NOVEL FROG Chapter 183-191
Chapter 183: Exciting Matter
p>In the reception room in the castle’s second floor.
A girl wearing a blue dress was calmly sitting by the window sill, as the sun shining through the window offered a look at the beautiful scenery of White River Valley.
“A very beautiful view isn’t it?” A gentle voice echoed behind her.
A hint of a smile appeared on Bamboo’s face.
“I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” Marvin, who had changed into more formal clothes, slowly came over. “To be honest, you really gave me a big surprise.”
“Life is always full of these kinds of surprises.”
She was still looking outside the window. “It was the same when I was told by my clan last month that I had to marry a man I had never seen before.”
“I was also very surprised at that time. Even if I always knew I would become one of my clan’s chess pieces to consolidate their power, when the day came, I still panicked.”
Marvin walked past, unmoved. “Then why did you come?”
“Apart from this, what else can I do?”
Bamboo’s voice was very weak. It seemed helpless and it would make any man feel that she was pitiful.
Marvin silently looked at the willpower check in his logs and inwardly sighed.
‘Starting with a mild charm, is it a probe?’ He maintained a certain distance with Bamboo, leaning against the window sill.
“You don’t need to do so, as I have no knowledge of my grandfather’s clan. I’m not necessarily interested in accepting their arranged marriage.”
Marvin feigned indifference.
“See, this is what I was the most afraid of.” Bamboo softly smoothed her hair, exposing her fair skin.
Marvin raised an eyebrow. Just from seeing her face from the side, he could see that she was a beauty from far away. She had charming eyes with long eyelashes, a special glint in her eyes.
“If you say no, it won’t change my fate. This would only force me to rush to see my next fiancé,” she calmly said, her tone carrying a trace of grief.
He didn’t know why, but Marvin actually felt sad. It really looked as if that woman was powerless against fate.
But when his eyes fell on her wrists, his heart immediately froze!
It was the extremely hot summer right now, so Bamboo’s fair wrists were exposed.
On one was a light azure tattoo, a very pretty flower.
“This is my clan’s tattoo, this must be your first time seeing it.” Bamboo playfully told Marvin, “My mother once told me that she spent half a month to convince me to get the tattoo when I was a child.”
Clan tattoo?
Marvin sneered.
If he still didn’t know the girl’s purpose now, he would be an idiot.
That tattoo was really rare.
Even most people in the Twin Snakes Cult might not necessarily be able to recognize it.
It’s a pity that Marvin wasn’t among those.
She was a subordinate of the Azure Matriarch.
Marvin quickly estimated the other side’s strength and his heart sank. She was at least at the 4th rank.
This woman had come for revenge. But from the way she almost flawlessly told her story, her goal wasn’t simply to kill him.
‘She should be trying to find clues from me and then follow it back to the other Legends.’
‘I made a mistake. In the game, the Azure Matriarch woke up after the Great Calamity, when she finished training her Nine Head Snake Body.”
‘But the Crimson Patriarch’s death might have woken her up!’
Marvin quickly thought while staying polite on the surface. “You must certainly be someone very difficult to convince.”
Bamboo gently smiled, “This depends on who the other side is.”
She had a pure expression, carrying a bit of expectation. If Marvin didn’t know who she really was, he really might have been deceived by her.
“You are a lot better than I expected. At least it wasn’t a wretched middle-aged man waiting for me. This was already very satisfying.”
As she gently approached Marvin, a strange smell filled Marvin’s mouth and nose.
“Tell me, my fiancée, what kind of person are you?”
She smiled. “I really want to know.”
Marvin turned his body and faced the outside.
He could clearly see the scenery below the castle.
He saw something from the corner of his eyes and immediately crafted a plan.
“Me? I like excitement,” Marvin said, while his hand lightly held Bamboo’s waist.
The latter’s body obviously stiffened, before gradually relaxing.
“You want to know what kind of person I am? I’ll use actions to show you!”
Marvin laughed, holding Bamboo while kicking off the ground. The two suddenly jumped down from the window!
…
Bamboo shrieked in anger, wasn’t there a problem with this Marvin’s brain?
How could he carry a girl he just met and jump from a building?
Unfortunately, she didn’t know that her identity had already been seen through. She appropriately stopped her dress from flying up while shrieking.
Suddenly, she felt something wrong.
“Let’s play something exciting, my fiancée…”
Marvin had a wide smile on his face and abruptly sent power through his right hand, forcefully smashing down on Bamboo!
‘I was seen through!’ Bamboo was puzzled until the appearance of the killing intent.
Since she was seen through, she would attack!
But Marvin’s attacks had already arrived one after the other.
It’s true that Divine Spells would be very powerful if she had enough time to prepare, but in the air, Marvin’s control over his body let him have the upper hand.
He quickly moved and kicked Bamboo’s leg!
“Bang!”
Bamboo Divine Spell was interrupted and she fell like a rock!
“Thump!” The place where she fell was quite good, not far from Marvin’s calculations.
“Clang!”
Not waiting for Bamboo to get up, Marvin briskly lifted the stone coffin’s lid and resolutely pushed it down.
Then he quickly locked it. The pitiful Bamboo didn’t even get to use a Divine Spell and she was locked up by Marvin in the stone coffin!
Marvin jumped up and stepped on the coffin.
He solemnly looked to the side.
…
Two dumbstruck men were standing next to the stone coffin.
Just two minutes ago, they were angrily debating something.
Even if Marvin was at the second floor, he could hear some things like, “Aujissen Ritual”, “Senma formula” and others.
The two were very noisily quarrelling, and were close to starting a real fight.
Then they saw this mystical scene: Marvin landing and Bamboo being locked up in a coffin.
“Hold on… Marvin, what did you just throw in this coffin?” Necromancer Fidel gulped and asked in shock.
The other one was even more direct.
He was somewhat crazily pulling on his hair, shouting, “Heavens! You are an abnormal emotionless Overlord! You just threw a beauty in a coffin!”
“Do you have a special hobby?”
The turkey alchemist looked at Marvin with a “You have an issue” look on his face.
Marvin frowned, and was about to reply when an extremely shocked voice echoed behind him.
Anna stared at Marvin with her eyes wide open. “Young Master Marvin, did you just lock your fiancée in a coffin?”
At that time, the stone coffin suddenly fiercely shook!
This shake nearly made Marvin lose his balance!
…
“Anna, take a horse and go find Sean, tell him that the Azure Matriarch’s people arrived!” Marvin impatiently said.
“Fidel, and Alchemist guy, do you have a way to send this coffin away from from the castle town?”
This was the Corpse King’s stone coffin, and it had some particular abilities.
It could be used to trap Bamboo, but it definitely wouldn’t last long.
He had to shift the battlefield to a safer place.
“Sure.”
“That’s simple.”
Both coincidentally agreed.
Fidel used Float and the stone coffin slowly flew up.
The alchemist walked over with big steps and hinted at Marvin to come down. He took a metal coin from his pocket and asked, “Which direction?”
Marvin immediately pointed south!
That was the direction of the White River.
“So easy.” The alchemist lightly stuck the metal coin under the stone coffin and then proudly snapped his fingers.
“Bang!”
A huge and powerful rune burst from under the coffin and the stone coffin flew out from the castle!
“Crash!”
“Splash!”
The people on the side were all watching with shock, and even Marvin was surprised by this skill for a moment.
“I am guilty!” the Alchemist said with extreme grief.
“I actually participated in the murder of such a beauty!”
“She came to kill me,” Marvin said.
The Alchemist’s expression didn’t change. “It’ll be five Wizard golds to thank me for helping you when you were in a hurry. In consideration for Miss Anna, it’ll be 20% off.”
“I’ll have Anna write you a certificate of debt later.” Marvin sincerely patted the Alchemist’s shoulder. “That little thing was really interesting.”
“Thank you.”
Then Marvin suddenly sped up and rushed to the bottom of the castle.
“What are you going to do? Marvin?” Fidel loudly yelled.
“Killing,” Marvin simply answered.
…
Looking at the back of Marvin leaving, the Alchemist displayed a disdainful expression. “Killing, killing again.”
“The first time I saw him, he also hurriedly left to kill.”
“This guy is simply a killing fanatic. Oh, telling you this is useless, you Necromancers are also killing fanatics.”
Fidel angrily retorted, “You can’t deny the entire group because of the extreme actions of a few Necromancers.”
“As far as I know, there are quite a lot of peace loving Necromancers!”
“Peace!?” The Alchemist laughed exaggeratedly. He wanted to make a snappy comeback, when suddenly, a loud noise echoed from the bottom of the White River!
Then, a delicate silhouette rushed up out of the river!
Marvin reached the river bank and looked at the ashen faced Bamboo and shrugged. “The Twin Snakes Cult arranged my marriage, but it looks like I had better forget about it.”
Then, his body quickly rose!
“Roar!”
Chapter 184: Beauty and the Beast
p>Shapeshift Sorcerer, Beast-shape!
The Asuran Bear’s roar echoed once again through White River Valley, as he crazily ran on the river bank.
Even though Marvin didn’t get a lot of skills after leveling up his Shapeshift Sorcerer, the Asuran Bear’s strength also somewhat increased.
And the most important part was that Marvin found out that a part of his skills were now usable in Beast-shape!
Burst, for example!
…
“Asuran Bear?”
“It’s only a beast!”
Bamboo was floating on top of the White River, disdainfully looking at Marvin.
‘Since we already shed all pretenses, there is no point in lazing around. I’ll exterminate this village in one breath and then Mind Control this Marvin.’
It was a pity that her acting was only this good and she didn’t know what flaw that country bumpkin noticed.
Otherwise she could have used him as bait to find the other Legends’ whereabouts.
Now killing Marvin and destroying White River Valley would certainly startle those four Legends, and once they made preparations, it would be even more difficult to take revenge.
As this flashed through Bamboo’s mind, the look she threw at Marvin was even more hateful.
“Drop dead!”
She raised a hand to cast a Divine Spell.
But she hadn’t expected that the Bear which was still some distance away would suddenly speed up. Its hind legs fiercely stomped on the ground and the whole river bank shook!
[Burst]!
Using Burst in the Bear shape was very frightening.
The huge Bear flew like a cannonball, pouncing toward Bamboo.
The latter was immediately startled, because this had happened too fast and her Divine Spell wasn’t ready.
It was too late to escape, there was no time left.
She already used a very strong Divine Spell to burst out of that stone coffin. She was currently using Float and not Flight!
She simply couldn’t dodge!
…
The Asuran Bear pounced on Bamboo. A person and a Bear flew to the other side of the White River!
“Bang!”
Marvin tightly pressed Bamboo’s body under him, this strong power squeezing down on this Cleric’s soft body!
“Crash!”
Dust and gravel flew everywhere.
A frightening mark appeared on the south bank of the White River.
“Hmm?”
Marvin felt something wrong.
There was some resistance under his huge bear paws, slowly lifting his paws up.
It was Bamboo!
She was still alive!
Marvin was shocked.
He had already interrupted her Divine Spell, so how could her body…
A bright light burst out under the Bear’s paws. Blood could be seen dripping from the corner of Bamboo’s mouth as she glared ferociously
“To… To actually put me in such a state… Damn it!”
Her hands were spread and a green light formed a powerful Barrier around her.
If not for this Barrier, Marvin’s pounce would have killed her!
Despite this, her internal organs took damage from the shock of Marvin’s charge.
This was the purest Divine Power!!!
‘Damn… This is totally cheating…’ Marvin used a huge amount of strength only to find out that his own power wasn’t superior to the other side’s!
The amount of Divine Power the Azure Matriarch imparted Bamboo was truly too high. This already was far from what an ordinary Cleric should have.
This was the power of the Chosen or the Holy Spirits!
Sure enough, it was different from the Crimson Patriarch. The Azure Matriarch was a lot more powerful. The Crimson Patriarch was a Half-God, while she was already close to becoming a True God!
She had already inherited the World Ending Twin Snakes’ Divine Power and had the qualifications to choose a Chosen.
Marvin’s bear paws were slowly raised up!
“This bear leather is pretty, I’ll skin it very carefully.” Bamboo’s low voice could be heard from below.
Marvin looked at the sky and roared, suddenly raising his paws. Then, another paw cruelly slapped down!
This time, Marvin focused all his power into it!
“Bang!”
The earth shook.
Marvin’s paw sank into the earth, and Bamboo was struck into the ground!
“Even if you are protected by Divine Power, I don’t believe you won’t die!”
Marvin knew that Cleric’s bodies were very weak, so even if they were reborn through Divine Power, if she didn’t die from such a slap, she should at least be seriously injured!
But the next instant, an acute pain appeared on Marvin’s abdomen!
A green fist emerged from the ground, ruthlessly attacking the Asuran Bear’s abdomen!
This wasn’t a spell, but simply a physical attack using Divine Power.
The simplest and most vicious counterattack!
The Asuran Bear was sent flying by the punch, streaking across the sky in a low parabola before crashing in the White River.
Water splashed in all directions.
…
‘Not good!’ Anna saw this scene from the castle and her heart immediately turned cold.
She hadn’t expected this so-called Bamboo woman to be this powerful.
“Sir Sean!” She looked at the old blacksmith standing next to her. The latter squinted while having something in mind and then shook his head. “I didn’t expect that I would still have to act at my age.”
“That guy’s ability to cause trouble is a lot stronger than mine at that time.”
The former Night Walker Leader then disappeared from the spot.
Anna calmed down somewhat.
…
“Cough! Cough!”
Bamboo came out of the dust cloud. Her beauty was a thing of the past, and she was now covered in dirt and mud.
This time, not only was blood dripping from her mouth, but even her eyes were red.
“Slapping me once wasn’t enough for you, and you had to slap me twice.” Bamboo’s anger reached its limit.
She received that kind of grievance as the Chosen of Dame Azure. Marvin’s fighting style was unpredictable. If not for the difference in strength between both sides, she wouldn’t just be in a difficult situation.
‘I would be dead?’
She looked at the peaceful White River, a trace of doubt flashing through her heart.
Divine Spell – Flight!
A pair of azure wings spread behind her back, and she slowly flew over the White River.
The surface of the river was as peaceful as ever and the bottom of the river was somewhat muddy.
At that time, an old voice could be heard from the other side of the river. “Pull back child. Don’t think that because you got a bit of Divine Power from an evil cult you can run amok everywhere. In Azure’s eyes, you are but a chess piece, nothing more.”
Bamboo looked at the blacksmith who silently appeared and sneered, “Who isn’t a chess piece on this earth?”
“Even those almighty gods are nothing more than chess pieces God Lance is playing with. The World Ending Twin Snakes understood everything a long time ago.”
The old blacksmith disapprovingly said, “Then tell me, what is everything?”
“Destruction.” A hint of fear flashed through Bamboo’s eyes. “Everyone is caged in this world. And they all had to break their cage to go to vaster worlds.”
“And the cage is so sturdy that only a small group of people could be reborn after it was completely destroyed.”
“And you believe that you are one of the few?” The old blacksmith disdainfully said, “Let me give you a word of advice, little girl.”
“Hmm?” Bamboo looked at the old blacksmith, somewhat doubtful.
Her perception told her that this guy was very strong. She kept probing him, not wanting to act blindly.
“What?”
“My advice is…” The old blacksmith’s expression was very calm.
“In a battle, don’t speak too much nonsense with the enemies.
‘Ah?’
Bamboo froze, and the next instant, a frightening shadow emerged from the river!
‘No good!’
Bamboo’s wings suddenly twitched, but it was too late.
A Two Headed Snake leapt from the White River, and one of the heads ruthlessly swallowed Bamboo!
“Plop!”
Marvin, shapeshifted as Twin Headed Snakes, steadily landed on the river bank.
The old blacksmith swiftly said, “Go!”
He was pointing toward the north.
Marvin was also not negligent, he could feel that bamboo hadn’t died!
In fact it wasn’t easy to kill someone who was a 4th rank Cleric and a Chosen.
The Two Headed Snake hurriedly crawled on the ground, frantically running north!
In a short while, he passed most of the villages and arrived at the northern wilderness.
But at that time, Marvin felt a pain in his abdomen!
“Bang!”
A potent Divine Power once again erupted as an Azure silhouette flew out from the snake’s body.
Marvin’s HP crazily fell down, with only half remaining!
Scared, he hurriedly lifted the Shapeshift Basilisk spell, turning back into a human.
Bamboo’s face was pale as she looked at Marvin and the blacksmith for no less than three seconds before suddenly starting to wildly throw up!
Marvin was stunned.
But the old blacksmith gave him a meaningful glance. The meaning behind it was to buy some time!
He tightly covered that bleeding hole in his abdomen, not daring to move.
After some time, bamboo hatefully looked at the old blacksmith. “Thank you for your advice! Next time I won’t listen to your nonsense, I’ll directly kill you.”
Then, her sight focused back on Marvin’s body. “Your stomach is truly disgusting. I changed my mind, I won’t let you die easily.”
“I’ll slowly skin you, for at least three days.”
“At that time, you’ll want to go down to the Underworld, because what you’ll experience is a lot more frightening than the Underworld!”
Bamboo’s long hair flew upward, her formerly beautiful face filled with rancor.
Marvin asked in a low voice, “What should be done?”
The old blacksmith shrugged, “She clearly didn’t listen to my advice.”
An explosion erupted out as a frightening purple beam exploded in front of the two people!
Directly blowing Bamboo into smithereens!
…
A bit over a kilometer away, a middle-aged man took a deep draw from an exotic cigar made in a group of islands far away.
He then dismantled the rough cannon in front of him. In a short amount of time, that frightening lethal weapon turned into a pile of components and was put back into a suitcase.
‘Damn, that dragon tooth cannon could buy several White River Valleys. It’s really fucking amazing!’
Constantine very fiercely looked at Marvin who was running up while hurting like hell. “The Twin Snakes Cult, this nest of small snakes, really couldn’t be killed cleanly.”
Marvin stared at that weapon in Constantine’s hands and couldn’t help but ask, “Ths is a Sha weapon?
Constantine raised an eyebrow. “What, wanna buy it?”
Marvin nodded.
Such a fierce weapon, who wouldn’t want to buy it! The Sha clan wasn’t as powerful in the game. Their weapons also only stopped at pistols and shotguns and the firepower wasn’t even as good as that of a high level archer.
But that thing in Constantine’s hands clearly exceeded that!
If White River Valley could have this thing to protect it, apart from a Monk and some other classes, who would dare come and act recklessly?
But Constantine unhesitantly poured cold water onto Marvin’s thoughts. “An artillery shell, 500 Wizard golds.”
“As for the [Brilliant Purple] itself, I roughly spent 30 years designing and creating her, how much do you think it would cost?”
Marvin immediately turned quiet.
Turns out it wasn’t the kind of mass produced weapon he saw in his previous life, but a Legend Item instead.
Moreover, it used a large amount of Legend items.
“That woman’s Divine Power was frightening. Even though I would be able to eliminate her in a melee battle, I would be likely to suffer injuries.”
“Thus, sometimes it’s better to simply throw an artillery shell.”
Constantine once again took a breath of his cigar before saying, “As for this matter, however many Twin Snakes Cult’s people arrive is how many I’ll kill. Free of charge.”
In fact, he knew that the reason Marvin had attracted Bamboo’s gaze was the previous plot to kill the Crimson Patriarch.
Otherwise he wouldn’t have been willing to rush back so quickly after being contacted by the old blacksmith.
“Thank you.” Marvin genuinely felt gratitude toward him.
If not for this Legend rushing over, Marvin and Sean might not have been Bamboo’s match!
“Don’t mention it, it’ll be like a vacation.” Constantine leisurely carried his suitcase on his shoulder and took large steps toward White River Valley. “I’ll stay there for a while.”
“Do your own things, don’t mind me.”
…
On the Shrieking Mountain Range, in a ice cave.
A woman slowly floated up from a boiling hot spring.
Her limbs were badly damaged and in pieces, but under the nourishment of the hot spring, she was continuously recovering.
“Demon Hunter… Haha… As expected, one of them appeared after I created a ruckus.”
Bamboo laughed, “Do you really think a cannon can get rid of me?”
“Wait until my body recovers, the first one to die will be you.”
Chapter 185: Cultivation Tank
p>Constantine’s arrival made Marvin loosen up, and also sped up many of his plans.
Necromancer Fidel’s arrival also made him overjoyed. That guy had nothing to do since Sasha left and thus simply decided to temporarily settle in White River Valley. It could be seen that he was very satisfied with the environment there.
Unconventional Necromancers like him were very rare; he deeply studied Necromancy, but very rarely used it.
If it was in the game, Fidel might have already gone out of control and begun to think of foolish ways to turn into a Lich.
But this time, his fate was thoroughly changed due to Marvin’s intervention.
He apparently found a resting place in White River Valley… Hold on, maybe calling it a resting place wasn’t too suitable.
…
“Idiot, you incorrectly transformed this rune. This thing is to be used to raise the strength of living people and not the undead, didn’t you get it?”
The Alchemist dressed like a peacock jumped about while pointing at Fidel’s forehead and cursing.
Veins could be seen palpitating on Fidel’s forehead. He originally was quite the chatterbox, but he hadn’t expected to meet an even more talkative chatterbox in White River Valley.
What left him speechless was that the other side could yell at Fidel using his name, but when Fidel wanted to roar back, he could only say, “Hey you!”
Because the other side really didn’t have a name.
This guy was a wanderer, and who knew why he wandered to White River Valley? After Marvin’s fight with Bamboo, he had thoroughly investigated the Alchemist.
He was stunned to discover that this guy seemed to have no past.
The Alchemist himself said, “The first half of my life was ruthlessly erased by someone. Thus, I think that having a good second half is essential.”
Marvin tested him, and found that it wasn’t a common Memory Removal.
To find out who erased the Alchemist’s memories, they would need a Legend Wizard that was an expert in divination to find some clues.
Hathaway might not be able to do so because she was specialized in destruction. This was why her tower, within the Three Ring Towers, was called the Ashes Tower.
In any case, the alchemist was a nameless person. He only knew he was the Greatest Alchemist in all history.
This claim was questionable, or at least Marvin thought so.
When he was dealing with Bamboo, that Alchemist really did show some skills.
But he didn’t come out afterwards and ate his meals alone, apart from when he was working with Fidel, jumping about and pointing while giving confusing orders.
But Fidel was actually able to endure in the end. Marvin felt strange when seeing this odd pair.
They were in the middle of working on those coffins Marvin had brought back.
These coffins were extremely rare objects. In those days, the Lich, who was now sleeping, had spent quite a lot of time and energy in order to make those coffins.
Fidel immediately became fascinated with those coffins. He started his own research right away.
And two days later, he had an understanding of the general structure and operating mechanism. He had to admit that the Alchemist also had some contributions during that time.
Whenever Marvin tried to make the Alchemist craft some items, he would always enter a state of memory loss state, as if something was blocking him from using those alchemy formulas he knew.
But it didn’t block him from spouting a few enlightening words when working as Fidel’s assistant.
These words were proper nouns.
When Marvin heard those while listening at the side, he would be puzzled. Fidel however would display an expression of realization after hearing them.
This 2nd rank Necromancer had fairly high comprehension. After Marvin roughly described the means of the transformation, with the help of the strange Alchemist, he only used three days to finish transforming the first coffin… No, it should be called a [Cultivation Tank] now.
The role of the cultivation tank was very simple. It was to slightly increase the physical abilities of those who entered.
This thing’s prerequisite was pretty harsh though. Only 1st rank lifeforms could enter.
After ensuring the cultivation tank was safe and that it wouldn’t turn people into Corpse Seekers or other monsters, Marvin picked the weakest volunteer within his loyal guards.
The youth laid down in the cultivation tank for a long time, as Fidel and the Alchemist busied themselves outside.
Marvin had been paying attention from the start, and he was also rather nervous. After all, turning the Corpse Seeker’s coffins into a cultivation tank for other kind of lifeform was feasible in theory. If by any chance it really produced monsters, this youth who had always been loyal to White River Valley would have sacrificed his life in vain.
This was something Marvin was very unwilling to see, and thus he repeatedly asked Fidel for probabilities.
“90% chance of strengthening, 8% chance of failure without much damage to the human body.”
“And only 2% that something unexpected might happen. But these accidents would be controlled. With me and that guy here, the entire process is under control.”
“If an issue arises, we can stop the entire process at any time.”
This was Fidel’s guarantee.
Thus, the first volunteer’s strengthening began.
Marvin named it the “White River Valley Soldier Enhancement” project. If this one was successful, then there would be a follow up and at least twenty loyal White River Valley guards would be strengthened.
As for the adventurers who had joined the guards, including Gru, who had already become White River Valley garrison’s vice-leader, they would have to wait for now.
Marvin had to make sure those strengthened were loyal. Strengthening wasn’t free after all. According to Fidel’s calculations, each strengthening would need at least 500 silvers worth of enchantment materials.
The first strengthening was using the coffin’s materials and could be considered free of charge, but then he would have to pay a large amount.
…
“He came out.”
In the evening, that young soldier crawled out of the first cultivation tank, staggering.
He touched himself all over and mumbled, “Looks like nothing changed.”
Marvin chuckled and had Fidel lead him to the training ground for testing.
Half an hour later, the test report came.
This level 4 young fighter obtained at least four attribute points through the strengthening. Two points of Constitution, one point of Strength, and one point in Dexterity.
In other words, going through this strengthening was the equivalent of eight levels worth of attribute points!
The effect was outstanding!
The youth didn’t appear to have any side effects in the following days. It was exactly like the information from the game. The coffins transformed into cultivation tanks would be incredibly useful for training low level soldiers.
Marvin waved his hand, signaling for the remain nineteen guards, including Andre, to start the strengthening.
This would keep Fidel busy. For this reason, Marvin looked for an Apprentice in River Shore City to be his assistant. This Apprentice didn’t have the gift to become a Wizard, but the Apprentice had a bit of experience with Alchemy.
Marvin gave the order to keep this plan hidden. He established a laboratory in the castle basement for the Necromancer to use.
Fidel did his work, and the physical strength of those twenty guards who followed Marvin since the start got different amounts of strengthening.
Some got three points, some four. Even though they couldn’t choose what attribute would be raised, their physical strength would be improved to some extent.
This was enough.
After advancing, they would become the core of White River Valley’s patrols.
And not those bold adventurers.
…
As for the advancement, Marvin had always wanted to hire one or two class trainers from Jewel Bay.
But he hadn’t expected that Constantine on his “vacation” would bring him a nice surprise.
He brought two disabled veterans.
These two veteran were soldiers who had participated in the fight against Red Dragon Ell in Tornado Harbor. Their levels weren’t very high, only level 9.
But they had a strength. It was training.
After that battle, regardless if it was Tornado Harbor’s city guards or other patrols, many people retired due to injuries.
These two were a simple example. They had a very good relationship with Constantine and were thus brought here by him since they were looking for a place to recuperate in the wake of the Red Dragon’s attack.
At least this place looked pretty peaceful.
Marvin hired these two veterans as military instructors for White River Valley’s guards.
Of these two military instructors, one was a regular Storm Swordsman and the other was a Knight. White River Valley didn’t have the ability to develop a large cavalry for now, but this Knight could still teach the guards.
As for these guards’ path of advancement, Marvin considered that they would mainly be patrols, so he decided on [Storm Swordsman], this relatively easy to master class.
Thus, all the guards would have a general advancement path.
They would no longer have ineffectual training, after they began to train under the lead two military instructors.
This made Marvin very grateful to Constantine.
…
Following Marvin and Wayne’s arrangements, the territory’s matters were clearly organized. The Northern Mine was once again being mined. After sending a six man team to reside there, a small number of miners began working.
As for the southern part, Marvin sent some farmers to repair the abandoned wharf.
Even if this wharf wasn’t big, in the future it would become an important hub connecting the east and the west of the territory, and it would also link with River Shore City.
It was now the time when seeds were sprouting, so farmers had nothing to do at home. They didn’t complain about being conscripted by the Overlord to work.
Moreover, they were paid. Most people would be motivated.
…
Soon, most matters of the territory were already on the right track. With Constantine overseeing it, Marvin wasn’t worried about people looking for trouble.
Thus rather than rest for a few days, he once again set off.
This time, his goal was Jewel Bay.
He had to recruit enough adventurers, then apply for a wilderness clearing order. If things went smoothly he would think about visiting Cursed Pearl Island.
There were too many things to do, and he could only do them one by one.
Marvin rode on a horse, and as he quickly approached the Spider Crypt, that girl’s face appeared in his mind.
‘Lola…’
Chapter 186: Wilderness Clearing Order
p>Two days later, Black Dock Harbor, inside Furnace Fire Tavern.
It was bustling with activity as adventurers came and went. The smell of alcohol and tobacco filled the entire lounge.
Everyone was talking about a rare event announced by the South Wizard Alliance.
It was a wilderness clearing order!
There hadn’t been a wilderness clearing order in 50 years.
The return of something that hadn’t appeared for a long time would naturally attract a lot of attention.
In East Coast, 80% of the adventurers were carefully reading the contents of that sudden wilderness clearing order.
Some words inside caught their attention!
Gold mine, treasures, new harbor!
Furthermore, the salary was pretty high. Everything was crazily enticing Jewel Bay’s adventurers.
That group of delinquents was already unsatisfied with killing Tritons in the shadow sea and killing mounted bandits.
The wilderness clearing order came out and was immediately popular.
Furthermore, this clearing order was issued by all the guilds at the same time!
This meant that the Overlord who released this was someone with a huge background!
In a short time, White River Baron Marvin’s past achievements were brought to light.
He made his name at the Battle of the Holy Grail, was possibly Masked Twin Blades, and his relation with the Three Ring Towers’ Hathaway was vague…
A series of originally unknown achievements were spread through the East Coast.
Rumors about Marvin, and his continuous improvements.
The small White River Valley also began to be known by the entire East Coast.
In a short two days, Marvin received more than three hundred responses.
Those were simply adventurers signing up. A large number followed the map in the clearing order, passing through the Spider Crypt to go to White River Valley.
These people wanted to make it big. If it was under Marvin’s lead, they might really be able to open up a new territory south of the Shrieking Mount Range, and improve their standing.
Moreover, a gold mine was mentioned on the wilderness clearing order, along with Lord Marvin’s intent of building a new Harbor.
The entire East Coast was talking about it.
…
‘Regardless of which world, it’s still important to use relations.’
Marvin was sitting in Furnace Fire Tavern, looking at everyone chatting about the wilderness clearing order. He was somewhat pleased.
If not for Hathaway using her connections, Marvin wouldn’t have been able to apply for wilderness clearing order this fast.
With this comprehensive decree, Marvin could publicly recruit qualified people in Jewel Bay.
At dawn, he released the recruitment requirements, as well as announcing a relatively high salary.
White River Valley was currently too poor and could only rely on Marvin to maintain it. Thankfully he still had that huge amount of money he got from Black Jack.
200 Wizard golds were already enough to use for a very long time, not to mention what he received after looting the Hidden Granary and the rather considerable harvest at the Scarlet Monastery.
Several days later, a group of craftsmen arrived. These people included stonemasons, carpenter, tailors, and so on.
He signed a simple long term hiring contract, and then he first sent that group of people whose strength was unknown back to White River Valley.
As for those adventurers who were ready to join in the wilderness clearing, Marvin wouldn’t hire them all.
He could only pick a part to directly hire, while the others could only follow behind if they wanted to try to get some benefits.
If the situation asked for it, they could even become Marvin’s cannon fodder.
The world was this cruel. Marvin was fully aware of his own ability. He could only barely protect a small group of the people.
In any case, the release of the wilderness clearing order greatly promoted the influence of Marvin and White River Valley. Everything began crazily moving along.
Madeline sent two patrol as support, and the Silver Church also arrived right on time.
What surprised people the most was that Hathaway sent a corps of 2nd rank Wizards.
More and more people left for White River Valley to try to earn a living.
Although Marvin was now sitting in Black Dock Harbor, he could imagine how lively White River Valley currently was.
The arrival of the adventurers would inevitably lead to the development of other businesses, such as taverns, restaurants, brothels…
But Marvin had no plan on opening a brothel in White River Valley for now. If they wanted to vent their feelings, they would have to go to River Shore City, which wasn’t far anyway.
‘With Constantine and the newly strengthened guards, the law and order shouldn’t be an issue.’
‘On top of that, the Wizard corps will soon arrive. According to Hathaway’s letter, these people would listen to Wayne’s directives. Those adventurers shouldn’t dare to cause troubles.’
He was sitting on the chair, very satisfied by the effects of this wilderness clearing order.
There were three more days until the official gathering.
But there was a reason he still wasn’t on his way back.
‘Lola.’ Marvin sat in the Tavern, calmly waiting.
…
According to Marvin’s investigation, and like Anna had said, there were a lot of well-informed people in Black Dock Harbor and they hadn’t seen Lola.
Everything clearly indicated that this girl ran away with the money.
But Marvin felt something was suspicious.
He hadn’t found Little Tucker.
At that time, Lola was travelling together with him. The young Halfling also hadn’t appeared in Black Dock Harbor. This was intriguing.
Neither the city guards nor the informers working in the gray areas had seen a Halfling enter the city.
What’s more, a Halfling walking into a human city would definitely attract attention. If he truly arrived at Black Dock Harbor, how could he not be found?
Thus, Marvin concluded that Little Tucker and Lola most likely never made it to Black Dock Harbor.
Something must have gone wrong on the way.
…
The mood of the lively tavern became even more agitated with the dancer’s dance.
Marvin was calmly sitting in a corner.
Not long after, a waiter slowly walked over. “Mister, the Gerbera Beer you ordered.”
Marvin thanked him with a nod and took the plate.
There was indeed a cup of alcohol on the tray, but there also was a slip of paper stuck under it.
An eye was drawn at the end of that slip of paper.
“Putting on a show,” Marvin snorted. He spread out the piece of paper, exposing the contents inside.
[Clairvoyance]. This organization covered all of Feinan. They would very rarely be unable to find information about any given matter.
But they were expensive and had very harsh requirements. Not everyone could be their customer.
Marvin had repeatedly tried to look for a Clairvoyance middle-man, to see whether they could find traces of Lola or not.
After all, he still didn’t believe this girl would cheat him again because of the money.
He had a feeling.
…
On the piece of paper was written a group of illegible words.
‘Two Wizard golds for the name of a ship, it’s more than enough,’ Marvin mumbled.
He remembered what was written on the paper, crumpled it into a ball, left from from the back door and threw it in the gutter.
‘The Southie?’
Marvin recalled a bit of information about this ship.
The ship looked like a common merchant ship on the surface, but it was actually a slave ship, secretly buying and selling slaves.
The South Wizard Alliance adopted an indifferent attitude toward this. After all, the prosperity of the Six Pearl Harbors was based, to some extent, on the slave trade.
The message from Clairvoyance message was clear. They found Lola, and she was now staying in the Southie.
It seemed that on the way to Black Dock Harbor, Little Tucker and Lola met with mounted bandits. These bandits regularly cooperated with the slave dealers.
They killed the adults and sold the children and pretty women. Lola was kind of a beauty, so she would be good high grade slave material. Little Tucker was a Halfling, a rare species, so these two were mostly likely still alive.
Marvin was convinced that the resourceful Lola should be able to preserve her own life for the time being. But she might not be able to trick them for long.
So he decided he would take a look at the Southie tonight.
He heard information from the dock are that the Southie was anchored in the Black Dock Harbor’s 7th berth.
They would rest and reorganize in Black Dock Harbor for three days and then head through Bass Harbor before going to the North.
The Southie should have many experts, perhaps including a 4th rank, but there should definitely not be a Legend.
Thus, Marvin made sure to be awfully careful.
When he arrived at the dock area, it was already very late in the night.
Most sailors shouldn’t be on the boat right now, instead carousing in low-grade brothels. Living on the sea was painful and endless. They rarely landed, so when they had shore leave, these guys would certainly want to vent their feelings.
There might be even more rules on a slave boat, making sure more people stayed behind.
But Marvin wasn’t afraid.
He wasn’t unfamiliar with life on a boat. Players starting in the area around Jewel Bay would have gone on warships several times, or at least run into trade ships.
The Southie was a medium sized sailboat with at most 200 slaves. This meant that there would be more or less twenty people guarding.
‘Usually, there should be an expert overseer. The captain himself might not necessarily be on the boat.’
Marvin didn’t use Stealth, directly using Demon Hunter Steps instead, disappearing from the dock and jumping onto the deck.
The few sailors standing guard were lost in thought and Marvin slipped past them. They didn’t feel anything!
This was the strength of a Night Walker.
‘I hope Lola and Little Tucker aren’t hurt.’
‘Otherwise…’ Marvin thought, his killing intent increasing.
He wordlessly opened the ship’s cabin and proceeded along the narrow path.
Everything was pitch black.
He went down two levels and used Stealth to sneak around the guard, arriving at the 3rd floor.
On the 3rd floor there were some trade goods. But Marvin knew they only included cotton and other such items with light weight.
The true “goods” were still in the double layer below.
He found a spot from where he could see a light through the cracks in the planks.
‘Hmmm? How could there be light?’ Marvin was curious.
He gently pressed his ear against it and used Listen!
The next second, a familiar voice echoed in his ears, “… And it’ll be absolutely safe.”
“Trust me, isn’t that hateful captain overworking you enough? He can’t even satisfy your simple demands, he doesn’t have the qualifications to serve as your captain!”
“We will quietly act tomorrow night. No one will care about the change in captain of the Southie… Everyone has to keep it a secret. Plotting a rebellion is a huge accusation after all.”
“If we fail, everyone will lose their heads.”
Marvin opened his eyes wide from shock.
Chapter 187: Rebellion
p>In the cold and smelly ship hold, a young girl wearing a cotton dress was standing beside a makeshift table made of small planks put together, carefully explaining some details.
Her expression was serious and her words convincing. Gradually, those around her started to have some hope in their eyes.
Two tall guards were standing behind her and cautiously looking around, with their hands on their sword hilts.
If anyone dared to disrespect Miss Lola, they would immediately get rid of him.
In fact, only three fourths of the people in this hold were slaves. The last fourth were this boat’s sailors!
They were secretly scheming something big, a plan to overthrow Captain George.
And Miss Lola was the key to its success.
…
Little Tucker was expressionlessly standing to the side. He actually had many way to escape the boat ever since he got there.
After all, as a Halfling Thief, his flexibility far exceeded ordinary human imagination. His Stealth was also extremely powerful.
He could have already left if he wanted to.
But he didn’t leave this time.
Last time, he said he wanted to protect Lola, but ended up slipping away, abandoning her. This made him feel that he had no honor. The young Halfling then began to realize something.
Even if he was a Thief, sometimes he had to stand up in front in order to protect his friend.
Thus he simply followed Lola and got caught on the slave ship, so that he could secretly protect her.
The shackles which were used for ordinary slaves were very funny to the young Halfling.
Old Tucker already taught him how to deal with these silly toys the humans invented. After all, Old Tucker was used to stealing when he was young, and also ended up in dark prisons quite a few times. There were partially submerged prisons, the frightening sky cages, and other similar places.
He was able to stay alive because he could rely on his perfect jailbreaking ability.
Little Tucker inherited his abilities. Getting rid of the Southie’s shackles was very easy.
But he hadn’t expected that when he freed himself from his jail and stealthily arrived to the place where women were locked up, Lola would already have two sailors following at her side!
At that time, he thought they wanted to harm her… Later, it turned out that the young Hafling had overthought.
Lola once again relied on her overleveled conning abilities to incite the two sailors who were already very discontented with Captain George.
As for the qualifications to rebel, it was naturally all fake. She just needed to convince them.
In Feinan, a ship’s captain was the law. Sailors could sometimes vote to elect their own captain, but in many places, they couldn’t do anything to change it. A powerful Captain would be feared by most people, thus obtaining even more votes.
And something like overthrowing their captain, it could generally only be done on a pirate ship. Even if the Southie was a slave ship and didn’t mind doing some occasional robbery, it wasn’t openly a pirate ship.
Once these people overthrew Captain George who was officially approved by both the White Elephant Chamber of Commerce and the South Wizard Alliance, then they would have nowhere to hide. They would drift about on the sea, and no port would accept them. What would welcome them would only be a hanging post and guards.
But it wasn’t a problem in Lola’s mouth.
…
“Are you still worried about the future? You clearly are, but Captain George isn’t treating you as humans!”
Under the dusky light, Lola kept talking. “I am the trusted aide of Baron Marvin of White River Valley, and I am in charge of supervising all business activities. I can guarantee you that the freed Southie will become a member of White River Valley.”
“You also heard of the rumors concerning the new harbor. If it develops well, it will be the South’s [Sword Harbor]!”
“You’ll join White River Valley and become Lord Marvin’s 1st fleet! Become a regular trade ship and you won’t have to work in the slave trade business which goes against your own conscience.”
“You can get higher wages, which is naturally what you deserve. White River Valley is a flourishing place, a territory which is constantly developing.”
“Hey, have you heard about the wilderness clearing order? With the wilderness clearing order, Lord Marvin has immunity from prosecution.”
“I dare say, he is now looking everywhere for me. And my guarantee is absolutely very effective.”
“What? Still hesitating? Convince your friends, we’ll act tomorrow evening.”
She was currently hoodwinking the few sailors on duty.
Despite their heartbeats accelerating due to Lola’s words, they were still hesitant.
“I also somewhat heard about Baron Marvin’s name. He is now a legendary person in Jewel Bay. If we can completely seize the boat, then he should be able to pardon our crimes,” a slightly small sailor on duty cautiously said.
The others were silent.
In the end there were a few people who were clear-headed. They wouldn’t be pulled in by Lola words and risk their lives against their captain.
Even though they were carefree unmarried men, there were still many factors to consider.
For example, one of the strong fellows, wearing nothing above the waist, stood up and coldly looked at Lola. “First, we are at the dock, not on the seas. A mutiny would very easily be found out.”
“Next, even if we can persuade some brothers, there would be a lot more people on the captain’s side, we are too few. A rebellion? A rebellion needs killing! Who would we rely on? Could it be that you want to rely on these unarmed and defenseless slaves? The Boatswain isn’t fond of trouble, but he is a 3rd rank expert! And there is still the First Mate and the Captain!”
“Third, regarding your words, how reliable are they in the end? I still have my doubts. Would Sir Marvin care about a young girl like you? To tell the truth, you do look good, or else you wouldn’t be locked up with the more expensive slaves. But saying you are the person in charge of White River Valley’s business activities, this is a bit too much.”
“Don’t tell me that this Halfling can guarantee it. I’ll never trust what a Halfling says.”
These words cleared the confusion of many sailors.
This sturdy man was this ship’s Second Mate. Although he was already scheming on the side, he had only been secretly gathering manpower in the dark, not taking any action yet.
Lola’s words were very alluring, but he had already considered many factors and wouldn’t be fooled because of a few words.
Many people had stood up due to Lola’s words, their faces red from desire and their minds filled with greed, but they were now slowly calming down.
Lola saw that the situation wasn’t going too well and was about to saying something.
But suddenly, the hold’s door slammed open!
A few sailors not on shift rigidly walked in.
Everyone’s expression changed greatly!
“Fuck! Weren’t you in the Boatswain’s room?”
The Second Mate’s expression worsened. He suddenly took out his thin rapier and aimed at the man in front. “Damn, I originally didn’t want to rebel, but now I can’t do anything about it…”
The situation in the ship’s hold immediately became tense.
Lola was started and retreated to the back. She dragged Little Tucker and said, “This time you must protect me properly!”
The young Halfling firmly nodded.
Those two sailors Lola had completely brainwashed also took out their longswords and dragged her behind them to protect her.
Most of the slaves were hiding in a corner out of fear, afraid of being implicated.
But at that time, one of the sailors suddenly opened his mouth and said, “It doesn’t matter.”
“We are part of the same group.”
The Second Mate sneered, “Yeah? I secretly lobbied you for three months, and you still follow the Boatswain.”
“Now you say that we are part of the same group, and you want me to believe it?”
He then thrust his rapier out like a snake.
Since he had already been found out, he had no room to retreat!
He was someone vicious and merciless. If he said something, he would do it!
But at that time, a dark shadow sudden flew into the ship’s hold.
It startled everyone, drawing their eyes.
That shadow rolled a few times on the ground, before the dusky light finally shone upon it.
It was a head!
“Boatswain!” one of the sailor let out in surprise.
They all looked at each other.
The Boatswain who was normally showing off his might, was now a bald head rolling on the dirty planks of the hold.
This caught them unprepared.
Even the usually shrewd Second Mate also froze.
At that time, an indifferent voice echoed from above, “I am White River Valley’s Baron Marvin.”
“The Boatswain wasn’t as troublesome as you said he was.”
The next second, Marvin jumped down from the spot he was in, gently landing in the hold.
“Lola?” Marvin asked.
Using his Darksight, Marvin clearly noticed the young girl hiding in a poorly lit corner behind two big guys.
The latter noticed Marvin and froze, before becoming extremely happy. She pushed the two men aside. “Don’t block the way, my Boss is here!”
…
Baron Marvin of White River Valley!
Everyone looked at Marvin with awe!
Marvin was now someone with quite a bit of fame in the East Coast. His Myth Rating kept soaring. In addition to the wilderness clearing order, apparently even the wood elves spread the news that he had fought alongside the Elven Prince.
This was the benefits of the Myth Rating.
His deeds would clearly be noticed.
“In the Boatswain’s room, I saw these guys playing cards. I asked who the Boatswain was and then carried him over.”
Marvin pointed at the head and said while smiling, “Do you have any doubts?”
They all shook their head.
The Second Mate asked, “You are really Sir Marvin? If you can really pardon our crimes, we will settle the matter today!”
Marvin sneered, “Do you have another way out?”
The Second Mate was speechless. He originally thought of trying to bargain for a better position, but Marvin stopped him in one sentence.
“There are another two experts on the boat.”
“You take the First mate, and I’ll take the Captain. No problem, right?” Marvin asked while watching the Second Mate attentively.
After finding out that the Southie had taken Lola, he had decided that he wouldn’t just take her away. He would kill and definitely not be merciful.
This ship, he would deal with it!
Chapter 188: Night Devil King!
p>A salty breeze blew by the window as a suppressed voice kept echoing from the captain’s room filled with warm candles.
A silhouette with a rope tied at its waist slowly descended and arrived outside the window.
This was the captain’s room.
Marvin sneered, ‘This Captain George is indeed in the mood.’
Through the transparent glass he could clearly see everything.
A man with thick chest hair could be seen pressing a fair-skinned woman under him!
The captain angrily scolded, while not forgetting to move at the same time, “Quiet! Little whore!”
“If my father learns that I brought a woman on board, he would kill me.”
The crew couldn’t bring women on board. This was an established custom. Rumors claimed that they would bring bad luck to ships on a long trip. But in fact, the reason Marvin saw so few women on board was very simple. In this kind of place with a high concentration of men, a woman might become the reason for a riot.
On very long trips, whether it was the captain or the sailors, everyone would have to suppress themselves.
They could only hold it in. Once there was an unequal situation, it would be very easy for a riot to start.
Thus, when Marvin went to Captain George of the Southie, he hadn’t expected to find this scene.
This captain was a bit intriguing.
Marvin looked at the small set of men’s clothes on the side and came to a realization.
He actually brought his woman on board by having her dress as a man. Moreover, the soundproofing of the captain’s room was relatively good, so no one had found them yet.
Despite this, the woman couldn’t help but let out a moan.
The captain was angry. He immediately slapped her fair skin, leaving a red palm imprint.
“Are you fucking stupid! If those lively young men were lured over, based on the rules, I would have no other choice but to hand you over!”
“Do you want to be handled by a group of depraved men?!” George angrily said.
But rather than meekly acknowledge his words, she retorted, “This lady would be fine with taking turns, so how about letting me shout?”
“You are a coward, not able to protect your own woman. Are you still a captain?”
George was angry, and wanted to properly punish this disobedient woman.
But he suddenly noticed a strange shadow gathering together near the foot of the bed.
‘Hold on…’
As a 3rd rank expert, George wasn’t a fool. He immediately felt something wrong.
“What’s up? You should be moving!” The woman turned her head and surprise filled her eyes!
“Crash!”
A figure suddenly broke through the window, going straight for George!
At the same time, that shadow also condensed.
Marvin and the Shadow Doppelganger simultaneously attacked!
Marvin’s daggers were swift and his face was expressionless.
This assault would certainly kill George!
Because he simply couldn’t block both sneak attacks at the same time!
Sure enough, George instantly rolled away, falling on one side of the captain’s room.
He took out a dagger in a hurry and barely managed to block Marvin’s daggers, but he had a cut to the bone on his waist!
“Goodbye, Captain George,” Marvin grimly said.
The Shadow Doppelganger attacked from the other side, and George had no time to resist.
…
But at that time, something happened that shocked Marvin.
The Shadow Doppelganger’s sneak attack didn’t go smoothly. It was split in two by a sharp blade attacking from behind!
That woman!
Her face was flushed, and she looked very angry while holding her sharp blade!
‘Fuck! That one is also a 3rd rank expert!’
Marvin racked his brain. He actually made such a low level mistake!
When he used Inspect, he only checked Captain George’s strength, but as for the woman under him, he had subconsciously neglected her!
He had assumed this woman was only Captain George way to vent. He hadn’t expected her to also be a bodyguard!
Miscalculated!
George painfully backed up a few steps.
And that extremely fierce woman unhappily looked at Marvin, her killing intent nearly overflowing. “You want to experience the anger of a woman who was interrupted in the middle?”
Marvin shrugged. “My bad…”
He moved before he even finished his words!
Kill the woman first!
Burst! Shadow Step! Demon Hunter Steps!
In the small room, Marvin’s silhouette seemed as fast as lightning, his daggers slashing over as if they were about to split a mountain.
The woman was caught by surprise. She might have looked overbearing, but in reality, her mind and body were still sluggish due to what she was previously doing.
Marvin’s attack directly signed her demise. Her sharp blade fell to the ground with a “Clang!”
With another slash, Marvin easily beheaded her. She died with her eyes wide open.
From their earlier exchange, she found out that Marvin was a 3rd rank, but she hadn’t expected that Marvin’s attack speed would be so frightening!
Of course, it was because she didn’t know there was a class called Night Walker in this world.
…
After Marvin went through the tempering of the Scarlet Monastery, his hidden specialty, Night Kill had already emerged.
If this hidden specialty was activated, Night Walkers’ strength could be infinitely increased!
Even though it was only level 1 right now, it still had a superior attribute.
[Night Kill (Hidden Specialty – Activated)]
Type: Passive Specialty – Grow Type.
Level: 1
Effect: Attack Power +3%, Attack Speed +3%, Movement Speed +3%, Burst Power +3%, Reaction Speed +3% during battle in the night.
Five stats were increased by 3%!
This was already a very ridiculous number in Feinan. Moreover, it was a Grow Type Passive Specialty.
The more people died under Marvin’s daggers, the stronger he would become during the night!
This was the reason a powerful Night Walker would be called a Night Devil King in the game.
…
In the narrow cabin, even though Marvin killed that woman quickly, it still gave Captain George some time to react.
When Marvin turned back to deal with him, that 3rd rank Swordsman was already holding a longsword in his hands. He also found the time to pull on some pants in passing.
“Who are you?!” George didn’t brood over the death of the woman.
He only cautiously covered his wound and stared at Marvin, trying to stall for time.
He had just shaken the alarm bell, so there should be other people coming to help soon.
At that time, this random assassin would be screwed.
“Saying ‘The man who will kill you,’ would this be too cliche?”
Marvin laughed. “Also, you pulling the alarm has no use. Your people on the boat have already been instigated to mutiny by me.”
“Hear any footsteps?”
George’s expression paled!
He really didn’t hear anything. Normally, after the alarm bell rang, the Boatswain would be the first to rush over.
Two 3rd rank experts joining hands would definitely be enough to kill or even capture this assassin, to interrogate him on where he came from.
But he was alone right now, and the captain’s room was quite narrow…
The captain held onto his longswords and attentively watched Marvin before shouting and launching an attack on Marvin in the narrow path.
“Hmmm? Courting Death?”
Nothing escaped Marvin’s eyes. With his amazing dexterity, if he couldn’t dodge such a lousy assault… That would be too ridiculous!
He took a step to the side and easily dodged while also slashing the captain’s lower back.
But George had already attained his goal..
He directly got onto the window ledge and jumped down.
Marvin took a deep breath and swiftly chased after him!
…
George chanted an incantation and a cable suddenly hung down from the beautiful flowery wall.
He grabbed the rope and quickly arrived on the wide open deck!
“Shit! Where are my men!?” he yelled.
But the sentry was silently lying on the spacious deck. They weren’t part of Marvin’s coup, so they had already turned into corpses.
The only people still fighting were two Swordsmen.
The First Mate and the Second Mate!
These two’s strength were about the same, thus it would be hard to decide a winner in the fight!
The others had already surrendered and sworn allegiance to Marvin. They were obediently brought to the ship hold to check if someone had slipped through the net.
Fortunately it was late at night. There was not a soul in sight in the dock area. Otherwise, such a big commotion would have already attracted trouble.
‘Have to get it done quickly!’
Marvin relied on the Demon Hunter’s steps and easily rushed across the deck!
George looked at Marvin, extremely angry. He stopped worrying about his waist injury, ruthlessly waving his sword instead, sending fierce attacks at Marvin!
In this wide open area, he didn’t believe he wasn’t Marvin’s match.
Moreover, Assassins and other such classes could only take advantage of their short weapons and fight without restraint in narrow places.
This open deck was his world!
But Captain George’s thinking failed.
Because Marvin wasn’t an Assassin!
He was a Ranger, a Dual Wielding Ranger.
And also a Night Devil King!
Woosh!
Suddenly, a formidable power burst from within Marvin, two consecutive Imitation Shadow Steps. Not only did it knock George’s sword to the side, but the ice-cold dagger stabbed into George’s shoulder blade!
“Ah!”
George’s howl of grief had yet to come out before Marvin covered his mouth with his hands and half a second later, he gently ran his dagger across his neck.
He used the combo he was skilled in once again.
Cover the mouth, Cutthroat!
A head fell to the ground!
The captain’s body lost balance and fell backward. Marvin relaxedly sat on the ground, his sight turning toward the fight between the Second Mate and the First Mate!
…
A bit later, a bloody smell filled the deck and all those disobedient guys were already beheaded by Marvin.
The sailors still on board looked at Marvin with a hint of awe in their gazes, gradually changing into reverence.
KIlling without a care like this wasn’t something an ordinary person could do!
“Set sail!”
Marvin took a glance at the pitch-dark Black Dock Harbor and decisively gave the order.
Chapter 189: Pearl Island
p>All the ropes keeping it in place were silently cut.
The huge anchor was also pulled up.
“Crash!” Under the urging of the Second Mate, the remaining sailors raised the sail.
The entire ship was now under Marvin’s control.
But they weren’t safe yet. They were still in Black Dock Harbor, and Marvin hadn’t done anything quite like this before. To justify taking the ship, he had to rely on the wilderness clearing order and use the pretext that the White Elephant chamber of commerce had captured Lola first.
If there was an arbitration from the South Wizard Alliance, he also had the Ninth Month Medal to contend against the White Elephant chamber of commerce.
In any case, this boat was his now!
Not surprisingly, like on other boats, the ship’s Navigator was a Silver Church’s Priest. This guy only thought of saving his own life, so under the threat of Marvin’s daggers and the lure of his pay being doubled, he immediately defected. And when Marvin suggested that his ties with Collins could help promote him to a higher position inside the Silver Church, he immediately became more motivated.
Even though it was now nighttime, the harbor’s lighthouse was still on and the stars could still be seen in the sky, so finding their direction wouldn’t be an issue.
As long as they could escape Black Dock Harbor and be on the sea, the rest would be simple.
But escaping Black Dock Harbor wasn’t that easy.
Black Dock Harbor’s floodgates were closed during the night sealing it off. To open the floodgates, they would have to request a pass and have regular travel qualifications.
Obviously, the Southie didn’t have those qualifications after being taken by Marvin.
Although they had control of the ship, they had to request the harbor staff on duty to let them pass.
This required some deception.
…
Black Dock Harbor, on the lighthouse.
Two soldiers bored to death were playing cards.
It was likely that no one would set sail in the depths of the night, leaving them idle, so playing cards was normal.
“Damn, lost again,” one of them cursed.
But at this time, the other guy suddenly stood up.
“What the hell? Are you a psycho?” The first soldier clearly was in a bad mood.
“Weird! Why would a boat come over now?”
The soldiers on duty looked at that light coming from the darkness.
These flames were corresponding signals, and the meaning was for them to open Black Dock Harbor’s floodgates.
“It’s the Southie, the White Elephant chamber of commerce’s boat.”
“It’s fishy, they arrived at the harbor a few days ago. According to the report, they would leave two days later.”
“How could they set out in the middle of the night?”
The two soldiers looked at each other in dismay, both feeling a bit baffled.
But at that time, a silhouette appeared in front of them.
“Open the gate,” that person quickly said, “The Southie received an assignment at the last moment, we have to go to Tornado Harbor to receive a batch of goods.”
“Hurry up.”
Captain George!
Seeing Captain George appear, the doubt in the two men’s hearts eased up.
After all, everyone knew that the Southie’s captain was George, the 3rd son of the White Elephant chamber of commerce’s Leader.
“But… It’s not in complia…”
One of the men began with hesitation.
But he didn’t have time to finish his words when the other soldier abruptly hit his stomach with his elbow.
The soldier crouched from the acute pain as his friend hit him once again.
He lost consciousness.
“Rest assured Sir, we will immediately open the gates for you,” that soldier flattered. “Sir Mondine from the White Elephant chamber of commerce is very good to us. This is a trivial matter, we will definitely be fair to you.”
Marvin was stunned.
After using Disguise and the Mask of the Deceiver, he really looked exactly like George. The difference in figure couldn’t be seen in the darkness.
He originally thought he would have to bluff the two soldiers on duty.
But he hadn’t expected there to be a guy on “his side”.
‘The White Elephant chamber of commerce did bribe quite a few soldiers…’ Marvin laughed in his heart. He immediately nodded and casually threw a Wizard gold.
“This is for the best. The shipment of goods in the south cannot wait.”
The soldier bowed. “Obviously, rest assured.”
“Everything will be arranged for you. I’ll make this guy obediently shut up.”
Marvin nodded, and quickly disappeared in the darkness.
…
Black Dock Harbor’s floodgates were silently opened.
Everyone on the Southie looked at each other in bewilderment. They hadn’t expected that Marvin would take care of everything in such a short amount of time.
“Lord Marvin is really as mysterious as in the rumors.”
“Yeah, as long as we are out of the harbor, there won’t be an issue.”
“Miss Lola didn’t swindle us!”
The sailors excitedly whispered among themselves.
“Don’t speak nonsense, quickly set sail!” Marvin’s silhouette once again appeared on the boat.
They all kept quiet out of fear.
The sail was raised to its highest as the Helmsman piloted the ship to leave Black Dock Harbor and head into the boundless sea!
…
“Lord, where are we going?”
In the brightly lit captain’s room, the Navigator with a grizzled beard flatteringly asked.
Marvin looked at the gradually disappearing coastline and finally gave him coordinates!
The Navigator spread out the sea chart with a smile. But when he found the location using a compass, his expression immediately changed. “You are crazy!”
The next second, a curved dagger once again appeared on the Navigator’s neck.
“You better not question my decisions.”
“Going there is the way,” Marvin coldly said.
The Priest of the Silver Church bitterly said, “That is a cursed place. If the sailors know about this…”
“They shouldn’t know. We will only stop at that island for a short time,” Marvin calmly said. “Besides me, no one will get on the island.”
“And besides you, no one knows where that is, right?”
The Navigator bitterly nodded.
Two sailors suddenly yelled, “There are boats coming up behind us!”
“They are faster than us!”
Marvin sneered, “Is there any other path you can choose now?”
The Priest was speechless. Just as Marvin said, if he followed a normal trade route with those boats chasing them, they would definitely be overtaken.
The only hope lay in the direction Marvin chose.
He clenched his teeth and quickly left the captain’s room to find the Helmsman.
On the boundless sea, the Southie began to deviate from the original path and sped southeast.
…
“They changed their bearing!”
“Damn, there is definitely something wrong.”
On the sea, the two White Elephant’s boats tightly pursued the shadow in the distance.
They were ships from the White Elephant chamber of commerce and they had immediately set sail in pursuit when they noticed something wrong.
They were a lot faster than the Southie because they had [Wind Wizards] on board!
This class seemed very famous, but in fact, they were only apprentices who weren’t talented enough and changed classes.
They were there to provide strong winds for boats to sail a lot faster.
Because it was powered by Wind Wizards, the boost wouldn’t last for long. It could only be used for relatively short distances, like overtaking a boat.
After the Southie changed directions, they could only helplessly chase after them.
Some time later, the two sides were getting increasingly close.
But ahead of them, thick fog rose up on the sea!
“No good, we are getting close to those waters.”
The two boat captains finally realized what was wrong!
Only that cursed area would have such a thick fog lingering all year long in the entire East Coast.
Rumors about that area began to appear in the captains’ minds.
To chase or not to chase?
This became a huge problem.
The Wind Wizards were already exhausted, but the Southie was just ahead now.
The two boat captains briefly discussed and decide to keep chasing!
After all, they were already this close!
But at that time, a sailor suddenly yelled, “Captain! The Southie sped up!”
Sped up?
How could this be?
The two captains were stunned. The Southie didn’t have a Wind Wizard. How could they suddenly speed up?
When they rushed on the deck, they did see the Southie clearly speeding up and leaving them behind!
It recklessly charged into those cursed waters!
With both sides’ current speed, it could certainly escape from the pursuing ships!
The fog was too thick after all. With such low visibility, once you lost your target, you would have to rely on luck and experience to find it again.
The two captains could only helplessly order their ships to turn around.
They didn’t want to follow the Southie to be buried.
That was a path of no return!
…
And on the Southie’s deck, a burst of cheers could be heard!
They could also see those two ships finally giving up their chase.
They were finally free!
Everyone looked at Marvin with some superstitious belief!
From the adoration at the beginning, to the fear later on, until the current superstitious belief. Marvin only used less than a few hours!
There was a small figure above the Southie’s sail, happily releasing its own power!
Wind Fairy!
Marvin’s first servant.
As soon as he crossed the Shrieking Mountain Range, he accidentally found out that this present Hathaway gifted him had already successfully been nurtured.
A Wind Fairy was born, and it already had outstanding power.
As Marvin’s servant, its loyalty to Marvin couldn’t be doubted.
A level 1 Wind Fairy had two innate abilities, one of which was controlling wind!
In this aspect it was almost instinctive, a lot stronger compared to those Wind Wizards!
Once the Wind Fairy appeared, the distance between their boat and the chasing boats immediately increased.
The Southie crazily sped toward its target.
Marvin stood at the prow, coldly watching the sea.
And after some time, the sailors began to relax from their initial excitement.
The thick fog hadn’t scattered all this time, making them somewhat doubtful.
But due to Marvin’s awe-inspiring actions, no one dared to slack off.
This night, everyone was tired and quickly laid down.
The thick fog slightly weakened at daybreak, but the Lookout suddenly yelled, “Heavens! Where did we end up!?”
Marvin smiled and immediately controlled the Wishful Rope and arrived at the crow’s nest.
He grabbed the Lookout’s lens and looked in the distance.
Despite the thick fog blocking his view, he could still clearly see the island’s coastline.
Pearl Island!
Marvin smiled.
Finally arrived.
Chapter 190: Sea Emperor’s Crown
p>Pearl Island.
An area rumored to be cursed.
This rumor circulated among many captains, but the sailors didn’t know much about it. Navigators might know a bit about it though. After all, their duty was to lead the crew away from all the frightening things on the sea.
Most sailors had only heard that this was an area to avoid!
Thus, when the lookout found that Pearl Island was just ahead, all the sailors became panicked!
If not for Marvin’s might, they might have already stopped working.
But totally different from earlier, these sailors’ hands and feet were completely shivering.
…
“Lord Marvin!”
The former Second Mate Roberts had successfully been promoted to Boatswain after helping Marvin take over the Southie.
Marvin promised to appoint him as the Captain of the Southie once the new harbor was established.
After all, Marvin couldn’t keep travelling on the sea for long periods.
This made Roberts excited.
He was fearless and full of ambitions. He scoffed at those rumors concerning Pearl Island.
“They are a bit scared. They want to know where you plan to go in the end,” Roberts said.
“I can appease them for the time being, but I won’t be able to last long,” he added.
Marvin turned and looked at those terrified people, loudly saying, “Pearl Island is only a common isle. You shouldn’t trust these rumors on the sea. Moreover, the Southie won’t stay at Pearl Island. We will only stop on the side of the island for some time, and then we will turn back toward the southwest.”
“There is an open beach suitable to land there. We can safely bypass the Shrieking Mountain Range by sea. Then we should reach the location where I plan on building a new harbor!”
“And that place isn’t far from my White River Valley.”
Many sailors calmed down when they heard Marvin’s words.
In fact, now that they participated in the murder of their original captain, they already had nowhere to go. They couldn’t refute what Marvin said.
The Southie slowly approached Pearl Island, and stopped a bit over fifteen kilometers away from the coastline.
The sun started rising, and under the light of the sunshine, the fog at the edge of Pearl Island thinned quite a bit.
Some sailors took the chance to rest while some were uneasily watching this rumored cursed area.
Marvin ordered that besides him, no one was allowed to get on the island.
And while he was on the island, Lola was in charge.
He also wasn’t worried these guys would slip away while he was checking out the island. Without Marvin, they had nowhere to go.
Only White River Valley would accommodate them.
Even the ambitious Roberts didn’t dare.
Moreover Marvin had something planned in case. He left the Wind Fairy on the boat.
If that group of people acted without thinking, the Wind Fairy would be able to fly and control the wind to block them.
…
‘Getting on the island during the day also saves me from having to deal with those Foglets.’
Marvin thought of this while getting on a small boat.
A sturdy sailor would row Marvin to the Island.
Everyone looked at the boat going further and further away. Even if they didn’t know what Marvin was doing, based on his fame, they guessed that this Lord surely had planned something important.
After all, the nickname [Magical Marvin] had already spread from River Shore City to all of the East Coast.
This nickname was as famous as [Masked Twin Blades].
They were convinced that Marvin would guide them to better days.
Ever since Captain George with his violent temper took over the Southie, he made the sailors’ days worse by treating them harshly. Otherwise Lola wouldn’t have been able to easily instigate a rebellion like that.
Even if Marvin was as ruthless, he wouldn’t randomly become angry.
Most of the sailors actually felt that whatever happened, it wouldn’t be worse than George.
And with Lola pacifying them, everyone’s mood gradually became more stable.
Pearl Island looked very beautiful under the sun’s rays. It didn’t seem as frightening as the rumors said.
…
The waves on the sea were violent as the boat slowly approached Pearl Island.
That strong sailor had already been warned over and over again by Marvin: He couldn’t get on Pearl Island.
“Everything on Pearl Island is cursed.”
“Look, those pure white spots on the beach are pearls. If you greedily take one, you would cause the death of the entire ship.”
“Just wait for me there, understood?”
The obedient sailor nodded.
Even though he noticed those pearls in the distance, the rumors regarding these cursed waters and Marvin’s warnings made him shrink back.
Wealth was great, but life was even better.
But he still couldn’t help but ask, “Since that’s the case, why do you want to go on the island? Aren’t you afraid?”
Marvin calmly answered, “I am going on the island to return something. Not to take anything away. Don’t mind it.”
The sailor nodded and no longer spoke.
After a while, Marvin told him to stop rowing.
“Wait for me here,” he said.
He then arranged his clothes and dove in the water. The boat wasn’t far from the beach, and it was easily within swimming distance.
…
On the Southie, Roberts was looking at the scene in the distance with a puzzled expression. “Miss Lola, could you explain what Lord Marvin is up to?”
“I don’t know,” Lola bluntly said.
“No one can guess what he is thinking.”
“But he would always create miracles, this much is true. White River Valley was previously suffering from a food crisis and I came in order to solve it, but he settled it himself in the end.”
“We should believe in Lord Marvin. Despite him being a Swimming Fish man, he is still reliable.”
“Swimming Fish?” Roberts’ face displayed a hint of confusion.
“Hey, you don’t know astrological signs even though you are travelling on the sea?” Lola asked, “How did you even become a Boatswain?”
The Navigator on the side silently wiped his sweat, looking at Marvin’s silhouette reaching Pearl Island.
‘That’s the cursed beach, please be blessed by the Silver God…’
…
As Marvin walked on the beach, he reminisced about this place.
He recalled one memory and was rejoicing that he was so familiar with every instance in Feinan.
Pearl island was truly a very dangerous place, especially during the night. If one wasn’t careful, they would come across the frightening Foglets.
And everything here couldn’t casually be touched, let alone carried.
‘Each pearl has a Curse of Aging. Touch it and you would only have a few years left to live.’
‘Black Pearl, Curse of Death…’
‘Blue Seastar, Curse of Hostility…’
He cautiously circumvented those frightening things he remembered and finally past the “landmines” on the beach.
There was a hilly area in front. No trees, only caves.
This place was relatively safe.
Marvin had no plans to thoroughly get the resources of Pearl Island. Rather, he wanted to scout and quickly grab some benefits on the way.
After all, he still hadn’t collected the Six Cursed Pearls.
But one was enough to let him gain something from Pearl Island.
The prerequisite was to know a trick.
Marvin looked around for a bit, found a suitable cave, and went into it.
It was very damp and dark inside the cave. He walked toward its depths and found a pond.
The water in the pond was very muddy, but Marvin knew that the caves in the island had similar ponds. Each pond lead to the deepest secret of Pearl Island.
He took out his cursed pearl and gently dropped it in the pond.
‘It should be like in my memories…’
His eyes attentively watched the pearl for changes.
As expected, the pearl began to slowly melt under the mystical effect of the pond.
In an instant, a burst of light flashed through and the constantly moving small fish in the pearl jumped out of it.
It cheerfully swam in the pond for a moment before leaping over.
It stared at Marvin and surprisingly said spoke. “You opened my cage, so I’ll give you a gift.”
“I’ll give you a gift that isn’t cursed, but please do remember, everything else on this island is cursed. You cannot touch anything,” warned the small fish.
Marvin nodded.
The next instant, the fish dove into the pond!
Marvin was excited!
In the depths of those waters laid Pearl Island’s treasures!
The worst things there were Magic Items!
It was even possible to get a Legendary Item!
It was a matter of luck.
This fish could choose anything to gift Marvin, but it was completely random!
‘If I have good luck, I might get one of the best Magic Items…’
‘It would be even better if it was a Legendary Item…’
Marvin sat beside the pond, waiting for a while. A shadow was struggling to swim up the pond.
It was using its head to bring something up!
“Get it quick! I won’t be able to carry it much longer! It’s too heavy!” said the small fish as it struggled.
Marvin hurriedly took the wet thing away.
It looked sort of like a crown.
Marvin carefully examined it for a moment before being overjoyed!
He knew what this was!
The Sea Emperor’s Crown, a Legendary Item!
‘Hold on… Eh? Why is it displaying – Sealed –?” Marvin’s happiness was doused.
He didn’t get the Sea Emperor’s Crown in his previous life.
But it was rumored that it could let you proclaim yourself Ruler of the Seas!
‘My luck is pretty good overall. I was able to pull out a sealed Legendary Item, so I should be happy with it. At least some of its effects could still be displayed.’
Marvin calmed down. He was about to thank that small fish, but it had already disappeared before he’d noticed.
Marvin didn’t mind, after all, they would meet again when he gathered the Six Cursed Pearls and got Pearl Island’s true treasure!
When the time came, Marvin would have cramps from counting the money.
This was the wealth left behind by the 6th generation Pirate King after all!
…
Two hours later, Marvin returned to the Southie and ordered to set sail!
The target was the coast southeast of White River Valley!
He didn’t know the specific coordinates, but as long as they followed the coastline and passed the Shrieking Mountain Range, he could more or less see the best place to establish the harbor.
In the Captain’s room, he was holding the Sea Emperor’s Crown and began to check the effects of this sealed Legendary Item.
He gently touched both sides of the Sea Emperor’s Crown when a wide sea suddenly appeared in his mind!
He could see the Southie, and every lifeform within about two kilometers!
‘Eye of the Sea?’ Marvin was very satisfied with the first ability he tested.
But he suddenly noticed a shadow in the water!
That shadow had a powerful life force!
But that life force wasn’t energetic. It seem depressed instead.
“What?”
Marvin curiously controlled the Eye of the Sea to focus on that shadow.
But the outcome made him completely speechless.
That was a living being floating on a plank!
It was now unconscious but it was still tightly holding onto that plank. Who knew how long it had been drifting along?
‘To actually run into me at this time, I wonder if it’s my luck, or his luck.”
Marvin felt amused and immediately made the Southie temporarily change its path to head toward that shadow’s location after confirming the direction through the Eye of the Sea.
Half an hour later, a few sailors struggled to fish that guy up.
“Bang!”
The other side awkwardly fell on the deck and spat out some water, still half-unconscious.
Lola looked at him and gasped in shock.
“Eh? How could it be him?”
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ED/N: Today’s chapters got delayed because my car broke down this morning. I had to wait 3 hours for the tow truck to arrive, and I am currently waiting on repairs while trying to edit on my phone. It’s almost out of batteries so the next chapter will have to wait until whenever my car is fixed and I get home. Apologies for the delays.
Chapter 191: Slaughtering a Dragon?
p>”Didn’t he say he was going to slaughter a dragon last time we met?”
“How did he become like this?” Lola asked curiously.
Marvin shrugged. Who knew what this guy had met on the sea.
He immediately ordered, “Carry him and let him sleep on my bed.”
The Captain’s room was the most comfortable place.
Lola’s eyes were wide open, constantly moving from Marvin to the Elf, back and forth. Who knew what she was thinking.
And the other were scared by what the two casually mentioned.
Slaughtering a Dragon?
This wasn’t something to joke about!
In Feinan, anything related to a Dragon was very fierce, let alone a Dragon itself.
At that time, the sailor helping Ivan up loudly yelled, “I remember!”
“Isn’t he the Elven War Saint who punched the Ancient Red Dragon back into the sea!?”
“It’s him?”
“Sir Elven War Saint Ivan?”
The sailors immediately became impassioned.
After the fight of Black Dock Harbor, not only did the fierce Ancient Red Dragon Ell become known, but those brave Legends who fought him off also became famous.
Ivan as the Elven Prince originally had some fame. After that battle where he took the initiative to throw the first punch, and even though it was the only attack he did, the name of the Elven War Saint Ivan became well known throughout the East Coast.
The way everyone looked at Marvin and Lola changed.
Hearing their tone, they seemed very familiar with Ivan.
“No wonder White River Valley rose up recently, I heard Lord Marvin and Dame Hathaway of the Three Ring Towers’ relationship isn’t just good… You know what I mean.”
“Now, it seems like Lord Marvin is familiar with Sir Ivan!”
“And that’s only what we see on the surface! Who knows what kind of influence is behind this Lord!”
The sailors discussed in secret, in low voices.
Marvin’s relationship with numerous Legends made their hearts more relaxed, strengthening their intent to follow him.
…
The next few days were just boring sea life.
As for those slaves, Marvin moved some to the upper floor. The ship’s hold wasn’t a place for people to stay after all.
Marvin still didn’t let them run all over the place, but he promised that once they were on the ground, if they wanted to leave, he would set them free.
This made those slaves endlessly thankful.
After all, they were about to be sold in the North when Marvin dropped from the sky like a god and rescued them. This already made them very satisfied.
Among those slaves, a lot of them had been abducted. They were mostly teenagers and beautiful women.
Marvin warned all the sailors not to touch these people to ensure their most basic living rights.
As for when they were on dry land, if they couldn’t find their home, Marvin was unable to help even if he wanted.
At most, he could offer them some work in White River Valley if they were willing.
This was the limit of what he could do.
…
Marvin’s luck was pretty good. They had good weather in the few days after leaving Pearl Island.
They soon found East Coast’s coastline. As long as they kept their distance with the coastline, they could enter the wilderness’ sea.
According to Marvin’s past experience, there was actually nothing dangerous on this sea.
The reason no one went there was simply because there were no profits to be made.
Along with the intimidation of the Shrieking Mountain Range, very few fleets would look at this place.
The ship calmly moved forward. Marvin had been trying out the Sea Emperor’s Crown these days.
He found that the Sea Emperor’s Crown was truly sealed by a power. This might have something to do with the origin of Pearl Island.
Marvin didn’t have the ability to solve this now, but even so, this treasure would could display relatively powerful effects in Marvin’s hands.
First was [Eye of the Sea].
This ability could make Marvin easily see through anything in the surrounding waters, including the possibility of bad weather appearing, sudden appearance of monsters, odd currents, and so on…
It could ensure the safety of the Southie to the maximum extent.
Second was the ability to control water flow.
It could add a few simple sea blessings to the Southie to speed up its travel, and to avoid dangerous whirlpools and so on.
Third was the power to control low level sea lifeforms.
This ability hadn’t been tested yet because all they met were a few shoals of common fish.
The other powers were apparently sealed. Despite this, the Sea Emperor’s Crown was heaven defying enough. If it was unsealed, it would definitely be one of the best Legendary Items.
‘In the Sea Emperor’s Set of three, each item had the ability to rule the seas.’
‘It’s rumored that gathering all three would make one become the true Ruler of the Seas. In the game, a few players fought over this treasured set. Unfortunately, I don’t remember much more about it.’
Marvin carefully put the Sea Emperor’s Crown away.
He would rely on this thing to rush on the sea in the future. Whether he could obtain the full set would depend on his luck.
…
Another day passed.
The Southie safely circumvented the Shrieking Mountain Range and arrived in a relatively slow current.
There was some distance from the Shrieking Mountain Range. The terrain was quite good. If he had enough manpower, he could totally use those resources and establish an astonishing harbor.
But this area was still wilderness. Monsters would come and go all the time.
Marvin made the sailors take advantage of the high tide to stop the Southie on a wide open safe beach, and set it in place.
They then built a temporary camp.
East of the beach was wide field. Beyond that was a forest, and even further east was a mountain range.
Marvin estimated that as long as they crossed that mountain range, they would be in White River Valley.
Living in the mountains was the Ogre tribe that was the focus of the wilderness clearing order.
The sailors were good at building temporary camps on dry land, and the slaves also came down to help.
They didn’t dare to run around in this kind of area. They could only follow Boatswain Roberts’ orders.
Fortunately, since the Southie was a slave ship, it carried a lot of food. There was enough food for the people in this camp to survive through the winter.
Soon, before sunset, a fairly reliable camp had been finished.
The sailors had nothing to do after that.
Marvin ordered them to rest while he got ready to pass through the mountain to return to White River Valley.
‘The adventurers I previously recruited should have already gathered by now.’
‘The allied army of the Three Ring Towers, Silver Church, and River Shore City should also be ready.’
‘It’s time to use their power to eradicate the Ogre tribe and open up the new territory!’
Marvin was fired up!
But just as he thought of moving, Lola arrived with a message.
“The handsome Elf woke up!”
…
Ivan was conscious. After drifting on the sea for who knew how many days, this guy relied on his undying cockroach vitality to survive.
Marvin knew that the Elven War Saint wouldn’t die so easily, as the Great Elven King was attentively watching him.
That guy, even though only contempt came out of his mouth toward Ivan, he was actually very worried.
Because Ivan was Thousand Leaves Forest’s heir.
Nicholas had a very high expectations for him, very harsh!
For any other person to become a War Saint at that age, he could already be considered a genius.
But in Nicholas’ eyes, it was far from enough!
…
“You are the one who will carry the entire elven race. Working this much is far from enough.”
This was what Ivan heard the most in his dreams.
He was dazed for a long time when he woke. He struggled to open his eyes, but was extremely surprised to see a familiar face.
Marvin.
“I know you probably have a lot of questions. For example, why it is me. But it could only be explained by coincidence. It’s that simple.” Marvin spread out his hands when he saw the shock in Ivan’s eyes.
It really was a coincidence. If he hadn’t gotten the Sea Emperor’s Crown and used it randomly to take a look, he wouldn’t have been able to find this guy.
Who knew where this guy would have drifted off to?
But carefully thinking about it, there were really too many coincidences between the two.
When that guy bounced back after his punch, he also fell near Marvin.
As Lola had secretly described it to the sailors, “Lord Marvin has some fate with that handsome elf!”
Ivan sluggishly took a deep breath.
He then immediately sprang up from the bed!
“Damn! This Prince still has a Dragon to slaughter!”
Marvin coldly hit him and rebuked, “In your current state? You still want to fight Ancient Dragon Ell?”
“No, Not Ell!”
Ivan ground his teeth and said, “It’s another Red Dragon!”
“I assure you, that Red Dragon had almost been killed by me, it was on its last breath!”
“It’s nearby, I can feel it!”
“Damn, if only I had agreed to learn a bit of magic at that time, if I could fly, that Red Dragon would have already died!”
Marvin listened puzzled, and suddenly had a headache.
“Calm down first.”
“What happened? What happened after you went out to sea? Take your time.”
He hinted at Ivan to stay calm.
Ivan calmed down and removed the bandages the sailors put all over him.
Those previously swollen wounds had already completely recovered. This was the War Saint’s powerful body!
He began to tell Marvin of his experience after going out to sea.
The more Marvin heard, the more excited he became. Afterwards, his eyes were shining like those of a child finding a new toy.
If what Ivan said was true, then the Dragon slaughtering was still on the table!
A fully grown Dragon near death was very attractive to Marvin!
“Wait, I need more details.”
Marvin hurriedly questioned, “Why were you holding onto a plank while drifting at sea?”
Ivan immediately bitterly laughed. “Don’t talk about it. That naturally happened afterwards.”
“Hey, why do I always come across women with big boobs but no brain?”
ED/N: Well, I ended up finishing this chapter while still waiting on my car repairs because a fellow stranded traveler lent me his laptop. So, thanks to the dude wearing a down jacket and khakis.