Night Ranger

Chapter 350: Race Against Time

p>Outside the control hub, Slaughterer was carrying out the override procedure.

Once it was unlocked, Marvin would be in an extremely dangerous situation.

He didn’t have much time!

Sweat trickled down Marvin’s forehead. He didn’t know that much about Ancient Gnomish, and wasn’t prepared to deal with the controls.

But he had heard that the first player who entered Saruha successfully shot this rocket with the help of the player interface system.

Marvin wanted to check whether his Essence Absorption System was completely like his previous system.

He pressed his palm on a small screen under the control hub. “Di di di.” A red light flickered.

‘Damn…’

This meant he didn’t pass the verification test.

Countless logs flashed in front of him.

Suddenly, one of them attracted Marvin’s attention.

[Do you want to activate the System Assistance function – Simple Programs Operations]

The yes option cost 10000 exp.

For Marvin, 10000 wasn’t a small amount, but this was an extremely rare opportunity!

Marvin’s desire to retaliate was very strong. He and the Shadow Prince were mortal foes. Since he had the chance to send him a gift, he wouldn’t pass up on this opportunity!

Battle exp could be farmed after all!

He chose to activate the System Assistance.

He placed his palm down once again, and the System Assistance automatically activated. It began to crack the launch procedures for the rocket.

Meanwhile, the screen brightened up and a line of data flashed in front of him. Although he couldn’t read it, with the System Assistance, he understood that it was the process for the rocket’s launch procedures!

‘Sure enough, it’s a rough model.’

‘Back then, that group successfully launched the rocket and posted all the information about it to brag, including even the launch password! Hehe, this time I’ll launch it alone!’

Marvin focused himself on the launch procedures, completely ignoring the sounds of Slaughterer still in the middle of unlocking the door.

“Ding!” A sound echoed, showing that Marvin had successfully broken through the Ancient Gnomes’ lock.

A long password box appeared on the screen.

This was the password to launch the rocket.

Marvin took a deep breath. Fortunately, his memory was amazing. Moreover, he had also paid close attention to that event because of his curiosity, which made it more prominent in his memories.

It came in handy now.

The password was entered.

A countdown appeared on the screen!

Marvin grinned.

No one in Feinan knew what kind of things were in the rocket.

But he clearly knew.

That was a bomb! It was called [Judgement Day].

The Ancient Gnomes at the time seemed to have noticed some strange and powerful lifeforms in the Astral Sea, and this rocket was prepared for them!

But for some reason, the rocket wasn’t fired, and the Ancient Gnome Race was completely destroyed.

In the end, it benefitted Marvin.

“Di di di!”

The countdown began.

Marvin hurriedly began to adjust the coordinates.

This rocket was originally aimed above their heads, to the Astral Sea. But it would have surely crossed countless God Realms on its way, alarming many gods.

This wasn’t what Marvin had in mind.

He only had one target!

The Shadow Realm!

Marvin remembered many coordinates of many God Realms, and the Shadow Prince’s place was definitely one of them.

After the countdown started, Marvin quickly changed the destination in less than thirty seconds with the help of the System Assistance.

Target: Shadow Realm!

Glynos wasn’t aware that in Feinan, a frightening missile was aiming at his home!

And the Universe Magic Pool wouldn’t obstruct something leaving Feinan.

Marvin was sure about this. Few people knew more than him about the Universe Magic Pool in this world!

“Di Di Di!”

There was less than a minute left before Slaughterer would break through the door.

Marvin was frantically adjusting the settings. He didn’t really understand everything, but the System Assistance could help him carry out his intentions. He only needed to enter the desired result and the System Assistance would take care of it.

This was the advantage of the system. Everything was exactly like it was in the game!

…

“Despicable Human! Stay your hand!” Slaughterer’s ominous voice echoed from outside, “What are you doing?!”

It had temporary authority over the control hub and was able to find out what Marvin was doing, but couldn’t prevent it.

Because it wasn’t Saruha’s true master!

Thirty seconds left.

Marvin sighed in relief.

‘Done!’

The countdown on the launch screen was at fifteen minutes!

Marvin locked the procedure so that Slaughterer wouldn’t be able to alter it, and then prepared to escape.

At that moment, all of Saruha began to shake.

There seemed to be an ancient monster waking up in the center of the circle-shaped Saruha.

Rumbling sounds kept echoing, and stone kept falling in the cave!

Marvin sneered and jumped up before suddenly disappearing!

…

“What has he done?”

“He disappeared!”

“Hold on… Saruha is shaking… Damn, is this place going to collapse?”

Rem and the others were convulsing with fear.

They didn’t know what the Dragon Slayer did in the control hub, but it actually shook the entirety of Saruha.

And after he was done, he mysteriously disappeared from the control hub!

This was quite confounding.

The control hub building’s materials were extremely special, to the point that even Sky, who was very proficient in travelling through the shadows, wasn’t able to cross over!

They were all frightened, and Slaughterer roared!

“Dong!”

The control hub doors finally opened.

Sky instantly flashed into the control hub, but what he saw shocked him!

Countless red lights were flashing, and a huge screen was flickering with the same color. A long trajectory map appeared in front of him.

‘This is…’

With his superficial knowledge of the planes, he could tell that this trajectory led outside the Universe Magic Pool!

‘What is that guy trying to do!’ Sky was at a loss.

But at that time, a steel arm suddenly flew over!

If not for Sky dodging away quickly, he might have been pierced by this arm!

The mechanical part at the end of the long steel arm was apparently manipulating the control hub.

“Di di di” sounds kept echoing as Sky hid to the side.

Not long after, Slaughterer’s angry voice echoed outside the door. “No!”

“How could this be! Wretched intruder! He locked the launch procedure!”

The loud roar echoed through the Control Room.

Everyone was dazed.

Launch procedure?

What was that?

That was completely outside their understanding!

Only the shaking of Saruha gave them a sense of crisis.

“Retreat!”

Rem was very firm. The Wolf Spider mercenaries standing tall and not falling for so long was due to them knowing when to give up!

With the intensity of these vibrations, Saruha might very well collapse!

The Wolf Spider group began to retreat.

And the crazy Slaughterer inside was unable to stop Marvin’s locked launch procedure because he had entered the full launch code!

Once the rocket started the countdown, Slaughterer wouldn’t be able to stop it.

It angrily retracted its mechanical arm and began utilizing its authority to search for traces of Marvin in Saruha.

But it didn’t find anything.

Marvin seemed to have completely disappeared.

Sky was still looking around for him.

He used Stealth and cautiously looked for Marvin in the control hub.

As he looked overhead, a pitch-black ventilation shaft appeared in his sight!

‘Damn, that kid is escaping!’

The Pale Hand suddenly reacted and chased after him!

…

In the dirty ventilation system, Marvin strenuously crawled forward.

Launching a rocket was only a small gift for Glynos. The most important part was to quickly get the things he wanted!

That Titan construct in the Armory!

The place he was in right now, the ventilation system, was like the sewer system. It was a passage linking all five areas of Saruha and was a lot safer than the ordinary path.

Marvin’s speed was very fast. He roughly guessed his desired location and cut an exit out of the ventilation system, landing on the ground.

‘Armory at last!’

He scouted his surroundings, looking for the correct direction.

He had to find the Titan construct and leave this place before the rocket was fired.

Because all of Saruha might get buried after the rocket launched!

‘Where is it?’ His eyes shone all around, trying to find a landmark.

At that time, a black construct appeared in front of him.

‘No good!’

Marvin had just been rushing at top speed and was discovered by the construct because he didn’t have Stealth active.

In the Control Room, Slaughterer suddenly retracted the plugged part and coldly said, “Intruder found, in the Armory.”

Its speed instantly increased past human limits as it rushed to the Armory.

…

A race against time had just started in Saruha.

But a grim scene was also playing out in Rocky Mountain, 500 kilometers away from Saruha.

It was worse than when Black Dragon Clarke lead an Underdark Army to attack Hope City!

A purple-gowned woman was standing on a hill not far from there, watching the three sisters floating over Hope City.

She looked extremely refined and radiant.

But her expression was very grim.

Hope City’s inhabitants were anxious.

Because there were no less than five Black Dragons behind that woman!

“Hand over that Robin guy.”

“Otherwise Rocky Mountain will become ruins after today,” the woman coldly declared.

Chapter 351: Shaking the South

p>Rocky Mountain was completely silent.

Those who hoped to draw a clear line between themselves and this war had already hidden far away, watching from the sidelines.

Several days ago, this woman called Tlorin demanded that Rocky Mountain hand over Robin.

The reason was very simple: he held [Weeping Sky] and was thus the Dragons’ natural enemy. The Dragon Race was unable to tolerate such a treasure being held by Humans.

This was a huge threat to them.

This woman was the new Apostle of the Black Dragon God. She had always kept a cautious attitude, so she initially didn’t show herself, instead spreading some rumors.

It was said that five Black Dragons would come together from the northern Black Dragon lair to avenge Clarke.

This time, the Black Dragon God was truly furious. His son was killed by a Human, and moreover, a Dragon Slaying weapon had appeared. Thus, he immediately summoned his completely new Apostle and woke up five Black Dragons from the Black Dragon lair to start pressuring Rocky Mountain.

Tlorin was very crafty.

She didn’t directly attack like Tess. She spread some rumors first, in order to sound out the reactions of the South Wizard Alliance and other nearby powers.

She was very pleased with the outcome. The South Wizard Alliance had no interest in this banished ground.

And most of Pambo Seashore’s Legends had been beaten bloody by Jessica while trying to get a hold of a Source of Fire’s Order. Their reputations had quickly spread to the East Coast, so why would they help?

The only thing that surprised her was that after the news spread, there actually was a Legend that rushed over.

The Aurora Sword Saint.

Last time, he was the one beaten most miserably by Jessica, and he was also a Lord of one of the city states of Pambo Seashore.

This time he didn’t come for a Source of Fire’s Order, but to help the three sisters defend their city.

The Aurora Sword Saint was straightforward and upright, and candidly admitted that coming here this time was only to pay back for what happened last time. This made Tlorin a bit depressed.

If she had known, she wouldn’t have left people spreading rumors for so long and would have just attacked with the Black Dragons instead.

However, only one more Legend didn’t influence the situation too much.

Jessica’s strength was astonishing and her 6th layer Fate Power was shocking, but fighting against five Dragons would clearly be beyond her reach.

Especially since among these five Black Dragons, three of them had strength approaching the level of Ancient Black Dragons!

The rest were a bit weaker but were Adult Dragons who also received the Black Dragon God’s blessings and baptism.

They needed to wash away Clarke’s disgrace this time.

Rocky Mountain’s power needed to be removed!

…

On Hope City’s wall, the three sisters were standing side by side with pale faces.

Originally, after successfully pushing back the invasion from the Underdark, the entire Rocky Mountain was more or less under their rule.

And after the conflict over the Sources of Fire’s Order, Jessica’s great display of strength made it so that Rocky Mountain could be considered a major power in the South.

Many forces that previously didn’t have contact with Rocky Mountain began to start offering alliances or trade partnerships.

The most typical were some cities of Pambo Seashore.

A lot of chambers of commerce established their own footholds in Hope City.

Hope City was slowly becoming better and better. The three sisters and the inhabitants were all filled with a great sense of accomplishment.

But this major event was a serious threat to the survival of Rocky Mountain!

After Tlorin spread the information, many powers pulled out of Rocky Mountain!

They chose to watch from the sidelines.

No one could resist the joint attack of five Black Dragons, and the same was true for the Fate Sorcerers cared for by Providence.

Not to mention, there was also Tlorin, an Apostle with the Divine Power of the Black Dragon God.

Jessica alone might barely be able to block two Ancient Black Dragons, while Kate’s defensive Fate Power could block another Ancient Black Dragon.

But what about the remaining two Black Dragons?

Even if the Aurora Sword Saint was fierce, he was merely an ordinary Legend powerhouse. He was powerful compared to most Humans, but when facing Dragons, what he could do was limited.

A lot of people fled Hope City.

They might have still had some hope last time when the Underdark army invaded them, but this time, the five Dragons were frightening enough to make them despair!

Black Dragons rarely came out of their nests.

Rocky Mountain lacked a powerful ally and had Black Dragons as their enemies, so who would want to be there?

The Rocky Mountain area was already quite lifeless. Five frightening Dragons were looming menacingly, while Tlorin was haughtily ordering them to hand over the “culprit” Robin, or else they would massacre everyone in the city.

This kind of situation made Jessica extremely angry.

After all, they didn’t know where Marvin was at the moment. And even if they did, they wouldn’t hand him over.

Facing Tlorin’s threat, Jessica coldly replied, “We can’t hand over Robin.”

“If you are determined to destroy this territory and I’m unable to stop it, then remember this…”

“During my lifetime, I’ll kill every single Black Dragon in Feinan!”

“Every single one of them!”

Jessica answered unyieldingly, angering the Black Dragons.

They raised their necks, flapping their wings, as they rushed over with Dragon Might’s full power!

Ordinary people in the city couldn’t help but kneel!

This was the natural restraint of Dragon Might. Those without enough willpower simply couldn’t handle it.

“Fight to death!” someone in Hope City shouted.

Not everyone was afraid of death!

Facing the Black Dragons attacking their land, they were indignant and could only pledge to fight!

Jessica’s expression gradually became colder and colder.

She slowly rose into the air as her six layers of Fate Power turned into a halo, revolving around her.

‘Such a beautiful girl…’

Jealousy flashed through Tlorin’s eyes.

She ordered the Black Dragons to go all-out.

But at that time, a rumbling sound came over from the plains to the north!

What followed didn’t seem like an earthquake, but more like the earth was cracking open!

In fact, it wasn’t just that… the entire southern region shook.

But Rocky Mountain was relatively close and could feel it more violently.

“What the hell happened?”

In Wizard Towers across the South, many Wizards tried to divine what had happened.

But the divination of ordinary Wizards had already lost its effectiveness.

Only Legend Wizards could still divine some clues. But they still didn’t have time to share the divination with the masses. A sky illusion appeared once again over Feinan!

They all saw in surprise that the earth seemed to keep sinking down!

In the center of the ground was a conical object, slowly extending out!

“What’s going on?”

The entire South was alarmed.

And the God Realms also had some gods paying attention.

But a thick layer of fog appeared between them and Feinan, obstructing their line of sight.

…

Everyone in Rocky Mountain was watching the scene in awe. Even the Black Dragons forgot to attack.

They had a vague feeling that something incredible was going to happen!

Chapter 352: Mechanical Titan

p>While the Pambo Seashore attracted the attention of the entire South, a shadow was quickly moving through the underground Saruha vestige.

Facing that combat construct, Marvin didn’t have much choice, and used his quickest speed to get rid of the other side’s defenses and tear open its core and chip.

But this took him no less than three minutes!

Marvin deeply regretted the time he lost.

That construct finding him meant that Slaughterer would follow soon after.

And there was also the Pale Hand.

He definitely couldn’t be careless.

He went back into Stealth and frantically rushed through the rocks.

All of Saruha had started crumbling. Rocks kept falling from the middle, and through a mysterious power, a huge cone was already pushing out through the earth.

‘I have to quickly find the Mechanical Titan!’

‘Otherwise, escaping might be an issue!’

Marvin shivered as he frantically sped through the Armory.

Two minutes later, he found the location!

It was a huge stone door with a strange mark on it. Marvin recognized it as the mark of the Ancient Titans.

The Mechanical Titan was a weapon of war, an imitation of the Titan Race’s physical abilities and fighting style created by the Ancient Gnomes.

‘It’s here!’

Marvin rejoiced, and was about to go over when an arrogant-looking man suddenly appeared in front of the door!

Pale Hand Sky!

Marvin tensed up. He was in quite a pinch!

…

Outside Saruha, the Wolf Spider group retreated in bad shape.

The earth-shattering event frightened them greatly.

With Rem’s firm decision, most of them escaped.

That cone-shaped object coming out of the earth had deeply shocked them!

That glossy metal seemed to want to pierce the sky!

“Rumble!” With the earth caving in, nobody dared to stay any longer!

The pointed object kept rising up, while a platform supporting it was appearing from deep within the ground!

The surroundings were cracking and falling apart, while only these things were unaffected.

“What is that thing?!” asked a Wolf Spider mercenary while escaping.

Vice-Leader Lilia responded, “I remember seeing something about it in my ancient books about Saruha. This seems to be a very frightening weapon, but because of the fall of the Ancient Gnomes, the method to use it was lost.”

“How could that Robin use it?” Apart from their shock, all the mercenaries still felt reverence.

Lilia shook her head, reminding everyone to keep retreating.

How could she know about this?

…

On the other side of the fractured earth, a bat quickly flew out.

Not far away, a woman wearing a negligee approached.

The bat transformed into Gwyn.

“Stephanie!”

Gwyn’s complexion was very ugly. “You also came to kill me?”

Stephanie was startled. “Who said I wanted to kill you? Hold on… What frightening thing did you do over there with those mercenaries?”

Gwyn forced a smile.

The relationship between the two of them was rather peculiar. Meeting each other like this, he didn’t know what he should say.

“Rumble!”

Another landslide was rushing down, so the two Vampires transformed back into bats and went to a higher place, overlooking the sinking Saruha.

“Could this be his doing?” Gwyn muttered subconsciously in the face of this frightening and spectacular scene.

“He?” Stephanie seemed to notice something. She sniffed and suddenly frowned. “You have that man’s smell!”

Gwyn glanced at her with a vigilant expression. “What did the Dark Side send you for? Is a Pale Hand not enough?”

“Pale Hand?” Stephanie was startled. She frowned a bit and asked, “You mean that nutcase Sky?”

Gwyn nodded. “He came to kill me.”

Upon hearing that, killing intent flashed through Stephanie’s eyes. “What?! They actually dare to try to assassinate you?! And they even sent a Legend Assassin?”

Gwyn heard that and relaxed. “You really didn’t come to kill me?”

Stephanie laughed charmingly. “I like you so very much, how could I be willing to kill you? I came to kill another man, and it seems that you stayed with him for a while.”

Marvin?!

Gwyn was inwardly startled. He didn’t know when Marvin provoked the Dark Side to that extent. This time the Dark Side actually sent two powerhouses to kill Marvin and himself, but they never would have thought that both of them were at the same place.

“He is related to our Holy Blood Carrier.” Stephanie gave a mesmerizing smile. “I want to find that girl with the Holy Blood and eat her up. The greatest clue is with that man, so don’t interfere. Even if I’m very fond of you, I won’t yield to you.”

Gwyn sneered.

Stephanie’s character was very strange. She was one of the most powerful people who switched over to the Dark Side in the recent years.

Age-wise, she could be considered his grandmother, but she fell in love with Gwyn at first sight and wanted to force him into being her groom. In the end she was stopped by another expert of the Bright Side.

Angered by this, she actually turned against the Bright Side and joined the Dark Side. This was considered a shameful matter by the Bright Side.

Stephanie was very powerful at level 20 and already had a foot in the Legend Realm.

Moreover, she had a part of a Primogenitor bloodline awakened and her strength far exceeded that of ordinary Vampires.

Gwyn couldn’t make out what exactly she was after now, but she really had no enmity toward himself.

The two were silent for half a minute before Stephanie suddenly asked, “Is that man still underneath?”

Gwyn glanced at the collapsing ground and frowned, not saying anything.

Since Stephanie came to kill Marvin, he naturally wouldn’t reveal much.

In fact, if not for Marvin, he might have already been killed by the Pale Hand in Saruha.

He was a bit worried whether Marvin could escape before Saruha collapsed completely.

“It would be a pity if he died like that. Since he killed Pursuer Huntson, his head could be exchanged for many high-quality blood slaves.”

After saying this, Stephanie couldn’t help but lick her upper lip.

Gwyn sighed inwardly, turning back without a word.

He knew he couldn’t change Stephanie’s mind. It was just like when she betrayed the Bright Side. Even if he tried to stop her from killing Marvin, she wouldn’t listen.

“You might not necessarily be his match.”

Gwyn was quite confident about Marvin’s chances.

That guy destroyed the Decaying Plateau and also tore a Black Dragon with his bare hands. He had done this world’s most impossible things.

Stephanie might not be able to handle Marvin!

The former showed a surprised expression, before smiling. “Are you concerned about my safety?”

Gwyn turned cold, intending to transform into a bat and leave.

Suddenly, the rumbles intensified!

Only a small area of Saruha’s outer regions was left.

“There is someone still inside?!”

Stephanie’s Perception was very high, and at that time she thoroughly looked through that area.

It was just that in this situation, even she didn’t dare to act recklessly and could only wait for the outcome.

…

Saruha, in the area that had yet to cave in.

An earth-shattering battle was underway!

Sky and Slaughterer!

The fight between the two was blocking access to the stone door.

Marvin was hidden in a dark area, watching the fight, his heart beating faster while feeling bitter.

If it was only the Pale Hand, he could perhaps use the Shadow Doppelganger to draw his attention before quickly rushing to the stone door, activating the Mechanical Titan and escaping from this place.

But just as he was about to try that, Slaughterer had arrived.

Upon arriving, Slaughterer didn’t care who was the true culprit anymore. As far as it was concerned, since he was found with Marvin now, Sky was definitely also a target to be eliminated.

Marvin took advantage of Slaughterer’s arrival to make himself scarce, but the fight between them kept going in this narrow place regardless of the falling rocks.

With two there that wanted to kill him, the risk was a lot higher!

Marvin had a headache.

He endured patiently, but to no effect!

He glanced at the launchpad, seeing that it was already set.

The System Assistance displayed the countdown, showing that there were five minutes left until the launch.

He hadn’t experienced a rocket launch before, but he knew that when this thing lifted off, the temperature in the surroundings wouldn’t be something he could endure.

‘In any case, I have to risk it!’

Marvin ground his teeth and condensed a Shadow Doppelganger.

He had the Shadow Doppelganger use Stealth and deliberately made it get hit by a falling rock, exposing it.

“It’s him!”

Sky’s eyes darted over and he quickly noticed the staggering Marvin!

In the chaos, he failed to realize that it was a Doppelganger and directly flickered over!

It was the same for Slaughterer who followed closely!

Even if the Shadow Doppelganger only had half of Marvin’s strength, its escaping abilities were still outstanding.

It instantly fled toward the outside, and although it couldn’t escape the two, it was enough to create an opportunity!

Night Boundary!

In that split second, Marvin’s silhouette suddenly flashed and appeared next to the stone door.

He inserted the green card into the slot outside the stone door.

Sky realized that he had been duped and rushed over with Slaughterer.

But they were too late.

The stone door turned transparent, and Marvin entered while holding the card!

Slaughterer fired indiscriminately toward the stone door and Sky!

But this was futile.

And seeing that Marvin had gotten away again, Sky finally decided to leave!

The place was collapsing, and fighting Slaughterer any longer would only help Marvin. Staying here had no further meaning.

…

Inside, a tall figure appeared in front of Marvin, wrapped under layers of clothes.

Excitement flashed through Marvin’s eyes. ‘Mechanical Titan, I’m here!’

He then tore off the layers of clothes covering it!

Chapter 353: Activation

p>Dust rose up from the clothes, making Marvin cough several times.

The beautiful metallic glow was very clear even in the night.

This was one of the highest accomplishments of the Ancient Gnome Race, the Mechanical Titan!

Practically all of Saruha had already collapsed from the earthquake. Slaughterer didn’t have any kind of authority over the stone door, and thus could only escape in the end!

Holding the card, Marvin climbed on the Mechanical Titan’s body, reaching the cockpit in a blink!

The green card brushed past, and the cockpit immediately opened.

Marvin frowned.

Even if he had been expecting it, the narrow cockpit made Marvin rather annoyed.

This Mechanical Titan was crafted by the Ancient Gnomes for Ancient Gnomes after all, so the cockpit had two positions which would be operated by two Gnomes.

But it was too narrow!

Although Marvin could be considered quite thin, forcing his way in the cockpit was still very challenging.

But with the current circumstances, he couldn’t do much about it. If it was before, he could have used the Assassin’s Bone Shrink technique.

Marvin eventually forced himself into the cockpit.

His movements were very twisted.

When he was fully inside, the glass cockpit automatically closed and Marvin inserted his card into a slot on the side. A beeping sound echoed beside his ears.

The Mechanical Titan truly activated!

Even though he normally couldn’t understand anything about the Mechanical Titan’s controls, the System Assistance could help him solve this issue and even help control the Mechanical Titan for him.

He placed his hands on the controls on both sides while his entire body was scrunched into a ball. It looked rather funny.

“Beep! Beep! Beep!”

The red light in front turned green.

With the help of the System Assistance, the Mechanical Titan’s display automatically switched to Common with no traces of Ancient Gnomish left!

“Correct key detected, Titan is activating…”

A mechanical voice echoed near Marvin’s ears.

“Hurry up!” Although he was already hiding in the Mechanical Titan, Marvin was still alarmed.

In less than two minutes, the rocket would be launched.

It wouldn’t be fun if he died trapped in here!

Fortunately the Mechanical Titan booted very quickly. The sweet sounding mechanical voice once again echoed by Marvin’s ears. “Activation procedures completed. Testing all major modules…”

“Remaining energy levels are low…”

“Warning! You don’t have enough authority to start all modules!”

Two notifications resounded one after the other, creating waves in Marvin’s heart.

He checked the logs and found to his annoyance that even if he held the key and had help from the System Assistance, he still needed the Ancient Gnome bloodline to completely activate all of the Mechanical Titan’s modules!

He was a Numan descendant and was otherwise thoroughly Human. How could he have Ancient Gnome bloodline to activate the remaining modules?

“Beep Beep Beep Beep!”

The beeping became increasingly alarming, and echoed not only in Saruha’s underground cave, but even in the surrounding areas!

One minute left!

Sweat trickled down Marvin’s forehead as he asked while clenching his teeth, “How much power is left?”

The mechanical voice answered, “29% remaining.”

Marvin slightly relaxed. It wasn’t completely out of energy. After all, the original energy reserves should have been filled originally.

“Which modules can be activated at the moment?” This was Marvin’s most important concern!

“The Cooling System,” the mechanical voice answered perfunctorily.

Marvin was speechless.

Through his logs, he could easily understand that the Cooling System controlled the temperature of the cockpit… It was air conditioning!!!

‘Fuck! Could it be that you can only control the air conditioning with the key?’ Marvin felt extremely gloomy.

But he didn’t give up.

Because his logs showed that his System Assistance was still breaking through the Ancient Gnomes’ simpler procedures!

He might have a chance to unravel the other modules before the rocket was launched!

Marvin carefully looked at the progress of the modules being unlocked and suddenly had a headache!

It would take at least twenty minutes to break through all the modules.

‘No good, this is taking too long!’

“Alter the decoding priority, start by unlocking the [Movement Power System]… And the [Shift System]!”

Marvin gritted his teeth and controlled the System Assistance procedures with his will.

The time was immediately shortened, only needing 28 seconds!

There was still time.

Marvin relaxed a bit.

The rumbling could be heard getting louder and closer.

He could even see some sparks as well as lava emerging from the earth!

It wasn’t natural, and was instead created from the rock melting under these high temperatures.

But as things reached this stage, Marvin was actually calm.

Since the air conditioning system had already been unlocked, he could hopefully rely on the Mechanical Titan’s outer shell to handle the extremely high temperatures without worrying too much about his life.

But in order to avoid the Mechanical Titan suffering unneeded damage, Marvin still wanted to leave before the rocket was fired!

…

The entire South was watching the scene in the sky.

What happened in Feinan these days made people restless and alarmed.

Such a strange scene appearing in the sky made some people recollect things.

“That’s the sign of the Ancient Sun God!”

“Saruha! It’s a vestige of the Ancient Gnomes.”

“Who woke up the dormant Saruha? And what is that thing?”

Wizards in their Wizard Towers were observing the rocket as it became unearthed, while checking ancient books.

And in the Astral Sea, curses could be heard!

There was that dense fog once again!

It was clear that a major event was happening in Feinan, but they couldn’t see the situation. It was hard to keep calm in these circumstances.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, there is no need to feel anxious.”

“It’s only a group of mortals, so in the end, what difference does it make?”

“A decision has already been made during our meeting. We will attack the Universe Magic Pool in a month.”

“Everyone, please return to your own God Realm to cultivate.”

An awe-inspiring voice echoed through the Astral Sea, and all the gods seemed to be afraid of this voice. They all silently scattered.

…

In the Shadow Realm, the Shadow Prince was pleasantly enjoying the services of two blonde beauties.

These two beauties were chosen from a sub-plane he recently opened. Not only did they have the potential to be Apostles, but their physical bodies were also outstanding.

The Shadow Prince had ascended to godhood using a Fate Tablet fragment in the 3rd Era and naturally felt emotions and desires. It was just that the more he obtained, the higher he would aim. Otherwise, something like stealing the Moon Goddess’ lingerie wouldn’t have happened.

‘That Marvin should have already died from my curses, right?’

‘Hmph, he made me lose an avatar and a sub-plane. It’s a pity I didn’t capture him alive.’

He was currently rather satisfied, but suddenly, he had an ominous feeling!

Chapter 354: Launch

p>Glynos couldn’t make sense of this strange feeling.

He frowned… this feeling came from his God Realm.

‘Could it be that someone wants to harm me?’

Glynos’ eyelids twitched.

He suddenly thought of the attack on the Universe Magic Pool!

It must be known that the Gods weren’t all united.

Almost all of the Gods participating this time were 3rd Era New Gods, and most of the Ancient Gods had warned them!

The Universe Magic Pool was a barrier set up by God Lance to protect Feinan. Even if Lance wasn’t there, if he returned and saw that the Universe Magic Pool was destroyed, he would definitely be furious.

Those three powerful Gods of the Gods’ Assembly jointly entered the Primal Chaos Fringe and found proof that God Lance had already left this world, or perhaps had simply fallen… But he still felt worried.

Back when the Gods were sealed, he once saw that great God’s face. Even though Lance looked calm, he gave out an unfathomable pressure.

Glynos always felt that it would be unlikely for this immeasurable existence to fall.

But in any case, the Gods’ Assembly had already made the final decision.

A month later, they would attack the Universe Magic Pool and the Gods would march on Feinan.

Only in this way could they obtain higher quality Faith and be able to reach a higher level of existence.

Among them, some people suggested to let Glynos be the first to march on Feinan as the vanguard.

The reason was that he was the most familiar with Feinan.

Glynos naturally refused.

Although he was a God, the current Feinan wasn’t as weak as it looked on the surface.

There were many powerhouses who chose not to ascend to Godhood during the 3rd Era and remained hidden.

Facing such formidable decision, they chose an even more challenging path. If they managed to temper themselves well, their strength might be comparable to that of the Gods who seized every opportunity to fight for Faith.

And in the open, Glynos surely didn’t stand a chance against the Great Elven King of Thousand Leaves Forest.

Thus, this time he was very careful and stayed low-key. Even if he would reap fewer rewards, he wouldn’t show off.

After all, his strength was far from reaching the level of these powerful Gods.

‘So I should be very safe. Why do I feel like I’m in danger?’

Glynos was puzzled.

The two beauties looked at each other and reassured, “Deity, relax.”

Glynos nodded and showed a lewd expression.

…

At this very moment on Feinan, the rocket’s propulsors were heating up, kicking a lot of dust into the air.

Marvin was nervously squeezed inside the Mechanical Titan.

Sixteen seconds left!

“Ding!”

“[Movement Power System] unlocked!”

“[Shift System] unlocked!!”

Marvin was overjoyed. He instantly took control of the Mechanical Titan’s Shift System and issued a command, [Shift to fixed location]!

The Shift technology was a very advanced technology of the Mechanical Titans and was almost comparable to using a long distance Teleportation Gate.

But suddenly, a line flashed on the panel. “Authority insufficient, unable to shift to designated location. A Shift test has to be done before a first-time shift!”

Frigging test!

Marvin nearly scolded out loud!

But there were only eight seconds left! Saruha was about to completely sink!

He immediately denied the Shift test!

[Direct Shift!] he commanded.

[Random Shift starting…] Strange lights flashed on the Mechanical Titan’s surface.

“Bzzz!”

The entire Mechanical Titan started shaking.

Six seconds left!

[Random Shift calibration failed! Switching to Random Launch!]

This line flashed in front of Marvin.

‘Unreliable Gnome technology!’ Marvin scolded in his mind.

He felt a frightening force pulling him, before a powerful rising feeling came over!

The terrifying Mechanical Titan rose up, launching toward the sky!

“Rumble!”

Saruha completely collapsed as a giant figure pierced through the rocks next to the rocket’s head!

The sky was spinning!

Marvin felt bitter!

But in that split second, he saw Gwyn standing next to a woman. Both of them looking at him with wide eyes and their mouths wide open.

“Woosh!”

The Mechanical Titan’s speed was very fast, reaching the sky in a blink and catapulting toward the South!

…

Everyone in the South was in an uproar.

That shadow appeared too suddenly and disappeared into the sky just as quickly.

They didn’t get to see what it was!

Only a few powerful Wizards were able to see it clearly.

That was a Mechanical Titan!

And someone was controlling it.

‘Did the Ancient Gnomes return?’

‘It shouldn’t be, I looked at the cockpit and the pilot wasn’t a Gnome, he looked Human!’

A Legend Wizard was using his crystal ball with his Divination skill to replay that scene.

Stop!

The scene stopped as the Mechanical Titan was soaring.

‘It’s him!’ Leymann was startled.

…

The Mechanical Titan flying into the sky turned out to be just an interlude.

What truly shocked them happened after it vanished.

Three seconds later, the rocket took off!

“Rumble!”

The earth shattered as the entire Pambo Seashore shook!

A long cylinder left the ground and accelerated to a shocking speed as the terrifying heatwave turned the ground to lava!

“Woosh!”

Its speed was unfathomable as it charged straight toward the Astral Sea!

The illusion in the sky disappeared as everyone looked at the rocket disappearing in the sky, unaware of its final destination!

…

Back at Rocky Mountain, everyone’s sight followed the rocket in the distance. They gradually recovered from the shock.

They didn’t know what had happened, but the scene in the sky seemed unrelated with the fight here.

The Black Dragon God’s Apostle Tlorin also recovered.

She stared at the three sisters once again, before looking at the Source of Fire’s Order on the city wall, greed apparent in her eyes.

“This is your final chance.”

“Hand over Robin.”

Jessica clenched her fists, her long hair fluttering as she said categorically, “It definitely won’t happen!”

Tlorin smiled cruelly. “You’ve dug your own grave.”

She then lifted her black scepter.

“Attack!” she ordered.

But suddenly, one of the more powerful Black Dragons shouted, “Careful!”

Tlorin was startled and raised her head, instantly becoming frightened!

A huge piece of metal was falling from the sky and was about to smash into her!

Fortunately, the Black Dragon had given a warning. She avoided that hunk of metal with a Divine Spell!

“Rumble!”

The big piece of metal abruptly smashed into the ground, creating a very large hole!

A moment later, a voice came out. “Damn… It fuckin’ hurts.”

Chapter 355: Judgement Day

p>It was silent outside Hope City.

At that time, this object from the sky had even stolen the limelight from the five Black Dragons.

Everyone was staring at this piece of metal that had appeared so suddenly.

Dust was billowing in the air, filling the entire area.

Tlorin was startled and angry. She appeared on the head of a Black Dragon and was cautiously sizing up the colossus in the cloud of dust.

Meanwhile, the deep rumbling just reached them from the north. It was from Saruha’s collapse and the rocket that soared into the sky!

“Mechanical Titan… Ancient Sun God’s mark… Could it be Saruha?”

Tlorin couldn’t help but shiver.

How could the Ancient Gnomes who disappeared so long ago suddenly reappear?

Tlorin instinctively felt a bit afraid.

But everyone was surprised to hear that the voice coming from the Mechanical Titan was a Human voice!

…

On Hope City’s wall, everyone was feeling doubtful.

With some big object appearing like that, who would know how to react?

Only Lorie’s eyes brightened. “It’s him!”

Jessica and Kate stared at her blankly.

Lorie’s eyes flickered with an air of wisdom, apparently seeing through the dust and recognizing the person in the cockpit.

“Is it really him?” Jessica asked in disbelief.

The three sisters had an exceptional understanding of each other and realized who she was referring to!

Kate also nodded, a happy expression on her face. “I also feel Ding’s aura. Her condition is better than before.”

“He didn’t deceive me.”

“But this entrance, it’s a bit too much…”

Lorie smiled. “Isn’t that worthy of a Great Hero?”

…

In the dust, the Mechanical Titan struggled to adjust its position.

Marvin was dizzy and absentmindedly shouted out in frustration.

But he quickly recovered consciousness.

The Mechanical Titan had discovered very frightening lifeforms!

‘Fuck! Five Black Dragons! Don’t tell me I’ve been randomly thrown into a Black Dragon nest?!’

Marvin turned pale with fright.

Although the Mechanical Titan had protective cushions, they were shaped for Gnomes. Marvin’s body was too big and became bruised all over when he hit the ground!

Fortunately, his body was much stronger than it had been in the past. Not only had his Constitution risen, but after advancing to 4th rank, many of his physical resistances had also been upgraded.

He composed himself and took advantage of everyone’s surprise to check his surroundings.

He saw his acquaintances as a result.

Hope City and the three Fate Sisters!

‘Rocky Mountain…’

He suddenly realized what had happened.

Five Black Dragons jointly attacking Rocky Mountain?

This was something that hadn’t happened before!

Marvin’s heart tightened. This timeline kept deviating further and further away from the past.

By his estimates, there should still be two months before the Gods attacked the Universe Magic Pool, but now it seemed that nothing was certain anymore.

‘I need to raise my strength quickly!’

He had to advance to Legend during this trip to the Dead Area!

This was the target Marvin set for himself. But before that, he still had to deal with the current situation.

…

“Clear up!”

A Divine radiance emerged from Tlorin. The dust around the Mechanical Titan was being swept clean.

Marvin sneered and immediately used the perception inhibitor function.

During the fall, he had continued unlocking the most basic modules of the Mechanical Titan. As the name suggested, the perception inhibitor would prevent those outside from being able to tell who was in the cockpit!

Tlorin frowned.

A black crow was perched on her shoulder. The crow’s eyes glowed scarlet and were focused on the Mechanical Titan’s cockpit.

It was using a very powerful perception spell.

But she still couldn’t see anything!

By this time, everyone could see the majestic figure of the Mechanical Titan quite clearly.

That figure was about one-third taller than the Dragons!

It was exuding a silvery metallic luster, and in the night right before daybreak, it shone under the moonlight and looked exceptionally radiant.

A cold aura came from inside the Mechanical Titan as it laid motionless!

Marvin was stalling for time!

He needed time to unlock more modules. His logs showed that more modules were gradually unlocking.

He was now prioritizing the most important combat modules, but it would take at least five minutes for those to finish!

He knew that the words he let earlier out definitely made the Dragons suspicious. What should he do if the other side approached?

As Marvin was considering his options, a figure appeared on the screen!

It was an extremely alluring purple-gowned woman with a crow standing on her shoulder.

‘Another Apostle!’

‘The Black Dragon God is truly relentless!’

Marvin froze for a short moment, apparently understanding something.

At that time, a very subtle voice echoed in Marvin’s mind. “Sir Marvin, long time no see.”

Marvin’s expression changed as he turned toward Hope City’s wall.

Lorie of the three sisters was looking at him with a smile.

“You can speak in my mind?”

Marvin felt a little shocked at first, but it was soon replaced with relief.

This little girl’s mental abilities were heaven-defying! Even though she hadn’t advanced to Legend yet, she had already mastered a telepathy skill.

She had always been the most overlooked of the three sisters, but her Fate Power of [Wisdom] was just as frightening!

“It’s just a skill I recently mastered. I didn’t expect it to be useful so quickly.”

“Nevertheless, Sir Marvin, you came with such a huge killing machine. Was it in order to save us?”

Hearing Lorie’s tone like that of a fangirl, Marvin was momentarily speechless.

He actually wanted to tell her that he still couldn’t use this thing!

“What’s going on here?” he asked.

He had to take advantage of Tlorin’s cautiousness to better understand what was happening.

Lorie froze. “You don’t know?”

“I don’t know,” he insisted.

“…” Lorie fell silent for a bit.

She quickly explained the ins and outs of the situation to Marvin.

Soon, Marvin fully understood. This crisis was actually because of him!

Previously, even though Jessica tore the Black Dragon apart with her bare hands and also angered the Black Dragon God, she hadn’t drawn the whole Black Dragon nest out.

What attracted them here this time was [Weeping Sky] and [Dragon Slayer Robin]!

In short, Marvin’s use of a taboo weapon had startled the Dragons, especially the sinister Black Dragons. They felt a sense of danger and joined forces in order to get rid of him!

Hearing this, Marvin couldn’t help but feel a bit of relief.

At least he had used Disguise, or else White River Valley would be the place welcoming the Black Dragons!

“What are you going to do?” After hearing everything, Marvin also felt a sense of danger.

There were five Black Dragons here!

And with the addition of a God’s Apostle, it was such a powerful lineup! Unless Marvin’s Legend friends were there, Rocky Mountain would be in terrible danger!

And even if he did have more help, a battle between Dragons and Legends would see a lot of losses on both sides!

The current situation in Hope City was very dangerous!

“We are waiting for you,” Lorie answered innocently.

Marvin smiled bitterly.

A Black Dragon…. He might be able to get rid of one with Weeping Sky.

But five…

Perhaps only when he was completely in control of the Mechanical Titan!

To be frank, the current situation was really bad. Unless the South Wizard Alliance helped out, Rocky Mountain’s destruction was imminent!

Marvin almost wanted to just leave this place.

But this battle had started because of him, so he couldn’t just leave and watch as Hope City was destroyed.

Especially since Jessica’s unyielding attitude moved him.

“Give me some time!”

This was Marvin’s answer to Lorie!

The next second, he began to focus on controlling the Mechanical Titan.

…

Time slowly passed. Tlorin’s patience had ran out.

While it was very strange for the Mechanical Titan of Saruha to appear like this, she eventually decided to just ignore it.

She might as well attack the town!

But just as she decided that, a frightening explosion echoed in the sky!

Next second, everyone felt panic welling up.

It felt as if the entire sky was being torn apart!

A red-hot flame like a sun appeared in the sky, but it seemed to be blocked by a layer of dense fog, making it look blurry!

…

Half a minute earlier.

Glynos was still leisurely enjoying the services of his beauties.

But at that time, he suddenly saw something rushing toward his God Realm in the vast starry expanse!

‘What’s this?!’

‘Is it just passing by? Even the Moon Goddess doesn’t know my God Realm’s coordinates, so how could someone find the exact location?’

Glynos was about to use a Divine Spell to check the contents of that thing.

But as [Judgement Day] approached his God Realm, it seemed to have a great attraction toward it and suddenly accelerated toward it!

At that moment, all the Gods in the Astral Sea felt a sense of danger!

Glynos paled.

His Divine Spell was actually ineffective!

If Marvin was there, he would have jeered at Glynos for trying.

[Judgement Day]’s outer shell was crafted with all three K metals, adding Magic Penetration, Divine Restraint, and Unbreakable!

Even a Divine Spell couldn’t interfere with it.

“Deity, what is wrong?”

The blonde beauty looked at Glynos, who lost his self-control before her for the first time. She walked in the direction Glynos was looking.

“Don’t go!” Glynos shouted in a stern voice.

But as he shouted, the empty space ahead of them tore open and a sharp cone-shaped thing rushed out from the void.

The beauty was instantly ripped apart!

“Boom!”

A loud sound echoed through the God Realms, and the entire Astral Sea shook!

It was Judgement Day!

Chapter 356: God Realm Collapse!

p>Even Marvin, who shot the rocket, didn’t know about it. This showed how much of a secret the guided missile technology of the Ancient Gnomes was.

Originally, the group that cleared Saruha the first time fired the rocket using the default coordinates, and it destroyed a few Demi-Planes in some distant part of the universe.

The video went viral at the time, but people didn’t think too much about the details. Marvin only wanted to give a “gift” to Glynos.

But he didn’t know that it would automatically lock onto the God Realm for a perfect hit. How frightening!

A terrifying flame lit every corner of the Shadow Realm.

A disturbance appeared at the center of the explosion, where countless fragments and sparks formed a whirlwind as the Shadow Prince’s true body seemed to distort!

It was being crushed.

Not only did his two beauties die violently, but the souls of all his pious followers who lived in the God Realm were also affected. This frightening explosion completely burst all the souls in the God Realm!

“No!”

Glynos died, but by relying on his God Source, he revived again!

Within his God Realm, he was immortal.

He used all the methods and Divine Skills he could think of to stop the explosion from spreading.

But he couldn’t fix his losses. It had happened too suddenly. He was a God from the 3rd Era, but this terrifying weaponry was from the Post-Primal Chaos Era!

He simply had no idea about the kinds of destructive devices that the Ancient Gnomes had created!

The Shadow Realm was still collapsing!

Glynos kept dying and reviving, and lost far too much of his Divine Source and Faith power.

In a short three minutes, half of the Shadow Realm had collapsed.

All the Gods were in an uproar!

…

The God Realms were located in a mysterious part of the universe, and the entrances to the God Realms were very well-hidden!

But this enormous explosion completely exposed the Shadow Realm.

Many Gods hurried toward the scene.

What they saw shocked them.

The explosion forcibly opened up the Shadow Realm and even though they stood outside, they were also threatened by the aftermath of the explosion!

Fortunately, the Gods blocked the shockwaves with their formidable Divine Power.

Despite this, the two neighboring God Realms were also shaken!

The terrifying power wreaked havoc at the center of the explosion, and as it subsided, the Shadow Realm became deathly silent!

“Glynos died?”

“What’s that thing in the end? Why is there the mark of the Ancient Sun God? Hasn’t he already fallen?”

“Wretched Ancient Gnomes, what exactly happened? That dense fog appeared once again, so I couldn’t see who did this.”

The New Gods kept discussing.

Ultimately, they looked at the Plague God.

This guy could be considered a 3rd Era Ancient God and was one of the few standing on the same side as the New Gods. He knew a lot of things.

The Plague God shook his head. “When I was born, the Ancient Sun God had already fallen.”

“I’m also surprised that the Ancient Gnomes created something so frightening. It was enough to destroy a God Realm.”

The Gods were worried.

They all tended to be rather full of themselves, only thinking of developing themselves to reach a higher level of existence.

In their eyes, Feinan’s lifeforms were only like useful ants.

But they hadn’t expected these ants to be able to threaten their lives.

Glynos could be considered one of the weak Gods, but this was the case for many of the New Gods!

At least a third of the New Gods wouldn’t dare to say they were stronger than Glynos!

Seeing this scene of destruction, the New Gods were scared witless.

Especially the two Gods with their God Realms neighboring Glynos. They had gone all out to block the shockwaves coming from the Shadow Realm.

“Who attacked Glynos in the end? How could that person get the coordinates of the Shadow Realm?” one God asked doubtfully.

No one answered. This question couldn’t be answered. Gods wouldn’t easily give the coordinates of their God Realms to each other. If not for this explosion creating such a commotion, shocking that entire part of the Universe, they wouldn’t have found this location!

“This explosion is almost comparable to that past one,” muttered a God with relatively weak Divine Power.

The Gods remained silent. They knew what he was talking about: the explosion of the powerful [Berserk Lord] Angola after reading the Book of Nalu.

Even if this wasn’t as big as last time, it had the same impact.

Something like this hadn’t happened in the God Realms for a very long time.

This was a provocation from Feinan’s people to the Gods!

They were shocked.

Who knew what kind of existence dared to make such a move on a God!

“What about Glynos?” someone asked in a low voice.

The Shadow Realm was still collapsing, and they couldn’t clearly see what was happening to Glynos.

Could it be that another God would fall?

This thought lingered in their minds, scaring them.

If Glynos really fell… that meant that there was a weapon on Feinan able to threaten a God!

If that existed, how could they ever have peace of mind?

At that time, a beautiful woman stood at the entrance of the Shadow Realm.

She looked beautiful, but there was a faint layer of mist in front of her face, making people unable to see her clearly.

“Goddess Faniya!”

The Gods were surprised.

They didn’t expect that the Moon Goddess Faniya, who didn’t even appear at the Gods’ Assembly, would be attracted by the explosion.

But they quickly remembered her grievances with Glynos!

“She wouldn’t be here to destroy the Shadow Realm, right?” a God wondered quietly.

They hadn’t expected that the Moon Goddess would say with a solemn voice, “Dream God, War Lord, and you three, could it be that you don’t want to act?”

“If this keeps going, Glynos will run out of Divine Source and his God Realm will turn into a Black Hole, engulfing the surroundings!”

Many Gods paled in realization.

They hadn’t thought that the consequences would be more frightening than the Berserk Lord’s!

A small Judgement Day auto-guided missile was able to create such extreme consequences.

Even Marvin couldn’t have expected this.

Soon, a few frightening figures gathered and the powerful Gods helped Glynos stabilize his God Realm!

The energy from the explosion was all dissipated.

But half of the Shadow Realm had been destroyed completely.

…

At the same time, something happened in all the sub-planes belonging to Glynos!

A fear they couldn’t describe appeared in the hearts of all the Clerics and pious believers.

“Father God!”

They bowed and prayed to an image of a gentle Glynos in their minds.

How could they have expected that what would appear in response was a sinister face, demanding, “Give me your strength!”

The next second, all the followers began to age rapidly.

The followers in those sub-planes cried out in pain and surprise, but they were unable to stop Glynos from absorbing their power of Order.

Even after the Moon Goddess and the other Gods acted to help stabilize his Shadow Realm, he still needed a large amount of Order power to withstand the explosion’s aftermath.

Besides taking it from his followers, he didn’t have any other way!

The sub-planes sank into dark times one after the other.

All the followers shriveled into dried corpses!

The more devout one was, the faster they would die.

Only a small number of non-followers witnessed what happened. This greatly frightened them.

The God was actually harvesting the lives of his followers.

Who would believe it?!

…

In the Astral Sea, the Shadow Realm was gradually stabilizing.

Many Gods couldn’t help but wipe their sweat.

Glynos became incredibly weak, almost completely out of Divine Source.

There were some Gods with greedy expressions.

Now that Glynos was at his weakest, if they could get a hold of…

But a few powerful Gods were there… They helped Glynos stabilize his God Realm and didn’t swallow his Divine Source. They clearly wouldn’t allow others to do so.

Glynos had a sharp expression on his face

‘Dead…’

‘They all died…’

Under his rule, only a burning half-dead Angel was left. She struggled up and approached Glynos.

She called out in a low voice, “Deity…”

Glynos expressionlessly opened his hand, and a light engulfed her.

The burning Angel was pleasantly surprised.

But that was her last expression in this world. The next second, she transformed in a strand of energy, blending into Glynos’ body.

‘Marvin…’

Just as his Realm was about to be destroyed, he clearly saw the culprit.

Even if he was using a Disguise, Glynos saw through it.

‘He actually didn’t die, and managed to get my God Realm’s coordinates…’

He was shocked.

He wanted to rush to Feinan and hack that bastard into pieces!

But he felt the Gods’ gazes at that time.

Some were indifferent, some looked at him with pity, and some… had greedy expressions.

He immediately calmed down.

Remembering about the Gods, he gulped.

He blinked, and suddenly, his entire Shadow Realm continued collapsing!

The Gods were startled. Could it be that even with so many powerful Gods making a move, they still couldn’t stop the collapse?

A strange expression flashed in Faniya’s eyes. “He is sealing the source of his God Realm.”

“Smart,” a sarcastic voice remarked, “If he doesn’t hide, wouldn’t he just be waiting to be devoured?”

The Shadow Realm then shrank and transformed into a strange speck rushing away!

Glynos chose to seal and exile his own Realm!

Only by saving enough power would he be able to awaken again!

…

In Feinan, the sky split open and a strange scene appeared.

People saw the God Realm collapsing but didn’t know what it actually meant.

On the Black Coral Islands, a woman wearing a black dress blinked, seemingly understanding something.

“Marvin… I really underestimated you,” she whispered.

She then looked at that woman sealed in ice, chuckling grimly.

Chapter 357: Divine Source

p>Not many people in Feinan knew the cause of that scene in the sky.

In the end, the sun-like ball of fire flashing in the starry sky transformed into a shooting star that flew toward a distant corner of the universe.

And then everything was calm again.

On her island, Dark Phoenix understood everything that happened.

She was coldly watching Hathaway and suddenly made a move.

In an instant, all of the Black Coral Islands were covered in black clouds. Lightning bolts as thick as an arm coiled around like snakes!

Dark Phoenix opened her arms and chanted softly.

The next moment, all the lightning exploded against the ice crystals!

“Rumble!”

The sea began to boil. A boat unluckily passing too close was crushed by large waves!

Under the ice crystals, the electric current rushed up toward Hathaway.

The woman inside the ice seemed to have felt it and a large amount of ice crystal began to move to absorb that electricity.

Dark Phoenix sneered.

The lightning bolts fell down for no less than ten minutes.

The ice crystals held firm.

But Hathaway, who still had her eyes closed, actually had blood seeping out of the corner of her mouth.

A drop of that blood was drawn out by a mysterious power and slipped through a small crack in the ice.

Dark Phoenix watched that drop of blood attentively. She manipulated the blood to flow across the ice crystals and fall into her palm.

She smiled, pleased.

After a short time, she left the easternmost island, no longer caring about Hathaway.

She went back to a hidden temple in the main island and sat alone in the main hall.

Ancient God Language began to echo in the hall.

Dark Phoenix spread her hands, countless runes flashing in her eyes.

In her left hand there was a drop of Hathaway’s blood, while in her right hand there was a bright light!

If Marvin was there, he would recognize this light as Divine Source!

Only Gods had Divine Source, something that could never be changed since time immemorial.

Dark Phoenix smiled. That drop of blood and that light flew up, fusing together.

Both entangled together, and under the effect of Divine Power, they transformed from a speck into a halo.

The halo kept expanding, gradually turning into the shape of a person.

Dark Phoenix waved her hand, and the radiance retreated, revealing the figure of a naked woman.

“Who are you?” Dark Phoenix smiled.

“Hathaway,” the woman answered.

She looked exactly the same as Hathaway who was sealed in ice!

“Help me kill someone,” Dark Phoenix said with a chuckle.

The woman nodded. “Okay.”

…

Marvin was naturally unaware of everything happening on the Black Coral Islands.

But the scene in the sky seriously surprised him.

And All of Rocky Mountain’s people, including the five Black Dragons, were frightened by the scene.

The sky seemed to have been ripped apart by a mysterious power, and the collapse of the Shadow Realm was displayed in front of them.

They also saw the remainder disappearing in the sky like a shooting star.

What kind of power could force a God to have no choice but to escape?

Their gazes were all focused on that Mechanical Titan!

The key of today’s matter definitely came from Saruha.

And the person in the Mechanical Titan was most likely the one who destroyed a God Realm!

Marvin was also incomparably shocked.

Under the effect of a mysterious power, he saw what took place more clearly than the average person.

He saw Glynos continuously perishing and reviving in his God Realm.

He saw the Shadow Realm continuously collapsing before ultimately turning into a strange speck and fleeing away.

‘Slumbering and sending himself into self-exile…’

Marvin could feel his heart beating very fast.

He hadn’t expected his gift to be fierce enough to almost eliminate the Shadow Prince!

Even though Glynos hadn’t completely died yet, he wasn’t far from it.

Marvin didn’t know how many years it would take before the Shadow Prince could recover his strength and awaken from his very long slumber.

This would require a lot of luck, and he’d need a pious and powerful follower to awaken him in the future.

Of course, for that to happen, he must not come across an Astral Beast with sharp perception during his slumber and self-exile.

Otherwise, Glynos and his Shadow Realm would be swallowed whole by it!

In short, Glynos was unlikely to appear during the Great Calamity.

Marvin felt like it was a dream.

Such a big issue was settled like that?

The Ancient Gnomes were so frightening?

That [Judgement Day] name wasn’t just to show off.

Tonight’s matter was bound to spread through Feinan. But whether the main character behind it would be leaked or not, Marvin didn’t know.

The Wolf Spider mercenaries and Pale Hand Sky, they knew the truth.

They could choose to stay silent… or would they identify “Robin”?

‘Luckily it’s just another identity…’ Marvin rejoiced inwardly. Even if the matter spread about, it was the doing of [Robin], the Dragon Slayer.

It was just that he almost slew a God, inadvertently. Even Marvin himself was in disbelief.

Quite importantly, there were still some other remains like Saruha!

From what Marvin knew, there were at least two more.

Even if those two locations didn’t have something as overpowered as Judgement Day, they also had items that represented the highest level of science and technology of the Ancient Gnomes.

Marvin couldn’t help but contemplate this.

Time slowly passed.

Marvin was very willing to see everyone being so focused on what happened in the sky.

After all, the more time he gained, the more advantageous it would be.

The Mechanical Titan’s modules were being unlocked continuously, and the Black Dragons seemed to have been shocked by the series of strange events, having yet to make a move.

The onlookers far around Rocky Mountain kept increasing. Many people were coming over from Pambo Seashore. They wanted to see how Hope City would resist the five Black Dragons’ attack.

This was Hope City’s biggest crisis since its establishment.

If they survived, Rocky Mountain’s rise would be unstoppable.

…

Tlorin felt the changes in the God Realms and wanted to receive more instructions from the Black Dragon God.

But this time, her prayers seemed to reach no one and went unanswered.

On the contrary, she felt the Divine Power granted to her by the Black Dragon God weaken!

‘How could this be?’ Tlorin was startled. Could something have happened to the Black Dragon God?

This never happened before.

In fact, the Black Dragon God really had a bit of an issue…

His God Realm happened to be near Glynos’ Shadow Realm and suffered from the effects of Judgement Day!

Although there was no devastating damage, the Black Dragon God had to use a large amount of Divine Power to resist the shockwaves.

Tlorin’s prayers couldn’t be answered so she could only go ahead with her original plan.

Taking advantage of the Black Dragons to destroy Rocky Mountain in one go!

Displaying the Black Dragons’ might!

She then looked ahead and pointed at Hope City. “Destroy it!”

…

“Roar!”

The five Black Dragons looked up and roared. The sound emitted was very frightening.

If not for the Source of Fire’s Order blocking a part of the Dragon Might’s pressure, perhaps many soldiers would have peed their pants!

This was Dragon Might!

This was the horror of a lifeform at the top of the food chain.

Humans were too insignificant after all.

Even the people looking from the sidelines couldn’t help but retreat further away.

It looked like Hope City was really done for this time!

At that time, a seven-colored radiance suddenly emerged from the city wall and flew in the sky!

Jessica.

She was still empty-handed, a calm expression on her face.

“If you aren’t afraid of retaliation, come.”

Her words were simple but mighty.

Tears appeared in the eyes of the soldiers behind her.

Jessica’s attitude was clear. Even if the Black Dragon destroyed Hope City, she could still survive.

As long as the Fate Sorceress survived, whenever she met a Black Dragon, she would get vengeance!

This was Rocky Mountain’s will!

This was the will to be free!

“Rumble.”

A group of cold weapons appeared on the city wall.

These things had been hidden under a green cloth and no one had paid much attention to them.

But now that they appeared, the cold metallic luster startled the Dragons.

Twelve Dwarven Ballistas!

Every large city would be equipped with these large killing machines!

After the previous invasion of the Dark Races, the three sisters got in contact with northern Dwarves and spent a lot of money to buy twelve Dwarven Ballistas!

Oil was applied on the large black arrows and they flicked with a light. That was the effect of enchantments.

Five sturdy soldiers were in charge of controlling each Ballista. They were sweating, but stayed firm.

As long as the Black Dragons dared to come, these cruel killing weapons would be fired!

The Ballistas’ bolts could break through the Black Dragons’ defenses, there was no doubt about that.

Even if only one shot hit, it would harm the Dragon.

The five Black Dragons let out a low roar. In their eyes this was a great provocation!

They didn’t fly, and one of them, at Tlorin’s direction, slowly began to walk toward Hope City.

The other Black Dragons followed behind.

Looking at that scene, Hope City’s soldiers felt their hearts tightening!

The Aurora Sword Saint sighed, “Such a crafty woman.”

Black Dragons were usually unable to use spells, as they were close combat specialists. Clarke was an exception, since as a God’s descendant, she was bestowed the Black Dragon God’s Divine Spells!

However, the Black Dragon God’s Apostle were able to cast spells.

Her spells might be unable to directly block the ballistas’ bolts, but they should be able to alter their paths! And with the Black Dragons’ powerful defenses, the Ballistas wouldn’t be too effective anymore!

Jessica sighed gloomily, the seven-colored radiance blocking in front of the Black Dragons.

She stood there alone. Compared to the five Dragons the size of a mountain, she seemed insignificant.

But from the aura she displayed, she looked like an army!

“You’ve already received too much care.” A hint of jealousy flashed through Tlorin’s eyes. “Destroy them!”

The Dragon under her suddenly increased its pace, its wings spreading!

But suddenly, a colossus jumped out of the hole to the side!

Chapter 358: Roll! Titan!

p>When the colossus came out of the large hole, everyone shivered.

The Mechanical Titan was taller than the Black Dragons by a bit!

Despite its movements being very sluggish, it had a kind of deterrence just from standing there.

The five Black Dragons turned their heads, vigilantly watching the motionless Mechanical Titan!

Little did they know that Marvin was sweating nervously inside the Titan.

Although an unforeseen accident happened in the Astral Sea, buying him a lot of time, the Battle Module had yet to be completely unlocked.

With the Dragons attacking, he could only force the Mechanical Titan to jump out of the hole!

He needed a lot more access to be able to fight with all the Black Dragons.

But there was nothing Marvin could do to hack it in a short time.

Hope City was on the brink of crisis, so he had to risk it all.

‘There isn’t much energy left, and other ways of fighting would waste a lot of energy…’

‘I can only do it this way.’

Marvin glanced at the unlocked part of the Battle Module and used a bold command!

Lines appeared on the screen:

[Target Locked. Starting Attack Procedure…]

[Attack Procedure Loaded. Transformation Started…]

[Roll Mode Activated!]

As everyone watched, the Mechanical Titan shockingly began to transform.

Its four limbs pulled back and the huge body turned into a triangular shape with curved edges.

Mechanical sounds came out of the Titan as it started rolling forward!

Its movement speed was frighteningly fast, and in a blink, it was approaching the first Black Dragon.

With a bulk the size of a small mountain, the Mechanical Titan rolled frantically. It looked like a huge iron wheel, kicking up dust in its path!

Tlorin was shocked by the Mechanical Titan’s quick surprise attack.

“Dodge!”

Her command wasn’t needed, as the Black Dragon in front was terrified of colliding with the Mechanical Titan. He suddenly pulled back and tried to dodge the Mechanical Titan’s attack.

But this was futile.

Marvin had already completely locked onto him.

The Mechanical Titan tumbled madly as it corrected its course, veering towards the Black Dragon.

“Roar!” The Black Dragon bellowed.

He suddenly flapped his wings and his forelegs pounced over, trying to suppress the Titan.

The second both sides came in contact, everyone stopped breathing!

Marvin was sweating. He didn’t know how strong the Mechanical Titan was after all, so he upped his speed to the maximum!

In an instant, the Mechanical Titan knocked against the Black Dragon’s forelegs and abdomen.

The expected equal fight didn’t happen. The Black Dragon, whose race was renowned for their melee abilities, was actually… crushed!

“Bang!”

The huge Black Dragon couldn’t help but be thrown back while the Mechanical Titan kept rolling, crushing the Black Dragon’s abdomen!

Despite its formidable Constitution, the Black Dragon could only puke blood from the Mechanical Titan’s weight and force of impact.

As for his ribs, who knew how many broke!

Marvin even heard the sound of the Black Dragon’s foreleg breaking.

It created a huge commotion!

That piece of metal was actually so powerful!

In the very first confrontation, the terrifying Black Dragon was spitting blood and had a leg snapping.

“Woosh!”

A purple figure appeared on another Dragon’s head.

She looked at the cloud of dust in panic, as the rumbling sound gradually went further away… But it was soon coming back!

“Take off!”

Tlorin shouted in alarm.

The remaining Black Dragons shivered and frantically flapped their wings.

At that time, a great whirlwind filled with dust passed by Hope City. The crushed Black Dragon arduously turned and tried to spread his wings.

He was about to succeed!

But as everyone looked on, a shadow rolled over in the dust with a rumbling noise!

“No!” a Black Dragon roared.

But they couldn’t change the result.

Marvin rolled on the Black Dragon’s body once again!

This time, the Mechanical Titan had no obstruction to its rolling, and crushed the Black Dragon’s neck with its momentum.

“Snap!”

The Dragon’s neck snapped, leaving it inert on its stomach, looking like a crushed insect!

“Wuwuwu…”

The Black Dragon let out a pitiful sound. He had just become an Adult and already met such a terrifying enemy.

“Save him!” Tlorin ordered.

But the other four Black Dragons were unconcerned with helping.

They flew in the sky, scared witless as they closely watched that piece of metal circling back, making another pass at the Black Dragon’s body.

Whether it was the people watching from the distance, Hope City’s inhabitants, or the three sisters who knew a bit more than the others, they were all shocked by this scene.

They couldn’t help but feel a chill when watching the scene of the Black Dragon strenuously trying to crawl out from the ground before being crushed again.

That was a frigging Black Dragon!

An existence at the top of the food chain! Their bodies had endurance comparable to a small mountain, and their tyrannical physical abilities were at the peak of the Dragon Race!

But this Dragon was now being crushed by a piece of metal.

All those who watched this scene felt like they were going crazy.

The Mechanical Titan kept rolling! It reminded them of a spinning-top, except the way it rotated was different.

Marvin made no fewer than nine passes with the Mechanical Titan!

Up until the Dragon breathed his last breath.

The cold Mechanical Titan then came to a stop.

That Adult Black Dragon had already died, and couldn’t die again.

That must have been the most depressing death ever for a Dragon in Feinan.

Being squished to death like this… Regardless of their levels, no Dragon in this world would have imagined that a Black Dragon could get crushed to death like this!

…

Rocky Mountain’s surroundings were quiet.

Even in the sky, the only remaining sounds were those of the Black Dragons breathing heavily as they flapped their wings.

Tlorin was frightened and angry at the same time. She asked with a trembling voice, “You… Who the hell are you?!”

The Mechanical Titan halted and remained motionless.

After a long time, a sentence came from the cockpit in response.

“I am Robin.”

…

Dragon Slayer Robin!

This name appeared once more in Rocky Mountain. No one had expected that he would be killing a Black Dragon yet again when he reappeared.

Did that guy had a grudge against Black Dragons?

Last time he tore a Black Dragon apart with his bare hands. It was even fiercer this time, as he crushed a Black Dragon into mincemeat!

It was really too ruthless. The Dragon’s body was practically fused with the earth, and the blood splattered across the entire area.

Hope City group had originally been rather quiet, but soon burst into a noisy ruckus!

“It’s Sir Robin!”

“He came back to save us!”

“Heavens! He can actually control this kind of weapon and crush a Black Dragon to death…”

They all exclaimed in admiration.

Even the three sisters were shocked by the Mechanical Titan’s power.

The Black Dragon wasn’t even the Mechanical Titan’s match!

The Ancient Gnome technology really couldn’t be underestimated.

…

Tlorin was even more shocked.

The goal behind destroying Rocky Mountain this time was actually to get rid of Robin.

Who would have thought that the hateful Dragon Slayer not only had [Weeping Sky], but also had a Mechanical Titan dug out from a vestige of the Ancient Gnomes!

The remaining four Black Dragons were very scared.

Their morale was very low. If Robin had been alone, they might have already pounced on him to kill him… but he was piloting a Mechanical Titan.

That frightening Mechanical Titan returned to its original shape from the Roll mode.

It seemed like an expressionless machine, but it gave a frightening feeling to the Black Dragons.

It was the aura of a predator.

The Ancient Titans were originally the Dragons’ only predator, and the Ancient Gnomes’ Mechanical Titan imitated the characteristics of the Ancient Titans. They gathered their strong points in the design to reach the highest level of engineering!

Tlorin paled. The scepter in her hand emitted a red-hot radiance, ruthlessly flying toward the Mechanical Titan’s cockpit!

All the onlookers held their breaths.

The Divine Spell of the Black Dragon God’s Apostle surely wasn’t something easy to handle.

But with the [Divine Restraint] property of the Mechanical Titan, it was useless.

The radiance smashed onto the cockpit and was absorbed by the K metal.

Marvin sarcastically mocked, “I heard you were interested in my head.”

“Even though I’m late, I shouldn’t be too late.”

“Come, let’s fight!”

Marvin’s words made everyone speechless.

He just crushed a Black Dragon to death. Who would still come to fight him? Wasn’t it too shameless to say this?

The four Black Dragons were furious, and crazily fired their Dragon Breath toward Marvin!

But the extreme temperature couldn’t do any harm to the Mechanical Titan.

Marvin leisurely waited in the cockpit with the Cooling System activated.

Actually, even though he provoked the Black Dragons and Tlorin, he was also shocked by the Mechanical Titan’s power himself.

Just the Roll Mode was enough to casually slay a Dragon.

What if all the other Modules were unlocked… Marvin didn’t dare imagine.

With such a powerful Mechanical Titan, he simply didn’t need to fight!

Only a genuine God might be able to do something. Even Legend Wizards might not be able to handle this Mechanical Titan!

The only issue was the power source!

With the continuous rolling, he went from 29% to 17% energy.

Once he reached 5%, the Mechanical Titan would automatically enter energy saving mode… Marvin wouldn’t even have the authority to use the air conditioning then.

And the Mechanical Titan’s power source was a type of extremely rare ore that was practically extinct in Feinan.

‘I have to deal with everything step by step, dealing with these Black Dragons comes first!”

Marvin had a serious expression on his face, he activated the Roll Mode once again!

The four Black Dragons were frightened and reacted immediately, flying higher. This thing shouldn’t be able to roll into the sky, right?

But reality was cruel.

Even if Marvin couldn’t fly, there was someone who could!

A seven-colored radiance flashed and Jessica suddenly appeared on top of an Adult Black Dragon’s head. Her Fate Power suddenly burst out!

She grabbed the Black Dragon’s wings and forcibly threw him to the ground!

“Rumble!”

Marvin excitedly controlled the Mechanical Titan, and with a rumbling sound, rushed toward the falling Black Dragon!

“Roll! Titan!”

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[Author Notice]

(written by the author, just slightly edited by the TL to fit international schedule)

Summary of the previous month.

There was a strong start, but it slowly declined.

[…] (A bit of a hard time with the Chinese release schedule)

Coconut has had a bit of an unlucky month. A lot of things happened, and Coconut was a bit weary, Coconut’s writing kept slipping.

Sorry everyone.

I believe that a writer should always stay professional, regardless of what can happen in real life and ensure quality and quantity every day.

Unfortunately, Coconut hasn’t done a great job in the past month.

[…] (Updates late, and had to take two days off because of a few reasons.)

Thank you for still supporting me.

I don’t want to talk too much about matters unrelated to the story, however, this month, the quantity and quality will be brought back up.

A lot of people commented saying Night Ranger was merely only a book to pass time.

However, for me, this represents a lot.

It’s my treasure.

Thank you.