Night Ranger

Chapter 134: Spider Crypt

p>”It’s actually that thing…”

Marvin hadn’t yet finished mumbling when his whole body turned stiff on the spot!

The study was silent. Marvin was motionless, still in the posture of opening the door!

After no less than three minutes, Marvin, as if he’d just woken up from a nightmare, suddenly closed the door!

“Bang!” He used all his strength.

The next instant, he leaned his back against the door and slid down, feeling weak.

He was covered in cold sweat.

“It’s… It’s actually that thing…”

Marvin was frozen all over, feebly and powerlessly lying there. Only after five minutes did he slowly regain some spirit.

And by the time he crawled up from where he was lying, the floor was wet, covered in Marvin’s sweat!

He clambered to his bed and laid down, slowly recovering some energy.

His eyes were blank, and the scene he just experienced kept repeating in his mind.

…

After opening the entrance, what Marvin first saw was a completely empty secret room!

On the other side of the secret room was a mural.

Marvin knew of this mural. He had seen it when exploring an underground temple!

But this one was different from the one in the temple.

This was a floating mural!

In that split second, Marvin saw an extremely horrifying scene:

A mysterious power drew him into the darkness, as the voice of a girl softly chanting could be heard in the distance.

That voice was a ballad, and was actually the one he had heard in the secret path.

And accompanying this indistinct ballad was a shocking scene.

In the darkness there was a bonfire whose flames were raging. There were many men and women by the bonfire, all naked. The men were wearing black masks and the women were wearing white masks.

They were revolving around the bonfire. Suddenly, something changed.

The masked men all crazily went up to the masked women.

Moans could be heard around the bonfire as the life force slowly left their bodies.

In the end, they started withering.

The speed at which they aged could be seen with the naked eye!

Their skin dried up, and the wind blew across their skeletons, strewing their piles of bones among the bewitching flowers blooming from the ground.

They died one after the other, their masks scattering on the ground.

The bonfire was still raging and the ballad was still being sung.

In the end, only one girl remained, her body full of blood.

She slowly took off her mask, revealing her delicate appearance.

When he saw this, Marvin almost choked!

What was even more frightening was that the girl seemed to look at Marvin and apparently smile to him.

The next moment, the girl’s belly began swelling continuously.

As if there was a strong life growing inside it.

Marvin shivered all over, simply unable to control his body.

The girl firmly stared at him.

The the initial smile turned into a kind of frightening rancor!

He was dazed as he saw the girl’s head turn into that Great Devil’s head!

Three eyes, a smile that isn’t a smile, staring at him.

He felt his life leaving bit by bit!

…

‘Fortunately there was Vanessa’s gift…’

‘Otherwise this certainly would have been a disaster!’

Marvin glanced at the Willpower check and took a long breath.

That mural was absolutely not that simple.

People seeing it would sink into a sort of illusion. What happened in that illusion might have really happened in the past and been recorded with some secret technique.

Marvin boasted a strong willpower, but he hadn’t expected to almost fall head first!

If not for Vanessa’s gift giving him a substantial increase to his fear resistance, Marvin might have had trouble escaping from that illusion!

No wonder when his father told him about it, he warned him absolutely not to enter that place.

What kind of person was his grandfather!

Marvin stayed in bed for no less than an hour before recovering some strength.

In any case, the secret of the kind grandfather he remembered would definitely exceed his imagination.

This mural had at least some relation to the Anzed and Great Devils. Along with his own Numan bloodline…

But Marvin wouldn’t deal with this matter for the moment.

Based on his assessment, without a better way to increase his fear resistance than Vanessa’s gift, he couldn’t even think of taking one more step inside.

‘I still need to carefully plan what to do next.’

Marvin was thinking when Anna came over.

“Young Master, everything has been arranged.”

“Eh? Why are you so pale?”

Marvin forced a smile and shook his head. “I need some mushroom soup. Have the chef put more kale in it.”

Kale could restore spirit. It was one of the main ingredients in the Spirit Recovery Potion.

Marvin urgently needed to recover his spirit because he had work to do that night.

…

In the evening, outside the city walls.

Lola had a small bundle on her back, nervously looking around.

The deserted city gates had been closed for a long time, but there was one small door opened, with two guards in charge of defending it.

Not far away, a slightly small shadow unhurriedly came over.

“Sir Marvin.” Lola was respectful.

“No need to pretend. I know what you are.” Marvin slightly smiled. “An extremely daring swindler, able to bluff the gnolls into releasing you out of the cell. How could you be so respectful to a countryside overlord?”

Lola froze, and suddenly said, shocked, “You are…”

Before Marvin could open his mouth, she thought of something and the latter half of her sentence was cut off.

She was a very clever girl.

Lola lowered her voice, “Turns out the rumors are real.”

Marvin replied, “True or fake rumors, is it that important?”

How could he have expected Lola earnest insist, “Very important!”

“If you really are Masked Twin Blades, you are my savior.”

“And you are the first to believe in me after being deceived by me.”

Her expression was very sincere.

Marvin was faintly moved, but he expressionlessly said, “Really? Let’s set off!”

“Hey? Sir Marvin, you still haven’t told me where we are going!” Lola who was dragged down the hill by Marvin suddenly exclaimed.

“Jewel Bay,” Marvin answered.

“But Jewel Bay isn’t this way!” Lola argued, “Let me show you the way, you are going the wrong way.”

“No, it’s not the wrong way.”

Marvin firmly went north after getting down the mountain.

“We are taking a shortcut.”

Lola was dragged around by Marvin like a marionette. She looked at the tall mountain range in the distance in a daze, and after some time she managed to squeeze out, “You want to cross the Shrieking Mountain Range!?”

“And if we don’t?” Marvin casually said, “There is no food in the territory and we have to return within a week!”

“This is the only shortcut.”

…

The Shrieking Mountain Range was one that was forgotten by most people.

It was situated within the wilderness south of Jewel Bay. In fact, it wasn’t drawn in the maps of many southern big cities.

Few people from Jewel Bay would adventure south, because of the Shrieking Mountain Range.

In fact, White River Valley and Jewel Bay were only separated by this mountain range.

As long as they passed through this mountain range, they would be able to set up a trading channel between White River Valley and Jewel Bay.

But no one would do that.

On one hand, White River Valley was a minor territory that didn’t have the ability to open a path. On the other hand, Jewel Bay was even less interested in doing business with such a small rural village.

Monsters and all kinds of lifeforms occupied the Shrieking Mountain Range.

If not for a mysterious force preventing those monsters from leaving the mountain range, Jewel Bay might have been suffering from attacks every day.

Harpies, Wyverns, Blood Ooze, some even claimed to have seen a lurking Green Dragon in the Shrieking Mountain Range.

No one knew how many monsters were in there.

But they suffered from the suppression of a mysterious power and couldn’t come out and cause a disaster.

Some adventurers who didn’t fear death would occasionally go into the Shrieking Mountain Range to hunt for treasure, but this was only a small portion of the desperate.

Most adventurers still cherished their lives, so the Shrieking Mountain Range had always been a forbidden area.

As for White River Valley’s side of the mountains, it was a relatively peaceful place. Apart from that first Gnoll invasion, this place had never met any monster attacks.

Northwest of the castle was the northern mine and River Shore City, and northeast was the entrance of Shrieking Mountain Range.

Marvin and Lola were going to cross the Shrieking Mountain Range tonight!

Night fell, giving a different feeling to the dense fog covering the Shrieking Mountain Range.

The view was very beautiful.

But Lola was going mad!

“Excuse me Sir, are you a Legend?” Lola loudly asked in the still and desolate wilderness.

“Nope,” Marvin answered.

“Excuse me Sir, are you unafraid of death?” Lola was being driven insane.

“Nope,” Marvin answered.

“Excuse me Sir, could you switch to another way of executing me?” Lola looked dejected.

“Nope.”

Marvin dragged Lola along but didn’t say much, occasionally answering with a few words, but constantly hurrying on.

After the eloquent girl failed to get any results with her questions, she finally gave up asking.

The two walked all the way up till the moon was at its summit before arriving at the location Marvin thought of.

That was a desolate field of crushed rocks.

In front of them was a precipitous hillside.

But Marvin continued eastwards, and then moved back and forth in front of the hillside several times before finally stopping in front of a cave.

“What’s in here?” Lola asked nervously.

“This was an unknown tunnel,” Marvin finally responded. “Through this tunnel, we can cross the Shrieking Mountain Range and reach Jewel Bay in one day.”

“It’s a lot safer to use this path.”

“Turns out you had a secret path!” Lola relaxed and displayed a worshipful expression. “Didn’t expect you actually knew that much.”

“Don’t relax so soon.”

Marvin pushed through the undergrowth in front of the entrance and took a step inside. “This place isn’t completely safe.”

“This road has a name.”

“It’s called the [Spider Crypt].”

“As the name implies, there are a lot things waiting for us inside.”

“And they are hungry. Always hungry.”

Chapter 135: Constellation

p>”Spider Cave!?”

Lola’s voice suddenly rose by an octave.

As a fearless girl who dared to adventure in the south by herself, there were very few things that could frighten her!

Furry spiders were clearly among those.

Unfortunately, Marvin ignored her and went in first.

Lola stomped in frustration but could only follow him in.

The air inside was surprisingly pretty good, still carrying faint traces of a fresh breeze.

The crypt’s tunnels were fairly wide, apparently excavated by man. But for all kinds of reasons, they were abandoned.

The ground in the crypt was covered with grass, which spread through the depths of the cavern.

“Pshh.” Marvin took out a torch and used a flint to light it. He then handed it over to Lola.

“Eh?” Lola was somewhat lost, unsure of what he wanted her to do with the torch.

Marvin took out his curved daggers, hinting that he needed to wield daggers with both hands.

At the same time, he took out a small ordinary dagger and passed it to Lola.

The latter’s complexion changed. “Why do I need a weapon?”

“Don’t tell me I’ll have to fight? You know I can’t use any fighting skills? I’ll definitely not use the dagger!”

Lola’s last sentence even carried a sobbing tone.

‘This Marvin, this Masked Twin Blades, how could he be like that? How could he be so unreasonable?’

‘Aren’t I a girl? If you really wanted to fight, why not bring several guards?’

Marvin glanced at her, “When a [Black Spider] is about to inject its venom in your body, you’ll use the dagger.”

“Listen, even if I’ll do my best to protect you, no one knows when we will be attacked.”

“If I don’t have time to save you… then your dagger and your torch are your last hope,” Marvin said while walking to one side of the cave.

He had Darksight so he didn’t need a torch, but the torch was lit for many reasons. First, it could temporarily conceal his night vision ability. Second, it could also let Lola see the path. Third…

In this kind of dark place, a flame would be very noticeable, even if it was far away.

Spiders are very sensitive lifeforms, especially the Black Spiders. This kind of voracious female spider could see fire from very long distance.

In fact, when trying to kill one, it would be better to draw it over and then get rid of it.

…

The crypt was filled with somewhat damp air. Marvin appeared very relaxed, and was still in the mood to teach Lola some general knowledge.

“Look, this is a North Grass. If you follow the direction it was pointing to, you could accurately walk north.”

“There is an interesting story about North Grass. It’s said that if a tireless traveller kept following the North Grass, all the way to the most northern part of Feinan’s wilderness, he could reach the sky’s [Wizard Ruler].”

“Want to know why this story exists? It’s because the Wizard Ruler is made up of 12 stars. And the North Grass also has 12 sawteeth.”

Lola was looking at Marvin, stunned.

She had been mixing with many people since she was a child, but she had never heard of this story. Maybe only a noble could have this kind of extensive knowledge.

Lola had always envied those noble young ladies even since she was a child. Able to eat and drink while not needing to work, wearing the most expensive clothes, able to pursue some personal freedom.

A poor girl like her would never be able to do this.

‘The story he told me was certainly told to quite a lot of noble girls, wasn’t it?’

‘It definitely was, he looks like that kind of old noble. Even if he’s young, the number of young ladies he’s deceived is definitely not just a few.’

‘But why did he bring me alone on this path? I heard what those bad boys were like… Wrong! If he truly wanted to bully me, he could have done so that day in that warehouse. This guy has no interest in me!’

‘Oh? It seems like I’ve never heard which girl the Overlord of White River Valley was interested in? Could this guy like boys?’

Just as Lola’s thoughts were going wild, Marvin suddenly stopped.

A pitch-black shadow quickly crawled its way over from some area in the crypt!

That was a Black Spider.

Marvin discovered her first.

Even if it looked like he was chatting with Lola, in fact, his mind was completely focused on the potential hidden enemy in front.

‘The first Black Spider?’

Marvin whispered, “Move back, I’ll go.”

Lola hesitantly answered, “Okay.”

She moved back a few steps, raising the torch high overhead while standing on her toes, afraid Marvin wouldn’t be able to clearly see his enemy because of the dim light.

All of a sudden, she abruptly asked:

“Hey, by the way, Sir Marvin, what is your astrological sign?”

Astrological sign?

Marvin’s face darkened, but the Black Spider had already rushed over!

…

The Black Spider was different from other spiders. This kind of spider wasn’t good at weaving sticky webs, but the silk they spat out was very venomous.

And this silk was also very different from that of other spiders, as it was hard as iron and extremely sharp. It also had an extremely fierce penetrating strength.

If one wanted to escape unscathed from a Black Spider attack, one had to attack first.

Marvin ignored Lola’s foolish question, rushing toward that Black Spider to kill first!

“Pshhhh!”

The Black Spider raised two legs and suddenly spit out a large amount of solid silk.

She spit out twelve thin and short threads in one breath!

Each thread seemed as sharp as an arrow!

But Marvin was already prepared, avoiding the first wave of attacks by rolling on the ground, arriving under the spider’s belly!

The Black Spider hurriedly moved back, trying to use her jaws to attack Marvin.

Unfortunately, she was too slow.

Marvin had killed countless numbers of spiders before, so dealing with one of them was simply a piece of cake!

He immediately kicked the spider’s jaws with both feet, before directly pulling himself up after springing up from the ground!

“Shh! Shh!”

Two daggers spun, forming blade shadows. Each blade shadow was cutting the vital joints of one of the six rear legs of the Black Spider.

“Snap!” The joints broke and the Black Spider couldn’t help but fall down!

Marvin rolled forward and then leaped up high.

Burst!

Instantly, he jumped on the Spider’s head, both daggers ruthlessly stabbing down!

A simple and basic flip!

Both feet kicked the daggers’ handles, completely nailing the Black Spider to the ground.

The whole scene felt smooth and natural, with no hesitation. It was the pure strength of instinct and fighting experience.

The Black Spider twitched a few times, miserably dying.

Lola was simply watching foolishly from the side.

In just a few breaths, Marvin personally killed such a fierce spider?

Black Spiders were 2nd rank monsters… Ordinary class holders would have a hard time fighting them one on one.

But it felt so easy for Marvin.

“Pop!””Pop!”

Marvin walked up to the spider’s body and retrieved his daggers, taking a glance a Lola:

“Please don’t ask such a foolish question when I’m about to fight, okay?”

Lola pitifully came over while holding the torch and kept apologizing.

Looking at her sincere expression, Marvin couldn’t help but almost forgive her.

However, after apologizing, she only hesitated for an instant before saying, “But I really want to know your astrological sign!”

Marvin was speechless.

He put away his daggers and walked toward the darkness.

A long time later, a very unwilling voice came from the darkness:

“I am the [Swimming Fish].”

…

Marvin and Lola kept advancing through the darkness of the crypt.

Black Spiders weren’t particularly difficult for Marvin to deal with. After killing two of those monsters, he completely stopped worrying about them.

The whole crypt’s structure was very simple, as it was a perfectly straight tunnel. There were a total of twelve Black Spider nests, but their entrances were relatively hidden.

From what he remembered, Spider Crypt was the first instance of the Shrieking Mountain Range.

Using conventional methods, this instance’s twelve Black Spiders were very difficult to handle. But with Marvin’s high bodily coordination, along with his personal skills like Burst, the difficulty was very ordinary.

As long as he carefully dodged when the Black Spider was preparing to throw silk.

It originally was because of poor vision that the Black Spider’s animation couldn’t be seen.

But Marvin had Darksight so he was able to see all details clearly. Predicting was very easy for him.

On their journey, Marvin ruthlessly killed four spiders.

Each Black Spider’s death was more or less the same. At the beginning, Lola was still cheered in admiration, but after a while, the young girl gradually began to look down on the Black Spiders.

Not that frightening. It only needed a few slashes from Sir Marvin to be killed.

This was what had surfaced in the girl’s mind, and she had relaxed quite a lot.

In the silent darkness, she once again started to talk due to being bored.

“I heard male Swimming Fish especially like to shower affection on an uninterested party…”

“I am the [Snow Woman]. Based on the Jiska people’s myths, a Swimming Fish and Snow Woman matches quite well.”

“Ah. That’s right, Swimming Fish!”

Lola suddenly jumped up, “Isn’t it going to be your birthday soon?”

Marvin gave her a strange look, before eventually nodding.

A fork appeared in the tunnel. The North Grass spread through one of the paths.

And on the other side was dense darkness with all kinds of crushed rocks littering the ground.

Marvin unhesitantly moved toward the path without North Grass.

“Hey? Aren’t you going the wrong way?” Lola hurriedly asked.

“Nope,” Marvin answered.

“I am indeed going to Jewel Bay, but first, I’ll go take a look at an old friend.”

Old friend?

A weird expression appeared on Lola’s face.

Who could live in this damnable place?

Sir Marvin was friends with that person?

She closely followed behind Marvin. After roughly ten minutes, a large cave appeared.

Not far from there was a small lake with two small wooden houses by its side.

Two shadows were jumping up and down by the lake.

But the weird part was that they were too short, they were only half as tall as a regular person!

Marvin quickly walked over.

Chapter 136: Elizabeth

p>”Who?”

As soon as Marvin and Lola appeared at the entrance of the large cave, one of the silhouettes by the lakeside noticed their existence.

The large cave was a naturally formed hole which faintly glimmered. Those were some precious stones, probably night pearls.

There was a house by the lakeside with two braziers on fire, illuminating the surroundings.

The other side’s perception must be quite high to be able to spot them arriving from so far away.

But Marvin also didn’t bother to hide.

He confidently walked in.

The two figures by the lakeside met the newcomer with vigilance. They were each holding onto two daggers.

They were both Thieves.

“Halflings?”

Only when they were rather close did Lola suddenly cry out in alarm.

Marvin frowned and turned to glare at her. Lola immediately didn’t dare to say anything else.

But her eyes were still curiously sizing up these two Halflings living in seclusion in this place.

‘Didn’t Sir Marvin say he was going to meet an old friend? Why didn’t these two Halflings recognize him?”

The girl’s thoughts were filled with doubts.

“Hello, Mister Tucker, please allow me to introduce myself. I am White River Valley’s current Overlord, Marvin.”

“Your neighbor, that is.”

Marvin displayed a sincere smile, and extended a hand toward the older Halfling.

The latter hesitated before forcing himself to shake hands with Marvin.

“You know my name?”

Marvin explained, “A scholar told me about this tunnel. My territory urgently needs food, and I need to go to Jewel Bay to buy it. There would definitely not be enough time if I went through the main road. I could only take the risk and fight. The scholar told me you might give me some guidance.”

“Scholar?” Old Tucker coldly snorted, “Which senseless Wizard?”

“Only those Wizards able to use Divination and Inspection spells could check this place.”

“Even hiding under this mountain isn’t peaceful.”

The old Halfling muttered to himself for a while before looking at Marvin and saying,”You seem somewhat familiar.”

“Oh that’s right, you said you were some place’s Overlord?”

Marvin froze for a moment. He knew from his past life that there was a secluded Halfling expert living in seclusion in the Spider Crypt that could help with the most difficult part of the mountain pass. Thus he came here to try his luck.

Marvin had run a few instances of the Spider Crypt in the past, and thus was very familiar with Old Tucker. Saying he was an old friend wasn’t pushing it.

But he hadn’t expected that him being the Overlord of White River City would lead to some unexpected matter.

He quickly answered very sincerely, “White River Valley…”

“Ah. I know!” The old Halfling displayed an expression of realization. “Last time there was a group of Gnolls who came down the hill that coincidentally bumped into me. They yammered about wanting to attack a territory, wasn’t it your territory?”

“Looks like those Gnolls failed?”

Marvin nodded, displaying a helpless expression, “Unfortunately, our granary was burnt by that bunch of Gnolls.”

“My people are suffering from hunger.”

“I have to bring enough food back to the territory within a week. This shortcut is the quickest way I could find.”

The old Halfling looked at Marvin, apparently verifying whether Marvin’s words were true or not.

A long time later, he nodded, “Well, watching so many people starve to death isn’t in my nature.”

“I can help you a bit, but after you succeed, you have to tell me which loathsome Wizard told you about the place I was living in seclusion.”

Marvin agreed with a smile.

This was a lot simpler.

…

The Spider Crypt was a lower difficulty instance, but it still required several players to group up to clear it.

One of the reasons was the Black Spiders’ special properties, but the most important part was that in addition to the twelve Black Spiders, a Red Spider with a Hero-like build was living here.

This spider had at least the strength of the 3rd rank, and moreover, she had gained wisdom and given herself a name, [Elizabeth].

This monster was not only strong, but also very cunning. She usually pretended to be an ordinary Black Spider to lower the vigilance of approaching adventurers, thanks to her skin being able to freely change color.

She could also speak the Common Language, enticing some simple adventurers by saying she was a young lady who had been cursed into a spider, asking them to lend a hand and save her.

Of these simple minded adventurers, most ended up in Elizabeth’s stomach.

The reason Marvin seeked out Old Tucker’s help was the existence of this Red Spider.

To bring back food from Jewel Bay, he had to thoroughly clear out the tunnel.

Twelve Black Spiders and one Red Spider Elizabeth.

The Black Spiders were nothing much, but compared to the Red Spider’s strength, Marvin’s strength was a bit weak.

Of course, if he could use the Beast-shape Shapeshift, Marvin could simply slap all those monsters into bits and pieces.

But unfortunately, the Beast-shape option was still grayed out, and he didn’t know when he could activate it again.

This reflected the drawbacks of his subclass.

The biggest shortcoming of Sorcerers was the uncertainty, and Shapeshift Sorcerers took that shortcoming to the extreme!

If he could turn his body into the Asuran Bear, Marvin simply wouldn’t need Old Tucker’s help.

But he wouldn’t lose much by seeking Old Tucker’s help, as that Halfling usually had a very good heart.

The reasons this guy lived in seclusion here were that firstly, he wanted to be peaceful, and secondly, it was considered as a self imprisonment. Old Tucker had made a great mistake when he was young. Even though he got redemption in the end, he still couldn’t forgive himself, so he came the Shrieking Mountain Range alone, found this crypt, and kept hiding under the Mountain Range, living a life in seclusion.

Old Tucker was a 3rd rank Thief. If Marvin remembered correctly, he was a level 9 Thief, and a level 4 Tracker for a total level of 13.

His fighting abilities were weaker than that of most 3rd ranks, but his Stealth and Hide were very powerful. Coupled with the Innate Halfling Stealth bonus, he could move as he pleased in the Spider Crypt.

That young Halfling at his side was an orphan he had picked up in Jewel Bay. Very rarely would a Halfling child be abandoned by his parents. Old Tucker adopted him. As was their wont, the name was inherited following the Halflings’ simple tradition.

Little Tucker.

In Marvin’s memories, Little Tucker would give a side-quest. But right now he was busy settling his territory’s food issue, so he couldn’t waste energy being side-tracked and also didn’t have much to say.

Little Tucker was also a Thief and was currently at peak 1st rank. The small guy’s talent was pretty good. He would be regarded as very outstanding among Feinan’s inhabitants.

If he could, Marvin would even think about kidnapping Little Tucker.

But unfortunately, he knew about Halflings’ stubbornness. Although this race was enthusiastic, they would never be easily convinced by an outsider.

Before Old Tucker had a good enough impression of him, he wouldn’t be able to abduct that small Halfling.

…

The party immediately left the lakeside to return to the main road and continue forward.

With the two Halflings joining the ranks, the team’s speed suddenly accelerated a lot.

Old Tucker took the lead, and he was really too familiar with this tunnel. He would have to take this path every time he went out to purchase necessary items.

Whenever a Black Spider appeared, Old Tucker wouldn’t make a move, letting Marvin solo it.

And Marvin also wouldn’t avoid doing it. After slaughtering the third Black Spider, let alone Little Tucker having an admiring gaze, even the old Halfling had a whole new level of respect for Marvin.

“Very exquisite moves and blade techniques, very rarely seen at your age. You definitely must have had a great master,” Old Tucker said.

Marvin smiled, not expressing his opinion.

His skills were honed after countless battles. And a Master teaching him how to use skills? No way.

Marvin and Tucker were in front, followed by Little Tucker and Lola who felt quite safe.

The bored Lola, due to her curiosity towards Halflings, kept asking questions to Little Tucker.

Little Tucker was very shy. He kept his mouth shut while being constantly questioned by Lola. If not for the darkness, his red face might have been exposed.

As the four people continued onwards, the number of Black Spiders killed by Marvin already reached nine.

But that Red Spider Elizabeth had yet to appear.

“Should be close by,” Old Tucker said in a heavy voice.

“Everyone be careful. The Red Spider can shoot flames, the poisonous kind of flames. I don’t have the suitable antidote on me.” After saying this, he nodded toward Little Tucker.

The latter immediately entered Stealth.

Little Tucker’s stealth was still quite strong. At least he wouldn’t be found by the Red Spider and become a liability.

The old Halfling stuck his ear to the ground and listened for a bit. He suddenly made a gesture to Marvin before also entering Stealth!

Marvin understood Old Tucker’s meaning and immediately leaned his body to the side.

Hide!

In an instant, only Lola was left in the tunnel, holding a burning torch.

“Hey?”

The girl somewhat reacted. “What are you doing?”

“Why are you all hiding?”

The next instant, her expression changed!

That damned Marvin, couldn’t he be the bait himself?

“Hey! Quickly come out!”

She lifted her torch and dagger, and yelled out in fear, “Damn Marvin! I helped you…”

Her voice abruptly stopped.

Because at this time, a thumping sound started echoing from the tunnel!

A huge silhouette unhurriedly crawled over.

She supported a huge abdomen as she stuck to the tunnel wall.

Lola lifted her torch, already filled with fear.

She suddenly raised her dagger toward the spider and bluffed, “Don’t approach!”

“One more step and I’ll kill you!”

That spider ignored her and kept slowly moving forward. Lola wanted to move back, but how could she have thought that another spider would appear behind her!

“Finished, screwed!” Lola shivered from fear, falling on her butt and yelling while sobbing, “It’s like the Jiska said!”

“[Swimming Fish]’s men are unreliable!”

…

But at that time, a calm voice echoed beside her ear, “Shut up!”

A flash of light suddenly appear on her left side, as Marvin rolled and arrived at the back legs of the spider!

And on the other side, Old Tucker suddenly acted!

His dagger was as fast as lightning, and the anguished wailing of a spider could be heard!

Marvin was just as ruthless. After a simple combo, this spider’s life was over!

But when he turned to look at Old Tucker, the latter had also killed a spider.

Both of their expressions immediately turned grave!

Those two were ordinary Black Spiders…

‘Fuck! This Red Spider is craftier than in the game! It’s actually able to see through our bait! Using two Black Spiders as probes!’

Marvin’s heart turned cold, immediately checking his surroundings.

Suddenly, a ball of fire was shot out from a distant location, flying toward everyone!

This ball of fire was very wide, taking up almost half the tunnel!

Marvin squinted and unhesitantly dragged Lola to the ground and covered her!

The fire whistled past his ear, almost setting his clothes on fire.

On the other side, Old Tucker also protected Little Tucker.

But they had already lost their advantage.

The Red Spider already knew they were there. She didn’t directly appear, instead disappearing at the end of the tunnel!

She would use every means to kill them. And this place was her home!

“Fuck! This is troublesome!” Marvin angrily pushed the ground.

But he hadn’t expected the ground to be so soft.

Author’s Note: Lore – Feinan’s Astrological Signs

07.12-07.27: Bright Crab

07.28-08.14: Swimming Fish

08.15-08.26: Sea King

08.27-09.14: Fire Dragon

09.15-09.30: Hunter

09.31-10.12: Copper Mirror

10.13-10.27: Bull

10.28-11.11: Magic Vase

11.12-11.25: Sky Wolf

11.26-12.09: Wizard Ruler

12.10-12.25: Dragon Hawk

12.26-01.10: Windy Cliff

01.11-01.15: Snow Woman

01.16-02.01: Ash Cloud

02.01-02.17: Silver Fox

02.18-03.03: Fairy

03.04-03.17: Lion

03.18-04.06: Gold Bell

04.07-04.21: Iris

04.22-05.11: Sky Dog

05.12-05.26: Flying Snake

05.26-06.13: Great Bear

06.13-06.26: Small Bear

06.26-07.11: Gardener

…

These are the astrological signs in Feinan, and each sign has a relevant story. The specific lore will slowly be added bit by bit. Everyone can check what astrological sign they are in Feinan.

Chapter 137: Beheaded

p>The Spider Crypt was completely silent.

Lola looked at Marvin, still a bit startled, and asked in a muffled voice, “Why are you squeezing my face?”

Marvin ignored her, stood up and looked in the direction the Red Spider took.

“She temporarily retreated,” Old Tucker said seriously. “I did say this Matriarch Spider was very cunning. I tried to kill her several times, but it was impossible with only my strength.”

“It’s doable if you add me,” Marvin confidently said.

Old Tucker took a glance at Marvin and nodded after hesitating for a bit.

He could feel that Marvin’s strength was a lot higher than his rank would suggest.

The next instant, the flexible Halfling quickly started to sprint into the depths of the cave!

“Remember to follow closely!”

Marvin dragged Lola up before following after Tucker.

He knew that Old Tucker was tracking the marks the Red Spider left behind.

This was a very rare skill.

Only the Thief’s advanced class, [Tracker] had this gift.

Marvin’s Night Tracking needed to have something belonging to the target to be able to track the target, but the Red Spider only threw fire, so there was nothing left behind.

Tracking so effortlessly and quickly was something only Old Tucker, a real Tracker could do!

As Old Tucker rushed forward, Marvin followed closely behind. Lola frantically grabbed Little Tucker and said in a low voice, “Protect me!”

The young Halfling blushed. He’d had very little contact with girls, and Lola was such a good-looking girl.

He clenched the daggers in his hands and nodded.

Lola smiled, satisfied, and suddenly said to the young Halfling, “Why are you still distracted, hurry up!”

“What can we do if we lose them?”

“Ah, it’s your fault, I can’t even see their shadows!”

…

In the depths of the tunnel, Old Tucker slowed down, vigilant.

The way the Red Spider moved was very unique. He had studied it for a long time.

This unique way of walking would leave distinctive marks behind. Old Tucker relied on these to track it.

Marvin, following behind him, grasped his daggers tightly.

Although they were both used to working alone, cooperation between high level teammates was pretty good. Between experts, there wasn’t a need for lots of words, as simple movements could transmit information to the other side.

Nearby.

This part of the tunnel was more complicated.

The main path was still a deep tunnel, and holes could be seen on the walls. A large number of scattered bones could be seen scattered around the crypt.

These bones were the remains of adventurers.

The appearance of the adventurer’s remains meant that Jewel Bay wasn’t far.

Because these adventurers had all entered the Spider Crypt from Jewel Bay’s entrance.

Most adventurers simply couldn’t get far in before they would end up in the spiders’ bellies.

Old Tucker silently made a sign, pointing at a cave overhead.

Marvin nodded.

He immediately stood to the side, using Hide. Old Tucker also smoothly entered Stealth.

[Summon Night Crow]!

[Shadow Doppelganger]!

Marvin skills were instantly released. The Shadow Doppelganger also used Hide.

And that crow flew into the cave.

After summoning the Night Crow, a completely new field of view appeared before Marvin’s eyes.

He could switch back and forth between his field of view and the crow’s.

And the Night Crow also had Darksight, so he could see everything clearly in the pitch black tunnel.

A few red spots could be seen in the cave.

Marvin knew that these were the old vestiges of the Red Spider’s venomous flames. Each spot contained a violent fiery venom!

If an ordinary person came into contact with the Red Spider’s fire venom, they would instantly die!

This was why this Spider Matriarch was so frightening. In comparison, other spiders could be seen as quite gentle.

‘The Red Spider can spit fire venom three times per day. She had already used it once, so if we want to kill her safely, we have to trick her into using it two more times!’

‘The top priority right now is to draw her out of her nest!’

Marvin’s heart moved, abruptly controlling the Night Crow to fly past.

It was purposely moving noisily and was immediately found by the Red Spider!

She suddenly approached in a threatening posture.

She had dwelled in the dark crypt for a very long time, and she had wisdom far beyond ordinary creatures, but a lifeform like that crow was very unfamiliar.

She had never seen that thing before. This made her quite curious.

But the Night Crow flew very craftily, dipping down and leaving the tunnel as if he was escaping.

The Red Spider swiftly crawled down after it.

…

Chance!

Marvin was motionless in the darkness. He couldn’t see Old Tucker, but he knew that guy was a Thief. Unless there was a critical situation, he wouldn’t rashly act.

The key was still to rely on himself.

Finding the Red Spider’s cave was already hard enough. In fact, this was the main job of Thieves in many teams.

Thieves were quite inferior at frontline fighting. Even the powerful Phantom Assassin could only burst once or twice. After the burst, if they couldn’t kill the target, they would probably die.

There were three problems with the Red Spider. The first was her wisdom. The second was that she could spit fire venom. The third was her secretive whereabouts.

Old Tucker was able to help him deal with the third issue, and this already satisfied Marvin.

The Night Crow flew out flapping its wings, followed by a huge spider crawling in a ridiculous manner.

Red Spider Elizabeth was a Black Spider who had undergone a mutation. She was the same as other Black Spiders, not able to spin much silk, and mainly relying on crawling.

Marvin deliberately let the Night Crow slow down. As a result, it was caught by the Red Spider and brought to the spider’s jaws!

The next instant, a shadow suddenly burst out and rushed toward the Red Spider from the front!

The Red Spider opened her jaws and frightening flames were shot out, directly hitting that shadow.

“Pshhh…”

That human silhouette turned into a ball of shadow, dissipating on the ground.

The Shadow Doppelganger was used!

Marvin had already made preparations. His firepower could be considered as pretty good, so he didn’t need the Shadow Doppelganger for that. This skill’s most important use was still as a body double, able to save his life.

They’d tricked the spider into expending the second use.

Marvin inwardly counted.

But at that time, the Red Spider apparently noticed something wrong and started to return to her cave!

‘Can’t let her leave!’

Marvin ground his teeth, firmly prepared to act, but a shadow abruptly dropped from the ceiling!

Old Tucker!

Marvin looked at the Halfling dropping from the ceiling of the tunnel, extremely surprised. It looked like that guy had been walking upside down on the ceiling.

This was a very rarely seen move, and Marvin had only seen vampires use it!

Old Tucker’s movements were even more nimble than Marvin’s!

He gently landed on the Red Spider’s body and ruthlessly thrust two ancient green daggers at the Red Spider’s head!

“Scrrrrrrh!”

An unpleasant screeching sound echoed. The spider’s legs immediately softened, making it directly fall from the cave opening near the ceiling and crash onto the ground.

And the cautious Old Tucker took advantage of the situation to turn and vanish once again from Marvin’s sight!

‘No wonder that guy lived for so long, he is indeed very cautious.’

‘The daggers were dipped in poison… But the Red Spider’s Poison Resistance and HP are very high.’

‘That attack certainly didn’t kill her.’

Marvin looked at the Red Spider as it struggled on the ground for a moment before trying to climb back up once again. He took a deep breath and suddenly lifted his Hide!

A dart accurately hit the Red Spider’s head!

The latter was suddenly angered and directly sprayed her fire venom.

‘Terrible!’ Old Tucker who was hiding in the dark was startled.

He hadn’t thought Marvin would be so rash!

But the next instant, Marvin’s body suddenly shifted to the right.

Burst!

Shadow Step!

Followed by… Anti-Gravity Steps!

The frightening fire venom brushed past Marvin’s ear, as he ran on the tunnel ceiling, steadily avoiding the Red Spider’s attacks.

“Hissssssss!”

The Red Spider bristled aggressively.

Marvin kicked off of the hard tunnel wall and quickly descended, his two daggers chain attacking!

“Clang!””Clang!”

The Red Spider barely managed to block with her forelimbs!

Marvin’s power was average, but his attack speed was really too high.

It only took him a handful of seconds to land 20 slashes!

21st slash!

A faint mark appeared on the Red Spider’s forelimbs!

22nd slash!

The Red Spider’s left forelimb was cut off, making her lose her balance.

Reckless Dual Wielder’s bonus property was perfectly displayed. Marvin’s chain of slashes had dealt such a frightening injury to the Red Spider!

“Ha!”

Finally, Marvin leapt high up. The Red Spider who lost a part of her protection could only attempt to prick Marvin with her jaws.

Marvin lightly dodged before landing on its back.

He turned and slashed with his two daggers in a cross like a pair of scissors while adding in Reckless Dual Wielder’s bonus property!

The Red Spider’s head fell to the ground!

“Pop!” The body fell back a bit before finally spreading out on the ground.

Marvin walked down from her body, satisfied.

Old Tucker also left Stealth, displaying an amazed expression. “Even outstanding Warriors don’t have such exquisite blade techniques!”

He couldn’t finish his words before a worried small silhouette appeared from one end of the tunnel.

Little Tucker!

“Not good!” Little Tucker anxiously said, “That big sister has been caught by a Black Spider!”

Lola!

Marvin was dazed, he had nearly forgotten about the remaining Black Spider!

“Where is she?” Marvin grabbed Little Tucker and asked in a heavy voice.

“She was grabbed and pulled into a cave.” The small Halfling’s face turned red as he angrily stomped his feet. “It’s my fault, I couldn’t protect her.”

Marvin hurriedly turned back and immediately used [Night Tracking]!

He had kept something belonging to her, prepared for that kind of situation. He should be able to track her!

‘Please make it on time!’

For the first time on this trip to Jewel Bay, Marvin felt anxious.

Chapter 138: Burning Jewel Bay!

p>With Night Tracking active, the red line he saw wasn’t very long!

Marvin took a sharp turn, but suddenly, a mass of darkness fell down.

Black Spider!

Marvin stepped smoothly, putting some distance between him and the Black Spider!

But at that time, Marvin noticed something!

He saw a piece of clothing below the Black Spider’s stomach!

It was Lola’s dress.

“Fuck!”

Marvin’s anger soared. That beast had already eaten Lola in such a short amount of time?

He rushed over in one step, but surprisingly, he heard an odd sound!

The tip of a blade emerged from the Black Spider’s back.

Marvin froze.

The Black Spider’s Eight limbs shivered and a groan could be heard coming from under it.

“Help….”

“I am being crushed to death…”

Marvin was speechless.

He hadn’t noticed that when the Black Spider had dropped from above, it didn’t look lively!

The Black Spider… was dead?

He hurriedly put away his daggers and lifted the Black Spider’s body with difficulty.

As expected, Lola, in a mess, was revealed in front of Marvin.

She miserably held on to the torch that was already extinguished, and that dagger was deeply stabbed in the Black Spider’s abdomen!

The dagger accidentally pierced the Black Spider’s heart. It was killed by Lola in such a baffling way…

Marvin couldn’t help but imagine what the scene looked like.

That girl’s luck was way too high, wasn’t it?

She was saved by him when the gnolls were about to eat her, and this time she unexpectedly got rid of a 2nd rank monster with the strength of an ordinary person.

This luck was close enough to being blessed by a Fortune Fairy.

…
“You, how was that protecting me! You promised that you would definitely protect me. What was the result?”

Lola who had narrowly avoided a disaster twisted the young Halfling’s cheeks, furious.

“You escaped when you saw that Black Spider?!”

The young Halfling felt wronged and said, “Wuwuwu, I am a thief. Father taught me to use Stealth first if I met an enemy I was no match for…”

“Idiot!”

Lola twisted his cheeks even more ferociously.

“What’s so frightening about this spider, it was poked to death with my dagger!

The young Halfling stammered, chastised into obedience by Lola.

Old Tucker actually laughed, unconcerned.

Marvin looked very apologetic, as he pulled Lola, wanting to say something, but she suddenly started crying.

“I almost died! You know…” Lola sobbed, feeling extremely wronged. “That spider was very frightening. I was really scared to death. She wanted to eat me so I could only use the dagger to stab her… Wuwuwu, if not for my good luck…”

Her weeping came to an end there.

The entire tunnel was now extremely quiet. Old Tucker dragged the young Halfling to start moving first.

Lola opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Marvin had gently hugged her.

“It’s fine, everything is over.”

“I promise, there won’t be anything similar happening.”

A lot of thoughts flashed through Lola’s brain in an instant, before she finally froze.

The originally very talkative Lola could only utter one word:

“Okay.”

…

Even though the tunnel was very long, it ended eventually.

After eliminating the twelve Black Spiders and the Red Spider, this tunnel became a relatively safe passage.

Before other monsters came to occupy it, this place would be smooth and unobstructed. This would be enough time for Marvin to buy food from Jewel Bay and ship it to White River Valley.

It would be enough to last this winter.

And the next winter would be… Very difficult.

Because there would be a serious drop in crop production. Even an affluent town like Jewel Bay would have a lot of demand but not enough supply.

Marvin had to stock up a large amount of food before the Great Calamity. He wasn’t some sort of Savior, he could only protect a small part of the population.

His ability was after all, limited. White River Valley was his territory.

When they came out of the tunnel, the first glimmer of dawn could be seen.

A fresh and clean sea breeze blew over from the east, making people feel mysteriously clear headed.

Jewel Bay, at last.

After Marvin thanked Old Tucker, they temporarily parted ways.

Old Tucker went toward Trojan Town to the northwest to buy some everyday necessities while Marvin continued northeast.

There, the hugely flourishing world of the Six Pearl Harbors and the Thousand Sail City were waiting for guests to visit.

And a bit to the south was Anthony’s Holy Tower.

Ever since the Legend Wizard’s fall, this Holy Tower had been blocked by the South Wizard Alliance. Anthony’s disciples were also taken away by several other Legend Wizards.

Marvin carried Lola and sped through the night. They finally climbed a tall hill before sunrise.

“This hill is called the Pyroxene Hill. It produced brilliant shining stones in the past.”

“Adventurers and workers came here to try to make a fortune. There are many villages in the surroundings, providing places to rest like inns to those adventurers, and providing enough brothels to let people vent.”

“It’s now declining because the shining brilliant rock had already been exhausted.”

Marvin stood on the hilltop, looking at the scattered areas under the hill and said while sighing with sorrow.

He remembered spawning for the first time at the southernmost of the Six Pearl Harbors, Tornado Harbor. And after leaving Tornado Harbor, his first quest was to deal with the Pyroxene Hill’s goblins. That was a team quest, so an uncommon item would appear from the Goblin Leader. At that time, Uncommon items were still great treasures, so the team fell apart. Since Marvin was a Thief, he was weak in combat and was instantly eliminated.

He still didn’t know who had ended up with the uncommon [Goblin’s Green Leather Hat]. But after that event, he rarely participated in team quests.

Thinking about it now, a group of gamers became enemies over a green hat. It was too funny.

…

The line of sight from the top of the small hill was very good, and now with the rising sun, Marvin could see the extinguished Eye of the Bright Sun at the Holy Tower.

And even further north were the Six Pearl Harbors embraced by Jewel Bay, a smooth coastline, a calm sea, and a blue sky filled with white clouds.

There was also the Thousand Sail City in the distance, which could only be seen as a small point.

And Crystal Island not far from the Jewel Bay was actually not visible from here.

Marvin dragged Lola and intended to set off.

But suddenly the whole sky over Jewel Bay turned into blazing flames.

Many large red clouds could be seen coming from the east.

The sea breeze began to turn berserk, and the waves surged up violently as the wind whistled.

The dawn in Jewel Bay was originally peaceful, but had now turned into a strange situation.

The ordinary people seemed to have not awoken from their dazed state.

Marvin squinted toward the east and suddenly reacted.

“Dragon!”

…

The dragon is coming!

When the dragon’s roar was heard from the east, the vast Jewel Bay had awoken.

Everyone was roused from their dazed state. They ran to the main street out of fear, looking at the sudden change in clouds.

Fire suddenly began to rain from the sky!

Even if it wasn’t a lot, it was still very frightening!

Every drop of rain was like a drop of oil. The oil would ignite pretty quickly, suddenly setting houses on fire.

Marvin dragged Lola from the hill, making her dodge a drop of fire which soon burnt a tree down!

If not for the Pyroxene Hill being relatively free of trees, they would have been caught in a forest fire!

A huge shadow violently arrived from the east, bringing world destroying flames with him.

An Ancient Red Dragon!

‘He already wrecked Crystal island~!’

Marvin looked apprehensive. That dragon flying over the sea with his large wings open was a pretty spectacular scene!

Waves parted before him, as if the sea also had yielded to that frightening dragon.

“Tsss…”

The strange dragon’s roar was getting gradually closer, and that fire cloud in the sky was the Ancient Dragon’s Legend spell, [Burning Firerain]!

Wrong, Burning Firerain’s area of effect wasn’t normally this large. Marvin let out a cold breath. This was clearly a Burning Firerain that had been strengthened a few times!

The Ancient Red Dragon was even stronger than he’d thought.

He should have suffered some injuries after wrecking Crystal island, as after all, the Unicorn clan was somewhat powerful.

He had plundered Crystal Island’s wealth but he was still extremely dissatisfied.

Thus he set his sights on the affluent Jewel Bay and its six Pearl Harbors and Thousand Sail City!

People were losing it.

The watchman on the tower sounded a bell and multiple red flags were raised!

In Feinan, there was only one circumstance which would make a city raise this kind of flag!

That was the attack of an evil dragon!

…

The Firerain kept falling down. Lola was looking at that scene, shocked. Ordinary people like her probably hadn’t thought that a disaster of this magnitude could happen!

At that time, a pillar of light soared in the southernmost Tornado Harbor!

The pillar scattered the red cloud surrounding Tornado Harbor.

Tornado Harbor’s Firerain was stopped, but it still affected the rest of the region!

‘A Legend Wizard made a move!’

Marvin also watched nervously.

Jewel Bay was different from anywhere else, because this was the the eastern headquarters of the South Wizard Alliance. Apart from Anthony, there were at least one to two Legend Wizards there!

And there should also be a few Legends of other classes. But they weren’t as dazzling as Wizards.

As expected.

The Six Pearl Harbors and Thousand Sail City had a Legend powerhouse showing themselves and using all kinds of means to scatter the Firerain.

But the other regions were still burning!

From the top of the small hill they could see the entire Jewel bay on fire!

A kind of suffocating terror was spreading.

The Ancient Red Dragon flew extremely fast, and his first goal was actually Tornado Harbor!

His voice spread through all of the East Coast, “Weep… Mortals… Offer your treasures to me.”

“Otherwise, these life erasing flames will carry you to Hell!”

But at that time, a voice as loud suddenly echoed from Tornado Harbor!

“Ancient Red Dragon Ell, I have been waiting for you for quite a long time.”

“Fucker, if it wasn’t because this lord couldn’t fly, I would have already crossed the sea to catch you!”

The next instant, a silhouette appeared from Tornado Harbor’s city wall and leapt in the air. He flew like a bullet, rushing toward the Ancient Red Dragon!

Marvin immediately opened his eyes wide!

‘Wait, this voice, why does it sound familiar?’

Chapter 139: Battle of Legends!

p>That silhouette powerfully leapt from the city wall, hurling towards the Ancient Red Dragon’s face!

The Ancient Red Dragon Ell, this extremely evil existence, was almost the strongest of Feinan’s Chromatic Dragons.

He was originally thinking of sweeping Tornado Harbor with his Dragon Breath, but an obstacle ended up appearing.

That was an elf.

But he was approaching at such high speed, that there was no way to stop him.

Both sides collided!

The other side punched the Ancient Red Dragon’s head.

It was as if time was suddenly twisting.

The Ancient Red Dragon’s crazy momentum was suddenly quashed. He actually got knocked over by the other side’s fist, falling into the sea!

“Crash!”

The fall formed a huge geyser, making violent waves spread through the sea.

The Red Dragon was pushed back two kilometers!

Cheering could suddenly be heard echoing from the walls of Tornado Harbor.

But the other person also didn’t have it easy. After impacting the Red Dragon so violently, he was also pushed back!

That person shot more than fifteen kilometers away, landing halfway through Pyroxene Hill, south of Tornado Harbor.

…

“Roooaaarrr!”

An angry roar could be heard coming from the seabed. The earth shook as the sea level began to rise.

Flames suddenly began to emerge from the sea, as the Ancient Red Dragon Ell rose up from the sea, extremely angry! He violently flapped his wings. A caved in spot could be seen on his head!

He rushed toward Tornado Harbor’s city walls and spewed out a frightening Dragon Breath.

An ice-cold declaration accompanied Ell’s frightening flames.

“I am Fire!”

“Nothing can stop me!”

…

On Pyroxene Hill, Marvin was speechlessly looking at that person that was having trouble getting up.

‘The voice was so familiar…’

‘It turned out to be this guy!’

Marvin watched as the Elven War Saint tried to get up several times but kept falling down. He immediately rushed over and helped the pitiful Elven Prince stand up.

“Why aren’t you in the Stone Giant territory?” Marvin couldn’t help asking.

This reckless fellow was actually the Elven Prince Ivan he had met in Thousand Leaves Forest!

After the collision with the Ancient Red Dragon, Ivan was dizzy that he collapsed on Marvin’s shoulder.

“Eh? It’s you, right? Or am I wrong?” Marvin asked surprised. “I must be wrong, right?”

“The Great Elven King doesn’t allow elves to leave too far from Thousand Leaves Forest.”

“Fuck that Great Elven King!” Ivan cursed as he pushed Marvin away, forcing himself to stand on his own.

“This prince came out on his own!”

“Anyways, let’s talk after I get the Dragon Killer title.”

After saying this, he was about to rush toward Tornado Harbor.

But Marvin suddenly splashed a bucket of cold water on him, saying, “If you run now, the fight might already be over by the time you reach Tornado Harbor!”

Ivan immediately stiffened, displaying a dejected expression.

Marvin felt something wrong.

Where did that shrewd and cool-headed Elven Prince he met in Thousand Leaves Forest go?

He was as reckless as a kid…

“What happened to you?” Marvin asked.

Ivan shook his head, not talking. Suddenly, a timid voice echoed from the side.

“You are an elf?”

Lola looked at Ivan, extremely curious.

Ivan expressionlessly nodded.

“Wow! You have such a nice white skin…”

Lola moved closer, looking at Marvin and Ivan. “Are you good friends?”

“I truly didn’t expect the Overlord to have such handsome elven friends…”

“Ah, Overlord, don’t misunderstand. In fact you are also handsome, but not as handsome as this mister…”

The corner of Marvin’s mouth twitched.

Ivan gave Lola a very strange look, and then looked back at Marvin. “Your woman?”

Marvin shook his head.

“I understand, you wouldn’t have such bad taste to actually like women.” Ivan displayed a knowing smile.

Lola opened her eyes wide and looked at Marvin and Ivan, not knowing what to think.

…

At that time, an Arcane Barrier was raised over Tornado Harbor!

The blue light and the sea water merged together. When the Six Pearl Harbors were first established, the South Wizard Alliance had set up a strong Arcane Barrier defensive system.

The South Wizard Alliance already had a solution even before the news of the destruction of Crystal Island was sent out.

Thus, the Arcane Barrier was ready to be launched as soon as the evil Dragon attacked.

Dragon Breath was disgorged at the blue Arcane Barrier. Some holes appeared in a few areas, leaking a bit of Dragon fire.

On the docks, many transport ships were set on fire. The same happened to the business district.

On the city walls, aside from three silhouettes, the rest of the soldiers retreated behind the defensive walls to avoid being sprayed by Dragon fire.

And apart from those three silhouettes standing straight, two awe-inspiring silhouettes appeared in the sky.

Legend Wizards!

After Anthony’s death, the south wasn’t without Legends. But there was also very wide gaps between Legends. A Legend like Anthony was an extremely rare existence in the South Wizard Alliance. These two Legend Wizards were temporarily protecting East Coast’s Six Pearl Harbors and Thousand Sails City.

Despite this, they had the courage to face the attack of the strongest Red Dragon in history!

…

“I’m stupid!” Ivan mockingly said to himself.

“Fucking made a move against the Red Dragon.”

“Those few guys in the back could clearly act as fishermen, getting the Dragon Killer title.”

Dragon Killer?

Marvin shook his head, “Let’s go to the top of the hill to look. It won’t be that easy for them. That Ancient Red Dragon’s strength isn’t inferior to ordinary gods’ avatars!”

Ivan froze a moment, but just at that time, Lola couldn’t help but interrupt.

“Mister handsome elf, I heard Elves were graceful. How come you…”

“It’s really easy to learn from bad examples, Lola,” Marvin bluntly interrupted. He then led the two to the hilltop.

Ivan originally was a special case among the wood elves. Him exploring outside now was probably due to the Great Elven King driving him away from Thousand Leaves Forest.

If this was the case, then history had already started to change.

Marvin remembered that after the Great Calamity, Thousand Leaves Forest took emergency measures. The Great Elven King was guarding that place while Ivan was still staying at the Stone Giant territory at that time.

But right now, Ivan had just rushed to the East Coast to kill a Dragon for some unknown reasons.

But Marvin knew that his own arrival definitely changed history.

The game in his previous life was after all just a game. What he was facing now was a real world. A world about to face great transformations.

He had to make proper preparations.

…

Watching from the top of the Pyroxene Hill was relatively better. After all, Marvin’s eyesight had been strengthened by the Night Monarch’s blessings back then.

Elves were also able to look far in the distance. Ivan explained a few things to Marvin, “I already knew the South Wizard Alliance made some preparations. I just didn’t expect their preparations to be that great.”

“Looks like the most unlucky ones were that Unicorn clan. But they also courted their own death. I heard they were mining a vein of ore in the seafloor, using the northern dwarves’ explosion technique. It ended up leading to a volcanic eruption at the bottom of the ocean which woke up this monster.”

“Crystal Island has already sunk, only leaving behind a few reefs. East Coast should be able to hold on. There are 6 Legends in Tornado Harbor after all.”

Six Legends.

This was the South Wizards Alliance’s move.

Two Legend Wizards, four other Legend class holders. One of the two Legend Wizards was Leymann from the Three Ring Towers. Marvin wasn’t too familiar with the other one, but he apparently was someone who was temporarily transferred here from the west.

In the past, the East Coast was actually the safest area because of Anthony’s protection.

But the Shadow Prince’s assassination changed everything.

With Anthony, even if the Ancient Red Dragon awoke, he wouldn’t dare to rush over to the East Coast.

Without Anthony, he wouldn’t stop himself from releasing his Dragon fire!

The Red Dragon’s huge silhouette swept past Tornado Harbor’s city walls, knocking against two towers from which a few Magic Marksmen were still shooting arrows. Unfortunately, the arrows didn’t harm the Dragon. Ordinary classes’ attacks simply couldn’t injure the Ancient Red Dragon!

The Red Dragon arrogantly flew toward those two flying Wizards.

“I’ll eat you!”

The two Wizards didn’t move. Suddenly, two Teleportation Portals appeared next to them!

The Legend Wizards didn’t use the portals to flee. Rather, two people jumped out of the Teleportation Portals.

The two people were robust and sturdy. It looked like their Strength was very high!

‘Legend Monk!’

‘Legend Barbarian!

Marvin squinted, immediately seeing through those two’s classes.

The Legend Barbarian, who came over from the Teleportation Portal, grabbed the Red Dragon’s head.

[Falling Star]!

An extremely powerful skill was immediately used. The Red Dragon who was flying thirty meters high in the sky, lost his balance from being thrown in the opposite direction!

And on the other side, the Legend Monk also grabbed the Dragon’s left wing!

[Vajra Strength]!

Under the assault of the two Legend class holders’ fierce skills, the Ancient Red Dragon directly fell from the sky!

It awkwardly fell on Tornado Harbor’s west city wall, crushing some houses. Even if most inhabitants already received the warning to evacuate to the caves, there were still many people lagging behind who were crushed to death!

A Shadow Thief and a Slaughterer appeared together. These two advanced rogue Legend classes had extremely frightening burst power!

They unhesitantly targeted the base of the Red Dragon’s wings and neck.

And to the sides, the elite soldiers who had been watching all along rushed over and twisted huge chains around the Dragon’s body, and both ends were held by two Mountain Giants!

The Ancient Red Dragon Ell, the insufferably arrogant Senior Red Dragon, was actually nailed down on the ground by those heavy chains.

And on each end of the chain was a Mountain Giant weighing more than ten tons!

Struggling free wouldn’t be easy!

“Roooaaarrr!”

In Tornado Harbor, only the angry roar of the Ancient Red Dragon remained!

The two Wizards coldly watched the Ancient Red Dragon struggle and slowly raised their hands, beginning to cast their spells.

…

‘Are they really going to kill that Dragon today?!” Marvin was startled.

Other people weren’t aware, but he knew. What may have changed history was Ivan’s punch!

This completely changed the Ancient Red Dragon’s situation, or else the Legend Barbarian and Legend Monk skills wouldn’t have been so effective!

‘Not likely…’

‘That guy is an Ancient Red Dragon with about 43 levels!’

Chapter 140: Dragon Killer Sword

p>The Ancient Red Dragon was angrily roaring in Tornado Harbor.

He lifted his head high up, struggling to flap his wings, trying to forcefully fly up. But the two Mountain Giants at the ends of the iron chains locked him in place.

The two rogue Legends also continued to use fierce burst attacks.

The Shadow Thief’s dagger had clearly been enchanted with Armor Break and was targeting the Red Dragon’s neck.

And on the other hand, the Slaughterer, which was more proficient in attacking, was making progress on the base of the Dragon’s wing, endlessly attacking it.

He was using short blades that were a bit longer than daggers, but this pair of short blades was emitting a faint dark color.

This was a Legendary Item!

After a few moments, the Red Dragon’s indestructible scales were scraped open. He then slashed, leaving a bone deep injury!

The Ancient Red Dragon Ell angrily opened his mouth and spat a dragon breath once again. Countless ordinary soldiers were directly turned into ashes!

Even if they had shields to protect them, they would instantly turn into molten iron on them and they would painfully fall to the ground, screaming in pain.

The Mountain Giants couldn’t escape the disaster either!

Their bodies were burnt by the Dragon Fire. Despite their exceedingly strong Magic Resistance and Constitution ensuring they wouldn’t instantly die from the Dragon breath, they still painfully fell on the ground.

One of them even had his eyes burnt and began to run around the city!

The previously advantageous situation appeared to have taken a turn for the worse.

The four Legend class holders were more fortunate, as the Barbarian and the Monk managed to escape to the sky thanks to the Wizards’ support.

And the Shadow Thief and the Slaughterer also had their own methods to dodge the Dragon Breath. One entered the Shadow Plane while the other Flickered to another place. Despite that, the Slaughterer was also completely drenched in cold sweat. That Dragon Breath arrived so suddenly that he barely dodged it!

There was no sign, and it simply didn’t follow the usual Dragon Breath pattern!

It was commonly known that Dragon Breath was one of their most powerful attacks. But there was a limit to the number of times it could be used, along with the frequency.

The Ancient Red Dragon Ell had used a Dragon Breath on Tornado Harbor’s Arcane Barrier earlier. In principle, he should have needed at least 10 minutes before using another one.

And the next Dragon Breath’s power would be a lot weaker.

But the strength that guy displayed completely exceeded the strength of an Ancient Red Dragon!

That breath, when compared to the first one, was still very frightening!

The Dragon’s restrictions had suddenly been broken.

The Dragon chanted in a low voice, in the Dragon’s Magic Language!

Under Ell’s incantation, his body rapidly shrank, turning into a one meter long serpent!

Legend Shrink!

The serpent immediately freed himself from the chain’s restrictions, frantically flapping his wings and flying toward the sky!

The Red Dragon had once again recovered. His malevolent head appeared once again.

“I’ll kill all of you!”

He grabbed that helpless Legend Barbarian who had dodged onto one of the Wizard’s magic carpets!

…

‘A Legend level grapple!’

Marvin squinted in concentration. He had a deep understanding of the Ancient Red Dragon Ell, and knew that his strength was extremely high.

Level 43 overall, a large number of Legendary spells, a powerful breath, cunningness…

Since he dared to come to East Coast to wreak havoc, he must have felt confident that he could destroy the currently unmanned East Coast!

But he had also underestimated how determined the South Wizard Alliance was about defending the East Coast. At the same time, he also didn’t expect the sudden emergence of the Elven War Saint!

Ivan’s punch was in fact extremely crucial. If not for that punch, the Red Dragon’s charge would have directly downed the Arcane Barrier.

His breath could destroy one fifth of Tornado Harbor!

Even if the Legend Wizards joined hands with those four Legend class holders, they wouldn’t be able to capture him.

The Monk and the Barbarian had strong melee abilities but their jumping ability was very ordinary and they simply couldn’t catch a flying dragon charging around that fast.

Even though Wizards were theoretically invincible at the same level compared to other class holders, when the opponent was a dragon, it would become very troublesome.

As for the Shadow Thief and the Slaughterer… When fighting a Dragon, rogues would usually be reduced to being support.

Only the reckless Ivan could fight the sturdy Dragon in close range.

In spite of Ivan only being level 21, he simply couldn’t be compared to ordinary Legends. His body was probably a lot stronger than the Legend Monk’s!

This definitely had something to do with the Great Elven King. Marvin knew that although the Great Elven King was arrogant on the surface, not even looking at his own son, he actually cherished his son very much. Ivan’s body had countless strengthening spells, and moreover he was also strengthened once every week during his childhood…

It was also because of this that when Ivan collided with the Red Dragon, he was hit kilometers away, but didn’t actually have much trouble.

If it was one of the other two Legends, regardless of whether it was the Barbarian or the Monk, they would have died!

If Ivan hadn’t acted on his own and instead contacted the South Wizards Alliance’s people, they might have truly been able to kill that Dragon!

Unfortunately, it didn’t happen like that.

Marvin’s arrival changed a few things, but there shouldn’t be too much change in the fate of the Ancient Red Dragon Ell!

The Legend Barbarian was caught in the claws of the Ancient Red Dragon and the others simply couldn’t do anything about it. The Red Dragon used his claws to tear him into pieces!

The body dripping with blood was sent flying!

A Legend fell like that.

Wailing could be heard in Tornado Harbor, as people lagging behind were hurriedly running. The fire and blood mixed together making the scene look like they were in purgatory.

…

“Damn…” Fury flashed through Ivan’s eyes.

He knew he had been too impulsive. Before he acted, he had also made some investigations about the Red Dragon, but he hadn’t thought that guy was so strong!

He also knew that the situation might have been different if he was in Tornado Harbor right now.

What a pity…

There was no time for regret!

“Rumble!”

As the Red Dragon was showing his might, Leymann and the other Wizard who had been preparing for a long time were finally ready to counterattack!

To deal with a Dragon, ordinary spells wouldn’t be effective.

Only Legend spells would do!

A thick pillar of lightning streaked across the sky, with countless explosive sparks twisting around it.

“Aurora Burst!” Marvin made out what Legend spell it was with a simple glance.

[Aurora Burst]: Legend spell, powerful variant of the 3rd-circle spell Aurora Lightning.

“Bang!”

Aurora Burst exploded on the body of the Red Dragon, staggering him and almost making him fall to the ground once again.

Despite Ancient Red Dragon’s Magic Resistance being astonishing, that turbulence made his flying unstable.

“To have the cheek to hu…” The Red Dragon didn’t have time to finish his nonsense when a 2nd Aurora Burst exploded once again.

Leymann preparing for such a long time wasn’t just to ready one Aurora Burst!

Arcs of lightning kept flickering across the sky as 6 Aurora Bursts kept exploding one after the other!

‘Damn… As much as 6 Aurora Bursts…’ Marvin was also stunned.

Leymann definitely came prepared. He certainly had many casting Legendary Items or even Half-Artifacts!

Otherwise it would have been impossible to store and release 6 Aurora Bursts.

One Aurora Burst could level a small town.

Six Aurora Bursts made the Red Dragon confused and disoriented. He fell head first into the dock, half his body falling in the seawater.

“Roaaaarr…”

He raised his neck, covered with cuts and bruises.

…

Leymann in the sky had a pale face.

He had already severely overdrawn on his power. Continuously using 6 Aurora Bursts in a short time was his limit.

And the spell prepared by that other Legend Wizard suddenly appeared before everyone’s eyes.

A huge sharp sword materialized in the sky.

This sword was light yellow, emitting an awful smell.

Legendary spell – Dragon Killer Sword!

This was a Legend spell that had been long lost because Evil Dragons would join hands to chase down any Wizards who knew this spell.

Dragon Killer Sword was the bane of Dragons!

The South Wizard Alliance even got a Wizard with Dragon Killer Sword!

This meant they had no intention to let Ell leave this place.

He had to leave his head in Tornado Harbor!

The Dragon Killer Sword slashed its way over. Ell was frantically flapping his wings, suddenly flying up from the ground!

His speed was almost raised to his limit, but the Dragon Killer Sword kept following him closely like a shadow, about to slash down!

…

“Will they kill it?” Ivan muttered.

“Unfortunately…” Marvin shook his head.

Lola was staring foolishly at this shocking scene, not knowing what to say.

Just as the Dragon Killer Sword was about to land on Ell’s neck, the Red Dragon’s mouth produced a thunderlike chant.

In a blink of an eye, a spatial distortion appeared in front of him.

The next second, the Red Dragon entered a black hole, disappearing above the sea.

The Dragon Killer Sword ruthlessly slashed down, splitting the sea in two. Countless Dragon scales fell as if they were raindrops.

There was also a part of a thin tail.

Violent waves formed and grew into a tsunami that crazily rushed toward the Six Pearl Harbors as if about to topple mountains and overturn the seas.

And the Ancient Red Dragon Ell angrily said something before he left.

“Filthy Wizards, you are vermin on this dry land. Your era of ruling this land is coming to an end!”

“I saw the future, I heard various gods’ whispers. You are bound to taste a bitter death!”

“When that time comes, I’ll cleanse this land with flames!”

…

A gigantic wall of water rose up and rushed over. If the Six Pearl Harbors weren’t on elevated terrain, they might have been submerged by this seawater.

No one listened carefully to the Red Dragon’s declaration of vengeance. After the disaster, the people began to silently walk out from the caves.

Weeping sounds accompanied an eerie silence.

And Marvin on the Pyroxene Hill couldn’t help but tightly clench his fists.

He was still too weak!

He could only be a spectator in that kind of fight. Never mind getting involved, if he was in Tornado Harbor, even surviving himself might have been quite difficult!

‘This won’t do, I must raise my strength faster!’

‘Only being at 2nd rank is really too slow!’

Marvin ground his teeth, inwardly making up his mind.

Even though the Ancient Red Dragon was a peak existence in Feinan, during the Great Calamity, only this kind of powerhouse would have a chance to survive on the cruel stage!

Keep getting stronger.

This was what he needed to do to protect his people!

Chapter 141: Human Skin Kite

p>Tornado Harbor, later that day.

The sun was scorching hot over the sea, making everything seem torrid and painful.

Marvin’s group entered the city after receiving a strict inspection. If not for Marvin taking out his Overlord medal from the South Wizard Alliance, it probably would have been impossible to enter the city at such a chaotic time!

Tornado Harbor was already in chaos: people were doing their best to clear out rubble, parents were looking for their missing children, and guards were silently receiving treatment.

Quite a lot of people had lost a relative, brother or friend after that Dragon’s Disaster. And some lost an arm or a leg.

As for the injured soldiers, they could only lie down and receive medical treatment. It was already a lot better than those who died under the Evil Dragon’s Breath.

At least they still had their lives and the time to feel sad.

The disaster was that ruthless.

Marvin walked down the street, silently looking at children running by, their faces filled with fear.

This disaster might even be recorded in history, but it would leave an even deeper mark in the hearts of Tornado Harbor’s inhabitants.

Especially the children, who met with this traumatic ordeal at such a young age. This event was something those who had lived in peace for a decade couldn’t imagine.

Marvin heard someone pray to the gods; it was naturally a Priest of the Silver God. He prayed for the god’s blessing, to keep away disaster from this land.

Unfortunately, this low level Priest was unaware that the god he believed in wouldn’t bless him.

Indeed, the Silver God was a 3rd Generation Ancient God. He wouldn’t participate in the attack of the Universe Magic Pool, but he also couldn’t prevent everything.

For the East Coast, as well as for the entire Feinan Continent, the Dragon Disaster was only the beginning.

The true catastrophe and sorrow still had yet to arrive!

…

Marvin and Ivan parted ways in Tornado Harbor.

The Elven Prince swore to find the place where the Ancient Red Dragon Ell was hiding, to complete the feat of killing a Dragon.

But Marvin knew the Ancient Red Dragon’s old nest was actually inside a strange cave at the bottom of the ocean. That place was very difficult to find, and without knowing the precise location, you simply couldn’t find it in the vast sea.

Seawater couldn’t reach that place, and it was actually quite dry and warm because it was deep in the earth and frequently had lava flowing.

The Ancient Red Dragon waged war twice on the East Coast. The first time was the attack on Tornado Harbor. The second would be the world shaking battle with the Copper Dragon, Professor. Both sides would suffer a heavy loss the second time and Ell would escape back to his old nest at the seafloor, but a Master Tracker would find the location of his nest and spread the news.

This immediately attracted countless adventurers who wanted to become famous as Dragon Killers.

This was Feinan Continent’s “Release of the First Legendary Instance,” the opening of the [Lava Palace].

This was a part of the story line Marvin was very familiar with. He even knew how to find that deeply hidden Lava Palace in the seafloor.

But he didn’t tell Ivan that Lava Palace’s location because he knew that the current Ivan was far from being the opponent of the Red Dragon.

That earlier punch was only effective due to catching the Red Dragon off guard.

If the Ancient Red Dragon was somewhat prepared, he would have used a few Dragon Spells, and unless the Great Elven King had put a taboo magic like Rebirth on Ivan, he would have been annihilated!

Even if Ell was now scared away by the threat of the Dragon Killer Sword spell, he wasn’t something Ivan could handle now.

Marvin obviously knew that the Dragon’s body was extremely powerful, but he was even more aware of his abilities. To get rid of the Ancient Red Dragon, only a Legend powerhouse on the level of the Great Elven King, Anthony, the Copper Dragon Professor, or Inheim wearing Void Boots could have a chance.

If it was him, even if the Ancient Dragon was lying immobile in front of him and he executed his strongest move, he wouldn’t even be able to pry a dragon scale open!

This was absolute strength.

Skills and experience were all worthless in front of it.

Marvin watched as Ivan sat on a ship and went out to sea. Afterwards, he started carrying out his plan.

He hadn’t forgotten why he’d come, painstakingly passing through the spider crypt in order to buy food.

Tornado Harbor was a food port after all.

…

“What!?”

“Because of the Dragon Disaster, all trade in Tornado Harbor is suspended?”

Marvin frowned.

Lola displayed a helpless expression.

Last time she came to Jewel Bay, she looked for the person in charge of Taurus chamber in Tornado Harbor.

Thanks to Lola’s silver tongue, describing the impoverished and backward White River Valley as a territory which had a high potential for development, that person in charge, under Lola’s negotiations (swindling?), agreed to lower the market price by 30% and sell a certain amount of wheat to White River Valley.

The prerequisite was that for the next three years, the Taurus Chamber of Commerce would become White River Valley’s number one supplier, and required Marvin to let them build some subsidiaries. They also requested an even lower taxation rate.

For Marvin, White River Valley’s businesses were lacking and the tax was already pretty low. The Taurus Chamber of Commerce’s conditions were something he could completely accept.

Thus, if what Lola said was true, he would definitely agree.

However, this morning, when he had Lola go look for that person in charge, he received this news.

– Business transactions are strictly prohibited in the city. Everyone has to help with the debris. Outsiders aren’t allowed in the Business District, the Noble District and the Docks. –

This ban was said to be lasting for at least a week.

In other words, for the next week, Marvin couldn’t buy food from the Taurus Chamber of Commerce!

Marvin quickly checked this news.

Lola didn’t lie.

Tornado Harbor’s announcement board clearly had a trade ban, especially mentioning the trade of food and products used daily.

‘This is troublesome.’

‘The territory will run out of food in six days at most. To get Madeline to send some food, I would have to give her the Magic Holy Grail, it’s too much of a loss!’

‘The other five harbors, even if they didn’t suffer from the Dragon Disaster, were probably affected by the tsunami. They might also have the same policy, and going there could be a waste of time we can’t afford.’

Marvin frowned, thinking for a while before finally making a decision.

There was only one way.

Trojan Town’s black market.

…

Half an hour later, Marvin bought a good horse at a high price from a merchant and was ready to leave Tornado Harbor.

He rode with Lola toward the west, disappearing in the dust.

Lola didn’t know horsemanship so Marvin could only let her ride in front of him to prevent her from falling off the horse.

But, heaven knows what this overthinking talkative girl was thinking about.

The reason why Marvin took Lola along was simple.

Lola was a very good speaker, meaning she had the potential to become a great merchant. Her accounting and bargaining ability were very high, which was very important during negotiations.

Of course, out of all her skills, the fiercest one was [Bluff].

Even if Marvin somewhat trusted her right now, he wouldn’t completely hand stuff over to her.

If it was Anna, he would have already felt relieved to have the Half-Elf take care of the matter. Why would he need to act then?

…

Main road at noon, people were scattered around, annoyed by the scorching sun.

After a while, Marvin left the main road and went on the field.

Further west was Trojan Town.

Trojan Town was closer to the entrance of the Spider Crypt, and was where the pair of Halflings had gone. They didn’t have much to buy, so that place was fine.

Marvin knew that Trojan Town had an underground black market which sold quite a lot of stuff, and food was naturally included.

But it was very expensive and there was also the risk of robbery.

Thus he had made preparations to go through the proper channels.

How could he have expected the Ancient Red Dragon would attack the Six Pearl Harbors at that time? Even just a few days later would have been fine!

While Marvin was thinking, Lola suddenly cried out, “There is a strange shadow!”

She pointed far in the distance. That was in the direction of Trojan Town.

Marvin froze and looked up, the sun hurting his eyes, but he noticed that big shadow.

His expression suddenly changed!

That was a human skin kite!

‘Twin Snakes Cult… No good! Trojan Town!’

This kind of thought suddenly flashed through Marvin’s mind.

Lola didn’t know what it meant, so seeing Marvin’s extremely solemn expression, she couldn’t help but be somewhat nervous.

…

Ten minutes later, outside of Trojan Town.

“Ugh!”

Lola threw up.

In front of her was a horrifying scene!

A pillar of human flesh hanging by a rope. On the other end of the rope was a kite made of human skin!

All of this human flesh was originally the inhabitants of Trojan Town when they were alive. In the end, their skin was peeled to make a human skin kite.

Needless to say, this certainly was the handiwork of the Twin Snakes Cult.

Only corpses were left in Trojan Town.

A strong bloody smell that would make people feel sick. This scene was more horrifying than the one in Thousand Leaves Forest!

Last time was a small elven village.

This time was the entire Trojan Town, which had about 600 to 700 inhabitants!

They were all dead, and they died in such a cruel way.

“Twin Snakes Cult!” Marvin ground his teeth as he uttered that frightening name.

These damn bastards!

They definitely took advantage of the South Wizard Alliance dispatching the guards of the neighboring towns to the Six Pearl Harbors, leaving the village defenseless. They thus attacked those elderly and children left behind!

He didn’t know how shocked and tormented those soldiers guarding the East Coast would be when they return to their town and saw their own relatives murdered and made into a human skin kite.

‘Damnit…’

‘This Lord must dismember these scums ten thousand times!’

Marvin endured the bloody smell and dragged Lola forward.

Since the human leather kite was hanging there, it was proof that Twin Snakes followers had already left.

But they should have left something in the small town he could use to track these bastards with Night Tracking!

The situation inside the town was even more sickening and Lola kept throwing up.

Marvin was looking at his surroundings, alert.

Suddenly, he heard faint footsteps!

To the left!

“Whoosh!”

He instantly threw a dart.