NOVEL FROG Chapter 266-274
Chapter 266: Breakthrough! Bloodline Limitations!
p>Golden Blood was a treasure that could be used to increase the purity of one’s bloodline!
Among the treasures Marvin knew about, Golden Blood was the safest one for breaking through bloodline limitations.
It was the most precious secret of Rocky Mountain’s Sorcerers.
Marvin was able to awaken his Sorcerer bloodline thanks to Ding’s help.
But he had to face the bloodline limitations afterwards!
His Shapeshift Sorcerer class was limited to level 5, which if considered alone would be at the boundary of the 1st rank.
Without a special opportunity, his Shapeshift Sorcerer level would never increase beyond that.
For Marvin, Shapeshift Sorcerer was a very useful sub-class.
Night Walker and Ranger were his main classes. His final advancement, Ruler of the Night, was quite powerful, but the Shapeshift Sorcerer class would still be very good for complementing its strength.
Earlier, Marvin was able to lead everyone through the blockade by relying on the powerful Shapeshift of the Shapeshift Sorcerer!
Whether it was a Night Walker or Ranger, they didn’t have the ability to forcefully break through a battlefield.
Thus, Marvin had always been paying attention to methods that could help his Shapeshift Sorcerer class break through.
And with Lorie using such an attractive bargaining chip, he couldn’t help but be tempted.
It had to be known that this thing was very rare in Rocky Mountain.
Without the three sisters’ permission, others couldn’t even think of buying it!
….
As for assassinating Tess, after assessing it for a bit, he came to the conclusion that it wasn’t as risky as it seemed.
Even if the Dark Races were powerful, they still relied more on numbers.
There weren’t that many experts. As long as they weren’t entangled with those especially crazy freaks, stealthily approaching, assassinating, and then fleeing should still be feasible.
Marvin was a 4th rank expert after all. And the power of the Night Walker class had already been shown countless times.
As for Tess herself, even if she was the Black Dragon God’s Apostle, she should be using a lot of Divine Power in order to maintain [Shroud the Sun].
The power she could display was limited.
As long as the plan was suitable, they wouldn’t necessarily have a low chance of success.
Moreover, Lorie promised Marvin that he would have two capable partners to help complete the mission.
And even if Lorie’s magic power was unstable, she could still interfere with Tess’ divination spells.
That way, she could most effectively ensure the safety of the trio of assassins.
After they agreed on a time, Marvin temporarily left the city wall and went to the Demon’s Hand Camp to rest.
…
“Marvin, he is a lot more elegant than I imagined!”
Just after Marvin’s silhouette disappeared from the city wall, Lorie’s composed and calm attitude went through a huge change!
Her eyes were dreamy as she covered them with her hands. “I almost couldn’t keep up the appearances!”
“He is certainly the hero who destroyed the Underworld. He really is so handsome!”
Ding frowned and said, “He only destroyed the Decaying Plateau, how is that the entire Underworld!”
“Is there a difference?” Lorie blinked and replied, still smitten, “Didn’t you see him accept my request, he really is a gentleman.”
The Fortune Fairy hatefully and angrily retorted, “That was because you offered Golden Blood in exchange!”
“That shameless guy sure knows how to take advantage of an innocent girl!”
Lorie suddenly said worriedly, “Big Sis said she wanted to put him on the fiancé list… What should I do if he becomes my brother-in-law?”
Ding was speechless.
She already couldn’t keep up with the young girl’s thoughts, which were all over the place.
Then, she asked with an odd expression, “By the way, where did you get [Golden Blood]?”
Lorie beamingly answered, “Sis set some aside for me last time. She told me to use it to break through, but I don’t think I need it.”
“I have a feeling that Sir Marvin needs it more!”
Ding felt like coughing blood!
That was Golden Blood!
It was a treasure Jessica had to risk her life to get. How could it be given away like that? And for an assassination?
“Oh yeah, in order to increase the chances of success of the mission, I decided to give him the Golden Blood first and let him raise his strength before the assassination.”
“…Ding? Are you okay?”
Lorie shook the already fainted Fortune Fairy.
The latter didn’t answer and kept playing dead.
…
Demon’s Hand.
The organization of Rocky Mountain’s Sorcerers. When the South Wizard Alliance was established, the first thing they did was exile all Sorcerers.
The Wizards believed Sorcerers’ magic came from the Devils or the Demons. They were a group of people walking on the edge of wickedness, and extremely unreliable.
They expelled all Sorcerers, and ultimately, the banished Sorcerers gathered in Rocky Mountain under the call of a mysterious power.
The Sorcerers that had been pushed around began to unite.
They established their own organizations and Demon’s Hand was the most famous one among them.
Demon’s Hand had an independent area and land in Hope City. Their buildings were odd and eccentric, not sticking to one pattern.
This was because the Sorcerers had come from all over before gathering there, so they had all kinds of customs.
These customs even spread and were inherited by their descendants.
In short, Rocky Mountain was a place where all kind of social customs mixed together.
Walking through a street you could feel like you just crossed a continent after rounding a corner.
The Demon’s Hand Camp was set up in the east of the city.
It was the place where Sorcerers exchanged knowledge, but it was also the place where Sorcerers who signed the agreement to develop Hope City would gather.
Sorcerers were powerful. In times of war, they would display abilities that were hard to imagine.
…
Marvin found the VIP lounge under the guidance of a Knight.
He needed to wait for the two other experts there.
Everything needed was available in the lounge, and there were four or five separate rooms. Marvin chose one and went in to rest.
This trip through the Underdark to Rocky Mountain, and then breaking through the blockade afterwards, used up a large amount of his energy.
He urgently needed some sleep to replenish his energy.
Two hours later, he was woken by a feeling of hunger.
He went to the lounge to find something to eat.
The food supplied in Rocky Mountain was pretty good, or at least it was in the VIP lounge.
At that time, there was someone else in the lounge.
She was wearing a flaming red dress with a plunging neckline, exposing her fair skin.
She was quite beautiful and radiated sex appeal. It felt like the more you looked at her, the more you would become engrossed in it.
‘High Charisma…’
Marvin froze.
This woman’s Charisma was definitely above 25!
As everyone knew, Charisma was as important to Sorcerers as Dexterity was to Thieves or Rangers.
With such high Charisma, she must be a pretty powerful Sorceress.
A Sorceress appearing in an assassination unit wasn’t strange. The needed to penetrate deeply into the enemy lines. Without a caster, how would they be able to escape once the deed was done?
Legs wouldn’t be able to outrun spells after all.
“Hey, you must be that Mister Robin they talked about. I heard you were a Druid that is also talented in the assassination field.”
The woman took the initiative to greet him. “I am Daisy.”
Marvin faintly nodded, not too affected by the 25 Charisma ability [Boundless Attraction]. He only coldly said, “Robin.”
When he talked with Lorie, Marvin already emphasized that he didn’t want to expose his true identity.
The young girl also understood Marvin’s request. From the start, he was just considered a mysterious master that had suddenly emerged.
Daisy was apparently a good talker and was different from a lot of ignorant and solitary Sorcerers. She was very good at communicating.
In a few minutes, she told the details she knew about the assassination mission to Marvin.
She also said there was another expert, apparently named [Xiu], who was the only actual Assassin of their team.
Xiu’s class was [Ace Assassin]. He was above level 18 and had the strength of a Half-Legend powerhouse.
If Marvin didn’t join, Lorie intended to have these two people conduct the operation, but Marvin joining would increase the success rate of the mission.
After all, Kate had known about Marvin’s Night Walker class, and its powerful assassination abilities weren’t inferior to an Ace Assassin’s.
As [Great Hero Marvin]’s number one fan, Lorie would definitely not miss those details.
…
They discussed in the lounge for a while, but the Assassin Xiu had yet to arrive.
Instead, another Knight arrived.
“Sir Robin, the thing you required is here. Young Lady Lorie said that you must be ready before 8 tonight.”
That Knight was holding a box in his hand and gently handed it over to Marvin.
Marvin’s heart skipped a beat!
This was the Golden Blood?!
Giving it to him in advance?
He excused himself to Daisy and returned to his room with the box.
After locking the room to ensure that no one would bother him, he opened it.
Inside the box was a container of liquid.
Once he opened the lid, a sweet fragrance spread out.
The portion of Golden Blood looked like golden water. It was definitely a worthy treasure.
It could purify a Sorcerer’s bloodline, and using it would help break through one’s bloodline limitations!
Marvin was moved. He opened his stats window and unhesitantly spent 23000 experience on Shapeshift Sorcerer!
Thus, his Shapeshift Sorcerer class reached level 5 and couldn’t be leveled again with experience.
Then, he gently brought the container to his lips and drank it down in one gulp.
The liquid entered his body.
Marvin began to feel heat.
A mysterious power kept spreading through his body. This was the same feeling as that time on the snow mountain.
Back then, he was unconscious when he awakened his Shapeshift Sorcerer class.
But this time, Marvin was completely clear-headed.
He could feel a mysterious power awakening in his body.
A series of logs flashed in front of him:
[With the help of some mysterious liquid, you broke through your bloodline limitations.]
[Your Shapeshift Sorcerer class broke through the 2nd rank, you automatically reached level 6 without spending experience.]
[Your class specialty Boundless Shapeshifting obtained a new shape…]
Marvin blinked in surprise. At level 6, Shapeshift Sorcerer surprisingly got a new shape!
Chapter 267: Unbreakable Diamond!
p>Golden Blood was the safest treasure to break through bloodline limitations.
Apart from that intense sensation, Marvin didn’t feel anything wrong.
With the help of the Golden Blood, his Shapeshift Sorcerer class reached level 6. Apart from that, his body also had some improvements due to his bloodline awakening.
His Constitution raised by a point, which was a pleasant surprise.
And he also obtained an increase of 145 HP!
This was fairly significant growth.
Marvin looked in the mirror and found that he was visibly stronger than he was in the past.
Naturally, this was physical change.
But the true change happened to the Shapeshift Sorcerer class.
2nd rank Shapeshift Sorcerers had a lot more spells, unlike the 1st rank, which only had [Charming Looks] (Temporarily increase Charisma by 2 points) and [Transforming Magic Cube] (Control type spell).
But these spells weren’t mastered when Marvin advanced.
Five or six new spells appeared in the Shapeshift Sorcerer spell list but they were greyed out. This meant that he needed some time before he could use these powerful and effective spells!
Sorcerer was a peculiar class. Even if they spent their days just playing around, they would still automatically learn some spells.
This made all the other hard working classes, especially fighting classes, look at them with envy.
These spells might not be usable right now, but Marvin knew that they would soon come in handy.
The most important thing was still the Shapeshift Sorcerer’s specialty [Boundless Shapeshifting]!
Before, Boundless Shapeshifting gave Marvin two shapes: Beast-shape and Shadow-shape.
After this advancement, it gained a third one!
[Boundless Shapeshifting – Diamond-shape]
[Description: Diamond-shape can only be activated for 8 seconds. No conflicts will occur with the Human-shape’s skills.]
[Effect: Unbreakable Diamond]
[Negative Effect: After Diamond-shape ends, you’ll have the weakness status for 24 hours.]
…
Marvin looked at the two words [Unbreakable Diamond] and almost went mad from joy!
This was a Monk’s Half-Legend skill!
He hadn’t expected Shapeshift Sorcerer to be able to get this effect.
[Unbreakable Diamond]: Immunity to all non-divine attacks, immunity to all fatal injuries, extreme resistance to all physical damage, extreme resistance to all magical damage!
The reason Monks were called “Real Men” in the game was this powerful undying skill!
Unless a god made a move, few could harm users of Unbreakable Diamond!
But the Unbreakable Diamond skill wasn’t as heaven defying as Marvin’s effect!
They had “High resistance to damage” while Marvin had “Extreme resistance to damage.”
These were two totally different concepts.
But from another point of view, Monks’ Unbreakable Diamond could last half a minute while Marvin’s Diamond-shape could last only 8 seconds.
‘This is the legendary false real man.’ Marvin laughed at himself, but was still happy.
The Cridland’s ancestor was really impressive to be able to take so many powerful abilities from the Archdevil Head.
…
Apart from Marvin gaining Diamond-shape, the other two shapes were also strengthened.
The Asuran Bear turned into a Fierce Asuran Bear!
This was a strengthened version of the Asuran Bear reaching a height of about 5 meters! It could be referred to as the Hegemon of the forest!
Common 4th rank powerhouses might not be a match for the Fierce Asuran Bear.
And his Shadow-shape also gained a few more spells.
But Marvin didn’t have time to check it out before knocking sounds came from the door. “Sir Robin, everyone is here.”
Everyone had arrived. It was time to start the operation.
…
In the lounge, the person in charge of explaining the mission was already there.
And Fiend Sorcerer Daisy and Ace Assassin Xiu were ready.
It was now 8 in the evening and the operation would start in an hour.
“Daisy has long distance teleportation abilities. She is crucial for getting past the enemy lines and returning back to Hope City.”
“She will be tasked with sending both of you into the Dark Races’ armies while Young Lady Lorie will be in charge of throwing off any possible skills that could notice you. You won’t be found in the teleportation process.”
“After arriving, it will be Sir Xiu and Sir Robin’s turns to act.”
“Tess has the strength of an Apostle, and she definitely has a lot of items and Divine Spells on her to protect her from assassination! I hope the two of you can work together…”
After telling them most of the content of the mission, the person in charge of the briefing let the three discuss on their own.
The outcome of the communication wasn’t good at all.
Xiu was very arrogant, and in the whole process, he only spoke one line. “I kill my targets, so don’t block my path,” he told Marvin.
Even though Daisy was usually good at mediating, she didn’t know what to say when faced with this kind of situation.
Marvin actually didn’t care.
What kind of people hadn’t he seen in the past?
There were plenty of players more arrogant than Xiu. Was killing an Apostle that easy? If that guy wanted to give it a go and give Marvin the chance to study Tess, why would Marvin be against it?
He simply didn’t bother to say anything.
The group of three ended up staying silent until the mission started.
…
Under the cover of the night, Lorie was still standing on the city wall, looking far into the distance.
She was checking the movements of the Dark Races.
This young girl had already stood there for more than ten hours. But she couldn’t rest.
She was the hope of the city, and when looking at her back, they felt at ease.
“Young Lady Lorie, this matter feels a bit wrong.”
Head Knight Terry reported, “Sir Xiu… and Sir Robin… Apparently they aren’t willing to work with each other?”
“Hmm?” Lorie didn’t look very surprised. “Xiu is quite proud, him not wanting to work with others is quite normal.”
“But this kind of mission might be negatively affected…” Terry hesitated.
He was a bit doubtful whether they could work together after seeing Xiu and Robin’s attitudes when Daisy started the Teleportation Gate.
“It doesn’t matter, I believe in him.”
“He is a Great Hero,” Lorie said cheerfully.
Terry was stunned. He couldn’t understand what this Young Lady was saying.
…
Lion Town. The streets were in a mess.
Human corpses were everywhere.
There were still some Kobolds gnawing on some blood-dripping bones.
The entire Lion Town’s inhabitants had already turned into the rations of the Dark Races!
In the shadows, a sort of boundary appeared.
Three people appeared one after the other.
“Remember, you only have one hour.”
“After an hour, or if something too big happens, I’ll leave.”
Daisy warned, “Take care of everything quickly.”
Marvin nodded.
Xiu didn’t say anything and disappeared without a trace.
Marvin shrugged and also used Stealth before moving through the shadows toward the west side of Lion Town.
From what Lorie knew, the Dark Races were stationed in that direction.
Marvin firmly gripped his daggers, drew a deep breath and quickly entered his own rhythm.
‘Assassinating a Dark Elf Matriarch who is also an Apostle of the Black Dragon God… It truly makes one’s blood race…’
Chapter 268: Assassination
p>Lion Town changed a lot after the Underdark’s forces invaded.
The big Ankhegs turned this place into a bunch of tunnels and pits. The houses on the street were leaning at strange angles.
Because they had the protection from Shroud the Sun, the creatures from the Underdark weren’t weakened as much. But they were still used to living in caves, not in humans’ houses.
A spacious cave was dug under a small hill in the western part of Lion Town.
Bright light was emitting from the cave, and from time to time, a series of blood-curdling screams could be heard.
If your Listen skill was high enough, you could even hear the sounds of whipping.
Marvin listened from a distance and couldn’t help but feel cold.
Even if he already knew Drows had bad characters, experiencing it himself was a bit different.
This was Tess’ temporary dwelling, and was also used as a base of a operations.
A squad of Dark Elves were guarding outside the cave, watching their surroundings meticulously.
This made it hard for Marvin to approach.
His Stealth was really high, but high level Drows had quite frightening Perception, and there were so many.
They could even notice the wind blowing on grass.
Even the more specialized Ace Assassin Xiu shouldn’t be able to sneak past this group of Drows, not to mention a Ranger like Marvin.
They needed to find another way.
Although Marvin didn’t know Xiu’s location, he was convinced that guy had already made a move.
‘Such a proud person, he probably can’t wait to show his strength.’
‘Tssk… Saying you don’t need anyone’s help. Then surely you won’t mind people watching your show if they don’t help?’ Marvin sarcastically thought.
Even if Marvin was a loner before and he never liked collaborating with those overly proud players, he also wasn’t that kind of person.
Having good skills could make someone arrogant? Baaaah!
Marvin stood there, not moving.
He knew he only needed to wait and the Ace Assassin would deal with this problem.
And just as expected, three minutes later, on a spacious street of Lion Town, two Fomorians suddenly appeared!
These two Fomorians were pretty fast. They were holding onto each other, surprisingly fighting!
They made quite a mess with their scuffle, and moreover, they were quickly approaching Tess’ dwelling!
‘Isn’t that pretty clever?’ Marvin thought, still sarcastically.
Marvin got a grasp of Xiu’s abilities.
Quickly thinking of triggering a fight between two dumb Fomorians, and thus substantially diverting the Drows’ attention, Xiu was really an expert.
The Fomorians’ fight was so fierce and loud, it even slightly shook the earth nearby.
This greatly interfered with the Drows’ vigil.
“Stop these two idiots!” a female Drow coldly ordered.
Immediately, four Dark Elven warriors rushed over and tried to separate the two Fomorians.
This kind of situation was a common occurrence. Fomorians were good fighters in wars, but they didn’t know their place.
Few could restrain them if Lady Tess wasn’t there.
The intelligence of this group of monsters was really too low, making it hard for them to use their brains and better suited at being ordered around.
…
Taking advantage of that chaotic moment, Marvin quietly moved forward into the cave.
Xiu definitely entered too.
But Marvin didn’t know his location.
He cautiously advanced.
The cave was very deep and had many tunnels and rooms.
He followed the increasingly louder whipping sounds and finally found Tess.
Inside a wide cave, two dark elves were naked and tied to a copper pillar. They were suffering from the Dark Elven Matriarch’s whipping!
She took off her mysterious gown and was completely naked!
She then put on a pair of snakeskin gloves while anger practically rushed out of her eyes!
“Useless!”
“You didn’t even find Raven!”
“The manpower I gave you was wiped out and you didn’t even bring me back a body! How do you want me to explain this to his Highness, the Great Dragon God!”
The more she talked, the angrier she got. She rushed over and kicked a male Dark Elf’s certain place.
The latter wailed.
Tess was actually wearing high-heeled shoes!
Marvin looked away, feeling a burst of cold in his lower body!
But he was even more shocked by Tess’ words.
‘Could Raven be related to the Black Dragon God? Otherwise, why would Tess care so much about her?’
Marvin stayed calm and kept to the shadows.
Xiu was apparently being just as patient.
After a while, Tess seemed to grow weary of scolding and surprisingly released those two male Dark Elves.
She lazily laid down on a gently inclined bed and coldly ordered, “Come. You two, if you can satisfy me today, I’ll spare your lives.”
The two Dark Elves looked at each other in dismay and rushed over!
…
However, at that time, some fluctuation appeared in the air.
Marvin noticed; Xiu was making his move!
Light flashed in his eyes.
That guy had waited enough.
A shadow twisted and penetrated through the body of a Dark Elf, attacking Tess!
Ace Assassin unique skill [Shadow Pierce]!
It could pierce through the Shadow Plane in an instant to land in front of the target!
This skill was characterized by its direct nature. It could only pierce in a straight line, but it had an extremely high speed!
The next second, a frightening straight dagger ruthlessly flew.
Tess completely hadn’t expected an Assassin to be in her own cave!
A group of Dark Elves with extremely high perception were standing guard outside!
However, as the Black Dragon God’s Apostle, she naturally had her own life-saving method.
During this matter of life or death, Tess forcefully moved and chanted something.
A great amount of Divine Power rose up from her body and formed a powerful barrier.
She simply used Divine Power to protect her body.
Ordinary weapons couldn’t break this defense.
But since Xiu dared to come assassinate a God’s Apostle, he obviously made proper preparations.
His straight dagger had a trace of red light on it.
The dagger directly pierced through the Divine Power protecting Tess’ body and stabbed into her chest!
Fatal Injury!
Deadly Poison!
Tess’ complexion immediately turned ash green!
A complacent smile appeared on Xiu’s face.
‘A weapon against Divine Power, truly unexpected.’
‘Worthy of an Ace Assassin…’
Marvin was also a bit surprised.
But then, a black aura flashed through Tess’ face.
That was the Black Dragon God’s power!
Xiu’s expression seemed somewhat unpleasant. He didn’t wait for Tess to counterattack and immediately disappeared!
Tess struggled on the bed. Her wound was still bleeding, but it looked like she didn’t feel it.
Her eyes were full of hatred.
If not for the Black Dragon God bestowing her the [Major Regeneration] ability, she might have been killed by this Assassin.
She was about to order people to look for that Assassin, but who could have guessed that two shadows would suddenly appear and knock against each other!
Xiu was thrown on the ground with a pitiful appearance. He had just used an escape ability but it was interrupted by someone out of the blue.
However, Tess yelled aloud, overjoyed.
“Raven!”
Chapter 269: Black Dragon
p>Raven’s appearance disturbed Xiu’s tempo!
He was originally going to pretend to escape and then wait until Tess relaxed, before attacking once again.
Even if she was the Black Dragon God’s Apostle with superior recovery ability, he was still 99% sure that he could kill her!
He hadn’t expected that he would suddenly be attacked by this Dark Elf.
Where did this Dark Elf come from?
Merely an instant had passed between his sneak attack and him preparing to escape.
That Drow’s perception was that high? To be able to catch him with such good timing?
Xiu felt a bit depressed, but Tess didn’t wait for him to recover before rushing over.
Divine Spell – Imprison!
Xiu was immediately confined inside a pitch-black prison.
He couldn’t even move!
This was the power of the Black Dragon God. Mortals simply couldn’t face it.
Desperate, he could only use his ultimate self preservation skill!
His body suddenly turned to dust and flew out in the darkness.
Tess didn’t have time to use another Divine Spell before Xiu condensed his body.
He then disappeared once again.
But he really left the cave this time!
…
In a dark alley, Xiu pitifully appeared next to the Fiend Sorcerer Daisy.
The latter’s expression fell. “Failure?”
Xiu’s face was still cloudy as he nodded. “Let’s go!”
“Hold on. What about Robin?” Daisy asked in surprise.
“I don’t know!” Xiu cruelly said, “I already said I didn’t want others to work with me, and that guy hasn’t appeared since we split up.”
“In other words, you failed your attempt but Mister Robin has yet to expose himself?” Daisy calmly analyzed, “Then we still have a chance.”
Xiu angrily answered, “Are you crazy? You want to wait for him here?”
“Even a god’s Apostle is unable to interrupt my teleportation spell,” Daisy calmly said. “I haven’t lost confidence, and it isn’t the time yet. The mission hasn’t completely failed, thus it is reasonable to keep waiting.”
“They will use all their manpower to search Lion Town!” Xiu bellowed in a low voice. “Listen, I don’t care about that Robin. How about you take me out of here, this place is very dangerous!”
Daisy sneered, “An Ace Assassin only has this much courage?”
“Could it be that you think those ordinary Drows can see through my hidden spell?”
Xiu grit his teeth!
He was only an ordinary Ace Assassin, and couldn’t leave Lion Town without Daisy’s help.
If Daisy didn’t leave, he could only wait!
Roughly twenty minutes later.
A strong whistling sound could be heard in the sky above Lion Town.
They looked up and saw a huge silhouette flying in the sky!
Daisy and Xiu exclaimed in fright, “Black Dragon!”
“Go!” Xiu said angrily.
Daisy bit her lips and opened the Teleportation Gate immediately, letting the two of them escape!
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Hope City.
“What? The mission failed?”
“And you both returned?”
“What about Mar… Robin?”
Lorie’s mood wasn’t good.
She looked at the two so-called experts, their faces full of fear. This was the natural reaction of humans toward Dragons!
That was Dragon Might.
It could scare two 4th rank experts into running away without fighting!
After the girl listened to Daisy’s report, her expression was gloomier. “In other words, the mission has yet to fail and you left Sir Robin in Lion Town?”
“It’s not like that.” Daisy forced a smile. “Robin…”
The originally silent Xiu suddenly opened his mouth. “The appearance of a Black Dragon already exceeded the mission’s level.”
“The mission I was assigned was to kill an Apostle. I recognize my failure, but that Robin definitely won’t succeed!”
“Moreover, Black Dragon Clarke¹ appeared in Lion Town! She is the child of the Black Dragon God. Her abilities exceed that of an ordinary Black Dragon!”
“I don’t want the mission reward. With a Black Dragon there, how could the assassination be successful?”
Xiu seemed very vexed.
And he had reason to be vexed. As an outstanding expert, he had made a promise, and the outcome of the assassination attempt made him lose face. Now that he had returned, fleeing with his tail between his legs because of a Black Dragon, he had failed to live up to the expectations of a Half-Legend.
Especially since he left a member of his team behind. This made him very worried.
“You are wrong.”
Lorie coldly watched Xiu. “The Apostle you failed to kill… Sir Robin will kill her.”
“As for the Black Dragon, it might be something you can’t overcome, but that might not necessarily be the case for others.”
Daisy and Xiu both looked at Lorie with shock.
The young girl’s words were simply unreasonable!
Even if that Robin really had skill, and something like a Druid Assassin might sound really cool, but how could it be better than an Ace Assassin when it came to assassination?
After this attempt, Tess would increase her vigilance. Robin simply wouldn’t have a chance!
As for the Black Dragon, the little girl didn’t even know the difference between heaven and earth.
Not everyone was a Fate Sorceress like Jessica!
Did she think that Robin and her older sister were equally terrifying?
…
Xiu coldly declared, “If that Robin kills Tess, I’ll do three assassination missions for the Three Sisters, free of charge. And if he gets rid of the Black Dragon, I’ll work for you for three years!”
After saying this, he left without looking back.
Daisy stood there awkwardly. “Young Lady Lorie, we really…”
“No need to say that again.” Lorie looked calm. “You worked hard, go rest. A Black Dragon truly isn’t something that just anyone can fight.”
Daisy nodded and left the city wall.
After the two people left, Ding came out from behind Lorie.
The young girl immediately flew into a rage!
She firmly grabbed Ding’s fleshy face and pinched it as hard as she could.
She pinched while muttering loudly, “How could they leave Sir Marvin by himself in such a dangerous place!”
“No good, I’ll go rescue him!”
A fanatical light flashed through Lorie’s eyes.
“I must rescue Sir Marvin!”
Ding painfully howled, “Why do you sisters like to pinch my face when you worry!?”
Lorie shook Ding as if she didn’t hear her. “Go, go, go!”
“Gimme ten points of Luck, I will single-handedly storm into Lion Town!”
The Fortune Fairy looked at her. “Ten points?! Do you want me to die?!”
Giving blessings would use up the Fortune Fairy’s strength.
Despite her being an incarnation of a Fate Tablet’s fragment, she couldn’t just bless as she wanted. One point of Luck was already the limit.
Lorie asking for ten was definitely going after her life!
Suddenly, a clear cold voice echoed behind her, “Lorie, don’t make trouble.”
“Ding is still small, she can’t excessively overdraft her power!”
A woman who looked extremely similar to Lorie walked over and arrived at her side.
Lorie was overjoyed. “Big Sis!”
Jessica slightly nodded, and an angry look soon appeared on her face. “The Black Dragon God is really too despicable. He made Clarke divert my attention and then stealthily launched a surprise attack on the surface!”
“He even sent a projection to protect Clarke, and even though I crushed it, it allowed Clarke to run away. Truly annoying!”
After saying this, she couldn’t help but snatch Ding from Lorie’s hands.
After pinching her face out of habit, she looked at Ding hopefully. “Increase my Luck by ten points and I’ll single-handedly kill the Black Dragon God.”
…
Half an hour ago, inside a cave in Lion Town.
Xiu escaped, but Raven stayed.
Tess was pleasantly surprised, but she started questioning Raven’s previous whereabouts first, as Dark Elves were very mistrustful.
Raven’s reply was flawless.
“I was held captive by a powerful human and only recently was able to find an opportunity to turn the tables.”
“He apparently has a very important secret, so I didn’t rashly kill him. But regardless of how much I punished him, he didn’t say a word.”
“This secret seems to have something to do with the Source of Fire’s Order, but I’m unclear about the specifics. I believe only someone with your abilities can solve this problem.”
Tess slightly nodded. “Good, I’ll personally interrogate that human.”
“But before that, I have to test your belief toward the Black Dragon God!”
Dark Elves were very paranoid, and Tess was clearly a good example.
With Raven reappearing after disappearing for so long, she couldn’t believe her right away.
Raven was perfectly composed.
Tess opened her hands and chanted a few sentences, casting a simple [Distinguish Faith].
There was no issue with Raven.
Tess finally relaxed.
Raven’s faith in the Black Dragon God was still extremely firm.
This scene naturally made Marvin laugh inwardly.
What was the Book of Nalu? It was an artifact written by the God of Deception using his sweat and blood!
Don’t even mention the insignificant Apostle Tess; even if it was the Black Dragon God himself using Distinguish Faith, he also would obtain that same result.
This was the powerful ability of the Book of Nalu, with its halo of deception.
…
“I locked that man in a warehouse on the plain, how about we bring a team of guards and go there?” Raven suggested.
Tess nodded. She was different from the other Underdark’s Races. As a God Apostle, she knew a lot more.
The importance of the Source of Fire’s Order was clear.
The two immediately left the cave and took a small team of Dark Elves as they quietly left Lion Town.
Soon, they arrived at an abandoned warehouse.
“That person is inside.” Raven pointed at the back door of the warehouse.
“Wait outside, without our order, don’t allow anyone in.”
The other Dark Elves immediately scattered and started cautiously checking their surroundings.
Tess and Raven entered the warehouse together.
Tess just pushed open the door when a black dagger slashed across her neck!
Caught off-guard, Tess’ head immediately fell to the ground!
She didn’t even have time to let out a sound before falling on the ground.
Raven gently closed the back door.
Marvin came out of the shadows, relaxed and pleased, ‘I didn’t expect that killing an Apostle would be so easy.’
‘Seems like the Black Dragon God didn’t care too much about her. Such a fragile Apostle, shouldn’t she get at least a few more applications of Major Regeneration?’
Marvin kicked Tess’ head.
But suddenly a frightening Dragon’s roar echoed from Lion Town.
“Who!”
“Who killed my father’s Apostle?!”
“Despicable murderer, I see you!”
Marvin’s expression suddenly changed, ‘Clarke!’
‘Run!’
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T/N: Clarke was changed to Clark (his gender was only mentioned three times. She -> He -> He, this chapter being the third and confirming it.)
ED/N: But Clarke’s a gender neutral name so it didn’t need changing, right?
ED/N 2: So 2 chapters later it seems Clarke’s definitely a female again… I think…
Chapter 270: Opportunity
p>The roaring Dragon’s voice burst out from Lion Town and even reached Hope City!
Lorie showed a happy expression atop the city wall!
“He succeeded!”
“Woosh! Woosh!”
Two shadows flashed over.
Ace Assassin Xiu, and Fiend Sorceress Daisy.
The two were looking toward Lion Town with disbelief.
That Robin was actually that strong?
He managed to get rid of the Black Dragon God’s Apostle even after Xiu made a mistake?
Xiu also couldn’t believe this!
But this information came out of Black Dragon Clarke’s mouth, he couldn’t question it!
Tess died!
She died at the hands of an amateur Assassin, which made Xiu feel ashamed.
Thinking of this, his face felt hot.
He clenched his teeth in frustration. “He truly succeeded.”
“Thus, I’ll honor my promise! I’ll do three missions for the [Three Sisters], free of charge.”
Daisy also had a strange expression on her face.
It wasn’t that the Fiend Sorcerer wasn’t optimistic about Marvin’s abilities, but among the 4th rank advanced classes, Ace Assassin was definitely the most suitable for assassination.
She thought that the unfathomable Robin should be able to safely return, but she didn’t expect that he would truly kill Tess!
And in just half an hour!
The time they’d planned for the mission wasn’t even up yet!
In Hope City, news that the Black Dragon God’s Apostle had died immediately started spreading.
The morale went up, and they saw hope.
Even the Black Dragon God’s Apostle could be killed; was there anything impossible for Hope City?
On the city wall, only Jessica remained calm. “What’s the situation?”
“Who did you send to assassinate the Black Dragon God’s Apostle?”
Lorie’s eyes were fanatical. “The Great Hero, Sir Marvin.”
“Marvin?” Daisy and Xiu froze. “Isn’t it Robin?”
“Aaaah…. This doesn’t matter, Tess already died.”
The young girl noticed her slip of the tongue and hurriedly tried to change the subject.
The Fiend Sorcerer and Ace Assassin were skeptical. They had also seen the rumored [Magic Marvin], but Robin looked completely different!
Only Jessica’s expression turned grave. “No good.”
“It would have been good if it was earlier, when I was still entangled with Clarke. There are no powerhouses among the Dark Races stronger than Tess.”
“But now, not only has Black Dragon Clarke returned, she has also found some helpers to attack Rocky Mountain.”
“That assassin is in danger!”
Lorie worried aloud, “We have to save him.”
Daisy took a deep breath. “I’ll go back.”
But there were still traces of fear in her eyes.
That was fear of Dragons.
“No need!” Jessica waved her hand. “I’ll go there!”
Saying this, she floated up, looking toward Lion Town.
“I’ll go with you!”
Ding laboriously flew up. She was then grabbed by Jessica and the two sped into the darkness!
…
Just as the Dragon’s words burst out, an illusion appeared in front of Marvin.
He saw a huge Dragon’s head, coldly watching him.
Like the Black Dragon said…
‘She saw me!’
Marvin felt cold.
Black Dragon Clarke was the child of the Black Dragon God on Feinan, and was linked to Tess in many ways.
After Marvin killed Tess, not only did he earn countless amounts of experience, but he also automatically absorbed a bit of Divinity!
This shocked Marvin. By relying on this Divinity, if Tess had worked hard, she would have eventually become a Legend, and possibly even a Half-God!
Absorbing this Divinity didn’t affect Marvin’s six main stats.
But it increased his resistances. His resistance to dark magic for example, and his resistance to poison.
Some other benefits were invisible.
That False Divine Vessel¹ Endless Ocean gifted him, could at most stock up five parts of Divinity and could contain Divinity from different sources.
Marvin’s Divinities came from plundering his enemies. First was the World Ending Twin Snakes, and now was the Black Dragon God, the most vicious in this generation.
But even if Divinities were good things, they were linked in countless ways.
This was why Clarke was able to notice Tess’ killer, Marvin.
Clarke should already be on her way!
With the Black Dragon’s flying speed, it would at most take three minutes before reaching this warehouse.
Thus, he’d better run first.
…
Marvin and Raven left from two different exits.
When the roaming Dark Elves heard the Black Dragon’s shouts, they were very surprised and hurriedly rushed to the warehouse.
But Marvin had expected this.
He and Raven easily avoided them and then removed Stealth to burst in a mad sprint.
Of course, the direction Marvin sprinted was toward Hope City!
Raven followed Marvin’s order and went to roam around the plain.
After all, she currently had no place to go. The Dark Elves should already know of her betrayal, and the humans couldn’t possibly accept a Dark Elf!
As Marvin was quickly hurrying forward, he also didn’t forget to take the cloth covering with [Weeping Sky] wrapped inside out of that special storage item!
Since Marvin rescued the young deers, Lorant didn’t bother him about it and directly gifted it to him.
Marvin was well prepared for tonight!
If it didn’t go well, he would fight.
Black Dragons’ strength was on the low side of the Chromatic Dragons, but Clarke was different, because she was the child of the Black Dragon God. Fighting against him directly was definitely not a good idea.
But Marvin knew that support would soon arrive.
‘Lorie already said that Jessica was pursuing Clarke.’
‘The roar of that little Black Dragon would definitely be heard by the Fate Sorceress, and she would definitely catch up.’
‘When the time comes, hmph…’
Marvin was carrying the spear on his back, and he already started making calculations while running!
Dragon Slaying was something that one couldn’t get tired of!
He remembered the thrill of shooting off the head of the Red Dragon on that peak!
He didn’t even know that pitiful Red Dragon’s name.
And Black Dragon Clarke was certainly a lot stronger than that Red Dragon.
If he could get rid of her, he would not only harvest a huge amount of battle exp, but also get even more benefits!
Thinking of this, Marvin was fired up.
But his reason kept reminding him that he couldn’t take care of her alone. Even if he could ignore Dragon Might, he was still only a 4th rank!
Slaying such a Dragon alone before reaching Legend rank was just a dream.
He couldn’t even resist Dragon’s Breath. A casual claw attack could break Marvin into pieces!
He still had to be careful.
At that time, a thundering roar echoed through the sky, “Lowly ant, you can’t escape!”
Marvin’s heart tightened, it was Clarke!
But almost at the same time, a prideful voice answered, “Ugly lizard, you can’t escape!”
Marvin immediately felt relieved!
He turned around and tightly held the spear, as a hint of excitement flashed through his eyes.
The opportunity had come!
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T/Change: Divine Vessel is the container – Divinity is the strange to imagine power.
Chapter 271: Sacrifice
p>T/N: Clarke (female). Explanation in the thoughts
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Jessica’s speed was incomparable, having used a Legend flying skill!
Marvin looked at that small figure who had rushed toward the huge Black Dragon and remained silent.
Perhaps only those with the halo of a Fate Sorceress, those children of the plane, could dare do something like this?
What made it even funnier was that facing that small figure, the Black Dragon was absolutely terrified!
Clarke suddenly opened her wings and crazily flapped them in Jessica’s direction.
This created strong winds!
The winds even reached Marvin’s location on the plain, and formed a sort of hurricane, blowing Marvin nearly a kilometer away!
Fortunately he was very nimble and managed to keep his footing by using all kinds of Night Walker’s skills.
It was such a frightening gale, able to put Marvin in such a difficult situation even when he wasn’t the target.
It clearly showed how powerful the winds that Jessica was facing were!
But Marvin saw that the winds didn’t break the Fate Sorceress’ flying technique.
She was only stopped for a moment, as a light cyan color flashed around her body!
Null Wind Element Boundary.
This was the nemesis of Wizards who focused their training on Wind-type magic!
Seven colors flashed around Jessica’s body as a smile appeared on her face.
But this smile looked like the smile of a Demon in the eyes of Clarke!
Fate power!
The delicate woman was like a meteor, directly smashing against the Black Dragon’s head!
The latter staggered and completely lost her balance, falling head first on the plain!
Some “wuwu” wailing noises could be heard.
The Black Dragon’s fall crushed who knew how many people of the Dark Races!
The seven-colored Jessica was like a god. Her move was totally unlike a Sorcerer’s, looking more like a Monk’s!
Admittedly, apart from Inheim, Marvin hadn’t seen a Monk that could be able to toy with Black Dragon Clarke!
Yet, he saw her grab the Black Dragon’s neck and do a shoulder throw!
Her appearance really belied her power, her body looking unsuitable for a melee fighter.
The entire city wall was already filled with people.
Even if they couldn’t see Jessica clearly, they could see that seven-colored radiance.
That light shone through all of Rocky Mountain. It was this unequalled woman who overpowered the chaos of Rocky Mountain, step by step.
She was the one who brought order, not allowing anyone to cause destruction and discord.
Her opponent was even a god’s descendant!
The seven-colored halo was ravaging the Black Dragon. Everyone in Hope City was overjoyed while the Dark Races’ side remained silent!
They were completely stunned .
The humans from the World Above actually had this kind of powerful expert?
The great Black Dragon Clarke who was a leading figure in the Underdark… was actually getting beat up by a delicate woman…? It was too surreal.
Clarke’s angry roar grew increasingly louder. She had always been known as a Black Dragon unequalled in battle, but was now getting beat up by a small dainty human woman.
This made Clarke lose face, but she didn’t have an alternative.
In the previous fight, she had already tasted this Fate Sorceress’ strength.
If she kept fighting, she was bound to taste defeat.
The Fate Sorceress was truly an existence that was beyond the laws of the world.
A shadow was suddenly spit out of Clarke’s mouth.
Jessica looked at that shadow and her face turned green. She wanted to press the attack, but Ding’s voice echoed next to her ear.
“Move! The Black Dragon God’s projection is descending!”
“Your Fate Sorceress strength isn’t enough!”
Jessica ruthlessly kicked the Black Dragon, sending her 400 meters away in one breath.
The Black Dragon looked so pitiful after the ravaging. But a vague shadow shoot down from the sky.
“Lowly human, you dare to injure my blood.”
“Ptui!”
Jessica returned to flying in the air, coldly looking at that shadow. “Do you even know how to say anything else?”
“Lowly human this, lowly human that, could it be that you don’t remember this lowly human destroyed one of your projections earlier?”
The vague shadow raged, “You dare…”
But he was mercilessly interrupted by Jessica. “Well, today I feel pretty good, so I’ll let you off for the time being. Beating you and cooking you to eat Dragon meat when I’m in a bad mood would be pretty good too!”
After saying this, the seven-colored halo surrounded Jessica and Ding as they quickly returned to Hope City.
As Ding said, her power as a Fate Sorceress was a bit lacking. Exterminating a Black Dragon was a bit strenuous, let alone along with a projection of the Black Dragon God.
But Jessica’s display truly made Clarke and the Black Dragon God apprehensive. The two looked at each other, and didn’t have any thoughts of pursuing.
And Marvin could only stand under the walls of Hope City, silently putting away [Weeping Sky].
It’s not like he would be successful every time.
Welp, there could always be next time. The matter of Jessica tearing a Dragon apart should happen sooner or later. He only had to wait until her strength reached that stage and then he would have plenty of opportunity to steal that Dragon’s head during the fight.
…
Back in Lion Town, Black Dragon Clarke turned to a Human-shape, a curvy and big breasted woman.
On her face there were some bruises.
That was all done by Jessica.
“Father…” She used the Ancient God language to communicate to the shadow, “The Fate Sorceress’ power is stronger than we imagined. If we don’t kill her, we won’t be able to attack Rocky Mountain!”
That shadow stayed silent for a moment, apparently ignoring Clarke’s attempt at speaking the Ancient God language. He took the initiative to reply in Common, “My projection isn’t sufficient to kill her, you have to summon my avatar!”
“But the Universe Magic Pool blocks everything,” Clarke muttered gloomily, “and since that waste of a Shadow Prince lost the Time Molt, the gods’ avatars can’t enter Feinan, you said so yourself.”
“No need to summon the entire avatar,” the shadow said malevolently. “You only need to summon one claw.”
“Come, let’s do a sacrifice.”
…
“You are Marvin?”
Hope City, inside the Three Sisters’ castle.
Jessica was leisurely sizing Marvin up.
“Here I am called Robin.” Marvin slightly smiled. He still hadn’t taken off his Disguise.
The name Marvin was too famous recently, and would attract attention in every city.
Sometimes, it’s better to be low-key.
“It doesn’t matter whether you are Marvin or Robin. You being able to kill the Black Dragon God’s Apostle, Tess, surprised me greatly.”
Jessica continued sharply, “But you deceived my sister’s feelings! This is something I can’t let pass!”
Marvin was stunned. “I deceived her how?”
Jessica sneered, “Do you know how precious a portion of Golden Blood is? That was something I risked my life for, and Tess’ life is far from being worth the Golden Blood.”
“Lorie is very kind, but she isn’t a fool. You definitely used some trick to deceive her into giving you that portion of Golden Blood!”
“Tell me, what do you think should be done.”
Marvin remained silent.
No wonder Rocky Mountain’s Boss looked for him and said they had some private matter to discuss. It was in fact because of this!
He forced a smile. “Miss Jessica, maybe you misunderstood something. This deal itself was suggested by Lorie.”
Jessica’s eyebrows twitched. “I don’t care, you taking the Golden Blood was taking advantage of my sister.”
“I believe the world’s Great Hero Marvin isn’t someone that cheap.”
Marvin rolled his eyes. “Be straightforward, what are you after?”
Jessica mischievously smiled as her eyes seemed to penetrate Marvin’s body. “Let me borrow your weapon.”
Marvin coldly snorted.
Turns out she was after the Dragon Slayer Spear!
Indeed, with Weeping Sky, Jessica’s strength would be heaven defying. Slaying Clarke would take a matter of minutes.
But even without the spear, Jessica could already completely bully Clarke in a one on one.
Marvin didn’t know when Jessica noticed his discreet actions, but he definitely wouldn’t hand that treasure over to others that easily.
“You are very powerful, but if you show the entire world that the Dragon Slayer Spear is in your hands, Dragons would join hands to attack Hope City.”
“Moreover, Black Dragon Clarke isn’t the biggest problem of Hope City, right?”
“The Black Dragon God’s projection is.”
Marvin attentively watched Jessica. “Your Fate Sorceress power isn’t infinite, you can’t do anything against them one versus two.”
Jessica coldly snorted, remaining silent.
Marvin’s words were right. Even if the Dragon Slayer Spear was handy, using it would bring even more troubles.
If she used Weeping Sky to slay the Black Dragon, it wouldn’t be long before plenty of Ancient Chromatic Dragons would group up together against Hope City.
This wasn’t a situation she wanted to see.
“This treasure is something I don’t dare to rashly use. But the good news is that I am currently Robin.”
Marvin assured with a smile, “If the Black Dragon dares to invade Hope City, I’ll act at a suitable time and settle the issue for you.”
Before Jessica could reply, the door to the meeting room was suddenly pushed open!
Lorie hurriedly rushed in. “No good. They are doing a sacrifice!”
“What?” Jessica suddenly stood up.
Lorie explained, “I just saw them wantonly massacring people from various races, even some from the Underdark’s races.”
“The smell of blood is very heavy. This is a very rarely seen technique, and through sacrifice they can open a temporary passage.”
“If i’m not wrong, they want to summon the Black Dragon God’s… avatar’s Claw!”
Jessica’s complexion became ashen. “We have to immediately wreck it!”
“There is no time.” Lorie was very worried. “The Black Dragon God’s summoned a [Heavenly Observer]. The entire Lion Town is under his supervision. Your Fate’s strength isn’t enough to forcefully break through.”
Jessica angrily clenched her fists.
But at that time, Marvin composedly stood up.
“I have a way.”
Chapter 272: Wasteland of Death
p>Before the Universe Magic Pool shattered, regardless of how powerful the gods were, they couldn’t directly send an avatar to Feinan.
It was also because of this that they couldn’t show their “miracles” anywhere other than the secondary planes and had to develop their believers there.
That, along with the firm Wizard Rule, led to the current situation in Feinan. Few people had faith in gods.
Of course, there were still some believers in some areas.
For example, the Silver God and the Craftsman God were different because they didn’t need to display miracles, as they would gain faith anyways.
But most gods weren’t known, or more precisely, the masses didn’t know clearly about their existences.
This was the reason they wanted to attack the Universe Magic Pool.
The New Gods from the 3rd Era that originally came from Feinan but couldn’t even send an avatar there were understandably very annoyed.
But the Universe Magic Pool didn’t cut off every method.
There were always some loopholes, and some Gods like the Black Dragon God knew more of those secrets.
Sacrifice was one of these.
Sacrifices weren’t well understood, but after so many years of development, all kinds of frequent sacrificial ceremonies have been demonized by the masses. Even erudite casters didn’t necessarily know the true nature of sacrifice.
But Marvin knew.
Sacrifice was a kind of trade, sacrificing a life to obtain more power. This was the essence of sacrifice.
The Black Dragon God’s projection and Clarke worked together to prepare an ancient ritual that would temporarily open a small passage.
This passage would link to the Astral Sea beyond the Universe Magic Pool, and even if it wasn’t big enough for the Black Dragon God’s avatar, it was more than enough for a claw.
Marvin knew that they definitely couldn’t underestimate that claw.
The Black Dragon God wasn’t a god on the same level as the Shadow Prince. He was a lot more powerful.
If this avatar’s claw fused with the projection, then even Jessica might not be a match for it!
It looked like they really wanted to conquer Rocky Mountain!
However, interrupting the ritual was actually very simple because the entire process required a medium.
…
“… The medium is the Black Dragon God’s scale.”
“Clarke spat out a shadow when she summoned the projection, and inside it was the Black Dragon God’s scale.”
“It’s also because of this that his projection could accurately descend at that location in Feinan. The scale is like a plane mark, leading the path for the projection.”
Facing two of the three sisters, Marvin told them with assurance, “Now, they are holding a ritual in the same way.”
“As long as you destroy that scale, the Black Dragon God would lose the plane mark and nothing else could leave enough energy to link to the God Realms, not even his projection.”
Jessica calmly pointed out, “You’ve said so much, but you haven’t settled the issue. How do we destroy the Black Dragon God’s scale?”
Lorie’s expression was filled with expectation. “I believe Sir Marvin certainly has a way.”
Marvin gently smiled.
Since he stood and said all this, he naturally had a way.
In any case, this trip to Rocky Mountain had already been delayed for so long that he couldn’t get to the Source of Fire’s Order immediately after the meteors fell. It would be better to take advantage of the Underdark Army attacking Hope City to make more profits.
The previous portion of Golden Blood made Marvin realize that the Three Sisters were very wealthy.
“Plane marks can’t be casually moved. Moving it would very likely cause the avatar’s descent to be temporarily offset. Thus, they would definitely put it in a well-hidden location while carefully protecting it.”
“In fact, finding it isn’t too big of an issue. If I’m not wrong, Lorie, you should be able to, right?”
Marvin looked toward the little girl.
The latter pretended to be calm as she nodded, her heart still betraying her as it beat increasingly faster.
She had the ability to see through many things, or else she wouldn’t have been able to see that sacrifice in Lion Town from the city wall.
Having her look for a Dragon’s scale wasn’t too much of an issue.
“The issue lies in how to destroy it.”
Jessica considered the situation patiently. “You just heard that the Black Dragon God summoned a [Heavenly Observer], Lion Town is completely under his sight. If an outsider entered, he would definitely issue a signal.”
“Well, my own strength would indeed be insufficient.”
Marvin looked at Jessica, replying, “I have a way to secretly destroy the Dragon’s scale.”
The two sisters’ eyes shone. “What way?”
Marvin calmly said, “Give me two days, I’ll definitely destroy that scale.”
“But destroying the Dragon’s scale would definitely make Clarke and the Black Dragon God extremely angry. A battle would be unavoidable.”
Jessica hurriedly assured, “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely protect you.”
Marvin shook his head with a smile before revealing a sharp expression. “No. I only need you to help block the Black Dragon to give me a chance to shoot it down.”
…
Jessica finally ended up being convinced by Marvin’s plan.
Since this matter couldn’t be delayed, Marvin immediately bid farewell to the two sisters and left Hope City under the cover of the night.
Their sacrificial ritual would definitely need three to five days, while Marvin should be able to deal with it in two days.
The Heavenly Observer was a very troublesome lifeform, but with him there, the Black Dragons would end up lowering their vigilance.
There weren’t many things that could hide from a Heavenly Observer in this world, but there was that one thing.
Marvin knew that it was hidden in an underground palace.
It was in the desolate plains in the northern part of Rocky Mountain, a region known as the Wasteland of Death.
There, death could be felt all around. Skeletons and ghosts were everywhere. It was also linked to the Saint Desert in the east, while there was a huge sea to the west.
Further north, a succession of cities spread across the Pompo Seashore.
That was the South Wizard Alliance’ western headquarters.
Marvin’s destination was an abandoned castle in the west of the Wasteland of Death.
It was occupied by a group of Vampires that weren’t very friendly to humans.
Usually, not many people were willing to go to such a godforsaken place.
…
The new moon was hidden by the black clouds as a lonely shadow appeared in the wilderness.
Not far away, an abandoned castle could be seen.
Marvin took a deep look at the castle.
‘Finally found it. [Eriksson’s Brooch] should still be there.’
Chapter 273: Ancient Castle Tulip
p>Ancient Castle Tulip.
A castle forgotten by history. Pampo Seashore’s inhabitants might have already forgotten that there was once a flourishing territory here.
The castle was established on a cliff by the seashore, towering over the sea.
This ancient castle had once been covered with tulips brought from the east, both inside and outside. This was because the wife of the ancient castle’s Lord was most fond of tulips. That was where the castle got its name.
But a sudden disaster ended this territory, leaving it in ruins. It gradually became part of the Wasteland of Death, a desolate area that no one was interested in.
Apart from the lighthouse near the seashore and the dilapidated pier, this place didn’t have any signs of its former splendor.
It was purely an abandoned castle.
Marvin hadn’t come to this castle before, but he had seen some videos in the forums and thus knew some things about it. He was the kind of player that would remember any bit of lore he learnt about.
…
‘Regardless of how glorious it once was, now there are only some unscrupulous Vampires here.’
‘When the Ancient Castle Tulip was released, the most powerful member of the Blood Race was only a Vampire Marquis and there was no trace of a Vampire Duke,’ thought Marvin as he quietly sneaked into the ancient castle using Stealth.
A Vampire Duke was equivalent to the Legend realm, while a Vampire Marquis had a 4th rank class holder’s strength and was at the same realm as Marvin.
He quietly walked past the castle’s wooden path, and apart from two ordinary crows, Marvin saw no lifeforms.
Perhaps most of the Vampires were asleep.
A few might be awake, but they would be driven by their urges and rush north to hunt.
It has to be known that the Vampires occupying this castle and the ones Marvin met in the Deathly Silent Hills were different.
The Vampires in the Deathly Silent Hills were part of the Bright Side and they could be said to have friendly relations with humans. They would only drink the blood they needed and wouldn’t willfully slaughter innocents. The Vampires living in Ancient Castle Tulip were different, part of the Dark Side. They always regarded themselves at the greatest race in Feinan, and would not only massacre and hunt down humans, but also do it to every other race, spreading panic everywhere.
In other words, Marvin had no intention to be lenient with this group of Vampires.
Even if he was in Stealth, the equipment he was wearing felt a bit out of place.
A pair of curved daggers at his waist, and the pair of pistols he got from Constantine, [Astaroth] and [Satan], on the sides of his thighs. These names weren’t random. They were the names of an Archdevil and a Demon Lord.
He was carrying a shotgun on his shoulders and he had switched the Sha’s bullets for special silver bullets.
If he was unfortunate enough to encounter any Vampires, it would be hard to avoid battle.
Marvin was already prepared.
It’s just that Ancient Castle Tulip was more desolate than Marvin expected.
He quietly passed through a hole in a wall as cold wind blew everywhere, but there was still no sign of any Vampires.
He knew most Vampires were hibernating in the depths of the castle. If there weren’t any in the surroundings of Ancient Castle Tulip, then he was lucky… or perhaps the Vampires were.
Because he didn’t need to go deep in the castle.
From what he remembered, the entrance to the underground palace was in one of the side corridors of the castle hall.
Marvin calmly reached the hall entrance.
But he was surprised to hear a faint singing voice coming from a door covered in spider webs.
Marvin raised his vigilance!
…
A warm light could be seen coming from the room. Marvin approached to take a glance and was shocked!
Because the hall was actually filled with people!
Bright light came from the chandelier, illuminating the entire room.
A group of nobles wearing clothes from the Pampo Seashore were dancing elegantly.
The men looked like gentlemen and were young and handsome.
And the women were very beautiful and were wearing very revealing dresses. Marvin even noticed a girl carelessly flashing her assets!
‘What’s happening!’
Marvin felt as if he had seen a ghost.
This was an abandoned castle, so how could so many people appear here? And be partying?
He looked at the logs and didn’t find any will checks!
This wasn’t an illusion, it was real!
‘Hold on…’
Something flashed in the corner of Marvin’s mind…
This really wasn’t an illusion.
This was an event that happened in the hall in the past!
…
When Marvin watched the video that player had shared, he didn’t watch the entire trip through the castle, directly skipping to the main part at the end, when the expert got [Eriksson’s Brooch].
He knew the underground passage was in this hall, but he still needed to find the exact location.
But seeing this ancient scene, Marvin suddenly felt weird.
This scene truly had happened.
But he didn’t know why this scene from the past once again appeared in the hall.
Marvin opened the door and walked in.
Sure enough, no one, not even the waiter, paid attention to him.
He tried to touch someone, but found out that his hand easily went through that person’s body as that person continued to chat with the talkative and immodest woman.
It was like a 3D projection of the past.
It was real, yet unreal.
At that time, Marvin’s eyes fell upon a young man and young woman.
These two hurriedly left the dance floor and went to a path next to the hall.
Marvin immediately followed them.
…
“Jason, we don’t have much time. My husband will be back soon.”
In a dark corner, the luxuriously clothed woman urged the man while starting to crazily remove her clothing.
And that handsome sturdy man also followed suit, the two people jostling into a changing room.
Marvin followed them.
In any case, it was a matter that had happened in the past, so it wouldn’t hurt to check.
Moreover, this place seemed to be very close to the passage to the underground palace mentioned in the video.
Marvin guessed that it should be related.
But Marvin was surprised to find that after entering the changing room, the phantoms of the two people disappeared.
The closed room seemed very normal.
Marvin slowly moved forward, walking a few steps in the direction the couple must have taken.
Suddenly, the floor disappeared under his feet!
‘Fuck!’
‘A secret path!’
He then fell down through that opening!
Chapter 274: Vampire Primogenitor
p>Marvin was falling through the darkness.
He was surrounded by smooth walls and thus couldn’t even use his high Dexterity to stop his fall.
But fortunately, he soon reached the bottom and fell on something soft.
It was a very old-fashioned sofa full of dust that irritated his face.
Marvin realized that this was definitely a secret room.
He patted the dust off his body and began to size up the room. A pitch black spiral flight of stairs was in front of him!
He should be able to reach the entrance to the underground palace by taking these stairs.
‘So that’s how it was.’
Marvin suddenly understood.
He no longer hesitated and began to cautiously follow the flight of stairs.
This secret room was merely a path between the castle and the underground palace. There shouldn’t be any traps, but it was still better to be careful.
He recalled some memories about the Ancient Castle Tulip as he walked.
….
The Ancient Castle Tulip once was a flourishing city but it ultimately perished at the hands of the Blood Race.
When the Ancient Castle’s Lord was young, he loved his wife very fondly and they would share their love every night.
But one day, that Lord met an Alchemist.
Under the guidance of the Alchemist, he became infatuated with alchemy and immortality and began to ignore his young and beautiful wife.
Over time, the distance between the two grew increasingly larger. Rumors of the Lord being addicted to alchemy spread through the entire Pambo Seashore.
Gradually, the castle’s Lord became very eccentric, and he cut off a lot of friends.
The once bustling Ancient Castle Tulip became cold and cheerless.
He was also thinning day by day.
But one day, at the wife’s birthday party, she got to meet a noble youth.
That youth was sturdy and handsome, and more importantly, very eloquent.
Many funny stories would feel different coming out from his mouth.
Soon, both of them longed for each other and a fire was set ablaze as they became secret lovers.
Following an increasing number of trysts, the Mistress of Ancient Castle Tulip began to feel unsatisfied with this clandestine love life.
She wanted him to take her away.
But that request wasn’t something the youth had imagined. For him, she was merely one of many lovers. He was unwilling to take her away and risk facing the Lord’s wrath.
Thus he could only temporarily appease her.
And the scene Marvin saw earlier was the final affair between the two.
They accidentally entered this dusty room that hadn’t been used in a very long time and fell into this secret room.
The rest was easy to understand.
The two fumbled around the secret room but didn’t dare call for help, so they could only continue further down.
They reached the underground palace and woke up a very frightening existence!
He was one of the twelve Vampire Primogenitors, named Yin.
This was one of the few tombs he built before falling into a deep slumber… and then he was awoken by that pair.
At that time, Yin used formidable power to split the two apart.
He asked the two separately whether they were willing to die for the other.
The woman said she was willing while the man demurred.
Ultimately, Yin killed the noble youth and gave the heartbroken Mistress who learnt the truth an [Embrace].
She became not just a Vampire, but rather a mighty Vampire Duchess!
This was the power of the Vampire Primogenitor.
Just a mere Embrace could turn a woman that completely lacked fighting strength into a Legend Vampire Duchess!
Marvin didn’t know too much about what ensued. But in short, after this happened, a disaster struck the entire Ancient Castle.
There were rumors that a monster haunted the castle. And after the Lord died in an bizarre alchemy accident, the castle ended up in the Mistress’ hands because there was no heir.
She became a beautiful widow that was known far and wide.
Many people drooled at her beauty and spontaneously visited…
Before ending up as the Duchess’ Blood Slaves!
After experiencing her husband’s indifference and her lover’s betrayal, her heart and mind became extremely ruthless.
Soon, Ancient Castle Tulip no longer exuded a fragrant aura, instead turning into field of death, a forbidden area.
It became a Vampire paradise where they even began holding hunting parties.
And the targets of the hunts were handsome men and women.
Later, the South Wizard Alliance gathered a powerful army to attack this castle.
After a world-shaking war, the Alliance claimed that they had swept this castle clean.
That great Vampire Duchess truly disappeared.
The place was tranquil for a while.
But many years later, before the Great Calamity, a group of Vampires from the Dark Side gathered here.
They were secretly absorbing the purest aura emitted by the Primogenitor’s remains and continuously raising their strength.
But most of them were slumbering.
Any who knew of this were killed by the Vampires.
Thus, Marvin was very careful.
…
‘When the young lovers charged into the underground palace, Yin was only lying dormant, and he woke up from the disturbance.’
‘After the war with the Wizard Alliance, not only did the Duchess disappear, but Yin also entered a state of death. It’s just that this state of death was a feigned death. If someone could use some mysterious rituals, they might be able to wake up the Vampire Primogenitor again.’
‘Anyway, I don’t need to go in too deep, so it should be safe.’
Marvin cautiously followed the long spiral staircase down.
He still felt somewhat nervous.
If Yin suddenly awakened, Marvin would mostly likely suffer greatly from the consequences. That guy was an existence close to the gods!
If Marvin needed someone able to take down Yin in Feinan, only Great Elven King Nicholas would be able to.
And that was if the Great Elven King used the [Shadow Silo]!
Marvin nimbly walked down the last steps, finally reaching the end of the spiral staircase.
In front of him there was just darkness, and Marvin knew that the entrance of Yin’s Underground Palace was further down this path.
But there were two Golems constantly defending that place.
Getting past them wasn’t easy.
But in the video, that careful expert found another secret path to the underground palace that avoided the Golems.
That path was behind the spiral staircase!
This was a place very few people would pay attention to. When he saw the video, Marvin sighed that the expert was indeed observant.
He immediately opened the dark door behind the stone stairs and followed the damp tunnel until he reached the 2nd floor of the tomb.
The thing he was looking for was in the center of the second floor.
There was no time to lose, so Marvin firmly moved forward.
But a strange sound suddenly echoed beside his ear!