Night Ranger - Chapter 467-474
p>Facing the greedy Book of Nalu, Marvin sneered and wrote:
–Continuous translation, otherwise you won’t get any Divinity in the future–
The Book of Nalu immediately turned silent.
From Marvin’s current understanding of the Book of Nalu, although it was now stronger, it had yet to reach the level of being able to hunt by itself.
Marvin was still its master.
Although the two had reached some agreements, it was due to Marvin’s powerful willpower, that the Book of Nalu had no choice but to compromise.
–Only this time–
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–Or you can pay one Divinity and I’ll directly impart you the knowledge of Draconic–
The Book of Nalu quickly reacted.
Marvin hesitated but ultimately chose to decline the offer of the Book of Nalu.
Although he very much wanted to be able to understand Draconic, the Book of Nalu’s knowledge impartation was clearly too straightforward.
He didn’t doubt that the Book of Nalu had this kind of ability, but he hadn’t forgotten that this was the artifact of the God of Deception.
And not that long ago, it tried to overmaster Marvin.
If it did something during the impartation process, Marvin would be in huge trouble.
He chose temporary translator in the end.
Thus, they reached an agreement. The Dragon Soul began using Draconic to communicate with Marvin, and the Book of Nalu quickly turned the Draconic into Common for Marvin.
…
Five minutes later, Marvin gained some understanding of the situation.
It was close to what he had guessed. The Dragon Soul’s memories were damaged, he only remembered that he was trapped there by a powerful existence as a punishment.
Those six Dragon Teeth were the key for restricting him.
A specific item was needed to remove these teeth. The item was called the [Book of Forgiveness].
Marvin estimated that this Dragon Soul was most likely personally imprisoned by Dragon God Hartson.
As for the specific reason, he wasn’t too clear about it.
It’s just that according to the Dragon Soul’s current appearance, this Dragon Soul didn’t seem to be completely evil.
Although he was violent, that was because the Dragon Teeth were continuously harming him.
After Marvin tried to communicate, he restrained himself and strove to reach a peaceful agreement. Although he had to compromise, most Evil Dragon Souls would be driven by their instincts and directly attack Marvin.
After all, most of the time, Dragon Souls were simply pure willpower energy. He couldn’t even meet the standard of a Soul, like Ghosts and Evil Spirits. He was only a damaged Soul.
…
With the explanations of the Dragon Soul, Marvin understood that the Book of Forgiveness was located in a library on the 2nd floor of the underground temple.
It was also said that this library contained a great amount of knowledge. It was one of the most precious secret locations of the Chromatic Dragons.
The Dragon Soul told him the way to enter the library.
But there was still one problem for Marvin.
Although Dragon God Hartson had already died, there was still someone guarding the library on the 2nd floor.
Librarian Fati.
A strange Wizard Dragonborn. Her body had been transformed by Dragon God Hartson and it was said that she had fused with the library, she would live forever and couldn’t be killed.
Her Magic Power was very formidable and her origin of magic came from the secret of the Dragon Magic and not from the Universe Magic Pool.
Wizard Dragonborn Fati was the Guardian of the library. Anyone trying to enter would be obliterated.
The Dragon Soul warned that Fati was very powerful and that if he could, he shouldn’t fight her from the front, otherwise Marvin might not be her match in the library’s space.
As for the path to the 2nd floor, Marvin had already confirmed that it was indeed those reddish brown floor tiles.
As long as he stood on one and spoke some Draconic, he would immediately get teleported to the 2nd floor.
This was most likely the reason why Butterfly disappeared.
The Wood Elf not only understood Draconic, she also seemed very proficient in speaking and might have unconsciously said a word.
…
After the two were done communicating, Marvin put away the Book of Nalu while the Dragon Soul got out of the way, letting Marvin stand on the floor tile.
They had reached an agreement, the agreement was sealed through a type of soul contract.
The Dragon Soul provided him the 2nd floor’s path and the specific location of the library while Marvin had to get the Book of Forgiveness to save the Dragon Soul.
Of course, there were additional factors.
But those couldn’t be heard by the Book of Nalu.
When Marvin stood on the reddish brown tile, the Dragon Soul said in broken Common with a deep voice, “Suppressing Book of Nalu.. Willpower not enough.”
“Something… In library… Can help you.”
“While looking for Book of Forgiveness, can also try to look for it.”
Marvin expressed his thanks after memorizing the description provided by the Dragon Soul.
When Marvin took out the Book of Nalu earlier, the Dragon Soul had an intense reaction.
He warned Marvin that the sheet was extremely dangerous.
But it wasn’t like there is nothing capable of restraining it. In fact, there was such a treasure in the Dragon God’s library.
With him doing such a good deed, Marvin was naturally more willing to help the Dragon Soul.
Otherwise, just the 2nd floor’s path wouldn’t be enough to sway Marvin.
After all, the 1st floor should still have many reddish brown tiles. As long as he was careful, he would still find some with energy remaining.
In short, both of them reached a superficial agreement in front of the Book of Nalu, and then reached a second secret agreement.
‘In Feinan, regardless which library it was, it would be a great place.’
‘Especially the stash of Dragon God Hartson. Besides the Book of Forgiveness and that item the Dragon Soul spoke of, there should be other nice things, right?’
Marvin stood on the colored tile and rolled his eyes, thinking how to maximize the profits.
Under the Dragon Soul’s instruction, he repeated the Draconic sentence.
Next second, a powerful attraction force dragged him inside the reddish tile!
“Woosh!”
Marvin disappeared.
The blue light kept shining in the space.
At that time, the Dragon Soul’s figure shrunk and condensed into a complete Dragon.
And the form was shockingly the same as the statue Marvin and Butterfly saw.
…
Deep Blue.
When Marvin opened his eyes, the main color of the 2nd floor was reflected in his eyes.
This area was clearly a lot brighter than the 1st floor. He appeared in a narrow hallway and both sides of the hallway seemed to be transparent.
A deep blue sea seemed to be surrounding the transparent tunnel.
Marvin could faintly see a flame flickering at the end of the tunnel.
‘This is the Azure Hallway.’
Marvin recalled the map of the 2nd floor explained by the Dragon Soul.
After reaching the end of the hallway, he saw a familiar silhouette.
It was actually Butterfly!
Marvin thought to himself that meeting twice after being randomly teleported was too much of a coincidence.
But Butterfly wasn’t looking very good.
She was looking at a portrait on the stone wall before turning to glance at Marvin with a complicated expression:
“I regret.”
p>”Regret?”
“Regretting what? What happened?” Marvin asked, baffled.
Butterfly’s expression was very unsightly.
This was unprecedented. From what he had seen of her, this Wood Elf always looked simple-minded and would remain indifferent regardless of what happened.
Could something very unpleasant have occurred?
But Butterfly didn’t answer and only said to herself, “I regret…”
Shortly after, her expression changed and turned vengeful. “That Copper Dragon is too treacherous. He clearly knew about my extreme curiosity and still used that kind of mystifying trick!”
“I have to sort him out!”
Marvin was startled.
He had already gotten used to Butterfly regularly saying weird things, but an Elf who hadn’t even reached 3rd rank wanting to deal with a Copper Dragon, wouldn’t that be difficult?
Actually, Marvin was just being nice, how could that be only difficult? That was clearly impossible!
“Professor? What’s wrong with him? Why is it getting more confusing?” Marvin asked, concerned.
Butterfly still looked upset.
She finally focused on Marvin and said with complicated expression, “I finally understand why you gave me such a strange feeling.”
“That damn guy, he casually left his thing to someone else…”
“What’s good about a kid like you? Fierce and greedy and only thinking about schemes, such a fool.”
She rolled her eyes while scolding Marvin as she gently stretched her hands out, trying to touch Marvin’s face.
Her expression became a lot gentler.
This movement startled Marvin.
‘Is she possessed?’
‘What the hell is she talking about?’
Marvin took a step back and called to her, “Hey! I’m not that kind of guy. Miss Butterfly, what happened to you?”
Butterfly froze before mumbling with a sense of loss, “Yeah, you aren’t him.”
She sighed, looking disappointed and frustrated.
For some reason, this expression made Marvin extremely pained.
It gave the same feeling as when Eric disappeared while saying that he missed that girl…
That kind of silent sadness was enough to dampen one’s mood.
By the time Marvin recovered, Butterfly was already leaving.
But the way she left this time shocked Marvin even more.
She casually opened a Teleportation Door!
“Hey! We are in the underground temple…”
Marvin wanted to remind her that this place’s spatial field was very chaotic and that opening a Teleportation Door might send the user to a random part of the Universe.
But the next second, a nice forest atmosphere spread out from the Teleportation Door.
Thousand Leaves Forest.
“Sorry. I can’t take you to the Supreme Jungle.”
Before Marvin could react, Butterfly continued, “But I believe that the wretched Copper Dragon will take you there.”
“I have to go. Maybe we will meet again in the future.”
“Don’t waste his power.”
After saying these confusing words, Butterfly stepped into the Teleportation Door. The door disappeared right away.
Marvin looked stunned.
What level of strength would one need to be able to open a Teleportation in such a frightening place?
Legend Wizard?
Surely ordinary Legend Wizards simply wouldn’t be able to?
This was the tomb of the Dragon God, it had powerful Divine Power restraining it and no one would dare act recklessly in here.
But Butterfly… actually walked in so confidently.
Marvin was too lazy to even bother cursing her…’What do you mean you can’t take me to the Supreme Jungle? Isn’t it a driver’s responsibility to take the passenger to their destination? You led me to the Lumber Woods from Steel City, right into a war between Metallic Dragons and Chromatic Dragons.’
‘And now you slipped away, is that how you take care of your duties?’
But Marvin was actually more curious about Butterfly’s identity.
‘She said she regretted. What did she regret, after all?’
‘It also seems to be related to Professor.’
Marvin’s sight left the Teleportation Door’s former location as he departed.
He felt some familiarity with the scenery behind the portal, he had gone to Thousand Leaves Forest many times. There was no shortage of familiar locations there.
He shifted his attention to the long hallway in front of him.
This hallway was different from the Azure Hallway and instead had many large murals on both sides.
There was a brazier every ten steps.
The flames on the braziers were inextinguishable Wizard Flames and illuminated the contents of the murals.
Marvin looked at them in order while walking toward the end of the corridor.
He had a hunch that these murals were the reason behind Butterfly’s change.
The scenes depicted were very simple at the beginning, emphasizing the origin and rise of the Dragon Race.
It made sense for these murals to be within the Dragon God temple.
Marvin had also heard of what was shown in the murals.
The main idea was that a pair of planes were rotating in another end of the Universe.
The Twin Planes were intertwined in a spiral, with an overlapping area.
That overlapping location was called the [Dragon Battlefield].
Because that place was the battlefield for Dragons!
These two planes were very far from Feinan, possibly the most distant location of the Universe. They might even have been in another Universe, or perhaps it was all just a story made up by Dragons’ descendants.
In any case, this story was very interesting.
There was only one kind of lifeform in the two planes: Dragons!
One of the planes was ruled by Metallic Dragons, while the other was the domain of the Chromatic Dragons.
The entire Universe’s Metallic Dragons and Chromatic Dragons came from that place.
They hated each other to the bone and would fight to the death on the Dragon Battlefield for generations.
It was to the point that even when their descendants left the Twin Planes, they would also fight to the death when they met their enemies.
This explained why the Metallic Dragons and Chromatic Dragons hated each other so much.
Moreover, Feinan didn’t have Dragons at the start.
All the Dragons were outsiders.
One day, an unforeseen event happened to the Twin Planes.
A unknown frightening existence appeared in the Universe and destroyed the Dragon Battlefield. The Dragons fled at the mere sight of that existence.
The entirety of the Twin Planes had been destroyed and most of the Dragons died.
Before their deaths, the Metallic Dragon God and the Chromatic Dragon God cooperated for the first time.
They opened a Multiverse Teleportation Gate and transferred Dragon Eggs to all kinds of newborn planes.
One of these Universes was the one containing Feinan.
And the newborn plane there was Feinan itself.
After this, the Metallic Dragon God exhausted himself to death while blocking that existence.
But the Chromatic Dragon God, Hartson, managed to escape.
p>Naturally, Hartson didn’t arrive at Feinan right away.
He floated through the Universe for a long time and spent a lot of stamina during his journey.
When he reached Feinan, those Dragon Eggs had already hatched on their own.
The antagonistic relationship between the Chromatic Dragons and Metallic Dragons was slowly taking shape on Feinan. But the Chromatic Dragons were more vicious, making them somewhat infamous to the other inhabitants.
But at that time, Feinan had just left the Primal Chaos Era.
The Wizard God Lance had descended, so the Chromatic Dragons didn’t dare to act unreservedly. As for the Metallic Dragons, they were always relatively lazy. As long as the Chromatic Dragons didn’t provoke them, they would rarely attack.
Both sides were at peace for a while.
Up until Hartson’s arrival.
According to what was depicted on the murals, after Chromatic Dragon God Hartson reached Feinan, he tried to rule over the whole plane.
The details of his fight against Wizard God Lance weren’t shown on the murals, but they did show Hartson granting different powers to his people, making them into the different types of Chromatic Dragons that currently resided in Feinan.
Meanwhile, the Wizard God also decided to bless the Metallic Dragons after he found out about the existence of the Twin Planes from them.
Lance warned Dragon God Hartson to restrain the Chromatic Dragons, or else he would personally make a move.
The Evil Dragon God naturally wouldn’t lower his head so easily, so he and Lance fought, which presumably ended in Hartson’s defeat.
Thus, following their agreement, he created the Nightmare Boundary as well as his own temple.
Afterwards, there was an unforeseen event in the Chromatic Dragon Race. Marvin was familiar with the story on that mural so he skipped it.
…
After seeing this, Marvin couldn’t dispel the doubts in his heart.
This all didn’t seem to be related to Butterfly.
Thus, he looked toward the other side of the corridor.
This was another continuous series of murals. The contents weren’t limited to the Dragons’ origin and internal affairs.
Even the matters of the Primal Chaos Era were included.
When the first Chromatic Dragon Egg hatched, Feinan was still in the midst of the Primal Chaos Era.
Because the Chromatic Dragons had yet to receive the strength blessing of the Dragon God, they stayed cautious in order to survive the era filled with Beasts and Monsters.
At this time, a powerful character appeared on the mural.
He was shrouded in darkness, but his eyes gave an incomparably warm feeling.
‘Night Monarch…’
Marvin seemed to understand something.
Although the mural was very blurry there, he still had the soul of the Night Monarch, and had an inexpressible reaction.
The Night Monarch treated all lifeforms equally, and during the time of Eternal Night, he blessed all the weak.
At that time, in order to survive, the Chromatic Dragons, just like the Metallic Dragons, temporarily relied on the Sanctuary established by the Night Monarch.
That was the original [Eternal Night Paradise].
This originally was the name of the Sanctuary, but it was later refined as an Artifact before the Night Monarch’s death.
The Eternal Night Paradise was the Artifact held by the Night Walkers’ Leader and possessed unimaginable strength. Because of a coincidence, Marvin once obtained it in the game. Of course, he didn’t get it from O’Brien. He didn’t even know about O’Brien back then.
Now that he thought about it, it was extremely likely that O’Brien had been secretly killed by a certain God. This led to Eternal Night Paradise being lost and ending up in Marvin’s hands.
In this life, he became a Night Walker, and the heir at that! This could be considered fate.
…
Marvin continued going forward. After a while, he noticed something and stopped.
‘Here!’
His eyes opened wide in shock.
This mural depicted the event of the Night Monarch establishing his Sanctuary.
He was still shrouded in darkness and others couldn’t see him clearly, but his smiling expression could vividly be felt.
He was standing on a tower, cheering while waving his arms.
The Legion of Dark Knights cautiously guarded the Sanctuary. His troops and the powerhouses of all races were present.
A familiar face was now in front of Marvin.
His breathing halted.
“Butterfly…”
The woman on the mural looked exactly like Butterfly!
She was calmly standing behind the Night Monarch, smiling beautifully at that high-spirited man.
Her expression was definitely not one of an ordinary battle companion.
Marvin seemed to understand something.
‘I had the feeling that Wood Elf was strange…’
‘Turns out she was someone from ancient times? How could she live for so long? Why did she hide among the Wood Elves?’
‘If they only look alike and the person on the mural wasn’t Butterfly, then who was it?’
The shock in Marvin’s mind intensified until he hurriedly looked away.
…
The murals of the Dragon God Temple were very detailed. There were lines of Draconic carved on the side.
Using the Book of Nalu’s translation abilities, Marvin understood why this mural was there.
When the Dragons reached Feinan, if not for the Night Monarch blessing them, they might have been exterminated.
Thus, even after Chromatic Dragon God Hartson’s arrival, they still greatly respected that Monarch from the ancient era.
And when the Dragon Race established the Dragon God Temple, they sought Hartson’s agreement to write down this history.
From what he had seen of the murals, Marvin speculated that there should still be someone conscientiously working at writing down history, even after the fall of Dragon God Hartson.
This hallway was like a history book. The history of the Dragon Race as well as major events across the ages were recorded upon it.
On another section, Marvin saw the Dragon Rebellion, the Nightmare Boundary being sealed, and the Dragon God’s fall. This meant that these murals weren’t made in a single sitting. The differences in style were clear proof of this.
Marvin kept looking. In the next mural, that woman who looked exactly like Butterfly, or perhaps Butterfly herself, appeared several times.
He learnt a few things.
After the Night Monarch set up his Sanctuary, he was fighting on all sides. And that woman followed him from beginning to end.
Eventually, the Wizard God descended, and Feinan’s Order stabilized.
But the Primal Chaos Era wasn’t over yet. There were still many frightening Monsters eyeing Feinan covetously.
The mural showed the Night Monarch helping the Wizard God set up the initial Universe Magic Pool and leaving Feinan with the Wizard God.
They went on an expedition around the Universe to exterminate the Astral Beasts and all kinds of Monsters around Feinan.
This was an endless war, and for its duration, the Ancient Elven God was Feinan’s ruler. Therefore, the continent reached the 2nd Era, the High Elven Rule.
And the first crowned High Elven Ruler… was shockingly that woman.
‘Just a messenger of Thousand Leaves Forest, she said…’
‘It was actually such a big matter?’
Marvin’s mind froze.
p>Regardless of the relation between this woman and Butterfly, her origins were clearly frightening.
She was actually related to the Night Monarch.
And on the following murals, Marvin saw a battle report coming from far in the Universe.
Afterwards, there were many people on the mural, looking sorrowful while learning of the report’s content.
Marvin guessed that it was most likely the news of the Night Monarch falling in battle.
Because on the next mural, they were all building a tomb.
That tomb was located south of the High Elves’ Thousand Leaves Forest. It seemed to be the location of the current Night Monarch’s Tomb.
The woman on the mural was depicted relentlessly guarding the tomb, with sorrow on her face.
She never left up until the last mural.
Marvin didn’t know the rest of the story because there was no mural showing it.
…
‘Obviously, Butterfly is related to that woman. Maybe it’s her.’
‘It was rumored that the High Elves’ Royal Family can live forever because they are direct descendants of the Ancient Elven God. If Butterfly is really a High Elf, then her being able to live from ancient times till now wouldn’t be surprising.’
‘After the end of the 2nd Era, not all High Elves entered the Sanctuary. A few chose to stay, albeit not necessarily in Thousand Leaves Forest.’
Marvin was thinking calmly.
If this was the case, then it explained Butterfly’s previous behavior.
She might have used something to seal her memory. Becoming a happy and clueless Wood Elf with no strength might had been the best choice for her.
But the content on the mural might have triggered her memories back.
Thus she said she was regretting.
She shouldn’t have, but there were some things one couldn’t run from.
And thus she chose to leave.
Marvin recalled that on the other side of the Teleportation Door was a dense and lush forest.
He felt it was familiar, because it was the place he advanced to Night Walker at!
She went back to see him.
…
‘Seems like Professor knew.’
Marvin remembered that when everyone was about to stop Butterfly from going to the underground temple, Professor made the final decision on his own.
The wise and shrewd Copper Dragon clearly knew about this.
Did he want Butterfly to regain her memories?
Although that decision might be disrespecting Butterfly’s own will, Marvin still understood Professor’s motive.
The current Feinan desperately lacked peak powerhouses.
The Great Elven King already died. This news had yet to spread out, but most powerhouses should already know.
Only two Plane Guardians remained, relying on the Universe Magic Pool to drag the battle, but how long could they really last?
This was the biggest unknown factor.
Once the Plane Guardians became unable to stop the Gods’ approach, Feinan would become even more chaotic. How many people would still be able to escape?
Marvin would also choose the same and awaken the memories of a hidden and powerful powerhouse in such times.
After all, he did also request Eric’s help.
Marvin would use every single resource he could muster to resist against the invaders.
The Copper Dragon’s thoughts were obviously aligned with his.
…
After he finished reading the murals, Marvin’s mood was heavy.
He didn’t know what kind of move Butterfly would make, but since Professor woke up her memories, he most likely had a plan prepared for her.
In any case, this ancient High Elven Queen was a peak powerhouse who followed the Night Monarch on his expeditions.
She was even able to directly use a Teleportation Door inside the underground temple, her strength was definitely not below Dark Phoenix’s.
Feinan having one more powerhouse on the level of the Plane Guardians, this would certainly be a good thing.
Naturally, this didn’t take into account the case of Butterfly resealing her memories to forget again and keep on living without a care.
But this possibility was really too low.
…
Marvin adjusted his mood before continuing on.
Under the lighting of the bonfire, the underground temple’s 2nd layer didn’t feel that gloomy, but there were still things that could easily scare people.
After turning a corner for example, there might be some [Biting Book]s that would attack for no reason.
This kind of Biting Books looked no different from ordinary books, but it could float in the air, and once the pages opened, it would display its ferocious teeth.
Biting Books were the product of ancient books being contaminated by magic.
Marvin had been caught off guard by a few Biting Books and almost fell to their teeth.
The Biting Books were more or less the same as Darkness Worms, they were creatures holding bits of Divinity.
But unlike the Darkness Worms, after destroying a Biting Book, he could get a page.
These pages were pages from the original books. A page alone might be useless, but had he gathered enough pages he could possibly form a book, or a chapter and recreate the ancient books.
If time allowed for it, Marvin would farm this place for the Biting Books.
He could definitely gather some ancient books.
Many ancient books had some formidable uses. They had been written before the creation of the Universe Magic Pool, when Ancient Wizards were still in presence.
They relied on their own will to link up and trade with the Chaos Power. Instead of relying on an external Magic Pool, the Ancient Wizards were relying on their own Magic Pool as well as their spell runes or spell matrixes.
The so-called New Wizards in the Post-Calamity era were in fact a kind of rebirth of the Ancient Wizards.
It’s just that the aptitudes required of this kind of people aspiring to become the New Wizards were very harsh, it was a lot harder than becoming a Wizard during the Wizard Era.
Only people with firm willpower could walk the Ancient Wizard’s path.
But getting on this path didn’t necessarily mean it would be a pleasant trip.
Without the Universe Magic Pool’s help, they wouldn’t be able to study new spells.
At this point, Ancient Wizards’ books were very useful.
Many ancient books would have runic spells written in them, and although this wouldn’t be very useful to Marvin, Wayne would most likely need these.
Otherwise, even with Magic Power, having no spells to use would be an awkward situation.
If the former Hathaway was there, it wouldn’t have been so bad, she could let Wayne reference her Legend spells.
But the current Hathaway broke her curse and had been reborn. She became an Anzed Witch.
Although Wayne left for the wilderness, Marvin still paid attention to those things.
‘After this matter is over, I’ll ask Professor if he has time to farm those ancient books.’ Marvin thought as he kept going forward.
The pages kept accumulating in his hands, but they all belonged to three different types of spellbooks.
One of them was an index. Marvin estimated that this book amounted to about 30 pages. With the current gathering probability, he would need to farm at least 100 books.
This was definitely a very strenuous task.
The Biting Books had a great resistance to the [Azure Leaf]s, and they were also considerably fast. Even with Marvin’s Godly Dexterity, he would suffer a loss if he wasn’t careful.
Rather than counting on luck to farm those and waste time, it would be a lot better to put a priority to locating the library earlier.
Maybe the Chromatic Dragons’ library had some records of ancient spells.
But even though the Dragon Soul told him the way to find the library, that method wasn’t fast nor convenient.
The Dragon Soul told him that the closer to the library, the higher the density of Biting Books’ appearance there would be.
But such a clue undoubtedly annoyed Marvin.
He could only rely on his instincts and rush toward the areas filled with Biting Books.
Fighting on his way, he killed about twenty Biting Books and gained over twenty pages. But his luck was quite pitiful, he didn’t gather a single point of Divinity.
In front of him was a dark hall.
Marvin cautiously approached, paying special attention to the entrances on both sides. The Biting Books especially liked to hide behind these treacherous corners to sneak attack.
After being bitten a few times, Marvin more or less figured their patterns.
But he was quite surprised not receiving any sneak attack after he entered the hall.
‘Did I go the wrong way? Did I not walk toward the dense Biting Books area?’
Marvin frowned.
He suddenly felt something amiss.
The 2nd layer was different from the 1st one, almost every area had bonfires and braziers!
But this hall was pitch-black.
Marvin then glanced at the braziers on the sides.
They were purposefully extinguished.
‘Someone came first!’ Marvin instantly inferred.
He rushed forward, and sure enough, a black clothed woman appeared in front of him.
She was facing the frantic attacks of a dozen Biting Books.
That woman’s skin seemed like steel and the Biting Books simply couldn’t pierce through it!
‘Black Dragon?’
‘Interesting…’
Marvin grinned and casually took out Weeping Sky.
p>This was a pitch black hall.
If not for Darksight, Marvin wouldn’t have had a chance to notice the Black Dragon beforehand.
He used Stealth while grasping Weeping Sky and slowly approached.
He chose to watch for the moment and not act rashly.
Even if these Biting Books couldn’t do much to Ikarina, their numbers were a pain.
Marvin looked on as the Black Dragon grabbed them one by one and tore them to pieces.
As for the pages left behind by the ancient books, she carefully collected them.
She apparently hadn’t noticed Marvin, this was a good news.
‘She seems to be going toward the library.’
‘Could the entrance to the 3rd floor be related to the library?’
Marvin’s current knowledge about this whole situation was very limited, but he knew that the Chromatic Dragons would definitely rush to the 3rd floor before entering the Nightmare Boundary.
As for the Black Dragon, she was rushing toward the area filled with Biting Books.
Marvin tailed her, staying not too far, yet not too close.
He wasn’t certain if the library had something to do with the 3rd floor’s entrance, but the Black Dragon’s path really coincided with Marvin’s.
This was considered good news by Marvin.
After all, he didn’t need to clear up the Biting Books himself.
The Black Dragon’s body was clearly a lot stronger than his, she could directly tear those Biting Books bare-handed, and it proved very effective.
Soon, the two cleared the third hall, one in the front and one in hiding behind. After dealing with the last Biting Book, the Black Dragon eventually stopped.
In front was a long and narrow hallway, which was similar to the previous one, the 2nd floor seemed to have repetitive structure.
Countless halls and hallways using braziers as sources of light.
It’s just that on the way, the Black Dragon was doing something weird.
Each time they passed by a brazier, she would extinguish the flames, plunging the surroundings into darkness..
These Wizard Flames were actually hard to extinguish, but the Black Dragon used a unique yet simple method.
She would directly swallow those flames.
That scene shocked Marvin.
The Dragon Race was truly one of the species at the peak of this world.
…
Black Dragon Ikarina suddenly stopped in this hall.
Marvin’s heart tightened.
Sure enough, she turned toward Marvin’s hiding spot.
“Who?” She said in a deep voice and with an imposing aura.
What was beyond Marvin’s expectations was her usage of Common instead of Draconic!
This meant that she not only noticed him earlier, but also found out that the lifeform following her wasn’t a Dragon!
Marvin stayed silent, secretly shifting position.
But his movement didn’t escape the Black Dragon’s eyes…
She squinted and pounced toward Marvin!
She could apparently feel Marvin’s existence!
Marvin sneered, this was the outcome he wanted.
Black Dragons had too much confidence toward their own bodies, they would still charge unhesitantly even in human form!
Marvin didn’t dodge her charge, on the contrary, he stopped hiding and shook his spear to welcome her.
When Weeping Sky appeared, the Black Dragon’s expression suddenly changed.
But it was too late for her to retreat.
She had went all-out just now and left herself no safety margin. This was to be expected, there were very few things in this world that could threaten a Black Dragon, so they would rarely hold back.
But unfortunately for Ikarina, and her twin husband Izaka before her, it was none other than Marvin who she encountered.
Because of the restrictions of the advanced Shapeshift skill affecting Ikarina, Marvin’s speed was definitely not inferior to the Black Dragon’s.
In an instant, Weeping Sky was almost at her abdomen!
Ikarina suddenly stomped the ground, forcing herself to stop. She wanted to forcibly escape, but Marvin held her in check.
She retreated a bit and Marvin stuck to her, his cold voice suddenly echoing, “Don’t try to escape, you should know that if I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead.”
Ikarina froze.
She really stopped moving.
Because she already understood the situation.
“Turns out to be you…”
The Black Dragon woman looked at Marvin with a complicated expression.
Her eyes were filled with bitterness. This was clearly Marvin who had killed most of the Black Dragon Clan by himself!
He still captured her husband as his servant. Now there were only two Black Dragons remaining in Feinan, and he himself could decide the Fate of her entire Clan.
Regarding this person, Ikarina was filled with respect and dread.
She couldn’t not worry. The Dragon Slaying Spear’s name was too big. Her shapeshifted body couldn’t compare to her Black Dragon body. As long as that spear accurately pierced, even if she wouldn’t die, her vitality would be greatly injured.
Her mind was filled with even more doubts.
This Chromatic Dragons’ secret operation was very covert in their eyes. The Dragon God Temple wasn’t a place Humans would look for.
Black Dragon Ikarina had too many questions in mind, but she knew that right now, her life was in Marvin’s hands. She wasn’t in any position to ask anything.
…
“Look, as long as you cooperate, I won’t do anything too bad.”
Marvin’s expression was very gentle, but it was very hateful in the Black Dragon’s eyes.
He said in a low voice, “You should know of your husband’s matters?”
The Black Dragon silently nodded.
She had a helpless expression.
Although all the Dragons feared [Weeping Sky], it was quite different for other Dragons!
As long as they had some spells or escaping skills, they wouldn’t be powerless in front of a Dragon Slaying weapon.
Only the Black Dragons had this kind of flaw.
In the era before the creation of the Dragon Slaying Weapons, even the Wizard spell [Dragon Killer Sword] could only deal a limited amount of damage to the Black Dragons.
By relying on their physical bodies, they were unrestrained and tyrannical.
But it happened that this weapon fell into Marvin’s hands. The hands of someone who was very good at finding opportunities.
From that point on, the Black Dragon Clan’s fate had already been decided.
…
“I have no intention of killing you.”
Marvin said while lightly pressing the Dragon Slaying Spear against Ikarina’s abdomen, “Naturally, you might have a lot of questions after meeting me here. But I don’t intend to answer those.”
“Don’t look at me in disbelief, I’m not some lunatic Dragon Slayer. I had no other choice before, who asked you to attack Hope City?”
“Now I only need you to help me with something, and I’ll let you go.”
Marvin’s tone carried a hint of temptation, “Moreover, if you do a good job, I’ll think about releasing your husband.”
“But if you fail…”
p>Marvin was hoping to chance upon the Black Dragon on the 2nd floor.
He wasn’t sure if he could emerge victorious against the other Ancient Chromatic Dragons.
Although their strength would be substantially reduced under the restriction of the Shapeshifting, they were still equivalent to Legend Wizards with powerful bodies.
Only Black Dragons had no magic abilities, so Marvin could deal with them.
This was said to be the reason behind the Black Dragons’ betrayal.
Although Marvin was interested in the ancient history, this wasn’t the most important thing right now.
His current priority was to get to the library.
As for the Nightmare Boundary, although he volunteered, he wasn’t part of the main force.
With people on the level of Blade Master Kangen and Professor taking charge of this matter, Marvin went with the attitude of being an extra and wanted to see if he could get any benefits.
After all, although the underground temple was dangerous, it was also hiding a lot of precious resources, one of which was the library.
Moreover, the underground temple was quite complicated. Finding the entrance to the next floor wouldn’t be so easy.
Marvin believed that even the Chromatic Dragons wouldn’t find those easily. At least, that’s what the intelligence of the Metallic Dragons suggested.
…
Marvin judged that entering the library would still be quite troublesome, based on the information he had.
Librarian Fati was a formidable caster in charge of the entire library and was guarding the entrance.
If an outsider wanted to enter the library, he would have to ask her permission.
The Dragon Soul warned Marvin that after the Dragon God’s fall, Fati became extremely moody, leaning toward wickedness.
She was a subordinate of the Dragon God, so it would have been reasonable for her to follow him in his fall.
For some reason, she kept on living, but became twisted.
This descendant of the Human and Dragon Races was able to use very powerful Draconic Spells while also being a Divine lifeform. She was basically an overpowered Divine Servant.
Marvin wouldn’t be worried about ordinary Divine Servants, because most of them were casters and most of their knowledge was focused in Divine Spells and Magic Spells.
Their physical bodies were their weak points, but because of the Divine Power’s protection, they would neglect this.
After all, weapons with the Divine Restraint property were rare in this world.
Marvin’s [Azure Leaf]s were among them.
Thus, he would love to hunt Divine Servants.
But the problem was that not only was Fati a Draconic Sorcerer, but Hartson also modified her body.
It was said that Hartson gave her some of his blood and Divine Source, which contained strong vitality.
Marvin wouldn’t joke with any being that possessed Divine Source.
Previously, he had to kill Dark Phoenix so many times…
If Marvin had made a mistake once, he would have died instantly.
In fact, he did give Dark Phoenix a chance, and if not for Eve’s timely arrival, Marvin wouldn’t have been able to slay her.
It showed quite clearly how fighting an opponent that could resurrect was a very troublesome matter.
Marvin didn’t want to fight Fati.
Thus, he needed a helper.
And Black Dragon Ikarina was clearly a good choice.
…
Faced with Marvin’s request, Ikarina hesitated a bit before choosing to agree.
In fact, she was helpless about this.
Any Dragon in Human shape wouldn’t be able to refrain from shivering when threatened with the Dragon Slaying Spear.
They could hear the voices that other people couldn’t, the grief-stricken howls of Dragons that had been killed by the Dragon Slaying Spear.
Ikarina even heard the cries of quite a few Black Dragons.
They were pleading her to avenge them.
But she could only bitterly choose to cooperate with Marvin.
“Can you put your spear away?” Ikarina asked without a hint of worry. “My husband’s life is still in your hands, you don’t need to worry about me doing anything against you.”
Marvin smiled. “In order to have pleasant cooperation, I think we need to sign a contract.”
Ikarina became vigilant. “Contract? What contract?”
“If it’s an enslavement contract like Izaka, I’d rather die.”
Marvin shook his head and said, “No. It’s only a contract to guarantee our cooperation.”
Marvin wasn’t planning on getting the Black Dragons as his servants.
Although he really did have the ability to do so.
He subdued Izaka back then because of the circumstances.
White River Valley had been in a crisis. Enslaving the Black Dragon was a hit to the morale of his opponents and a boost for that of his own forces.
Black Dragons were very powerful, and it was reflected in the following battles.
Apart from the three Dragon Slaying Weapons, very few things could really harm the Black Dragons’ bodies.
Despite the fact that Izaka was seriously injured and hadn’t completely recovered yet, White River Valley’s army of Black Dragons kept any potentially hostile forces in check, even though that army was just a result of people mistaking the Shadow Dragons for Black Dragons.
…
Marvin only wanted to get Ikarina’s help right now.
Of course, it would also be good if he could stop the Chromatic Dragons from opening the Nightmare Boundary.
Professor said that the Nightmare Boundary not only needed the Green Dragon’s key, but also the gathering of the Chromatic Dragons. There was even a mention of the Black Dragons’ return in the prophecy.
If Ikarina was hindered by him, this would be beneficial to Professor and the others.
They would have more time to plan and make preparations.
…
The contract between them was a one-time contract. The time period was three days.
Within these three days, they couldn’t act against each other. Ikarina had to keep Fati busy for Marvin, while Marvin promised that if Ikarina held true to her side of the contract, he would allow Black Dragon Izaka to go free within three months.
This contract seemed a bit unfavorable for Marvin.
Ikarina only needed to attract a Librarian’s attention and would get a lot of benefits.
But if one was meticulous, they would notice that Marvin wasn’t at a disadvantage.
Moreover, he also used a cheap trick in the contract. He explicitly promised that if Izaka wished to cancel the enslavement contract, Marvin would take the initiative to annul it.
But because of what happened back then, Marvin had already seen through Black Dragon Izaka: He would cling to everything he could to preserve his life. He would bully the weak and fear the strong!
Why did he agree to use an enslavement contract with Marvin?
There was only one reason: Fear!
Although he could be ordered by Marvin due to his slave contract, the contract also restricted Marvin, preventing him from acting against Izaka!
This was a kind of hidden protection.
When the time came, if Marvin leaked just a wisp of killing intent, Izaka would most likely be against cancelling the contract…
After all, if the contract was cancelled, nothing could stop Marvin from immediately using Weeping Sky against him.
This was the helplessness of the Black Dragons.
This was also Marvin’s scheme. He had dealt with the Devils many times in the game, so he was well-versed in the art of making contracts.
….
‘It should be a lot easier with Ikarina’s help.’
‘For better or worse, Izaka is her husband and twin brother. She wouldn’t play with his life, right?’
Ikarina was in front of a dark entrance, while Marvin was hiding in the shadows on the side, silently pondering.
Ikarina glanced at him before slowly proceeding into the entrance.
This place was another hall. It was only two hallways away from the one they were chatting in earlier.
The number of Biting Books increased exponentially, making Marvin’s head tingle.
If not for Ikarina making a move, he might have been bitten quite a bit.
Unless he turned into the Fierce Asuran Bear.
But that would create too big of a commotion, and would have definitely alerted Librarian Fati.
Marvin learnt some things from Ikarina while they were progressing.
She extinguished those flames earlier because of the other powerful Monster on the 2nd floor. The flames were [Warrior Roger]’s monitoring eyes.
The entire 2nd floor was under the control of Warrior Roger.
If Librarian Fati was the type that wouldn’t do anything unless you tried to break into the library, then Warrior Roger was one that would act against any intruders on the 2nd floor.
The Chromatic Dragons clearly had more information. Professor didn’t mention this at all. Most likely, he didn’t know about it.
Marvin wanted to learn more from Ikarina. Unfortunately, the Black Dragon only casually mentioned that Warrior Roger was a pet kept by Dragon God Hartson.
It was a very deceitful Salamander with formidable strength. No one knew where it came from, and no one knew what it wanted.
In any case, after learning that Warrior Roger could use the braziers to survey the areas around them, Marvin couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.
He had seen so many braziers beforehand. He was lucky nothing happened.
This underground temple was filled with danger.
Yet, the Dragon Soul didn’t remind him about Warrior Roger… Did he really not know?
Or did that Dragon Soul have another motive?
Marvin had his suspicions.
This underground temple was full of surprises, and these kinds of uncertain things would greatly influence his decisions.
Right now, he could only slowly walk forward.
…
Ikarina knew the direction of the library.
However, Black Dragons weren’t too interested in libraries. Unlike Humans, they didn’t crave for knowledge.
So when Marvin asked whether he could trade for the pages falling from the Biting Books, the Black Dragon magnanimously gave him everything.
Marvin was in disbelief.
He counted the number of pages he had. After adding Ikarina’s pages, he was only a few pages short of completing a whole book.
The name of the book was –Bireger’s Theory of Barriers–.
Apparently, in ancient times, a Wizard named Bireger wrote down his experiences concerning Barriers, force fields and similar spells.
Because it was a Wizard Book, Marvin was unable to understand it, but he still gathered the pages. If he wanted to read it, he would need foundational Wizard abilities like [Spellbook Deciphering], [Rune Knowledge], and so on…
As someone who depended on his ice-cold daggers, there was no difference between him and someone illiterate in front of these books.
…
Marvin waited calmly.
Soon after, an angry shout came from the dark entrance.
That shout was followed by a shadow sweeping past, apparently fleeing.
That was naturally Ikarina.
Chasing behind her was a red-colored shadow whose speed was faster than Ikarina’s!
Marvin’s eyelids twitched. Was that Librarian Fati’s real speed?
He could only see a shadow even with his current level of ability?
This meant that the other side was faster than him when buffed!
‘Time is tight! I don’t know how long Ikarina can hold on!’
Marvin knew that he had to be quick.
He didn’t hesitate; after the tiger was lured away from its mountain, Marvin sneaked in.
He rushed into the darkness.
Behind the entrance was a huge space.
Countless bookshelves filled the area.
These bookshelves seemed to spread endlessly.
But the books on the shelves were only there to confuse people.
If not for the Dragon Soul’s reminder, Marvin would have still checked the bookshelves, only to find a pile of useless books.
He might have come across a pitfall or triggered an alarm, or maybe even died to a trap!
Indeed, this space with bookshelves was fake.
This definitely wasn’t the real library of the Dragon Race.
‘Entrance!’
‘Entrance…’
Marvin quickly rushed by the bookshelves while mumbling, “39th row, 39th row…”
“72nd bookshelf…”
…
Two dark shadows were quickly running away from the entrance.
Ikarina suddenly stopped.
“This should be good enough.”
The Black Dragon sneered as she looked at Fati, “Is your mind that simple? You think I’m really interested in those books?”
Librarian Fati was a very ugly woman.
She was very fat and looked like a balloon, and had warts covering her face.
She said in a deep voice, “Traitor, you’re still trying to trick me?”
“The entire Black Dragon Clan are degenerated betrayers. Even if you have no interest in the library, I will still kill you.”
The Black Dragon smilingly jeered, “Oh? And what if I tell you that there is a youth secretly entering the library right now?”
Fati’s expression changed. “You are lying!”
Ikarina unhurriedly took out a mirror. The scene of Marvin rushing between the bookshelves appeared on it.
“He is very interested in the library. If you wish to do your job, you should kill him.”
The Black Dragon arrogantly raised her head, “But sadly, he is a lot craftier than you imagine. I even doubt whether you could catch him in the library.”
“Thus, I intended to help you. Of course, this will be a deal.”
“You tell me where the entrance to the 3rd floor is and I’ll let you keep this mirror. Don’t be too suspicious, Fati. This mirror is merely a common Alchemy Item. I left something on him, and thus it can track him.”
Librarian Fati coldly said, “You think your plan is quite good?”
“I could kill you first before going for that human. I don’t believe that a human will so quickly find…”
Her expression suddenly became unsightly!
As the Librarian, she could feel the reaction of the library entrance in her mind.
When Marvin found the secret door mentioned by the Dragon Soul and used the secret code to open it, Fati noticed.
She then shouted, “Give me the mirror!”
If Marvin entered the interior of the library and she couldn’t find him fast enough, she might suffer the greatest penalty!
Although the entire library was under her control…she still had blind spots.
If Marvin entered those places… she didn’t dare imagine the consequences.
The Black Dragon beamingly said, “Lead me to the next floor’s entrance.”
“You must be aware of it.”
…
Library.
Behind the secret door was a desolate world.
When Marvin opened his eyes, he was stunned.
Turned out the Dragon Race’s library was actually like this.
It was an island.
There was a tall mountain peak on the island and the surroundings were split into four different terrains: Desert, Lake, Forest, and Mountains.
Marvin was currently standing on the peak, overlooking everything.
The island was surrounded by endless blue ocean.
‘This is… an external plane?’
Marvin nearly choked.
It this really was an external plane then this place might be far more dangerous than he had thought.
And the Dragon Soul’s [Book of Forgiveness] and the [Wisdom Chapter] that was said to be able to suppress the Book of Nalu were hidden in some secret place on this island.
‘How could this be considered a library? This is clearly a book island,’ Marvin couldn’t help but quip.
He then got on the move.
First, he checked if the mountain peak also contained books.
He saw many caves on his way down. The caves were densely packed and sealed with Divine Power.
Through the transparent Barriers, Marvin could see some lights continuously impacting the seal.
These were books dating from who knows when. They had absorbed some Divinity and gained some wisdom.
If he had time, Marvin would like to take some books back with him.
No matter which books he picked, even though they weren’t as fearsome as the Book of Nalu, they were still treasures.
Unfortunately, Librarian Fati wouldn’t let him do as he wished.
He could only quickly search for what he needed.
From the Dragon Soul’s explanations, the Book of Forgiveness and the Wisdom Chapter were buried east and west of the library.
But Marvin already lost his sense of direction in this space, so he could only casually choose a direction and quickly run that way.
…
After leaving the tall mountain, he went through the mountainous area.
These few mountains were very interesting. There were many stone tables there with some books scattered on them.
This book collection seemed messy, but it actually secretly followed a certain pattern.
Each book had annotations next to it in Draconic, Elven and Common.
It was fortunate that there was Common, allowing Marvin to identify them.
He quickly swept past the tables but didn’t rashly touch the books.
If he touched a book, he would trigger an alarm.
Marvin didn’t know that the Black Dragon had betrayed him and that Librarian Fati was already on the way.
p>As he walked through the mountainous area, Marvin gradually found more book collections.
In the hilly area, every low ground was equivalent to a bookshelf, consisting of a table covered with books.
Most of the books were ancient and Marvin could only make out their names. He couldn’t understand the contents.
His goal was the Book of Forgiveness.
After all, this was his part of the agreement with the Dragon Soul.
This island was vast and the mountainous area was quite wide in itself.
Luckily Marvin wasn’t slow, he sped through the mountainous area like lightning and finally found the Book of Forgiveness on one table.
Compared to the other books, this one was a lot thinner.
Like the other ancient books, the Book of Forgiveness was covered in a faint layer of light.
This was a simple alarm spell. If someone touched the Book of Forgiveness, it would trigger the library’s alarm.
But the Dragon Soul told Marvin a way to get a hold of the Book of Forgiveness without triggering the alarm.
He took out a pair of gloves and put them on.
This pair of gloves was given by the Dragon Soul and he was told that they could avoid the library’s detection.
Sure enough, when he put on the gloves and grabbed the Book of Forgiveness, that faint light scattered.
In Marvin’s hand was a book with only a few pages.
Information pertaining to the Book of Forgiveness appeared in his logs.
[Book of Forgiveness (Book – Tool)]
[Soul Bind: Loyal Tidomas]
[Effect: Remove the Evil Dragon Teeth’s seal]
…
Seeing these logs, Marvin froze.
The target of the soul bind was shockingly Tidomas!
Hold on, wasn’t this guy in the Negative Energy Plane?
Is his soul split?
The Dragon Soul who had been sealed for so long was the Loyal Tidomas?
Marvin smelled a hint of conspiracy.
Unfortunately, as he didn’t know Draconic, he gained nothing by flipping this book.
The Book of Forgiveness didn’t have many pages, and each page only contained a few characters in Draconic. It would be barely enough to form a few sentences.
But Marvin could feel that the true key to undoing the Dragon Teeth’s seal was the powerful force hidden in this book.
After getting the Book of Forgiveness, Marvin sighed in relief.
The Dragon Soul had mentioned that the Book of Forgiveness was in the east while the Wisdom Chapter was in the west.
He found the Book of Forgiveness in the mountainous area, thus the Wisdom Chapter should be in the lake area on the opposite side.
Although Marvin was not a great swimmer, underwater breathing potions were basic things he always had in his storage.
He soon rushed toward the west.
He was careful not to touch any book on his way.
Although these books were very precious, they were still a lot less important than the Wisdom Chapter.
But Marvin’s cautiousness was meaningless.
Because there was still an ugly woman suddenly appearing on the mountain peak in front of him.
Librarian Fati!
Marvin frowned, ‘Ikarina only stalled for so long?’
Marvin came to the conclusion that with the Black Dragon’s strength, stalling a Draconic Sorcerer for a few minutes shouldn’t be too hard!
With the Librarian appearing here, he had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, Fati coldly laughed, “Humans really are the stupidest lifeforms. You actually chose to believe a Race’s Clan that was widely known as betrayers.”
“Even if I don’t know what kind of contract there is between you two, she definitely sold you out.”
She waved the mirror in her hand as she said that.
Marvin’s silhouette shockingly appeared in the mirror.
Marvin took a deep breath and secretly used [Earth Perception]!
However, this time, he used it toward those pages in his storage!
He quickly realised, these must have clearly been the vector of the locating spell.
Ikarina set him up. This much was clear.
He soon found a special page among the pages.
This page was blank with a basic camouflage skill on top.
It’s just that when Marvin received the pile of pages from Ikarina, he didn’t inspect them carefully and was tricked by the Black Dragon.
“She is killing with a borrowed knife.”
Marvin shook his head with a chuckle.
“In any case, you’ll die.” A sinister expression appeared on Librarian Fati’s ugly face, “Because of your greed, I’ll most likely face punishment!”
“Thus you won’t have an easy death.”
Marvin shrugged, “You might have misunderstood me.”
“I only said that she was killing with a borrowed knife. I never said who was the knife and who was the target.”
“Regardless, although I didn’t really plan to make a move against you, since you came to me in your own, I might as well get rid of you.”
“As for the Black Dragon, she will clearly understand what is the result of betraying me.”
Marvin’s tone was very dispassionate at the start, but it slowly became filled with killing intent.
He directly activated his Domain, [Slaughter]!
Legend Powerhouses’ Domains had some very subtle effects.
Because they hadn’t reached Gods’ level, they couldn’t use the rules of the Domains for their own purposes. But the Domains would slightly raise the battle efficiency of the Legend Powerhouses.
This wouldn’t reflect on their attributes. If one really had to interpret their effects in terms of data, it would be somewhat of an advantage to the checks happening instantaneously in battle.
Taking Marvin’s Slaughter and Shadow Domain for example, in the split second when he attacked, his skills would have a slight bonus advantage.
This was one of the reasons he could keep killing Dark Phoenix.
Even if an ordinary Legend had his pair of elven daggers, they wouldn’t necessarily be able to trigger the Divine Restraint effect.
Marvin didn’t want to fight against Fati, but if the two met, he wouldn’t be afraid either.
In battle, the stronger one would win!
And he wasn’t weak anymore.
Clever people will think of way to avoid unnecessary battles, and true powerhouses won’t avoid inevitable battles.
Cold light flashed as daggers appeared in his hands.
Librarian Fati turned to nothingness, her voice echoing, “Hehe…”
“Arrogant youth, you think Legends are the most powerful?”
“Let me show you my Dragon spells!”
Next second, the space turned chaotic.
A large amount of energy shrouded their surroundings and countless throwing knives appeared around Marvin!
These throwing knives were made of pure energy and their sharp blades made Marvin feel threatened!
[Dragon Spell – Throwing Knives Formation]!
…
In an instant, these throwing knives flew over from all directions!
Marvin let out a breath and turned partly intangible!
This island’s space was very unstable, it might be some external plane and Marvin didn’t dare to rashly enter the Shadow Plane from here.
But facing these frightening throwing knives, he had no other choice.
Shapeshift Sorcerer – Shadow Shape!
He turned into a shadow, as the throwing knives travelled back and forth.
Marvin did his best to dodge the throwing knives with the help of his Godly Dexterity, but there was still a large amount that pierced through his body or brushed past him.
This Dragon Spell was too formidable.
Even with Marvin’s Shadow Shape’s physical resistance, he was still hit quite unbearably!
In an instant, his body was riddled with holes!
His HP sharply dropped down, but fortunately, he wasn’t critically wounded. Besides a fierce pain, everything else was bearable.
Marvin sped up, trying to rush out of the Throwing Knives Formation.
But that spell seemed to be locked on him.
He barely managed to find a way to escape when a 2nd Throwing Knives Formation was already set up!
And the current Marvin’s HP had already dropped to a third.
‘What a frightening spell!’
Marvin was apprehensive.
Librarian Fati was definitely a top notch caster. Since she made the first move, Marvin was at a disadvantage.
The most frightening part was that the Librarian had hidden herself and Marvin couldn’t even feel her existence.
She was in control of this space after all.
‘It’s not going to work…’
‘I need to risk it and flee to the Shadow Plane, otherwise I’ll just continue to suffer a beating!’ This thought flashed in Marvin’s mind.
Next second, he decisively used his Shadow Doppelganger to try to attract the Throwing Knives Formation’s attention.
But Fati didn’t even try to probe it, regardless where his main body escaped to, the Throwing Knives Formation would follow.
Marvin was painfully beaten but still remained calm.
Although he was somewhat at a disadvantage, it’s not like he had no way to counterattack.
Legends’ fights weren’t that simple, with no one helping, it would be very difficult for Marvin to kill Fati on his own.
Only by knowing yourself and your enemy would you be able to remain victorious.
Him not fighting back was just a way to test the other side’s magic intensity. Testing the caster’s strength was Marvin’s most commonly used textbook strategy against a Legend Caster.
After the first round of Throwing Knives Formation, Marvin had an intuitive feeling to the magnitude of Fati’s magical strength.
This was considered a common physical spell and could do a lot of damage. If it was a Death spell, or a more powerful type of magic, Marvin estimated that even if he used the Ruler of the Night’s magic resistance, he might not necessarily be able to endure.
‘Seems like I can only use that method.’
Marvin silently put away his curved daggers and suddenly dispelled Shadow Shape.
As the throwing knives soon submerged Marvin, his silhouette suddenly disappeared!
Surprisingly, he had already reached the forest area.
He used Shadow Escape and disappeared from the Throwing Knives Formation.
But Fati wouldn’t let him off easily. Although Marvin got rid of the page he got from the Black Dragon, she still could find Marvin’s traces.
“You can’t escape, as long as you are on this island, I’ll easily catch you!” Fati shouted.
But Marvin’s calm voice came out from the depths of the forest, “Oh yeah?”
“What if I’m outside the island?”
Fati’s expression suddenly changed.
A shadow hurriedly sped through the forest, aiming at the sea!
p>As the Librarian of the Chromatic Dragons’ library, Fati had every part of this island under her control.
But Marvin was told by the Dragon Soul that there was one place that wasn’t under Fati’s control!
That was the Sea of Nothingness outside the island.
The Sea of Nothingness looked like a sea, but it was in essence a space separating the library from the external plane.
This space was similar to the Shadow Plane.
It acted as a cover and a defense, preventing outside lifeforms from entering the library. Marvin could effectively avoid Fati’s attention there.
The only complication was that there were potential unknown existences in the Sea of Nothingness.
Moreover, the Dragon Library was equivalent to a Demi-Plane, and the borders of planes always had various kinds of things, some of which could be dangerous.
But Fati had the advantage right now, so Marvin could only take a risk.
Sure enough, he was successful.
When he rushed into the Sea of Nothingness, he could clearly feel that the Throwing Knives Formation that had been following him across the island suddenly lost its target.
Fati lost track of Marvin.
Since the Sea of Nothingness wasn’t a genuine sea, it felt like moving in space. It was very difficult.
Using his own power, he moved very slowly.
Thus, he didn’t go far in the Sea of Nothingness, instead choosing to stay on the edge!
He would return to land from time to time before rushing back to the Sea of Nothingness as soon as he was found by Fati.
…
These actions made the Draconic Sorcerer feel extremely irritated.
She sternly shouted, “You think yourself clever, but you are just walking to your doom.”
“A random Space Storm will tear you to shreds!”
As her voice echoed on the edge of the island, the Throwing Knives Formation kept appearing and disappearing, which created a strange sight.
It was clear that she was very crafty from the way she kept herself hidden.
Thanks to her rich battle experience, Fati had guessed Marvin’s fighting style from his appearance, and thus was hiding herself.
In this aspect, Draconic Sorcerers had an overpowered innate skill, allowing them to cast spells while in motion or hiding. This was a natural advantage of Dragon Magic.
But Marvin was just as crafty. He didn’t believe Fati’s threat.
If there really was such a threat, would Fati kindly warn him about it?
Space Storms and other arcane interferences were frightening phenomena that would appear at the points of contact between planes. But they definitely wouldn’t appear in the Dragon Library. Otherwise, this island would have disappeared long ago. When Dragon God Hartson created the island, he made it so that it wouldn’t be easily destroyed. The edge of this Demi-Plane should be safe.
But Fati didn’t dare go into the Sea of Nothingness.
This meant that even she feared some of the things in the sea.
Marvin was fast as lightning, moving around the seashore, frequently going in and out, and hiding. This not only made it very hard for Fati to lock onto him, but would also help catch her off guard.
He had already activated Earth Perception, trying to locate Fati’s position in order to kill her, but the Draconic Sorcerer was quite cunning and didn’t expose any traces.
Marvin had a lot of experience with fighting against these kinds of casters.
He had to keep moving to trick the other side into revealing their position!
His movements weren’t random, and in fact, he was baiting the Throwing Knives Formation and other spells.
Fati kept using the Throwing Knives Formation, a spell that wouldn’t show her location. However, the distance that a channeled spell could cover was limited.
Marvin only needed to find a rough range before putting emphasis on that area with [Earth Perception].
This method had allowed him to kill many Legend Wizards in PK.
He didn’t believe that Fati’s experience could be richer than his!
While continuously moving, Marvin noticed something strange about the Sea of Nothingness.
This sea was too quiet.
Although it was made of nothingness, there should still be some small lifeforms, yet Marvin didn’t see any.
Thick chains marked with many eerie runes kept drifting in the sea.
The runes were of mixed types. There were Draconic runes, old Elvish runes, and ancient Common runes.
This was all Marvin could guess with his knowledge.
After all, his energy was mainly focused on his battle with Fati.
What kinds of creatures were locked at the end of these chains?
If there was a lifeform that made Librarian Fati afraid, then why was it locked up here?
The Dragon Library was considered a strategic spot, where knowledge was gathered to be passed on. Although most of the knowledge of the Dragons was passed through their bloodlines, an inheritance like this would be incomplete. A library was still needed.
As Marvin was dealing with Fati’s magic while wandering at the edge of the island, he finally found a huge monster!
At the end of the chains, a creature taller than a Mechanical Titan had its eyes closed, lying in the darkness.
Black algae were twisting across its body, which along with its face, was covered in bruises. Sharp fangs peeked out from the corner of its lips.
Even with its eyes closed, it was frightening enough.
‘What the hell is this?!’
Marvin was apprehensive.
Ever since he gained the willpower increase from the Witch’s Tear, he would rarely feel fear.
He would even be able to resist an Archdevil’s intimidation.
But this frightening lifeform sleeping in the Sea of Nothingness made him shiver in fear.
Those chains were already quite thick, but compared to its body, they seemed like slim strings.
‘No wonder Fati is scared of the Sea of Nothingness. If that lifeform awakened…’
Marvin didn’t dare to imagine.
The stronger one became, the stronger their awareness of danger would be.
With his strength, even without a spell or skill to determine that thing’s strength, he could still feel that it was formidable.
There was the aura of Destruction.
‘Forget it, I still need to hurry back to the island, creating too many disturbances isn’t always good.’
Marvin looked at it a few times before moving away.
The Sea of Nothingness was the first place that gave him such an oppressive feeling.
At the same time, he had also roughly found Fati’s location!
It was time to make a move!
…
Forest area.
Fati’s figure was also moving quickly.
She had used her Dragon Race shapeshifting skill to turn into a jumping squirrel, and afterwards created a fake Magic Mirror Image.
Through it, she could keep steadily working on the Throwing Knives Formation.
She believed it would trick Marvin.
Just as expected, when that hateful human came out of the Sea of Nothingness, he first rushed toward that Magic Mirror Image.
Fati inwardly sneered when she saw Marvin’s pale complexion.
‘He was most likely scared by that frightening existence in the Sea of Nothingness.’
A frightening Destroyer was simply not something an ordinary Legend could contend against. Fortunately, that kid was quite quick-witted and didn’t wake it up, or else the consequences would have been too scary.
Thinking of this, Fati became even angrier.
‘This repulsive and greedy human actually dared to invade the Dragon Race’s forbidden ground. He must be cut to pieces!’
As she thought of this, Marvin was already quickly approaching that Magic Mirror Image.
She could even clearly see his daggers unsheathed. He apparently was ready to behead it!
‘Now!’
Fati was quite proud of herself. She had already prepared a powerful transfiguration spell and was about to cast it.
But the sky suddenly darkened. In fact, it wasn’t just the sky; her entire surroundings were covered in darkness!
An ice-cold voice echoed beside her ears, “Even if you turned into a squirrel, you can’t hide the smell of Dragon shit…”
Then, she felt pain spreading through her nerves.
Her transfiguration spell failed as she was pierced against a tree by a spear!
…
Before getting onto the island, Marvin had already noticed that Magic Mirror Image.
A young Assassin would naturally be tricked.
But an experienced killer would be able to use the clues to find her main body.
These methods were textbook fighting techniques for Legend Wizards, and Marvin couldn’t be tricked so easily.
What rushed toward the Magic Mirror Image was his Shadow Doppelganger.
Marvin’s skills had been strengthened after advancing to Ruler of the Night, like the recently used Shadow Doppelganger and Eternal Night!
Shadow Doppelganger could be used more often and the Doppelganger’s abilities were closer in effectiveness to his own now.
As for the powerful control-type skill Eternal Night, its area of effect had been expanded!
No matter how calm one was, when one’s surroundings suddenly sank into Eternal Night, one would make some mistakes, creating some fluctuations in the mind.
Marvin could only roughly judge the size of the area, but in the split second that Eternal Night descended, Fati’s fluctuation was caught by Earth Perception.
What followed was simple killing.
Night Boundary would let Marvin move quickly through the curtain of darkness.
And the weapon wasn’t Azure Leaf, but Weeping Sky!
This Dragon Slaying Spear was the reason Marvin dared to fight against the Draconic Sorcerer.
Originally, he didn’t want to fight Fati because a Legend Caster Divine Servant was too troublesome an opponent.
Who knew how many times that one could be reborn? Ordinary people wouldn’t bother trying to fight her.
But when Fati appeared in front of him, he had to react. That woman was from the Dragon Race, after all!
Draconic Sorcerers inherited the advantages of Dragons and would naturally inherit their weak points too.
Weeping Sky had absorbed the blood of countless Dragons and would target anything with Dragon blood.
This spear nailed Fati on a great tree and the latter’s Divine Source shockingly collapsed!
Insta kill!
A great amount of logs flashed in front of Marvin.
He ignored those about the experience points. He was more interested in the two points of Comprehension!
This Draconic Sorcerer gave him two points, which was already quite good. This was equivalent to the reward given by killing Advanced Divine Servants.
As long as he gathered ten points, he would be able to level up Ruler of the Night to level 2.
Leveling up once for Legend classes meant a huge increase in power.
Especially for a powerful class like Ruler of the Night. From Marvin’s experience, once he reached level 3, he would be able to display his most powerful aspect.
As for level 5 Ruler of the Night, he would be able to eradicate a common God in the open with that much strength.
In theory, if he could reach level 9, he would be more or less at the level of a Plane Guardian and would be able to resist High Gods.
It was just that the process would be very troublesome.
The previous Marvin didn’t reach this stage and even chose a different path, ascension.
His attributes had changed and even his class followed another path.
Thus, he regretfully didn’t know about the later stages of the Ruler of the Night class.
He was bound to have to feel around in the dark on his new path.
However, he didn’t have much time to do so.
This gave him a sense of urgency.
…
‘I need to quickly find the Chapter of Wisdom. I also don’t know how it’s going on the Chromatic Dragons’ side. The Nightmare Boundary has yet to open.’
‘As for that Black Dragon… She actually dared to betray me, much too reckless.’
Killing intent flashed in Marvin’s eyes.
But he had to admit that Ikarina was a lot craftier than her husband.
She only thought of using Fati’s strength to kill him, and even if she failed, she wouldn’t care too much about it.
As for Izaka, she must have guessed that since he signed a contract, Marvin wouldn’t be able to kill him.
Moreover, Marvin really wouldn’t kill Izaka. Having a Black Dragon was still quite useful to Marvin.
Thus she felt that it was safe enough to be bold.
It was just that both she and Fati had underestimated Marvin’s strength.
If he met her again in the underground temple, Marvin wouldn’t let Ikarina off lightly. He wouldn’t give her a chance to speak.
…
After her death, Fati’s belongings directly fell away and were destroyed into fine powder.
Marvin was quite helpless about it.
Dragonic Sorcerers were usually quite wealthy, but that old woman was really stingy. She had bound those items to her own life.
If she died, everything in her storage item would be automatically destroyed.
This was the mindset of not letting her killer gain anything.
In fact, many Legend Wizards would do this if the conditions allowed it.
This was also the reason Marvin disliked fighting Legend Wizards.
Those guys were very rich, but he couldn’t get anything from killing them. They were so dishonest!
…
After checking Fati’s corpse more closely, he gained nothing, as he had expected. Marvin then began to run quickly through the forest toward the lake.
If he wasn’t wrong, the Wisdom Chapter should be hidden there.
The Book of Nalu was a powerful item, and Marvin had a feeling that he would be able to gather the pages and re-form the book one day.
But he still wouldn’t be arrogant enough to think that he was stronger than the Berserk Lord.
Even a God went mad after reading it and exploded, so Marvin needed something to restrain it.
And the Dragon Soul mentioned that the Wisdom Chapter was able to.
Marvin had a faint impression of that item. It seemed to be a treasure left behind by the Ancient God of Wisdom.
The wisdom of the ancestors was written in it as well as many pieces of knowledge regarding the world’s laws.
After turning into data, it would be an item that would at least give [Willpower +5].
How could Marvin pass up that kind of item?
But as he was crazily running along, the whole island suddenly began to shake!
Marvin looked with shock toward the Sea of Nothingness.
Because the shaking was coming from the borders.
Marvin suddenly paled.
The Sea began to flare up as countless chains suddenly broke free and flew into the sky!
‘What’s going on?!’
Marvin watched as that huge monster slowly rose up from the Sea of Nothingness.
The algae on its body fell, like a mummy’s bandages being unwrapped!
“My duty, is Destruction!’
A thunderous voice echoed in the sky.
The huge monster slowly opened its eyes.
Those eyes completely lacked vitality, looking like the eyes of a dead person.
But they were different from those of an undead. They felt like they were only filled with destruction.
At that time, the Book of Nalu in Marvin’s pocket suddenly became hot!
This thing had become more and more lively recently. Marvin frowned as he wondered, ‘Could that point of Divinity have made it more powerful?’
Marvin quickly opened the book, but before he could ask a question, letters already appeared on the book:
–Hahahaha…–
Marvin directly ignored the first line which was about the book taking joy in his misfortune.
–I feel the aura of a Destroyer, you are in great trouble, kid–
–Destroyers are rumored to be the never-before-seen sons of the God of Destruction–
–They were imprisoned by Ancient Gods as domain guardians–
–Normally, only after a domain’s guardian died would a Destroyer be awakened…–
–It would destroy everything it sees!–
…
Marvin suddenly understood.
Although the Book of Nalu had bad intentions, if not for it, Marvin wouldn’t have known about the origins of the Destroyer.
He killed Fati, and thus the Destroyer slumbering in the Sea of Nothingness was awakened.
This explained it well. If a guardian died, then it would most likely be due to an invader, so they would take them down with the Destroyer.
Marvin thought fast. For the Book of Nalu to come out on its own, it definitely had something in mind.
Could it be that it wanted Divine Source?
This time, Marvin wouldn’t give it Divine Source so easily. Although he wasn’t afraid of the Book of Nalu taking over his body, he still felt the book of Nalu was becoming more and more active. This wasn’t good news.
It seemed like he needed to restrain it.
But next second, the Book of Nalu offered a deal which made Marvin slightly hesitate before accepting it.
The deal was very simple.
The Book of Nalu felt another page within the Dragon Library and wanted Marvin to help get it.
It wanted to swallow another page.
As a reward, it would confuse the Destroyer for three minutes!
Marvin sealed the deal.
Because after the Destroyer took its first step, half of the coast collapsed!
With it going forward step by step, it would soon destroy the Demi-Plane.
