Night Ranger - Chapter 625-631
An intense feeling of uneasiness rose up in the Grand Pontiff’s chest.
He quickly turned and saw a frightening rift slowly opening up in the sky above him.
“Priest Regiment,” he bellowed, “enemy invasion!”
In an instant, a beautiful silver circle surrounded the entire capital.
The people kneeling on the ground looked at that fissure in utmost horror.
Wasn’t it supposed to be a judgement for the sinner?
How could it suddenly get interrupted?
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And why did that huge crack feel so scary?
They couldn’t get rid of the questions nagging at their hearts, and their instincts urged them to escape.
But they had been indoctrinated by the Black Dragon Church for a long time, so they couldn’t just leave without being dismissed from the prayer by the Pontiff.
They could only keep kneeling as they watched the Priest Regiment and the other soldiers following the Pontiff to battle.
‘We will definitely win.’
‘This great land belongs to our God!’
‘Regardless of what enemy there is, if it wants to infringe upon God’s land, it will be repelled and will suffer a disastrous defeat!’
The followers were mumbling and thinking to themselves, but their eyes were still focused on that jagged fissure zig-zagging across the sky.
…
The crack was expanding continuously.
A shadow silently began to materialize out of the darkness.
The followers all watched closely, not wanting to miss a single detail.
As the man came out of the darkness, they realized that his appearance was familiar to them and they all cursed:
“It’s the sinner!”
“It’s the heretic!”
“It’s that bastard, Marvin!”
Fright and doubt began to spread throughout the entire capital as everyone gradually came to a realization.
‘The Martyr from the imperial family wasn’t able to kill him?’
‘What’s happening?’
‘Shouldn’t he be burning in our hero’s flames?’
‘How could he even find and get to this plane?’
Doubts arose in their hearts. Their faith wasn’t easily swayed, but as they looked at Marvin in the sky above them, their eyes were filled with fear.
It was especially so for the Pontiff.
He knew the power of Self-Immolation Fire more than anyone else here.
‘Marvin was just a Legend, so how could he escape the judgement of the Self-Immolation Fire?’
‘Moreover, for him to dare to step foot in Black Dragon Wing, this is utterly suicidal!’
‘Even if he is powerful, he is still a mortal!’
‘He was able to escape the Self-Immolation Fire, but is he able to escape the entire Divine Power Army?’
As he reassured himself with these thoughts, the Pontiff’s confidence swelled.
He pointed dispassionately at Marvin as he admonished, “It must have been quite fortuitous for you, having some trick that even let you elude the Divine Fire’s judgement.”
“But you are also very foolish! After barely managing to scamper away, you ought to have found some corner to hide, like the loathsome rat that you are! You shouldn’t have hurried to your doom in God’s territory like an outright imbecile!”
“I am quite taken aback that you didn’t die to the Divine Fire, but unfortunately for you, you’ll just die here instead!”
The Grand Pontiff then regally ordered, “Priest Regiment, at attention!”
“Divine Punishment! End that vile heretic!”
Marvin still had a calm expression the whole time while listening to the Pontiff’s pompous preaching.
A sneer even appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He finally came all the way out of the fissure and appeared in front of everyone.
The entire population of Black Dragon Wing glared at him resentfully.
“It’s truly a heretic! There aren’t any scales on his body!”
“It’s a lowly Human! Turns out this scum is a slave.”
“Such a menial creature actually dared to offend God! Kill him!”
The Imperial Capital once again flew into an uproar.
Following the outburst of those loud voices, those silvery gleams turned into flowing onyx flames.
Blossoming flames burst from the surrounding towers and condensed above the most important tower!
“Bang!”
The frightening Divine Punishment directly blasted the unruly Human that was hovering in the sky.
“Boom!”
Marvin’s body shattered into pieces, and tiny shreds of charred paper gently fluttered down from the sky.
A hint of doubt appeared on the Pontiff’s face.
The Divine Punishment kept on going as it tore its way through the sky, shooting into the jet-black rift.
“ROOOOAAAARRRRR!”
As this primordial howl erupted out, the sky seemed to cave in.
The crack in the sky suddenly became a lot bigger.
A giant, frightening claw peeked out from inside!
That pitch-black claw was strangely jagged!
“Boom!”
The Divine Judgment exploded against that claw.
The Pontiff paled in consternation.
He didn’t even have time to give out an order when the owner of the claw suddenly went ballistic!
That behemoth from Feinan could now confirm that the flames that had attacked it earlier had truly originated from this plane.
The Divine Punishment that struck its claw just a moment ago had the same quality as the Divine Fire that was still burning at it even now!
Thus, that huge claw pushed its way further out as everyone watched in shock!
A strange force field surrounded the imperial Capital and all the Clerics instantly lost their ability to cast spells.
The poor Pontiff was unceremoniously turned into mincemeat by the claw!
The formerly magnificent tower in the center of the Imperial Capital also loudly collapsed, causing the ground beneath them to shake!
…
“What is that?”
Everyone was staring numbly at the monster as it slowly forced its way out of the fissure in the sky.
They had never seen such a huge creature before, such a horrifying monster!
It had four limbs with sharp claws at the end, a body as long as a snake, and was covered with countless eyes!
“Rumble!”
As everyone suddenly broke out of their stupor and began to panic, the frenzied monster landed. Just from that, its huge body collapsed half of the imperial capital.
The silver light shattered, and who knew how many Clerics were crushed to death right then?
All the inhabitants of that world were swept with hysteria.
They felt the unstoppable aura of destruction.
That monster came to destroy this world.
“Flee!” No one knew who shouted that word.
But everyone started running away.
The order that had been carefully maintained by the Black Dragon God Church had been barbarously broken!
But none of them were able to escape!
The next moment, the eyes on the sides of the Crypt Monster opened!
Fiery, icy, acidic, petrifying, disintegrating, even just pure death… All kinds of frightening rays beamed out indiscriminately.
Whether people or things, nothing could resist that shower of rays!
Even Legends wouldn’t be able to withstand the blast from all those rays!
Moreover, it had an enormous body.
A casual twist, a simple move, and an imposing building would collapse!
The entire Imperial Capital fell into panic like it was the end of the world.
And that scene fell into the eyes of one of the Gods who had just helped shatter the Universe Magic Pool, the Black Dragon God.
“How?”
“How could he survive? How could he control the Crypt Monster’s movements?”
The Black Dragon God was extremely shocked. This was unbelievably vexing.
He was hiding right now, preparing to fight the Astral Beast. He couldn’t move!
Did he have to watch helplessly as Marvin destroyed his Secondary Plane?
The Black Dragon God never thought that things would reach this point!
He merely glanced away for a bit and his plane got invaded!
The worst part was that in order to deal with the invasion of the Astral Beast, the Gods were all waiting in formation.
Marvin made his move at the perfect time since the Black Dragon God couldn’t save his own plane.
‘How come he is so lucky?’
The Black Dragon God was angry and shocked.
At the same time, he felt quite worried.
He only had two such Secondary Planes.
Although Black Dragon Wing wasn’t that big, it was a plane that was smoothly operating. He established the Dragonborn Empire there, nurturing countless Dragonborn believers!
That Martyr originated from Black Dragon Wing.
If that plane was destroyed, or even injured… The Black Dragon God wouldn’t be able to take it.
His Divine Power suffered an unprecedented attack!
He couldn’t bear such a loss at such a critical point of Feinan’s invasion.
‘Marvin!’
He hatefully ground his teeth.
He could see everything happening in Black Dragon Wing clearly!
In less than a minute, the Crypt Monster already destroyed the entire Imperial Capital under Marvin’s influence!
Fear had already been spreading, all the believers of the plane had seen the scene of the Pontiff turning into mince meat.
His Faith Power in that world was already in danger.
Such a headache, and he could only look at it helplessly!
All his Divine Servants were either advancing in Feinan, or in the Crimson Wasteland and other planes.
He never thought that Marvin would be able to find Black Dragon Wing!
This was a plane that had been protected by Divine Power. Even the High Gods couldn’t calculate the plane coordinates.
He remained perplexed after thinking for a while, his expression turning even more unsightly.
“What’s going on?”
The Queen of Spiders asked after noticing the Black Dragon God’s expression. She muttered, “Eh? Why don’t I feel Marvin in the Underdark?”
The Black Dragon God had a blank expression on his face.
He was bleeding inside.
That Void’s Astral Beast was already approaching the ambush, if he acted recklessly, the three Great Gods would join hands to kill him!
He was still clear-headed enough to recognize the difference between losing his life and losing a Secondary Plane.
‘Wait until this matter is over, and I’ll definitely kill you myself!’
Wrath could be seen seeping out of the Black Dragon God’s eyes.
But at that time, a low voice echoed besides his ears, “Need help? It seems to me that you need assistance…”
“I can stop him, even kill him, you’ll owe me a favor.”
…
Black Dragon Wing.
The imperial capital reeked of an aura of destruction, it also spread to every corner of this world.
The ground shook, forests were thrown in chaos, creatures fled in all directions.
The Crypt Monster was destroying everything.
As time passed, its movements became faster.
After the capital was destroyed, the surrounding cities followed.
Under the lead of the Book of Nalu, the Crypt Monster’s destruction was extremely efficient, as precise as a robot!
And at this moment, the Self-Immolation Fire had already burnt through the Crypt Monster’s skin and was twisting around Marvin’s body.
But Marvin didn’t sustain any injury.
His body was in a kind of wonderful state.
If someone could see through the Crypt Monster’s body, the gallbladder area to be more precise, they would be able to see a strange scene:
Marvin had turned into a devilish Magic Egg!
The Self-Immolation Fire was frantically burning that egg, and the Magic Egg was continuously being refined, but that simply couldn’t kill him!
Shapeshift Sorcerer: Boundless Shapeshifting – Magic Addict Shape!
This was the first time Marvin used that shape ever since he advanced to the 3rd rank of Shapeshift Sorcerer.
Normally, Magic Addict Shape could only be maintained for thirty seconds, but after awakening the Molten Bloodline, Marvin discovered that as long as he didn’t move or touch anything, he could maintain the Magic Addict Shape for more than three minutes!
This was the most powerful life-saving ability out of all of Marvin’s abilities.
Under the Magic Addict Shape, regardless how badly injured he was, the devilish Magic Egg would hungrily absorb Chaos Magic Power, restoring his body’s strength.
Normally, even the Magic Addict Shape couldn’t withstand the Self-Immolation Fire.
But a part of the power of the Self-Immolation Fire had been absorbed by the Crypt Monster. Moreover, Marvin’s Magic Addict Shape had the strength of various powerhouses of hell, this special situation led to a tie.
Marvin’s body was continuously burning, before recovering.
That process was very painful, and extremely itchy, moreover he couldn’t move.
During that process, Marvin shockingly found out that under the Magic Addict Shape, his consciousness left his body for a short instant and entered the Book of Nalu!
At first, he didn’t dare to let his mind go in the Book of Nalu, the book being too evil.
But soon, he found out that his mind was completely protected from the Book of Nalu. Those strange runes from the Wisdom Chapter also followed him in.
Since those strange runes entered, the Book of Nalu’s consciousness remained completely silent.
That book full of evil power was suppressed by the Wisdom Chapter and remained completely calm.
Marvin gained the absolute control of the Book of Nalu!
Despite only having three pages in hands, it was also powerful enough to display some ability.
He quickly transmitted a faint order to lead the Crypt Monster!
He looked like a mastermind, instigating the Crypt Monster’s crazy destruction!
Chaos soon filled all corners of this world!
The Crypt Monster’s roars spread through the entire plane.
He destroyed five cities in one breath!
The five major cities of Black Dragon Wing.
Hundred thousands followers died!
Such a cruel act… If it was the usual Marvin, he might not be able to do it.
But that plane was different.
This plane was a Dragonborn world!
This was a hierarchical world created in order to gain Faith Power.
There, Humans were Dragonborns’ slaves, the bottom of the food chain?
In major cities, you could hardly see humans because they were in the most dangerous areas such as mines.
Marvin’s victims were pampered Dragonborns, they had scales, and this was the clearest characteristic of the Dragonborns.
Dragonborn regarded Humans as the lowest creatures on the food chain. They enslaved Humans and were proud of their Black Dragon bloodline. Fair Human maidens turned into the Dragonborns’ breeding tools. The Humans being born would be killed while the Dragonborns would survive.
Having a scale decided one’s fate in this twisted world.
Marvin had no issue annihilating such an abnormal plane.
…
‘Thirty more seconds and the Magic Addict Shape would be over.’
‘The Self-Immolation Fire is quickly being consumed… Uhh, this crisis could be considered over.’
Marvin’s mind calmly observed everything from the Book of Nalu.
He knew that this world would experience a disaster.
The Crypt Monster had been asleep for so long, with the suffering of the Self-Immolation Fire, it would definitely vent on that plane, and the inhabitants would definitely become its food.
There was no doubt.
Unless someone with the strength of a God arrived, no one could stop it.
He had completely awakened and its strength was at its peak. Unless Marvin made a move, this plane’s powerhouses simply won’t be able to resist him.
‘Destroying a Secondary Plane can be considered a lesson for the Black Dragon God.’
Marvin calmly thought, ‘If he still dares to mess around, it’s not impossible to destroy his God Realm!’
Marvin knew the importance of Secondary Planes to Gods.
He knew that at this critical time, the Black Dragon God couldn’t make a move.
If he wasn’t wrong, the Universe Magic Pool shattering should have attracted the frightening Astral Beast.
That Astral Beast came from the Void!
All Gods had to get involved. As for the Black Dragon God’s Divine Servants, even if they came, they would also be throwing away their lives.
Thus, this world was already ruins in Marvin’s eyes!
The Crypt Monster’s large body kept going forward, when suddenly, Marvin noticed something strange.
That thing grew in the depths of the mountains. From afar, it looked like a throbbing heart.
‘Faith Pool?’
Marvin’s eyes shone.
But suddenly, a powerful aura appeared in the sky.
It was followed with a low voice:
“Marvin.”
“You are dead.”
Marvin was stunned. That voice felt a bit familiar.
Divine Aura!
Marvin shivered.
That voice sounded so familiar.
His thoughts raced as he tried to remember who its owner was, before a shadow appeared before him!
Glynos.
The Shadow Prince.
He hadn’t died!
…
The huge crack above Black Dragon Wing had yet to close, and a shadow slowly came out from it.
Somehow, it was obvious that his face was filled with hatred, despite the fact that shadows and darkness were covering his expression.
The Shadow Prince had descended in his true body!
Black Dragon Wing was different from Arborea. The Black Dragon God had gone through great effort to strengthen the plane and ensure that it could accommodate powerful beings like Legends. The Crypt Monster, a descendant of an Ancient Evil God, had already been pushing the plane to its limits, but the added pressure from a True God also entering was unbearable.
Even the Black Dragon God himself protected that world very carefully, afraid that the presence of his own body could damage its foundations.
But in the end, the Shadow Prince had stormed in recklessly.
The Black Dragon God felt a burst of pain in his mind.
A third of Black Dragon Wing instantly collapsed!
The large area of space around him distorted and was pulled in by a black hole that formed below the Shadow Prince’s body.
The Crypt Monster roared angrily. In its eyes, the Shadow Prince was yet another person looking for trouble.
Marvin felt that things were far from good at this point.
He’d already had a feeling that it was the case, but the Shadow Prince really didn’t die.
But he couldn’t understand how Glynos had recovered from the setback so quickly.
And he could never have expected that this guy would suddenly appear in Black Dragon Wing!
Things became complicated once more.
The Shadow Prince was only a Low God before… but this time, he looked different for some reason.
‘I guess I’ll see how it goes. He might not be able to find my hiding place.’
Although the appearance of a previously defeated enemy shocked Marvin, he didn’t let it disturb his plans.
He remained hidden and calmly watched things unfold.
…
“I know you are there!”
“Ever since you ruined my world, I always felt your existence!”
Glynos glared hatefully at the Crypt Monster. “You won’t be able to escape today. You’ll be buried together with this world!”
Marvin remained silent, but the Crypt Monster still let out a howl and rushed over to kill Glynos.
Marvin didn’t feel good about the odds. The Crypt Monster was definitely powerful, but Marvin had a feeling that it wouldn’t be able to beat the current Glynos, especially after the damage it took from the flames.
Even if it went all-out, it would most likely be killed by Glynos.
By now, the Self-Immolation Fire had finally exhausted its energy, and the effects of his Magic Addict Shape had ended.
In a few seconds, his Magic Egg body transformed back into a Human body.
Marvin stretched and instinctively looked at his interface.
‘Those Comprehension Points?!’
‘I got so much?!’
This was such a happy side effect that for a moment, Marvin even got lax about keeping himself alert!
An astonishing number of Comprehension Points suddenly appeared on his interface.
And he even obtained a point of Divine Source!
Marvin noticed that this point of Divine Source had come from the Black Dragon God.
‘If that Divine Source point came from the Black Dragon God, then did those Comprehension Points come from this world?’
Marvin was overjoyed.
Sure enough, one is bound for good fortune after a disaster.
After the issues with the Martyr and the Crypt Monster, Marvin finally had gained some profits from all this!
He already had a faint guess as to where it was coming from.
That Divine Source point and those Comprehension points might have come from all the dying followers in this world!
Marvin’s body had been crazily pulling in and absorbing all the energy around it while in the Magic Addict Shape. Chaos Magic Power was only one kind among all of the different types of power.
Although those people were killed by the Crypt Monster, Marvin was the one who benefited, thanks to his Magid Addict Shape and all the essences released from the massacre!
Just from that, he got enough Comprehension Points to level his Ruler of the Night class to level 3!
And he didn’t hesitate to do so.
Power filled his entire body once again.
With this level up, his Legendary specialties would definitely get hidden improvements once again.
This growth couldn’t be represented on the interface, but it was really important in actual combat.
And with the 3rd level of the Ruler of the Night, Marvin also unlocked his third Legendary ability, [Endless Path]!
He chose this skill after careful deliberation. As a Legend rogue, he had many different short-distance displacement abilities.
But it was far from enough when he needed to cover very long distances quickly.
And among all the abilities of the Ruler of the Night, Marvin felt that Endless Path was the one that could satisfy his needs the best.
Endless Path’s activation would consume a lot of his stamina, but it would save a lot of time.
He would be able to travel 500 kilometers in a flash. But this ability didn’t work by teleporting him across that distance. It would greatly compress the distance and then blitz him across it while consuming some two to three times the stamina it would usually take to travel through it as fast as he could.
With these usage conditions, Endless Path admittedly was a bit demanding, but Marvin felt that it was worth it.
He not only had his normal stamina, but he also had Divine Power and Fate Power!
These powers were very pure, and it should be possible to use them to activate Endless Path.
After getting everything in order, he immediately decided to leave the Crypt Monster’s body.
There was no Divine Fire to stop him anymore, and he didn’t want to accompany the Crypt Monster to its death!
He would remain hidden and see how the fight between the Crypt Monster and Glynos went before deciding what he should do.
Activating his new ability, Endless Path, Marvin quietly left the Crypt Monster’s body and reached the depths of the central mountain of Black Dragon Wing.
There was something similar to a throbbing heart inside.
Marvin knew that this was the Faith Pool that gathered the Faith from the all the followers in the entire plane.
He glanced into the distance to make sure that Glynos was still preoccupied with fighting the Crypt Monster.
About half the plane had collapsed by now, while the two of them fought furiously, apparently unconcerned with the collateral destruction!
Nobody was left to guard the Faith Pool, and Marvin easily sneaked in.
‘Such big rewards!’
Marvin was delighted.
The Faith Pool was used to store unused and unrefined Faith Power.
Not only did the stockpile contain the Faith Power collected from all the believers, but due to the fact that he was the one who interacted with it the most, it also had some of the Black Dragon God’s purest Divine Source!
Marvin rushed straight in.
Sodom’s Blades cut open the “heart”!
The entire plane shook.
And then, a golden liquid flew out.
Advanced False Divine Vessel!
Marvin immediately activated his advanced False Divine Vessel and began to frantically absorb and plunder as fast as he could, trying not to let any of it go to waste!
And far away in the depths of the Universe, the Black Dragon God looked like he about to have a breakdown!
All the Faith Power that he had painstakingly collected from that plane was actually being openly consumed by Marvin?
And he couldn’t even resist!
‘Is there still any justice in this world?!’
‘I’m a God!!!’
The Black Dragon God was on the verge of nervous collapse!
While the Black Dragon God was immersed in pain and anger, Marvin was actually overjoyed!
The so-called False Divine Vessel was actually an Oddity created by Humans in order to simulate the role of a Divine Vessel.
It had the same functions as a Divine Vessel.
But because Marvin wasn’t a God, he had no Faith Power, and none of the usual channels to recover his Divine power or upgrade his advanced Divine Vessel’s rank. Thus, in general, he can only kill Divine Servants and absorb Divine Source to maybe upgrade his false Divine Vessel.
That path was very arduous.
But the Faith Power before his eyes was another shortcut!
The Faith Pool contained the purest Faith Power and Divinity of the Black Dragon God. That power was the nourishment the advanced False Divine Vessel liked the most.
The second the golden liquid came out, his advanced False Divine Vessel started hungrily absorbing that power.
Following Marvin’s crazy absorption, the whole mountain range started withering!
And the magnificent rivers going through the mountains also began drying up.
The Faith Power Marvin absorbed was the most fundamental power of this plane!
He only felt a strong heat flowing through his body, it felt just like when he ascended to Godhood in the game!
He only felt full of strength!
‘Quite fortunate!’
‘I didn’t think that the Martyr would not only fail to kill me, but would also give me so many gains!’
Marvin was completely immersed in the joy of increasing his strength.
He didn’t care about the entire plane collapsing, this was a distorted world ruled by Dragonborns afterall.
And in the distance, the battle between the Shadow Prince and the Crypt Monster looked one-sided!
Glynos was truly different.
Even from so far away, Marvin could feel the quiet transformation in his body.
That kind of pure and dense shadow disappeared, in its place was an unending lifeforce.
That was… The aura of Nature!
He was still holding Nightfall, his shadow flashing like a black lightning.
The Crypt Monster’s nimbleness wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t able to keep up with the Shadow Prince!
The frightening Nightfall tore through the Crypt Monster’s hard skin, each wound festering with a frightening Curse Power.
Although this Curse Power wasn’t as vicious as the Self-Immolation Fire, it had several layers of curses.
It was constantly consuming the Crypt Monster’s vitality!
‘He became stronger!’
Marvin sped up the absorption rate while paying attention to Glynos’ fighting style.
Although he was still fighting like a rogue, he became a lot more self-confident.
He was using less dodging and footsteps and became more unyielding. Rather than an Assassin, he looked more like a tough Swordsman.
It was this strange and extremely vicious style that completely pressured the Crypt Monster.
If it was someone else, they might have already died.
It was only because of the Crypt Monster’s thick skin that the latter was able to resist.
“Boom!”
A faint green light burst out between the two, just like a fist. It rose swiftly and hit the Crypt Monster’s waist, smashing the monster to the edge of the plane!
If not for the monster’s fierce constitution, it might have turned into mincemeat from those plane fragments at the edge.
“Roar!”
The Crypt Monster was completely out of control, the eyes on its back were all opened, and they all came out, as if thrown from a catapult!
The eyes all flashed in the sky, like a meteor shower, ruthlessly smashing toward the Shadow Prince!
This was the skill the Crypt Monster used under pressure!
Each eye had a Low God level Divine Spell!
If Marvin was the one fighting the Crypt Monster, he would have never let the latter use that skill.
It was way too frightening, even Gods might not be able to block it.
‘This large scale targeted skill is just too annoying.’ Marvin was coldly watching the battle, ‘I wonder how he will dodge!’
In fact, Marvin wasn’t the only one watching. The happenings at Black Dragon Wing already triggered some talk in the God Realms.
The Black Dragon God made a mistake, and the coordinates of Black Dragon Wing were exposed, thus there were countless eyes watching that world.
“Glynos actually returned!”
“His God Realm already collapsed, where did he get the strength from?”
“He chose the perfect time to return. Right during the invasion of the Astral Beast. This time, even if Goddess Faniya or another God want to settle matters with him, they won’t be able to do anything, right?”
“No shit, look at the Black Dragon God, his own nest is being turned upside down, and he can only remain motionless.”
Gods were communicating with each other.
In the depths of the Universe, the Black Dragon God’s complexion was extremely unsightly.
He didn’t need to eavesdrop to know what the Gods were gossiping about.
It had to be known that these Gods were also Humans in the 3rd Era, they liked entertainment.
They would never miss such a lively show.
Most of their attention was focusing on the approaching Astral Beast, but they still kept a small part of their consciousness on the situation of Black Dragon Wing.
“Eh? That kid… He is actually able to absorb Faith Power!”
“That guy… Isn’t that the Marvin who killed Dark Phoenix?”
“The resurrection of the Goddess of Truth is also related to him.”
“He has so many secrets… Interesting.”
While the Gods watched the battle, they also took note of Marvin.
In the previous attack on the Universe Magic Pool, they took notice of several powerful lifeforms in Feinan, such as the four Plane Guardians, and those who had the potential of becoming Plane Guardians like Ivan, O’Brien, and Jessica.
And apart from them, there was one other that entered their sight.
That was Marvin.
Now, this youth who had been making waves for the past six months once again entered the sight of the Gods. It was inevitable that they would be surprised.
That guy was simply a star of disaster!
Whenever a major event happened, his shadow could be seen!
Some Gods were ready to kill him while others were preparing to make friends with Marvin before entering Feinan.
He was in control of White River Valley after all, this was Feinan’s biggest territory.
…
Marvin naturally didn’t know what the Gods were thinking.
At this moment, he was observing the battle between both sides, cheering on the Crypt Monster while speeding up the absorption!
The Crypt Monster’s desperate skill was very powerful, but Marvin had a feeling that this wouldn’t be enough to kill the Shadow Prince!
It might not even inflict serious damage.
‘If it really had an opportunity…’
Marvin took a deep breath.
Next second, the logs flashing before his eyes stopped.
His Comprehension points had peaked once again!
[Level up – Ruler of the Night?]
[Yes!]
Level 4 Ruler of the Night!
Even Marvin hadn’t thought that he would get such extensive benefits when he made the decision to enter the Crypt Monster’s mouth!
The Crypt Monster killed everything around him, and the essences were then cleanly harvested by Marvin’s Essence Absorption System.
This trip resulted in the Crypt Monster storming the Black Dragon God’s nest and allowing Marvin to find an unguarded Faith Pool!
This was like a huge gift dropping out of the sky into his arms, and Marvin couldn’t refuse it even if he wanted to!
It was so rare to find a God’s secondary plane so unguarded.
If not for the Astral Beast’s attack, Marvin would have never gotten such an opportunity.
He naturally understood all of that. But he couldn’t leave this place without visiting the Faith Pool. After coming this far, how could he leave it for the Black Dragon God?
In any case, this plane would be completely destroyed, so the power would all be wasted even if he didn’t take it. Marvin gladly accepted this gift.
The advanced False Divine Vessel was quickly absorbing the Faith Power, and in the process, Marvin gradually accumulated even more Comprehension Points.
This gave Marvin a whole new understanding of the source of Comprehension Points.
‘So it turns out that there was also this way.’
‘No need to train, no need to slay a God, just go and plunder!’
After filling his Comprehension Points, Marvin didn’t hesitate at all.
Consecutive advancement!
His strength greatly increased once more!
His Ruler of the Night class reached level 4 from level 2!
Marvin now had a total level of 24.
It had to be known that advancing in the Legend Realm was very hard. During peaceful eras, many who became Legends would be stuck at their first Legend level forever. All those who reached the second level were very troublesome people to have as enemies. And, needless to say, level 3 Legends were extremely rare.
Of course, even more outstanding people like the Great Elven King were unique. After all, he was a Dual-Class Holder.
Marvin leveled up twice, sending his fighting strength soaring. Now that he had Endless Path to shore up one of his deficiencies, he chose a jack-of-all-trades skill, Godlike Magic.
Godlike Magic wasn’t actually a type of magic. Rather, it was a way to imitate many spells.
That skill would allow him to imitate the effects of many spells, even Divine Spells, but to do so, it would use its own power, Domain power.
Naturally, like Endless Path, Godlike Magic could also be used through Fate Power, Divine Power, and so on.
After advancing to Ruler of the Night, Marvin already planned his future path.
He had already planned out which ability to take each level.
Godlike Magic didn’t seem that interesting as it could only imitate lower rank, less powerful spells, while also having many restrictions. But Marvin knew that true power of this ability lay in its versatility.
In this world, he might run into problems that a Ruler of the Night’s abilities couldn’t resolve.
And flexibility was very important when in a predicament.
Naturally, if that was the extent of Godlike Magic’s effects, then Marvin wouldn’t have chosen it so resolutely.
He didn’t hesitate to choose this skill because under Godlike Magic’s imitation spell list, there was a very baffling option.
[Unfathomable Divine Spell].
In the game, he had studied the use of Unfathomable Divine Spell for a long time, but with no results. Later on, he got some additional information and made some conjectures. Perhaps this formidable ability, this Unfathomable Divine Spell, was the essence of the Ruler of the Night class.
In any case, there would be no loss in choosing this skill.
…
After leveling up, the power in the Faith Pool was starting to dry up.
All the Faith Power stored up from the entire Secondary Plane was absorbed by Marvin’s advanced False Divine Vessel.
This made Marvin sigh to himself. How talented was the one who created the False Divine Vessels?
The advanced False Divine Vessel also transformed!
[Advanced False Divine Vessel (2nd Advancement) (Fusion 30%)]
[Divinity: 18/49]
[Domain 1: Slaughter (Costs 5)]
[Domain 2: Shadow (Costs 5)]
[Domain 3: Plant Metamorphosis (Costs 2) (Recovers 1)]
[Domain 4: Dragon Race Saint (Costs 4)]
[Divine Vessel Property 1: Post-Godly Dexterity]
[Divine Vessel Property 2: Killing Instinct (Nurturing…)]
[Divine Power Pool: 267]
…
A series of shocking changes.
The degree of fusion rose straight up from 13% to 30%. Marvin clearly felt the advanced Divine Vessel fusing deeply with him.
He already didn’t need to control it with painstaking precision anymore. It had already basically turned into one of Marvin’s organs. Marvin would be able to control it with the slightest thought.
As for the increase in his Divinity value and the new Domain, Marvin wasn’t very surprised.
When he swallowed all the Faith Power, Marvin also absorbed 10 points of Divinity from the Black Dragon God. That Dragon Race Saint Domain should be the same kind of Domain that Marvin earned from swallowing the Wilderness God’s Avatar back then. But that Domain would probably be mostly useless when fighting against the Black Dragon God.
Naturally, the biggest change was with his Divine Power Pool.
From the original 14 Divine Power, it was now a whopping 267!
But unfortunately, Marvin didn’t have many Divine Spells. Otherwise, with his high Divine Power, he would be able to cast spells very liberally.
For a short time, he would be a God!
…
“Sssss!”
The strange sound of the dagger tearing space itself apart spread through the entire plane.
The one seen as a world-destroying monster in the eyes of the remaining Dragonborns was cut up into pieces by Glynos.
Under the continuous application of Nightfall’s curses, the Crypt Monster couldn’t revive and was directly killed by Glynos!
As Marvin expected, that huge move didn’t injure the Shadow Prince.
Marvin saw it clearly. When that meteor shower of eyes fell onto the Shadow Prince, a greenish defensive barrier surrounded his body.
That abundant Divine Power came as a great shock.
If not for the confirmation that the Shadow Prince’s Divine Vessel was still Mid-level, Marvin would have already turned and run.
That Guy’s Divine Power was unfathomably powerful now. He could almost match a Great God!
…
“I thought you were going to keep hiding.”
At the edge of the plane, Glynos walked over the Crypt Monster’s enormous corpse, slowly approaching.
The plane crumbled away behind him with every step.
This world was too fragile for someone of his status. His main body had arrived, and its vast Divine Power would wreck the plane!
Marvin was quietly standing atop a mountain peak, attentively watching the approach of the extremely confident Glynos.
That guy really was a cockroach that wouldn’t die.
His God Realm collapsed with him inside, but he survived, coming back even stronger.
Marvin killed him once in the game and killed one more time in this life.
Was this his so-called nemesis?
When the plane collapsed, all the people and things turned into fragments by the distorted space.
Flesh and earth mixed together, and a power from the Underworld pulled at that world.
There hasn’t been a plane who had such an abnormal fall for a long time.
In general, even if a Secondary Plane’s lifespan was exhausted, at that time, there would be Gods specialized in presiding over the world’s judgement and destruction.
And an event like the battle between the Crypt Monster and Glynos, destroying the plane in the process, hadn’t happened in more than a millenium.
Everyone could feel that the order of the Universe was getting out of control, step by step.
In the God Realms, those Gods who had been laughing at the Black Dragon God also began to worry about whether their Secondary Planes would be attacked by unknown enemies.
While watching out for the constantly approaching Astral Beast, they paid attention to the situation of Black Dragon Wing.
…
Marvin stood there, looking at Glynos’ thin silhouette, sighing.
As for the Shadow Prince, he looked at Marvin with a complicated expression.
That youth with a calm expression was no longer a child he could ignore.
He grew up way too fast. If Saruha’s rocket was just a trick, then now, Glynos acknowledged that Marvin already had the power to fight him!
Countless scenes flashed past his eyes.
The first time he saw Marvin, in the Three Ring Tower.
That time, he followed the Gods’ decision to assassinate the Half-Legend Seer, Hathaway.
At that time, no one entered his eyes, including Hathaway.
At the time, he had successfully ambushed the East Plane Guardian, Anthony, by using his conflict with the Twin Snakes Cult to make him fall. He proudly believed that no one in Feinan could stop him.
In the end, he miscalculated.
The reason was simple, Marvin shouted. A small miscalculation which let Legend Monk Inheim who had been following him take advantage of his attack on Hathaway.
Hathaway survived.
This was different from what the Gods divined.
But the him back then was still unconcerned. He knew that this world forces couldn’t change, he also didn’t take notice of that youth besides Hathaway.
It was just a child.
This was Glynos’ thoughts back then.
But thinking about it, maybe, everything changed from that moment.
Hathaway didn’t die. Although she was deprived of her Seer identity by Dark Phoenix, she was still an awakened Anzed Witch Queen.
A Seer might be very troublesome, but it had to be remembered that in the past, the Anzed were the core of Feinan.
The Witch Queen was the former Guardian of Feinan. She was more powerful than this era’s Four Plane Guardians!
He was almost able to kill her!
But almost led to Glynos’ fate being changed.
When appearing in White River Valley, he had been schemed against. He noticed Marvin, but unfortunately, at that time, he was immersed in anger and suffering. Time Molt was taken away by Inheim. He was also taken care of in an humiliating way by those Legends.
He encountered extremely high resistance in each of his following moves.
When he went to kill Feinan’s Legends in the Decaying Plateau, he ended up being crushed to death with the Great Elven King. Arborea had been overthrown, his Avatar came down, thinking of easily killing Marvin, but as a result, he was killed.
Before he could even make a plan to kill Marvin, the latter actually destroyed his God Realm!
He then fell into slumber!
He knew that his name also became the target of laughter in the God Realms.
If not for that opportunity, he would have never been able to return to Feinan!
… If not for that opportunity, he might even have to slumber forever, until this Universe collapsed.
He hated it!
He was angry!
Only by killing Marvin himself would he be able to regain his foothold in this world.
Who would believe in a God like him who had been repeatedly bullied by a mortal?
In fact, the timing of his return wasn’t very good.
He knew that if he remained in hibernation for two more years, his strength would have reached a level no one would have ever imagined.
But he didn’t care.
He saw Marvin’s ability to change fate, and an unexplainable potential!
He heard some rumors, he heard that this kid might be the key to change the future.
He had to kill him!
Thus, despite it not being the best time, he had to return.
For Glynos, Marvin must die!
As long as he had the opportunity to kill Marvin, then that was a good opportunity!
…
“Do you need a few words before we start?”
Marvin’s eyebrows rose as he looked at the plane collapsing behind Glynos, a hot feeling coursing through his heart.
He killed Glynos in the game, he also killed him in this life. Even if he came back with the power of that person, Marvin could still kill him!
This was the self-confidence that came with absolute strength!
Gods were high and mighty, but in Feinan’s history, the Gods that died in a mortal’s hands couldn’t be counted on just one hand.
And Marvin was a transmigrator, he was fearless.
The Sodom Blades in his hands seemed to answer to his fighting intent as red light flickered on the blades.
A calm voice echoed in his mind, ‘Seems like you met a powerful enemy. I’ll help you this time.’
‘I don’t like those guys, I killed a few of those Gods before, and I believe you can do so too.’
Then, Marvin felt a powerful power emerging from the Sodom Blades!
Those were the true Sodom Blades!
The previous dusty pair of blades were now a pair of Artifacts who killed Gods!
Following the Sodom Blades’ bursting aura, Glynos couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and sneer, “Marvin, I won’t give you any opportunity, so cut out the nonsense.”
“Your growth rate is amazing, this prove that I made the correct choice.”
“You have to die now!”
Marvin said indifferently, “You might not be able to kill me now.”
“This isn’t Feinan.”
The Shadow Prince sneered, “I’m not that Avatar.”
“Without the protection of the Universe Magic Pool, I’ll show you how big the gap between a mortal and a God is!”
“This plane is approaching its end, and you’ll be buried with it.”
“Shadow Realm!”
A dense shadow covered everything.
A fragment of tablet flickered with a frightening light from within the Shadow Prince’s body.
Fate Tablet!
This was the core of Glynos’ Domain.
This was a true God’s Law!
The Shadow Prince had run out of patience!
Since he awakened, he’d always had a feeling of crisis. At first, he thought it was because of the amount of the Divine Power that he stole, but as his power increased, he discovered that the source of the crisis was actually Marvin!
That guy still hadn’t died! This worried Glynos greatly!
In fact, he had been continuously dreaming while drifting through the Universe.
All of those dreams felt so real.
He had various fierce battles with Marvin.
They would always be equally matched in the fights, but every time…
Every time!
At the end of the dream, he would die at Marvin’s hands.
He could see his own soul leave his body as Marvin slowly took out two bloody curved daggers from his corpse.
His expression was cold and relaxed, as if he was doing something completely natural.
This dream had kept repeating, all the way until he woke up and came upon his incredible opportunity.
He came to this plane.
But for Glynos, that world was the starting point of his rebirth!
…
The powerful Divine Law burst out, crushing the whole plane.
“Rumble!”
The loud bursting sound echoed against Marvin’s eardrums. The peak below him collapsed, crumbling and turning to dust before falling toward the emptiness!
A lot of Ghosts to the sides screamed as countless Reapers were nervously appearing on the Styx.
This fight involved too many different forces.
Black Dragon Wing was bound to have a tragic fate, as it was the location for Marvin and Glynos’ duel.
Many Ghosts easily followed the fragments of the plane and fell into the Void.
And the other Gods were hunting that Astral Beast. If something big happened in Feinan now and the Astral Beast noticed, the Gods’ ambush might fail.
Thus, despite the Underworld’s Sovereigns and the Astral Sea’s Gods not being able to see eye to eye, they sent some exceptional followers to prevent the situation from worsening.
As for Marvin and Glynos, no one would bother about their fight.
Because no one believed that Marvin would survive this fight!
That was a genuine Divine Law!
It was the supreme authority assigned to Gods by the Fate Tablet.
As a mortal, Marvin could only kneel and accept his judgement!
…
In the Extreme Evil Hell.
A rough voice sneered, “Diross, isn’t that your descendant? Will you just keep watching as he gets killed by Glynos?”
Diross strode across a red cloud, smiling confidently. “That trash, Glynos? You are thinking far too highly of him. I don’t care about such a trivial thing.”
“Eh?” The Extreme Evil Lord had a pondering expression as he leaned back on his black throne. “Then why did you come looking for me today? I thought you would need my help. After all, the God Realms aren’t something you can handle by yourself.”
“Azery, I do need your help.” Diross look at him calmly for a few seconds before revealing a dazzling smile. “I need your Hell’s Angel Statue.”
The Extreme Evil Hell Lord’s expression suddenly changed. “Are you crazy?!”
Diross seemed unperturbed by the outburst. “I’m not crazy. It’s time to truly unite the Nine Hells. Only in that way would we be able to slaughter those worms from the Abyss.”
“Let me tell you something. My troops went to the Supreme Forest and reached an agreement with the Migratory Bird Council.”
“They helped me find your world.”
“The Extreme Evil Angel Statue will be the first of my collection. If you don’t want to part with it… you can die.”
Then, a huge door suddenly opened behind him.
Roars echoed as an army charged out from the door.
…
“Divine Law?”
The plane had already completely collapsed, and Marvin was left standing in the air, a smirk on his face.
A golden light shone through Marvin, illuminating his body.
But the scene that everyone was expecting to happen… didn’t happen.
Despite the suppression of the Divine Law falling upon him, Marvin was completely unharmed.
He stood straight, looking back at Glynos!
There was something shiny on his abdomen.
“Your law doesn’t affect me!”
Marvin skillfully played with Sodom’s Blades as he glared coldly at the Shadow Prince. “But it seems that you stole quite a bit of the Nature God’s power.”
Glynos opened his eyes wide!
“How could this be!”
He had sent out enough of the Divine Law to crush a mortal into ashes. This was the core of his power, yet it had no effect at all on Marvin!
He stared at Marvin in shock for a few moments and then hesitantly asked, “You… You ascended to Godhood?”
‘Godhood, that’s the only explanation!’ he thought to himself.
‘Only a God could withstand Divine Law!’
But after, Marvin responded with a sneer.
He had an advanced False Divine Vessel, he had the aura of a Child of the Plane. No Divine Law could threaten him!
This was why Marvin dared to fight with Glynos now!
With the Divine Laws being useless against him, Glynos wouldn’t be able to use his most direct method to kill Marvin.
He had to do it personally… But could he do it?!
The Shadow Prince’s brow twitched, but he quickly calmed down.
He had already known that Marvin wasn’t easy to kill. If Marvin had died from that, Glynos would have been left wondering if the cockroach was just feigning death somehow!
“Seems like you know a lot of things,” Glynos said. “The Migratory Bird Council is a group of fools who still believe in the Ancient Nature God! But he already died!”
“His power is my power!”
“I’ll make you completely disappear from this Universe!”
Glynos rushed over like a bullet.
Each step shattered space!
The powerful body of a God carried endless strength, and the auras of Shadow and Nature overlapped, causing many of those watching to become alarmed.
That guy was truly insane!
Marvin wouldn’t shy from a fight, although he knew that he couldn’t show his full strength in the shattered space. After all, he wasn’t a God.
But he wasn’t afraid of Glynos either.
“A fight to the death, huh?”
“Brave words. Watch out!”
With a “Whoosh,” Marvin disappeared!
Glynos unhesitantly followed suit.
Even if it was a trap, he had to follow. He knew that all the powerhouses of the Universe were paying attention to this battle!
He could only emerge victorious, he couldn’t fail…
He had to win…
…
The two powerful auras suddenly disappeared before appearing in another area.
“You actually chose to fight me here.”
Glynos glanced haughtily at Marvin and sneered, “Could it be that you think you are the one who knows the most about shadows in this world?”
“I, Glynos, am the true Shadow Prince!”
His voice had risen to a roar!
Not far, Marvin’s laughing voice could be heard coming from within a Shadow Vortex. “I killed you here before.”
“It’ll be just the same this time.”
