Night Ranger

Chapter 125: Djinn

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TL: Changes due to today’s chapter content. (blame this bad TL)

Prayer -> Wish

Fairy Turin -> Pixies

Pixie’s Wish!

It was the weirdest of all the Wish skills.

In the past, the Pixie race had a bright civilization.

But this race had one particular characteristic; they all had a mischievous nature. Perhaps for this reason, Pixies only appeared in history for a short period.

This force controlled the West for a brief period before collapsing.

Only leaving behind the Pixies’ 49 Rings of Wishes.

Each Ring of Wishes had two spells attached, one 1st-circle spell, and one 3rd-circle spell!

The 1st-circle spell was different for each of the rings, but the 3rd-circle spell was the same.

That was Pixie’s Wish.

…

Marvin held the ring on his palm, slowly chanting the incantation that faintly appeared in front of him.

This was the Pixies’ language. Though Marvin didn’t know more than a few words, Hathaway was able to read the language. She read it aloud once and Marvin immediately followed along.

Soon, a unique radiance was emitted from the Ring of Wishes!

The light gathered and formed an adorable fairy in the air.

That fairy had a weird smirk while looking at Marvin, as two doors materialized behind her.

One black, one white.

This was the appearance of the Pixies.

“Anyone with a wish can receive the care of the Pixies.”

“But Fate is ever changing.”

“There are two doors behind me, you can only open one.”

“Holder of the Ring of Wishes, which one do you wish to open?”

That Pixie was smilingly looking at Marvin.

Marvin glanced at Hathaway, but the latter shook her head, she also didn’t know.

The characteristic of the Pixie’s Wish made it so that there was no way to know what was behind these doors.

Marvin had no methods to find out what was behind these two doors so he immediately chose a random one.

“That white door,” Marvin said.

The pixie blinked. “I wish you luck.”

The next instant, she opened the white door. At the same time, the black door disappeared!

Wind fiercely blew!

A loud voice echoed through the top of the Ashes Tower, “Who interrupted my sleep? I’ll tear that person into pieces!”

Marvin’s expression changed!

A huge hand came out from the white door, sweeping toward Marvin and Hathaway.

The wind instantly pushed Marvin off the ground and fiercely blasted him against the wall!

He only felt pain all over as his sight darkened, and he almost lost consciousness!

“Fuck! What kind of thing did I end up summoning!?”

Marvin spat out blood.

This was such bad luck.

The results of Pixie’s Wish were usually relatively good.

Hathaway, still standing in the same place, answered, “A young Djinn.”

Marvin let out a cold breath.

This thing was a lifeform from the Astral Plane and was a lot stronger than the Asuran Bear!

Fortunately, he was summoned in front of Hathaway.

The Djinn wasn’t a frightening lifeform in front of a Half-Legend!

Hathaway raised her hand and quickly cast [Shrink]!

The Djinn’s body suddenly shrank and was directly pulled out of the door by the power of the Wish, awkwardly falling on the ground.

“Still dare to be arrogant in my territory?” Hathaway coldly smiled.

The next instant, the 19 spells imbued in the top floor shone on the three of them!

Marvin instantly felt dazed, as a great amount of chaos and arcane magic flooded the top floor of the Ashes’ Tower. He was even pressed against the wall by a strong force. One action and he couldn’t move!

Too depressing!

A sense of powerlessness welled up in Marvin’s heart.

…

Half a minute later, the top floor was left in a mess.

Hathaway was actually looking at Marvin, teasing, “And you consider yourself a man? Such bad luck.”

Marvin forced a smile.

What did being a man have to do with luck?

“As a Seer, your luck shouldn’t be that bad, right?” Hathaway was looking at Marvin strangely.

Marvin’s heart sank, worried about how to answer. Fortunately, Hathaway didn’t mind too much.

She raised a small stone-shaped object toward Marvin and said, “Stretch out your right hand!”

Hmm?

Marvin was somewhat puzzled, but he still did as told.

Hathaway took out a silver knife with her left hand and quickly cut a cross on Marvin’s palm!

A sharp pain was emitted from his hand, but Hathaway didn’t stop, quickly pressing that stone-shaped thing on Marvin’s palm.

She then started a very long incantation!

Even if Marvin didn’t know what she was doing, he knew that disturbing her would certainly end badly.

The incantation was finished three minutes later.

Weariness could be seen on Hathaway’s face.

“This is my gift to you. It didn’t come cheap.”

“This is the wind core left behind after the djinn’s death. Due to my magic power stimulating it, it can now produce a Wind Fairy.”

“Congratulations, you gained your first servant. There aren’t many opportunities to get one as a Ranger.” Hathaway said.

…

Wind Fairy? Servant?

Marvin froze, before being overjoyed.

He hurriedly looked at his right palm. That knife wound had already healed, leaving behind a faint yellow cross. The cross was surrounded by a half circle.

He could feel a life being nurtured inside his palm.

“What do I need to do?” Marvin had really no experience toward nurturing servants.

“No need to do anything. The Wind Fairy can absorb chaotic wind power from the Astral plane by itself,” Hathaway explained.”

“I believe it will become a good companion for you.”

…

Marvin wholeheartedly thanked Hathaway.

His Pixie’s Wish messed up the top floor of the Ashes Tower and also made Hathaway use three Legend spells to kill the Djinn. And the one who got something out of it was him.

Even if it might be nothing much to Hathaway, Marvin would still engrave this in his heart.

He would never forget those that helped him.

When Hathaway saw him off, she clearly told him that Wayne would be very safe in the Three Ring Towers. Wizard Leymann would look after him a bit.

And Hathaway herself was about to start leveling up to Legend.

With the Book of Nalu, she was quite confident in becoming a Legend.

With the Shadow Prince being beaten like a stray dog by the Legend Monk Inheim, now was the perfect opportunity to rank up.

Marvin no longer bothered her and soon returned to the dorms.

In the dorm, Wayne was sitting in front of a table by himself, staring at the Magic Grail in a daze.

He apparently had something on his mind.

The old butler was nowhere to be found. Marvin directly went in front of him and patted his shoulder.

“Ah… Brother!”

Wayne was startled.

“What was that earlier?” Marvin asked in a heavy voice, “What are you hiding from me?”

On the snow mountain summit, Marvin had relied on his intuition forged through the years to barely manage to notice that the Shadow Prince was approaching.

But if not for Wayne, he wouldn’t have had time to warn Hathaway.

He remember very clearly, Wayne said “That monster”.

The Shadow Prince was indeed not human before he became a god.

The question was, how did Wayne know?

…

Wayne looked at Marvin with a serious expression, biting his lips. His face alternated between white and red, and he hesitated for a long time before slowly saying, “Brother I really don’t know whether to tell you about this. Because I think this is really too ridiculous… And there are some things, I don’t know if I should talk about.”

“One thing at a time,” Marvin calmly said. “Start from the easiest, how did you know the Shadow Prince would assassinate Hathaway?”

“I saw it in my dreams,” Wayne said sincerely.

“I had a lot of dreams, and those dreams are very strange, I don’t understand anything. But some dreams happen in places we are familiar with.”

“What happened on the snow mountain summit, I had already seen it in my dream!”

‘As expected…’

Marvin had vaguely guessed it earlier.

His own younger brother was a true Seer!

He was like Hathaway, a real Seer, able to vaguely look into the future.

“What else did you see?” Marvin asked.

Wayne blankly shook his head, “Some dreams are really too blurry.”

“I saw flames and explosions, and also a huge monster flying over from a distant place.”

The Universe Magic Pool shattering would attract that Ancient Celestial Beast. Marvin inwardly shook his head.

Truly a Seer.

“What else?” Marvin kept asking.

Wayne’s complexion suddenly turned red.

“Brother… I saw you.”

“Me?” Marvin was suddenly startled!

What would be embarrassing about seeing me? Why did Wayne blush?

Marvin was puzzled!

“What’s wrong with me?”

Wayne made a weird face as he mumbled, ” I saw you in the raging flames, with a woman… You were…”

Marvin impatiently said, “I what?”

“You were having sex…” Wayne naively said.

Marvin snorted disapprovingly, “This was what happened? We are men, isn’t it only a matter of time? Why do you look at me like that?”

Wayne clenched his teeth:

“I’m sorry brother, I phrased it wrong.”

“In fact you weren’t…”

“What I saw was you being forcibly taken by a woman…”

“Even though you appeared to enjoy it, you kept resisting, trying to push down that woman.”

“But you kept failing. You ended up reaching a compromise.”

“In short, you were, by a woman, cough cough…”

Wayne’s face was completely red. He had told everything!

Marvin listened dumbstruck!

…

After a long time, he slowly said with a mysterious expression, “Wayne, did you have a clear look at that woman?”

Wayne shook his said, and very seriously said:

“It was truly too blurry, regarding that woman, I only remember her having purple hair.”

Purple?

A few people instantly appeared in Marvin’s mind.

Chapter 126: Outcast

p>Purple hair…

Marvin pondered for a while before forcing a smile and shaking his head.

Purple hair was relatively common in Feinan. For example, the Fate Sorcerer he met in Thousand Leaves Forest, Kate, had light purple hair. There was also that Valkyrie who defended three towns in the North by herself during the Calamity, who also had purple hair.

If his younger brother was really a Seer, then what he saw would probably happen!

No wonder he would be embarrassed! No matter how precocious he was, he was only a 9 year old kid.

In his dream he saw his older brother with a woman… Wasn’t that extremely embarrassing?

Marvin then sighed and seriously told Wayne, “Regarding what you saw in your dreams, you mustn’t tell anyone, got it?

Wayne nodded. Seeing Marvin’s expression, he knew there was something wrong.

After seeing the Shadow Prince today, he also understood that he could see things that ordinary people couldn’t.

“For the next month, you’ll will keep studying magic in the Three Ring Towers.” Marvin chose his next words carefully. “But you have to promise me one thing.”

“Yes, Brother!” Wayne promised straightforwardly.

“You can’t advance,” Marvin said seriously.

Wayne was immediately stunned.

…

One hour later, Marvin was sitting in an hot air balloon while Wayne was waving farewell.

Even though Marvin’s last request was a bit strange, Wayne still accepted.

He promised Marvin that he wouldn’t advance to a 2nd rank Wizard this month, even if he was on the verge of advancing.

Marvin’s method wouldn’t necessarily be effective if Wayne had already advanced to a 2nd rank Wizard. The collapse of the Universe Magic Pool wasn’t something anyone could stop, unless the Wizard God returned to Feinan and suppressed the New Gods.

But Marvin had the feeling that the Wizard God wouldn’t return in the short term. He definitely had gone to higher level universes to explore.

This was a piece of information mentioned in the game.

Feinan, which had been peaceful for many years, would finally enter an era of chaos.

Devils and Demons would also become restless, and Evil Spirits were already moving their pawns. The forces guarding Feinan were weakening.

Marvin himself didn’t have the ability to protect all of Feinan. He could only protect people at his side, protect White River Valley.

To do this, before he became truly powerful, he couldn’t attract the attention of the gods.

And constantly being in contact with Legends would definitely attract the gods’ attention.

If he said some things about the future to Hathaway and Inheim, it might change a few fates, but it wouldn’t change the general situation in Feinan.

The Third Era New Gods entering Feinan and their gathering of faith couldn’t be prevented.

And Marvin had to preserve his own life, to develop and grow to the point where he could contend with these gods, and then he could reveal his forces.

Enduring, this isn’t weakness.

…

The hot air balloon swayed and landed in the Moonlight Forest.

With a pass, Marvin’s journey was unhindered. He went through the Skull Valley, crossing the Despair Hills and reached the Mad Lich’s cottage.

But when he gave the Eternal Flower to Fidel, the latter dejectedly groaned, “Sasha is gone.”

‘Eh?’

Marvin was stunned.

He only reacted after hearing Fidel’s explanation. A few days ago, the Lich left her place, not leaving any trace.

Fidel had laboriously searched, only to find a letter left behind by Sasha.

She temporarily left, saying that she was going to find a Great Lich up north, to look for true power.

Now that she had lost human emotions, she couldn’t accept Fidel.

She hoped he could move on.

There weren’t many characters on the letter, but Marvin could feel the helplessness of the Lich when she wrote this letter.

‘Lost your human emotions? If you really lost them, would you leave this letter?’

‘People in love are always blind and ignorant, always thinking they made the best choice for the other. In fact, they are just being foolish!’

‘I’d guess she’s looking for the Body Revival skill. Perhaps she didn’t want to waste Fidel’s time because she thought the hope was very faint?’ Seeing Fidel’s dazed face, Marvin almost blurted out what he knew.

But he could only say it in his mind. He wanted to keep his identity as a transmigrator hidden after all.

Marvin could only carefully choose his words. “Maybe you misunderstood what she meant.”

“Think carefully, if she really lost her human emotions like she said, why would she leave a letter?”

“She could have just left.”

Fidel’s eyes immediately brightened.

As if lit by the fire of hope.

“You are right!”

“Sasha leaving this letter, isn’t it to let me know to look for her in the north?”

Marvin felt like facepalming.

This guy was not only a roller coaster of emotions, but it also seemed like there was something wrong with his brain.

‘What’s the use of looking for her now? Your girl clearly doesn’t want to see you because of her appearance, are you looking for her or are you hunting her?’

Marvin reassured, “Don’t worry. Aren’t you rushing her too much?”

“Maybe she only needs some time.”

“You previously said that before that thing happened, you were very close. She clearly has feelings for you. You just need to leave her some space. And some time.”

A hint of sadness flashed through Fidel’s eyes. “But I’m afraid she would forget me after some time.”

“I heard that Liches don’t really have emotions.”

Marvin was silent, unable to think of an answer to this.

He waited in Fidel’s small room for a while, and after making sure this guy wouldn’t brainlessly turn into a Lich, Marvin left.

Before leaving, Fidel gave Marvin a reward for delivering the Eternal Flower.

Fidel seemed to be quite wealthy. He was probably an heir to a Wizard clan and had all kinds of natural resources at hand.

This time, he gave Marvin a very rare bracelet.

[Wristband of Gratitude]

Quality: Uncommon

Effect: Nature Affinity +3

Nature Affinity was a very rarely seen property.

It represented the affinity or dislike of all the Nature Gods toward a creature. The Ranger was obviously a class with a high Nature Affinity, so they had special bonuses in forests.

And the higher Nature Affinity was, the stronger a Ranger’s skills like Hide and Stealth would be.

Nature Affinity +3, based on Marvin estimations, meant that his skills would be strengthened by at least 9%.

This was a great enhancing equipment.

After Marvin thanked Fidel, he equipped the Wristband of Gratitude.

Before parting, he still told Fidel that when he was bored, he could come take a stroll in White River Valley. The latter gladly agreed, saying he would pay a visit later on.

In any case, there wasn’t much to do other than hang around at home, and now that Sasha left, he didn’t have many friends.

After leaving the Despair Hills, Marvin headed straight for River Shore City.

He hadn’t returned to White River Valley for a long time. Who knew what it would be like now? Not having their overlord wouldn’t do.

…

Thousand Leaves Forest, a ragged silhouette carrying a broken worn out sword left the forest step by step.

What that imposing voice said kept echoing in his ears:

“Ivan, you have been stripped of your Elven Prince status, you are no longer an Exiled.”

“From now on, Thousand Leaves Forest is no longer your hometown. You won’t be allowed to take half a step into Thousand Leaves Forest.”

“From now on, you are an Outcast.”

“Leave. Maybe one day, when you are powerful enough to defeat me, you’ll be able to set foot on this territory.”

“Otherwise, I’ll personally kick you out. Go!”

That was the intimidating and awe-inspiring voice of the Great Elven King!

Ivan lasted a long time in the duel between father and son but he still lost, as was expected. But he hadn’t expected that what awaited him was not that group of stone people in the Stone Giant Territory, but rather being permanently banished!

Outcast…

Ivan’s eyes were blank for the first time.

‘Sure enough, has he given up on me?’

‘I already worked so hard, but still can’t catch up to him. Yeah, how could my talent compare with the strongest Wood Elven Ruler in all history?’

‘No matter how desperately I train, I am still a waste in his eyes. From childhood to adulthood, I never entered his sight.’

Only suppression and contempt. That superior expression made Ivan feel as if his heart had sank in an icy hole.

‘Liking or not liking women, those are trivial matters… All I care about is to make you look at me!’

The pitiful Elven Prince walked out of the forest, under the glaring sun.

“Clang.” His worn out sword fell to the ground.

A dragon’s roar coming from the east startled him out of his sad mood.

The next instant, he picked up his sword and headed east.

‘Fuck. I’m in a bad mood. Let’s slaughter a dragon!’ Ivan looked like wounded wolf.

…

Thousand Leaves Forest, Mirror Lake, two people were standing.

Surprisingly, on the surface of the lake was the scene of Ivan picking up his worn out sword and going toward the east..

“My King, Ivan, he…”

Ollie respectfully said with extreme sincerity, “He, he really likes you.”

“He is also working hard.”

The Great Elven King’s face was blank. “Not enough. Far from enough.”

“With this kind of strength, how could he protect the territory after I leave?”

“With these kinds of childish thoughts, how could I feel relieved handing him Thousand Leaves Forest?”

“I’ve already decided, you don’t need to say more. Withdraw, Ollie.”

Ollie bit her lips and silently left.

Only the Great Elven King was left next to the Mirror Lake.

Nicholas silently walked to the lakeside and extended his right hand.

The next instant, the scene on the lake suddenly changed!

The running Ivan disappeared, and a young face surprisingly appearing in front of the Great Elven King.

A strange light flashed through the Great Elven King’s eyes when he looked at that person’s face.

‘All the gods in Heaven chose Glynos because he had the [Time Worm]’s skin which let him pass through the Universe Magic Pool’s barrier. They think everything is already set.’

“But little did they know, the Wizard God Lance chose you to stand up for Feinan.”

“Marvin…”

Chapter 127: River Shore City’s Great Changes!

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TL: There was an issue with the ranks. Half-Legend now 4th rank. (Everything at the end of the chapter.)

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Marvin was unaware of everything that just happened in Thousand Leaves Forest.

He was hurrying south toward River Shore City.

On his way there, he saw a lot of people walking on the main road, all apparently trying to leave River Shore City.

They seemed to be in a panic. Some even had luxurious clothes but they were still walking on foot.

There were even some City Hall officials among these people. When Marvin had appealed for help from River Shore City’s City Hall before, many of these had treated him with contempt.

‘It happened indeed… River Shore City’s purge of the higher-ups.’

Marvin pondered as he continued along.

River Shore City’s great changes had happened somewhat earlier than before in the timeline, possibly also because of his influence.

This had to do with the City Lord of River Shore City appearing at an earlier date.

This City Lord was a Half-Legend Witch on equal footing with Hathaway, a peak 4th rank class holder.

But she didn’t have Hathaway’s good luck; she wasn’t a Seer. Just as she was about to become a Legend, the Universe Magic Pool shattered. Though she withstood the willpower check caused by the chaos magic rippling through her body, her growth was afterwards forever stopped at level 20, unable to level up.

If not for River Shore City being one of the starting points for players, with its countless “Golden Generation” players with heroic builds appearing one after the other, River Shore City might have been destroyed in a monster attack.

…

Marvin entered River Shore City and found out that the current city was a lot drearier than before his departure. There weren’t many people on the main street, its emptiness giving a depressing feeling.

In fact, River Shore City’s previous prosperity was somewhat fake.

A large amount of dirty trades existed, and the City Hall was colluding with all kinds of contemptible nobles and merchants, helping them profit from the ordinary people.

A vast amount of wealth circulated among a small number of people, and various kinds of unreasonable forces were running amuck. Gangs were often battling each other, resulting in deaths in the slums.

Many youths could only choose to become low level cannon fodder in a gang because they were unable to make a living otherwise.

These dark corners hid under the thriving facade. Only when you entered the depths of the city at night would you be able to feel that sickening bloody atmosphere.

But this situation had already greatly improved.

Because the City Lord Proxy was removed. River Shore City’s true owner had come out of her Wizard tower, ending her three year seclusion.

Her strength had consolidated at the 20th level, the Half-Legend boundary, and she began to govern her territory again. She was only a Viscount, making her title on the lower end in the South Wizard Alliance.

But it was unrelated to her strength. It was only because River Shore City was a small territory. If she had wanted to open up new lands in the wilderness for the Alliance, a Countess rank would be suitable.

In short, after this City Lord came back out in public, the general atmosphere in River Shore City improved.

Even the previous Dark Sweet Poison incident seemed to have been brought under control by the Wizard Regiment and the Silver Church’s knights.

People talked on the streets about the source of the plague. Silver Knight Gordian was the name that was the most often mentioned.

Apparently it was because Gordian contributed the most in the capture of the the plague followers who were spreading the Dark Sweet Poison!

And Masked Twin Blades was also mentioned repeatedly.

When Marvin heard it, he couldn’t help but smile.

In his reply to Anna, he had mentioned having Agate and Amber disguise as Masked Twin Blades and kill a few evil people in River Shore City, and then deliberately leaking the news.

Anna had apparently already put it into action, or else there wouldn’t be so many rumors about Masked Twin Blades in River Shore City.

His Region Myth had already raised by one point.

Moreover, it was leaning toward the positive side. People no longer thought of Masked Twin Blades as that cold killer who single-handedly eliminated the Acheron Gang. Neither did they consider him the criminal who ruthlessly killed everyone in Miller’s house. It changed a lot, into an enthusiastic person performing chivalrous acts everywhere.

This made Marvin very pleased.

…

“So most of the public opinion was something you spread yourselves? Describing Miller as a rich and wicked merchant who was also part of an evil cult? Portraying Masked Twin Blades as a hero?” Marvin asked.

In a secluded alley, he met with the Phantom Assassin Kyle Amber once again.

Marvin had left him in River Shore City to watch Toshiroya, that noble who was said to have come from some northern city. He apparently had been aiming at White River Valley for a long time.

Information has always been the most important. Sometimes, understanding a bit more about your enemy would increase your chances of success manyfold!

Amber shook his head. “I found a destitute and dejected Bard. This guy’s mouth was very cheap, but he was pretty eloquent.”

“The most important thing was that this man had no bottom line. As long as there was money, he would do anything.”

“Moreover, what he spread was the truth.”

Marvin nodded. The Phantom Assassin did a great job.

But he was more concerned about something else.

“What about Toshiroya? And the Lynx team,” Marvin asked.

He hadn’t forgotten that when he was trying to recover his territory, the Lynx team repeatedly tried to trap him!

Cat Verne got the Disciplinary Knights to attack him after the battle with the gnolls at White River Valley!

As for Toshiroya, this guy clearly had the same intentions as Miller. He definitely had a hand in that Gnoll attack.

Regardless of his reasons, trying to harm what Marvin was protecting would only have one outcome!

And that was death!

He’d endured it before because he wanted to clearly understand who was behind the Lynx team.

Now it was time to act.

…

Amber’s intelligence work in River Shore City was exceptional.

He immediately told Marvin the information he found out.

As expected, the day of Marvin’s departure, a lot of changes happened in River Shore City!

The true City Lord cracked down on the Proxy, and began to start a series of purging decrees.

More than half of the City Hall Officials were discharged, and one third was expelled.

Furthermore, these people got all of their property seized!.

The chief of the Wizard’s regiment had set out this time, coordinating with River Shore City’s guards and Disciplinary Knights, and along with the support of the Silver Church.

Everything was done in a rush.

This City Lord’s decisiveness could clearly be seen.

The people Marvin previously saw on the main road were those nobles and City Hall’s officials. They were expelled from River Shore City and had no choice but to think of a way to earn a living in another territory.

Then, there was the large scale hunt for the plague followers. This played a major role in containing the spread of the Dark Sweet Poison.

The Dark Sweet Poison had just begun to bring troubles before it was immediately stopped. Marvin naturally had a role in this. If he hadn’t killed that smart plague envoy, it wouldn’t have been this easy for the higher ups of River Shore City.

During this time, a strict night curfew was set up through the city. All of River Shore City was shrouded in a stifling pressure.

This was a peak Wizard’s deterrence. Even if she wasn’t a Legend, her power was enough to intimidate everyone in River Shore City.

At that time, the poorer one was, the more relieved they felt. Their lives were finally protected.

And Toshiroya was also affected by this purge.

Due to his background, River Shore City’s City Lord didn’t seize his assets and only banished him.

But from what Amber knew, this guy hadn’t immediately left the city after being banished!

He was apparently staying in an area near the city in a small temporary camp, secretly plotting something.

Because Toshiroya’s group had an expert able to see through invisibility, Amber didn’t dare to get too close, so he couldn’t get the information concerning Toshiroya’s plan.

He only knew that the camp was located inside on a ledge in a hill between River Shore City and White River Valley!

…

“It’s actually near White River Valley.”

“This guy truly has evil intentions.”

A killing intent flashed through Marvin’s eyes as he continued, “What about that Lynx team?”

“The Lynx team has been arrested by the City Lord as an example for colluding with many officials.”

“Now, the six members are all imprisoned in a cell in the north of the city,” Amber quickly answered.

“A cell?” Marvin frowned.

Toshiroya’s move gave him a bad feeling.

But he couldn’t go alone to look for him right now.

He needed to find a way to find out what that guy really wanted!

…

North of River Shore City, Black Water Prison.

Two guards pushed a small youth inside.

The sky was too dark to make out the youth’s appearance.

“What did this guy do?” the man in charge of registrations asked.

“He violated the curfew. The sky is dark but he was still running blindly on the streets. Did he really think that the recent martial law was a joke?” the guard helplessly said.

This youth had a terrified expression on his face, probably afraid of what would happen.

“Minimum of one week. 7th cell.” The person in charge of registration took a glance at the youth and felt that he wasn’t a threat, immediately letting him in.

Ten minutes later, the cell was locked. Marvin was locked with several sturdy men in a very small cell.

“Yo! Newcomer…” A man naked above the waist and with tattoos all over displayed an unsightly smile. “You look very charming.”

From another corner of the cell came a wretched laughter.

A sharp voice said, “Mondin, don’t use too much strength, that last newcomer died the day after you played with him.”

“Many of us didn’t have the chance to taste him;”

“Start easy this time. Let this boy live a few days.”

The tattooed man laughed out loud, “Fuckin nonsense.”

“Hey boy! Come lick the great me…”

He hadn’t finished his sentence when a heavy fist landed on his face, followed by the sound of teeth shattering!

The cell instantly fell into silence!

Chapter 128: Turmoil in the Territory!

p>The tattooed man was knocked to the ground by Marvin’s fist as his mouth was filled with agony. Marvin casually waved his hand, not feeling any pain.

He still had his Void Conch despite being imprisoned because it looked like an ordinary pendant and the guards didn’t do a strict inspection. They just directly took Marvin in.

After entering the cell, Marvin had expressionlessly put on the Ghastly Gloves.

This pair of gloves not only gave special effects, but could also protect his fist and palm.

Otherwise, with Marvin punching a big guy so hard, his own fist would also get hurt!

After all, that punch used ample strength and was even under the effect of Burst!

The people locked in these cells weren’t class holders. This tattooed man seemed to have very sturdy muscles, but his strength was only around 13. Their fighting skills couldn’t compare with adventurers, let alone an expert like Marvin.

This punch had come too suddenly, directly throwing him on the ground!

This was the difference between a class holder and an ordinary person!

“I didn’t hear, did you say lick something?” Marvin crouched and quietly asked.

With blood smeared on his face, the tattooed man angrily said, “Lick this great me…”

He extended his hands as he spoke, trying to catch Marvin at all costs!

Unfortunately a dagger had already been placed against his head.

“One more time and I’ll send you on your way,” Marvin calmly said.

“I don’t want to make too much noise, but that doesn’t mean I won’t kill in a cell, am I clear?”

He spoke a bit louder when he said this so that everyone in the cell could hear.

The tattooed man’s eyes widened. He was dumbfounded.

Everyone kept quiet out of fear!

When they saw Marvin’s lightning punch they were already frightened. Now Marvin had even taken out a curved dagger!

How did this guy do it?

This was a prison!

Every prisoner had to go through a body check, and he actually managed to bring a dagger in!?

Even though these were reckless prisoners, they certainly weren’t blind.

Everyone looked as if they were affected by a Mass Silence spell. Not saying anything, not daring to say anything in this atmosphere.

…

“That’s good.” Marvin’s tone slowed down, “I have a question for you.”

“Where is the Lynx team imprisoned?”

The others displayed a hint of surprise when they heard this, but they shook their heads one after the other, showing that they didn’t know.

Marvin frowned.

At that time, a mosquito-like voice could be heard, “I, I know…”

That was the tattooed man.

His face was still had blood on it, and he was still being threatened by Marvin’s dagger, not daring to move.

He was scared that Marvin would kill him if he was unhappy. He also understood that this guy looked young, but he was definitely capable.

“I, I know the Lynx team’s location.”

Marvin glanced at him, prompting, “Talk.”

The tattooed man hurriedly said in a shivering voice, “All adventurers have been locked in the C block. They are powerful and need to be strictly watched.”

“The Lynx team has been locked in cells 3 to 8. Each of them is imprisoned alone.”

Marvin kicked the tattooed man’s stomach, once again throwing him to the ground.

The latter let out a painful groan.

“Remember to keep your eyes open next time,” Marvin coldly said. “If there is the slightest issue with your information, don’t think of staying alive.”

The tattooed man repeatedly nodded his head, frightened, and then kneeled in front of Marvin.

The others in the room were quiet. A bold man asked, “Your Excellency, may I ask, how did you bring a dagger in?”

Marvin glanced at him before casually strolling toward the cell’s door.

The next instant, a cold light flashed.

Another dagger appeared in Marvin’s hand.

“It’s not difficult. Moreover, I have three,” Marvin indifferently said.

The other prisoners all foolishly looked at Marvin.

People with a bit of knowledge instantly made the connection with the legendary storage item!

Only high level adventurers had this thing…

These ordinary people would spend their lives struggling to subsist. How could they have the chance to see such a magical item?

This delicate youth before them was surprisingly so wealthy.

Without waiting for them to react, a few clanking noises could be heard from the corridor.

A thing was thrown in from the outside.

Marvin picked it up. It was a bunch of keys.

He walked naturally to the door and unlocked it, went out, and closed the door.

“Wait… Could you let us leave?” that bold man asked expectantly.

“Kacha!”

Marvin ruthlessly locked the sturdy door.

“Sorry, I came here to end lives, not to save lives. If you don’t want to die, keep your mouth shut.”

As his voice gradually disappeared, he also disappeared into the shadows!

In the cell, everyone had a complicated expression on their face, but no one dared to say a word!

Marvin’s powerful show of strength left a shadow in their hearts. The usually very ruthless tattooed man was busy rolling on the ground due to pain.

…

C Block 8th Cell.

Verne was sitting on his bed, expressionless. The prison seemed particularly calm tonight. The usual rough breathing at the end of the corridor couldn’t be heard.

He kept having the feeling that something was about to happen.

At that time, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of his cell.

“Who?” Verne questioned, alarmed.

“The one taking you away.” Marvin calmly unlocked the lock.

“I don’t know you.” Verne took a step back, about to shout for the guards.

But he was too slow.

Marvin quickly opened the door, and burst in with Shadow Step!

He was in front of Verne in an instant, covering Verne’s mouth.

The latter was about to resist, when an ice cold feeling on his neck made him stop this stupid resistance!

The curved dagger had quietly snuck to his neck.

“What is Toshiroya planning to do to White River Valley’s territory?” Marvin softly asked. “You know how you’ll end up if you don’t speak.”

Marvin slowly loosened his hand.

“It’s you…” Verne looked at Marvin with incomparable shock.

With the moonlight coming out of the window, he could clearly see Marvin’s face.

“Turns out you were Masked Twin Blades, no wonder that day at the castle…”

The curved dagger slightly moved on Verne’s neck and the latter immediately shut up.

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Marvin impatiently said, “I know you were paid to act, I only want to know Toshiroya’s plot!”

“You’ll still kill me if i tell you!” Verne laughed softly, “Why should I tell you?”

“Your fighting skills are a lot more troublesome than I can imagine and I’ve already been starved for a week. I simply have no strength to resist. Kill me, I won’t tell you.”

“Moreover, I’ll curse you, Baron Marvin. Curse you to be unable to have a peaceful life, curse you to see your beloved die in front of you…”

“Pop!”

A heavy sound echoed and Verne couldn’t keep talking because his stomach was struck by a heavy fist!

“Who do you think you are? Your curse having any effect on me? Idiot.”

Marvin sneered, “Mister Verne, I quite appreciate your boldness.”

“But I’ll ask you to think with your brain. Since I dared to come into your cell to find you, I would have definitely made proper preparations. I’m sure you’ll talk.”

He then surprisingly let go of Cat.

The latter immediately was dumbstruck.

Marvin actually released him. He had the confidence he could convince him to talk?

But then…

“Dling!””Dling!”

Marvin threw a small bell to Verne.

The latter’s complexion immediately changed!

“This is… What have you done to Dylan!”

Verne’s face was filled with anger, and he almost lost it.

“So young, but he has such nice blonde hair. He’ll definitely be a very charming young man when he grows up.” Marvin indifferently added, “His eyes look a lot like yours.”

Verne immediately let out a cold breath.

He sat down on the bed, completely depressed.

Marvin patiently waited.

“Don’t harm Dylan. I beg you.” Verne displayed a painful expression. “I’ll tell you everything I know.”

“Don’t harm Dylan,” he repeated once more.

Marvin shrugged noncommittally. “Talk, I’m listening.”

…

“Toshiroya has a hidden treasure map. It is pointing to a place in White River Valley, your castle.”

“They colluded with Gnolls to invade White River Valley, but the Gnolls breached the contract. Toshiroya was extremely angry, but due to some other matters, he was delayed.”

“After you recovered your territory, he had even less room to maneuver. The current White River Valley guards’ strength had been improved thanks to Gru’s team joining.”

“Toshiroya is currently understaffed but he also has no official reason to attack White River Valley. Thus he intends to change methods.”

Cat’s voice was very dull, but each word was deeply recorded in Marvin’s heart.

“What method?” Marvin asked.

“Rebellion,” Verne replied. ” I don’t know much about the details. I was only a hired hand for him.”

“He is trying to cause a rebellion in your territory in the near future. He will then, with the help of an inside man, take control of the castle.”

“In any case, civilians would be unaware of what to do. If he takes care of the guards, he can settle everything.”

Marvin was startled. “You mean, the current White River Valley garrison has already been infiltrated by Toshiroya?”

“Yeah,” Verne answered. “But I don’t know who.”

“He is going to make a move soon, so if you want to deal with it, you have to quickly make a decision.”

“That’s all I know.”

“Please let Dylan off. He is only a child.”

Marvin quietly walked in front of Cat, and “Woosh!”, a slash efficiently cut his head!

He was already a 2nd rank Night Walker, and his attribute bonuses had already been added since it was night time. And Verne was only a level 5 class holder, he simply wasn’t his opponent!

“People’s sins are their own to bear.”

“I won’t go so far as to take my anger out on a child.”

Marvin said this to Verne’s body.

That small bell was also only stolen from Dylan by the Phantom Assassin Amber.

Before he acted, Marvin hadn’t had to think about it at all. He had no interest in using an innocent in this matter.

…

The door of that now unoccupied cell was pushed open once again.

A faint shadowy person walked over and whispered, “Lord, everything has been settled.”

Marvin nodded.

Having a Phantom Assassin subordinate was really convenient!

Those keys were stolen by Amber before being tossed to Marvin.

As for the other five Lynx members, they were also disposed of by Amber, noiselessly.

Amber’s Stealth was a lot stronger than Marvin’s, and furthermore, he also had a powerful Hide. Thus, he could easily infiltrate the cells, while Marvin had to use some more conventional methods.

The two people worked on separate things and their progress wasn’t too bad.

At least they knew what Toshiroya was up to and they still have time to go back.

Marvin was ready to leave Black Water Prison.

But at this time, a bright light suddenly flickered in the room!

Marvin’s heart sank!

Teleportation Portal!

No, not a Teleportation Portal, it was a prepared Teleportation Gate!¹

The next second, a hot woman walked out of the Teleportation Gate.

A trace of anger could be seen on her face. “Killing in my city without my agreement.”

“Baron Marvin, this isn’t something a gentleman should do.”

Marvin forced a smile.

He was so careful he hadn’t expected to still be detected.

This was too troublesome!

Indeed, this lady who appeared in the prison cell was shockingly River Shore City’s 4th rank Witch City Lord, Madeline.

…

“Take a trip with me, Baron Marvin.”

Surprisingly, Madeline didn’t shout, taking a deep glance at him instead.

As for that Phantom Assassin behind Marvin, she directly ignored him.

The next instant, the Teleportation Gate was once again activated.

Marvin’s heart shook, apparently guessing something.

He could only give a meaningful glance to the Phantom Assassin before following Madeline through the Teleportation Gate.

On the other side of the Teleportation Gate was a sumptuous room.

It could be seen that this place was Madeline’s living quarters.

Marvin had also gone into the top floor of the Ashes Tower. Although Hathaway and Madeline were both Half-Legends, their taste and style was extremely different.

Hathaway’s room’s colors were clashing, giving out an intense sense of contradiction.

And Madeline’s was a traditional noble’s room, very luxurious. But too much and too cheesy.

“Setting up a Teleportation Gate like that. Dame Madeline, it looks like you already knew I would act against Verne?”

Marvin wasn’t an idiot. Madeline wasn’t a god, she couldn’t have randomly sensed him killing in the cell.

And that Teleportation Gate was obviously set up beforehand.

“More or less.”

“After I came out of seclusion, I handled many things. I also saw many people. However, the one who left me the deepest impression was actually you.”

“Baron Marvin? Or maybe Masked Twin Blades? Killing his own uncle with his own hands. And slaughtering a Plague Envoy on his way. With this kind of performance, it would be very difficult for me not to pay attention.”

Madeline slowly walked to a liquor cabinet on the side. “Want something?”

“No need, get straight to the point,” Marvin said in a heavy voice.

“Don’t worry.” Madeline suddenly waved her hand, instantly making a magic mirror appear in front of Marvin.

On the magic screen, White River Valley’s castle could be seen.

The rear of the castle was actually on fire! The place that was burning was most likely the granary!

Marvin’s pupils shrinked.

He hadn’t expected an upheaval to appear in his territory that soon!

Madeline blinked and said, “It looks like you need my help right now.”

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T/N1: So changed Teleportation Door to Teleportation Portal (Gate & Door being too similar) it’s something akin to the Anywhere/Dokodemo Door while the Teleportation Gate is something like a Stargate, already set up and needing activation.

Chapter 129: The Overlord Returns!

p>Surprisingly, displayed on the magic screen was the current situation in White River Valley!

A rebellion arose in the territory!

Even if Madeline agreed to let Marvin go on his own right now, if he rushed as fast as he could, it would take at least an hour to get back.

By that time, the rebellion might have already ended. Toshiroya’s people might have already taken control of the castle!

Marvin took a deep breath and asked with a heavy voice, “What do you want?”

“Nothing. I don’t really care about what you did previously.” Madeline poured herself a glass of red wine. It could clearly be seen that she was a woman who knew how to enjoy life.

She charmingly looked at Marvin. “This is a world where the strong are respected, and you showed enough potential to make people praise you.”

“I want to cooperate with you.”

Cooperate?

Marvin almost thought he misheard.

The great City Lord of River Shore City, a 4th rank expert and a Half-Legend, actually wanted to cooperate with him?

“The Magic Holy Grail.” Madeline finally revealed what she was after. “I need that thing. The news is spreading quickly among the Wizards. Your performance in the Three Ring Towers made people speechless.”

“I know it’s on you, isn’t it?”

Marvin couldn’t do anything to deny that, so he simply nodded.

[Lance’s Holy Grail] was indeed on him.

Although this item would be helpful for Wayne, after Marvin requested it, Wayne unhesitantly gave the Holy Grail to him.

‘Magic Holy Grail…’ Marvin started thinking fast. Since Madeline wanted the Magic Holy Grail, that meant she was about to set out for that place.

It was a lot earlier than it was supposed to happen!

Marvin’s heart was somewhat put on alert.

…

“Let’s make it simple.” Madeline put down her wine cup and resolutely said, “I’ll help you pacify your territory’s rebellion. And you’ll lend me the Magic Holy Grail. River Shore City will protect White River Valley. I know you already formed an alliance with the Ashes Tower of the Three Ring Towers. But the Three Ring Towers is extremely far away after all.”

“Even if Hathaway wanted to protect you, she could only rely on her prestige to scare some people with bad intentions. But River Shore City is different. If you are in trouble, we would be able to help out at anytime.”

“That includes that huge problem you are about to face: food.”

“I can sell you a portion of our food at market price.”

Madeline’s voice was very captivating.

But Marvin knew that this was only a disguise.

If it weren’t for his relationship with Hathaway, and that Holy Grail being the token of the Three Ring Towers, Madeline might have directly fought for it.

The reason she instead was patiently negotiating with him right now was only because she didn’t dare to act.

But from the expression in her eyes, it could be seen that the Magic Holy Grail was something that she absolutely had to have.

If Marvin declined her offer, he might not be able to walk out of this room today.

He thought it through and ended up giving a reply that made Madeline extremely shocked.

The latter thought for a moment and finally nodded in approval.

Even if Marvin’s request was somewhat strange, the final outcome was more or less the same.

Thus, a bit later, a giant eagle stopped in front of the window of Madeline’s room.

“Since you don’t want me to deal with it, I wish you luck, Baron Marvin.”

Madeline stood at the window, her red nightgown extremely revealing.

The Great Falcon’s wings flapped, creating a fierce gust of wind. Madeline’s thin nightgown was suddenly swaying in the wind, revealing her fair legs.

Marvin jumped on the Great Falcon’s back, enduring the gale as it soared to White River Valley!

…

The Scarlet Monastery was a place that had been troubling River Shore City for a while.

Madeline had sent Disciplinary Knights and guards to suppress this evil force several times in the past.

But those two Pain Monks at the gate made her helpless.

The Pain Monks were too strong. Although they were only at the 3rd rank, they were immune to magic.

And if soldiers fought in close range with them, they would have heavy losses due to their lack of expert combat classholders.

After probing several times, Madeline had temporarily given up her plans on dealing with that place.

The monsters there were content with what they had, since after that Lich who failed to become a god died, there was no more movement. Though that Lich was actually in a deep slumber.

But a while ago, Demon God Enforcers appeared near River Shore City!

These were the subordinates of the 3rd Hall’s master, Avenger Fegan.

They seemed to be plotting something. This annoyed Madeline greatly.

It wasn’t like she couldn’t take care of the two Pain Monks, but it would cost a huge number of her soldiers their lives.

But the emergence of those Demon God Enforcers made her firmly determined to root out the Scarlet Monastery.

After the purge of the City Hall and the containment of the Dark Sweet Poison, this swift and decisive City Lord began to prepare her third major move after her seclusion!

And that was attacking the Scarlet Monastery.

Marvin’s Magic Holy Grail had an impact on this war that was irreplaceable. The Holy Grail’s various Auras and Anti-Curse abilities could give a huge boost to the army’s fighting potential. Even a powerful Silver Church Priest wouldn’t be able to do that.

Marvin remembered very clearly that Madeline’s attack on the Scarlet Monastery ended up failing.

‘The outcome this time might be different after my involvement.’

‘But it also might not be. That guy is truly powerful…”

Marvin leaned forward on the Great Eagle’s back, the deal with Madeline flashing through his mind.

Madeline would help Marvin get back to White River Valley and Marvin would personally participate in this war.

He would be in charge of the Magic Holy Grail. Moreover, he also stated that he wanted to have a relatively high priority in picking the loot.

These two points weren’t an issue for Madeline, as she was interested in neither the Scarlet Monastery’s loot nor the Magic Holy Grail, as long as its effects were used to help.

Both of them temporarily made a deal.

What made Madeline the most surprised was that Marvin actually hadn’t mentioned the issue of food.

Could he have another solution?

The Witch was puzzled.

It was safe to say that only River Shore City could deliver food to such a location.

But whatever the case, this enigmatic Baron Marvin still left on her summoned Great Eagle, only leaving a thin but steady back in Madeline’s sight.

…

White River Valley was in a complete mess!

At the bottom of the mountain, all the civilians were gathered together.

A youth shouted with a red complexion:

“Everyone listen!”

“How long has it been since our Overlord appeared?”

“Ever since last month, our food supply has been restricted and that Half-Elf bastard still doesn’t agree to receive the kindness from River Shore City’s chamber of commerce!”

“She doesn’t give us food to eat!”

“She deprived our territory’s inhabitants of the most basic right! This wasn’t the case in the previous White River Valley, but that’s how things are now!”

“I suspect she secretly murdered the Overlord and casually modified old decrees, trying to seize our territory!”

“Don’t you see that fire! That was our painstakingly built granary. The food inside was to be used to get through the winter. Now our food has burnt, there is no more!”

“That treacherous woman wants us to starve to death. We can’t sit and wait for death!”

“We have to go to the castle to protest!”

Many people were moved by the youth’s extremely provocative arguments.

They blindly went to the castle under the incitement of a few people!

…

“Miss Anna, what now?”

Andre looked below the castle, extremely nervous. There was a huge mass of the territory’s inhabitants!

The garrison had already locked the castle gate a long time ago, but this didn’t make them feel more secure.

Because they were also terrified, and their hearts were in chaos.

There had been an increasing amount of rumors in the territory these days, rumors about Anna plotting against Marvin, trying to become the Overlord.

Ordinary people weren’t very informed after all. Marvin’s amazing performance in the Three Ring Towers still hadn’t spread to River Shore City, not to mention White River Valley, this countryside area.

When he left, he chose to sneak away in order to avoid unwanted attention.

But now, there was a huge problem with Anna making the decisions, as she really wasn’t an Overlord.

She wasn’t the target of those ignorant citizens’ loyalty. She was only Marvin’s butler, White River Valley Overlord’s Proxy.

“How is the granary?” Anna gently asked.

Andre said with a heavy face, “Everything is ruined. The remaining food would at most last for a week.”

Hearing this, Anna almost choked!

She had already suspected that a mole had infiltrated the castle, but she didn’t think he would succeed.

With the granary being so tightly guarded, for someone to succeed… She felt powerless.

If he was here, everything would be fine.

Anna couldn’t help but think of Marvin.

But at this time, an arrogant sounding laugh echoed, “Is there something worrying you? My beloved Anna?”

“You are more beautiful than the moonlight tonight.”

That was a luxuriously dressed man. He came over and said that despite the fact that there wasn’t any moonlight tonight. He tried to embrace Anna.

But he was pushed away by Andre!

“Get away from Miss Anna!” Andre loathsomely said.

“Such a rude guy. To dare speak like that to the Greatest Alchemist in all History!” That man angrily stared at Andre, “Don’t you know what kind of troubles your territory is currently facing?”

“If Miss Anna wishes, I’ll go out and solve the problem for you.”

“No need! Mister Edward,” Anna coldly said, “We’ll settle it ourselves.”

However, at that moment, the citizens were apparently unable to bear it anymore.

They sent a representative, that youth who had been riling up the people.

He proudly approached the castle and loudly yelled, “We want to meet Sir Overlord!”

“We want to know the territory’s current situation. Return us our food. Greedy and treacherous woman, if you don’t agree to our requests…”

He hadn’t finished his words when a burst of wind arrived from the sky!

A shadow suddenly dropped from the sky, landing next to the youth.

A cold light flashed.

Marvin turned, two daggers in hands, not caring about the body falling behind him.

He coldly watched the instigated populace:

“Are you rebelling?”

Chapter 130: Powerful Suppression!

p>”Overlord!”

“Lord Marvin!”

The deceived people were suddenly astonished!

Marvin’s way of appearing was too shocking. He used the Wishful Rope to jump down from the back of the Great Eagle.

He then decisively beheaded the troublemaker.

Everyone was dumbfoundedly looking at Marvin.

Was that their Overlord who was always polite and amiable?

This was totally a ferocious killer!

“I’ll ask again.”

Marvin unhurriedly took a step forward, “Are you rebelling?”

They all retreated three steps!

He was standing on the narrow bridge with his young body, but in everyone’s eyes, his presence had an incredible deterring power!

This was the power of nobility.

Noble skill – [Dignity]!

The rule of Marvin’s family had been deeply etched in his people’s hearts for a long time. When Marvin wasn’t here, people might be easily bewitched.

But when Marvin appeared, especially in such a spectacular way, everyone would immediately sober up.

What were they doing?

Gather under the castle to cause trouble? Wasn’t it rebelling?

Territories under the South Wizard Alliance’s rule had a very severe punishment for rebels!

Death by hanging!

There was no room for discussion.

The majority of the people cowered. They were simply fooled by the rumors and the lies. When Marvin appeared, they lost their thoughts about causing trouble.

Of course, there were also some troublemakers hidden among them.

Someone suddenly yelled, “But we have no food!”

“We want to eat!”

Marvin stared at that guy standing out with the eyes of a predator.

It was a thin guy who looked like a monkey. He wasn’t too old, but his eyes were bright.

“You. Come.” Marvin calmly said.

That man hid behind someone and slowly said, “Lord Marvin, we really aren’t thinking of rebelling, we only want to eat.”

“I know, thus I ask you to come.”

Marvin put away his curved daggers and showed his empty hands to everyone before saying, “I put away my daggers.”

“I guarantee that if you aren’t a spy sent by the enemy, I won’t harm you.”

That man hesitated, even if Marvin said that, he could still feel killing intent in Marvin’s eyes!

He cowered.

“Let’s forget about it, since Sir has returned, we…”

He was forcefully interrupted by Marvin.

“Drag him to me!” Marvin glanced at a few villagers and bellowed.

The other guys immediately nodded, and pushed that thin monkey-like man until he was in front of Marvin.

“You said you were hungry, you didn’t have food, so you were causing troubles.”

Marvin put his hands on that man’s shoulders and grabbed him tightly, “Are you telling the truth?”

“I swear!” Somewhat panicking, he said in a loud voice, “We are really too hungry… We have no money, it has been stolen by those gnolls!”

“Good,” Marvin sneered.

His hand flashed inside that man’s jacket pocket, instantly pulling out a money pouch!

He opened the pouch and the sound of many silvers falling to the ground could be heard!

That man was dumbfounded! He clearly remembered having nothing in his pocket.

And the others were extremely shocked!

They had greedy looks, and when they were looking at that monkey-like man, they were also full of doubts and anger!

Didn’t this guy say that they had no money to eat?

With so many silvers in his pocket, he could easily buy food.

This money could buy a lot of provisions in River Shore City.

“Swindler!” Marvin didn’t leave the thin man a chance to open his mouth and directly shouted angrily!

He pulled out his dagger and killed!

Blood flew everywhere.

Everyone thoroughly calmed down.

“A swindler,” Marvin angrily said, “This fucker was a swindler!”

“Haven’t you seen it? Someone has bribed him to deceive you! Indeed, the granary was burnt, but it was the work of our enemies!”

“He wants to take over White River Valley, thus he made this rebellion plot.”

Marvin coldly concluded, “Now, I order you as the Overlord, return to your homes!”

“The food issue will be solved within a week.”

“I guarantee you this as White River Valley’s Overlord.”

[Dignity] was used once again!

The majority of the people retreated, leaving with an ashamed face.

But at that time, the castle gates which were shut suddenly opened with a creaking sound.

A sneaky shadow flashed out, seeming to have felt something wrong!

Marvin took a big step forward and began to sprint!

He was still wearing that pair of Thunder Fairy Boots. Hanzel had generously given this Magic Item to Marvin as a gift!

Marvin instantly rushed to the castle gates and grabbed that person, revealing a very unfamiliar face full of surprise!

The Wishful Rope quietly bound him.

The people who were about to go down the hill looked back at that scene in surprise. They managed to see Marvin carrying a garrison member under the faint light of the torches!

At that time, Anna and the others were welcoming him.

“Lord Marvin!” Andre and the other garrison members excitedly greeted him.

Marvin’s strong performance made them extremely shocked.

And the most important part was that they knew, with Marvin’s return, the territory wouldn’t become chaotic!

“Who is this person?” Marvin asked while holding that guy.

Andre’s expression changed, “This is a recruit who had been accepted in the garrison a few days ago…”

“A spy!” Anger flashed through Anna’s eyes. “He is definitely the one who burnt the granary!”

“And he now wanted to take advantage of the situation and open the gates to let those troublemakers in?”

Marvin looked at that man, and the latter said in a low voice, “I merely saw Lord Marvin return and wanted to open the door to welcome…”

But before he could finish his sentence, Marvin kicked the ground!

And an ice cold light shone as Marvin made an imposing slash, directly cutting off this man’s head!

The bloody head rolled on the stone bridge before ending up in the moat.

“This is how a spy ends!” Marvin suddenly raised his voice, his foot kicking that headless body into the moat!

The remaining civilians’ hearts turned cold. They no longer lingered and returned to their homes one after the other.

Only the garrison, Anna, and a few others remained in front of the castle.

“Young Master… You finally came back.” Anna bit her lips. If there weren’t so many people present, she might have cried out.

She was very smart and capable, but she wasn’t this territory’s Overlord.

She had suffered a lot during Marvin’s absence, there were too many rumors slandering her.

Marvin gently embraced Anna, comforting her, “It’s all right.”

But an obnoxious voice suddenly came from the side:

“How could you embrace Miss Anna so casually?”

“Even if you are this territory’s Overlord, you shouldn’t be this rude!”

Marvin frowned. He had been killing quite heavily today, but he hadn’t reached the point where he would kill without reason.

He immediately pointed at that guy and asked, “Who is this guy dressed up like a peacock?”

Everyone turned silent for a moment.

They then all burst out laughing.

Even Anna who had always avoided showing her emotions in public couldn’t help but laugh to the point of crying.

Because what Marvin said was truly accurate! The man who claimed to the the Greatest Alchemist in all History was wearing extremely luxurious clothes, but the color coordination was truly… well, underwhelming.

At night, under the light of the fire, he really looked like a peacock!

That man retorted angrily, “What did you say? Are you questioning my clothing tastes? I request a duel!”

“Duel my ass!” Marvin impatiently said, “This lord is still busy killing, I don’t have free time!”

He coldly glanced at that man. “This is my territory, know your place.”

He immediately told Anna a few things. Mainly to appease the citizens’ mood, and then strengthen the remaining food’s defense.

“What about you?” Anna displayed a surprised expression after he was done talking, “Are you planning to leave again?”

“Tonight,” Marvin emotionlessly replied. “I can’t allow people to keep provoking my bottom line.”

He then headed down the mountain without looking back.

The peacock man remarked in a very bad mood, “Ridiculous Overlord! Something like killing, why would he do it himself? Miss Anna there is an issue with your eyes.”

“Shut up!” Everyone angrily shouted.

The peacock man was startled and immediately didn’t dare to say anything else. He hadn’t expected that Marvin’s status in the eyes of these people would be so high!

…

The night wind whistled past his ear.

Marvin seemed as fast as lightning.

The darkness of the night was heaven for the Night Walker.

Tonight he wanted to kill.

Kill in the night!

Regardless of Toshiroya’s goals and reasons, he had already thoroughly angered Marvin.

The last person who touched Marvin’s bottom line was White, and he had died.

Now it was this noble who came from some northern city.

Marvin had put on a layer of protective clothing and was running quietly in the night.

…

Half an hour later, not far from a small hill’s ledge.

Marvin was quietly readying himself.

The Phantom Assassin Amber had also been waiting.

On that ledge was an incomplete temporary camp.

In the camp were roughly twenty men. At least half were 2nd rank Fighters, and in addition, there was a 2nd rank Sorcerer. This Sorcerer’s status was very high, as he had a tent for himself.

Toshiroya himself was a 2nd rank Swordsman, and he had two Barbarian [Wasteland Warriors] as guards.

This was the information Amber had gathered.

‘A group of 2nd rank class holders to take over a small White River Valley, it obviously should be enough.’ Marvin sneered.

Unfortunately, you met me.

…

Amber came over and whispered, “Lord Marvin, when are we moving?”

“No hurry.” Marvin focused on something, and soon, a flare flew from the forest.

That was one of the adventurers pretending to be a citizen!

He had returned to inform Toshiroya.

“Kill him first.” Marvin pointed at that man.

The Phantom Assassin nodded, and suddenly disappeared on the spot.

As for Marvin, he used Stealth and directly walked toward the camp!

Chapter 131: Unrivalled In the Night!

p>

T/N: Camp isn’t in a cave, it’s something like an hollow area in the mountain, ledge to keep it simple.

It was deep in the night, and more than half of the people in the camp were already asleep.

Most of the Fighters didn’t have their own tent, and instead were crammed in one big tent, sleeping while snoring and jostling about.

In the deepest part of the camp was a tent that was still lit. Two figures could faintly be seen still in an intense struggle.

The silhouette that was below had a hot body, to the point that even just seeing the shadow through the tent would leave people lost in fanciful thoughts.

A total of four people were standing guard, with three guarding out in the open and one hidden.

Marvin simply took a trip round the camp to get specific information.

Night Walker’s strong points were finally displayed. In the wilderness during the night, his Stealth could even be stronger than that of the best Thieves!

The Archer in charge of scouting didn’t even notice anything when he circled the camp.

This was the power of the Night Monarch’s blessings!

…

“Lord, it’s done.” Amber quietly approached.

There was another Phantom Assassin on the other side. Agate had also arrived after Marvin’s summons.

The three were top class assassins, facing an entire camp.

Generally speaking, their chances would be very slim against so many opponents of the same rank.

But Marvin was confident.

“First I’ll go and deal with that Archer.”

“After those three discover the Archer’s death, they’ll need a moment to react. That is our chance!”

“After I kill him, we each deal with one visible sentry. Understood?”

Marvin whispered his plan, hidden in a thicket.

As a former legendary player, Marvin was not only good at soloing, but also skillful in leading and strategizing!

Phantom Assassins were good at assassination, but a direct battle was out of the question. However, their ability to flee was pretty good.

Marvin didn’t wish to lose his own subordinates in this battle, so he would obviously plan carefully.

A bit over five minutes later, they started their operation.

…

Above the field where the camp was set up was a sort of plateau. An Archer was bored to death as he looked below.

The moonlight was bright at the moment, so his field of view was good. He made a rough check and found nothing, and thus sat down.

He set the bow to the side, took out an homemade cigar and tried to light it by continuously rubbing a flint.

But at that time, he felt some wind behind his head!

Someone!

This was his first reaction.

But also his last reaction.

Marvin had silently sneaked behind the Archer, raised his dagger and ruthlessly slashed at him!

He directly beheaded him!

Night Walker’s Stealth was this fierce during the night.

At the same level, they were unequalled. Even an Archer with high perception couldn’t feel Marvin behind him.

Unless he stayed on high alert!

But this was simply impossible. People would always become tired and relax, let alone when standing watch during an endless night.

The Archer’s head rolled down on the stone and steadily fell at the camp’s gate.

The three Fighters on night duty were immediately startled by the sound. They looked down and saw a bloody head!

“Intr…”

The three coincidentally synchronized voices were stuck in their throats!

Because Marvin hadn’t hesitated and directly dropped from the sky after killing the Archer, throwing himself at the Fighter in the middle, daggers crossed!

Dead!

“The second…” Marvin whispered.

His eyes were full of killing intent.

The other two Fighters had also been decisively killed by the Phantom Assassins who had been hiding for a long time!

The camp had instantly become defenseless.

Marvin silently made a sign. The two Phantom Assassins understood and they both got back into Stealth.

–Follow the plan–

Marvin’s eyes were fixed on that tent in the center.

From his position, he could still faintly hear gasping and moaning voices

Marvin sneered and silently approached that tent.

He could hear everything that was happening inside!

Marvin silently assessed the distance based on the shadow reflecting on the tent’s wall, and then took a deep breath.

He then ran around the tent, cutting the few ropes fastening it.

With the supporting ropes snapping, the entire tent fell down.

A woman shrieking and a man cursing could instantly be heard.

The tent’s thick walls fell down and covered everything inside.

On the bed, a man tried to get up in panic, while a woman was curling up, shrieking.

Marvin silently laughed and jumped, stably landing on that bed.

The fierce Fang was once again flashing under the moonlight.

“Pshh.”

A slash drew blood. A head still covered by the tent’s canvas fell to the ground.

And that struggling woman was also ruthlessly killed by Marvin!

‘The most important enemy has been eliminated, half of the plan has already succeeded.”

Marvin stood on the ruins of the tent and let out a long breath.

The camp had been awoken by what happened. Eleven Fighters rushed out in chaos from the tent they were squeezed in.

And Toshiroya rushed out from one side with his two Wasteland Warrior Barbarians.

“Who!” He roared, alarmed and angry.

Marvin didn’t look at him, instead speeding up and directly running out of the camp, into the forest!

…

Indeed, the person he killed wasn’t Toshiroya.

It was actually the Sorcerer.

In the entire camp, the biggest threats to Marvin were that Archer and that Sorcerer.

According to Amber’s information, this guy was very lascivious and would need an attractive woman every night. This might be related to his bloodline.

Thus, Marvin’s plan wasn’t to target Toshiroya.

First kill the Archer, then kill the Sorcerer who probably has some crowd control abilities. The remaining trashes, in Marvin’s eyes, were just livestock ready to be slaughtered.

That included Toshiroya himself.

‘Angry? If you are angry, then chase.’

‘Tonight’s game has just begun…’

Marvin sneered inwardly as he had turned to take a look. Toshiroya was indeed in an endless fury. He brought his remaining thirteen subordinates and rushed out of the camp!

In Toshiroya’s eyes, Marvin was only an assassin. There were so many of them that as long they fought that guy from the front, they would surely be able to kill him easily!

But in fact, it wasn’t the case.

…

The forest in the night, heavy footsteps echoed.

Each torch was lifted up high as the group of fourteen people began searching under Toshiroya’s lead. They then split into four groups to search separately.

Apart from his own group which consisted of himself, the two Barbarians and two 2nd rank Fighters, the other groups were made of three people.

This gave Marvin quite an advantage.

What were just three people!

Marvin’s current [Nocturnal]’s level hadn’t risen yet, or else he would have been able to kill ten Fighters on the same rank as himself!

Of course, freaks like Guardians still had to be excluded. One on one, Marvin had to rely on his Armor Strip skill to handle them. More people and he would find it very troublesome to deal with.

But there was no Guardian among Toshiroya’s troops. He only brought Fighters from the north!

Apart from that Archer with a Scout subclass, there weren’t any Thiefs or even Rangers.

It might be because he had been too confident in the Sorcerer’s casting abilities.

Unfortunately, the only two people who might have been able to find Marvin’s whereabouts had already died.

The remainder could only look around randomly for Marvin’s whereabouts under Toshiroya’s urging.

Marvin already considered these wretches a pile of dead bodies.

Tonight, he was ready to slaughter.

…

Three Fighters were walking in the forest, keeping a certain distance from each other.

One of them was carrying a torch, holding a sword in the other hand, and watching his surroundings with extreme vigilance.

The other two were tightly holding onto their weapons, guarding against a battle that could happen anytime.

They walked past a few broken trees. The first person passed by, smoothly. The second person jumped over, when something unexpected happened!

A hand suddenly stretched out from under the broken tree.

That Fighter let out an alarmed shout as his whole body was instantly pulled down!

There was an extremely narrow pit underneath.

Not waiting for that Warrior to use a defensive stance, Marvin’s curved dagger already sliced his neck!

“Pshh!”

Blood spurted, leaving a warm feeling on Marvin’s face. But he didn’t stop and rolled to the other side of the pit!

Those two Fighters hurried over to look at their companion.

Little did they know that Marvin had already crawled out from the other side of the broken trees.

The next instant, he suddenly charged from the front!

He didn’t even bother covering up his footsteps!

The first Fighter was startled and hurriedly turned around, but ended up losing the torch in his hand after being kicked!

Darkness suddenly fell and the two Fighters lost their sight!

What happened next was a ruthless harvest of souls!

Half a minute later, there were two more corpses on the ground.

By the time Toshiroya rushed over after hearing the sounds, similar sounds could be heard in another part of the forest!

He turned completely green!

…

Marvin pushed ahead and used a similar tactic. Covered by the darkness, he dealt with the other Fighter groups in an instant.

They couldn’t do anything after losing their torches. Marvin’s Darksight was too overpowered!

No less than nine people would never leave this ice-cold forest.

Silence reigned through the entire forest, leaving Toshiroya only with a cold feeling.

When he saw the bodies of the third group of Fighters, he almost went insane!

Everything showed that there was only one opponent.

But how could one person accomplish this?

Could it be a 3rd rank or even 4th rank assassin?

Thinking of this, Toshiroya couldn’t help but become frightened!

“We leave!” He ordered.

But at that time, a lone shadow slowly appeared in front of them.

It was in an open area illuminated by the moonlight. They barely managed to see the other side’s face.

“It’s you!” Toshiroya turned pale with fright.

A drop of blood fell from Marvin’s daggers.

He looked at Toshiroya and said in an indifferent tone, “What did you expect?”

…

Outside River Shore City, in a Wizard Tower.

Madeline was sitting barefooted in front of a crystal ball. A few crows flew out right as that battle in the forest started.

‘Oh. You really chose to fight the whole camp by yourself.’

‘Baron Marvin, let me take a look at your true abilities.’

A hint of excitement flashed through Madeline’s eyes.

Her purple hair also swayed under the caress of the wind.

Chapter 132: Great Devil Head

p>A moonlit clearing in the forest.

Both sides were facing each other.

Marvin was alone while Toshiroya’s group had no less than five people!

“You are really courageous!” Toshiroya said, grinding his teeth.

“You actually dare to come out alone?”

He was also a 2nd rank expert, and with a glance he noticed that Marvin’s level was lower than his.

“But I truly hadn’t expected that you would have such outstanding fighting skills. That bastard who gathered intelligence is simply useless!” Toshiroya spat out.

He fiercely continued, “That fucker told me that Baron Marvin was someone that didn’t even have the strength to kill a chicken!”

“You stretched your hand too far,” Marvin said indifferently. “To be honest, I am very shocked. Why did you bring such a large force for a small place like White River Valley?”

Toshiroya rolled his eyes and sneered, “Wait until you die and I’ll tell your corpse.”

“Kill him!”

He gave an order and his four subordinates moved to surround Marvin!

Two 2nd rank Fighters and two Wasteland Warrior Barbarians!

They all surrounded Marvin.

And Toshiroya swept to the side holding a sword in his hands.

He was very careful. Even if Marvin was only a 2nd rank class holder, his assassination skill certainly couldn’t be underestimated.

Facing the four rushing Fighters, Marvin stayed calm.

He didn’t choose to run, charging toward them instead!

“Ha!”

“Hmf!”

The Fighters reached their positions for encirclement one after the other, the weapons in their hands ruthlessly slashing toward Marvin.

How could they have imagined that their field of view would suddenly turn completely dark!

There was still moonlight a second ago, before darkness suddenly enveloped them.

[Eternal Night]

Marvin rolled out of their attack range!

Meanwhile, the Phantom Assassins who were hiding on both sides made their move!

[Desperate Strike!]

Both Desperate Strikes hit the Barbarians.

Barbarians had frighteningly high HP. Although Marvin was quite strong during the night, when facing this kind of monster with high HP he would still take some time to clean it up.

The fight had become a lot simpler.

Under Toshiroya’s stupefied gaze, Marvin snuck inside the Eternal Night, quickly reaping the lives of the two Barbarians in a near death state!

And also the lives of the two Fighters he had stunned with his Arcane Missiles.

Four human lives disappeared in an instant!

As Marvin walked out from the Eternal Night, Toshiroya was already at a complete loss.

He had simply never seen such a strange thing!

The two Phantom Assassins retreated while supporting each other. Like last time, they were now very weak. They left Marvin behind.

Four bodies were coldly lying down under the moonlight, completely devoid of vitality.

Marvin came out of the Eternal Night as if he were truly a Night Devil King, extremely arrogant and imposing.

His expression was very calm, but he was staring at Toshiroya as if he was looking at mere prey.

Toshiroya was surprised and immediately started running!

This guy really cherished his life!

Marvin sneered and suddenly sped up, chasing a few steps behind!

Night Walkers, Night Walkers.

The people walking in the darkness of the night. Marvin’s speed in the night had naturally increased, and with the Thunder Fairy Boots, he didn’t require any effort at all to catch up to Toshiroya!

But at that time, Toshiroya suddenly turned around, waving his greatsword with a fierce expression on his face!

2nd rank Sword Skill – [Windsword’s dance]!

Turned out he was planning something!

But… These tricks were completely insufficient for fighting Marvin.

The two handed greatsword’s strong point was its attack power. Its weak point was its attack speed.

Marvin’s eyes narrowed as he suddenly used Burst, directly colliding into Toshiroya’s chest!

The next instant, he threw his curved dagger and slapped Toshiroya’s wrists with his palm.

Toshiroya only felt an acute pain on his wrist, and his hands loosened.

The two handed greatsword was very heavy. Marvin snatched it, making it fall to the ground!

[Edge Snatch]!

The skill he learnt from the Elven Prince Ivan finally ended up being useful.

Toshiroya’s reaction wasn’t slow, immediately trying to pick up his two handed greatsword, but at that time, a shadow coiled around his neck!

His body immediately stiffened. Unable to move a single bit.

“What is this…” Toshiroya’s face was filled with fear!

Because he personally saw Mavin suddenly turn into nothingness, his entire body becoming a cluster of swaying shadows!

Shapeshift Sorcerer’s Shadow-shape!

…

Just as Edge Snatch succeeded, Marvin immediately chose to Shapeshift to the Shadow-shape.

Shapeshift Sorcerer was a very weird Sorcerer class. It didn’t look like any ordinary caster Sorcerer, and Marvin even felt that so far, this class was leaning toward melee fighting!

In Beast-shape for example, the Asuran Bear’s Shapeshift was very fierce, not only in melee fights, but also in its defensive strength.

The Asuran Bear’s weak point was his lack of Dexterity, along with its somewhat long shapeshifting cast time.

As for the Shadow-shape, it also didn’t have a lot of spells.

After a Shapeshift Sorcerer used Shadow-shape, his body would enter a kind of half-immaterial state!

Physical damage would be reduced by half, magic damage would be reduced by half!

At the same time, there were four spells.

The first spell, Marvin had already used: an instant 1st-circle spell, [Shadow Bind]!

[Shadow Bind]: Wherever there is a shadow, you can use it to bind your enemy!

This kind of binding didn’t have any gaps. Neck, limbs, head, everything would be bound by the powerful spell effect!

Unless you broke it with brute force, or had a spell with a dispel effect, this Shadow Bind was the nightmare of melee classes.

The current extremely frightened Toshiroya was a great example.

He couldn’t control his body!

Shadow Bind’s effect was related to the amount of shadows. Now during nighttime, it simply created unlimited layers of shadows binding Toshiroya.

Marvin estimated that only 2nd rank top melee class holders with 22 or more Strength, could break out of the binding.

And Toshiroya in front of him clearly didn’t have such a high strength.

“You… What do you want?” Toshiroya ground his teeth and asked. “I have a lot of money, and my father is the City Lord of Cold Water City in the North. I can give you whatever you want.”

“Trust me, you would get more benefits from sparing me than killing me!”

Marvin coiled behind him without saying anything for a while, and then suddenly waved a huge hand.

Several [Shadow Arrows] were fiercely shot out, directly injuring a few crows resting on branches nearby.

“What can you give me?” A pondering smile appeared on Marvin’s face.

…

“Ridiculous!”

Madeline angrily slapped the crystal ball. She had been watching with interest when Marvin surprisingly found her monitoring crows!

She couldn’t help but want to take a trip to the forest personally.

But she soon calmed down. The matter with the Magic Holy Grail was obviously more important to her.

Thus, provoking Marvin was unnecessary.

“Hmph, stinky man!”

“Looks like tonight is going to be boring.”

Madeline pushed away her crystal ball and slowly stood up. She hesitated for a bit and suddenly waved a finger.

One of the six balloons on the wall popped.

Not long after the balloon popped, a young blonde lady entered her room step by step.

The young lady was naked, not wearing a single piece of clothing. She was holding a whip in her hand.

Her eyelashes kept shivering from fear. Under the lashes were a pair of watery eyes.

She walked next to Madeline, knelt down and handed over the whip extremely meekly.

“Master. Please whip me…”

Madeline laughed charmingly, “We won’t play with this tonight.”

She grabbed the whip and threw it aside, gently smiling. “I invented a new playful skill a few days ago.”

“It might hurt a bit, but endure and you’ll become extremely happy.”

The next second, she suddenly pushed that young girl down on the ground.

As the young girl watched in fright, flames appeared out of nowhere, raising the room temperature in an instant.

Madeline’s clothes were instantly burnt away. Inside the flames, she smiled toward the girl.

Her purple hair reached down, covering a slender tail that could faintly be seen.

Soon, moans of pain and delight could be heard coming from the flames.

…

“Now you can speak.”

After killing those few obvious monitoring crows, Marvin tied Toshiroya to a tree.

“Why did you try to set me up?”

He stared at Toshiroya’s eyes.

“First you have to promise not to harm me. And swear to the Ancient Nature God,” Toshiroya nervously said.

“I know you are a Ranger, if you break a promise to the Ancient Nature God, even if you have a Nature Leaf, you wouldn’t be able to learn Divine Spells.”

After turning back to human shape, Marvin sneered, “You still think you are in a position to give me conditions?”

“Whether you believe it or not, I’ll kill you if you don’t talk!”

The curved dagger was pressed against his neck. A drop of sweat dripped from Toshiroya’s forehead.

“Talk!”

In the end, he wasn’t someone with a high willpower.

He gulped and said with difficulty, “it’s because of a treasure!”

“Treasure?” Marvin sneered, “A poor region like White River Valley, where could there be a treasure?”

“You just didn’t know about it,” Toshiroya explained, “I incidentally discovered a map when I was travelling from north to south.”

“That treasure on the map is located under your castle, you might not be aware…”

“Under the castle?” Marvin’s heart shook.

‘Could it be that secret path?’.

The treasure that kept getting mentioned, could it be behind that huge stone?

That secret path was very weird. Marvin had heard an ancient ballad in Anzed language there!

When he heard it, his whole body had gone on full alert.

That thing was a treasure?

Marvin ordered, “Give me the hidden map.”

“In my left pocket,” Toshiroya said, well-behaved.

His eyes were still carrying a hint of hope and expectation. “I admit my previous methods were somewhat wrong. However much money you want is how much you’ll receive!”

“As long as you don’t kill me.”

But at that time, Marvin had already opened the treasure map.

The first thing he saw was a fierce portrait.

It was a Great Devil Head!

Chapter 133: Grandfather’s Secret

p>When he looked at that Great Devil Head, the strange singing voice from that hidden path echoed behind his ear!

He froze.

The Great Devil’s three eyes stared at Marvin, the expression on his face like a smile, yet not a smile.

Then there was the extremely shabby map, with some words that Marvin was unable to make sense of when looking at it.

This code was an ancient Anzed language that had been changed through some kind of encryption.

‘It’s really related to the Anzed…’

‘Great Devil Head… Devil…’

Marvin started pondering.

As everyone knew, Anzeds were Wizards’ ancestors. It was said that they had a very close relation with Devils. They used each other and occasionally formed an alliance, but in times of need, they would unhesitantly betray the other side.

Anzeds’ relation with Devils wasn’t something people were very clear about, but Marvin knew that Hell’s language and the ancient Anzed language were very similar.

Someone had once said that Anzeds were Devils’ descendants.

Opinions differed and as for the true circumstances, even Marvin couldn’t know.

He could only deduce from the map that the location of this so called hidden treasure was really under his castle.

As for the words on it, Marvin was unsure about them.

Thus, he asked Toshiroya, “What do those words mean?”

Toshiroya shook his head, “I don’t know.”

“Then how did you know it was a treasure map and not just a simple drawing?” Marvin sneered, not believing Toshiroya’s words.

“It’s true,” Toshiroya hurriedly swore, “I truly don’t know.”

“This treasure map was given to me by an old man because I saved his life, he said it was to repay me. This is definitely a treasure map, I had a professional appraiser look at it, but unfortunately, I couldn’t find someone to decipher the words. Thus I decided to first find the treasure.”

Old man?

Marvin frowned.

Toshiroya’s expression didn’t seem like he was lying.

He originally thought everything would become clear after grabbing Toshiroya. He hadn’t expected things to become more and more complicated.

“What’s your relation to Miller?” Marvin coldly asked.

“Miller? That merchant?” Toshiroya frankly answered, “We met by chance. He said that White River Valley was his territory and he wanted to take back what was his. Thus I helped him, gave him some information and a way of contacting the Gnolls.”

Marvin pondered in silence.

Miller was a follower of the Twin Snakes Cult and clearly knew about the matter of the stone in the hidden path. But he seemed to have hidden it from Toshiroya.

And Toshiroya had his eyes on White River Valley because an old man gifted him a treasure map.

Both looked coincidental, but Marvin wouldn’t believe his luck was this bad.

Old man… Old man…

Suddenly, Marvin grabbed Toshiroya’s shoulders, “What did this old man look like?”

Toshiroya was startled by Marvin, but he thought about it and said, “I’m not too sure, he was dressed like any normal old man.”

“I met him when I was touring Desert’s Virtues. He said he was dying of thirst and asked if I could give him some water.”

“I normally wouldn’t care about that, but I had a noble girl at my side at the time. In order to show off in front of her, I very generously escorted that old man out of the desert and gave him some water to drink.”

“Later on, he gifted me a treasure map in order to repay me. I didn’t care much about it at first, but later, I whimsically looked for an appraiser and found out that the map’s paper was more than 300 years old!”

300!

Marvin took a deep breath.

White River Valley wasn’t there 300 years ago!

At that time, even River Shore City was only wild ruins, and the Three Ring Towers had only just begun taking form. The young Leymann had built this power alone. A Legend Wizard would have a very long lifespan after all. This treasure map was from that time?

Marvin suddenly recalled that his own grandfather was also a high level Wizard.

According to his father’s memories, even though his grandfather wasn’t a Legend, he was an advanced 4th rank Archmage. He was apparently level 16.

At that time, he had trailblazed through many wild territories for the South Wizard Alliance, integrating these lands into the Wizard Alliance’s territory. He was rewarded with the Ninth Month Medal as a result.

Logically speaking, with his contribution he could have obtained a territory on par with River Shore City.

But he chose a small territory like White River Valley instead. What for?!

Marvin’s mind was full of questions.

‘Looks like it’s time to go back and search through my grandfather’s stuff.’

He made a decision.

Marvin then kept interrogating Toshiroya for a while. This guy truly cherished his life. Whenever Marvin asked something, he would answer, and he didn’t seem to be lying.

He kept saying that as long as Marvin kept him alive, he would pay him however much he wanted.

But Marvin never had any intention to let him off.

It wasn’t because Marvin was vicious and merciless.

But Toshiroya had already crossed his bottom line!

Anyone coveting his territory would die!

This was the place he would protect with his life. This was his hometown.

However, since Toshiroya was so cooperative, saving him a lot of time, Marvin decided to be straightforward.

A cold light flashed, a man’s head fell.

As for the hidden treasure map, Marvin would naturally kindly accept it.

‘Madeline’s attack on the Crimson Monastery is in two weeks. I have to put the territory in order in these two weeks.’

‘The most crucial thing right now is to calm the people. As long as I come back, the people won’t have too many issues.’

‘And the key is the food issue…’

Marvin quickly left the forest while thinking about it, returning to the castle.

…

The food issue!

This was a very serious problem.

If it was during peacetime, White River Valley’s inhabitants would have surplus food at home, and it would usually not be needed. But the Gnoll invasion injured White River Valley’s strength, and then the granary was burnt. The remaining food was certainly not enough to get through the winter.

In fact, Anna had given Marvin some details. According to the current consumption rate, White River Valley’s food would be depleted in a week.

Every morning, Anna would carry food from the granary under the protection of the garrison to go to the market under the hill and give citizens a ration based on their registration.

These rations weren’t enough. Farmers were still working hard to cultivate the land, but the fall harvest was still two months later.

White River Valley was originally quite barren. The amount of wheat and okra that would grow couldn’t match that of other fertile territories.

As for raising livestock, there were a few courageous families who started implementing it, but their efforts didn’t show much results.

In short, even if Marvin’s return temporarily stabilized people’s feelings, the current territory was simply in a complete mess!

Although Marvin hadn’t been an Overlord in the past, he had played some management games.

The situation of Feinan’s commoners was more or less similar to Europe’s Middle Ages. Even if it was a world with magic, the commoner’s life was, in the end, very ordinary.

Food, house, wife, child, simple hobbies.

These were most of their life’s activities.

And in White River Valley, because there was no slavery, the farmers were at the bottom. Although they were free, they needed to cultivate the land and pay taxes.

Craftsmen’s treatment was a lot better. Many farmers’ families would think of ways to let their own child be accepted as a craftsman’s apprentice. If they could learn a craft, they might be able to find a place in the small town under the hill. Regardless if it was masons or carpenters, they would all have a better life than farmers.

Up above was the Overlord’s people, the garrison, Anna, and others.

Because Marvin’s grandfather didn’t have any follower or retainers, the castle was in fact very cold and deserted.

White River Valley’s structure was basically this simple.

Such a territory might be instantly destroyed under the waves of attacks of the Great Calamity.

No wonder Marvin had never heard of White River Valley in the past.

But it was different now.

Marvin’s arrival would change everything.

He had already thought of a series of plans!

The first was the food issue. He could buy food now. After killing Black Jack, he had fortunately gained enough money for one or two years of the territory’s expenses.

“Tell Lola to come here,” Marvin told Anna in the study.

Anna hesitated for a moment and said, “Young Master, she is a swindler.”

“I know,” Marvin calmly said, “So I’ll personally go to Jewel Bay.”

Anna frowned. “You just returned to the territory…”

“It’s all right. I’ll return very fast,” Marvin reassured.

“The round trip from here to Jewel Bay takes at least 2 weeks, doesn’t it?” Anna doubtfully asked.

Marvin shook his head, “Five days at most.”

“Trust me, five days later I’ll bring a convoy of food back to the territory. Spread this news out.”

“Say it’s Lord Marvin’s own promise.”

Even if Anna was a bit doubtful after listening, she still did as she was told.

Marvin had already created too many miracles in the recent days. She already had unconditional faith in Marvin.

“Wait!” Marvin suddenly shouted at Anna who was leaving.

He thought for a bit before finally saying, “Never mind, tell Lola to make preparation for a long trip and to wait for me at the city gates tonight.”

…

After Anna left, only Marvin was left in the study.

He hesitated for a bit, and then opened a drawer. There was a secret compartment in it.

There was a key hidden in that secret compartment.

No one else knew that there was a hidden door in the castle study. This was something Marvin’s father had told him at death’s door.

He told Marvin to never open the door. Because that wasn’t something ordinary people could come in contact with.

His grandfather’s secret was hidden behind that door.

‘But the current me isn’t ordinary.’

He picked up the key and pushed aside a bookcase, revealing a keyhole. He inserted the key and slowly turned it.

‘I really want to see what kind of secret my grandfather was hiding…’

Then the hidden door opened.

With just a simple glance, Marvin was shocked!

“It’s actually…”