gemini bellowed, throwing a fist over!
But his dexterity wasn’t as good as Marvin’s. Marvin relied on his rich experience and ability to predict the opponent’s moves to easily dodge past him while slicing the male Gemini’s thigh.
“Clang!”
The same metallic sound as before.
But this slash left a deep wound on the enemy’s skin and blood started flowing out.
The attack was effective.
Marvin smiled.
He lowered his head, avoiding the male Gemini’s counterattack, using Burst once again!
He stepped forward in an instant.
Wishful Ropes!
Enhanced by the Rope Master title, two ropes coiled around the male Gemini’s hands and feet!
Vine Metamorphosis!
Marvin put his daggers away for the moment, both hands transforming into barbed vines, firmly locking onto the male Gemini!
“You can’t bind me!” the male Gemini bellowed.
The muscles on his upper body began swelling noticeably. “Bang!””Bang!”
The vines originally tying the male Gemini’s upper body actually began to break.
Marvin coldly replied, “Restraining you for a moment is enough.”
The male Gemini froze, but before he could react, a scarlet light already filled his sight!
Lava Fireball.
Wayne’s last spell was used on this frightening guy.
Just before the exploding flame that could melt a Snow Demon Leader hit the male Gemini, Marvin firmly let go and rolled away.
“Boom!”
When the Lava Fireball smashed into the male Gemini’s body, his skin was instantly charred!
“Rrrar!” he bellowed.
He wouldn’t die from this 1st-circle spell.
But his skin was already thoroughly destroyed.
The flame burnt his skin and blood. He was painfully rolling on the ground, trying to extinguish the fire.
But what awaited him when he stood up was Marvin’s ruthless dagger!
Blade Technique – Rapids!
The male Gemini had already become very bloody, and the resistance from Steel Skin was gone.
But he still had his battle instinct. He crossed his arms in front of him, covering himself while he tried to retreat.
“Slash!””Slash!””Slash!”
One slash after another.
Marvin’s attacks were extremely unbridled, apparently venting what happened earlier.
The most important feature of Two-Weapon Fighting was the smoothness of the attacks.
The daggers flowed around the male Gemini’s body, constantly flashing. The male Gemini’s arms turned into bloody paste under Marvin’s assault!
This was more torture than killing!
Marvin had a grim expression, the daggers in his hand continuously attacking.
In mere moments, he had already slashed no less than 20 times!
The male Gemini could only passively retreat. Almost all the flesh on his forearms had been cut apart by Marvin.
But his bones were very hard, and they managed to barely resist!
However, he could only back away!
If he turned around to run, Marvin would have more space to attack. He had already lost his ability to resist.
Marvin took a deep breath and fiercely dashed forward, suddenly approaching even closer to the male Gemini.
21st slash!
Blazing Fury moved in a perfect arc, ruthlessly slashing down!
The Gemini helplessly used his crossed forearms to once again block in front of him.
But this time, under everyone’s shocked gazes, Marvin’s slash surprisingly broke the extremely solid bones!
“Snap!””Snap!”
Frightening noises echoed in the cavern as the Gemini’s howl instantly covered the whole area.
[Reckless Dual Wielder]’s Strength bonus plus [Blazing Fury]’s Shatter effect stacked together!
The male Gemini’s arms were neatly chopped and his body was completely exposed in front of Marvin.
He suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
“Don’t try to harm someone under my protection,” Marvin whispered.
“Or else you’ll die a very miserable death.”
The next instant, he did a dagger combo, butchering the male Gemini as if he was just cutting meat!
Upper arms, shoulders, abdomen, thighs, knees!
He chopped another 20 times!
After 20 slashes, the male Gemini was thoroughly dismembered!
He was dismembered alive, not after death.
The male Gemini with the heaven defying defense had turned into a pile of meat in an instant!
The bloody scene was so frightening that everyone felt their blood run cold.
Marvin’s face was expressionless, making him seem even more fierce and cruel.
There was also some blood on his face. He looked like a demon king walking out of Purgatory.
Wayne quickly walked over from behind. Seeing Marvin’s fierce appearance, he only said softly:
“Brother, your face is dirty.”
He took out an handkerchief and gently wiped the blood from Marvin’s face.
It was just like what Marvin did when Wayne was young, wiping the mud off his younger brother’s face after playing.
Marvin smiled, but suddenly got hit by a fit of weakness!
‘Not good, I used Burst too many times…’
His body couldn’t resist as he softly hit the ground.
Wayne supported Marvin up, “Brother, how are you…”
But Marvin had already lost consciousness.
Excessive use of his physical strength made him lose consciousness.
…
On the snowy slope, a speeding shadow suddenly stopped. She let out an unwilling shriek and finally fell on the floor.
Even though Geminis were strong, they had one deadly weak point. Once one of them died, the other would also die!
Wayne’s smart reaction not only let them gain some time, it also gave them the chance to kill the Gemini!
The female Gemini also died.
Only the brothers and the anxiously waiting Celina were left on the snow mountain.
Everyone silently looked at that scene. The shock in their hearts was impossible to fake.
A Gemini!
That was a Gemini.
Anyone with a bit of common sense knew that this kind of lifeform couldn’t be judged using common rankings.
A level 7 Gemini was something that even a level 10 ordinary class holder wouldn’t necessarily be able to kill.
Their defense was too strong, and their offense was too ruthless.
It was also because this race was too powerful that they were hunted to death by the South Wizard Alliance.
With the emergence of a Gemini in the competition, ordinary people would realize that they couldn’t win!
But Marvin and Wayne had accomplished it.
At the last moment, Marvin used more than 40 extra attacks, shocking everyone!
So much anger was released with this Blade Technique.
Everyone cheered when the Gemini died!
Apart from the unsightly Lohart, all of the neutral spectators cheered for the brothers’ performance.
Even if they had no way to win the Battle of the Holy Grail today, news of the brothers’ performance would spread throughout the surrounding East Coast.
White River Valley, this countryside area, would also gradually become known!
…
“It’s such a pity, Baron Marvin actually overused his stamina.”
“Yeah, and that Gemini’s throw also hurt him quite a bit.”
“That Celina did nothing, is she going to become the winner of the Battle of the Holy Grail? It’s too unbelievable!”
The Wizards were discussing spiritedly.
The nobles even raised a complaint.
But in any case, the outcome of the competition had already been decided. Marvin had lost consciousness and Wayne, who had used up all his spells, couldn’t be Celina’s match.
Moreover, they still had to climb up the mountain.
They would concede, surely?
This was what everyone was thinking. The situation was very clear, after all.
…
“Brother?” As Wayne saw his brother losing consciousness, a hint of anger flashed through his eyes.
He slowly and gently laid Marvin on the ground.
‘Should I concede?’ This thought flashed through Wayne’s mind.
He soon rejected this kind of thought!
Because he knew that if Marvin was awake, he would definitely not concede!
‘In that case, I can’t give up!’
Wayne took a deep breath, strenuously lifted Marvin and then, to everyone’s surprise, put Marvin on his back.
“Brother, you were always the one carrying me on your back. Today, let me carry you for the first time.”
Everyone watched Wayne carrying Marvin and leaving the cavern one step at a time.
He was moving slowly but every step was firm and resolute.
Outside the cavern was the vast snow mountain.
If he still had spells, he could easily climb the mountain. Unfortunately, he didn’t. And the Battle of the Holy Grail had to end in one day.
If they waited in the cavern without moving, they would be disqualified for being inactive.
Therefore, he simply carried Marvin on his back, climbing the mountain one step at a time!
Everyone was moved!
This 9 year old child was actually so strong-willed?
…
Time passed as they watched Wayne carrying his brother on his back toward to summit.
No one felt this was boring. They only felt this child was worthy of respect.
Maybe using child to describe him wasn’t too appropriate.
He was already a true man.
The icy wind gradually became stronger in the boundless snow field.
Wayne was arduously moving forward when suddenly, he misstepped, immediately making him lose his balance.
That was a hole in the ice!
The brothers fell in together!
…
Sharp pain, ice-cold.
That was all Marvin felt.
He tried to open his eyes, but he only saw darkness.
But at that time, a log flashed on his interface:
[Your hidden bloodline is awakening (Passive Trigger Luck +1)!]
[You gained your first subclass…]
Chapter 119: Shapeshift Sorcerer
p>
TL: Shaman -> Sorcerer. Explanation at the end.
Subclass?
When those logs flashed through Marvin’s eyes, he suddenly shivered. The cold and the pain made him regain consciousness.
Wayne was calmly lying to the side, apparently unconscious!
Marvin looked up.
‘This is… a hole…’
‘Thankfully this hole isn’t too deep. Seems like Wayne carried me after I lost consciousness, and we ended up falling in!’
Marvin hurriedly examined Wayne’s condition. His skin was red and his limbs ice cold. The situation wasn’t very good!
Wayne’s constitution was even weaker than Marvin’s, only at 7!
Even if he took the cold resistance potion, the effect wasn’t that outstanding, let alone now that the medicine was slowly wearing off.
His temperature was too low, and once it fell down further, it would be life threatening!
Marvin took a deep breath and stretched his muscles.
He thought his body would be in a bad state, but surprisingly, he found no major issues after moving for a bit.
‘Hold on…’
That subclass!
Marvin immediately checked his own logs.
Sure enough, among the Ranger, Night Walker, Noble, and Blacksmith classes, there was one class firmly occupying the first subclass spot!
This class name was very strange, and at least 90% of people in Feinan weren’t aware of the existence of this class.
Shapeshift Sorcerer!
‘It’s actually Shapeshift Sorcerer!’
‘I thought it would have been Shadow Sorcerer. But still, I didn’t expect my bloodline to awaken at that time.’
Marvin was overjoyed.
This Battle of the Holy Grail had somehow exceeded his expectations. He had boasted in front of Hathaway, but he hadn’t expected to meet something as abnormal as a Gemini.
He was confident in settling it if it was only Guardians or Wizards.
But Geminis were really too frightening. That kind of build was simply not possible for humans, and even a Hero build wouldn’t be that strong!
After killing it, Marvin himself had also half given up. Before passing out, he was still considering whether or not he should concede!
Unfortunately, he had no time to talk to Wayne before he passed out.
Marvin didn’t know what happened next, but he could only make a rough guess.
‘This kid is too stubborn. Unwilling to concede.’
He looked toward Wayne on the side, smiling pleasantly.
Even though that little guy was only 9 years old, his willpower was extremely shocking. Marvin had to help him overcome the Universe Magic Pool’s fall. With this kind of willpower, he might even become stronger once the new Wizard class surfaced!
…
Marvin was sitting in the ice hole, not feeling the cold. He began to carefully study this new subclass suddenly appearing from his bloodline.
When he had talked with the Ancient Elven God, Marvin understood that he was a Numan’s descendant.
Numen didn’t last long in Feinan’s history.
They had an inherent ability to cast by themselves and didn’t need the Universe Magic Pool.
They came from another plane.
The suppression of Sorcerers¹ by the Wizards wasn’t unrelated to the Numen. Numen were tyrants in Feinan and were ultimately banished by the people rising up against them, eventually becoming exiled.
But Feinan still had a small amount of Numan blood descendants. These people would become part of the great Sorcerer family. After all, the Sorcerer class was divided into a lot of different classes. Fate Sorcerer, Fiend Sorcerer, Ghost Sorcerer, Evil Spirit Sorcerer… Hidden among the Sorcerers, the Numan blood descendants wouldn’t be noticed.
Although the South Wizard Alliance had rescinded the command to chase the Numen 300 years ago, most people would still be suspicious of the Numen.
Many ignorant people thought Numen were a kind of devil.
As a result, most of the remaining Sorcerers also suffered, and no matter how they would explain, people wouldn’t believe their class was [Draconic Sorcerer] or [Celestial Sorcerer], thinking it was [Fiend Sorcerer] instead.
Ignorance is frightening.
And in reality, even among the Numen, there were many branches.
When Marvin used the Book of Nalu, he obtained that shocking [Shadow Doppelganger] skill. That innate skill was a major help during his fight with the Gemini.
When he got it, he guessed that his hidden bloodline was [Shadow Sorcerer]!
But that turned out not to be the case.
‘Shapeshift Sorcerer is a class even rarer than Shadow Sorcerer!’
‘I don’t remember meeting a lot of Shapeshift Sorcerers in the past…’
‘Hmmm. There was that time we went to fight the Underworld’s [Sixth Evil Overlord], Diggles. One of the teammates seemed to be a Shapeshift Sorcerer.’
Some knowledge about the class gradually appeared in Marvin’s mind.
But this knowledge was really too pathetic when compared to his knowledge of other classes!
He only knew there were few Shapeshift Sorcerers among the Numen, that this class could switch between different shapes, and they had very few spells.
‘In any case, let’s check the attribute changes.’
Marvin carefully checked the attribute panel.
The logs were as follows:
[You received your first subclass – Shapeshift Sorcerer (Bloodline)]
[Personal Specialty – Versatile in effect. No penalty for the first subclass.]
[1000 battle exp automatically withdrawn. Subclass Shapeshift Sorcerer successfully acquired.]
[Constitution +1, HP +10]
[Bloodline awakening (1/5). All 1st-circle spells acquired.]
[You obtained a class specialty – Boundless Shapeshifting.]
[Boundless Shapeshifting]: Active Specialty. You can switch between various shapes. Currently two shapes available – Shadow-shape, Beast-shape.
…
After looking at it for some time, Marvin got a general understanding of this class.
This was a very mystical class.
There were actually all kinds of shapes. He currently could use two shapes; one was Shadow and the other was Beast
After getting his Shapeshift Sorcerer subclass, his default shape was human.
And using another shape would consume a lot of stamina, it would cost at least half of his stamina to shapeshift.
With Marvin’s current constitution, it would roughly last 10 minutes before he had to switch back to his human shape.
As for his abilities when in a non-human shape, Marvin had no idea.
And in human shape, in addition to his bonus attribute point he’d received, the [All 1st-circle spells] was merely two spells!
One was [Charming Looks]!
This spell could give +3 Charisma to the target for 30 minutes. In other words, it was used to look good to seduce young ladies.
The second spell was [Transforming Magic Cube]!
This spell was actually a control type spell, making up for Marvin’s lack of control abilities!
A total of two 1st-circle spells, was this even a damn Sorcerer class?
Marvin couldn’t help but ridicule it a bit.
But he noticed that after getting the subclass, his body’s weak state apparently disappeared.
The previous injury caused by the Gemini had already completely recovered.
This should have something to do with the Shapeshift Sorcerer Bloodline.
‘This bloodline, can’t tell if it’s bad or not. And the world is full of dangers, I can’t get careless again.’
‘If not for being lucky… Wait, luck?’
Marvin suddenly recalled something.
He carefully looked at the attribute window. That [Luck +1] line from before had already disappeared!
‘It disappeared?’
‘What does this mean?’
Marvin wasn’t stupid, he immediately understood.
‘Turns out it was like this! I wasn’t lucky… Rather, the Luck bonus helped me awaken!’
‘The blessing of the Fortune Fairy Ding!’
The Fortune Fairy was an incarnation of a Fate Tablet fragment. Her strength was extremely frightening. Her blessing would naturally be hard to imagine.
Even if Marvin only had 1/10000 chance of awakening his bloodline, after using the blessing’s Luck, it could raise the odds to 99%.
This was the effect of Luck.
But Luck didn’t have unlimited uses. After helping Marvin awaken his bloodline, the point was used up.
Next time Marvin fell into a similar crisis, he would have to rely on his actual luck!
…
In any case, luckily awakening his bloodline subclass already made Marvin very satisfied.
At least the Shapeshift Sorcerer class wouldn’t waste one of his subclass spots, and it saved his life.
He raised his head to look at the opening in the ice. This hole wasn’t very high, so he used a bit of effort and jumped out of it.
He had [Anti-Gravity Steps] after all.
From the color of the sky, it should be late afternoon.
They hadn’t been rescued, meaning that the competition was still underway.
‘There is still that Celina.’ A hint of killing intent flashed through Marvin’s eyes.
If not for her, would there be a Gemini in the competition?
Marvin would definitely not be lenient toward that woman!
…
‘Let’s get out first.’
Marvin took out a Wishful Rope and tied it to Wayne, preparing himself to jump out and then pull his younger brother.
But a loud, mournful wolf howl suddenly echoed outside the hole.
Marvin felt something wrong.
He used Anti-Gravity Steps and rushed outside.
He saw a small wolf standing on the snowy slope, continuously howling.
And a delicate figure was standing next to it!
Celina!
Marvin noticed that even though that wolf was small and skinny, cold air could be seen coming out when it howled.
‘Great Winter Wolf!’
‘Even though it’s a cub, to be able to have it as her pet! The Unicorn family is really investing in this!’
Marvin suddenly realized something really bad.
A young Great Winter Wolf was fine, he could handle it. The problem was that this thing could summon a large wolf pack!
A wolf pack is a very frightening thing.
Far away on the mountain, low howling sounds could be heard answering.
This was the sound of low level wolves answering the summon of the Great Winter Wolf!
Once the wolf pack was formed, it would be very difficult to escape!
‘No good. I have to kill Celina and that wolf cub first!’
A hint of killing intent flashed through Marvin’s eyes. He decisively went to hide Wayne in a relatively more concealed spot in the hole.
He put on Wayne’s Thunder Fairy Boots for himself, and used his fastest speed to charge at Celina standing on that slope!
‘It’s time to display the power of the class I just obtained!’ he thought.
He was ready to shapeshift!
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T/N1 – Sorry for the change. The description for the class so far fitted Shaman and Sorcerer, I picked shaman as the safe choice (sorcerer sounds more wizard-like than shaman) and thus that’s what I used. With the introduction of Draconic Sorcerer and Celestial Sorcerer, I decided to correct this mistake. It is now Sorcerer, following proper D&D classes.
Sorry Sofaking, more work for you.
ED/N – Yaaay. Again. ಠಠ