NOVEL WEB Chapter 650-658
Chapter 650: Splitting
Marvin’s vision and his mind were overwhelmed by these scenes!
Fortunately, he had grown used to processing the data from the Essence Absorption System, so his mind already had a certain amount of resistance toward this sort of flow of information. Otherwise, under the impact of that frightening surge of information, his brain might have been damaged!
He did feel a bit of weakness as his limbs lost their strength.
He saw countless Dark Specters flying out of the huge cocoon and diving at him.
Marvin clenched his teeth and drew on the remainder of his strength to tear the Ghost Barrier Scrolls one after the other!
The precious scrolls left behind by the Snake Witch were coming in handy now.
…
Marvin’s surroundings began to change.
The layers of illusions felt like a three-dimensional maze surrounding him, completely trapping him inside.
The illusions felt so real. Streets from his previous life, his thrilling adventures in Feinan.
Despite Marvin knowing that all of this was fake, the feeling of the lifelike scenes flooded his five sense and his mind.
If he couldn’t resist it with his exceptionally firm will, he might lose himself in this three-dimensional maze.
He had some understanding of the Final Ghost Mother, Morella. He knew that her strength lay in her ability to manipulate the mind.
She could invade and control the minds of countless lifeforms at once, so it was quite normal for that monster to be able to create illusions.
But these illusions were still caused by an external source.
As long as someone that was dragged into an illusion could remain calm and keep firm control of their mind, they wouldn’t have too much trouble.
It was the same type of power as that of the Dream God. The only difference was that it was easier for the Dream God to have people fall in, particularly if the target was already sleeping. And as long as a Legend had enough willpower, they would be able to put up some sort of resistance.
Since Marvin had planned it out, he shouldn’t have any issues dealing with the illusion.
He had a lot of confidence in his own willpower.
Even after he used the Magic Addict Shape to survive, his willpower still exceeded that of most Gods. Since the Night Monarch’s group could resist the illusion of the Final Ghost Mother and seal her, he should also be able to.
But he had to admit that he had somewhat underestimated the Final Ghost Mother.
She didn’t throw Marvin into just one illusion, or even a few of them, but actually established a three-dimensional maze of them.
Whenever Marvin made his way out of an illusion, there would be another one waiting for him.
On a few occasions, even the surroundings of the Eternal Frozen Spring appeared as an illusion. It almost tricked Marvin the first time, making him think that he’d finally struggled his way out of the illusions, but after he realized what it was, he only saw the scene of himself kneeling down in front of the Final Ghost Mother, serving her.
At that moment, even his eyes blurred.
It was also at that time that the Wisdom Chapter in his mind burst out once again with a flood of powerful force.
A lot of the willpower that Marvin was so confident in originated from the Wisdom Chapter.
After all, that thing was a treasure from the Dragon Library. It was said to be an Artifact that had been left behind by the Ancient Wisdom God that was even able to suppress a frightening Artifact like the Book of Nalu. Although Marvin had yet to discover a specific way of activating the Wisdom Chapter and he also still didn’t know the meaning of the strange runes, as long as he had it, it would be the most powerful defensive charm!
The Wisdom Chapter’s runes were roused, and Marvin noticed with surprise that the Ancient Runes were actually floating out on their own.
The group of silvery white runes gathered together and ultimately formed something like a magic carpet, wrapping around Marvin’s body.
The illusion surrounding him became blurry.
That originally indifferent voice now sounded alarmed. “What’s this?”
“Why haven’t you lost yourself?”
Morella’s voice was frightened, even a bit distorted.
Marvin wasn’t sure exactly what had happened either.
He only stared blankly at the silvery white runes as they forcibly tore apart the Final Ghost Mother’s maze of illusions.
At that time, a voice that he had heard before echoed once again:
“There are outsiders.”
Marvin was startled. This was his second time hearing the Will of Feinan Plane speak to him!
The previous time was after he absorbed Fate Power, startling the Plane Will. Could this time be because of the Child of the Plane aura? Or did those floating runes attract the Plane Will’s attention?
“Invaders.”
The Plane Will once again conveyed another word to Marvin with a dull and imposing voice.
The next second, all the illusions collapsed!
As Morella let out a sharp shriek, Marvin opened his eyes and saw that those scrolls were still bursting with a deep blue radiance.
The Ghost Barriers were still in effect. Countless Dark Specters were trying to attack, but they melted like snow in front of his protection.
And not far behind them, Morella, who had suffered from the spirit attack, ended up in a withered state!
The huge, bright chrysalis seemed to have deflated, and more than half of it had collapsed.
Marvin was surprised. He had thought that he would go through a lot more trouble when fighting Morella.
‘Could it be that the Plane Will intervened directly? Or was it the Wisdom Chapter’s runes?’
As he had those thoughts, he took note that the runes became a lot dimmer.
After the Plane Will collapsed the maze of illusions, the voice didn’t speak again.
Marvin had a lot of doubts about the situation, but he knew that now was the best time to finish off Morella!
From its appearance, the monster’s Cocooning seem to have failed!
[Endless Path]!
Marvin disregarded the stamina consumption and directly went below the ice!
Fate Power burst all around, and at the same time, he took out the Demon Subduing Sword!
The huge chrysalis kept squirming, wanting to get away from Marvin’s incoming slash. But at this time, nothing could stop Marvin from killing the Final Ghost Mother!
It looked like a simple downward slash from the Demon Subduing Sword, but that squirming chrysalis was easily cut in half.
“Aaaaaahhhh!”
At this moment, countless howls echoed beside Marvin’s ears!
They came from the souls that had been swallowed by these Dark Specters over several thousand years, all finally being released.
If not for those dimmed runes still protecting Marvin, he might have suffered some injuries from the cries of all the souls pouring out.
He might even have gone deaf!
The bright chrysalis crumbled into fragments after being split in two and began floating upward.
While Marvin’s watched, the fragments gathered together into a blinding light and soared straight up, splitting through the Underdark’s ceiling and flying into some distant part of the starry sky!
Chapter 651: Agate
Everything ended so quickly that Marvin even felt like it was all a dream.
Was the enemy too weak, or did he somehow become too strong?
He looked at the Demon Subduing Sword in his hands and shook his head.
Final Ghost Mother Morella was definitely dead.
But the problem of the Dark Specters wasn’t over yet.
When the Final Ghost Mother died, all the wandering Ghost Mothers and Dark Specters in the Underdark died too.
This was a characteristic of the Dark Specter Clan.
But the invasion of the Dark Specters against Feinan wasn’t over.
Marvin glanced at the radiance shooting through the sky.
At the moment of her death, the Final Ghost Mother shared Feinan’s coordinates with her peers.
This signal let her companions know that she had failed to conquer this plane.
The Dark Specters would once again descend upon this world. They might even come with more than three Ghost Mothers at that time!
Feinan would face an even grimmer ordeal.
But this wasn’t something Marvin needed to worry about at this moment.
After killing Morella, he had taken care of the immediate problem.
He suddenly noticed that there was some sort of change happening in the Eternal Frozen Spring. Thus, he started going deeper into the ice, heading for the core.
…
In a hidden ravine.
The Hermit who was serenely drinking tea suddenly stopped moving, stiffening on the spot.
His eyes were looking into the distance. The death of the Final Ghost Mother appeared before his eyes.
Without him noticing, a tear escaped from his eyes.
The big frog on the side blurted in shock, “That kid truly did it?”
The Hermit nodded, muttering with some disbelief, “How could there be someone that could escape from Morella’s maze of illusions?”
“The last time had been resolved successfully due to the God of Wisdom intervening. The Wisdom God has already long left this world… but he did leave behind two Artifacts that might be able to suppress Morella’s spirit attack.”
“Did that kid manage to find that kind of treasure?”
The big frog couldn’t help but ask, “What treasure?”
The Hermit let his tears flow down, but there seemed to be no emotion on his face.
He took another sip of tea and slowly said, “A treasure that can destroy this world.”
“The other one is… A treasure that can save this world.”
…
At the core of the Eternal Frozen Spring.
All the moisture in the air had already condensed long ago.
Marvin was shivering all over as he followed a small crack in the layer of ice.
The strange part was that the core was in a room of ice that was still wide open.
It might have been opened by Morella before. Whatever the case, Marvin easily walked over.
When he entered the room, his body started freezing!
His outstanding cold resistance seemed to have lost its effect.
Marvin was startled, preparing to withdraw, when suddenly, a warm feeling burst out from the advanced False Divine Vessel and drove the extreme chill out of his body.
This was the power of the Laws!
Marvin now was completely unaffected by the cold.
The advanced False Divine Vessel was a treasure that was comparable to a genuine Divine Vessel, and it had many uses.
Marvin walked on.
The floating object should be the ancient treasure in the Eternal Frozen Spring, the Frost Heart.
The Frost Heart was said to have originated from the Elemental Plane of Water and had been borrowed by the Night Monarch to suppress Morella.
They took advantage of the fact that mind-based lifeforms would become slow and sluggish in the cold, even a monster like Morella. Extremely low temperatures could force it to sink into a deep slumber.
He wasn’t sure what had awoken her that time… Maybe it was because something triggered the start of the 2nd Cocooning.
In any case, Marvin had already killed Morella, and there was no point making guesses about it anymore.
What he cared the most about right now was the Frost Heart… and something else!
A sword was floating horizontally above the Frost Heart.
That sword had a very strange shape. It didn’t seem to be made of any metal, instead looking like it was a lump of stone in the shape of a sword.
The strangest part was that the sword’s tip was stuck to a floating yellow parchment!
Marvin couldn’t help but be startled when he realized what it was!
Book of Nalu!
He hadn’t known that there was actually a page of the Book of Nalu in the Eternal Frozen Spring.
He was too familiar with that thing. He could tell what it was with just a glance.
Now that he had noticed, the Book of Nalu he had in his possession was eager to go for it!
‘Could the Night Monarch have used the Book of Nalu to suppress the Frost Heart, and then used this sword to suppress the Book of Nalu?’
‘Then, he used those three items, along with the seals to forcibly keep down the Final Ghost Mother?’
Marvin was a bit doubtful.
From the visible restraining aura of those items, it could be seen that they formed a loop.
Marvin wasn’t a Master Alchemist, and he was also an amateur when it came to arrays. Despite possessing the Wisdom ability, he lacked too much information when it came to these things.
He currently had three pages of the Book of Nalu, there was one in the Night Monarch’s tomb, one in Hathaway’s tower, and one here. This meant that Marvin had more or less gathered over half of the pages!
Others might be afraid of the backlash from using the Book of Nalu.
But Marvin had the Wisdom Chapter!
This was probably the only treasure in Feinan that could suppress the Book of Nalu.
Thus, he didn’t hesitate to step forward and pull the sword away, grabbing the page of the Book of Nalu!
The sword had scars of ice scored into it and looked as smooth as silk, as if it was a masterpiece.
There were several complicated characters on the side of the sword hilt.
‘High Elven Language?’ Marvin frowned. He knew a bit about High Elven Language.
‘Agate?’
‘This sword is called Agate?’
‘This name seems a bit familiar.’
‘Hold on… The Nine Elven Swords!’
“Glorious Wing, Agate!’
Marvin’s eyes glimmered as he realized what a treasure he had picked up!
That sword was actually one of the Nine Elven Swords, called Agate. It was even more precious than Glorious Wind, which had been passed down through the royal family.
He would never have expected Agate to be in such a place.
But before Marvin could digest the joy of having found one of the Nine Elven Swords, the Frost Heart suddenly started becoming restless!
It seemed that since Marvin took Agate and the Book of Nalu, the page wasn’t restrained anymore and the Frost Heart suddenly began to shake like crazy.
Before Marvin could decide what to do about it, the Frost Heart suddenly crumbled into powder.
That powder followed the icy layer along the Eternal Frozen Spring and headed toward some unknown place!
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Chapter 652: Great Changes (1)
Marvin stared blankly as the Frost Heart collapsed, turning into fragments of dust that flowed along the Eternal Frozen Spring before floating toward the surface.
He could only awkwardly look at that scene, unable to do anything.
Because when he wanted to make a move, he felt a powerful power locking his body in place!
He was actually locked in time!
This was something unimaginable because there shouldn’t have been anyone that could use such an ability that was anywhere near his location.
One possibility he could think of was that it was a side-effect of the Frost Heart shattering.
It all indicated that something big had to be happening.
After all, the Eternal Frozen Spring had remained unchanged for so many years, yet its seal was recently broken through and now the Frost Heart within crumbled away!
Marvin also hadn’t known what kind of effect would appear after killing the Final Ghost Mother!
He could only watch in frustration as these fragments drifted away.
He could feel that the temperature in the surroundings was slowly rising.
But this wasn’t good news!
…
Desolate Pambo Sea.
A three-mast sailboat was slowly travelling westward.
Many nobles dressed in sumptuous clothes were gathered on the desk. They were ordinary Humans with a group of strong Fighters at their side.
After the Universe Magic Pool shattered, the Wizard Era came to an end.
Feinan’s South almost completely fell apart, especially the southeast part of the Six Pearl Harbors and the area around the Three Ring Towers.
But there weren’t as many Wizards in the western regions, and the monsters didn’t become as frightening.
So after the first attack, there were still many city-states that had yet to be attacked by monsters or out-of-control Wizards.
But the Wizards were transforming quickly into Wizard Monsters, and those that still hadn’t transformed yet were panicking.
And as that disaster played out, the poor could only resign themselves to their fates while the rich prepared to make their way out.
Many were trying to find a way to leave the place that once nurtured them.
They had heard that, although still dangerous, the eastern region of the Dead Area was a lot safer since there were fewer Wizards.
Thus, the nobles of the western coast of Feinan joined together and began to group up, bringing their families, guards, and their property as they embarked on a long migration.
Pambo Sea was a very frightening body of water to sail across. Some people died halfway, and some ships crashed in the storm. Not many people could sail to the end.
The luck of that three-mast ship had clearly held out.
Although everyone on the deck seemed pale because of the long trip, no one had fallen sick or ended up in a severe condition.
“Hey, Jack, gimme an estimate of the travel time.”
A handsome youth complained to a sailor next to him, “I can’t stand this dull trip anymore.”
The sailor smiled and looked at the nautical chart for a moment before conscientiously saying, “If our course didn’t deviate and if the wind and sea current are advantageous, we will need at most three days to reach Sunrise Island.”
The youth frowned in dissatisfaction. “Can’t you go faster?”
The sailor scratched his head, not knowing how to answer.
At that time, an obese middle-aged man on the side rebuked, “We aren’t on a trip, we are fleeing!”
“Martin, remember this, we are no longer mighty nobles. If we can reach the Dead Area, it would only be due to God Lance showing us some favor.”
“God?” the youth sneered disdainfully. “For us to fall to this stage, isn’t it those Gods’ fault?”
“Those filthy so-called “Gods” shattered the Universe Magic Pool. And that lunatic woman wanted to take advantage of the chaotic situation to ascend. If not for Great Hero Marvin killing her, our lives might have been ensnared by that lunatic. After all this, you actually still believe in Gods? Dear Father, I see that you are really hopeless.”
The middle-aged man was flabbergasted for several moments before he finally collected his witch and retorted, “The Universe Magic Pool was personally established by Lance, and it blessed us for a millennium. I believe that as the supreme God, he definitely would have done something to protect us if he were still there.”
The youth sneered, about to snap back at his father, when a cracking sound suddenly came from the boat!
“What happened? Did we hit a reef! Jack?!” The youth shouted.
The sailor quickly checked outboard for the origin of the sound.
After a brief moment, his expression became very strange.
“What happened?” The middle-aged man seemed surprised as he asked, “Why does it feel a bit cold?”
That sailor turned and pointed at the sea in shock.
“Lord…”
“Frozen…”
“Lord…”
“Completely frozen!”
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Frozen!
When the Frost Heart shattered, the frightening ice essences went against the stream and a strange climate appeared in the Pambo Sea between Feinan and the Dead Area!
Such a huge sea was frozen!
And even the water in the air crystallized and started dropping like hail!
The people on the eastern part of the Dead Area and the western of Feinan discovered with consternation the surface of the sea turned to ice and the temperature rapidly depleted!
It was as if spring had just ended and made way for winter.
Many ships and boats were frozen in ice!
People were left helpless, unaware of how this had happened!
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West Coast, abandoned Ancient Castle Tulip.
The lowest floor of the maze.
There was a huge underground lake.
Some fragments were going against the flow as a cold aura of ice engulfed everything, freezing the lake in a flash.
But at that time, the chains of the coffins above the lake broke.
“Rumble!”
The coffin fell onto the layer of ice. The lid was opened.
Then, a fair hand stretched out of the coffin.
“Disaster falling, sea freezing.”
“The time finally arrived…” A lazy voice drifted out from the coffin.
It sounded as if someone had been sleeping for a long time and finally woke up after hearing an alarm.
“Crash!”
The coffin shattered.
A naked man with closed eyes floated into the air.
His body seemed close to perfection. He had a delicate appearance, slender fingers, and the skin was the palest white.
“Let me think…”
“Right, my name is… Yin!”
“How many years has it been? Let’s see what my children are doing.”
Then, a faint voice echoed in the hearts of all the Vampires in Feinan:
“Tulip…”
“I am Yin…”
…
The glacier far in the North.
The woman who had suffered having seven heads get crushed by O’Brien slowly opened her eyes.
Faintly, two little snakes, one red and one green, floated in her eyes.
Frightening power from the Ethereal Plane surged through as the hissing sound of snakes spread throughout the entire Far North!
“Rebirth… Take back… Our power…”
“Fourth… Tablet…”
The glacier then burst out, and an azure shadow rushed out of the glacier. Under the sunshine, on the beautiful ice layer, nine shadows could faintly be seen!
Chapter 653: Great Changes (2)
Northeast Feinan.
The dark shadows from the lower planes couldn’t resist trying to get a share of the action.
At the Night Walker Headquarters.
“The Molten Clan has gone crazy… There has never been such an exaggerated attack in the past millennium, especially since Leader killed the Molten Lord.”
A pale, slender female Night Walker reported, “Our people can’t keep going. Most of the Rangers and mercenaries are already preparing to retreat. The Blue Mountain’s Dwarves are also getting ready to flee.”
“We can’t keep defending the stronghold.”
In the cabin, three of the Night Walkers Organization’s Legends were present.
Constantine and O’Brien had serious expressions.
When they left the Supreme Jungle and went to help the North, they never thought that things would reach this stage.
This place was the Night Walkers’ northern headquarters, the Dark Forest Stronghold.
Few people in Feinan knew about this place.
This was the only land in Feinan known to border the Nine Hells.
The plane extended toward that place, and its space was gradually distorting downward.
And there was a solid node that linked these two completely unfamiliar territories. If not for the Universe Magic Pool’s faint protection, repelling the powerhouses of hell from approaching, it might have already fallen to the Devils.
But now, Dark Forest Stronghold was facing its harshest ordeal.
In the past week, all the fortress’ defenders came out and struck back against the forces of the Molten Clan.
But they failed.
They suffered a disastrous defeat after falling into the Devils’ ambush.
Despite O’Brien having tyrannical strength, which let him cut a bloody path out of the ambush to let the survivors return to the stronghold, the stronghold was still on the verge of falling.
It had to be known that the Dark Forest Stronghold was occupied by the locals. The main fighting force consisted of some Rangers of the North and various recruited mercenaries, while the Blue Mountain Dwarves that had been living here for many generations also contributed notable numbers.
But under the frightening attacks of the Molten Clan, these forces were almost wiped out.
If the Universe Magic Pool was still intact as usual, they would have had the option of recruiting help from the nearby city-states to replenish their military strength.
After all, the Night Walkers had accumulated shocking amounts of wealth across the generations.
But this time, the North was in a mess due to Chaos Magic Power. The inhabitants had already fallen into an unprecedentedly weak state.
And because of the disappearance of the Planar Barrier, more powerful Greater Devils began to appear as reinforcements for Hell’s side.
In that previous battle, three Greater Devils, with strength comparable to that of some Gods, had appeared together and jointly caused the defenders’ defeat.
Despite O’Brien being extremely courageous, he was still outnumbered.
The most frightening thing was that these three Greater Devils were well known for attacking Feinan in the past.
In this world, only one person could order these three to join hands.
And that was the Nine Hells’ Molten Archdevil!
The Molten Archdevil seemed to have taken advantage of the unstable state of the Dark Forest Stronghold to make his move!
Thus, the three Night Walkers had very wearied expressions.
If the Molten Archdevil really acted, no one there would be able to stop him!
…
“Hell has already begun putting their plans into motion.”
O’Brien coughed and furrowed his brows. “I heard that the Supreme Jungle suffered an invasion from the Scorched Hell. Diross and the Molten Archdevil actually attacked Feinan at the same time. This is really strange.”
“The Abyss, which always used to keep Hell in check, is being strangely silent. There is no news of any Demon Lord making a move on Hell. And that group of Gods is in battle with the Astral Beast… We can’t hope for the Beasts or the Evil Spirits to keep Hell in check for us.”
“Only we are left.”
These words made the other two sink into a somber silence.
O’Brien smiled as he concluded, “You go.”
“I was born here, I shall be buried here.”
“But the Night Walkers’ fire can’t stop burning.”
Constantine and that woman firmly shook their heads.
O’Brien firmly stated, “I am the Night Walkers’ Leader, you can’t disobey my command.”
“Sophie, Constantine. As the current Leader of the Night Walkers, I order you to lead our remaining brothers and sisters in retreat.”
“Go to White River Valley, Marvin will need your help.”
After saying this, he thought for a bit before handing a box to Constantine and adding, “Give this to Marvin, I believe he will understand what I mean.”
Constantine was stunned. “Are you sure?”
Sophie strongly argued, “How could you directly hand the [Eternal Night Paradise] to a child?”
“Could it be that you really want to pass the leadership of the Night Walkers onto him?”
O’Brien’s expression became very cold. “You have no right to question my decision.”
“You only need to carry out my command!”
Sophie angrily stomped her feet, unable to stop her tears from flowing out.
She looked at O’Brien’s face with a complicated expression.
Constantine clenched his teeth as he put the box away.
“Quick! Go south!”
“He came!”
O’Brien’s expression suddenly changed.
Frightening black flames descended from the sky and started to collapse the city walls. Everyone started running for their lives!
In that distant reddish-black hole, countless Devil charged their way out.
A cold voice made its way over: “Kill!”
“Boom!”
The Dark Forest Stronghold’s city walls instantly collapsed.
Countless souls were directly sucked away, and a black hole even formed in mid-air.
Standing in the ruins, three Night Walkers looked bitterly at the sky.
O’Brien flew forward, killing his way through the Devil Army rushing out of that hole!
Sophie let out some bitter sobs. She wanted to join O’Brien, but she was pulled back by Constantine.
“We have to go,” Constantine said resolutely.
The two began retreating.
But even so, they still couldn’t help looking back.
The last thing they saw was the scene of that shadow pouncing on those Devils like a fierce tiger on its prey.
Just like the first time they saw him, he turned into a sharp spear that seemed to be able to pierce through everything, leaving corpses in its wake!
This most likely wasn’t the most resourceful Leader in the history of the Night Walkers.
But this was the bravest one.
The flames consumed the stronghold.
No one could stop Hell’s steady advance.
Constantine and Sophie took the rest of the Night Walkers and mercenaries to retreat. But at the same time, a black shadow appeared on the hill in front of them.
That person looked like a black flame.
Chapter 654: Great Changes (3)
“Molten Archdevil…”
The atmosphere grew more anxious as Constantine got those words out of his mouth with great difficulty.
The most violent powerhouse of the Nine Hells decided to end his period of hibernation and start wreaking havoc in Feinan again. The old protectors already couldn’t keep stopping the advance.
Despite O’Brien pouncing ahead, undaunted by dangers, using his body to block countless Devils…
Even though the Molten Overlord that appeared in front of Constantine’s group was merely an Avatar…
It still felt hopeless.
The Nine Hells’ Archdevils were all Fallen Ancient Angels. Ancient Angels had strength on par with that of the Ancient Gods.
Though, the New Gods were troublesome for them too.
“Scatter!” Constantine shouted.
The Night Walkers and the mercenaries dispersed as if it had been planned beforehand.
Only Constantine and Sophie stayed behind and faced that blazing black figure.
But before either side could attack, a whizzing sound ripped through the sky!
It was followed by a bright light.
It seemed as if an axe was tearing through the horizon as a cone of light came down from the sky, sweeping aside all the Chaos Power in the atmosphere and continuing its way down toward a certain place in Feinan!
The black flame abruptly raised its head.
Within the flames, the eye shone!
…
As the Eternal Frozen Spring was gradually warming, Marvin still knew nothing about the changes happening outside.
The Book of Nalu was suppressed by the runes of the Wisdom Chapter and now looked like an old page.
Agate, one of the Nine Elven Swords, seemed to have no edge.
But Marvin could feel that this simple-looking sword held frightening power.
‘It seems to be melting…’
‘I need to leave fast!’
He didn’t have time to think too much about what had just happened. He took the two treasures and then used Endless Path to return to Jessica, who he found in the middle of a chaotic fight.
Caroline and Freyr looked at Marvin with differing expressions.
They were Legend powerhouses that had very high perception.
They had noticed that even though that guy had only disappeared for a short moment, the powerful lifeforce in the Eternal Frozen Spring had disappeared.
There was none of it left behind!
Everyone knew that the Final Ghost Mother must have died!
They were all extremely shocked.
Even the Fiendish Swordsman, who always remained calm, seemed rather startled.
He could tell that Marvin was powerful, but he hadn’t thought that he was that powerful.
All alone, he managed to kill the Final Ghost Mother, who had almost destroyed the entire Underdark!
He had finished everything so quickly?
No one knew what exactly had happened in the Eternal Frozen Spring.
They just heard Marvin declaring that he would declare Morella, saw him vanish, and then reappear a few minutes later.
And Morella was now dead.
Was that guy actually a God’s Avatar or something like that?
The moment Marvin reappeared, the battle became meaningless.
Everyone tacitly stayed their hands.
Marvin sneered at Caroline and Freyr.
Seeing Marvin’s smirk, the two Divine Servants felt worried!
It was the instinctive feeling of a prey looking at its predator.
Even though they had firm wills, they couldn’t keep the fear in their hearts in check at the current moment.
Only now had they realized what kind of terrifying person they had provoked!
The other Legends stepped back one after the other.
They could see that Marvin wasn’t hostile to them.
Kui had shared his true identity with the others during that chaotic battle.
Someone that could kill a God… it wasn’t someone Legends like them could provoke.
Even though each of them had been at the peak, Marvin was already a realm above them.
If they wanted to use strength to compare, the current Marvin was already on the same level as the Four Plane Guardians!
With the advanced False Divine Vessel and the strength of a level 4 Ruler of the Night, his strength already reached the peak of the plane.
Those weaker than him certainly couldn’t defeat him, and neither could those who were at the same level as him, let alone Caroline and Freyr, those two Divine Servants!
The group of Frost Spiders had started retreating while trembling.
The ice of the Eternal Frozen Spring began to crash down as they noticed that their surroundings were gradually melting into water.
At the speed that it was going, this would soon turn into an underground lake.
“Let’s go!” Tal firmly entreated.
The Underdark United Council’s Legends all retreated together.
Before leaving, only Kui stopped for a moment and glanced at Marvin with a complicated expression.
Jessica’s eyes were full of fighting spirit as she brazenly asked, “One each?”
Marvin nodded.
After dealing with the Final Ghost Mother, he naturally wanted to settle the debt with the Queen of Spiders and the Black Dragon God!
Earlier, he hadn’t attacked Freyr or Caroline because of the looming threat of the Final Ghost Mother
But Final Ghost Mother Morella was dead now.
There was no way Marvin would let these two irksome Divine Servants off the hook!
“We must fight!”
Caroline and Freyr and looked at each other, trying to determine who was worse, Marvin or Jessica.
But suddenly, all four of them saw a vision!
They saw Feinan’s horizon being cracked apart as a conical light dropped from the sky, flying toward a location in the center of Feinan!
In Marvin’s mind, the Wisdom ability started calculating the exact location!
His eyes seemed to overlook the sky as the entirety of Feinan spread before his eyes.
The East’s Jewel Bay, Central’s Sage Desert, the Rocky Mountain to the west, the freezing Pambo Sea, and even the Dead Area, everything appeared before his eyes.
He didn’t have time to even consider how or why the Pambo Sea was turning into a sea of ice when a dazzling radiance burst from the center of the “map”!
‘It’s there!’
‘There, in a gap in the First Mountain Range!’
‘At the center of Feinan!’
‘That’s…’
‘The 4th Fate Tablet!’
That information flashed through Marvin’s mind in the blink of an eye.
He could see countless lights shining on Feinan and rushing toward the First Mountain Range.
There was no time!
He abruptly glared at Caroline and Freyr.
He could only let these two small fries go for now.
The 4th Fate Tablet truly had appeared after the Universe Magic Pool shattered!
This was something that hadn’t happened in the game!
But thanks to the Plane Will’s hint and his Wisdom, he managed to determine what that light was!
“Let’s go!”
He grabbed Jessica and activated Endless Path once more.
Chapter 655: Brothers
The appearance of the 4th Fate Tablet caused a huge stir all over Feinan.
All the peak Legend powerhouses felt something in the back of their minds.
It was like a call of Destiny!
Fate Tablets were really too significant.
From Marvin’s point of view, it shouldn’t have appeared yet.
In the game, the Fate Tablet still hadn’t appeared even years after the Great Calamity.
The players thought that the information obtained by the Gods that predicted the imminent descent of the fate tablet was wrong.
But in this life, too many things had changed.
Marvin didn’t know where the long-lost Fate Tablet had come from, but he knew that it was way more important than the lives of these two clowns!
He immediately disregarded what had happened in the Eternal Frozen Spring and grabbed Jessica, pulling her along with him!
Obviously, Jessica also saw that scene, so she understood Marvin’s goal.
She used her Fate Power to amplify Marvin’s ability using the connection between their Fate Power Imprints.
With Jessica’s help, she and Marvin forcibly returned to Hope City from the Underdark!
…
When Marvin and Jessica arrived beside the Source of Fire’s Order, they were startled by Kate’s emaciated appearance.
“You also saw it?”
She quickly understood why Jessica and Marvin had returned to the Surface in such a hurry.
The two nodded.
“I need to see Ding. The 4th Fate Tablet appeared, and she used to be a fragment of Fate Tablet, so no one should be able to understand Fate Tablets more than her!” Kate worried anxiously.
Marvin and Jessica looked at each other and grimaced.
They had no idea where Ding had gone off to.
But since nothing had happened to Kate through their link, the Fortune Fairy shouldn’t be in any danger.
The 4th Fate Tablet was extremely important. Now that the dangers from the Eternal Frozen Spring matter had been wrapped up, Hope City’s crisis should also peter out soon.
“The 4th Fate Tablet fell into a gap in the First Mountain Range. It’s near Lavis Dukedom.”
“Although I’m sure Daniela will head for it first, I’m worried that getting it might not be that simple.”
“I saw many Divine Servants on Feinan. Although those Gods are still busy fighting the Astral Beast, they can send some of their followers to fight over the Fate Tablet.”
Marvin explained all this very quickly.
“I’ll return to White River Valley and then hurry over.”
“I have a feeling that a war is unavoidable.”
Jessica nodded.
Clearly, the Three Sisters couldn’t ignore something like a Fate Tablet descending.
Rocky Mountain would definitely send some forces to participate in this matter, despite the trials they had recently undergone.
As for the details, they definitely needed to talk it over.
And it was still crucially important to find Ding.
Once this was determined, Marvin used the long-distance Teleportation Array and returned to White River Valley.
Ten seconds later, a fleshy silhouette suddenly appeared on the city wall.
“Marvin! You sure came back to Hope City really fast!”
“There is a certain Eastern Dragon cursing you, he said you aren’t keeping your word… Eh? Marvin?”
Ding looked around, seeming a bit bewildered.
Kate helplessly patted her pet’s head.
Jessica didn’t hold back as she grabbed Ding, unceremoniously pinching her cheeks. “Where did you go?”
“Doing some naughty misdeed behind our backs?”
“Why are you looking for Marvin as soon as you got back, is it because you don’t see anything useful in us?”
Ding wept tearlessly for a bit before suddenly offering three tears.
Jessica and Kate opened their eyes wide in astonishment.
…
White River Valley.
Marvin’s return didn’t cause any significant ripples.
Under the effective management of Anna and Madeline, White River Valley was currently the land with the best order in all of Feinan.
With the successful transaction with Arborea, food was no longer an issue.
People’s livelihoods were gradually recovering to what it was before the Calamity, and although the economy was not making very rapid progress, there were already many courageous people who took their families with them and broke away from the Sanctuary to start clearing land outside of it.
After all, since the hunting squads had been hunting in White River Valley’s vicinity for so long, the Monsters near White River Valley had almost been eradicated.
Marvin felt very gratified about this, but also a bit awkward.
It seemed like his territory no longer needed its Overlord around to run smoothly.
As long as he was still alive and kept showing off his strength around the world, the territory would become more powerful, and more people would keep being drawn to settle there.
But when he saw Anna’s pale and thin figure in his study, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
There were a lot of things that should have been handled by him, but ended up getting left in the hands of this butler.
“Young Master Marvin!” Anna was joyfully surprised when she noticed Marvin.
Marvin smiled, about to say something, when suddenly, a light voice echoed from the side:
“Brother.”
Marvin stopped and had a slight shudder.
After slowly turning his body, Wayne’s young face appeared in his sight.
After the start of the Great Calamity, Wayne had silently left White River Valley, only leaving a single letter behind for Marvin.
He had said that he wanted to leave for the Wilds. There was something calling him there.
Marvin had chosen to trust him.
He knew how strong his little brother was. As an incredible Seer, he had talent not inferior to that of Fate Sorceresses.
The previous Seer, Hathaway, had already proven to be the reincarnation of the Witch Queen.
Wayne was bound to have great accomplishments since he survived his ordeal during the Great Calamity.
He was back now.
Marvin could feel the abundance of the Chaos Magic Power in his body, along with an overwhelming amount of Order Power!
The two powers were cleverly mixed together. Although he still looked like a youth of only ten years of age, his expression told Marvin that he was a lot more mature than an ordinary person.
“Brother!”
The two hugged.
After a long time, Marvin emotionally let go.
Despite being confident that Wayne wouldn’t encounter any problems during his trip to the Wilds, he still felt very happy seeing his younger brother again.
That feeling from their blood ties was something that no one on this world could erase.
The brothers’ feelings wouldn’t fade because of time… They would deepen.
Even if Marvin was a transmigrator, the memories and the promise left behind by the body’s owner had been integrated with him.
He had to guard his younger brother with his life.
No one could change this.
…
The brothers were naturally quite overjoyed to see each other.
But Marvin didn’t expect Wayne’s next words to be so shocking:
“I’m the one who released the Fate Tablet.”
Chapter 656: Inheritance
The appearance of the Fate Tablet undoubtedly had a huge impact on the current unstable Feinan.
The timing of its appearance was too strange, to the point that Divination of all Gods would have failed to predict it.
And furthermore, they were entangled with the Astral Beast.
But the other powerful existences of this Universe all noticed the descent of the Fate Tablet. Marvin knew that many who desired it were rushing toward that gap in the First Mountain Range.
Everyone was determined to win the Fate Tablet!
When considering the timeline, Marvin felt a bit startled.
When Marvin transmigrated, the Fate Tablet still had yet to appear in the game. Marvin originally thought that he had accidentally shattered the Frost Heart, but when Wayne appeared in White River Valley, Marvin had a sort of feeling about what might have caused that.
He hadn’t expected his feeling to be correct.
The Fate Tablet’s early appearance was related to Wayne.
…
In his past life, Wayne had been noticed by the Gods and was killed by one of them around the same time that the Shadow Prince killed Hathaway.
And everything afterwards followed from that.
But it was different in this life.
Under Marvin’s great efforts, people who had been killed in the past were now alive, and White River Valley had become a huge variable.
Not only was his territory able to withstand the Great Calamity, but it also absorbed River Shore City, established Sword Harbor, developed the Adventurer Camp and the Sha Tribe Settlement, turning into the safest place in Feinan in this era of chaos.
In this situation, under Marvin’s meticulous protection, Wayne made it through the troubled times injured and also matured quite fast.
Under Hathaway’s tutelage, he was able to open the outstanding path of the Ancient Wizards.
After the Great Calamity arrived, Wayne left White River Valley.
At that time, he was already an Half-Legend.
He received the summons of that Shrine in the depths of the Wilds and unhesitantly went to it.
That area was the world’s most mysterious location.
One had to be fated to enter, and even powerful Gods couldn’t intrude.
It was the only shrine of Wizard God Lance in all of Feinan!
…
Marvin didn’t know what happened to Wayne in Lance’s Shrine.
Wayne was unable to speak about what had happened there. It was said to be Wizard God Lance’s personal request.
The only thing Marvin knew was that when Wayne returned to White River Valley, he was already a Legend Wizard.
And even in the Legend Realm, he was above Marvin.
A level 6 Legend Wizard!
When Marvin noticed Wayne’s level, he almost spat blood.
‘Why are they called Seers?’
‘Wouldn’t Cheats fit them better?’
‘Who is the one with an exaggerated levelling speed?’
‘Me?’
‘I can’t even compare with my little brother!’
‘And he is only 10 years old!’
‘Given time, how outstanding would he be?’
But what worried Marvin wasn’t Wayne’s refusal to say anything about the Shrine in the Wilds, but rather, Lance’s goal.
Seers and Fate Sorceresses were actually the same kinds of people. They had a very deep connection with the Plane.
They were people who were treasured by Feinan’s Plane Will, even if it was shown in different ways.
Marvin also didn’t understand the details.
His understanding of the Seers was far from equal to his understanding of the Fate Sorceresses.
However, faction-wise, regardless of what happened, Wayne should belong to the side supporting Feinan’s Will side.
If it was just as the Truth Goddess had speculated and Lance was preparing to destroy this world, then he and Feinan’s Will were actually enemies.
In this case, why did he summon Wayne, a Seer, to his Shrine in the Wilds?
This was a huge question, and Marvin had no clue as to what the answer could be.
…
In short, under Lance’s guidance, Wayne seemed to have found the Wizard Path left behind by a civilization from a long-lost era.
He obtained almost all of the inheritances of the Wizard God.
And in that shrine in the Wilds, he had probably practiced for a long time until he reached the level of Plane Guardian.
But because of an accident, he had to leave the shrine in advance.
That accident was the Fate Tablet.
The Wilds’ Shrine was a very mystical place. After Wayne left there, he forgot almost everything about it.
He only remembered Lance’s Avatar teaching him the path of the Ancient Wizards.
Until he made a mistake and the 4th Fate Tablet got out of the shackles that had been keeping it sealed, allowing it to escape from the shrine.
It caused all of Feinan to shake.
“I have to return it.”
“This is my responsibility and my mission,” Wayne conscientiously said. “The 4th Fate Tablet is very important… I don’t have the details, but I definitely cannot let it fall into the hands of any others!”
“Others?” Marvin frowned.
Wayne nodded and clarified, “Everyone besides me!”
After saying this, he looked at Marvin with burning eyes, “Brother, will you help me?”
Marvin remained silent for a bit before nodding with some difficulty.
He didn’t know why, but he had a bad feeling about all this.
There was something about his little brother that he couldn’t quite grasp.
He hadn’t changed… but there seemed to be something more to him now.
His thirst for the Fate Tablet was so strong that Marvin even began to have some suspicions…
But he quickly suppressed these Ideas.
In any case, Wayne was his younger brother.
Regardless of how bad the situation was, he was the dear brother standing behind Marvin that he needed to help and protect.
Since he wanted the Fate Tablet, Marvin would help him get it.
Despite that path being full of thorns and him not knowing how many people were lusting after that tablet that could change the entire structure of the Universe, Marvin was still confident. As long as it was in Feinan, he would have his ways to get it!
“Rest first, I’ll make some preparations.”
“The Fate Tablet should be in the First Mountain Range. You can try using Arcane Positioning to determine the direction. It would be the best if you are able to open a Long Distance Teleportation Door.”
Marvin knew that at his level, Wayne should certainly have long-distance displacement abilities.
But he didn’t know if Wayne had learnt the relevant spells.
Shortly after, he left the study.
This time, he returned to White River Valley because of something important.
In the Eternal Frozen Spring, Marvin found the sixth page of the Book of Nalu whose pages he had been collecting for half a year.
Before leaving for the First Mountain Range to fight over the Fate Tablet, he decided to completely merge with the 6th Page.
The runes of the Wisdom Chapter let him know that it would be likely for some unpredictable things to happen when six pages of the Book of Nalu merged.
Marvin was looking forward to what this Artifact would bring him.
Chapter 657: Leader
The Book of Nalu.
The most mysterious Artifact in the world of Feinan.
At the same time, to many, this was a very frightening item, an Artifact filled with destruction.
The God of Deception used what remained of his Divine Power to write a book before his downfall.
It was said that Feinan’s future destiny could be seen in that book.
But the book went through a very twisted path.
A powerful God once read it, and it led to his entire God Realm exploding.
It could confuse people, but it could also point the path ahead. It could give you strength while also corrupting your soul.
Originally, even though that thing was powerful, Marvin wouldn’t dare to use it without extreme circumstances.
But the Wisdom Chapter gave him confidence.
Especially after the fight in the Eternal Frozen Spring. Those runes seemed to have regained their glow.
When Marvin got hold of the page of the Book of Nalu in the Eternal Frozen Spring, those runes kept rearranging themselves.
A message appeared in Marvin’s mind.
He had to synthesize these six pages of the Book of Nalu!
He now had four pages of the Book of Nalu in hand:
[6th Page – Rebirth]: From Thousand Leaves Forest.
[11th Page – Reincarnation]: From the Dragon Library.
[2nd Page – Prosperity]: From Black Knight Sangore.
[8th Page – Captivity]: From the Eternal Frozen Spring.
Of the other two, one was hidden in Hathaway’s Ashes Plain.
Marvin quickly travelled to the Ashes Plain through the Teleportation Array.
At that time, Hathaway temporarily hid that page of the book of Nalu for a good reason. She was afraid that Marvin wouldn’t be able to handle the power of the 3rd Page, Destruction.
Thus, she set up a small mechanism in a certain floor of the Ashes Tower.
Marvin current had incredible willpower, and furthermore, he had the Wisdom Chapter protecting him. In less than 20 minutes, he managed to retrieve that page of the Book of Nalu.
Only the one in the Underground Palace of the Night Walkers was left.
To enter the Night Walker Underground Palace, Marvin needed to ask for permission from the Leader of the Night Walkers.
Marvin hadn’t heard any news of O’Brien, and so he could only head back to White River Valley to seek out the old blacksmith, Sean.
In the beginning, it was this old blacksmith living in seclusion in Oak Town who led Marvin on the path of the Night Walker.
As the inheritor of the Night Monarch’s will, he would most likely one day become the next leader.
But that would be left up to the future, which was always full of vicissitude.
For now, he needed the key to enter the Underground Palace.
But when Marvin found the blacksmith, the old man who normally was always at his furnace forging was sitting surprisingly silently.
His daughter, Jane, was accompanying him, a worried expression on her face.
“You came.”
Sean’s voice was deep, carrying untold meaning.
Marvin couldn’t help feeling guilty when he saw the blacksmith’s face filled with wrinkles.
He had been very busy with the matters of the territory and the rest of Feinan recently. It seemed that he hadn’t visited his old mentor in a long time.
Even though he had already turned into a Ruler of the Night, without Sean’s guidance, he wouldn’t have been able to advance so smoothly.
“I…”
Marvin didn’t get to finish his sentence before Old Sean cut in while bitterly shaking his head. “Don’t worry, kid, I have no intention to blame you.”
“You have done a lot for this territory, for this world. I’ve seen it.”
“Everything you did is what the Night Walkers should do, you are very capable. I am proud of you.”
Marvin scratched his head, a bit surprised.
“Well, what do you need my help for?” the old man calmly asked.
Marvin didn’t beat around the bush and directly told him what he needed.
The old blacksmith was silent for a moment before finally saying, “I can give you the key to the Underground Palace… In fact, it’s time to hand it over to you.”
“It’s just that, after you come back from the Underground Palace, you have to promise me to do something.”
Marvin nodded. “What is it?”
Old Sean took a deep breath and said, “Kill the Molten Archdevil!”
Marvin felt that something was amiss.
Shortly after Old Sean desolately sighed:
“O’Brien… He died.”
…
O’Brien was dead.
When Marvin heard this, he was left completely dumbstruck!
He had never thought of the possibility.
He had never expected this could happen.
‘O’Brien!’
‘A powerhouse second only to the Plane Guardians!’
‘How could he die?’
‘He was someone that could easily crush the Molten Lord and force the Eight Headed Azure Matriarch into submission.’
Even if the two hadn’t been in contact for long, O’Brien was the kind of person that gave others a feeling of trust.
As long as you stood beside him, you could depend on him to support you.
Even if there were thousands of enemies in front of him, he wouldn’t even frown.
He was the Leader of the Night Walkers, one of the strongest in all of Feinan!
When Marvin fell from the World Tree, O’Brien had angrily rushed south, destroying the Twin Snakes Cult and beating the Azure Matriarch to a bloody pulp despite her undying body!
When the Great Calamity began, he also held off countless Wizard Monsters by himself.
He also helped Marvin stop Tidomas’ avatar!
He was such a reliable leader.
He was usually silent, but he was a paragon of the idea that actions speak louder than words.
He died like this?
Marvin couldn’t accept it!
…
“What happened?” Marvin’s voice quivered a bit.
Before he left the Supreme Jungle, he only knew that O’Brien and Constantine had headed north together. There had apparently been an issue with the Night Walker stronghold to the north.
At that time, he hadn’t even considered that the two of them might not be able to resolve the issue in the stronghold despite joining hands.
Old Sean shook his head. “I don’t know.”
“I only know that he died at the hands of the Molten Archdevil. It is all related to the Molten Archdevil.”
“After the Universe Magic Pool shattered, the Molten Archdevil was one of the first to invade. The northern stronghold already fell.”
“O’Brien died. Constantine and Sophie are still on the run.”
“This key is the permanent key to the Night Walker’s Underground Palace. I am now giving it to you.”
“There is no time to hold complicated ceremonies.”
“From today on, you, Marvin Cridland, are the Night Walker Leader.”
Old Sean solemnly finished, “You have some matters to deal with!”
Marvin clenched his teeth, quickly taking that key.
“I will.”
He didn’t remain with the old blacksmith for too long.
He was already short on time.
Constantine and the other Night Walkers were being chased down by the Molten Archdevil’s avatar. According to the Night Walkers’ information, they were fleeing south, and their path should take them near the location where the Fate Tablet had fallen.
Marvin could only have Wayne go first.
He had to take a trip to Thousand Leaves Forest on his own.
The Underground Palace was there.
Butterfly was also there.
Chapter 658: Deception and Wisdom [2 in 1]
When Marvin reached Thousand Leaves Forest, he clearly felt that this originally very peaceful land was now brimming with dangers.
There were even more Elven Iron Guards patrolling than ever before, and they looked a bit exhausted.
But there was the cover of the Source of Fire to help them, so Thousand Leaves Forest hadn’t been overrun by monsters.
From the information Madeline had briefed him with, after the bloodbath of those elders, Ivan was officially crowned as the new Great Elven King.
Marvin thoroughly understood that matter.
The bloodbath was his handiwork, and the purpose was to root out the dissidents.
In this cruel era, democracy and freedom had become luxury goods. The Wood Elves needed a leader that could lead the people on a path of survival, not an inefficient Elder Council that could only fight for power with their own people and each other.
But what shocked Marvin was that the Sea Elven Queen surprisingly became Ivan’s consort.
This information was spreading around the Elven Iron Guard by mouth, and Marvin couldn’t confirm whether the news was actually reliable.
Ivan and Marvin had interacted several times, but they both weren’t idle people anymore. They had their own important matters to take care of.
The only thing they could do was to wish each other well.
When Ivan was crowned as the Great Elven King, Marvin was still fighting in the Crimson Wasteland, so he hadn’t been around to see it.
The only good news was that even if Ivan wanted to hold a wedding, that would also have to wait until all of this turmoil settled down at least somewhat.
Marvin wouldn’t want to miss the wedding of a friend… Although he was curious what the Sea Elven Queen did to become engaged with that one, who had been rumored to not like women, Marvin suspected that the story given in the rumors was true.
Ivan was outstanding, but one of his only flaws was that he was a bit undisciplined.
It seemed that the Sea Elven Queen was truly the most suitable woman for him.
Whether it was character or status, they both complemented each other well.
…
However, Marvin did not inform Ivan when he arrived at Thousand Leaves Forest.
Before leaving for the First Mountain Range, he would naturally greet his old friend, the High Elf that the Bloody Emperor had mentioned, Butterfly.
But before this, he had to take a trip to the Night Walker Underground Palace.
In fact, as he got closer to the Underground Palace, the feeling in his heart became more and more intense.
The runes from the Wisdom Chapter almost seemed to be trying to come out from his body.
Those strange runes were now tightly sticking to Marvin’s skin, flickering with silver light. From afar, Marvin even looked like a bunch of huge fireflies!
He felt a bit speechless about his odd appearance.
He couldn’t control the runes of the Wisdom Chapter. If they remained in this state, how could he be stealthy or hide himself?
So he first had to settle that problem.
That page of the Book of Nalu in the Underground Palace should be the answer.
…
Because he obtained the key from Old Sean, Marvin didn’t need to pass any tests this time and directly entered the Underground Palace.
He quickly found the bookcase with the Ruler of the Night Advancement Manual and then located that page of the Book of Nalu.
This was the 1st page of the Book of Nalu, [Origin]!
When he held that page in his hand, something mysterious happened.
The other five pages of the Book of Nalu in his storage automatically scattered, coming out on their own.
The six pages of the Book of Nalu floated in the air, forming a pale yellow circle.
Some sounds were emitted from the pages.
It felt as if the pages of a heavy history book were constantly being flipped.
A powerful attractive force rose up between the six pages of the Book of Nalu, and under Marvin’s careful watch, the pages suddenly began fusing!
This time, it was a true fusion!
In that split second, River Shore City’s Madeline, those two Legends in White River Valley, and Raven in the Underdark, all of them suddenly became pale and powerless, falling to the floor!
They could each feel their own lifeforce becoming incomparably weak.
They felt as if death was before their eyes.
But they couldn’t resist!
After they gave their souls to the Book of Nalu, they no longer had any that they could call their own.
They were only bodies that kept on living, an echo of the person that once was.
…
Marvin was also very surprised.
The Book of Nalu had a total of eleven pages, and gathering the previous five pages hadn’t caused such an extreme effect.
This event should have been triggered by finding the 1st page.
‘What is the Wisdom Chapter hinting at?’
‘Could it be that the key to assembling the entire Artifact is this 1st page?’
Marvin didn’t puzzle on it for long.
The six pages of the Book of Nalu rotated, and a chanting voice echoed mysteriously.
That wailing chant had changes in intensity, like a spell, or maybe a song.
At this moment, Marvin felt like his mind was bursting!
It was like an entire chaotic Universe, a vast place, suddenly bursting with a formidable force, and then life was born.
A crazy amount of information poured into Marvin’s mind, and Marvin knelt down painfully.
His eyes started turning white.
Fortunately, those runes reasserted themselves in Marvin’s mind at this time and intercepted that flow of information!
Perhaps it was afraid that Marvin couldn’t handle that information, but the Wisdom Chapter’s runes cut off the influx of information.
The information disappeared completely, and the swelling feeling in Marvin’s mind also disappeared.
The only thing he saw in the vision was…
A secret newborn place slowly split up and created a Prime Material Plane.
The owner of the secret place was a man that seemed very young. He was called Lance.
Some silhouettes stood behind him, seeming high and mighty like Gods.
At that time, this secret place was still very simple, only filled with black and white.
Lance stood in the middle of this world, frowning as he sensed all the Chaos Magic Power.
“Too chaotic.”
“The Magic Powers are way too chaotic. This won’t do, I need to set up a huge Magic Pool to protect that new land being born from that place.”
“That huge Magic Pool will be called the [Universe Magic Pool].”
“As for that continent that is gradually rising in the middle, what should be its name?”
Lance thought for a long time before a name just popped in his mind.
He clapped his hands and decided:
“It’ll be called Feinan.” [1]
Author Note: Refer to my humbly written story, “Headshot Wizard”
…
‘That’s…’
‘The scene of the Wizard God creating the world?’
Marvin was stunned.
He hadn’t thought that the Book of Nalu could contain such ancient information!
He had only seen the tip of the iceberg. What about those pieces information that were intercepted, what kind of secrets from the ancient eras did they contain?
He tried hard to remember the rest of the information, but to no avail.
They had been destroyed by the Wisdom Chapter.
The runes had decided to do this on their own initiative to protect Marvin’s mind. Marvin couldn’t do anything about that.
He most likely didn’t have the capability to handle that much information surging in at once.
While Marvin was thinking over the scene he had just witnessed, the Book of Nalu completely changed.
The rough parchment was still the same. The only difference was the additional characters above the spine of the book:
[Book of Nalu]
He held the book in his hand, finding out with pleasant surprise that the Book of Nalu finally counted as a piece of equipment!
In the interface, the details of the Book of Nalu could now be seen:
[Book of Nalu]
[Quality: Artifact (Damaged, 6/11)]
[Requirements: Extremely resolute willpower]
[Property 1: Holder ignores effects from all Mind Laws]
[Property 2: Holder is able to automatically distinguish lies]
[Ability 1: Heart of Deception – You can have a certain number of permanently contracted slaves. The specific number depends on the will and strength of the holder]
[Ability 2: Deceiver Soul – Upon using this ability, your lie will become the Book of Nalu. No one will be able to question it. Usable one time daily, lasts 15 minutes.]
[Ability 3: Violent Mind – Make the targeted group feel irritable, unable to control their power, and then self-destruct and die]
…
The properties of the Book of Nalu were certainly worthy of a fabled Artifact.
Even though it was only half complete, it still had the most mysterious abilities in this world.
Seeing through lies and deception.
Looking at its properties, regardless of whether it was being immune to Mind Laws or automatically seeing through lies, they were both very powerful.
The former could make Marvin completely immune to all kinds of mind control or alteration. No matter whether it was a Legend Wizard’s Mind Magic or the Gods’ illusions, they would now be completely ineffective against Marvin!
With the Book of Nalu in hand, Marvin could definitely take care of the Dream God!
Because Marvin was now immune to his best and most specialized abilities!
And the ability to see through lies was also very important.
In the future struggles against Gods and Devils, lies would become common occurrences that were very important. If Marvin could clearly see the truth, then he would have an advantage when it came to intel.
Marvin could use information to the fullest.
As for the abilities, Heart of Deception was something Marvin had already comprehended.
Deceiver Soul could let Marvin deceive others, and it would do it perfectly.
Violent Mind was an Area of Effect ability, ideal for use on a group of foes.
‘Why does it sound like the Book of Nalu was prepared specifically for me? These skills are a bit treacherous, but I like them.’ Marvin was pleased with the changes.
But at that time, he discovered that a new page of text had appeared in the Book of Nalu!
Unfortunately, these characters were in Ancient God Language and Marvin couldn’t read them.
‘What about that consciousness that the Book of Nalu had?’
‘Did it get swallowed in the fusion?’
Marvin felt a bit strange.
After the appearance of the Wisdom Chapter, that originally intelligent Book of Nalu lost its spirituality and no longer communicated with Marvin.
Otherwise, Marvin would have tried to get it to translate the Ancient God Language.
‘Should I go find Butterfly?’
‘She is a High Elf, so she should have some understanding of the Ancient God Language, right?’
Marvin felt a bit strange.
The Book of Nalu was an important trump card for Marvin.
Although Butterfly should be a good person, it was a bit inappropriate for Marvin to hand such an important Artifact over to someone else.
‘What about… Pearl Tower?’
There should be Scholars there that could also understand Ancient God Language.
‘But what about the information appearing on the Book of Nalu?’
‘What if it was leaked?’
This was the most troublesome point for Marvin about this.
He hesitated for a moment before he had the glimmer of a strange idea.
He tried manipulating those silvery ancient runes in his mind.
He wanted to have these runes help him decipher the Book of Nalu.
Although he didn’t know where that thought had come from, he instinctively felt that it might work.
After all, these silver runes were also what had pushed Marvin to retrieve the 1st page in the Underground Palace.
Marvin’s trip here was a great success.
The silver runes began condensing at Marvin’s fingertips.
Marvin used his hand to gently brush across the surface of the parchment and those runes automatically formed themselves into lines of Common:
[To the one reading this Book, please believe my words.]
[Perhaps the truth will shock you, but that doesn’t stop it from being the truth.]
[I am Dokriss. You might know me by my other name: the God of Deception.]
[I used up all my Divine Power to look through history and foresee the future.]
[This world is on the verge of being drawn into a sea of fire. If you are the fated one that I prophesied, then please, be careful.]
[Because your path is bound to be full of thorns, you can only walk alone on that path.]
[You might meet with betrayal.]
[But you have to remain strong.]
[This is the only thing we can do when we encounter a difficult time.]
…
Marvin looked at the front page in a daze.
Although this passage was directly translated into Common, Marvin had a feeling that it missed something essential.
He could only understand the meaning of the words literally.
‘What kind of thing is the Book of Nalu in the end?’
Marvin didn’t understand, and others didn’t understand either.
Some thought that it was a plot by the God of Deception.
Some thought that it had another mystery.
Since Marvin already had collected six pages of the Book of Nalu, he had to see this through to the end.
With the Wisdom Chapter as the foundation, he felt that he had the opportunity to answer the question. He really wanted to know what kind of person the one thought of as the sliest and resourceful of all time, the Deception God, was.
What was he planning?
Thus, Marvin kept looking through it.
The six pages of the Book of Nalu, Marvin pored over them to better understand their contents.
Fifteen minutes later.
Marvin finished reading.
He felt cold all over.
Because he didn’t collect all the pages, the contents of the pages weren’t linked.
Marvin could only arrange what he knew from the limited information provided.
But even with these limited pieces of information, Marvin felt it was hard to digest.
‘The God of Deception is also the God of Wisdom? Those two Ancient Gods were in fact one?’
‘His fall wasn’t a natural fall, but rather because he understood the future of Feinan Plane?’
‘The world of Feinan was about to face a large, destructive calamity, and the mastermind behind everything… was Feinan’s Plane Will itself!?’
‘Lance and the God of Wisdom were companions. He wanted to replace Feinan’s Will and become the true Supreme God…’
‘The aura of destruction wasn’t actually released by Lance, but rather by the seed buried by Feinan Plane’s Will since countless years ago…’
Marvin was simply going crazy!
What was written in the Book of Nalu was completely different from what the Truth Goddess had told him!
Hero and Villain were completely reversed!
What was the truth in the end?
Marvin was completely at a loss.
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