NOVEL FROG Chapter 342-349
Chapter 342: Spirit Armband
p>Following this laughter, the scenes in all the mirrors disappeared.
They formed the face of a clown!
The clown had a grave stare and an evil smile.
“You actually discovered my hiding spot.”
“Max is very surprised…”
The clown’s voice was laughing, yet not laughing at the same time, and it made them feel a slight chill.
But Marvin wasn’t worried at all!
Clowns were originally funny people in circuses. This kind of character could bring about a lot of joy, but the fun was achieved through humiliations. Clowns would have the most sinister auras, and ultimately becoming parts of Theater Spirits’ bodies was pretty normal.
The thing that surprised Marvin was that these Evil Spirit Envoys actually nurtured the clown into mirrors.
This was somewhat difficult to do.
Although the entrance of the changing room was blocked by the two people, the theater itself was under the control of the Spirit. It wouldn’t take long before these Evil Spirits rushed in.
It would be very troublesome if that happened.
“What should we do?” Gwyn frowned. “Such a huge number of mirrors, which is the real one?”
Marvin took a glance at the door, which was being attacked by the Evil Spirits, and decisively said, “Split up and look for it!”
He casually chose a mirror and rushed in!
…
The world in the mirror was a complete reproduction of McKenzie Theater.
Such a big theater was completely empty and only sobs could be heard in the pitch-black atmosphere.
Marvin sneered, using Listen to the maximum while he surveyed for any changes in the air.
He followed the voice and soon found a clown covered in bruises under the stage!
He had a throwing knife stabbed in his body, and under his worn-out clothing there were fresh bruises.
He had his head down as he wept.
Marvin grasped his daggers and asked, “Why are you crying?”
The clown raised his head and glared at him in hatred. “Why did you fire me?”
“I have been working so hard, why did you have to fire me?”
“Is it because I wasn’t careful last time and accidentally found out about the affair between you and Siya?”
He rushed toward Marvin as he wailed.
His tongue was long, like a snake.
Marvin dodged easily, but suddenly, the clown’s head opened up! The tongue and rows of teeth flew toward Marvin’s neck!
The clown himself tried to pierce Marvin’s waist with his nails!
Just before being hit, Marvin used Shadow Escape and appeared behind the clown.
Pity could be seen in his eyes. “Sorry, you got the wrong person.”
“Bang!”
A gunshot echoed out as the clown’s head exploded!
“Crash!”
The mirror broke.
‘Not this one.’ Marvin had a gloomy expression. He didn’t see Gwyn anywhere, so he should still be in another mirror.
There were thirty-two mirrors in the entire changing room, and right now he could only check them one by one!
Since the Evil Spirits had yet to break in, he didn’t delay and rushed straight into another mirror!
…
Outside the Desolate Ancient Altar area.
Facing the projection that had just finished condensing, the Pale Hand’s face showed a pondering expression.
“Tidomas, you seem to have been quite active after Diggles’ death…”
“Could it be that you really trust that so-called prophecy?”
The huge Dragon’s head coldly looked down at Sky, his voice booming like thunder, “Vampire, although you have set foot in the Legend realm and this is only a projection, you aren’t a match for me near this altar.”
“Leave immediately, or this great evil will deprive you of both your spirit and your regrets!”
This large Dragon’s head was the projection of Tidomas, the Overlord of the [Evil Dragon Cemetery] sub-plane.
Reportedly, Tidomas himself was a Dragon that was later chosen as the [Dragon Cemetery Watchman].
With the passage of time, Tidomas became corrupt, lured by power, lured by the Evil Spirit Sea. He was affected by the resentment of Dragon souls remaining in the Dragon Cemetery, and under the sinister influences, he ultimately became extremely vicious and powerful.
He used the power of the Dragons’ resentment and established the Evil Dragon Cemetery. Although the Ancient Dragon God snatched back most of the Dragons’ corpses, the Evil Dragon Cemetery he established became the closest sub-plane of the Negative Energy Plane to Feinan after the Decaying Plateau!
Among the Nineteen Evil Spirit Overlords, Tidomas was one of the most powerful. A lot stronger than Diggles, who’d had great potential!
…
An Evil Spirit Overlord’s projection appearing in Saruha went far beyond what he had expected to be dealing with.
What secret did this Desolate Ancient Altar hold for those two Evil Spirit Envoys to keep chanting even after they were in danger?!
‘What are they doing?’
Sky was quite curious about them, and out of the corner of his eyes he noticed a tiny ball of light between the two.
A scene was displayed on that ball, but it was behind the Evil Spirit Barrier so he couldn’t see it clearly.
Sky laughed. “Tidomas, I don’t really care about your matters, but your two subordinates must have stayed in Saruha for a long time. They should know a lot about this place.”
“I hope they can help me find someone.”
“Then I’ll leave immediately, how about it?”
The Pale Hand felt that his words were reasonable enough.
He was a Legend powerhouse after all, and Tidomas was another powerhouse. If it wasn’t because he was worried about the power accumulated in the Desolate Ancient Altar over the years, he would have just gotten rid of Tidomas’ projection!
As long as the two Evil Spirit Envoys helped him find Gwyn, he would be willing to back off.
But he was shocked by Tidomas’ unexpectedly tough reaction. “Get lost!”
The Dragon opened wide and a green poisonous mist spread out!
Sky’s complexion changed.
This was an Evil Spirit Overlord’s poison. If he got affected by it, it wouldn’t be easy to get rid of it!
At the same time, he was infuriated by Tidomas’ attitude.
The Pale Hand disappeared in an instant!
A flash flickered around the altar!
“Filthy Evil Spirit, I already made great concessions! Since you still don’t agree, then don’t blame me for being rude!”
At that time, four figures came out from the Shadow Plane, went directly through the altar’s barrier, and pounced toward the two Evil Spirit Envoys.
“Stay your hand!”
Tidomas apparently hadn’t expected that this Legend Vampire would be able to ignore the barrier like that!
But there was no time for regret.
Sky was extremely ruthless. The four Pale Hands attacked one of the Evil Spirit Envoys and killed him off!
In that instant, he clearly saw the contents of the light ball and his expression changed yet again!
…
Meanwhile, in the backstage area of McKenzie Theater, most of the mirrors shattered!
Only one remained.
When Marvin and Gwyn both came out from the mirror worlds, they froze for a bit before revealing happy expressions.
They weren’t sure what had happened, but the core of the Theater Spirit was found!
The two rushed like lightning toward the mirror, slipping past a few Brain Eating Monsters on the way before they entered the mirror world.
…
The mirror world was exactly the same McKenzie Theater as before.
But this time, the theater was crowded!
Cheers thundered from all sides as the two felt a bit at a loss.
The theater had no signs of life previously. Where did these people come from?
This must be another trick of the Theater Spirit.
Marvin scanned the stage and saw that a show was underway.
It was a guillotine!
A clown came up from backstage to stand next to the guillotine.
As he ran up, people threw banana peels and soft apples at him.
But he still kept smiling.
“Idiot Max.”
“Idiot Max, the show hasn’t started yet, do you want to be beaten?”
The spectators ridiculed him loudly, not caring the least about the clown’s feelings.
The clown was very embarrassed as he stood on the stage, struggling for a long time before managing to get the people’s approval to give him a chance to do his first show.
He happily went over to the guillotine.
“Open your eyes wide.” He raised his head with a brilliant smile on his face. “This is the most dangerous magic trick.”
A tall and sturdy man suddenly appeared at his side.
The sturdy man ruthlessly activated the guillotine!
The next second, blood splashed everywhere!
The clown’s head fell to the ground.
The audience was in uproar.
Marvin and Gwyn looked solemn. The clown’s head rolled on the ground and arrived near the two, still smiling, before asking, “Was my show good?”
Before they could answer, all of the audience members lost their heads too and they turned and watched the two coldly. “Was our show good?”
“What kind of magic trick is this in the end? Illusion?” Gwyn wondered impassively.
This was the first time he’d met such a strange scene!
Marvin was still calm and dully muttered, “I was bored to death.”
With these words, the smiles disappeared from all the faces, replaced by hatred instead!
“Those who don’t like my show will die!” Max the Clown roared fiercely.
All the heads rolled over, trying to bite Marvin and Gwyn to death.
But at that time, Marvin entered the darkness.
Night Boundary!
His body fused with the darkness and then suddenly appeared on the stage.
Clown Max’s headless body was still lying down under the guillotine.
“No!!!” All the heads shouted!
They seemed very frightened.
Marvin raised his daggers and chopped the corpse into minced meat!
The #4 Holy Water was radiating with a brilliant light.
Before Gwyn could react, a shattering sound echoed beside him.
“Crash!”
The final mirror shattered.
“Even though we eliminated the Theater Spirit, the enemy’s strength had suddenly decreased. There must be a reason for it.”
“There must be something wrong on the Evil Spirit Envoys’ side.”
Marvin held a black armband in his hands and immediately regrouped with the Vampire.
The two glanced at each other, realizing what Marvin’s words meant.
Only that Legend would be capable of causing major trouble for the Evil Spirit Envoys!
“We need to leave this place immediately.”
Marvin put on the Spirit Armband he found on the clown’s corpse.
That was a good find.
Chapter 343: Steel Gate
p>Although they avoided the trap for the time being, the Vampire clearly had some suspicions.
He looked at Marvin and couldn’t help but ask, “How come you knew that the Theater Spirit resided in the headless body?”
In his opinion, the clown’s head was more likely to be the dwelling place of the Spirit.
Marvin bluntly answered, “Luck.”
Gwyn snorted, obviously not believing Marvin’s excuse.
Marvin could only laugh bitterly.
He wasn’t lying. In his previous life, the Theater Spirit was a hidden boss in the Saruha instance that was extremely hard to trigger. He never cleared it himself, so he didn’t have the experience.
But when the mirror shattered previously, the Theater Spirit’s unfathomable strength was subtly weakened, and Marvin noticed something.
It was a very mysterious feeling, as if he suddenly had outstanding senses.
From his point of view, although his Perception wasn’t necessarily high, his soul was a lot stronger than those of ordinary people. When facing against evil, he was willing to trust his instincts.
As a result, his gamble paid off.
Originally, regardless of what happened, the Theater Spirit would be a very troublesome enemy.
Even if they found his core, they still needed to fight to defeat him. But the Theater Spirit poured its strength out like a tidal wave, leaving his core unable to resist as Marvin warped straight to it and slashed down.
This was because of how sudden Marvin’s attack was, and most importantly, because of the Evil Spirit Envoys controlling the Theater Spirit.
A Theater Spirit was just a type of collective consciousness Evil Spirit. Its existence was a mix of all kinds of evil thoughts.
But there was no main ego controlling it.
It was powerful, but it also needed to be controlled by an equally matched Evil Spirit Envoy.
The Desolate Ancient Altar was a bit away from the Residential District, so it wasn’t easy for them to control it from that far, not to mention after one of the Evil Spirit Envoys had been killed by the Pale Hand!
In that split second, all the evil thoughts gathered in the Theater Spirit began to fight over leadership, which Marvin noticed!
…
Marvin considered what had happened.
In the current Saruha, there is only one person able to take out an Evil Spirit Envoy.
‘Since he accidentally met the Evil Spirit Envoy, it means he went past this Residential District and went straight to the Desolate Ancient Altar.’
‘As long as we go away from there, we should be able to avoid him!’
Marvin thought quickly and led Gwyn out of the theater in the opposite direction!
In that direction was the Ancient Gnomes’ Arsenal.
If Marvin remembered right, this Arsenal was not occupied by Evil Spirits, because some constructs were still patrolling inside.
These constructs were generally uniform in models. Most of them were X–1 Models, a few of them were elite type constructs, but with their speed, the two could easily shake off the most powerful constructs.
There was a magical steel gate between the Residential District and the Arsenal that could completely seal the path.
Once it was successfully sealed, even if the Pale Hand wanted to go through the Shadow Plane, he shouldn’t be able to get in.
This was the main reason Marvin was confident that he could save Gwyn.
Although he didn’t know Saruha like the back of his hand like he did with the Crimson Monastery, he certainly knew a lot more than the Wolf Spider’s people!
The two didn’t have any hesitation as they rushed toward the steel gate that was in Marvin’s memories.
…
Marvin actually remembered there still being many treasure chests in the Ancient Gnomes’ Residential District.
Even if the things in these chests were probably mostly common equipment, there was also a chance of getting something good.
But since they successfully got rid of the Theater Spirit and gained another 10000 battle exp, Marvin was already satisfied.
Moreover, he also obtained the Spirit Armband!
The Spirit Armband was set up by the Evil Spirit Envoys in order to control the Theater Spirit. Although there was only one effect, it was a specifically important one!
[Spirit Armband]
[Quality: Magic]
[Property: Willpower +2]
The Willpower increase was to allow the Evil Spirit Envoy to suppress the chaotic emotions inside and give him a bit more control over it. In the end it was convenient to Marvin.
In order to resist the Archdevil’s head and Book of Nalu’s enticement, he urgently needed equipment that could raise his Willpower.
He could think of a few more powerful pieces of equipment in Feinan that could raise Willpower. But there weren’t any more of them in the Pambo Seashore, so Marvin couldn’t deal with it at the moment. He hadn’t expected to receive that Spirit Armband like this. This could actually reduce the threat and influence of the Book of Nalu on Marvin’s soul.
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In the Desolate Ancient Altar, that scene flashed past. Sky wasn’t a fool, and instantly understood what he had done!
‘Theater Spirit!’
‘They were actually in the stomach of a Theater Spirit. It must have been an Evil Spirit Barrier. Damn! I actually let them out!’
Sky was quite upset.
But being upset now was useless. He had killed the Evil Spirit Envoy, and Tidomas was extremely angered!
That huge Dragon head began to chant in Dragon Language.
The remaining Evil Spirit Envoy was also angry. Even if Sky wanted to explain that their goals were aligned, it probably wouldn’t have any use!
The Evil Spirit Envoy shot out a spell.
In any case, the Theater Spirit had already been killed by Marvin. They couldn’t leave the Desolate Ancient Altar, and unless Marvin walked right into the trap, their opportunity to avenge the Decaying Plateau had already been lost!
Thinking of this, both Tidomas and the Evil Spirit Envoy wanted to vent all their rage on the Pale Hand!
The Dragon’s voice echoed from the Desolate Ancient Altar.
Although it was only a projection, it was able to use magic through the Dragon Language!
Tidomas merged the Evil Spirit chanting technique with Dragon Language magic to come up with his own Dragon chanting technique.
In an instant, the entire Altar became quiet.
Sky was once again startled and furious. He kept using escape skills but found himself unable to leave the Barrier.
Tidomas’ cold voice taunted, “I already sealed this altar. Even if you have more powerful escape abilities, you still won’t be able to leave.”
“For ruining our plan, accept your death, lowly ant.”
The next second, the Evil Dragon’s head suddenly made a move, and a great amount of acid and poison mixed together was flying toward Sky!
…
Two people were flying through the Residential District, hardly taking notice of the Evil Spirits that they passed by.
They saw a tall steel gate in the distance.
A group of people were gathered under the steel gate.
Wolf Spider mercenaries!
When they saw Marvin and Gwyn, they were shocked.
The Wolf Spider’s leader, Rem, couldn’t help but blurt out, “You aren’t dead?!”
Chapter 344: Identity
p>Rem let those words slip.
Gwyn looked at him full of killing intent. “You knew his goal?”
One of the Wolf Spiders sneered, “So what if we knew Sir Sky’s goal?”
“There are so many of us, and Sir Sky might come anytime. Do you still believe you can escape Saruha?”
“Yeah, you’ll die soon. You offended a Legend and still think you can leave alive?”
This group appearing near the steel gate consisted of the elites of the Wolf Spider mercenaries and a few hired experts.
A Legend, especially a Legend Assassin, was enough to make them cower quite a bit.
In this situation, they didn’t need to think too much about what to do.
Marvin noticed out of the corner of his eyes that a few impulsive adventurers were already pulling out their weapons. They apparently intended to stop Gwyn!
Even if Rem didn’t say anything, his gaze gradually sharpened.
Gwyn was strong, but he had advanced to the 4th rank not long ago. Their side had so many people, countless experts. If they could arrest him, they could gain favor with a Legend. This was a good deal with no loss for them!
A rare trace of anger could be seen on Gwyn’s face.
This Vampire, to the best of Marvin’s knowledge, had always been known for his superior self-restraint. He could almost be considered the Bright Side’s Saint.
But under these circumstances, he finally couldn’t control his emotions.
It looked like he was going to go on a slaughter.
And Marvin knew that Gwyn was able to do it!
The elite powerhouses of the Bright Side were close to Grand Duke William. Even if Gwyn’s level wasn’t very high, he certainly had some fierce killing techniques!
This was also one of the reasons he made friends with Gwyn. He didn’t only take the Bright Side’s power into account, but he also considered Gwyn’s own potential!
A powerful aura burst out from Gwyn’s body, and sharp fangs started growing out on his charming face.
This was due to him releasing his power!
‘Turns out it’s a Vampire!”
One of the Wolf Spider mercenaries sneered, “I was wondering why the imposing Sir Pale Hand would make a move on a 4th rank youth. Turns out it was such a dangerous monster!”
“Yeah, he looks so beautiful that I didn’t expect him to be a Vampire.”
“I heard a lot of people with unknown origins came to Ruins City lately, and many people died miserable deaths from having their blood sucked!”
“Still hoping a get a share of Saruha’s treasures? Filthy evil creature, we will capture you now and send you to Sir Sky!”
Everyone in the Wolf Spider mercenary group became restless.
Marvin frowned.
He didn’t expect Rem to suddenly greet him, and say, “Mister Kerry, this guy is the only one Sir Sky wants to kill.”
“You are innocent. Our Wolf Spider mercenary group won’t make things difficult for you. I hope you won’t be deceived by him and will help us capture this Vampire. I’m sure Sir Sky won’t treat us badly.”
Marvin laughed helplessly, and was about to say a few words, but Gwyn suddenly said, “Filthy creatures! Evil creatures! I painstakingly did so many things. But in the end, Vampires are still monsters in the eyes of humans?”
His eyes were full of resentment and puzzlement.
Marvin saw his pain. The Bright Side had been through much hardship. They tried to coexist peacefully with mankind, but how could it be easy to mend the gap between the races?
These mercenaries had limited knowledge and might not even know the difference between the Bright Side and the Dark Side!
They lived in the Pambo Seashore, which was the Dark Side’s headquarters. There, the confrontation between Humans and Vampires was pretty obvious.
Sky himself hadn’t revealed his identity, so they naturally thought he was a Human powerhouse. And Gwyn was only a monster in their eyes.
….
“No need.” Marvin rolled his eyes and told Rem, “You guys aren’t fools. Do you think someone that a Legend personally came to get rid of would be an ordinary person?”
“I already allied myself with Mister Gwyn. If your Wolf Spider mercenaries are determined to make a move on me, you might not necessarily get any advantage.”
Marvin’s goal was very simple: If they could avoid a conflict with the mercenaries, then he would avoid it.
Who knew how long the fight between the Evil Spirit Envoys and the Pale Hand would last?
The two’s whereabouts had already been exposed, and with Saruha’s circular terrain, they would certainly be caught if they didn’t get enough distance while the Pale Hand was occupied.
If they wasted too much time here, Sky might catch them.
It would be too troublesome at that time.
Marvin estimated that if they could catch him off guard, killing a Pale Hand wouldn’t be impossible, but it would still have huge risks.
After experiencing Arborea, Marvin had become a lot more cautious.
But his words didn’t have any effect.
Rem’s face sank. “You decided to help this monster, so don’t blame us for showing no mercy.”
“Don’t talk nonsense with them!” Gwyn said. From his expression, it could be seen that he had endured for quite a long time.
If not for him having the same worries as Marvin, he might have already attacked!
Marvin made up his mind and slightly lowered his head. The next second, a spear appeared in his hands!
He raised his head and coldly glanced at everyone with eyes full of disdain. “Since you decided to throw away your lives, I won’t stop you.”
They all froze, and their expressions changed greatly!
Rem said while losing his voice, “Dragon Slayer… Robin!”
…
The appearance of Weeping Sky was no secret.
In the rumors, Dragon Slayer Robin used Weeping Sky to take one of Clarke’s lives, a fact that had spread quite widely.
This spear’s unique features were already known to many.
When Marvin drew this spear in front of everyone and slightly altered his Disguise, returning to Robin’s appearance, they were all completely shocked!
Who could have expected a second Legend to appear in a small exploration!
Although they couldn’t clearly distinguish Marvin’s strength, but after slaying Black Dragon Clarke, who would believe him if he said he wasn’t a Legend?
If Pale Hand Sky was but a small celebrity in the Pambo Seashore, Robin was famous!
In the Wolf Spider mercenaries, Bull was very excited. “I told you he was Sir Robin! I didn’t think he would actually disguise and mix in with the ordinary people!”
“Shut up!” Rem’s face was pale, and he felt bitter.
They didn’t feel that a Vampire was too troublesome.
But the current Wolf Spider mercenaries were sandwiched between two Legend powerhouses. It would be difficult this time.
After Marvin’s spear appeared, the reproaching people instantly shut up.
They looked at Marvin, their eyes filled with reverence!
He was famous after all. They were ordinary adventurers, but the guy in front of them tore a Dragon apart with his bare hands. They wouldn’t be able to harm even one of Robin’s hands if all of them attacked together!
Rem felt quite awkward and wanted to say something but Marvin quickly emphasized, “I originally didn’t want to expose my identity, but things went this far. Your mercenary group should understand that this exploration isn’t that simple.”
“The few of you, go open the steel gate for me.”
“The rest of you, go toward the west and get lost as far as possible. A trifling Pale Hand, do you think I can’t handle him?”
They all looked at each other in dismay.
This exploration was originally led by the Wolf Spiders. Who could have expected that something like that would happen!
Legends kept popping up one after the other, each more overbearing than the last.
Luckily, it looked like this Dragon Slayer didn’t feel like bothering with them.
Those who weren’t sent by Marvin to raise the gate left silently, including the few leaders of the Wolf Spider mercenary group. They only thought they were unlucky!
There was no need to doubt Marvin’s identity.
When he made the sudden reveal, Rem stealthily hinted for Lilia to confirm it with magic.
The outcome of the spell showed that Marvin really had a great amount of Dragon Enmity!
This was a characteristic of a Dragon Slayer.
They didn’t dare to resist!
In a short minute, all the Wolf Spider mercenaries disappeared from his sight.
The remaining people were struggling with the mechanism to open the steel gate as it was slowly rising up.
Marvin and Gwyn glanced at each other and then sped through!
Chapter 345: Arsenal
p>After going through the steel gate, a rusty smell spread over from the distance.
The two were very sensitive people. Although this place was pitch-black, they could feel some danger!
The Ancient Gnomes’ Arsenal was not a safe place!
In fact, the Ancient Gnomes were a crazy race. They were famous for a time, but because of all kinds of crazy actions, they provoked a countless number of people and were ultimately erased from history, leaving only those Wild Gnomes behind. Although they had the Ancient Gnomes’ bloodline, their intelligence had already seriously degenerated, and they were no different from monsters.
As for their Arsenal, all kinds of strange weapons were being manufactured there.
In order to prevent enemies from stealing their core secrets, this place had the strongest defenses in all of Saruha!
Despite only being just past the steel gate, they could feel that not far from there, a few constructs were roaming about!
‘X-model patrol type construct…’
Marvin squinted.
He turned and looked at the bitter face of those four guys from the Wolf Spider group, who were still firmly turning the wheel-like mechanism.
It seemed that if [Sir Robin] didn’t say a word, they wouldn’t dare do anything else.
Marvin coughed, “Leave!”
The four, as if they had just been pardoned, ran away at extreme speed.
With their departure, the solid wheel spun back and the steel gate rumbled down, closing against the ground.
Marvin swiftly went to the right side of the steel gate. He remembered a small mechanism being there.
This was a temporary alert mechanism. Only when something big happened would it be used.
After activating it, no one would be able to go through the steel gate for at least twelve hours.
This was one type of defense used by Saruha’s Gnomes.
This mechanism was very easy to find. Marvin felt around where a Gnome would reach before finding it. The mechanism was very simple, so that even the lowest Gnome would be able to use it to seal the steel gate.
Marvin studied it for a bit, and with help from his rather fuzzy memories, he quickly put the steel gate in temporary alert mode!
“How is it?” Gwyn asked in a heavy voice.
“Done!” Marvin was full of confidence. “Rest assured, since the two of us reached an agreement, even if the Pale Hand catches up, I’ll protect you!”
A strange expression flashed across the Vampire’s eyes.
Marvin was a Night Walker, so he was able to see this, but he felt a strange feeling.
‘Damn, this Vampire is so beautiful… my orientation won’t deviate, right?’
‘His expression is a bit strange.’
He coughed, dissolving the awkwardness while pointing to a distant location and explaining, “We will look around the Arsenal. The Ancient Gnomes’ treasury definitely had a lot of good stuff.”
Gwyn faintly nodded.
The steel gate was actually set up halfway up a mountain while all of Saruha wriggled to and fro underground, snaking around in tunnels.
The Arsenal was set up on a depression, and from their position by the gate, the two overlooked the entire Arsenal.
With Gwyn’s perception, they quickly noticed all the constructs that were emitting red light!
The patrol constructs.
They weren’t a kind of humanoid construct, instead having four wheels, and rectangular bodies with all kinds of weapons inside. They could notice enemies in their surroundings due to the sensors at all the corners of their bodies.
“Too many. And the further inside it is, the more packed they are.” Even if Gwyn was a prominent figure in the Bright Side, it was the first time he had seen so many constructs!
Saruha had already been abandoned for so many years, but there were still so many constructs working!
“Where are they getting their energy from?” Gwyn asked Marvin again in a low voice.
Marvin forced a smile. He knew that the ability of these constructs to keep moving was related to Saruha’s final BOSS, [Chaotic Memory Construct]. It was also due to that construct’s artificial intelligence that Saruha became even more dangerous.
But he didn’t say too much at that time. He only played it down and said, “I won’t know until we go down and take a look.”
He ignored Gwyn and turned into a blur, rushing down the mountain.
Gwyn stood there, dissatisfaction apparent on his face. He slightly stomped his foot, his behavior looking rather feminine.
‘How many secrets does this Marvin have after all?’
‘He obviously knows Saruha like the back of his hand, but he pretends to only know the surface. Does he think I’m blind?’
He snorted coldly, very dissatisfied with Marvin’s behavior.
But what could he do? When he smashed the mirror, he also noticed Pale Hand Sky looking at him.
With his perception, and Marvin’s previous reminder, he was able to notice that strange gaze.
That man really was targeting him.
If he wanted to survive, he would have to go along with the mysterious Marvin!
He could only bite his lip and follow closely behind.
…
Desolate Ancient Altar.
The Evil Dragon’s head had long been forcibly scattered by him, but he had also received a serious injury.
What enraged him was that before Tidomas’ projection disappeared, it used a spell to lock him on the Desolate Ancient Altar.
Although Vampires had high resistance toward many types of magic, an Evil Dragon Overlord’s spell was not something common.
Sky was trapped on the Desolate Ancient Altar, feeling extremely gloomy.
And on the side, the Evil Spirit Envoy was glaring at him.
He kept using spells to disturb the Pale Hand. Even if his spells couldn’t cause much harm to him, it was still very troublesome!
Weakness, Bleeding, Disease, Injury… All kinds of curses were layered, and even if he was a Legend powerhouse, with all the curses stacked like that, he would be greatly weakened.
Sky was extremely depressed about this entire course of events.
He knew he had overestimated his own strength, and underestimated Tidomas!
All he could do was toss around in the barrier that Tidomas created, dodging the Evil Spirit Envoy’s curses as much as he could.
At the same time, he was secretly looking for a gap, intending to break through the barrier.
As he looked, he noticed that not far from there, a group of shadows appeared.
The Wolf Spider mercenaries!
Rem, Lillia, Bull, and others, they were all there.
Compared with the start of the exploration, at least half of the people had been lost in the Crystal Hall.
Those able to reach this far were naturally elites among elites.
When Sky noticed them, they also noticed the confined Pale Hand!
“What is this altar? It’s actually so evil? Even a Legend is locked in!”
They were all shocked. “Yeah, Sir Sky seems to be in pain.”
“This is the aura of Evil Spirits. There is even an Evil Spirit Envoy.”
The Wolf Spider group stood there, neatly ordered.
Rem and Lilia glanced at each other. It was a headache.
Although they knew that Saruha would be full of dangers that they might not be able to overcome and hired many experts in advance, they somehow still hadn’t obtained any good treasure and kept meeting trouble after trouble.
Not even mentioning the Tentacle Horrors and the Crystal Hall, just having two Legends appear among them made them very distressed.
Whether it was Pale Hand Sky or Dragon Slayer Robin, they were both people they couldn’t afford to provoke.
After they were driven out by Marvin, they went around the Ancient Gnomes’ Residential District and got a few scattered chests.
But those were just the hidden personal items of some Ancient Gnomes. The good things were either in the Armory or the Arsenal and they were still far from them.
They had followed the path and found a road sign. According to what was depicted on it, as long as they went through this region, they would reach Saruha’s location with the most treasures, the [Armory]. In the rumors, the Armory held a Titan construct that was able to fight with Dragons!
These adventurers didn’t hope to find a Titan anymore. If they could get their hands on a few constructs, or some high level blueprints or jewels, it might be enough for them to flourish.
Thus they had carefully gone that way.
But just as they left this Residential District, they caught a glance of the Desolate Ancient Altar!
The aura of Evil Spirits was everywhere, making them think of the Tentacle Horrors in the tunnel!
Rem had an ominous premonition.
He was about to hint to everyone to pretend not to have seen this and instead circumvent this place when suddenly, Sky’s voice reached their ears. “Help me destroy this altar. There will be a large reward.”
The wise and thick-skinned Rem forced a smile.
Even as a Legend, you aren’t able to deal with the altar, so how could we do anything?
But he didn’t refuse Sky. He braced himself and quietly asked, “What can we do?”
…
In the pitch-black Arsenal.
The air was filled with a thick rusty smell. Besides the sound made when wheels rolled on uneven surfaces, this place was completely quiet.
Two shadows disappeared in between two buildings.
A X-model construct slowly came over. The eight sensors in its body probed at the same time, checking in all directions.
A faint red light swept through the surroundings, but there was no difference.
After a moment, it went away.
Marvin and Gwyn slowly came out from behind a thick pillar.
Gwyn muttered quietly, “Where do you want to go in the end?”
“Why are there more and more constructs gathering there?”
“Moreover, why do I feel that these constructs aren’t working based on set patterns, but are instead controlled by someone?”
A smile appeared in the corner of Marvin’s mouth. “The Perception from the Blood Mark is really amazing. The deeper we go, the more patrols there will be.”
Gwyn frowned. “The Pale Hand may catch up anytime!”
With a distinct lack of concern, Marvin said, “Coming to Saruha isn’t that easy, so shouldn’t we take out some precious things? Moreover, are you really afraid of that Pale Hand? If I’m not wrong, he should be dying from Tidomas and his subordinate’s attacks. Even if he successfully escapes, he would have quite a few curses on his body, like Weakness and such. At that time, if we join hands, we might be able to finish him.”
The Vampire laughed at Marvin. “You are insane. It’s a Legend powerhouse. Even if he was weakened by them, he isn’t someone a 4th rank class holder can kill.”
“Just kidding.” Marvin’s eyes shone.
In fact, he still had some assurance that he could catch the Legend Pale Hand off guard and kill him.
After all, he had saved up all kinds of tricks and methods ever since he transmigrated. So what if it was a Pale Hand? As long as he couldn’t avoid every blow, Marvin would have a chance to take his life!
Even the Shadow Prince’s avatar died in Marvin’s hands. Marvin simply didn’t fear Sky!
But in order to remain cautious and conceal his strength, he temporarily hid his confidence.
He only casually tossed out a few sentences and kept checking the terrain.
There was actually nothing incredibly great in the Gnome Arsenal.
There were no treasure chests and no treasure, only some cold constructs.
Marvin didn’t know about the constructs’ control hub, so even if he brought all those constructs home, they wouldn’t be very useful.
Of course, if he could find a way to control these constructs, it would be a different matter.
Unfortunately, controlling these constructs was but a dream. Marvin didn’t expect too much from the beginning.
His target was something else in the Arsenal!
Gwyn saw Marvin frowning while looking in the distance and asked in boredom, “This place is a pile of junk, and even if the best materials were left behind, they would become waste with the passage of time. What are you looking for?”
Marvin ignored him, focusing on trying to recall the Arsenal’s layout.
After a long time, a complete and clear map appeared in his mind.
“Let’s go!”
He didn’t hesitate any longer and rushed to an alley, crossing through the Arsenal in the darkness.
Gwyn was angry. If it was any other place, he would have already ignored Marvin and left.
Sadly, this was Saruha. He originally came to join in the fun, but who could have known that there would be a Legend powerhouse trying to kill him. Now his life depended on Marvin, and he could only passively follow behind him.
Fortunately he had a good temper. If it was someone else, they would have lashed out already.
The two travelled through the darkness, avoiding the constructs.
They finally stopped in front of a very short building.
What surprised Gwyn about it was the lack of a symbol or words or any kind of description. This was different from the other buildings in the Arsenal.
“What is this place?” Gwyn asked curiously.
Marvin watched the building’s entrance attentively, a happy expression showing on his face. “This is one of the storage facilities used to store raw materials in Saruha’s Arsenal.”
“Raw materials?” Gwyn was disappointed.
After so many years, any raw materials here should have already turned into a pile of scrap iron.
But Marvin’s next sentence suddenly made him wide-eyed.
“K series metals. Have you heard of them?”
Chapter 346: Taboo Metal
p>Marvin’s words bewildered the Vampire.
Clearly, that guy didn’t know about the [K series] metals.
Marvin didn’t mind. Gwyn was currently under the pressure of the Pale Hand’s assassination. The only thing the Vampire wanted was to get out of here as fast as possible and return to the Bright Side’s headquarters to inform Grand Duke William.
This was perfect for Marvin; the less Gwyn cared about the resources, the better. After all, Saruha was only so big, so there might not be enough K metal.
Marvin thought about it and said, “You wait here, I need at most fifteen minutes. After fifteen minutes, I’ll take you to find the hidden way out.”
Gwyn nodded in acquiescence.
Marvin used Stealth and entered the small warehouse.
Although the storehouse seemed to be in ruins, the constructs patrolling in the surroundings were still quite numerous.
But Marvin was different from before. With over 200 points in Stealth, even Legend Wizards’ detection spells wouldn’t find him, let alone these small constructs’ probes.
He passed by the constructs undetected.
He kept looking around the small building, finding that both the main entrance and the side door were sealed. There was apparently no way to enter.
Marvin could only jump to the roof to find a roof window.
‘Thankfully it’s not locked. If I broke the window, it might have attracted a bunch of constructs and alarmed that crazy one that only knows how to kill!’
Marvin landed gracefully in the warehouse.
He could faintly hear some sounds.
Vivid cries of distress that seemed to be coming from ancient times entered Marvin’s mind!
‘The legends are true, K series metals had an astonishing ability to absorb sound.’
‘These sounds are probably the howls of the Ancient Gnomes from when disaster struck.’
‘What happened at the time?’
Marvin had a solemn face and couldn’t help but let his imagination roam.
Even someone with as much knowledge of Feinan as him didn’t know about everything that happened in history.
After all, the information spread officially was only this much, so he had to explore many things himself after the Great Calamity to learn more.
The Great Calamity caused widespread destruction, leaving little information pertaining to the ancient eras. Occasionally there would be a few Gnome vestiges unearthed by people which would reveal a minute amount of information. If he wanted to be clear about everything, then the best way might be to go to the City of Knowledge.
But before he transmigrated, he had never heard of any player able to enter the City of Knowledge to get the information he wanted. Even the players with the qualifications of an apprentice who swore to spend their lives as scholars couldn’t get the information they wanted. Their rank was too low and they didn’t have the right to hear about it.
….
The destruction of the Ancient Gnomes was naturally very shocking.
However, Marvin’s willpower was strong, even stronger now that he had the Spirit Armband. After a few seconds, those sounds disappeared.
He glanced around the warehouse.
Although this warehouse wasn’t big, there were piles of boxes of raw materials!
Marvin knew this place was where the Gnomes piled their unique [K metal], because of the complete lack of any markings or signs outside this warehouse. And besides K metal, every warehouse had a sign explaining what kind of material was stored inside.
K metal wasn’t just one type of metal, but was in fact a series.
It was said that during the Wild Era, the Night Monarch led Feinan’s people to fight their way out and beat those wild monsters formed from primal chaos. The remaining people began to divide the territories and the puny Ancient Gnomes asked the Night Monarch for the Pambo Seashore, this desolate land.
The other races were shocked by the Ancient Gnomes’ choice. At the time, the Gnome Race had a very important personage, a Great Prophet powerhouse. This was his idea, and the Gnome Race obediently complied.
They found countless resources in there, and the Great Prophet relied on his wisdom to fully display his race’s talents. Soon, a unique country was established in the Pambo Seashore.
That was Feinan’s 1st Era. The Post-Primal Chaos Era!
It could be seen how powerful the Gnome empire was from the ruins they left behind.
After many excavations of the Ancient Gnomes’ vestiges, people gradually understood that the fall of the Gnomes started with a kind of metal.
The story was quite terrible, and after it was shared on the players’ forums, it was considered one of the unresolved disasters of Feinan.
The story happened around the end of the Gnome empire. The Great Prophet was about to pass away, and at the time, they found a strange mineral resource in the seafloor of the Pambo Sea. At the time, the Gnome empire was already rich to a certain degree and even had some things similar to submarines.
They had established a mining platform in the seafloor of the coastal waters in order to dig deep below.
But this excavation didn’t go smoothly. It was said that a lot of Gnomes died while building the mining platform, and although the Gnome empire kept throwing brilliant engineers at it, keeping the platform stable was very difficult.
Even though they managed to stabilize the platform later on, a lot of unfathomable accidents happened.
The Great Prophet was about to die and he didn’t want to have to take care of this matter.
But with the deaths of so many brilliant engineers, he had no choice but to personally move his ill body and take a look at it himself.
When he saw the wondrous metal being extracted, his face changed.
He passed his order: stop this project, and don’t allow any Gnome to extract this series of mysterious metals.
Even though this series of metals did have very magical abilities.
Even if the high ranked people of the Gnome empire were shocked, they still followed the Great Prophet’s order and hastily closed down this engineering project.
But the greedy Gnomes would easily forget their ancestors’ lessons. About fifty years after the Great Prophet’s death, they re-opened the project and unbridledly started gathering the metal.
But they hadn’t thought that this metal would cause a disaster for them.
That’s right, this was the metal Marvin was after, the K metal.
This metal was rumored to be cursed. This curse did not only target an individual, but instead targeted the entire greedy Gnome empire.
In the Post-Primal Chaos Era, the communication between all the major races was still underdeveloped.
It wasn’t until the High Elves firmly established their civilization and began to travel in all directions that they found out that the once-arrogant Gnome empire had already suffered destruction.
And only few people knew about the rumored K metal.
Marvin, as a transmigrator, was one of them.
…
Marvin knew little about the details of the K series metals. But from doing a few secret quests linked to the Gnome empire’s destruction, the players found out that the fall of the empire was really linked to the K metals. But it wasn’t purely these metals being cursed. Rather, these metals would make a few lifeforms envious.
Naturally, these so-called curses wouldn’t be able to suddenly collapse the Gnome empire. Marvin wasn’t superstitious, so how could he be afraid of K metals after going through twelve curses?
He also knew that in the game, K series metals were split into three kinds. They were casually named K1, K2, and K3 by the players and were different from ordinary metals. They had extraordinary natural properties: [Magic Penetration], [Divine Restraint], and [Unbreakable].
When smelting weapons, only a bit of the K metals was needed to add these properties!
It was normally very hard to give these properties to weapons.
In all of Feinan, weapons with Magic Penetration were very rare, those with Divine Restraint were even rarer, and as for Unbreakable… those were almost nonexistent.
Only a genuine Master Enchanter could maybe manage to make a weapon with Magic Penetration or Divine Restraint during his lifetime.
Otherwise, Marvin wouldn’t have been so excited when obtaining the pair of [Azure Leaf]s.
It was an incredible pair of daggers, to be able to have both Magic Penetration and Divine Restraint while still being light as a feather, all without the use of any K metal. Only an outstanding Master Enchanter could create this kind of weapon.
Most people would spend their lifetimes without ever seeing such exceptional weapons.
But this common sense was broken in the face of K metal, which even the Pearl Tower’s Scholars called [Taboo Metal].
Marvin knew that if these K metals saw the light of day, they would bring about a storm.
This was a trump card!
After the Great Calamity, Chaos Magic Power would run rampant across Feinan. Many Wizards would fail the willpower test and turn into magical walking corpses.
And the gods would also send their subordinates to Feinan.
Magic Spells and Divine Spells would become mainstream in the future world.
And K metal was the perfect nemesis.
This would be one of the most powerful cards to handle the chaos monsters and the gods!
…
Marvin was recalling all he knew about the strength of the K metals while plundering unabashedly.
In the entire warehouse, most of the boxes were in fact empty. Most of the K metals had apparently already been used.
Fortunately, Marvin found some in a corner.
In total, he obtained eight small boxes of K metals, among which there were three boxes of K1 and three boxes of K2, which could give Magic Penetration and Divine Restraint.
And there were only two boxes of K3 which had the [Unbreakable] property.
Each box only had a fist-sized piece of K metal, but Marvin was already satisfied.
These K metals had been refined, and their purity was very high. If they were used to smelt hidden weapons and used at critical time, it would definitely catch his future enemies off guard!
…
After fifteen minutes, Marvin sneaked out of the warehouse.
Gwyn sighed in relief.
He wasn’t curious about what was in the warehouse, and only urged Marvin to take him out of Saruha.
Marvin didn’t hesitate and led the way, circumventing the Arsenal and avoiding a few constructs, before finally opening a sewer’s manhole.
“This is the secret path you talked about?”
Gwyn frowned, displeasure apparent on his face.
Marvin couldn’t help but roll his eyes. “Is it important to stay clean when running for your life?”
After saying this, he ignored Gwyn and went in first.
Chapter 347: Control Room
p>The dark sewers weren’t as nauseating as Gwyn had imagined.
The sewers had already been abandoned for so many years after all, so all the filth had already turned to dust under the passage of time.
The air there was actually pretty clean.
“Could your secret exit be hidden in the sewers?”
Gwyn rushed over to Marvin, realizing that the sewers were most likely the way to leave Saruha.
Marvin nodded and pointed in one direction while saying, “Follow this path. With your strength, even if you meet a monster, you should be able to take care of it. This is the way to the secret exit. The sewers’ exit is well-hidden, so the Ancient Gnomes weren’t worried that another lifeform would come in through them. Moreover, you can turn into a bat to leave.”
Gwyn hesitated slightly. “You don’t intend to leave with me?”
Marvin forced a smile. “There are still many good things waiting in Saruha, how could I leave now?”
Gwyn looked at Marvin speechlessly.
This guy was obviously White River Valley’s Overlord. He was sitting on two gold mines and according to the rumors, he had conquered a sub-plane, obtaining endless resources and wealth. Now this guy was still greedy for Saruha’s treasures… Was this guy the hero who destroyed an Evil Spirit Plane?
If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, Gwyn wouldn’t have believed the rumors about [Great Hero Marvin] being such a miser!
He kindly reminded Marvin that the Dark Side’s Vampires didn’t take pity on Humans and even had somewhat of an antagonistic feeling toward them, and also warned him to be extremely careful.
Afterwards, the two parted ways. Gwyn went to the sewers’ exit, and Marvin turned and went deeper into the sewers!
…
In the maze-like sewers, Marvin quickly moved forward.
In this place, nothing could block his path.
In fact, he was much faster underground than above ground.
Even if Marvin didn’t remember Saruha’s map in detail, he more or less knew the directions.
Saruha was a roughly circular vestige. From the back entrance, one would have to go through the Crystal Hall and then the small treasury to reach the Gnome Residential District.
The steel gates northeast of the Gnome Residential District led to the Arsenal.
North of the Arsenal was the 3rd District, the [Control Room].
Northwest of the Control Room was the 4th District, the [Armory].
Southwest of the Armory was the [Desolate Ancient Altar].
The five big Districts formed a circle, surrounding a rocket silo. According to the legends, Saruha’s Gnomes intended to set out for the skies, to explore the mysteries of the Astral Sea… That was before God Lance had descended and when the God Realms had yet to be set up in the Astral Sea!
But unfortunately, what happened afterwards stopped them from accomplishing this feat. That rocket silo was embedded deep in Saruha, waiting to be excavated by later generations.
From what Marvin knew a bit about the place, there wasn’t much of anything useful in the Residential District. He had already obtained a lot of remnants from Gnome Engineer’s in the small treasury and was quite satisfied. The Spirit Armband was an unexpected windfall, while the K metals gave him another hidden card.
But the treasures he truly cared about were still in the other two Districts.
The [Control Room] and the [Armory]!
There were many constructs and parts in the Control Room, along with Saruha’s current leader, the Chaotic Memory Construct, [Slaughterer].
Slaughterer had a memory issue, and had two modes. One was a regular mode, during which it was possible to communicate with it. But his sentences would frequently cut off and he would be extremely jumpy, frequently referring to some very strange things and even bluntly using God Lance’s name.
And the other one was a slaughter mode. As the name implied, when in that mode, Slaughterer would slaughter everything nonstop.
Slaughterer under slaughter mode was a nightmare for any intruders.
In reality, Marvin was exploring Saruha pretty casually this time.
Even if he already knew some things about the Gnome’s vestige, he didn’t make a move because the constructs left behind by the Ancient Gnomes were his nemeses!
To Rangers, these constructs wrapped in iron were extremely troublesome.
They couldn’t be reasoned with and only followed orders.
Marvin would feel sorry for his weapons if he fought with them.
They had no lives, and were more like robots. And Marvin doubted he could receive experience after killing a construct.
Thus, despite coincidentally entering Saruha, he had no intention of facing that construct.
If there were Evil Spirits, he would kill them all, but as for constructs, he would simply enter Stealth.
‘Most of the things in the Armory were taken away by the Ancient Gnomes during their disaster. Only that big one wasn’t removed.’
‘If I can get that one… Even if an Ancient Red Dragon invaded the territory, White River Valley wouldn’t be worried!’
‘But the key to control it should be in the Control Room.’
Marvin clenched his teeth and ultimately decided to go toward the Control Room, even though that place was the constructs’ headquarters.
Marvin travelled back and forth in the sewers before finally finding an exit.
He gently pushed the lid and acted swiftly, transforming into a shadow and disappearing from where he was.
This place was a lot more oppressive than the Arsenal.
A large amount of X-model constructs were waiting in formation. Only their sensors were activated, continuously scanning the place.
Marvin’s Stealth was high enough, but someone else would have definitely been discovered.
As the name implied, the Control Room controlled all of Saruha.
It was set up in a huge cave.
In the center of the cave there was a metal building divided into three floors, the highest of which was the control hub.
And Slaughterer was in the 2nd floor.
Marvin used Stealth and quietly reached the building.
The large entrance was tightly secured and the walls were smooth. Only someone with the Ancient Gnomes’ permission could enter.
If he tried rashly, it would lead to the constructs attacking.
The current Marvin was level 19 and had the Shapeshift Sorcerer skills, along with many other cards, so he wasn’t worried about these constructs. He was just unwilling to fight them if he could avoid it, as it wouldn’t be worth it.
Marvin went around the building three times, feeling extremely annoyed.
The Control Room was strictly guarded, he couldn’t open the entrance, so how could he go in?
‘It was said that the hidden keys to control the Titan are in the 3rd floor of the Control Room.’
‘Without that set of keys, even if I got hold of those constructs, I wouldn’t be able to control them.’
‘Do I really have to kill my way up?!’
He stayed for a while around the Control Room and thought of all kinds of methods to go in, but this was Saruha’s core. How could he find a hole in the defenses so easily?
Helpless, Marvin intended to leave.
But he hadn’t expected that a group of people would suddenly appear in the cave, south of the Control Room!
Leading them was Pale Hand Sky!
Marvin entered Stealth, restraining his emotions and his surprise.
Chapter 348: Slaughterer
p>When he thought about it, it wasn’t that surprising for the Wolf Spider mercenaries to appear here so soon.
After all, Saruha was shaped like a circle. He had spent a lot of time in the Arsenal, and this was enough time for the Pale Hand to take the other way around.
After they got rid of the Evil Spirits in the Desolate Ancient Altar area, they probably didn’t get much profit. The most important parts of Saruha were the weapons-related areas and the Control Room.
They came from the Armory, but the treasures in the Armory were protected by powerful armed constructs.
Without the correct password they couldn’t get access to anything and could only be mercilessly slaughtered.
As he remained hidden, Marvin counted the number of people in the Wolf Spider mercenaries and felt cold.
‘Two thirds are missing.’
‘They were almost wiped out. Did they fight the big guy in the Armory?’
Marvin knew what must have happened. Even with Sky leading them, it would be very difficult for these ordinary people to prevail.
Maybe if it was another Legend, such as a Legend Monk, or a Legend Barbarian.
A rogue, even one like Sky who was extremely proficient in attacking, wouldn’t have it easy fighting against pieces of metal.
It was just like using a dagger against a tortoise shell. However you tried to poke it, you wouldn’t be able to break it.
They definitely arrived here after a fight.
Marvin could see that besides Sky, the others were wounded, some lightly and some more heavily.
It wasn’t that Marvin was treacherous, but he hadn’t been too sure about this Saruha exploration in the first place. Since those mercenaries chose to stand with Sky, he wouldn’t bother telling them about any secrets. He was better off hiding himself and seeing whether he could get any benefits.
‘They must know that they need the password to get the treasures in the Armory.’
‘The password is in the Control Room… are they planning to attack it?’
Marvin was fine with letting them do so. This way he could have the chance to take advantage of their efforts.
…
Just as Marvin expected, after observing the cave from above for a while, Sky imperiously gave them an order.
They didn’t follow the path down, instead using a rope to descend from their vantage point and arrive at the Control Room.
This way they wouldn’t meet as many constructs.
While remaining in Stealth, Marvin quickly moved behind a pillar near the Control Room’s entrance.
He could tell that all the remaining adventurers were experts.
Although they didn’t have rogue classes, all of them were pretty nimble and noiselessly climbed down the rope.
This naturally included the Wolf Spider leader, Rem. He still had influence among the adventurers and could speak to the Legend on behalf of the others.
“Sir Sky, are we really going to attack the Control Room from the front?”
Rem looked at the army of constructs ahead and couldn’t help but feel fearful.
Even if these constructs were different from the combat-focused constructs that they met in the Armory, the amount was still too shocking.
The dozen people he brought were simply not enough.
Marvin understood their situation after listening from his hiding spot.
…
Marvin had actually guessed incorrectly. How could the experienced mercenary team lose so many people like that?
They did meet a few constructs in the Armory, but with their team cooperation and Sky’s strength, they still managed to deal with them.
Rem had arranged his manpower in three groups. The weakest would stay in the Desolate Ancient Altar, gathering some minor treasures left behind by the Ancient Gnomes.
The other group would stay in the Armory, as support.
Even though the Armory had a lot of fighting constructs, they generally wouldn’t move unless someone approached to take away the treasure. Thus, this was a relatively safe area.
The last group followed Sky to attack the Control Room and consisted of elites.
They heard more about Saruha from the Evil Spirit Envoy.
And they were now discussing how to attack this seemingly calm building.
…
‘Damn, it was really the Wolf Spider’s mercenaries who freed the Pale Hand.’
‘Even with the Evil Spirit Envoys acting, wouldn’t it be difficult to trap Sky?’
Marvin caught some clues from the discussion between both sides.
If not for the Wolf Spider mercenaries, Sky might still be waiting in the Desolate Ancient Altar.
‘Even Tidomas made a move?’
‘Sure enough, I have a [Kill on sight] aura for Evil Spirits,’ Marvin thought sarcastically.
He wasn’t generally worried about the Evil Spirit Planes’ hostility toward him in Feinan, but he had to be careful in Evil Spirits’ areas.
He hid behind the pillar, casually listening to everyone’s whispers.
This building didn’t look sturdy, but it was basically indestructible. It was rumored that the walls themselves were made of K metals and even the spells of Legend Wizards might not be able to break them.
You could only go in through the entrance.
Sky and the few Wolf Spider mercenaries discussed for a bit more before ultimately deciding to go through the main entrance.
They were prepared to trigger the alarm, and with a few 4th rank powerhouses taking the lead, they rushed from the front.
On another side, they deployed some people to resist the constructs that would be alerted.
They only needed to get through the main entrance, and then everyone could retreat inside. After entering, defending should be much easier.
‘These adventurers are actually even greedier than me!’
‘They actually want to control all the constructs and loot everything in Saruha.’
‘I only want that one…’
Marvin sneered inwardly while listening to their plan.
In Rem and Sky’s plan, the adventurers used to block the constructs were clearly discarded pawns.
With so many constructs on standby, when all of them came up, how could a few adventurers block them?
Only a Legend Wizard or Cleric could take care of such an army of constructs. Others would be in for a bad time!
Let alone a few ordinary mercenaries.
Rem promised these pitiful mercenaries that they would have priority on the loot once they returned, but they didn’t know that they would be dying soon.
After all, those constructs over there were in a half-asleep mode.
But Marvin knew that if they triggered the alarm, all the constructs would awaken!
At that time, few people would be able to escape.
Of course, Sky would be able to get away.
…
Marvin was waiting very patiently while they prepared. He continued to carefully hide his own aura.
Although his Stealth was already at 200 points and he could even hide from Heavenly Observers, Sky was a Legend after all, so he still had to be cautious not to make a mistake.
He was hiding to the side and soon, a mercenary from Rem’s group moved forward, trying to open the building’s entrance.
That mercenary was rather carefree. It seemed like he was usually treated well by his leader. It was a pity that in this place, his character would lead him to a disaster!
Marvin coldly watched him fumbling about, trying to open the door.
In the distance, Rem and Sky had pondering expressions on their faces.
They were clearly throwing away his life.
But to their surprise, after this mercenary fumbled around for a while and pressed the buttons, not only did he not trigger the mechanism, he actually successfully opened the entrance!
As everyone gazed on in shock, the metallic doors slowly parted and light suddenly appeared from the darkness!
“Hahahaha…”
“Boss Rem, I already told you that I had the potential to be a Thief. It’s a pity that you made me pick up swordsmanship. What Gnome mechanisms, it’s all so simple.”
They all remained speechless.
And Marvin was even more shocked.
This guy’s luck was simply inconceivable.
This building’s entrance had a total of eight buttons, and one had to input the correct code to open the door, or else the alarm would be triggered and all kinds of constructs would come attack.
‘Just like that?’
Marvin looked at this burly guy with a whole new level of respect. But who would have thought that the next second, a red light would shine from the depths of the building…
‘No good!’ Marvin, still hidden in the darkness, rolled to hide away from the building.
Unfortunately, that man didn’t notice it and was still laughing his head off, loudly calling the others to quickly come over.
“Woosh!”
A network of red lasers silently shot out and wrapped around that man!
“Ahhh!” A mournful yell came from the pitiful mercenary.
Red lasers radiated around him, even sweeping by the location where Marvin was hiding earlier!
In the blink of an eye, the boasting mercenary was roasted into a burnt corpse!
All those who saw the scene felt a chill!
A place where treasures were buried? This was clearly a tomb!
“Spread out!”
Rem promptly reacted and made the others spread out.
And following that, the lasers quickly rushed over in succession.
These came from a frightening construct, slowly walking out from the depths of the 1st floor!
It stepped on that dead body and crushed it into fine powder.
Slaughterer!
Marvin’s eyelids twitched.
This wasn’t the 2nd floor! Why would it randomly be in the mood to take a stroll to the 1st floor?
“Kill it!” Sky roared as he directly escaped to the Shadow Plane, trying to look for a weak point in the construct.
The rest of the mercenaries also scattered, their gazes filled with fear. These lasers were really too frightening!
The power was comparable to a Legendary Disintegrate!
“Intruders… Eliminate!”
Slaughterer was huge, but wasn’t slow. Six black gun barrels suddenly came out of its body!
‘Exactly like a transforming robot.’
Marvin on the side also felt worried.
Slaughterer was in slaughter mode. Its transformation was incredible and its firepower was simply heaven-defying.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Countless bullets shot out of the gun barrels and a mercenary who failed to dodge fell to the ground!
These weren’t Sha firearms, they were Ancient Gnome firearms.
What made the mercenaries feel even more despair was that when Slaughterer appeared, those constructs at the bottom of the slope awakened.
At the crucial moment, Marvin used Night Boundary and passed Slaughterer’s body to rush into the Control Room’s hall!
Chapter 349: Go Big Or Go Home!
p>Nobody noticed Marvin slipping in during this chaos.
Even Sky was completely focused on the frightening Slaughterer and didn’t see Marvin sneakily flashing in.
The Wolf Spider group began to counterattack despite their difficult situation.
Sky was roaming between the Prime Material Plane and the Shadow Plane, trying to land a good hit.
But Slaughterer’s defensive power was too shocking. He went all-out but could only leave a shallow wound on its metal body!
What was more frightening was that this kind of metal could even heal itself.
This made them feel incredibly bitter!
Some mercenaries intended to turn and flee.
How could Humans’ bodies contend against them? Unless they had an army or a Legend Wizard, they couldn’t be able to make a move on the army of constructs without walking to their doom.
…
Marvin took advantage of the intense battle outside the Control Room to sneak in.
Even though he had already gone past the constructs and only remembered Slaughterer being inside the building, there was no harm in being careful.
In this situation, the hidden characteristic [Stealth Master] from reaching 200 points of Stealth was most definitely put to good use.
Without this characteristic, his speed in Stealth would be reduced by half and it would be very hard for Marvin to get what he wanted before the battle outside ended.
The interior was completely covered in sensors. Marvin had to move carefully to avoid them.
His eyes were fixed on the open space in the center of the room.
The building had three layers which could all be seen from the center as it was open. The highest layer was completely shrouded in glass with green and red dots flickering inside.
That was the real control hub of all of Saruha!
On the side there was a spiral staircase that he could take upward.
Marvin avoided the sensors and rushed to the 3rd floor!
‘Finally got in!’
Marvin was pleased.
If not for the diversion of the Wolf Spider group, he wouldn’t have had such a smooth opportunity.
Slaughterer was always defending this place, as the control hub’s temporary master, giving outsiders no chance to approach.
But it was different now.
It might have been the Legend powerhouse’s aura that made Slaughterer personally make a move, leaving the protection of the control room and taking the initiative to attack.
Marvin stood on the 3rd floor and looked outside.
From the glass window he could see a disturbingly frightening scene!
The constructs were like a tide of metal rushing up from the bottom of the depression.
It was a massive mountain of metal! With swords growing all over their bodies!
Marvin would rather face an army of Evil Spirits than be in front of that group of steel monsters!
Breaking their defenses was so difficult. How would they be able to hold against them?
He didn’t dare to keep looking and focused his energy on the control hub’s door.
This was the Control Room’s final layer of defense.
To reach the control hub, he would have to input the correct password.
This layer of defense actually should have been the most difficult. Even in the ancient eras, very few Ancient Gnomes knew the password.
In ordinary circumstances, if he wanted to learn this secret password, he would have to defeat Slaughterer.
But Marvin had an alternative.
He entered the numbers and symbols into the control hub’s door with a “Snap!”
Marvin smirked. ‘The password for Saruha’s control hub had been leaked on the forums by the players…’
He quickly entered the glass cover.
“Bang!” The entrance closed.
Marvin pushed the green button which meant [Standby], and began his own operation!
…
At the moment that Marvin opened the control hub, outside the Control Room, Slaughterer stopped.
It ignored everyone around and rushed back into the hall!
All the people outside the Control Room were shocked.
The Pale Hand quickly followed.
Rem and the others looked at each other. The constructs from the bottom had already reached them, so if they didn’t follow, wouldn’t that mean certain death?
They all rushed in immediately.
Fortunately, Slaughterer was completely ignoring them now!
He was rushing to the center of the Control Room!
“Intruder!”
“Get the fuck out! That’s my throne!”
The hoarse machine voice echoed menacingly.
The six pitch black gun barrels were aimed at the glass cover on the 3rd floor!
They all looked up and were shocked to find out that a figure was already on the 3rd floor.
From their expressions, it looked as if the Wolf Spider mercenaries had seen a ghost!
“Someone is inside!”
“How did he get in!”
“He looks a bit familiar, who is he?”
“He is moving so fast, who the hell is he? It wouldn’t be a ghost, right?”
Meanwhile, a strange scene played out before them.
Slaughterer was utterly angry. “Get the fuck out!”
It tried to shoot at the control hub, but this was a serious violation of its protocols!
The control hub was the most important part of Saruha, and Slaughterer was in charge of protecting this place, not destroying it!
This frightening construct kept sprinting toward the glass sphere.
At that time, an angry voice resounded beside the pillar, “Ghost? Bullshit! It’s that man you invited!”
“What! It’s Kerry… No, Sir Robin!”
“Dragon Slayer Robin! Wasn’t he at that steel gate? How could he suddenly rush over to the Control Room?”
The mercenaries were puzzled.
Only Sky’s face paled.
Although he didn’t know how Marvin got a hold of the control hub’s password, he more or less guessed the entire process.
He had noticed Gwyn and that Robin being very close to each other. This guy was in the control hub, so where was Gwyn?
“Sir, what should we do?” Rem cautiously inquired. “If I’m not wrong, the one in the control hub is the [Dragon Slayer] famous in the Pambo Seashore…”
“Dragon Slayer?” The Pale Hand sneered, “I feel that there is an issue with the rumors!”
“If he really was so powerful, why would he sneakily hide behind us and take the opportunity to enter the Control Room?”
“I don’t sense the aura of a Legend from his body. This guy is only a 4th rank ant!”
Rem frowned.
The Dragon Slayer name was very awe-inspiring. Although he also didn’t feel any Legend aura from Marvin’s body, he didn’t dare deny it so easily.
“I want to see how he plans on finishing this!” Sky said.
“Make your people hide, don’t let the construct kill them.”
“That pile of scrap is trying to take back the control hub, so we are safe for the time being.”
…
Just as Sky had pointed out, Slaughterer’s main target was Marvin.
It extended its arm, trying to input the secret password to enter.
But the door had already been locked by Marvin.
The only way to enter now was the forced override procedure. It had temporary authority here after all, so it could use this kind of method to open the door.
But this method would take at least five minutes!
And five minutes would be enough for Marvin to do a lot.
Marvin always did his own things.
This trip to Saruha was originally to try his luck, but he hadn’t expected that he was really able to take advantage of the others’ crisis to reach the control hub.
Marvin was quite daring. When he set foot in the control hub, he reviewed everything he knew about it in his mind.
‘Hehe, in the game, the one who entered the control hub for the first time would obtain many benefits, while the later people could only get some constructs’ parts or microchips.’
‘It seems different this time.’
His eyes were spinning around the control hub. Soon, he found the thing he wanted!
It was a green iron box, calmly sitting atop a shelf in the control hub.
The iron box had a strange rune carved on it. Marvin only slightly recognized some parts of the rune representing the ancient eras’ Sun God.
The iron box itself was also a treasure, but Marvin currently didn’t know how to use it.
To him, the things inside the box were most important.
It held a green card and a thick handbook!
A rather unusual light flowed around the card, and as for the handbook, it was rather thick and filled with many details. It was fully written in Ancient Gnomish.
Marvin didn’t know Ancient Gnomish, but he remembered this book’s name!
– Mechanical Titan’s Control Handbook –!
And that card was the key to activate Saruha’s ultimate killing device, the secret key to activate the Mechanical Titan!
Seeing this card, Marvin was ecstatic.
He already had half of that guy in the Armory now!
If he could really leave Saruha with a Mechanical Titan, he would profit immensely!
It had to be known that when it came to pure melee ability, the Mechanical Titan could match the Dragon Race.
“Du du du…” Marvin heard a hurried sound.
He frowned and immediately put away his things.
He knew that Slaughterer had begun to forcibly unlock the door.
He didn’t have much time left.
He then kept looking and soon found the thing he wanted.
It was another iron box, with five slots in it. There were four chips in the box!
Construct Memory Chips!
If Marvin wasn’t wrong, these chips were most likely related to Mark 47’s quest.
Mark 47 had followed God Lance on this world, and God Lance apparently descended in the Post-Primal Chaos Era, so there was a bit of a time deviation, but he instinctively felt that they were probably related.
Getting the Memory Chips was one of Marvin’s goals.
As for that empty slot, needless to say, the chip was in [Slaughterer]’s head. He wouldn’t be able to take it without killing it.
…
After taking care of everything, there were only three minutes left.
Marvin was sweating.
He stared at the console.
Although the console was now completely dull gray, Marvin still recognized the buttons!
This time he was prepared to go big or go home!
‘Although I don’t know why such a large rocket couldn’t be launched back then, it’s a pity to leave it there.’
‘Glynos… You almost killed me once. This time, I have a gift for you.’