LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 225-232
Chapter 225: Weeping Sky
p>In that split second, that middle-aged man disappeared.
He instantly appeared behind Marvin, ruthlessly piercing his back with the dagger!
No!
The expression on that middle-aged man turned from being ruthless and complacent to one of shock.
Because he found out that when his dagger pierced through Marvin’s back, darkness appeared in the room!
And Marvin’s body turned into a shadow of nothingness.
Shapeshift Sorcerer, Shadow-shape!
Physical damage halved!
No vitals!
This was the strongest point of Shadow-shape.
Marvin still felt the chill as he looked as his HP that had sharply decreased. He lost half of his HP in a split second from that ruthless attack!
If he hadn’t switched to his Shadow-shape at the last second, he might have already died!
‘Damn, he is from the Shadow Spider Order!’
Marvin noticed the crest on that middle-aged man’s dagger.
Even if that crest was quite small and inconspicuous, Marvin still noticed it.
‘Is it because of Black Jack’s matter? Not too likely… When I killed him, Black Jack had already betrayed them and turned into a Outlaw of the Crimson Road.’
Marvin didn’t have much time to think.
Before that middle-aged man could react, Marvin counterattacked!
Before Shapeshifting, he had already used [Eternal Night]!
This skill created darkness and endless shadows.
The Marvin relied on his powerful [Endurance] specialty to ignore the pain and use Shadow Bind!
But the middle-aged man was extremely nimble and dodged the skill, disappearing from where he was.
Shadow Bind failed!
‘Quite skilled, at least a 4th rank Assassin. Most likely Half-Legend!’ Marvin shivered.
Wasn’t that one of the strongest Assassins of the Shadow Spider Order? With a few powerful tools, they could even assassinate Legends!
This kind of powerhouse actually came to assassinate him?
…
On the other side, the middle-aged man who retreated from the darkness also felt cold.
He was doubtfully looking at that strange patch of darkness in the center of the room, a bit afraid.
Being inside that area truly felt like it was night time.
What kind of skill was that? He had assassinated all kinds of people during his life, but had never met such a strange skill.
A shadow rushed out like a wisp from the darkness.
Blood was flowing out of his back as he frantically ran toward the Magic Mirror!
‘Want to run?’
The middle-aged man sneered and disappeared and reappeared behind Marvin!
His straight dagger ruthlessly thrusted toward his back, following that wound and piercing Marvin’s heart!
‘Wrong!’
‘It’s a Doppelganger!’
The middle-aged man reacted very quickly.
He suddenly turned around.
The patch of darkness in the middle of the room had already disappeared. The true Marvin ran to the other side of the room while holding a spear.
He took a deep look and memorized that man’s appearance. He then opened the entrance and escaped.
The middle-aged man tried to go in, but he failed.
Because this was the first time he had entered the room, even if it was accidentally. If he wanted to get out of the Maze, he had to do it three times.
“Fuck… That kid managed to escape.”
‘To be able to become friends with so many Legends, he really has some skill… This deal might be bad!’
The middle-aged man was playing with his dagger in an irritable mood, but he didn’t have an upset expression.
In any case, that kid was screwed.
…
Outside the Maze, in the depths of the cave.
Marvin was laboriously trying to cover the wound in his back. But he still couldn’t stop the blood from flowing.
He face was extremely pale.
It was too dangerous this time.
If it wasn’t for him being a former Assassin and being familiar with their hidden moves before an attack, he might have been unable to see through the other side’s intentions.
He might have died before even noticing!
This was what made Assassins terrifying. They were a group of people living in the shadows. They were good are disguising, and good at killing with one blow.
‘Fortunately I guessed right. This guy definitely arrived there by accident, so he couldn’t leave through the door like me.’
‘I don’t know if this was his first time escaping the Maze.’
Marvin took out a bottle of medicine for wounds and a bandage, trying to wrap his wounds.
Thankfully, that [Quick Bandage] skill he learnt from Old Sean came in handy. Even if it wasn’t as effective as Old Sean who had the [First Aid Master] bonus, stopping the bleeding shouldn’t be a problem.
Marvin checked the log while bandaging himself up. The wound was on his back. This was really too inconvenient.
But at that time, two messages flashed on his logs, startling him:
[Unknown Poison infiltrated your body.]
[Your body will stiffen for two hours starting now.]
“Fuck!” Marvin cursed in rage.
His pulled out some antidotes, but before he could put the first one to his mouth, a feeling of dizziness spread all over.
“Crash!”
That antidote fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
And Marvin stiffly fell. His back wound suddenly opened and blood flowed even faster.
He started seeing black. He exhausted all his strength to move half a step forward and firmly grabbed a blade of shining white grass!
…
‘He should already be dead by now.’
‘Even though it wasn’t dipped into deadly poison, stiffness and a bleeding wound should be deadly enough.’
The middle-aged man unhurriedly strolled around the Magic Mirror Maze.
Just as Marvin guessed, he really didn’t know how to solve that Maze. But he had plenty of time and could slowly observe.
These Magic Mirrors were very interesting.
But surprisingly he came across a white-clothed woman after turning a corner.
Both of them looked at each other, and the middle-aged man exposed his trademark smile. “Finally meeting someone else.”
“Can you tell me how to go out? I have been going arou…”
Before he could finish his sentence, the white-clothed woman already made a move!
An extremely vicious flame condensed in her palm and rushed underground, before coming out to grab his ankle!
The middle-aged man awkwardly dodged, using an escaping skill to run away from the flame’s claws.
He still felt pain on his ankle, but the other side simply remained silent and kept casting!
The middle-aged man kept complaining and turned to run.
‘Damn… Why is there a nutcase like her in this maze…’
‘Who’s this woman?’
He hadn’t recognized her at all!
…
“Look! He is waking up.”
“Gasp, the little thief is waking up…”
“Is he the one killing our siblings? The one who made father so angry?”
“No he isn’t. I didn’t feel any grieving resentment from our siblings on this person. He shouldn’t be the killer.”
Bits and pieces of sentences could be heard by Marvin side. He felt a huge headache.
“How do you feel?” a gentle voice asked him.
He tried opening his eyes, and found that he was lying on a stone bed. Beside the stone bed was a girl wearing very simple clothes. She had beautiful light blue eyes.
Behind her was actually a group of young deers!
Those noisy voices came from them.
Marvin strenuously propped himself up.
“I’m still good. Did you save me? Thank you.”
He took a deep breath and forced a smile.
He managed to survive.
It really wasn’t easy.
“It’s them.” The young girl smiled and pointed at the White Deers behind her.
“You were poisoned and they helped you get rid of it. As for your wounds, they also used a skill to help you heal. I don’t have that kind of skill.”
Marvin nodded.
He thanked those cute young deers.
Without them, he might have really been in danger.
Even if the poison only made him stiffen, his wound kept bleeding. With such blood loss in this situation, even a sturdy Barbarian wouldn’t have been able to escape death.
Let alone Marvin.
Thus, before he lost consciousness, he grabbed the shining white grass.
This was something he had experienced once before.
This kind of shining white grass was planted by the White Deer Holy Spirit to protect his children.
If someone touched any of the grass, these young deers would notice it.
To take treasures away from the White Deer Cave, you would have to be cautious and not run into the white grass.
But at that time, Marvin had no other choice. He could only do it.
He knew that with the curiosity of the young deers, they would certainly check on the shining white grass.
And at that time, if they found Marvin seriously hurt, they would definitely help him due to their benevolent hearts.
They weren’t too powerful, but in the field of healing magic, they were stronger than any type of Priest.
This was the strength of a Half-Heavenly lifeform.
Even though they were only 2nd rank, they could easily cure Marvin’s wounds. As for the poison, they could also remove it.
Marvin asked, and found that only fifteen minutes had passed since he passed out.
They found him eight minutes after he pulled on the grass, and used seven minutes to bring Marvin back from the brink of death.
This made Marvin very grateful to them.
This group of cute White Deers was really lovable. They kept chattering around Marvin, curiously asking him some questions.
They did not dare to be rash when the White Deer Holy Spirit was there. But now that their father left, they couldn’t restrain their lively nature.
Marvin could only answer their strange questions one by one.
After a while, that girl stopped them.
“Oh right, this is what you were holding when you lost consciousness. I’m returning it to you now.” She handed over the spear.
Her expression was very pure, apparently not caring what kind of treasure it was.
Marvin excitedly received the spear.
He gently caressed the decorations on the spear.
Although the outcome of Inspect was a huge question mark, he couldn’t miss the decorations.
[Weeping Sky]. This was its name.
Of course, it had an even fiercer nickname, [Dragon Slayer Spear].
One of the three outstanding Dragon Slaying items.
Chapter 226: Rainbow Stone
p>The spear looked average, but that was because it had yet to be activated.
Even if Marvin felt that the name [Weeping Sky] was a bit unnatural… Rain wasn’t made of the sky’s tears… But this Legendary Item’s power was beyond ordinary people’s imagination.
This spear was a specifically designed item. It might actually be better to use Magic Weapons against ordinary lifeforms.
But its effects would be totally different against a Dragon!
This thing was built by a Dragon Slayer madman to be used against Dragons!
He was a Master Blacksmith whose wife and children died in the first Dragon Disaster. Thus, he personally built three weapons.
These three weapons were considered taboo by the Dragons. Rumors said that many Dragons joined hands and destroyed those three weapons.
But countless warriors who wanted to slay a Dragon were still diligently looking for these three weapons.
These three weapons were called the “Dragon Slayer Set” by the players. With any of those three items on hand, you would have the strength to slay a Dragon.
Because each of these weapons had three unique properties.
First, the person holding the weapon would be immune to Dragon Might.
Just this attribute made countless warriors run around everywhere, looking for one of them. What was the most powerful point of a Dragon? Its huge body? Its frightening Dragon Magic?
No.
What made Dragon gain the upper hand in fight were usually two things. The first was the ability to fly, and the second was the pressure of Dragon Might.
Most people couldn’t resist Dragon Might. Under the suppression of that natural pressure, many people would be unable to pass the willpower check and would directly lose their battle ability.
How could one fight if one was unable to stand?
During the attack of Tornado Harbor by the Ancient Dragon Ell, the Elven Prince Ivan was the name that was the most praised. But the main reason was that his first attack was able to catch Ell off guard.
It had to be known that when Ell arrived, he had accumulated energy for a Dragon Breath, and his Dragon Might was earth-shattering!
If the Dragon Might spread to everyone, those Legends might be temporarily suppressed and those guards wouldn’t be able to do anything.
But Ivan struck down Ell with a punch. This not only interrupted his spell and stopped his advance, it also scattered his Dragon Might.
This detail was extremely important. Even if ordinary people didn’t know, the knowledgeable Wizards obviously knew.
If not for Ivan’s punch, it would have been a huge question as to whether or not the South Wizard Alliance’s small squad of Legends would have been able to stop Ell!
This showed the frightening power of Dragon Might.
When Marvin used the cannon to shoot the Dragon, he got a bit of resistance to Dragon Might.
But with this spear in hand, he would be completely immune to Dragon Might!
It would counter the superior advantage of a Dragon!
But this was only one of the three properties of the set of weapons.
The second property was even more overbearing.
[Ignore Defenses if the Target is a Dragon]
Ignore Defenses!
Why is it so hard to kill a Dragon? It naturally was because of their frightening defenses and recovery abilities. Not mentioning an Ancient Dragon, even an ordinary Red Dragon was still able to escape after being beaten up by Ivan.
If not for that precise shot by Marvin, he might have actually gotten away.
This was the strength of a Dragon’s defenses.
In fact, if he handed that gun to Ivan, Marvin guessed than an ordinary adult Chromatic Dragon wouldn’t be able to take more than ten bullets!
No matter how tough their defenses were, the gun would do the trick!
This was the property the Dragons dreaded the most.
The defenses they were the most proud of were gone. In front of the Dragon Slayer Spear, it was as if they were naked…
…
As for the third property, it was a passive, but was a negative one.
[Dragon Enmity +100]
When holding the weapon, Dragons would dread him.
Because who knew how many Dragons had already died from this weapon. There were some evil Dragons and some kindhearted Dragons, so this depended on who the user was.
Openly revealing this weapon would be like declaring war to the Dragon Race. There would be a lot of troubles.
As far as Marvin knew, the expert who held this weapon before and sought fame… Died.
They might have been able to kill many Dragons, but the Dragons, who couldn’t stand it anymore, joined hands and stood up against him… That’s right, the always arrogant Dragons allied in front of a threat to their lives, and used some plots to target that individual.
Regardless, the Dragon Slayer set hadn’t come out for a very long time.
Marvin already expected the spear to be hidden in the White Deer Cave.
Thus he made a deal with Madeline earlier. If she found this spear, she had to hand it over to Marvin.
But Marvin hadn’t expected that after two really bad draws, he luckily got the spear while almost dying to a Shadow Spider Assassin!
This spear had to be carefully kept away or it could lead to some disasters.
Marvin’s storage wasn’t big enough for this long spear, but he was already prepared. He wrapped a huge piece of cloth around it and put it on his back.
That girl and the young White Deers had been enthusiastically revolving around Marvin all along.
This gave the feeling of not having seen anyone for a long time.
…
The girl was called Muse, named just like the Goddess of Art. She was serving the White Deer Holy Spirit.
She also was one of the Bai’s three Holy Maidens. But she hadn’t came out of the White Deer Cave since she was a child, always waiting upon the White Deer Holy Spirit.
From Marvin’s point of view, the person serving the White Deer Holy Spirit was in fact just a nanny taking care of these young deers.
Apart from the White Deer Holy Spirit, there weren’t strong guys in the White Deer Cave. Marvin could kill these young deers in one clean move. As for the Holy Maiden Muse, she was the only Holy Maiden without any power.
But Marvin definitely wouldn’t do something like that.
He originally came to the White Deer Cave to try his luck with treasures while stopping Deceiver’s plot.
Now, he not only had something good in hand, but this group of cute young deers had also saved his life.
He would naturally repay the favor of his life being saved.
He soon started telling everything about Deceiver’s conspiracy to Muse.
The girl’s expression became very grave.
In fact, if Marvin didn’t say anything, she was about to ask why Marvin had appeared in the sealed White Deer Cave.
After all, it had been so many years without an outsider coming in.
…
“It’s more or less like that. Deceiver, with her Evil Spirit subordinates, wantonly slaughtered these guys’ siblings in the Saint Desert.”
“Then she hid outside, waiting for the White Deer Holy Spirit to leave before entering to take away the Rainbow Stone.”
“This way, she could establish a Disaster Door outside the Deathly Silent Hills and let the Evil Spirits invade Feinan,” Marvin solemnly said.
Those young deers listened and immediately became extremely nervous.
“Ah! I know these Evil Spirits, they are very disgusting. They like to harm others.”
“Turns out it’s a thief wanting to steal father’s Rainbow Stone. We have to tell Father.”
“What can we do if the thief is very troublesome? I still haven’t learned how to fight!”
…
“So, did Mister Marvin come to stop that thief?” Muse asked Marvin.
Marvin faintly smiled. “It could be seen like that. Even if it wasn’t like that before, it now is.”
Muse nodded. Even if she was pure and kindhearted, she also wasn’t a fool. Marvin’s purpose in entering the White Deer Cave wasn’t necessarily that simple.
But she also didn’t need to expose him.
“So what should we do?” she asked, “Immediately get in touch with Sir Lorant?”
Lorant was the name of the White Deer Holy Spirit.
“There might not be enough time,” Marvin said in a heavy voice. “Sir White Deer Holy Spirit already left the cave and should have arrived at the Saint Desert. He might be surrounded by Evil Spirits.”
“Their goal should be to stall for time. Deceiver was delayed and I got in the cave first, but she should have been able to get in. Deceiver should soon appear from the Magic Mirror Maze. She knows where the Rainbow Stone is located.”
“We have to immediately shift it to a secret location.”
“Rest assured, I have no interest toward the Rainbow Stone,” said Marvin sincerely.
Muse slightly frowned.
At that time, a young deer skipped over from behind her back and a white light swept through Marvin’s body.
“He didn’t lie, Big Sis Muse,” that young deer said.
Muse nodded.
These young deers had remarkable abilities, able to distinguish between truths and lies. They could see through someone’s heart and see what they felt.
Since they felt Marvin was reliable, there shouldn’t be any issue.
Thus she told Marvin, “Follow me, I’ll bring you to the Rainbow Stone.”
..
Hawley was very depressed!
As one of the best Assassin of the Shadow Spiders, he was one of the highest ranked staff. This assassination of Marvin wasn’t something he wanted to do originally.
It was rumored in the East Coast that Baron Marvin… oh wait, it was Viscount Marvin now, had a good friendship with at least a dozen Legends.
If that kind of guy died, who knew what kind of powerhouse would drop by to retaliate.
But the favor he owed that Unicorn guy was really too huge. And the other side currently had a high position in the South Wizard Alliance. Reportedly, he was an assistant in the Finance Department. He held a lot of money in his hands.
The favor and a large sum of money gave him no choice but to continue this horrid assignment.
The result was pretty good. He killed his target, but unfortunately, he was chased by an insane woman!
He staggered on his way, dodging that woman’s attacks while relying on his extremely good Perception to escape the Magic Mirror Maze.
The only pity was that those two rooms appeared to have something good. But he didn’t have enough time to get a hold of them.
As an Assassin, he knew that he had to give up on some things to keep his life.
This was something he encountered countless times in his long career. As long as that woman paused to pick up something, he would be able to get rid of her!
But what made him mad was that the crazy woman apparently ignored those very good items and kept chasing him!
Hawley truly wanted to cry.
He also didn’t consider fighting back. Even though this woman was at the same rank as him, as a peak Sorcerer, her spells were enough to send him on his way.
She apparently also had a special method to pursue him. This made him feel extremely depressed.
The two kept speeding through the depths of the cave.
Suddenly, a fork with three different paths appeared in front of them.
Hawley intended to use one of his trump cards, a Doppelganger, to escape that woman’s chase.
How could he have expected that a group of adorable deers would appear in his field of view at that time!?
Behind that group of young deers was a girl holding a seven-colored stone in her hand. She looked stunned as she saw the two people.
What startled Hawley even more was that behind that girl was Marvin, who should have been dead a long time ago!
‘He is still alive?’ Hawley couldn’t help but blink repeatedly.
And most shocking of all was that the crazy woman instantly stopped her attacks when she saw that group.
…
‘Fuck!’ Marvin cursed inwardly.
Misfortunes never come alone.
He originally thought of taking the young white deers to escape from Deceiver, but he hadn’t expected meeting her here.
Moreover, there was that Assassin!
The Assassin’s gaze was full of ill-intent. He probably wanted to attack. After all, the Shadow Spider’s creed said that they must kill their target.
As for Deceiver, she was staring at the Rainbow Stone!
“Sir Marvin, what should we do!”
The group was panic-stricken.
Marvin took a deep breath and then tore an azure letter behind his back and crumpled it into a ball, letting it fall on the ground.
He then took two steps forward, blocking the path of those two.
Chapter 227: Lie and Change
p>At the fork, the situation was very subtle.
Deceiver and the Assassin were like two sharp blades stopped mid-swing. The former was attentively watching the Rainbow Stone, while the latter was attentively watching Marvin.
And Marvin was standing alone in front of the two. He not only had to be careful of the Assassin’s assassination, but also had to protect Muse and the young deers.
He couldn’t let Deceiver succeed.
After all, even if the target of reprisal was River Shore City, White River Valley was also close by.
If the Disaster Door opened, who knew how many innocents would be involved? White River Valley would definitely suffer from the repercussions.
Moreover, because of his deal with Madeline, River Shore City was already part of his power.
He had to do everything he could to stop this from happening.
The key was to stall for time.
Marvin pondered and suddenly asked, “Hey, isn’t there a more spacious place?”
Muse was the one he questioned.
The girl froze and pointed at another passage of the fork, “There. Not too far.”
Not waiting for Deceiver and the Assassin to react, Marvin shouted, “Go!”
Muse decisively rode on a deer and another young deer took the initiative to pounce over.
They turned and ran off leaving a trail of dust behind.
The young deers’ legs were extremely quick. They rushed as fast as lightning down the dark tunnel!
Deceiver and Hawley pursued, unwilling to let go. Their speed was also very frightening. One used magic and one used his innately high Dexterity.
There wasn’t much difference between both sides.
Soon, Muse shouted, “Marvin! It’s up front.”
“Got it!”
The dark tunnel soon reached its end.
With Marvin’s Darksight, he already saw through the empty room behind the passage. That was a vast area, enough for what Marvin had planned.
Then he gently patted the young deer’s head and leapt high.
He stably landed at the exit of the tunnel.
The deers left the tunnel in an instant and then stopped, looking at Marvin.
Deceiver and Hawley also rushed over. The latter stayed silent, directly using Strong Invisibility.
If it was before, Deceiver might have already thrown a spell at him.
But at that time, her attention was fully focused on the Rainbow Stone.
She coldly told Marvin, “Move.”
Marvin took a deep breath and got ready to counter any sudden attack.
He looked straight at Deceiver and said as quickly as he could, “You are being deceived.”
“Your younger brother isn’t in Diggles’ hands.”
“Moreover, even if he did have him, do you think that with Diggles’ crafty nature, he would easily release him?”
Changes appeared on Deceiver’s face for the first time!
“Who are you? How do you know so much?”
But Marvin already had no time to answer, because a frightening killing intent locked onto him!
That person felt like a poisonous snake leaping at him from the shadows.
Instantly, a roar echoed through the entire White Deer Cave!
“Roaaaarrrr!”
Marvin’s body suddenly began expanding, transforming into a tall Bear.
His body looked like a small mountain blocking the tunnel exit. To the young deers it looked like a protector blocking the enemies’ path.
The Assassin Hawley had appeared, his dagger stabbing toward the back of Marvin’s head!
He didn’t believe Marvin wouldn’t die this time.
But he once again miscalculated.
Marvin’s body transforming caught him unprepared. His dagger was originally aiming at Marvin’s head, but it now aimed at the butt of the Asuran Bear!
The sneak attack of a 4th rank Assassin. Even if the Asuran Bear had an overwhelming defense, he still felt an intense acute pain on his butt.
But he managed to dodge a vital blow.
There weren’t many people who, when their lives were in danger, would transform to make use of this opportunity. Marvin was one of them.
He angrily swiped with his paw. The startled Hawley didn’t even try to pull out his dagger and directly escaped!
“Roaaarrrr!”
The Asuran Bear with a small dagger stabbed in his butt started to launch a fierce offensive on Hawley!
Despite the high level Assassin’s astonishing Dexterity, he was also completely scared by Marvin!
…
‘This is… Asuran Bear!’
‘This aura…’
‘Shapeshift Sorcerer!?’
Deceiver didn’t dare to believe what she was seeing.
She wanted to be told that the scene in front of her wasn’t true. ‘How could there be another Shapeshift Sorcerer in this world?’
‘According to Lord Diggles’ words, my younger brother and I are the last Numen!?’
‘Didn’t he say there wasn’t another Shapeshift Sorcerer in this world?’
She had stayed in the Decaying Plateau for a long time and firmly believed this. She had come to Feinan several times and secretly asked around. Those so-called erudites, Wizards, didn’t even know of Shapeshift Sorcerers!
Therefore she thought that Diggles’ words must be true.
But this guy in front of her, this Shapeshift Sorcerer told her that Diggles deceived her.
Was it really a lie?
Her mind was in chaos and she temporarily didn’t know what to do.
…
On the other side, an intense fight was still going on.
Oh… Intense might not be the good way to describe it. One-sided would be more fitting to describe the Asuran Bear chasing Hawley around.
Hawley didn’t want to fight Marvin right now.
What Assassins were most afraid of were this kind of monster with a powerful body.
Without special preparations, he simply couldn’t attack the Asuran Bear’s vitals.
And even if he already was at the 4th rank, if he was slapped by the Asuran Bear’s paw… the outcome would be very pitiful.
He didn’t want to be slapped into mincemeat.
Even if the Asuran Bear’s Dexterity was inferior, his experience was extremely rich.
What made Hawley even more depressed was that Marvin seemed to know every single Assassin’s escape move, and seemed extremely familiar with their escape routes.
Each time he would use his experience to make up for his lacking Dexterity and would appear on the path Hawley wanted to use to escape.
He was startled again and again.
If not for Marvin’s reduced Dexterity and his own crazy amount of escaping skills, he might have already been captured.
‘Won’t do. I have to think of a way to wait until this kid turns back.’
Facing the ruthless Asuran bear, Hawley couldn’t do anything.
He clenched his teeth and was about to use his Doppelganger skill, when suddenly the situation changed!
That white-clothed woman who was still hesitating suddenly moved!
She charged over, as if she was flying, toward the Holy Maiden Muse and the young deers!
Marvin had no choice but to give up on Hawley.
He once again blocked in front of Deceiver, roaring, “You don’t believe me?”
“You would rather believe an Evil Spirit Overlord’s lie over the words of someone of the same bloodline?”
Deceiver slightly lowered her head.
Suddenly she started laughing.
The laughter felt inexplicably evil.
Marvin’s heart immediately dropped!
This was that damn Diggles’ laugh!
Clearly, this treacherous Evil Spirit Overlord used some secret techniques to control Deceiver’s body!
“I’m sorry, that Rainbow Stone is mine,” he said.
Suddenly, Holy Maiden Muse cried out in alarm. The Rainbow Stone in her hand abruptly flew out due to some attracting force, and fell onto Deceiver’s hand.
Deceiver then turned and ran!
Chapter 228: Angry Heavenly Deer
p>It happened so suddenly that Marvin didn’t have time to react.
Diggles was controlling Deceiver with an ability clearly beyond the understanding of ordinary people. She snatched the Rainbow Stone and then disappeared in the cave.
She escaped!
‘Shit!’
Marvin was worried, and the young deers were panicking. Even if they weren’t clear what losing the Rainbow Stone meant, they could still feel that this was something far from good.
‘I have to quickly catch up to Deceiver to stop her from opening the Disaster Door,’ Marvin decided.
But there was still something troublesome, Assassin Hawley. He didn’t know where this guy was hiding.
In a mere instant, this Assassin had used a high level hiding method.
Marvin felt a huge headache coming.
A 4th rank Assassin who wanted to assassinate him. He was a bit anxious.
He knew the strength of Assassins.
But something surprised him. Just as he was getting anxious, a charming voice echoed, “Are you looking for him?”
…
The tardy Madeline.
Marvin tearing the Azure Letter was to let Madeline know that something huge happened here. But things happened so quickly. It was to the point that by the time Madeline arrived, she could only casually catch Assassin Hawley who tried to escape. In fact, it wasn’t that Hawley was incompetent, but during his fight with Deceiver, and then later Marvin, he had used too many of his escaping skills.
Most of these skills were restricted to a certain amount of uses each day.
Madeline met him on the way, and with a Bind skill his life was under her control.
Then, after using all kinds of restriction spells, she directly bound the Assassin and brought him over.
But when she saw the dagger stabbed in the Asuran Bear’s butt, she couldn’t help but laugh. “Honestly, this is the first time I saw you in such an awkward situation.”
Madeline had a great time laughing.
She really enjoyed seeing Marvin in such an awkward state for the first time.
This guy’s strength clearly wasn’t that high, but he was able to smoothly react properly regardless of the circumstances.
It was very difficult to catch him in such a situation. Madeline seldom felt so carefree like this.
But Marvin’s next words made this joy disappear. “She took the Rainbow Stone.”
Madeline’s expression immediately became gloomy.
“Where is she? I’ll pursue!” she said decisively.
The ownership of the Rainbow Stone would decide whether or not River Shore City would face a disaster. As the Lord of River Shore City, she would obviously care the most about it.
“Hold on.”
Marvin looked at the Assassin, Hawley. “First we need to settle the grudges between me and that guy.”
Hawley forced a smile. “We have no grudges. To be honest, we only received money to help someone.”
“Who hired you?” Marvin coldly asked.
Hawley replied back, “If I tell you, you have to let me go.”
“Okay…” Marvin dragged this word.
Hawley bluntly answered, “That guy from the Unicorn clan… You should have heard, he works in the Alliance’s finance department.”
“If you let me go, I’ll personally bring him for you. Then you can handle him as you wish.”
But as he finished his sentence, a paw swiped down, directly crushing him into mincemeat!
Madeline frowned. “So violent.”
“And, didn’t you say ‘Okay’?”
Marvin casually said, “This kind of verbal agreement has no effect. Moreover, it would be leaving a loose end behind.”
“But you might miss a lot of information by doing that,” Madeline said.
Marvin shook his massive body and slowly regained his regular Human-shape.
He then clenched his teeth and pulled out the dagger stabbed into his butt.
The Holy Maiden Muse turned her head away as a young deer happily skipped over and used a strong healing spell and dispelled any poison.
Madeline looked at this scene with a smile.
Marvin quickly put on clothes. “It doesn’t matter, I already know the information he could give me.”
He took out a golden coin from the crushed corpse. On one side of the coin was drawn a huge spider and on the other side was the number 7.
Shadow Spider 7th killer. There were still six powerhouses above him.
To Marvin, this enmity was to be met in kind. Regardless of how many people were left in the Unicorn clan or the Shadow Spider Order, he would ruthlessly retaliate.
But the top priority was still to retrieve the Rainbow Stone.
He quickly searched for Deceiver’s trail.
Soon, with the help of the White Deers, he found a few of her hairs in the cave.
After he bid a simple farewell to the lovely deers and the Holy Maiden Muse, Madeline used a tool to open a Teleportation Portal and the two left the White Deer Cave, returning to the Deathly Silent Hills.
This was the location where Madeline had set up a Teleportation Portal.
The sky had yet to darken, so Marvin still couldn’t use his Night Tracking ability.
But to set up the Disaster Door, one would need at least 8 hours.
As the sky would darken in roughly one hour, they still had some time.
Madeline and Marvin rode on the magic carpet, starting a simple search in the Deathly Silent Hills.
…
In the Saint Desert, countless Foul Anemones kept emerging from underground.
In the middle of that army of Foul Anemones was a White Deer neighing angrily.
These Foul Anemones were truly too disgusting. They had octopus-like tentacles and astonishing reproductive abilities.
Whenever the White Deer used a spell to annihilate a part, soon, more of them would emerge from underground.
This was well designed.
A powerful Evil Spirit had planted countless Foul Anemone seeds here in order to trap him.
Stinky tentacles kept coming over to bind him.
The White Deer Holy Spirit was thoroughly infuriated.
But at that time, his heart instinctively felt something wrong.
Through that army of Foul Anemones, he faintly caught sight of a scene.
A woman snatched the Rainbow Stone from Muse’s hands!
“Rainbow Stone!”
“How could this filthy Evil Spirit dare to covet my treasure!”
The White Deer Holy Spirit came to a realization.
He raised his head and angrily roared, and frightening Heavenly Holy Power was emitted from his body, purifying this area of the desert in an instant!
Heavenly Holy Power was a power full of Order. Not only this was the nemesis of Chaos power, but it was also the natural enemy of those filthy creatures!
In an instant, the entire field of Foul Anemones was cleared off.
The White Deer Holy Spirit started sprinting toward the Deathly Silent Hills!
…
Deathly Silent Hills, in a hidden cave.
Deceiver’s body was crazily convulsing. The Rainbow Stone was still in her hands, but her hands were constantly shivering.
“Build the Disaster Door.”
“You’ll get my reward. I’ll release your brother.”
“Think about it, he is your only relative in this world.” Diggles’ words were whispered beside her ear, as if it was a devil luring her.
But her willpower remained strong!
Her Numan blood was burning and she became more and more clear-headed.
“No. You are deceiving me.”
“You lie.”
She tried hard to lift the imprint Diggles put on her body.
But the Evil Spirit Overlord’s command came:
“You dare to disobey your Lord’s order!”
“You’ll die because you violated your oath, and your soul will return to me, forever unable to escape.”
She faintly moved back.
Then, a strange smirk appeared on her face.
“Diggles… Ah… Diggles. You call yourself crafty in vain.”
“Could it be that you don’t know what my name means?”
Deceiver.
On a throne on the Decaying Plateau, Diggles’ angry and shocked roar could be heard. “How could this be!?”
“How could she remove my contract on her own!”
He spared no effort to search for Deceiver’s trail.
But he couldn’t find anything.
This was because when he used her “brother” to force her to sign the contract, the contract itself had a problem.
Deceiver, as a descendant of the Numen, the ones who drew their strength from a Devil’s head, was naturally very proficient towards a contract’s clauses.
Playing around the contract and faking clauses was what she was the best at.
Even the Evil Spirit Overlord didn’t find any loophole.
Now he had no way to look for her!
Diggles angrily roared, “Head Knight! Douglas!”
“I have an important task for you!”
“Although Deceiver betrayed us, she left a plane’s mark in the White Deer Cave! We can still make a comeback!”
…
In the quiet White Deer Cave.
After Marvin and Madeline left, the young deers and Holy Maiden Muse returned to their living quarters.
They already sent the signal for help from Lorant, convincing him to quickly come back.
As for the Rainbow Stone.
They could only hope that Sir Marvin and the Witch that suddenly appeared could retrieve it.
But suddenly a sinister and foul power quickly spread through the cave.
All the White Deers trembled.
Muse raised her head in disbelief, looking at the crack that opened before them.
A Knight emitting a nasty aura emerged from that crack.
His face was covered with moss, and was grinning at everyone, exposing a bloody mouth!
Then, screams were heard in the depths of the White Deer Cave.
But it soon returned to silence.
…
At nightfall, Marvin’s Night Tracking finally became handy.
Relying on a hair, he found out that Deceiver didn’t run far.
Following the red line in his field of view, they found Deceiver calmly waiting in a cave.
She was holding the Rainbow Stone in her hand, coldly looking at Marvin and Madeline.
“Do you want this Rainbow Stone?” she asked.
Marvin shrugged. “We actually have no interest in it.”
“But it definitely cannot land in Diggles’ hands.”
“But it looks like it won’t, because you are clear-headed.”
Marvin felt that the aura of Diggles had disappeared from Deceiver.
But Deceiver silently shook her head, muttering, “You are wrong.”
“Few people can stop Diggles from getting the things he wants.”
“Even if I betrayed him, he will also…”
Her voice was abruptly cut short by an angry neigh coming from the White Deer Cave!
It was an exceptionally sorrowful voice.
That was the voice of the White Deer Holy Spirit.
Marvin’s expression suddenly changed.
“What happened?”
Chapter 229: Marvin’s Counterattack
p>Facing Marvin’s question, Deceiver sighed, “As expected, he will still succeed.”
“This Rainbow Stone will definitely be his.”
Marvin frowned. “What are you talking about? As long as you keep the Rainbow Stone away from Diggles, he won’t have it his way.”
Deceiver shook her head. “It’s not that simple.”
“But I don’t have time to explain everything to you now.”
“Let’s make a deal. Tell me everything you know about my younger brother and I’ll give this Rainbow Stone to you.”
Madeline sneered, “Do you think you can escape from my sight?”
Deceiver coldly glanced at Madeline. “Wizard? Before you advance to Legend, these kinds of big words won’t be convincing.”
“I’ll go where I want to. You can’t stop me.”
Madeline suddenly became angry and was about to act when she was pulled by Marvin.
“In fact, even if you didn’t exchange the Rainbow Stone for it, I would have told you about your brother,” said Marvin sincerely. “I just don’t want you to be used by Diggles.”
Deceiver doubtfully asked, “Who are you after all? I know you possess the same bloodline as me, but you seem to have one of those prophetic bloodlines.”
“I’m not one of them, I only coincidentally know a lot of things.”
Marvin quickly asked, “You and your younger brother spent your childhood in the vast western sea, am I right?”
Shock flashed through Deceiver’s eyes before she nodded.
Marvin continued, “Because of an accident, you were pursued by those natives and were caught into a space-time crack during the chase. When you woke, you found yourself in the Decaying Plateau. Thus you thought your younger brother fell with you and was in Diggles’ hands, right?”
Deceiver held her breath.
Marvin’s words perfectly described her own experience!
“Keep going!” She asked expectantly.
“In fact, he didn’t fall in the Decaying Plateau with you. He is still alive in that vast western sea.”
Marvin took a long look at her. “If you want to find him, and if you believe me, you should take a trip there.”
“Despite people calling that place the [Dead Area], you and I both know that the descendants of a lot of ancient races live there. Right?”
Deceiver took a slow breath.
She hesitated for a long time before throwing the Rainbow Stone to Marvin.
Marvin deftly caught it and sighed in relief.
“I believe you.”
“Because we are both Numan descendants, I’ll remind you that Diggles definitely won’t give up.”
“You’d best look for a place to hide. Because your enemy might not be the one to make a move.”
After saying that, she took another look at Marvin, apparently wanting to memorize his face, before soon disappearing into the depths of the cave.
Madeline was surprised.
Even if Deceiver was just a 4th rank Sorcerer, Madeline simply didn’t know what spell she used.
It was as she had said: if she wanted to escape, Madeline and Marvin simply couldn’t stop her.
“Is this stone real or fake?”
Madeline looked at the Rainbow Stone in Marvin’s hand. “Her nickname is Deceiver, don’t be tricked by her.”
“She won’t trick me,” Marvin said confidently.
“We should leave soon.”
His voice had yet to finish when a white ray of light rushed over!
The other side’s aura was extremely frightening. In that split second, Marvin and Madeline felt a bit pressured!
“Shit!”
Marvin immediately remembered Deceiver’s warning. “Your enemy might not be the one to make a move.”
After all, the one approaching was actually the White Deer Holy Spirit.
…
The White Deer nimbly rushed over, as fast as lightning. In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Marvin.
The radiance around his body spread out as he slowly turned into a middle-aged man.
“Return my treasure,” demanded the White Deer Holy Spirit in a dignified tone.
Madeline held her breath. A hint of fear flashed through her eyes. She was a Half-Demon, and the other side was a Heavenly Legend lifeform, so both sides naturally disliked each other.
If the White Deer Holy Spirit was annoyed by her, he might get rid of her.
And his current mood really seemed to be bad.
Marvin composed himself and tightly held that Rainbow Stone as he said in a heavy voice, “Sir Lorant, we have no objection in returning something to its rightful owner.”
“But I have to ask, what happened?”
The White Deer Holy Spirit sneered, “What happened? Do you still need to ask me?”
“Intruding in my cave, stealing my treasures… If not for you trying to protect my children once, I would have already taken them back!”
His gaze fell on the cloth bundle containing the spear on his back.
Marvin’s expression didn’t change. “I want to know what happened after I left.”
Lorant impatiently said, “Hand over the Rainbow Stone, don’t force me to make a move.”
“Don’t think I don’t know what you planned. You are like those Evil Spirits, people with filthy motives.”
Marvin sternly argued, “We are different from the Evil Spirits. At least we don’t want a Disaster Door to appear somewhere on Feinan.”
“Thus, I want to know. What happened after we left!?”
The middle-aged White Deer Holy Spirit clenched his teeth.
Then, a screen of light was shot out from his eyes.
The White Deer Cave could be seen on the light screen.
He could see everything that previously happened.
Marvin carefully looked.
After Deceiver was controlled by Diggles into stealing the Rainbow Stone, Marvin and Madeline quickly gave chase.
The cave then regained its peace.
But not for long. A crack appeared in front of the young deers and the Holy Maiden!
Marvin shivered. “Plane’s mark?”
The White Deer Cave originally was a place perfectly hidden. Before the Deceiver entered and left a plane’s mark, even if Diggles was powerful, he couldn’t find this place.
Sure enough, that crack spread and turned quite big. Ultimately, a Knight rotting all over emerged from the crack.
He pounced on the pitiful young deers.
His frightening aura made all of them lose their ability to move including the Holy Maiden Muse. All of them in the White Deer Cave were sent through the crack.
…
“Heaven…” Marvin bit his lips. “They were captured and sent to the Decaying Plateau.”
‘Wait!’
Something suddenly clicked in his mind, and he looked at the White Deer Holy Spirit, somewhat startled. “Diggles got in touch with you?”
Lorant gloomily nodded.
“Thus you have an agreement?” Marvin attentively watched him, “You personally hand him the Rainbow Stone and then you’ll get your children?”
“More or less. I don’t have a choice.” The White Deer Holy Spirit’s face was filled with helplessness.
“I need this stone to save my children.”
“No!” Marvin categorically answered, “You are crazy.”
Killing intent flashed through Lorant’s eyes, “If you try to stop me, I won’t hold back!”
…
Decaying Plateau, supreme throne.
Head Knight Douglas slowly walked over from the distant sea.
“Lord, everything is ready.”
“They are in most secure place. No one else knows about that secret prison you built.”
“No one can find them, including Deceiver,” Douglas said.
A satisfied smile appeared on Diggles’ face.
“Very good, I only wanted to open a Disaster Door to vent, but I didn’t expect to have an unexpected harvest.”
“Lorant cares a lot about his children. Apparently, even Heavenly lifeforms would lower themselves after living in the human world for too long.”
“But that doesn’t matter. I just happened to lack a mount.”
“Wait until he arrives to the Decaying Plateau, I’ll entertain him, hahahahaha…”
…
Deathly Silent Hills, in White Deer Cave.
The hostile mood had gradually disappeared.
It was clear that Marvin’s admonishing was effective. Lorant wasn’t a fool, but he could only agree with Diggles’ deal because he wasn’t left any other choice.
In fact, even he knew that going to the Decaying Plateau would lead to a disaster.
Diggles was very powerful, about the same as a small god, and the Decaying Plateau was his world. Other people’s strength would be weakened there and he would be able to display his specialties with no limits.
Just as Marvin said, even if Lorant handed the Rainbow Stone to Diggles, the latter wouldn’t let him and his children off.
Because Evil Spirits were always greedy and never satisfied.
“There are three days before the trade between you and Diggles.”
“These three days are enough for us to make a plan.”
“You must believe in my plan. You aren’t fighting alone,” said Marvin extremely sincerely to Lorant in the depths of the cave.
Madeline already returned to River Shore City. Lorant, as a Heavenly lifeform, didn’t look kindly at Succubi.
As for Marvin, because of some special reasons, he didn’t seem to mind that bit of Devil bloodline.
Lorant looked at some empty space in the silent cave and sighed, “I don’t have many friends, but I still have one or two.”
“But I wonder if I should drag them into this matter.”
The Heavenly Deer had his own pride, and would seldomly ask for help from his friends. Marvin could see that.
“Our only goal now is to rescue your children, along with Miss Muse, isn’t it?”
He handed that Rainbow Stone to Lorant. “If you really feel that dealing with Diggles is the best way, you can try to do so anytime.”
Lorant pondered silently over the Rainbow Stone in his hand for a moment before asking, “We won’t compromise, so what should be done?”
Marvin smiled. “We counterattack.”
“Don’t you think that Diggles has been too active recently?”
“I actually have many friends. They should be very willing to help put an end to a few Evil Spirits.”
Lorant thoughtfully nodded. It could be seen in his eyes that he had made a decision.
“Good, we counterattack!”
Chapter 230: Golden Scissors
p>On a silent desolate plain, a violent storm rose!
The frightening destructive power engulfed everything within sight. The entire area faintly shook.
The grey storm kept whirling, ravaging everything in its path.
The originally green and lush plain was left in a mess in the wake of the gray storm.
In the middle of the storm, a beautiful woman unhurriedly ended her spell.
‘The test is finally a success. New Legend spell, [Ashes Storm].’
‘Time to go back and see.’
Hathaway looked over the field, seeing that more than ten meters of soil were blown away. She seemed pleased with the results.
This was just the prototype of Ashes Storm. She needed more grasp over it to make the Legend spell even more powerful.
With her specialties, [Unlimited Stacking] and [Legendary Instacast], this spell could burst with frightening power in an instant.
This time she had been hiding in her newly formed Half-Plane to research this spell.
It was time to return to Ashes Tower.
She used a Teleportation Portal to return to Ashes Tower’s tallest floor.
She was surprised to see that the green fire in the fireplace was restless.
She slightly frowned, looking at the fire. It had been active for a day.
Could something have happened to Marvin?
She gently used her hands to push aside the green flames. Marvin’s face was shown in the center of the fire.
“What happened?” she asked.
“Ah. You finally answered.” Marvin seemed a bit fuzzy in the fire. “I planned a trip to a plane. The destination is the Decaying Plateau, interested?”
Hathaway deeply frowned. “What are you planning?”
“This isn’t something that can be explained with a few words.” Marvin winked. “You know where you can find me.”
“Help me contact Sir Inheim on the way.”
“I originally didn’t plan on troubling him, but right now we really need him.”
The flames started dispersing.
‘We?’ Hathaway was doubtful.
The final flames in the fireplace condensed into a crystal with coordinates written on it.
‘Isn’t that the White Deer Cave?’
Hathaway lightly scanned the crystal and her expression immediately changed.
She hesitated for a bit before hurriedly rushing out, without even changing her clothes.
…
A long while later.
Everyone was sitting around a round table. The atmosphere was somewhat strange and they were all sizing each other up.
But Marvin was calm and composed.
As the host, White Deer Holy Spirit Lorant was especially uncomfortable.
“To be honest, I really didn’t expect that… You actually found four people.” He forced a smile.
“How did you do it?”
The awkward atmosphere was temporarily set aside.
Everyone at the table kindly smiled at Lorant.
One of Marvin’s acquaintances was sitting on Lorant’s left side, the Great Druid Endless Ocean.
She had gifted a False Divinity to Marvin beforehand. The last time they met wasn’t too long ago actually.
But Endless Ocean wasn’t called by Marvin. She was one of the few friends of the White Deer Holy Spirit.
Another friend of his also showed up, and was sitting on Lorant’s right. It was a very kind and good-natured old man.
His nickname was [Sky Fury]. Like Endless Ocean, Sky Fury was one of the members of the Migratory Bird Council.
A Legend Great Druid!
Aside from Endless Ocean and Sky Fury, the others were people called by Marvin.
…
The first was the Elven Prince, Ivan.
When this guy was informed by Marvin, he immediately rushed over to the White Deer Cave.
That guy was fearless enough to pick a fight with an Ancient Red Dragon, so why would he be afraid of an Evil Spirit Overlord?
The next one was Shadow Thief Owl.
The Legend Thief had no interest in this matter, but Marvin used something to convince him to to rush over.
The other two were the silent Monk, Inheim, and Hathaway, who seemed to be in a bad mood.
Apart from Marvin, there were seven Legends!
No wonder Lorant was a bit startled.
He could only find two Legends to help, but Marvin called out four!
Out of those, one was an old fox, one had an unreasonable strength rivalling gods, and the other two were newly risen Legends with extremely high potential.
This kind of lineup… Not mentioning just the East Coast, no one would be able to gather such a group in the entire South.
But Marvin’s answer left him even more speechless…
“There should have been six. But one suddenly got busy in a hand to hand battle with the emerging Molten Overlord. He told me that he most likely won’t make it on time, but I should tell him if another event like this comes up.”
“And the other one also can’t show up, so he sent me this.”
Marvin showed off [Brilliant Purple], which he had just got a hold of.
Constantine sent a Great Eagle to deliver it. Along with it was the entire set of equipment as well as two rounds of [Dragon Tooth] and one of [Dawn Light].
Constantine couldn’t participate in this trip, but as Marvin’s creditor, he said that he was scared Marvin would be in trouble against Evil Spirits and die on this trip. Thus he generously handed over his beloved weapon. But Marvin knew that guy was just bad with words. The middle-aged man still cared about one of his kind.
The other one who was fighting with the Molten Overlord was naturally O’Brien.
As the Night Walker’s leader, O’Brien’s power couldn’t be doubted. Originally, Marvin intended to call him and Hathaway.
But unfortunately he was busy. Even if O’Brien was very interested in Marvin’s plan, he really couldn’t come.
Helpless, Marvin could only request Hathaway to ask Inheim. He didn’t expect that this Legend Monk would really take the time to help!
Inheim’s strength was no worse than O’Brien’s. With him, Marvin’s plan would be a lot safer.
…
“Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s not waste time.”
Marvin stood up and looked at everyone. “Thank you so much for coming here. You might already know some parts of the plan, but not everything.”
“Please allow me to run you through the whole sequence of events and then we can speak about my plan.”
They all silently looked at Marvin, a strange feeling floating in their hearts.
Everyone here was a Legend, except for the 3rd rank Ranger standing up and constantly talking.
This felt somewhat absurd.
But it still happened. This particularly shocked the White Deer Holy Spirit.
‘I hope he is truly as amazing as he is rumored to be, and is able to help save my children,’ Lorant thought in silence.
…
Marvin finished his speech twenty minutes later.
They all looked at each other in dismay. They were startled by Marvin’s crazy and bold plan!
Shadow Thief Owl was the first to speak against it. “I suddenly lost all interest in this operation. Little Marvin, your invitation letter didn’t talk about that.”
Marvin forced a smile. “What did I say?”
Shadow Thief Owl took out of a Thousand Paper Crane and put it on the table. Shivering letters formed on it.
– Trip to the Decaying Plateau. Opportunity to get Diggles’ artifact. –
“You assured me I could steal to my heart’s content from Diggles’ hidden treasury. Saving young deers on the way isn’t an issue.”
“But your plan is simply declaring war on the Evil Spirit World!”
“Do you know what you are saying?” Owl asked in dissatisfaction.
Marvin seriously replied, “I know what I said.”
“In fact, if it was only about rescuing Lorant’s children, I wouldn’t need to gather everyone here.”
“Diggles keeps invading Feinan, and he is the most active Evil Spirit Overlord. Eliminating him is like giving a warning to the Underworld.”
“He did quite a few evil things these years, didn’t he? What allowed him to be so rampant? Is it because the righteous aren’t strong enough?”
Marvin’s voice was loud and clear. “It’s just that people don’t wish to cooperate.”
“Sir Owl, I guarantee you will have enough time to visit Diggles’ treasury. As long as you follow my plan.”
Owl shrugged, no longer saying anything.
Marvin looked at Ivan. The Elven Prince shrugged. “No issues here. As long as you don’t want me to go near the coast, it’s all good.”
As for the two Great Druids called over as helpers by the White Deer Holy Spirit, they originally wanted to go to the Underworld so they naturally didn’t have an issue.
Marvin’s sight focused on the last two people.
Inheim and Hathaway.
The former muttered, “The plan you just mentioned is very alluring.”
“If we can truly get rid of Diggles, I am very willing to make a move. But I am very curious. From where did you get so much knowledge?”
“You just mentioned quite a lot of things that even I never heard of.”
Everyone’s gazes once again focused on Marvin.
Indeed, for Marvin’s plan to be successful, his claims had to be true.
Did he really have a method to sneak into the Underworld undetected, and more accurately, find the young deers and the Holy Maiden Muse’s cage?
And did that artifact he mentioned really exist?
Marvin remained silent, only looking at Hathaway.
The latter took a deep breath and firmly spoke on behalf of Marvin, “I told him.”
Inheim frowned.
“Everyone knows my identity. I know some things others don’t. Isn’t it normal?”
“What Marvin just said came from information I told him. But I hadn’t expected him to plan something this big…” Hathaway calmly said.
Marvin could feel that all the Legends relaxed when hearing these words.
They knew Hathaway was a Seer, and that because of this, the Shadow Prince tried to assassinate her.
They had somewhat heard of the powers of Seers, so if it truly was like that, then Marvin’s plan could really work out.
“So what’s our first step?” Lorant asked impatiently.
Marvin, seeing that no one had any more objections for the time being, smiled.
“Our first step is to look for the [Golden Scissors].”
Chapter 231: The Lake Monster
p>In the western part of Thousand Leaves Forest there was an extremely vast lake.
There was only one mountain separating this place from Ivan’s previous exile location.
But even those powerful Stone Giants didn’t dare to get involved with that lake.
In fact, this was a cursed area.
According to the adventurers’ rumors, no one would be able to return alive from the lake. This lake seemed to have been inflicted with some kind of curse. It would devour all the lives that approached.
When the moonlight hit the surface of the lake, it would be covered in a dense pink mist.
This mist would cause all kinds of hallucinations and make people forget themselves.
The lake was called [Eye of Soro]. It was said that after the evil god Soro fell in the ancient times, his left eye fell onto Feinan, transforming into this lake, and a monster resided in the lake ever since then.
…
Three hundred meters above the lake, a huge magic carpet slowed to a stop.
Marvin and Hathaway were calmly sitting on the magic carpet.
The others had long since disappeared.
“You are really too bold,” Hathaway suddenly said.
Marvin nodded.
He knew what Hathaway meant. Decaying Plateau was a name worth respecting even for Legend Powerhouses.
Diggles was an existence on par with gods.
But Marvin actually planned to destroy the whole Decaying Plateau!
Even if everyone hated Diggles’ actions, Marvin’s bold move still startled them.
Apart from Ivan, everyone had second thoughts.
But in the end, Marvin convinced them with the help of Hathaway.
“Why can you see more things than me?”
She took a deep look at Marvin. “I only saw the destruction, but you can see so much more.”
Marvin shrugged. What could he answer when facing this question?
He could only laugh insincerely. “How could I know, there will always be some strange things going through my head.”
Hathaway went silent.
Marvin saw her deeply worried appearance for the first time.
Even when she was waiting for the Shadow Prince with Inheim and the others, she wasn’t so worried.
“Hey, believe me. They’ll quickly get a hold of those Golden Scissors. This will be proof that the things I see are real.”
Marvin gently held Hathaway’s hand. “They will believe me. Following my plan, we will be able to rescue Sir Lorant’s children and then destroy the entire Decaying Plateau, effectively warning the Underworld.”
Hathaway’s body stiffened, but her expression slightly relaxed. “I’m not worried about this.”
“I’m worried about you.”
“You really want to go with us?”
Marvin looked her in the eyes. “Believe me, apart from me, no one can quietly sneak into the Decaying Plateau undetected.”
“The aura of a Legend is really too strong. Even if you conceal it, you’ll be detected by Diggles as soon as you enter the plane. I won’t.”
“I am the most suitable person to rescue the White Deers.”
Hathaway shook her head. “I have a bad feeling. I’d prefer if they couldn’t find the Golden Scissors.”
Marvin froze, stunned.
At that time, huge waves rippled through the always peaceful Eye of Soro!
A long and barbed tentacle emerged from the lake, followed by a huge silhouette!
“Turns out to be an Octopus Monster!”
Ivan’s laughing voice could be heard from below.
The next second, the entire lake’s surface was frozen.
After casting her spell, Endless Ocean stood by the lakeside looking at that struggling Octopus Monster and said to Ivan, “It has a name. It’s called [Lumu.]”
“It was once the pet of an Ancient God, and is somewhat related to Sir Lorant.”
The White Deer Holy Spirit Lorant was standing on the shore, looking at the angry Lumu with a helpless expression.
This guy really was like him. He once served the Ancient Nature God. But his arrival was different from his own. Lumu had descended for a long time, long before the Nature God fell into slumber.
Lumu had a savage nature, and hid in the Eye of Soro to evade the Nature God’s search. But how could he have expected Marvin to easily find him?
A pair of golden scissors were hidden in his belly. They were the most important thing to enter the Underworld.
“Despicable Deer, you actually got so many helpers… Ugh!
A fierce pain shot through his abdomen before he finished his sentence.
A meteor penetrated his body from below, leaving a bloody hole!
Inheim then landed on Lumu’s head. The tentacles thrashed around, but they were unable to make him move.
“Hand over the Golden Scissors,” Inheim calmly demanded.
Lumu bellowed, “Don’t even think about it!”
But he then howled in grief!
A carefree shadow grabbed one of his tentacles and sharply pulled it!
Ivan actually ripped the tentacle from the body using his full strength!
Blood started flowing as a mournful roar echoed!
…
“No matter how much you shout, no one will help you.”
Marvin’s mocking voice rang out from the magic carpet. “The lady at my side already arranged a three-layered soundproof barrier around the Eye of Soro.”
“You won’t be able to escape. The surface of the lake is already frozen.”
“The sky has also been sealed, and as for your surroundings, you can take a look yourself.”
“Hand over the Golden Scissors. We don’t have much patience.”
…
Lumu’s nearly fell apart!
He had never felt this sullen in all his lifetime!
As one of those serving the Ancient Nature God, he was very impressive back when he was in Heaven.
When he came to the mortal world later, no one could stop his strength.
If he wasn’t afraid of that great expert in Thousand Leaves Forest, he might have already tried expanding his influence.
But he didn’t think that obediently staying in the lake and occasionally eating a few people could actually attract a disaster!
Just as Marvin said, the lake’s surface had already been sealed off by Endless Ocean, and even the bottom of the lake slowly froze.
A huge eagle slowly circled the sky.
He recognized this eagle. Sky Fury! A Great Druid from the north, even more powerful than Endless Ocean!
And that Monk on his head was even more savage and shocking with his body like diamond!
The elf on the shore was rarely seen kind of elf. This guy didn’t seem as robust as the Monk, but he had a frightening burst power, making him hard to ignore.
And there was still the Wizard who had yet to make a move and his old friend, White Deer Holy Spirit Lorant.
He was already surrounded by so many powerhouses. What did they plan in the end?
Lumu struggled to say, “I don’t know anything about any golden scissors.”
Marvin coldly said, “Pull another tentacle? Understood.”
Ivan shrugged as he grabbed another tentacle and started pulling.
This move scared Lumu into repeatedly shouting for them to stop!
“Wait! Wait!”
Ivan let go.
Marvin smiled. “Mister Lumu, we actually don’t have the intention to become your enemy. I know that when you stealthily descended, you had the Golden Scissors previously used by the Nature God. This thing is useless to you… It’s not as important as your life, right?”
Lumu stayed silent.
After a while, he struggled to say, “If I give it to you, will you leave me alone?”
Marvin looked at the others. Everyone looked like they would listen to his decision.
He immediately nodded.
Lumu’s tentacles went inside, going deep into his abdomen. After some time, a bright gold light emerged.
A very small pair of scissors appeared on his tentacle.
Golden Scissors, check.
Apart from Hathaway, they all gave a cheerful look. Marvin was really right!
…
The Golden Scissors were the Nature God’s artifact.
After finding them, they let Lumu off and moved away.
The Golden Scissors were given to Marvin because he would be the one actually using them.
Once the gold halo disappeared, this pair of scissors would appear mundane, but few knew that this was an artifact able to cut through planes!
“Since we have the Golden Scissors, we can start our operation.”
The group went north from the Eye of Soro into the area of the Millennium Mountain Range, which divided the North from the South.
There was a small secret passage there that led to the edge of the Decaying Plateau.
According to Marvin, by going through this passage, he would quickly find the [Moss Prison] where the White Deers were being held, completing a part of his plan.
“Good, I’ll go ahead. In about three hours, you guys should make your move.”
Just ahead was a small cavern. Marvin smiled and waved at everyone before unhesitantly entering.
The seven great Legends were silently standing in front of the cavern, watching as Marvin disappeared inside.
After a while, Endless Ocean lowered her head and sighed, “I hope that everything will be smooth.”
At that time, a strange scene flashed through Hathaway’s mind.
She saw Marvin falling into the void, falling toward the bottomless Abyss!
She suddenly opened her eyes wide, but then the illusions disappeared without a trace.
‘This can’t be true.’
Unconsciously, her forehead became full of sweat.
…
In some corner of the God Realms, a shadow was in the middle of cursing.
At that time, a voice echoed from the distance, directly imprinting itself into that shadow’s heart.
“Glynos, I found something very interesting.”
“You might have the chance to get your revenge.”
That shadow shivered. “Go fuck yourself! This God is being chased by the Moon Goddess. It’s already very difficult to find a place to hide. Don’t cause troubles for me.”
“No no no.” That voice clearly carried a hint of joy when talking about Glynos’ misfortune. “You can go to a place outside the God Realms to lie low.”
“For example, the Decaying Plateau.”
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p>”Decaying Plateau?”
The Shadow Prince’s tone clearly showed some hesitation.
“I just obtained some information. The Legends we have been watching for… our old friends who have been silent for a while, apparently made a move.”
“The reason isn’t clear, since there is a layer of fog separating the God Realms and Feinan after all. But one sure thing is that they will go to the Decaying Plateau to deal with Diggles.”
That voice seemed very tempting. ” They can’t possibly know that I have a secret path to the Decaying Plateau.”
Glynos disdainfully said, “What secret path? The Decaying Plateau is in the Underworld where I can send an avatar at most. Inheim can restrain me too easily. After that disgrace, I won’t do it a second time. When the matter of the Universe Magic Pool is settled, I’ll personally deal with him.”
“Don’t be nervous. This time, I’ll go with you.”
A feminine-looking man appeared in front of Glynos.
“This is a perfect opportunity to kill the Seer Hathaway. Our position in the Gods’ Assembly would rise quite a bit.”
The shadow stayed silent.
…
In a hidden cave in the Shrieking Mountain Range.
A hot spring was boiling. Bamboo’s eyes were tightly closed as a power from the void repaired her body.
Her previous injury had yet to be healed, but when she heard that Marvin was about to attack the Ogre Tribe, she wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble for him. But she ran into an unfathomable woman there.
Even if Daniela’s strength wasn’t as good as hers, their magic abilities were more or less the same. Moreover, her style was very wild, seeing through the fact that she was injured and making risky moves.
She forcefully stopped Bamboo by herself.
It was to the point that later on, after Ivan took care of that Iron Ogre, she had no choice but to retreat, waiting for another chance.
Now, that chance arrived. Even though Lady Azure was slumbering, when she woke up before, she had found Marvin whereabouts and condensed an eye, giving it to Bamboo.
This thing would give out Marvin’s location at regular intervals.
‘That reckless guy wants to go to a very dangerous area this time.’
The water temperature kept rising and the red color on Bamboo’s face slowly deepened.
She could feel the power poured into her by the World Ending Twin Snakes!
She never had so much Divine Power before!
‘This is a good opportunity!’
‘These people overestimated their ability and went to challenge an Evil Spirit Overlord. It just so happens that I’ll get to take care of the few who killed Lord Crimson.’
Images appeared one by one before her eyes: Marvin, Endless Ocean, Hathaway, Constantine, Shadow Thief Owl, and Inheim.
These guys… Would die!
Crash!
The hot spring’s water suddenly exploded and spread everywhere.
Then, a naked Bamboo rose up.
There were countless minute holes on the cave’s walls, the size of drops of water.
‘My strength already rose up to a pseudo-Legend level. Even if it’s only for three days, it should be enough.’
Her eyes were full of confidence.
The Underworld was the closest plane to Feinan, and the Decaying Plateau was its first outpost. When Diggles established the Decaying Plateau, it was with the intent of getting involved in Feinan. He once launched countless invasion into Feinan. And even though they ultimately failed, this left countless paths to the Decaying Plateau.
An organization like the Twin Snakes Cult naturally controlled a few secret paths and could go to the Decaying Plateau.
When the time came, she would wait for an opportunity to make her move.
Thinking of this, Bamboo felt an unbearable itch.
‘Marvin… Wait for me…’
…
Marvin was alone in a gloomy cavern, progressing forward.
Compared to the South, this cavern was fairly dry, perhaps because this place was already close to the Millenium Mountain Range.
The Millenium Mountain Range split apart the North from the South, so if Marvin crossed all the way through, he’d arrive in the North.
The nameless cavern he was now taking had once been the exit of a Disaster Door set up by Diggles.
That was the second Evil Spirit Invasion. Afterwards, all of Feinan’s living beings made great efforts to banish the Evil Spirits.
This cavern was also sealed by a Saint and no Evil Spirits were able to come through afterwards.
But what Evil Spirits didn’t know was that this seal targeted only Evil Spirits.
The passage wasn’t destroyed, and only Evil Spirits were unable to take it. Humans or other races could still freely come in and out as they pleased.
Due to the ingenious sealing method used by that Saint, even Diggles himself didn’t notice that detail.
For many years, that place was forgotten and neglected.
And in the game, it was only activated by chance by a player after the Great Calamity.
After that, a major expansion released, called [Planar Adventures: First Chapter – Underworld].
It was also after this expansion that Marvin delved into the depths of the Underworld.
…
After following the tunnel for about two hours, the dry cavern reached its limit.
There was a huge door, about twenty meters tall!
On the door was hanging a firmly locked rusty copper lock.
Apart from this, a large amount of runes, spells and seals were lying above the door. Although they were some distance away, Marvin could still feel their powerful energy.
Even if a god wanted to open this door, it would require a lot of skill.
Marvin obviously didn’t have such ability.
He looked to the side.
In a wall hidden by a mountain of weeds, Marvin found small man-sized door.
This small door was the true entrance.
There was also a lock on this door, but it wasn’t actually locked. It only symbolically hanging there.
Marvin took a deep breath and removed this lock.
This apparently normal lock that looked a bit rusty was not to be looked down upon; as long as it was hanging there, the Underworld’s monsters were unable to open the door!
Once Marvin took it down, this path would become a two-way path.
Fortunately, Evil Spirits had mostly given up on this place, or else Marvin wouldn’t dare to do something so dangerous.
Naturally, the reason he was so daring was those seven Legends!
They would attract the attention of Diggles and the whole Underworld. Only then would Marvin have the opportunity to stealthily sneak in and rescue the White Deers.
He gently pushed open the door.
A decaying and rotting smell would make anyone disgusted filled the air.
This was the distinctive evil energy of the edge of the Underworld. The closer to the center one was, the stronger the energy would be.
Evil Spirits were the most filthy and disgusting beings in the universe. Most of the world’s negative energies would gather in this place, giving birth to more of those lifeforms.
Living beings souls ghosts result from Order and Chaos overlapping. Evil Spirits were freaks created from negative energies.
Hate, Resentment, Jealousy, Slaughter… Every dirty emotion would hasten the expansion of the Underworld’s foundation, the Evil Spirit Sea.
Thus, the Evil Spirit Sea would quickly grow in every era of war, birthing countless Evil Spirits.
And during each period of great chaos, one being at the level of an Evil Spirit Overlord would be born from it!
There were currently nineteen Evil Spirit Overlords, meaning that Feinan had experienced nineteen periods of unrest.
This didn’t include that next era of unrest.
The fall of the Universe Magic Pool made Feinan’s negative energies reach their peak. As a Prime Material Plane, this world’s energies would be at least ten times stronger, regardless of whether they were negative.
The Evil Spirit Sea would double in size. And this time an Evil Spirit Sovereign would begin forming in the sea for the first time.
In fact, a prophecy had been spread in the Underworld for a long time:
[When gods violate their oath, the sovereign will rise from the sea, leading the Evil Spirits into Feinan.]
Marvin didn’t know whether or not this prophecy was reliable because when he transmigrated, that powerful Evil Spirit Sovereign was still under the sea. The gods were busy dividing Feinan’s territories. Dragons, Liches, Devils, and Demons were all aiming at Feinan.
And the few people remaining, the weak, began to follow gods. Powerhouses sought the Fate Stones, and tried to kill gods or seal them. It was a time of unprecedented chaos.
Evil Spirits also tried to invade.
Marvin didn’t wish for this to happen, and though he couldn’t stop the Universe Magic Pool from collapsing, he still had a way to delay the invasion of the Underworld.
That was to destroy the Decaying Plateau!
Thinking of this, he walked forward with determination.
Behind the door was a dull gray sky.
He used his Shapeshift Sorcerer’s Disguise. This Disguise could not only change his appearance, but could also change his aura.
Disguise’s effect was pretty high, so it should be able to deceive most of the Evil Spirits.
In the distance was a continent floating in the sky.
And in front of him was a bridge made of giant mushrooms.
Each mushroom was separated from the next by over a kilometer!
Mushroom Bridge.
Marvin took a deep breath and rushed over, landing on the first mushroom!
Without needing to use any strength, his body sank in the elastic mushroom before flying high up, soaring through the air to the next mushroom more than a kilometer away in a single jump.
Thus, Marvin jumped up and down, gradually approaching the flying continent!
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South of the Millenium Mountain Range, time slowly passed.
“It’s been three hours.”
Hathaway had been slowly keeping time.
The others got up one by one and looked at the White Deer Holy Spirit.
He nodded and took out the Rainbow Stone.
“Ladies and gentlemen… Please!”
He took a deep breath and activated the Rainbow Stone.
The next second, a rainbow-colored tunnel appeared in front of them.
“There are so many of us here to beat Diggles, no need to be polite.” Ivan laughed and walked up to Lorant first. “In fact, I already wanted to get rid of the tumorous Decaying Plateau, but I had no way to do it before.”
Inheim approached next. This Legend Monk gave the White Deer Holy Spirit a rare pat on the shoulder, reassuring, “There are so many of us. There’s no need to be worried, as Diggles should be the one scared instead.”
“Let’s go! Diggles would have never dreamt that there would be such a surprise dropping out of the blue!”